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USBN English XII
USBN English XII
12. This instruction will be useful if ....an Automatic Bank Card.
A. someone wants to have
B. one wants to remove
C. one wants to secure
D. someone is going to apply
E. one will activate
13. A bank customer will immediately use his Automatic Bank Card after ......
A. paying a fee.
B. mentioning password.
C. making the phone call.
D. receiving a confirmation call.
E. calling the representative.
14. The persons who will probably attend to this dinner meeting are ....
A. everyone who have visited Sir Walter Scott’s home.
B. those who want to be involved in the auction.
C. those who want to buy Sir Walter Scott’s home.
D. all the directors of the companies.
E. the companies’ representatives.
15. “All proceeds from the Dinner will go to the Abbotsford Endowment Fund”
The underlined word means ....
A. Money deposited in the banks.
B. People who attend the meeting.
C. Money obtained from the event.
D. The owner of the property.
E. The person who conducts the auction.
Nowadays, the activity of online shopping has risen steadily around the world.
It has become a new lifestyle for people in modern city since 21St century. Even
though there are still many people who prefer buying their daily needs in a market to
shopping online, shopping online for certain people has more advantages than its
drawbacks.
There are strong arguments in favour of online shopping. For some people,
particularly working people, they argue that the existence of online shop is very
utilitarian in their life. That is because they do not have to go to a market which they
may spend much time. Moreover, online shop has offered many types of goods that
customer can buy, so they have many preferences to select the best ones.
Furthermore, nowadays, there have been many online shops which put some
buyer testimonies on their websites. If customers feel worried about the quality of
goods, they can see and read some testimonies concerning the quality of those
goods. Therefore, with the presence of testimony, consumers can easily determine
whether the quality of goods is decent or not.
In conclusion, online shopping has advantages and merits for many people.
Thus, people can utilize online shopping as new lifestyle due to its benefits.
19. Based on the text, which of the following are reason why people choose online
shopping?
A. the high price.
B. can be done everywhere.
C. the limited kind the goods.
D. the laziness of the customer.
E. the practically of transaction.
20. “Therefore, with the presence of testimony, consumers can easily determine
whether the quality of goods is decent or not.” (paragraph 3)
The underlined word may be best replaced by ....
A. considerable
B. respectable
C. acceptable
D. credible
E. reliable
I had once a wife and a servant and a handsome son. One day I had to go to
a distant city. While I was away my wife turned my son into a calf and my servant
into a cow. My wife was a bad woman who had studied witchcraft. When I came
back home I asked my wife for my son. She said, “Your son? I don’t know where he
has gone.”
“And my servant?” I asked.
“He was dead,” she answered.
My sorrow was very great. I did not feel happy for a year.
One day I ordered my new servant to bring me a cow. I wanted to kill the cow
for its meat. My new servant brought me the servant who was a cow now. The cow
moaned so loudly that I did not kill it.
I told my servant to bring me a calf and he brought me my son who was a
calf now. When the calf saw me, it was very glad. It ran up to me and rubbed its
head against me. I said to the servant, “Take this calf away and bring me another.”
My wife called to me, “You must kill this one. This calf is very fat.” But I did
not listen to her.
“Take it away,” I said to my servant.
The next day, I was sitting in my room when my servant came to me and
said, “O, my master, I will tell you a tale which will make you happy.”
“I have a daughter who studied magic. Yesterday, when you gave me the calf
I went home. I went into the house. When my daughter saw the calf she covered her
face. First she cried and then she laughed.”
At last she said to me,” O, my father, why do you bring a strange man into the house
to look at me?”
I answered, “I did not see a man.
“This calf is your master’s son, “she said.”I laugh because he is your master’s son
and I cry because he is a calf.”
Then I went with my servant to his house to see his daughter. “Is it true what you
have said about the calf?”
“Yes, my master, he is your son.”
I asked her, “Can you give me back my son?”
My servant’s daughter took a bottle of water out of the cupboard. She poured some
water on the head of the calf and said, “Dear calf, change into a man again.”
A handsome young man stood before me. The servant’s daughter then changed my
wicked wife into a gazelle.
My son married my servant’s daughter and they were happy together.
22. How would you compare the wife and the servant?
A. The wife was a helpless woman, while the servant was a strong man.
B. The wife was beautiful, while the servant was handsome.
C. Both the wife and the servant practiced magic.
D. The wife was wicked whereas the servant was kind-hearted.
E. Both the wife and the servant could turn people into animals
23. When the man came back home, he asked his wife for his son ....she answered
that his son had gone away.
A. because
B. as
C. and
D. so
E. but
Your sincerely,
Mohammad Hatta
Every year has its great men and women who are remembered for what they
have done for their country. One of Indonesia’s great men is Dr.Mohammad
hatta .He was a man with deep love for his country and people.
Dr Mohammad Hatta was born in Bukittinggi on August 12th,1902. While still
in Junior high school in Bukittinggi, he became interested in politics and joined the
league of young Sumatera.
He left Bukittinggi to study in Batavia. Then he went to Netherlands. He
studied economics and gained a doctorate degree there. During his stay there he
was active in the national movement. Because of his activities, he was arrested.
In 1923 Hatta returned to Indonesia. He joined in political organization
called”Pendididkan Nasional Indonesia”. One of its goals was to develop political
awareness among the Indonesia people. His activities again led to his arrest. The
colonial government exiled him to Bowen Digul, and later to Bandanaira. Shortly
before the Japanese invasion, he was brought back to Java.
When the Javanese surrendered in August 1945, Soekarno and Hatta
proclaimed Indonesia’s independence. Hatta became the first vice- president of The
Republic of Indonesia
In 1956 Hatta resigned as a vice president and devoted himself to writing. On
March 14,1981 Dr. Mohammad Hatta passed away in Jakarta.
Nowadays, he is no longer living among us. However, his spirit of loving the
country and nation is one of the reasons why he is well remembered.
26. Why was Moh. Hatta arrested? Because .....
A. he joined in political organization in Batavia.
B. he proclaimed the Indonesia’s independence with Soekarno.
C. he developed the political awareness among Indonesians.
D. he had a spirit of loving the country and the nation.
E. he was interested in politics and joined the league of young Sumatera.
27. “In 1956 Hatta resigned as a vice President.”
The synonym of the underlined word is…
A. gave up
B. brought up
C. maintained
D. surrendered
E. kept in position
Acid rain is rain that is highly acidic because of sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides,
and other air pollutants dissolved in it. Normal rain is slightly acidic, with a pH of 6.
Acid rain may have a pH value as low as 2.8.
Acid rain can severely damage both plants and animals’ lives. Certain lakes,
for example, have lost all fish and plant life because of acid rain. Acid rain comes
from sulfur in coal and oil. When they burn, they make sulfur dioxide (SO2). Most
sulfur leaves factory chimneys as the gaseous sulfur dioxide (SO2 ) and most
nitrogen are also emitted as one of the nitrogen oxides (NO or NO2), both of which
are gasses. The gasses may be dry-deposited–absorbed directly by the land, by
lakes, by the surface, or by vegetation. If they are in the atmosphere for anytime, the
gasses will oxidize (gain an oxygen atom) and go into solution as acids.
Sulfuric acid (H2 SO4) and the nitrogen oxides will become nitric acid
(HNO3). The acids usually dissolve in cloud droplets and may travel great distances
before being precipitated as acid rain. Catalysts such as hydrogen peroxide, ozone,
and ammonium help promote the formation of acids in clouds. More ammonium
(NH4) can be formed when some of the acids are partially neutralized by airborne
ammonia (NH3). Acidification increases with the number of active hydrogen (H+)
ions dissolved in acid. Hydrocarbons emitted by, for example, car exhausts will react
in sunlight with nitrogen oxides to produce ozone.
Although it is invaluable in the atmosphere, low-level ozone causes
respiratory problems and also hastens the formation of acid rain. When acid rain falls
on the ground it dissolves and liberates heavy metals and aluminum (Al). When it is
washed into lakes, aluminum irritates the outer surfaces of many fish. As acid rain
falls or drains into the lake the pH of the lake falls.
Forests suffer the effect of acid rain through damage to leaves, through the
loss of vital nutrients, and through the increased amounts of toxic metals liberated by
acid, which damage roots and soil microorganisms.
29. After the sulfuric acid and the nitrogen oxides become nitric acid, ....
A. it is absorbed directly by the vegetation.
B. it usually dissolves in cloud droplets.
C. it emits another sulfur gas.
D. it radiates an oxygen atom.
E. it dissolves in the lake.
Lately, concerns have arisen that Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, and its
immediate surroundings are threatened to experience a clean water crisis by 2025.
Clean water, which is produced by two private operators – PAM Lyonnaise Jaya
(Palyja) and Aetra Air Jakarta – currently totals 18.7 m3 per second. However, by
2025, demand for clean water will reach 41.3 m3/second as the population of
Jakarta is estimated to grow to 14.6 million people from 9.6 million currently (the
unofficial figure is possibly much higher).
It has been reported that city-owned property developer Jakarta Propertindo
(Jakpro) and city-owned developer Pembangunan Jaya will acquire a combined 100
percent stake in Palyja. If the Jakarta administration has a direct stake in the city
water operators, it will increase public supervision on the local clean water industry.
PAM Lyonnaise Jaya, which manages the clean water supply in the west side
of Jakarta, is a private water operator that is partly controlled by Astra International
through its subsidiary Astratel Nusantara. Palyja has been active in Jakarta for about
16 years. However, last year a law suit was filed demanding that the court will annul
the agreement between city water operator PAM Jaya and Palyja and Aetra Air
Jakarta (Aetra) claiming that public access to affordable clean water has been
hindered.
Based on information from the World Bank, Indonesia plans to achieve
universal clean water access by 2019 but almost half of the population still do not
have access to clean water at present.
The use of formalin and other dangerous preservatives in food has been
serious problem for three reasons. Firstly, formalin is not for human beings, but it is
for biological specimens and experiments. Formalin in Biology is a 10% solution of
formaldehyde in water which is usually used as a disinfectant or to preserve
biological specimens. Thus, it is not for food preservatives.
Of course when it is used for food preservative, it will be very dangerous to
human’s body.
The second reason is that there is no tight control from the government. This
condition makes the people’s health is really in a threat. When the control is weak
and the use formalin was spread wide all over the Indonesian regions, and these
days it has really happened, the citizen's bodies will be badly contaminated with the
poisons. Fish or food traders still sell their products which contain formalin and
dangerous preservatives. Can you imagine that our digestive system absorbs the
substance that should be for the human and animal corpses?
Considering the reasons, we can make a conclusion that the use of formalin
and other preservatives is really a serious problem if it is not resolved immediately.
38. Firstly, formalin is not for human beings, but it is for biological specimens and
experiments. The synonym of the underlined word is . . . .
A. approach
B. discovery
C. speech
D. observation
E. method
Chorus:
Don't laugh at me, don't call me names
Don't get your pleasure from my pain
In God's eyes we're all the same
Someday we'll all have perfect wings
Don't laugh at me.