PAKET SOAL : 2021C

BIDANG : BAHASA INGGRIS SMP

PELAKSANAAN : 31 OKTOBER 2021

PENYUSUN : YOLLA IMANDA GABRIELLA, S.Pd.

1. In recent years, snails have gone from garden dweller and French appetizer to practically a
worldwide skin-care ingredient: Their mucin (the slime they trail in their wake) forms the
foundation for a recent wave of hyperpopular creams, masks, and serums.
Most of the snail mucin used for skin care involves the Cryptomphalus aspersa
species, a.k.a. the common garden snail. If you’ve ever tried snail-slime products and noticed
your skin looking extra supple and glowy, you are not imagining it.

Dermatologists state that snail mucin seals in moisture and allows active ingredients
to penetrate the skin very well. The mucous is rich in hyaluronic acid, and has been shown to
exhibit antioxidant activities, stimulate collagen production, and enhance wound healing.

If the only thing holding you back from trying snail-slime beauty products (besides the
ick factor) is concern for snail welfare, don’t worry. Harvesting the slime involves having the
nocturnal snails crawl around a mesh net in a darkened room for 30 minutes at a time, then
transferred back to their natural habitat to rest. The snails are never harmed, and their
moisturizing slime is then collected and pasteurized for the bottle.

Source: Keong, Lori. “What Does Snail Slime Actually Do for Your Skin?” Aug. 21, 2018. New
York Magazine Web. Nov, 7. 2019.

The main information of the text is about ….

A. why snail mucin is currently popular as a skincare ingredient

B. what kind of snail involved in skincare production
C. how to make a facial cream or mask from snail mucin
D. when to harvest snail slime
2. In recent years, snails have gone from garden dweller and French appetizer to practically a
worldwide skin-care ingredient: Their mucin (the slime they trail in their wake) forms the
foundation for a recent wave of hyperpopular creams, masks, and serums.
 Most of the snail mucin used for skin care involves the Cryptomphalus aspersa species,
a.k.a. the common garden snail. If you’ve ever tried snail-slime products and noticed your skin
looking extra supple and glowy, you are not imagining it.

Dermatologists state that snail mucin seals in moisture and allows active ingredients
to penetrate the skin very well. The mucous is rich in hyaluronic acid, and has been shown to
exhibit antioxidant activities, stimulate collagen production, and enhance wound healing.

If the only thing holding you back from trying snail-slime beauty products (besides the
ick factor) is concern for snail welfare, don’t worry. Harvesting the slime involves having the
nocturnal snails crawl around a mesh net in a darkened room for 30 minutes at a time, then
transferred back to their natural habitat to rest. The snails are never harmed, and their
moisturizing slime is then collected and pasteurized for the bottle.

Source: Keong, Lori. “What Does Snail Slime Actually Do for Your Skin?” Aug. 21, 2018. New
York Magazine Web. Nov, 7. 2019.

Why are snails widely used as a skin-care ingredient over the last few years?

A. Their mucin creates a great foundation.

B. They can be easily found in the gardens.
C. Their mucin has the ability to inhibit the production of collagen.
D. Their mucin enables our skin to absorb active ingredients.
3. In recent years, snails have gone from garden dweller and French appetizer to practically a
worldwide skin-care ingredient: Their mucin (the slime they trail in their wake) forms the
foundation for a recent wave of hyperpopular creams, masks, and serums.

Most of the snail mucin used for skin care involves the Cryptomphalus aspersa species,
a.k.a. the common garden snail. If you’ve ever tried snail-slime products and noticed your skin
looking extra supple and glowy, you are not imagining it.

Dermatologists state that snail mucin seals in moisture and allows active ingredients
to penetrate the skin very well. The mucous is rich in hyaluronic acid, and has been shown to
exhibit antioxidant activities, stimulate collagen production, and enhance wound healing.

If the only thing holding you back from trying snail-slime beauty products (besides the
ick factor) is concern for snail welfare, don’t worry. Harvesting the slime involves having the
nocturnal snails crawl around a mesh net in a darkened room for 30 minutes at a time, then
 transferred back to their natural habitat to rest. The snails are never harmed, and their
moisturizing slime is then collected and pasteurized for the bottle.

Source: Keong, Lori. “What Does Snail Slime Actually Do for Your Skin?” Aug. 21, 2018. New
York Magazine Web. Nov, 7. 2019.

The word ‘welfare’ in Paragraph 4 has the similar meaning with ….

A. Habitat
B. Harm
C. Comfort
D. Exploitation
4. In recent years, snails have gone from garden dweller and French appetizer to practically a
worldwide skin-care ingredient: Their mucin (the slime they trail in their wake) forms the
foundation for a recent wave of hyperpopular creams, masks, and serums.

Most of the snail mucin used for skin care involves the Cryptomphalus aspersa species,
a.k.a. the common garden snail. If you’ve ever tried snail-slime products and noticed your skin
looking extra supple and glowy, you are not imagining it.

Dermatologists state that snail mucin seals in moisture and allows active ingredients
to penetrate the skin very well. The mucous is rich in hyaluronic acid, and has been shown to
exhibit antioxidant activities, stimulate collagen production, and enhance wound healing.

If the only thing holding you back from trying snail-slime beauty products (besides the
ick factor) is concern for snail welfare, don’t worry. Harvesting the slime involves having the
nocturnal snails crawl around a mesh net in a darkened room for 30 minutes at a time, then
transferred back to their natural habitat to rest. The snails are never harmed, and their
moisturizing slime is then collected and pasteurized for the bottle.

Source: Keong, Lori. “What Does Snail Slime Actually Do for Your Skin?” Aug. 21, 2018. New
York Magazine Web. Nov, 7. 2019.

The slime harvesting process does NOT include …

A. putting the snails into a darkened room

B. letting the snails crawl around for a couple hours
C. pasteurizing the slime
D. sending the snails back to their natural habitat
5. Traditional body signage seems largely to have disappeared. Well, many of the old symbols
and names are still around, of course, but they are part of the commercial range of options.
Seeing someone in a Harvard or Oxford sweatshirt or a kilt or a military tie now
communicates nothing at all significant about that person’s life other than the personal
choice of a particular consumer. Religious signs are still evocative, to be sure, but are far less
common than they used to be. Why should this be? I suspect one reason may be that we
have lost a sense of significant connection to the various things indicated by such signs.
Proclaiming our high school or university or our athletic team or our community has a much
lower priority nowadays, in part because we live such rapidly changing lives in a society
marked by constant motion that the stability essential to confer significance on such signs
has largely gone.

But we still must attach ourselves to something. Lacking the conviction that the
traditional things matter, we turn to the last resort of the modern world: the market. Here
there is a vast array of options, all equally meaningless in terms of traditional values, all equally
important in identifying the one thing left to us for declaring our identity publicly, our fashion
sense and disposable income. The market naturally manipulates the labels, making sure we
keep purchasing what will most quickly declare us excellent consumers. If this year a Chicago
Bulls jacket or Air Jordan shoes are so popular that we are prepared to spend our way into a
trendy identity, then next year there will be something else.

Annunziata, M. A. & Team. (2004). 501 Critical Reading Questions. New York:
LearningExpress.

The author guesses that religious signs are used less commonly because…

A. The sense of significant connection to fashion is changing

B. The feeling of connection to religious signs has been gone
C. Internet has made things easier
D. The buyers are more aware
6. Traditional body signage seems largely to have disappeared. Well, many of the old symbols
and names are still around, of course, but they are part of the commercial range of options.
Seeing someone in a Harvard or Oxford sweatshirt or a kilt or a military tie now
communicates nothing at all significant about that person’s life other than the personal
choice of a particular consumer. Religious signs are still evocative, to be sure, but are far less
common than they used to be. Why should this be? I suspect one reason may be that we
have lost a sense of significant connection to the various things indicated by such signs.
 Proclaiming our high school or university or our athletic team or our community has a much
lower priority nowadays, in part because we live such rapidly changing lives in a society
marked by constant motion that the stability essential to confer significance on such signs
has largely gone.

But we still must attach ourselves to something. Lacking the conviction that the
traditional things matter, we turn to the last resort of the modern world: the market. Here
there is a vast array of options, all equally meaningless in terms of traditional values, all equally
important in identifying the one thing left to us for declaring our identity publicly, our fashion
sense and disposable income. The market naturally manipulates the labels, making sure we
keep purchasing what will most quickly declare us excellent consumers. If this year a Chicago
Bulls jacket or Air Jordan shoes are so popular that we are prepared to spend our way into a
trendy identity, then next year there will be something else.

Annunziata, M. A. & Team. (2004). 501 Critical Reading Questions. New York:
LearningExpress.

In paragraph 2, disposable income refers to…

A. recyclable goods
B. spending money
C. life savings
D. a donation to charity
7. Traditional body signage seems largely to have disappeared. Well, many of the old symbols
and names are still around, of course, but they are part of the commercial range of options.
Seeing someone in a Harvard or Oxford sweatshirt or a kilt or a military tie now
communicates nothing at all significant about that person’s life other than the personal
choice of a particular consumer. Religious signs are still evocative, to be sure, but are far less
common than they used to be. Why should this be? I suspect one reason may be that we
have lost a sense of significant connection to the various things indicated by such signs.
Proclaiming our high school or university or our athletic team or our community has a much
lower priority nowadays, in part because we live such rapidly changing lives in a society
marked by constant motion that the stability essential to confer significance on such signs
has largely gone.

But we still must attach ourselves to something. Lacking the conviction that the
traditional things matter, we turn to the last resort of the modern world: the market. Here
 there is a vast array of options, all equally meaningless in terms of traditional values, all equally
important in identifying the one thing left to us for declaring our identity publicly, our fashion
sense and disposable income. The market naturally manipulates the labels, making sure we
keep purchasing what will most quickly declare us excellent consumers. If this year a Chicago
Bulls jacket or Air Jordan shoes are so popular that we are prepared to spend our way into a
trendy identity, then next year there will be something else.

Annunziata, M. A. & Team. (2004). 501 Critical Reading Questions. New York:
LearningExpress.

The author would agree with all the following statements EXCEPT…

A. In today’s society, being trendy is more important than keeping tradition.

B. A person wearing a New York Yankees baseball hat is not necessarily a fan of the team
or a resident of New York.
C. Pride in our school or community is not as strong today as it was years ago.
D. You can tell a lot about somebody by what they are wearing.
8. Traditional body signage seems largely to have disappeared. Well, many of the old symbols
and names are still around, of course, but they are part of the commercial range of options.
Seeing someone in a Harvard or Oxford sweatshirt or a kilt or a military tie now
communicates nothing at all significant about that person’s life other than the personal
choice of a particular consumer. Religious signs are still evocative, to be sure, but are far less
common than they used to be. Why should this be? I suspect one reason may be that we
have lost a sense of significant connection to the various things indicated by such signs.
Proclaiming our high school or university or our athletic team or our community has a much
lower priority nowadays, in part because we live such rapidly changing lives in a society
marked by constant motion that the stability essential to confer significance on such signs
has largely gone.

But we still must attach ourselves to something. Lacking the conviction that the traditional
things matter, we turn to the last resort of the modern world: the market. Here there is a vast
array of options, all equally meaningless in terms of traditional values, all equally important in
identifying the one thing left to us for declaring our identity publicly, our fashion sense and
disposable income. The market naturally manipulates the labels, making sure we keep
purchasing what will most quickly declare us excellent consumers. If this year a Chicago Bulls
jacket or Air Jordan shoes are so popular that we are prepared to spend our way into a trendy
identity, then next year there will be something else.
 Annunziata, M. A. & Team. (2004). 501 Critical Reading Questions. New York:
LearningExpress.

What is most likely the author’s main purpose of writing this passage?

A. Discuss the impact of basketball in fashion nowadays

B. Relate the tribal history of tattoos
C. Tell the reader about the past
D. Discuss commercialism’s powerful influence upon personal identity
9. Amy ; “Where is the Post Office, please?”

Adi : “It is on Jl. Kartini no 7.”

Amy ;”Ok, thanks”

Anna : “Adi, what did Amy ask you?”

Adi : “She asked me....

A. where the Post Office

B. where the Post Office is

C. where is the Post Office?

D. where the Post Office was

10. All of the electronic devices that engineers have produced, the computer has had the
greatest impact on society. At the heart of every computer, there are microchips. Microchips
consist of large collections of tiny devices like the diode and transistor, connected on a single
piece (‘chip’) of silicon.

Diodes and transistors are …

A. silicon pieces.

B. computer engineers.

C. microelectronic devices.

D. collections of computers.

11. I don´t know how to repair cars, so I´m having mine … at the garage round the corner.
 A. repair

B. repairs

C. to repair

D. repaired

12. “Bakhtiar is very well known. All people in his office know him very well”.

“He …excellent communication and interpersonal skills with his colleagues.”

A. must has

B. must have

C. mush have had

D. must have been

13. I've had twenty replies to the invitations I sent out, so I know twenty people … .

A. come definitely

B. definitely come

C. will definitely come

D. are definitely coming

14. ERROR RECOGNITION

On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic one fossil forest consists of a nearly hundred large stumps
scattered on an exposed coal bed .

A. Consists

B. a nearly

C. scattered

D. exposed

15. ERROR RECOGNITION

 The surface conditions on the Planet Mars are the more like the earth than are those of any
other Planets In The Solar system .

A. Condition

B. The more

C. Than

D. Other

16. ERROR RECOGNITION

The Humber river and it's valley from a major salmon fishing, lumbering , hunting , and
Farmer region In The western new foundland Canada .

A. It’s

B. From

C. Major

D. Farmer

17. ERROR RECOGNITION

Migration of animal maybe initiated by psychological stimuli such as reproductive, changes
external pressure such as whether changes or a combination of either Time Of Changes.

A. by

B. such as

C. whether changes

D. either

18. ERROR RECOGNITION

Maria Anderson , in addition to gaining fame as a concert soloist , also served as a UNited
States delegates to the United Nations.

A. in additions

B. soloist

C. served

D. delegates
19. ERROR RECOGNITION
Realistic novels . in trying to present life as it actually is , have written many works that are
notable for their artistry of style

A. novels

B. to present

C. it

D. for

20. ________ devised to lessen the drudgery of washing clothes that origin of the washing
machine is unclear .

A. Were the inventions so numerous

B. The inventions so numerous

C. So numerous were the inventions

D. The inventions that were so numerous

21. M : Selly says we should meet her in the park at noon

W : I thought we were meeting at the library

What do the speakers disagree about ?

A. Where to meet Selly

B. Why Selly wants to meet them

C. The location of the park

D. The time of the meeting

22. Now that He has moved to my town . We can see each other regularly . The underlined word
means _____ to my town we can see each other regularly .

A. Because he had Moved

B. Before He has moved

C. Although He has moved

D. Provider that he has Moved

23. I wish someone answered my call. It is been ringing for about five minutes the underlined
sentence means _____”

A. Someone will answer the phone

B. Someone had answer my phone

C. The phone has stopped ringing

D. Nobody answer the phone

24. Tyron : “ We are manufactures of environment friendly appliances”

Yumna : “________________”

Tyron : “ well research has shown that our products do not damage the ozone layer “

The most appropriate response by Yumna …

A. Sorry I don't quite follow you

B. Could you say that again please

C. Did you say environment-friendly?

D. What exactly do you mean by environment friendly?

25. Pablo said :”I was not Winner “

it means _____

A. Pablo wished that He is the winner

B. Pablo wished that he could be the winner

C. Pablo wished that he had been the winner

D. Pablo wished if he were the winner

26. Olla : “I never see you so nervous like this What is happening to you ?”

Raffi : “I have to do this complicated task but I don't know where to start .

The underline word Express ________

A. incapability

B. dissatisfaction
 C. uncertainty

D. disagreement

27. Nikita : “This telegram is for my husband. He is out duty .””What do you recommend me to
do?”

Milka : “ Why don’t you ring him and tell him that a telegram arrived ?

In the dialogue above , NIkita is asking for Milka’s ____

A. Curiosity

B. Agreement

C. Permission

D. Information

28. Many people in the would are against the construction of nuclear plants in their
neighborhood for fear of accidents that may harm their lives , nevertheless _____

A. Most recently established stations are closed

B. there is no future nuclear power industry

C. government insists on using nuclear power as alternative energy

D. people still prefer various traditional kinds of energy

29. VOCABULARY

The inquiry concerning the accident was handled by the police in chief .

A. gossip

B. inquisitiveness

C. recording

D. investigation

30. VOCABULARY

She didn’t say much , but her tone of voice insinuated more.

A. blamed
 B. demanded

C. intervened

D. suggested

31. When used for studies of learning and memory, the Octopus is more interesting subject than
the squid. Unlike the free-swimming squid, which is exclusively on its eyes to guide it to
tasty fish or crab, the octopus often feeds off the bottom of the sea. It uses not only its eyes
but its tentacles to identify a likely meal. The brain of the octopus has two separate
memory-storage areas-one for visual memories and one for tactile memories.

How does the squid find it's food ?

A. Both by sight and by touch

B. By touch only

C. By sight only

D. By tentacles only

32. When used for studies of learning and memory, the Octopus is more interesting subject than
the squid. Unlike the free-swimming squid, which is exclusively on its eyes to guide it to
tasty fish or crab, the octopus often feeds off the bottom of the sea. It uses not only its eyes
but its tentacles to identify a likely meal. The brain of the octopus has two separate
memory-storage areas-one for visual memories and one for tactile memories.

The passage is mainly about ?

A. A new way of feeding fish

B. Biological differences between two animals

C. How to go deep-sea fishing

D. A warning to deep-sea divers

33. When used for studies of learning and memory, the Octopus is more interesting subject than
the squid. Unlike the free-swimming squid, which is exclusively on its eyes to guide it to
tasty fish or crab, the octopus often feeds off the bottom of the sea. It uses not only its eyes
 but its tentacles to identify a likely meal. The brain of the octopus has two separate
memory-storage areas-one for visual memories and one for tactile memories.
According to the passage , which of the following can describe the octopus ?

A. Its brain is simpler than that of the squid

B. It can’t look and touch at the same time

C. Its brain does not function very well

D. The memory of what it has seen and touched is contained it seperate areas

34. Economic expansion Government reports showed gains in industrial production, personal
income, and housing starts. Housing construction, however, remained is sluggish, mainly
because the cost of new homes has risen much faster than average incomes, but housing
starts did show a small increase over those of April.

The author’s claims concerning economic expansion seem to be based on ?

A. Government data in three the areas

B. Government budgetary reports

C. The author’s own research

D. The author’s personal insight

35. Read the following song lyric to answer the questions that follow.
“We Are The Champions” as written by and Freddie Mercury
I’ve paid my dues
Time after time
I’ve done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I’ve made a few
I’ve had my share of sand kicked in my face
But I’ve come through

(And I need to go on and on, and on, and on)

We are the champions, my friends

And we’ll keep on fighting ’til the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
‘Cause we are the champions of the world

I’ve taken my bows

And my curtain calls
You brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it
I thank you all

But it’s been no bed of roses

No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race
And I ain’t gonna lose

(And I need just go on and on, and on, and on)

We are the champions, my friends

And we’ll keep on fighting ’til the end
We are the champions
We are the champions No time for losers
‘Cause we are the champions of the world

We are the champions, my friends

And we’ll keep on fighting ’til the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
‘Cause we are the champions

What does the writer of the song imply when he says “It’s been no bed of roses, no pleasure
cruise.”? Give concrete reasons!