Text (For
questions no 1-3)
On
Wednesday, my students and I went to Yogyakarta. We stayed at Dirgahayu hotel
which is not far from Malioboro.
On
Thursday, we visited the temples in Prambanan. There are three big temples, the
Brahmana, Syiwa and Wishnu Temples. They are really amazing. We visited only
Brahmana and syiwa temples because Wisnu temple is being renovated
On Friday morning, we went to
Yogyakarta keraton. We spent two hours there. we were lucky because we led by a
smart and friendly guide. Then we continued our journey to Borobodur. We
arrived there at 4 pm. At 5 p.m we heard an announcement that Borobudur gate
was closed. In the evening, we left for Jakarta by Wisata bus.
1.
The text mainly discusses ….
a.
the writer’s trip to Yogyakarta d. the
writer’s experience at Yogyakarta keraton
b. the writer’s first visit to Prambanan e.
the writer’s impression about Borobudur
c. the writer’s impression about the guide
Answer : D
2.
Which temple is being renovated?
a. Syiwa d. Borobudur
b. Wisnu e. Syiwa and wisnu
c. Brahma
Answer : B
3.
Which of the following statement
is TRUE?
a. the
writer and the students went to Yogyakarta for having a research
b. the
writer went to Borobudur first and then
to keraton
c. the
writer was very disappointed with the guide
d. Malioboro
is very far from Dirgahayu Hotel
e. the
writer left for Jakarta on Friday
Answer : E
Text (For questions no 4 - 6)
A fox fell into a well and
couldn’t get out. By and by a thirsty goat comes along. Seeing the fox in the well,
it asked if the water was good. “Good,” said the fox,” it’s the best water I’ve
tasted in all my life. Come down and try it yourself”.
The goat was thirsty so he got
into the well. When he had drunk enough, he looked around but there was no way
to get out. Then the fox said,” I have a good idea. You stand on your hind legs
and put your forelegs against the side of the well. Then, I’ll climb on your
back. From there, I’ll step on your horns and I can get out. And when I’m out.
I’ll help you out of the well.”
The goat did as he was asked and
the fox got on his back and climbed out of the well. Then he coolly walked away. The goat called out loudly after him and
reminded him of his promise to help him out. The fox merely turned to him and
said,” If you only had thought carefully about getting out, you wouldn’t have
jumped into the well “.
The goat felt very sad. He
called out loudly. An old man walking nearby heard him and put a plank into the
well. The goat got out and thanked to the old man
4.
The text tells the story of ….
a. a
fox d. an old man and the fox
b. a
goat e. the goat and an old man
c. a
fox and a goat
Answer : C
5.
Paragraph two mainly tells ….
a. how
the fox helped the goat d. the fox’s idea to get out of
the well
b. why
the fox got into the well e. how both the goat and the fox
got out of the well
c. how
the fox got out of the well
Answer : D
6.
“The goat did as he was asked ….” (p.3)
What does the above sentence mean?
a. The
goat drunk enough and looked around
b. The
goat came down to the well and drank
c. The
goat called out loudly after the fox got out
d. The
goat waited someone who might help him
e. The
goat stood on his hind legs and put his forelegs against the side of the well
Answer ; E
Text (For questions no 7 - 10 )
Forest are very important to keep
the soil fertile and to prevent flood. The fallen leaves and decayed plants become
humus which makes the soil rich and holds the rainwater.
For many years, people have not been
obeying the government’s regulations. They have been cutting down the trees
carelessly. As a result, thousands of hectares of land have become worse and
the rivers will be full of mud. In the wet season there will be erosion and
floods which will destroy the farm lands and villages.
7.
What is the main idea of paragraph
2?
a. rivers
are full of mud d. erosions have caused floods
b. land
becomes infertile e. deforestation has caused a lot of destruction
c. floods
destroy villages
Answer : C
8.
The following statement are the
advantages of forests mentioned in the text, EXCEPT ….
a. they
keep the soil fertile d. they hold rainwater
b. they
prevent flood e. they produce fresh air
c. they
produce humus
Answer : E
9.
Humus is made from ….
a. fertile
soil d. a
kind of artificial fertilizer
b. rown
leaves e. decayed
plants and leaves
c. the
root of tree
Answer :E
10. The
soil fertile and to prevent flood. The underlined word is synonymous to
….
a. cause d. change
b. move e. produce
c. hinder
Answer : C
Text (For questions no 11 - 12)
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·
Always take off your jewellery before doing
housework. Detergents and cleaning powder can make it dull
·
Put jewellery on last when dressing, perfumes
and hairsprays can tarnish it
·
Don’t swim when wearing any gold- you might lose
it. Also, chlorine and saltwater can have a bad effect
·
Clean it regularly. Soak in warm soapy water and
gently brush with toothbrush. Rinse in clean water and dry with a soft ,
clean cloth.
·
To prevent scratching, keep gold separately in a
jewel box
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11. What is the topic of the text?
a. carat guide c. going for gold e. What to look for
b. Buyer’s Guide d.
caring for gold
Answer : D
12. Which of the following can make your jewellery
tarnish?
a. hairsprays and chlorine c.
cleaning powders and perfumes e. salt water and warm soapy water
b. hairsprays and perfumes d.
detergents and cleaning water
Answer : B
Text (For questions no 13 - 15)
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The Jakarta Post, a
leading English- language daily newspaper, requires a qualified reporter. The
following qualifications are required :
1.
Indonesian citizen 5. Not more than 26
years old
2.
university degree 6.
pleasing personality, highly motivated and dynamic
3.
willing to take a series of tests 7. Able to operate a
computer
4.
Good understanding of English, TOEFL score at
least 550
Please send an application letter in English, a copy of current
curriculum vitae, a photocopy of identification card, a photocopy of diploma,
a photocopy of TOEFL score, a sample of writing in English, and a recent
passport sized photograph to
Human Resources Manager
The Jakarta Post
PO BOX Palmerah, Jakarta, 11001
Application should reach us before March 20,
2009.
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13. Under what heading is this text likely found?
a.
housing b. education c.
furniture d. job vacancy e.
travel agency
Answer : D
14. The Jakarta Post is looking for a person who
is qualified in ….
a.
Teaching English c. making a series of
tests e. being a human resource manager
b.
Writing news report d. leading a daily newspaper
Answer ; D
15. The
Jakarta Post, a leading English language daily newspaper, requires a
qualified reporter. The underlined word
means ….
a.
hires b. find c. needs d. looks e. employs
Answer : C
Text ( For questions no 16 - 19 )
J.P
: there was a bad accident on Sudirman street last night. A bus which was
travelling south was hit by a large truck. Several people in the bus were
killed, including the driver. The injured people were taken to the hospital.
The driver of the truck was drunk. He was taken to the police station to be
interrogated.
16. What
happened on Sudirman street last night ?
a. a
bus crash d.
a dead drunken driver
b. a
truck crash e. a
fight between two drivers
c. a
terrible accident
Answer :A
17. The
accident happened because ….
a.
the driver of the truck was drunk d. the driver of the bus escaped
b.
the driver of the truck ran away e. the driver of the bus was ill
c.
the driver of the bus was killed
Answer : A
18. The
injured people were taken to the hospital. The underlined word means ….
a. killed d. damaged
b. blooded e. destroyed
c. wounded
Answer : C
19. From
whom did the police get the information about the accident ?
a. pedestrians d. the passengers of the bus
b. the
driver of the bus e. both the bus driver and the truck driver
c. the
driver of the truck
Answer : A
Text 7( For questions no 20 - 21 )
Pancake
Ingredients
:
2 cups all purpose flour, sifted
before measuring 1 egg, slightly
beaten
2 ½ teaspoons baking powder 1 ½
cups milk
½ teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons melted
butter
Direction
:
Stir together flour, baking
powder and salt. In a separate bowl, combine eggs and milk. Then, add to flour
mixture, stirring only until smooth. After that, blend in melted butter. Cook
on a hot, greased griddle, using about ½ cup of butter for each pancake. Cook
until brown on one side and around edge, turn and brown the other side. Recipe
for pancake serves 4
20. The
goal of the text above is to tell us ….
a. the
process of making cakes d. a description of
pancake
b. ingredients
needed to make pancake e. how to make pancake
c. how
to serve pancake
Answer : E
21. The
melted butter is mixed together into ….
a. the
mixture of flour, egg and milk d. the mixture of baking
powder, salt and egg
b. the
mixture of milk and baking powder e. the mixture of egg, flour and salt
c. the
mixture of egg and flour
Answer : A
Text (For questions no 22 - 23)
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Tom !
I am going to Anula
supermarket to get some sugar. Would you like to turn the stove on when you
are home? I have put some soup there. Just heat it for about 5 minutes and
then take it out from stove before you have dinner
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22. What
is the message about ?
a. Telling
Tom to eat the soup d.
Telling Tom to heat the soup
b. Asking
Tom to buy some sugar e.
Telling Tom to wait for about 5 minutes
c. Asking
Tom to go to supermarket
Answer : D
23. I’ve
put the soup there. the word there refers to ….
a. home d.
the supermarket
b. kitchen e.
Anula supermarket
c. the
stove
Answer : B
Text (For questions no 24 - 26)
Birds belong to a class of warm
blooded vertebrate animals with feather covered bodies. Next to the animals,
birds are the most important group of land-living vertebrates. All birds have
feathers, although in some types, particularly those that cannot fly, the
normal structure of the feathers may be much modified and be downy, woolly, or
straw like. The forelimbs of birds are modified into wings. The bony part of
the tail, except in the very earliest fossil birds is very short, and the
visible tail is composed of feathers only. The teeth are absent except in some
fossil forms. As in mammals the only other group of warm-blooded animal ,
the circulation is highly perfected so
that there is no mixing of arterial and venous blood, but the arrangement of
veins and arteries by which this is accomplished different in the two groups.
Birds have keen hearing, although they have no external ears. The sense of
sight also is very keen, but the sense of smell is weak or lacking, except few
vultures and others birds.
24. The
passage is about the …. of birds
a. species d. classification
b. definitions e. characteristic
c. clarification
Answer : E
25. From
the text we can conclude that both birds and mammals have ….
a. backbones d. downy feathers
b. keen sights e. weak sense of smell
c. keen hearing
Answer : A
26. Which
of the following is NOT possessed by
birds?
a. Feathers d. Tails
b. Wings e. Ears
c. Teeth
Answer : E
Text (For questions no 27 - 28)
“Bisa Saja” is choosen as the
first single of the album and theme song of BROWNIES, since the lyric reflects
the story in the movie. Budjana of GIGI demonstrates his skills in playing
acoustic guitar in “ Cinta Terakhir “. Three other brand new song “Dilema”,
“Jangan Bilang Pacarku” and “ Semua Orang Berhak Mendapat Rasa
Bahagia”, gives supporting nuances to the movie flow as GIGI composed them
by imagining how the scenes would like look based on the screenplay.
When Hanung Bramantyo, the
director, and Dewa Budjana of GIGI chated, Budjana expressed his interest in
making soundtrack album. Then, he recommended a few of GIGI songs, which the
producer accepted because of the chemistry they created with the movie. Since
GIGI can provide a variety of colors to add all kinds of musical nuances to
enrich the movie, the producer deemed it unnecessary to find other musicians to
complete OST of BROWNIES. Armand Maulana (vocalist), I Gede Dewa Budjana (guitarist),
Thomas Ramdhan (Bass player) , and Gusti Erhandy (Drum-stand-in player for
Budhi haryono) put a lot of effort to this album. As a result, they’ve created
perfect blend of movie and songs that makes BROWNIES tastier.
It’s always fun to have a piece of
Brownies in your mouth. But having it in your stereo set is more entertaining.
No movie is perfect without musical score and OST of Brownies proved it
excellent.
27. The
passage is mainly about …
a.
the description how the album is
accomplished through a series of steps
b. an
account of unusual or amusing incident retold by the album
c.
a
review an of an original soundtrack of movie
d. the
process in making original soundtrack of
movie
e. an
amusing story dealing with experience in different ways
Answer : D
28. Which
of the following statements is NOT TRUE
according to the text?
a. Budjana
is the acoustic guitar player of GIGI
b. “
Bisa Saja” is the theme song of BROWNIES
c. Hanung
Bramantyo is the director of GIGI
band
d. Armand
Maulana is the vocalist of GIGI
e. OST
of BROWNIES is excellent
Answer : C
Text (For questions no 29 – 33)
Is Smoking Good For Us?
Before we smoke, it is better to
look at the fact of smoking effects, not only for smokers but also for non
smokers. About 50 thousands people die every year in Britain as the direct result
of smoking. This is the seven times as many as deaths in road accidents. Nearly
a quarter of smokers die because of diseases caused by smoking.
Ninety percent of lung cancers
are caused by smoking. If we smoke five cigarettes a day, we are six times more
likely to die of lung cancer than a non- smoker. If we smoke twenty cigarettes
a day, the risk is nineteen times greater. Ninety five percent of people who
suffer from bronchitis are people who smoke. Smokers are two and half times
more likely to die of heart disease than non- smokers.
Additionally, children of
smokers are more likely to develop bronchitis and pneumonia. In one hour in a
smoky room, a non-smoker breathes as much as substance causing cancer as if he
had smoked fifteen cigarettes.
Smoking is really good for
tobacco companies because they do make much money from smoking habit. Smoking,
however, is not good for everybody else.
29. What
is the text about?
a. A
report of deaths caused by smoking
b. The
effects of smoking for people
c. A
calculation of how many cigarettes that may cause cancer
d. Information
of the effect of smoking to non smokers
e. The
result of smoking habit for tobacco companies
Answer : C
30. Which
of the statement below is TRUE?
a. Smoking
only does a good impact for the tobacco company
b. Non-smokers
don’t have any threat of getting pneumonia
c. Fifteen
cigarettes a day is all right for smokers
d. Smoking
can risk ninety five percent of the people in a country
e. The
risk caused by smoking for non-smokers is low
Answer : D
31. What
is the effect of smoking to non-smokers?
a. It
makes non-smokers healthy d.
It causes so much fun
b. It
makes non-smokers have a good life e. it results in a better
lung function
c. It
risks non-smokers’ health
Answer : C
32. What
is the purpose of the text?
a. To
make people realize the risk of smoking
b. To
make non-smokers stay away from smokers
c. To
make the government stop tobacco production
d. To
make the doctors find the cure of lung cancer
e. To
make people in Britain stop smoking
Answer : A
33. This
is the seven times as many as deaths in road accidents (p.1)
The underlined word refers to ….
a. The
smokers d. the accident
b. The
non-smokers e. the company
c. The
data
Answer : D
Answer :
Text (For questions no 34 – 37)
During the twentieth century
the world has witnessed the inventions of many amazing things. Television is a
great invention, but there are arguments for and against whether it is the best
invention of the twentieth century
Television was invented in
the1920s and first came to Australia in 1956. It has played an important role
in communicating news. We can learn instantly about what is happening in the
world because of television. Also, television has provided people with
entertainment in their own homes. People in isolated areas can still feel the
other part of the world because of television. For these reasons I feel that
television could be considered the best invention of the twentieth century.
On the other hand, there are
other inventions that could be considered better than television. Some might
argue that computer should be awarded the distinction of being the best
invention because computer has made life easier. Others might argue that medical
inventions such as heart pacemakers are best inventions because they help to
save live.
It can be seen that there are
reasons for and against television being considered the best invention of the
twentieth century. After looking at both sides I still believe it is the best
invention.
34. What
does the text mainly discuss?
a. The role of television in communicating
news
b. The positive and negative impacts of
television
c. The best invention of the twentieth
century
d. Television is the invention of the twentieth
century
e. An argument whether television is the best
invention of the twentieth century.
Answer : E
35. We
can learn instantly about ….
a. with ease d. without delay
b.
rather lately e. without doubt
c.
very simply
Answer : A
36. Which
of the following is NOT the benefit
of a television?
a.
It communicates news
b.
It makes people have easy life
c.
It provides people with
entertainment
d.
It informs people instantly what is
happening in the world
e
It makes people in isolated areas
can feel the other part of the world
Answer : B
37. Which
one is TRUE according to the text?
a.
Television is the only great
invention
b. Television makes people feel isolated
c.
Computers make people’s lives more
difficult.
d. Television keeps amazing things from
around the world
e. The writer is sure that television is the greatest
invention
Answer : E
Text (For questions no 38 - 41)
Facsimile, often called fax, is a way
of transmitting texts and pictures over telephone lines. News services often
use facsimile to send news, stories and photographs to newspaper and television
stations. Banks, law firms and other businesses use facsimile to send copies of
documents to clients and other organizations.
A device called a facsimile machine is
used for transmitting and receiving images. Facsimile machines resemble small
photocopiers. However, they are equipped with a telephone or are connected to
one. To send a document, the user inserts it into the machine and dials the
telephone number of the receiving fax machine. After the connection is made, an
electronic scanner on the transmitting machine moves across the page and
converts the image into a set of electric signals. These signals travel over
the telephone line to the receiving fax machine. Then machine converts the
electric signals back into an image of the original document and then prints a
copy.
Some
business people use small desktop fax machines or portable models at home or
when they travel. A personal computer can also be used to send and receive
documents if it is equipped with a special electronic circuit board called a
fax board
38. What
is the main information in paragraph 2?
a. a
facsimile machine is a small photocopier
b. a
facsimile machine is equipped with a telephone to transmit images
c. a
facsimile machine transmits and receives images
d. a
facsimile machine converts the electric signals back into an image
e. a
facsimile machine sends documents to distant places
Answer : C
39. What
do you call in the facsimile machine that converts the image of the document
into a set of electric signals?
a. a
copier d. an electronic scanner
b. a
converter e. a transmitting machine
c. a
telephone
Answere : D
40. What
do you need to enable your computer to send and receive documents like a fax?
a. a
fax board d. an electronic circuit
b. a
transmitter e. an electronic scanner
c. a
signal converter
Answer : A
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