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Xpedia Bahasa Inggris: DP SNMPTN 05 01A With Reading
Xpedia Bahasa Inggris: DP SNMPTN 05 01A With Reading
Computers are a relatively new invention. 01. From the text we may conclude that the au-
The first computers were built fifty years ago thor ____.
and it is only in the last thirty years that its (A) Tries to warn us not to be too depend-
influence has affected our everyday life. Per- ent on computers
sonal computers were introduced as recently (B) Emphasizes the importance of develop-
as the early eighties. In this short time they ing future computers
have made a tremendous impact on our lives. (C) Believe computers will make peoples
We are now so dependent on computers that lives more comfortable
it is hard to imagine what things would be (D) Reminds us about the threat of com-
like today without them. You have only got puters in the past
to go into a bank when the main computer is (E) Persuades us to make use of computers
broken to understand the chaos that would in our job.
occur if computers were suddenly removed
world-wide. 02. People’s current dependence on computers
In the future, computers will be used to is exemplified by____.
create bigger and even more sophisticated
(A) The influence of computers on our lives
computers. The prospects for this is quite
for the last thirty years
alarming. They will be so complex that no
(B) The introduction of computers in the
individual could hope to understand how
nineteen fifteens.
they work. They will bring a lot of benefits
(C) The chaos which took place when the
but they will also increase the potential for
computers were removed
unimaginable chaos. They will, for example,
(D) The disorder at home when the main
be able to fly planes and they will be able to
computers is broken
coordinate the movements of several planes
(E) The unimaginable things that may occur
around the airport. Providing all the com-
on an airport
puters are working correctly, nonthing can
go wrong; but if one program fails there will
03. Future computers are predicted to ____.
be a disaster.
There is no doubt that technology will (A) Be so complex that their prospect will
progress and become increasingly complex. be quite promising
We should, however, ensure that we are still (B) Bring great benefits as well as unex-
in a position where we are able to control pected harm to people’s lives
technology. It will be all too easy to suddenly (C) Bring great benefits to the transporta-
discover that technology is controlling us. By tion industry
then it might be too late. I believe that it is (D) Make many small programs cause big
very important to be suspicious of the bene- disasters
fits that computers will bring and make sure (E) Be able to coordinate the traffic of
that we never become totally dependent on a planes all over the world
completely technological world
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04. Although computers will become more so- 06. What is the author’s main purpose in writing
phisticated, _____. the next ?
(A) Human beings will be entirely depend- (A) To describe new cure for ear infections.
ent on them (B) To urge doctors to use the new device.
(B) It is difficult for individuals to under- (C) To explain the use of the magnet
stand them (D) To inform people of a new hearing de-
(C) Technology tends to control human be- vice.
ings (E) To study a new device for ear infections.
(D) There is no doubt that they bring a lot
of benefits 07. According to the passage, what does the de-
(E) Human being should have control over vice NOT do ?
them (A) Transmit sound to the inner ear.
(B) Help all hearing-impaired people..
05. A suitable title for the text is____. (C) Produce clear sound
(A) The historical background of future (D) Change sound into vibrations.
computers (E) Relieve hearing loss caused by ear infec-
(B) The unimaginable chaos caused y com- tion
puters
(C) The potentials of future computers
(D) The control over advanced technology
(E) The rapid progress in technology
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Wheather a tree is coniferous or decidu- For most of us, tortoises and turtles
ous, whether it bears fruit or not, whether it seem quite ordinary as we often keep them
grows in the tropics or in the temperate as pets. Yet, theseanimals are living fossils,
zone. Every tree has three oarts: the roots, they are __10__ of animals that existed
the trunk, and the crown. The roots the part bevore the firs dinosaurus Turtles., ter-
of the tree underground.hold the tree firmly rampis, and tortoises belong to group of
againts windstrorms and provide ther tree over 200 reptiles known __11__ as the
with food gathered from the soil. The trunk, Chelonia. These creatures are encased in an
which is the most important woody part of armor made of bone and hom, and their
the tree, is the body of the tree: it carries the lives are controlled by this shell, making it
food from the root to the branches. The difficult for them even to breathe and mate.
crown of the tree consists of the branches, Living chelonians have no teeth. Instead
the leaves, and the fruit of the tree. The they cut their food with sharp.horny
leaves use the food sent from the trunk for beaks.Tortoises mostly __12__ plans while
many purposes, one of which is a process terrapins are fleshheaters. __13__ they
that is particularly useful to humans. In this have survived for so long.. The large chelo-
process called photosynthesis. The leaves nians are all endangered. Mainly because of
absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere human activity. The biggest land tortoises
and give to the atsmosphere. The process is now survive in tiny numbers on remote
essential to human life because humans have islands., and egg-laying sites of sea turtles
to breathe oxygen in order to continue exist- are __14__ for many reasons.
ing.
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08. The main information of the text is (A) To descend
about____ (B) descent
(A) The difference between coniferous and (C) descending
deciduous trees (D) descendants
(B) The climates in which.different types of (E) descended
trees grow
(C) The common functions of the parts of 11.
any kind of tree. (A) secretly
(D) The description of the process of photo- (B) scientifically
synthesis (C) knowledgeably
(E) The usefulness of tree leaves to a human (D) artificially
being’s life (E) accordingly
09. trees are very important for the life of hu- 12.
man being because ____. (A) Feed on
(B) Provide with
(A) they protect human being against wind-
(C) Carry on
stroms.
(D) Agree with
(B) their leaves produce carbon dioxide.
(E) Keep on
(C) their trunks distribute food to the roots.
(D) photosynthesis absorbs carbon dioxide
13.
(E) they contribute oxygen to the atmos-
(A) because
phere
(B) before
(C) although
(D) since
(E) whenever
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24. Fast-food restaurants have become popu- 29. Living in a remote mountainous area in
larin big cities because many people prefer West Java ____
____ quickly. (A) People can still see how Badul people
(A) served live in simplicity
(B) Being served (B) Natural resourses can be effectively
(C) serving conserved by the Badui people
(D) They are served (C) The Badul people are almost com-
(E) Be serving pletely untouched by modern life
(D) How the Nadui people maintain their
25. “I finally bought a computer but I’m not old way of life amazing
satisfied with it.” (E) Modern technology has hardly ever
“That’s too bad. you _____ Darno,our touched the Badui people
computer technician.for advice.”
30. “I wonder how Laura will even manager
(A) Should have asked
the business after her father died in that car
(B) May have asked
accident.”
(C) Ought to ask
“She has both the expertise in running the
(D) Must have asked
business and _____ .”
(E) Would ask
(A) The strong support from all the mem-
26. ASEAN trade ministers. ___ the possibility bers of her family
of developing economic cooperation they (B) All the member of the family strongly
attended the summit neeting last month. support her too
(C) She is also supported by all the mem-
(A) discuss
bers of her family
(B) discussed
(D) there is strong supported from all the
(C) Have discussed
members of her family
(D) Were discussing
(E) She has the strong support from all the
(E) Would discuss
member of her family
27. Smoking can the cause of many illnesses
and respiratory disorders: _____ it may
harm non-smokers.
(A) consequently
(B) however
(C) In addition
(D) nebertheless
(E) otherwise
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