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
b. the writer’s first visit to Prambanan
c. the writer’s impression about the guide
d. the
writer’s experience at Yogyakarta keraton
e. the
writer’s impression about Borobudur
2. Which
temple is being renovated?
a. Syiwa d. Borobudur
b. Wisnu e. Syiwa
and wisnu
c. Brahma
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
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
b. a goat
c. a fox and a goat
d. an old man and the fox
e. the goat and an old man
5. Paragraph
two mainly tells ….
a. how the
fox helped the goat
b. why the fox
got into the
well
c. how the fox
got out of the well
d. the fox’s idea to get
out of the well
e. how both the goat and the
fox got out of the well
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
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
b. land becomes infertile
c. floods destroy villages
d. erosions have
caused floods
e. deforestation has
caused a lot of destruction
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
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
10. The soil
fertile and to prevent flood. The underlined word is
synonymous to ….
a. cause d. change
b. move e. produce
c. hinder
Text (For questions no 11 - 12)
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
12. Which of the following can make your
jewellery tarnish?
a. hairsprays and
chlorine
c. cleaning powders and
perfumes
b. hairsprays and
perfumes d. detergents and cleaning water
e. salt water and warm soapy water
Text (For questions no 13 - 15)
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
14. The Jakarta Post is looking for a
person who is qualified in ….
a. Teaching
English
b. Writing news report
c. making a series of
tests
d. leading a daily newspaper
e. being a human resource
manager
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
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
b. a truck crash
c. a
terrible accident
d. a dead drunken
driver
e. a fight
between two drivers
17. The accident
happened because ….
a. the driver
of the truck was
drunk
b. the driver of the
truck ran away
c. the driver of the
bus was killed
d. the driver of
the bus
escaped
e. the driver of
the bus was ill
18. The injured people
were taken to the hospital. The underlined word means ….
a. killed d. damaged
b. blooded e. destroyed
c. wounded
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
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
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
Text (For questions no 22 - 23)
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
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
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
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
26. Which of the
following is NOT possessed by birds?
a. Feathers d. Tails
b. Wings e. Ears
c. Teeth
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
35. We can
learn instantly about ….
a. with
ease d. without
delay
b. rather lately e. without
doubt
c. very simply
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
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
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
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
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
41. …. transmitting texts
and pictures ….
The underlined word
may be replaced by ….
a. sending d. translating
b. changing e. connecting
c. processing
Text (For questions no 42 - 45)
The Good Stepmother
The old witch locked Hansel in a cage and set Gretel
to clean the house. She planned to eat them both. Each night the children cried
and begged the witch to let them go. Meanwhile, at home, their stepmother was
beginning to wish she had never tried to get rid of the children. ”I must find
them,” she said and set off into the forest.
Many hours later, when her feet were tired from
walking and her lips were dry from thirst, she came to the cottage belonging to
the witch. The stepmother peeped through the window. Her heart cried out when
she saw the two children. She picked up the broom leaning against the door and
crept inside. The witch was putting some stew in the oven when the stepmother
gave her an almighty push. The witch fell into the oven and the stepmother shut
the door.
“Children, I have come to save you,” she said, hugging
them tightly. I have done a dreadful thing. I hope in time you will forgive me.
Let me take you home and become a family again. They returned to their home and
the stepmother became the best mother anyone could wish to have, and of course
they lived happily ever after.
42. The story is
about a stepmother who ….
a. cried
every night d. tried
to run away from a witch
b. planned
to eat her children e. Saved her
children from a witch
c. begged
a witch for money
43. Which statement
is TRUE about the stepmother?
a. She was the witch’s
friend. d. She
locked her children in a cage
b. She loved her stepchildren.
e. She visited the witch to see
her children.
c. She hit the witch with a broom.
44. “The witch fell
into the oven and the stepmother shut the door …. ” (p.4)
The underlined word can be replaced by the word
a. closed
d. marked
b. opened e.
polished
c. painted
45. How did the
witch die ?
a. She was burnt in the
oven d.
She was locked in her house
b. She was trapped in a
cage e.
She was pushed against the wall
c. She was hit with a broom
Text (For questions no 46 - 48)
Philipines
: At least nine people were killed and dozens were injured when the Philipines security
forces clashed with dozens of slum dwellers who resisted the tearing down of
their homes in the northern province, a police commander said Tuesday.
Raul
Gonzales, the police chief in the northern Cordirella area, said that the
soldiers and police officers traded gunfire with dozens of people who are
illegally occupying the private land in Kalinga province.
“our
team was ambushed on their way to the community to be demolished,” said
Gonzales. He added that the security only defended themselves after the
residents dug foxholes and opened fire with automatic rifles.
“nine
people were killed and dozens were wounded, including 10 police officers during
almost 10 hours of fighting. We even had to evacuate some of our officers who
needed surgery to get the bullets from their bodies.”Reuters
46. What is the
passage about?
a. An illegal gunfire trade.
b. A demolition of illegal slum
dwellers.
c. A fight between the police
officers and the soldiers.
d. A clash between the security forces
and the slum dwellers.
e. A clash between the police officers
and the security officers
47. The clash
happened because ….
a. illegal slum dwellers resisted
the demolition of their home.
b. the police officers and soldiers shot
the dwellers.
c. nine people were killed by the
security forces.
d. the police officers firing the
dwellers.
e. the people dwelled on private land.
48. Raul Gonzales
said that …
a. ten police officers had to be
evacuated.
b. ten police officers were killed in the
fighting.
c. ten police officers were
injured during the fighting
d. some of the wounded people needed
surgery.
e. more than ten police officers were
killed and injured an the fighting
Text (For questions no 49 - 50)
The
polar bear is a very big white bear. We call it the polar bear because it lives
inside the Arctic Circle near the North Pole. There are no polar bears at the
South Pole.
The
polar bears live at the North pole. There is only snow, ice, and water. There
is not any land.
These
bears are three meters long, and weight 450 kilos. They can stand up on their
back legs because they have very wide feed. They can use their front
legs like arms. The Polar bears can swim very well. They can swim 120
kilometres out into the water. They catch fish and sea animals for
food. They go into the sea when they are afraid.
People
like to kill the polar bears for their beautiful white coats. The governments
of Canada, the united states and Russia say that no one can kill polar bears
now. They do not want all of these beautiful animals to die.
49. What does the
passage mainly discuss?
a. The
size of polar bears d. Why
people hunt polar bear
b. Where
polar bears live e. A brief description of polar
bear
c. The habitat of polar bears
50. Which of the following
statements is NOT TRUE about a polar bear?
a. A polar bear weigh 450
kilos d. A
polar bear goes into the sea when it is angry
b. A polar bear is three meters
long e. A
polar bear can swim 120 km out into the water
c. A polar bear catches fish for
food
