ENGLISH TEST 1 (ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION)

Name: Dyllesha Bonanza Melika Abadi

Class: XI IPS
No: 09

This text is for questions 1 to 5.

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If we can agree that government has a
role to play in our lives, then let us make sure 1. What is the text about?
that it is a positive one. Consider the benefits A. Pollution is caused by cars.
of free, fully-subsidized public transportation. B. Public transportation should be free.
First, it will motivate more people to leave C. Cars are the main cause of traffic
their cars at home. Think of the reduction in jams.
pollution, traffic jam, and insurance costs due D. How to leave our cars at home.
to accidents. Greener cities, safer cities, more E. Subsidized fuel.
livable cities. More room for parks and trees.
2. Whom is the text aimed at?
Think of the money we could all save by
A. Government.
consuming less gas, spending less frequently
B. Car buyers.
on car repairs, and so on. That money would
C. People.
stay in our wallets and we could then turn
D. Drivers.
around and give the economy a boost by
E. The writer’s family.
spending it on other consumer goods or
services. This would create more jobs. 3. What is the purpose of the text?
Secondly, we must consider the health A. To explain about the plan of making
benefits. We would all walk a little more. This free public transportation.
would reduce visits to doctors’ practices and B. To describe the benefits of free
hospitals because we would be healthier. We public transportation.
would have a lower blood pressure, lower C. To ask the government to provide
stress levels and possibly a better complexion. fully-subsidized public
In addition, free transportation would transportation.
encourage us to enjoy the company of our D. To persuade the readers that free
friends and family. Fewer accidents, fewer public transportation is beneficial.
tragedies, lower cost of policing and reduced E. To inform the readers about the plan
court backlogs. The increased public expense of free public transportation.
in transportation should pay off in the form of
reduced health care costs and a safer society.
4. “Consider the b enefits of free.....”
Then, think about some of the other social
(Paragraph 1)
benefits: imagine how much we would learn
The underlined word is similar to .
from each other when we share rides instead
A. improvements
of sitting in isolation in our cars. Talking to the
B. increases
neighbors might come back into fashion. More
C. captures
people would meet and talk and maybe even
D. helps
help each other.
E. advantages
Having someone else drive us would also
give us more time for reading books and 5. “So, park your car and use i t for
newspapers. So, park your car and use it for your dream vacation.” (Paragraph 6)
your dream vacation. The underlined word refers to .
No more fumbling for change, just hop on A. the park
and off the streetcar or bus wherever and B. dream
whenever you like. What a great idea, C. vacation
especially for those who live in crowded, D. your car
polluted cities. It would revitalize life on our E. time
streets.
So I can’t agree more with this This text is for questions 6 to 10.
proposition. What about you?
A needle exchange program would only
encourage more people to use drugs, in my
opinion, and many would still share needles or In addition, it may even encourage people, who
reuse needles even if there was a program. have never tried certain types of drugs, to try
Giving needles out for addicts to prevent them because now they will get their needles
the spread of disease will only encourage for free. Do we really want to encourage this
them and others to consume drugs more often. type of behavior? I wouldn’t think so. Moreover,
by giving needles to addicts, we are also
taking away from other programs that are
already low on funding. The money for needle
exchange would take away from Medicare
programs that are there to help the elderly and
disabled. There have already been enough
Medicare cuts without the extra cuts this would
bring about.
Then, you also have the problem of some
who will not use the needles and will keep
reusing the needles they’ve already had. Most
addicts are too far gone to worry about
whether they reuse a needle or not, and many
do not care about their chances of catching an
infectious disease.
In the early 1980’s, insulin and allergy
syringes could be bought in any drugstore
without a prescription, so addicts had no
problem obtaining needles if they had the
money. Even though they did not need a
prescription, they still continued to reuse
needles and shared with others.
Consequently, it led to the AIDS epidemic. In
the early 1990’s, states started requiring that
syringes be kept behind the counter in
drugstores and prescriptions for syringes were
needed. This was a way to cut down on illegal
drug use and reusing of needles. This was
also an effort to slow down the AIDS epidemic.
It has not worked either, but the answer to the
drug problem and the spread of diseases
through used needles is not to equip addicts
with tools with which to continue their illegal
activities.
We must spend the money that the needle
exchange program would cost in other areas
to help stop the use of drugs altogether.
6. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To describe the way things are.
B. To amuse or entertain the readers.
C. To persuade the readers that
something is the case.
D. To persuade the readers that
something should or should not be
the case.
E. To describe how something is
accomplished through a sequence of
actions or steps.
7. Below are the effects of giving needles to
addicts according to the writer, except
.
A. it will encourage them and others to
do drugs more often
B. it increases their chances of catching
an infectious disease
C. some drug users will keep reusing the
needles they already have
D. it may encourage people, who have
never tried certain types of drugs, to
try them
E. it will be taking away the money spent
on other programs that are already
low on funding
8. Why does giving needles out for addicts
possibly encourage people to try certain
types of drugs?
A. Because they can reuse the needle.
B. Because they get needles for free.
C. Because they can buy syringes
without prescription.
D. Because they now know to prevent
the spread of an infectious disease.
E. Because there is no chance of
catching
an infectious disease.
9. “This was a way to cut down on illegal
drug use and reusing of needles.”
(Paragraph 4)
What does the word ‘this’ refer to?
A. State regulations about where to
place and how to get syringes.
B. The needles which are only available
with
prescriptions.
C. The effort to stop the further epidemic
of AIDS.
D. The act of giving needles.
E. The needle exchange program.
10. “. . . diseases through used needles is not
to equip addicts with tools with which to
continue their illegal activities.”
(Paragraph 4)
The synonym of the word ‘equip’ is
.
A. fund B. control
C. prevent D. provid
E. prohibit
Your Answers:

1. B

2. C

3. D

4. E

5. E

6. D

7. B

8. B

9. A

10. D