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Text for questions no. 1

1.

What does the text mean?

A. The only bicycles are allowed to be used in this footpaths
B. The only wheeled transports are allowed to be used in this footpaths
C. The only bicycles and wheeled transports are allowed to be used in this footpaths
D. The only wheelchairs and baby carriages are allowed to be used in this footpaths

Text for questions number 2 - 3

2. Who is not in the office?

A. A manager
B. A secretary
C. Andrew
D. Mr. Winfield

3. When will the monthly meeting be held?

A. After Mr. Winfield has come back
B. After they have got further information
C. After Mr. Winfield call Andrew
D. After the technical reason has been solved
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Text for questions number 4 - 5

4. The card tells us about

A. Wedding Anniversary
B. Birthday Occasion
C. The birth of a baby
D. Getting Married

5. What does the word “brighten” in the text mean?

A. become bigger
B. become lighter
C. become smaller
D. become heavier

Text for questions number 6 - 7

Please join us
As we celebrate our 40th Anniversary
Brown and Pamela
Saturday, August 8th
7.30 p.m. – 9.30 p.m.
Our New Home
Pamulang Village Jakarta
(Dinner will be served)
RSVP 54390186
(Neni/Nabila/Nancy)

6. Who has anniversary.

A. Mr. and Mrs. Brown
B. Mr. Brown’s daughters
C. Neni, Nabila, and Nancy
D. Brown and Pamela’s family

7. Which statement is NOT TRUE based on the text?

A. Mr. Brown probably has three daughters.
B. A new house possibly belong to Mr. Brown’s family
C. The invitee should call the number 54390
D. Brown and Pamela will hold their wedding party.

Text for questions number 8 - 10

This evening’s flight 334 to Chicago is delayed due to dangerous weather conditions. Flight 334 is
expected to depart tomorrow morning at 6.30 A.M. with 7.45 A.M. arrival time in Chicago. Our gate
agents will be glad to assist you with making hotel arrangement for this evening. The airline is not
responsible for the hotel expenses. Any passengers wishing to make arrangement for a hotel room
should speak with the gate agent on Concourse 2.

8. When should Flight 334 arrive in Chicago?

A. This evening
B. Tomorrow evening
C. At 5.30 A.M.
D. At 7.45 A.M.

9. What is the purpose of this text?

A. To give the Chicago weather report
B. To explain a schedule change
C. To notify travelers that the hotel is full
D. To explain how to buy a ticket to Chicago
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10. What does the word “due to” in the sentence “....to Chicago is delayed due to dangerous ......” mean?
A. because of
B. although
C. therefore
D. that’s why

Text for questions number 11 - 12

Hotel Sanur Beach

Situated in beautiful tropical gardens right by the sea. The Sanur Beach Hotel offers a friendly
atmosphere so typical of the Balinese themselves.
The accommodation comprises tastefully furnished, air conditioned rooms with a minibar, bath,
shower, wc, and balcony or patio. For those who prefer extra privacy, there are some elegant Balinese
style bungalows around the gardens.
Other facilities include 3 restaurants, a 24 hour coffee shop, swimming pool, tennis and
badminton courts and shopping arcade. Water sports including windsurfing and sailing can be
arranged from the beach.
Prices are based on room only (no meals), twin bedded standard room with bath, shower, wc,
and balcony or patio. Single room per person per night: Rp 500.000. Child reduction 50%.

11. How much should a child pay per night?

A. Rp 250,000,00
B. Rp 3000,000,00
C. Rp 270,000,00
D. Rp 500,000,00

12. What does the fourth paragraph tell us about?

A. The cost of the hotel
B. The location of the hotel
C. The accommodation of the hotel
D. The other facilities of the hotel

Text for questions number 13 - 15

To : Jody (jody@gmail.com)
From : Wildan (wildan@gmail.com)
Date&Time : June 5, 2010
Subject : joining course plan

Dear Jody,
Thanks for e-mail that you sent a week ago. Sorry for writing back so late because I’ve been very busy from
all school’s assignment. There is so much to do because the new semester has just started. It is interesting
to read about your plan in joining a course to improve your English this semester. If you don’t mind I would
like to suggest you a course to join. It is Oak Tree, a homey education centre. It’s place not only to improve
your skill in English but also to have a music lesson. You can have English and a music lesson in one place,
as I know you have good talent in language and music. If you want to know more about it, I am ready to
take you there. Just contact me!

Sincerely
Wildan

13. What does the letter tell you about?

A. School’s assignment to do
B. English and music lesson to learn
C. The best English course to join
D. Good talent in language and music

14. What is Oak Tree?

A. A music course
B. An English education centre
C. A homey education centre
D. An English institution

15. What does Jody want to do this semester?

A. Improve his English
B. Join Oak Tree
C. Have a music lesson
D. Work at school
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Text for questions number 16 - 18

Soda pop has an interesting story. The story begins with mineral water. Mineral water comes
from springs. In many places, people take baths in mineral water. They say washing with mineral
water is good for their health. Some say drinking mineral water is also good for people.
Mineral water has bubbles in it. People learned to make bubbly water in the 1770’s. They added
CO2 to water with a machine to make the water bubbly. The machine was the “soda fountain.”
They called the new bubbly water “soda water” or “carbonated water.”
American drug stores sold soda water. Druggists put good-tasting flavors in the soda water.
People drank soda water for their health. Many people liked it for its good flavor. Many people
went to the soda fountain every day. Most soda fountains were in drug stores or ice cream shops.
In the early 1900’s, people bought soda water in bottles. Later in the 1900’s, people started to
buy flavored soda water in cans. Now it is sold in many containers in grocery stores and other
places where food is sold. Some people call it “pop.” Some say “soda.” Other people call it “cola,”
“tonic,” or “soda pop.”

16. What was a soda fountain?

A. A drug store
B. A bath machine
C. A machine which made ice cream
D. A machine which made bubbly water

17. Where does mineral water come from?

A. Soda fountains
B. Ice machines
C. Machines
D. Springs

18. A flavor is…

A. ice cream.
B. a drink.
C. a taste.
D. soda.

Text for questions number 19 - 21

The cactus is a plant which grows in very hot, dry places. They do not have leaves. Instead,
they have spiny needles which stick out of their stems. There are many shapes of the cactus. Some
are small and round. Others are tall like columns or pillars. Some are shaped like tubes or bells.
Some are shaped like wheels. Some grow as trees or shrubs. Others grow as ground cover. Cactus
flowers are big, and some of them bloom at night. Their flowers come out at night because they
are pollinated by insects or small animals that come out at night. Insects and small animals carry
pollen from one cactus to another.
Most cacti live in North and South America. Others live in Africa, Madagascar, and Sri Lanka.
Cacti do not have very large leaves because large leaves would allow the water to evaporate.
When water evaporates, it changes from a liquid to a gas. When it becomes a gas, it is light enough
to move through the air. That would be bad for the cactus because the cactus needs the water to
live.
Some cacti have waxy coatings on their stems, so that water will run down the stem to the
roots.
Cacti can absorb water from fog in the air, since it does not rain very much in the desert. Most
cacti have long roots which can spread out close to the surface so they can absorb a lot of water on
the occasions when it rains.

19. What does the text tell you about?

A.plants
B.Spiny Needles
C.Shrubs
D.Cacti

20. Which paragraph tells us about “Cacti prevent evaporation of water”.

A. Paragraph 1
B. Paragraph 2
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C. Paragraph 3
D. Paragraph 4

21. Look at the sentence “.....because they are pollinated by insects ......” in paragraph 1. What does the
word “they” refer to?
A. Cactus
B. Flowers
C. Leaves
D. Insects
Text for questions number 22 - 24

Rosa Parks
On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks said “No!” to a white man. The
white man was a bus driver. He asked Rosa Parks to move to the back of the bus because another
white man wanted to sit down. Rosa Parks was a black woman. She had worked all day and she
was tired. So, when the bus driver told her to move, she decided to say no.
The police came and took Rosa Parks to jail. Black people in Montgomery, Alabama became
angry about this. So, they started a bus “boycott.” The bus company lost a lot of money because
black people in Montgomery wouldn’t ride the buses. The bus boycott lasted 381 days. It was in
newspapers all over America. Rosa Parks became a national hero.
Rosa Parks had been working for a long time to help black people before the police put her in
jail. She was a secretary for a black organization in America called the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She worked with black children in poor neighborhoods,
too. She had been shouted at by white bus drivers before. But, on December 1, when Rosa Parks
said “No!” to the white bus driver, the Civil Rights Movement in America began.
Rosa Parks resided in Detroit until she died at the age of 92 on October 24, 2005.

22. What is the mean idea of the second paragraph

A. The police came and took Rosa Parks to jail.
B. The black people started a bus “boycott.”
C. Black people in Alabama became angry
D. Rosa Parks became a national hero.

23. When did the Civil Rights Movement in America begin?

A. When she was a secretary for a black organization in America
B. When Rosa Parks said “No!” to the white bus driver
C. When she worked with black children in poor neighborhoods
D. When black people in Montgomery wouldn’t ride the buses

24. Why did the poice take Rosa Parks to jail?

A. Because they started a bus “boycott”
B. Because the people in Alabama became angry
C. Because she refused to move from her seat
D. Because the bus driver asked her to move to the back of the bus

Text for questions no.25 until no. 27

In the jungle, once there was a fierce lion who killed many animals. The survivors decided that if they
were not to suffer the same fate something must be done. The king of the jungle would have to make do with
one meal a day. In return to save him the effort of hunting, each day’s victim would come to the lion of his own
accord.
Things went on like this until it came to the turn of a cunning, old hare. Off he went to the lion, gasping
as if he has just run a long way.
‘On my way here,’ he said,’I was attacked by a lion. If I can not run fast, I would never have escaped.’
‘Another lion?’ The king of the jungle roared angrily at very idea of a rival. ‘Where is he?’
‘At the pool. He is big and young, stronger and braver than you.’
‘We’ll see about that. Take me to him.’
So the lion followed the hare to the pool and there, as he leaned over the edge, he saw another lion in
the water below. He attacked it immediately…. And that was how an old hare beated the cruel tyrant. And that
is why there is a proverb which says: ‘Cunning is more powerful than brute strength’.
(Taken from: 366 and More Fairy Tales)
25. What is the best title of the text above?
A. The Origin of The Proverb
B. The Fierce Lion
C. The Fool Old Hare
D. The Lion and The Old Hare

26. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

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A. The old hare defeated the lion.

B. The lion attacked another lion.
C. The lion followed the old hare
D. The old hare is powerful animal.

27. The following statements are true about the text, except…
A. The lion is very cruel
B. The lion do not like to have a rival
C. The old hare is foolish
D. The old hare cheated the lion

Text for questions no. 28 until no. 30

When I was a boy, I liked swimming very much. One year my two brothers and I spent the summer
holidays with my uncle and aunt in their house by the sea. It was only twenty yards from the water. Every day
we put on our swimming-shorts before breakfast, ran down to sea across the sand and jumped in. From then
until late at night, we were in the sea or on the beach most of the time. When my aunt rang a bell, we went
back to the house for food, but we ate it in our swimming-shorts and were soon back in the sea again.
The water was warm, the sun shone every day, and on most days, there were no waves. In the middle
of the day a wind always began to blow, but it was not strong and did not make the sea rough.
Three times during our holidays we had strong winds. They blew the sand against our legs when we
ran down to the sea, and made big waves with white tops. We were all very good swimmers. We dived through
the waves or rode towards beach on top of them until we were tired and hungry.

28. The text tells us about …

A. the witer’s experience of spending holiday with his uncle.
B. the writer’s summer holiday in his unles’s house near the sea.
C. the writer and his brother’s experience during summer season.
D. the writer’s bad experience of spending holiday in the sea.

29. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?

A. The water of the sea was very cold in the morning.
B. The waves of the sea were usually high at that time.
C. The strong wind didn’t make big waves in that sea.
D. The wind usually began to blow in the middle of the day.

30. What does the word ‘them’ in the last paragraph refer to?
A. writer and his brother
B. white tops
C. big waves
D. good swimmers

Text for questions no. 31 until no. 33

An elephant is the largest and strongest of all animals. It is a strange looking animal which has thick
legs, huge sides and backs, large hanging ears, small tail, little eyes, long white tusks, and above all, elephant
has a long nose, the trunk. An elephant is commonly seen in a zoo, it has hard found in its natural habitat.
The trunk is the elephant’s peculiar feature. This trunk has various usages. The elephant draws up
water by its trunk and can squirt the water all over its body like a shower bath. The elephant trunk also lifts
leaves and put them into the mouth. In fact, the truk serves the elephant as long arm and hand. An elephant
looks very clumsy and heavy and yet an elephant can move very quickly.
The elephant is very intelligent animal. Its intelligent combined with its great strength makes an
elephant a very useful servent to a man. Elephant can be trained to serve in various ways, such as carry heavy
loads, hunt for tigers and even fight. An elephant is really smart animal.
(Taken from: englishdirection.com)

31. The text tells us about …

A. the strange looking animal.
B. the elephant in general.
C. the trunk of an elephant.
D. the intelligent animal.

32. What is the elephant’s peculiar feature?

A. Its trunk.
B. Its ears.
C. Its thick legs.
D. Its huge body.

33. The elephant is very intelligent animal. (paragraph 3)

The bold-typed word has the same meaning as …
A. clever
B. stupid
C. careless
D. dull
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Text for questions no. 34 until no. 36

Traditional Japanese Sushi

Ingredients:
4 nori seaweed sheets
2 cups cooked sushi rice
1 to 2 tablespoon wasabi paste, to taste
4 ounces cooked octopus
4 ounces cooked prawn
4 ounces raw fresh tuna, thinly sliced
4 ounces raw fresh salmon, thinly sliced
1 table spoon salmon caviar
4 asparagus spears, blanched and sliced mushroom

Directions:
1. Place each nori sheet on a serving plate.
2. Spread ¼ cup of rice onto each nori sheet and distribute evenly over the surface, pressing with fingers to
adhere.
3. Spread 1 to 2 teaspoon wasabi paste along the middle of each nori roll, to taste.
4. Arrange the octopus, prawns, salmon, tuna evenly over the rice amonng each nori sheet. Top with
asparagus spears and mushroom.
5. Roll the sushi into a log jelly-roll style. Slice into ¾ inch pieces and serve immediately

34. What ingredient do you put along the middle of each nori roll?
A. Wasabi paste.
B. Sushi rice.
C. Nori sheet.
D. Octopus, prawn, and salmon

35. … pressing with fingers to adhere… (step 2)

The bold-typed word in the sentence above can be replaced with the word …
A. hold
B. combine.
C. mix.
D. stick.

36. From the text above we can conclude that …

A. All ingredients must be sliced.
B. We put asparagus spears below tuna.
C. The amount of wasabi paste is flexible
D. We put wasabi paste on the surface

Text for questions no. 37 until no. 40

The Great Orange
There was an orange tree in the garden of a poor man’s house. It had many fine oranges on it. One
orange was much bigger than the others. It was nearly as big as a football
The poor man said, ‘I’ll take this great orange to the King. He has never seen an orange like this.
Perhaps it’s the biggest orange in the world.’
So he put the orange on a cart and went to the King’s palace. The King had never seen such an orange.
He knew that the man was poor, so he gave him a lot of money for the orange.
Outside the palace the poor man said to himself, ’It’s only an orange and the King give me a lot of
many. What will the King give to me if I give him my gold cup? He will give me a lot more money, I guess.’
Then, the next day, this man took his gold cup and gave it to the King. The King received the cup and,
to his surprise, the King said, ‘This is a beautiful cup. Now I’ll give you something that I like very much. Please
take this beautiful big orange.’
(Taken from: Cerita-Cerita Menarik dalam Bahasa Inggris)

37. The poor man wanted to take the great orange to the King, because he thought the King …
A. liked oranges very much.
B. never seen an orange like this.
C. would gave him much money.
D. has asked him to do so.

38. ‘I’ll take this great orange to the King…. (paragraph 2)

The following words have the same meaning as ‘great’, except …
A. big
B. tiny
C. large
D. grand
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39. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?

A. The poor man planted the orange trees in the King’s garden.
B. All of the oranges are as big as a football.
C. The King asked the poor man to give the great orange to him.
D. The King gave the poor man much money in return of the orange.

40. What is the moral value of story above?

A. We must not be greedy.
B. We must plant orange trees for the King.
C. We must work hard for the King.
D. We must give the King what he likes.

Text for questions no. 41 until no. 43.

A mobile phone (also known as a cellular phone, cell phone and a hand phone) is a device that can
make and receive telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by
connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile phone operator, allowing access to the public telephone
network. By contrast, a cordless telephone is used only within the short range of a single, private base station.

In addition to telephony, modern mobile phones also support a wide variety of other services such as
text messaging, MMS, email, internet access, short-range wireless communications (infrared, Bluetooth),
business applications, gaming and photography. Mobile phones that offer these and more general computing
capabilities are referred to as smartphones.

The first hand-held mobile phone was demonstrated by John F. Mitchell and Dr Martin Cooper of
Motorola in 1973, using a handset weighing around 2.2 pounds (1 kg). In 1983, the DynaTAC 8000x was the
first to be commercially available. From 1990 to 2011, worldwide mobile phone subscriptions grew from 12.4
million to over 6 billion, penetrating about 87% of the global population and reaching the bottom of the
economic pyramid.

41. The followings are the other name of mobile phone, except …
A. hand phone
B. fixed phone
C. cell phone
D. cellular phone

42. From the text above we can conclude that …

A. a smart phone is more expensive than handphone.
B. Mobile phones is operated like radio station.
C. the first mobile phone was introduced 40 years ago.
D. you can not connect to internet using mobile phone.

43. Mobile phones that offer these and more general computing capabilities are … (paragtraph 2)
The antonym of the bold-typed word is …
A. ordinary
B. limited
C. popular
D. specific

For questions no. 44 until 46 choose the correct words to complete the paragraph.

Have you got a camera? I have got a good one. I like taking photographs. It is my hobby. I prefer….
(44 )… photographs because they are more beautiful than black and white ones. I like photographing flowers
very much. I have some beautiful photograph of the …(45)… in my garden. I also like photographing children. I
watch them carefully and wait patiently until I get a good picture of them. It is not easy because children …(46)
… very quickly and they never stop except when they are asleep.
44.
A. conventional
B. digital
C. colour
D. polaroid

45.
A. banyan
B. apple
C. oaks
D. roses

46.
A. move
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B. cry
C. laugh
D. weep

47. Arrange the jumbled words below into a good sentence!

on – success – reading – congratulation – your – in – contest - poetry
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

A. 4-1-5-2-6-3-8-7
B. 4-1-5-2-6-8-3-7
C. 4-6-5-2-1-8-3-7
D. 4-6-5-2-1-7-3-8

peeped as soon as his jump window from bed through Ben the first bit of sun
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
48. Arrange the jumbled words into a good sentence.
A. 8 - 1 - 9 - 6 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 4 - 7
B. 8 - 4 - 7 - 3 - 5 - 2 - 9 - 1 - 6
C. 8 - 1 - 3 - 5 - 2 - 9 - 4 - 6 - 7
D. 8 - 4 - 6 - 2 - 9 - 1 - 7 - 3 - 5

1. Our parents had told us many times

2. This was in 1938, during the Great Depression.
3. Having any form of weaponry in our home was strictly taboo.
4. my older brother, James, smuggled a BB gun into the house.
5. James brought me to his room. He opened his closet door and took out a shoebox
6. I’m not quite sure where he got it.
7. We were not to bring home guns or knives, even if they were just toys.
8. When I was about 12 years old,
9. He must have bartered for it with one of his friends.
10. The BB gun was inside.

49. Arrange jumbled sentences into a good story.

A. 8 - 1 - 9 - 10 - 6 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 4 - 7
B. 8 - 4 - 7 - 3 - 10 - 5 - 2 - 9 - 1 - 6
C. 8 - 1 - 3 - 5 - 2 - 9 - 10 - 4 - 6 - 7
D. 8 - 4 - 6 - 2 - 9 - 1 - 7 - 3 - 5 - 10

1. Follow the steps below to take pictures:

2. When you’re ready to take a picture, hold the shutter halfway.
3. Hold up the camera and center of object in the LCD.
4. Press shutter all the way down.
5. Move closer or use the zoom control for the result you want.
6. It may be necessary to turn off the LCD and use the view finder
7. when there is extreme sunlight or to conserve battery life.
8. The basic Operation of a Digital camera
9. Set the camera focus, shutter speed and various other calculations. This may
take a few seconds.
10. A light should appear that lets you know the camera is set to go.

50. Arrange jumbled sentences into a good story.

A. 8 - 1 - 9 - 10 - 6 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 4 - 7
B. 8 - 4 - 7 - 3 - 10 - 5 - 2 - 9 - 1 - 6
C. 8 - 1 - 3 - 5 - 2 - 9 - 10 - 4 - 6 - 7
D. 8 - 4 - 6 - 2 - 9 - 1 - 7 - 3 - 5 - 10