READING SECTION

The following text is for questions 16 and 17

Source: https://www.aminef.or.id/fulbright-etas-indonesia-eyes

16. Why is the announcement issued?

A. to ask people to come to the event
B. to invite all foreigners to join the game
C. to inform all teaching assistants to participate
D. to show the result of English Teaching Assistant
E. to promote Indonesia in American Fullbright program

17. It can be implied from the text that ….

A. participants should enroll themselves prior to the event
B. everyone may come to the meeting with no charge
C. the presenters will be all Indonesian teachers
D. the activity will be in seminar format
E. the event will be held in the morning

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The following text is for questions 18 and 19.

Jl. Anggrek no. 98 Palu

15th March 2018

Delta Store JI. Rajawali no. 16 Semarang

Dear Sir/Madam:
I am writing to complain about the product I’ve bought. On 6th February I ordered a
digital camera from your online shop and I’ve transferred money for the product and shipping
charge.
It was stated on the advertisement that you would give me a camera pocket and 32GB
microSD card for free. Unfortunately, I could not find those items in the package. I thought
you forgot to insert the items in the package; so I didn’t think it was necessary to complain.
However, to make matters worse, I had trouble with the battery. After a month of usage, the
battery ran out its power so quickly every time I used it. Besides, the waterproof casing was
easily torn.
To resolve the problem, I would appreciate if you replace the battery since the product is
still in guarantee. I would return the battery, enclosed with the copies of my purchase records
and guarantee card.
I look forward to your reply and resolution.You can also reach me on
0869998856281.Thank you.

Yours faithfully,
Niken Pramesthi

18. Why did Niken write the letter?

A. She wanted The Delta Store to replace her new digital camera with the other
product.
B. She complained The Delta Store about the shipping of the product sent to her.
C. She asked The Delta Store to send her a new battery for her digital camera.
D. She wanted to inform The Delta Store about her digital camera.
E. She complained The Delta Store about the product sent to her.
19. What does Niken hope for by sending the letter?
A. The shop owner will meet her soon.
B. The shop owner will repair the battery.
C. The shop owner will send a new battery.
D. She will receive another new digital camera.
E. The shop owner will provide the guarantee for the product.

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The following text is for questions no 20 to 21.

United States Department of State

Jakarta, Indonesia

Jakarta, August 14, 2020

To
Head of School, SMA Marsudirini Muntilan,
Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia

Dear Mr. Soebagio,

@America, U.S. Embassy’s cultural center located at Pacific Place, Jakarta will
hold Young Thinkers’ Trophy 2020 on September 27-30. Young Thinkers’ Trophy is a
prestigious, national-scale Asian Parliamentary debating tournament for high school
students to debate in English about current trends and issues in Indonesia, the Southeast
Asian region, and the United States. This event is held in cooperation with Atma Jaya
Debating Community (ADC), a debating community with stellar track record in national
and international circuits of competitive debating, as well as in event organizing.
I would like to hereby invite the participation of your students in Young Thinkers’
Trophy 2020. I believe this tournament will be immensely beneficial for your student to
practice using various aspects of their English skills, to sharpen awareness and critical
views about the current issues unfolding and happening around us, as well as to make new
friends and great memories in a fun and exciting environment.
This tournament is held free of charge. Your students, representing your school, will
receive a certificate acknowledging their participation in the event, and a chance to win the
title Young Thinkers’ Trophy champion, endorsed by the U.S. Embassy Jakarta.
It is our sincere hope that we can see the participation of many of your students at Young
Thinkers’ Trophy 2020 in Jakarta.
Should you have any questions, my colleague Uphie Abdurrahman
(AbdurrahmanL@state.gov) will be happy to address them.
Sincerely yours,

Jed T.Dornburg
Deputy Cultural Affairs
Attaché and @america
Director
U.S. Embassy Jakarta

20. Why does Mr. Jed T. Dornburg send the letter?

A. to promote an English debate competition
B. to ask for participation in an English contest
C. to facilitate a national-scale debate championship
D. to hold and event endorsed by the US Embassy Jakarta
E. to show the cooperation with Atma Jaya Debating Community

21. “I believe this tournament will be immensely beneficial for your student … “ (Paragraph
2)

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 The word beneficial has a similar meaning with ….
A. advantageous
B. desirable
C. worthless
D. generous
E. suitable

The following picture and text are for number 22 and 23.

The Chinese city of Wuhan is building a hospital in just a few days, to treat patients suspected
of contracting the coronavirus. The 25,000-square-metre (30,000 sqyd) Huoshenshan
Hospital, one of two new hospitals being built, is scheduled to open on Monday. 3rd February
2020. (https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-51280586)

22. What may the readers feel after reading the caption above?
A. Amazement of the speedy construction.
B. Amusement of the quick recovery.
C. Regretful of the disastrous chaos.
D. Compassion of the poor victims.
E. Affection of the sad tragedy.

23. “… to treat patients suspected of contracting the coronavirus.”

The word suspected has a similar meaning with …
A. known
B. neglected
C. described
D. presumed
E. disregarded

The song lyric is for questions number 24 and 25.

The Time of My Life

Artist : David Cook

Writer : Reinald Glenn Hamm

I’ve been waiting for my dreams

To turn into something I could believe in
And looking for that magic rainbow
On the horizon, I couldn’t see it

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 Until I let go, gave in to love
Watched all the bitterness burn
Now I’m coming alive, body and soul
Feeling my world start to turn

Chorus:
And I’ll taste every moment and live it out loud
I know this is the time; this is the time to be
More than a name or a face in the crowd
I know this is the time; this is the time of my life
The time of my life

Holding on to things that vanished

Into the air, left me in pieces
But now I’m rising from the ashes
Finding my wings and all that I needed
Was there all along, within my reach
As close as the beat of my heart
(Chorus)

And now I’m out on the edge of forever

Ready to run
Keeping my feet on the ground, arms open wide
Facing the sun
(Chorus)

Taken from: Kreatif, from http://www.metrolyrics.com/

The-time-of-mylife-lyrics-david-cook-html

24. What is the message of the song?

A. Life can be good, but sometimes can be bad.
B. We should be ready for facing our life.
C. We still have a chance to change.
D. We cannot turn back the time.
E. We should not give up.

25. “Holding on to things that vanished”. The underlined word has the same meaning with
....
A. left behind
B. established
C. gone through
D. damaged badly
E. disappeared suddenly

The following text is for questions 26 to 28.

Stephanie Kwolek was an organic chemist, best known for inventing Kevlar in 1965.
Kevlar is an immensely strong plastic, which was first used as a replacement for steel
reinforcing strips in racing car tyres and has gone on to be used in a large number of
applications where high strength is required without high weight.
Kwolek was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA in 1923. She graduated with a
degree in chemistry from Margaret Morrison Carnegie College of Carnegie Mellon University
in 1946. She was quickly recruited to work as a chemist at Dupont Chemicals in Buffalo, NY.
Four years later, she moved to Wilmington, Delaware where she spent the remainder of her
career with Dupont. She headed polymer research at Dupont until her retirement in 1986.
After nine years of research work, Kwolek made her major breakthrough, discovering
Kevlar. Her pathway to discovery began a year earlier when she began looking for a new,

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lightweight plastic to be used in car tyres. The idea was that lighter tyres would allow vehicles
to enjoy better fuel economy.
Not only did Kevlar find use in tyres but also has used in a large variety of protective
clothing applications, such as bulletproof vests because of the combination of lightness and
strength. Today, Kevlar is used in a great number of different ways, including armour, gloves,
tyres, yacht sails, shoes, ropes and tennis racquet strings.
Kwolek was admitted to the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1994. She was also
awarded the National Medal of Technology (in 1996); the Perkin Medal (in 1997), which is
seen as the highest award in American industrial chemistry; the Chemical Pioneer-Award of
the American Institute of Chemists; and the Howard N. Potts Medal for Engineering. She
died on 18th June 2014, at the age of 90.

Adopted from: http://www.famousscientists.org/stephanie-kwolek

26. How old was Kwolek when she invented Kevlar?

A. 23 years old.
B. 27 years old.
C. 42 years old.
D. 51 years old.
E. 63 years old.

27. After reading the text we know that the initial purpose of the invention of kevlar has
helped people ....
A. enjoy elastic shoes
B. use fuel efficiently for their cars
C. be able to wear bulletproof vests anytime
D. enjoy doing tennis with strong racquet strings
E. be able to use ropes for many kinds of purposes

28. Not only did Kevlar find use in tyres, ... combination of lightness and strength has also
used in a large variety of protective clothing applications, such as bullet proof vests.
A. it
B. its
C. they
D. their
E. theirs

This text is for questions 29 to 30.

Try the following tips

1. Stay out of the sun during peak hours. While these times may vary slightly
depending on the season and where you live. You should be indoors if all possible
between 10:00 and 15:00.
2. Keep covered up. Floppy hats and large umbrellas work well and so do cover-ups.
Long-sleeved cotton shirts are excellent for hiking, cycling etc; see your sports store for
special brands that allow breathing as well as cover-up.
3. Use sunscreen on any exposed areas. An SPF of 45+ is recommended for it allows
even the fairest skinned folks to stay out in the sun for a few hours before reapplying.
Try chopstick on your lips. Follow the instructions on sunscreen carefully. Always
reapply after leaving the water, as it’ll have washed off.
4. Don’t forget hard-to-reach places. Don’t forget to cover the backs of your knees, back
of your neck, elbows and back of your ears (if you have short hair). Feet should also be
included if you are wearing sandals, flip-flops or going bare-foot. Even these places can
hurt a lot with sunburn.
5. Don’t lie in the sun purposefully seeking a tan. This is not only damaging to your
skin but might burn you the first few times you try it at the beginning of the season. If
you want to tan, do it gradually and sensibly, with short exposure and building up over
time.
6. Put a small amount of oil or sunscreen in your hair so you will avoid burning your
scalp. Or cover it with a hat. Some shampoos and hair conditioners contain SPF
protection.

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29. What is the writer’s intention in writing the text?
A. To explain how to stay out during the day.
B. To discuss the information about sunburn.
C. To give some suggestion to avoid sunburn.
D. To tell the important ways to protect the sun.
E. To describe how to apply the sunscreen shampoo.

30. What should we wear to avoid sunburn?

A. Long-sleeved cotton shirt.
B. Sleeved satin dress.
C. Wool sweater.
D. Backless shirt.
E. Plastic cover up.

The following text is for questions 31 to 33.

Bandung Geology Museum is the biggest and most complete museum in Indonesia.
It is a well-kept place that attracts a large number of visitors. Opened as early as 1929 as a
geological centre by the Dutch, the museum is located in a very spacious colonial building on
Jalan Diponegoro. The museum is divided into three exhibitions, Geology of Indonesia in the
West wing, History of Life in the East wing and Geology for Human Life on the top floor.
The museum has a large collection of fossils, of which about 6,000 are on display
and the other 250,000 are kept in a safe. The research department is still very much active,
and next to documentation and exhibition, geologists specialising in fossils, stones, minerals
and volcanoes reside on the top floor.
The most interesting part is the West wing, where the evolution of human life is
explained in both Indonesian and English languages, with colourful posters and ‘Io and
behold’, a very nice collection of life-size dinosaur replicas, intermingled with several real
fossils of giant land turtles, hippos and other creatures you wouldn’t want to run into today. In
the far corner a selection of skulls can be found. Among them is a replica of the popular
‘Java man’.
Another very educational and interesting part is the volcano section in the East wing,
with explanations on formation and working of these in Indonesia abundant gunung api,
'literally: ‘fire mountains’.
The museum is very popular among school classes. Unfortunately, only the evolution
of human life on the West wing has English explanations. Therefore, there are several
English and French speaking guides available. Besides, for intricate questions the resident
geologists will be happy to discuss matters indepth.
All in all Bandung Geology Museum is a very informative institution, that makes for a
responsible educational day trip for young and old, and is a nice alternative to shopping malls
or factory outlets.

Adopted from: http://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/

31. What can we get after reading the text?

A. The detail story about Bandung Geology Museum.
B. The promotion to visit Bandung Geology Museum.
C. The encouragement to visit Bandung Geology Museum.
D. The detail information about Bandung Geology Museum.
E. The information about educational and informative tourist spot to visit.

32. What is the main idea of paragraph three?

A. The location of the museum.
B. The collection of the museum. .
C. The exhibitions in the West wing.
D. The collection of life size replicas.
E. The three exhibitions in the museum.

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33. The volcano section in the East wing, with explanations on formation and working of the
fire mountains in Indonesia, really ... people to visit this educational museum.
A. attract
B. attracts
C. attracted
D. is attracted
E. have attracted

The following text is for questions 34 to 37.

Forest Fire at Mt. Sumbing Caused by Climbers’ Campfire
The head of the Kedu Utara forest unit, Iwan Setiawan, is confirming that a forest fire
that engulfed parts of a protected forest on Mount Sumbing was caused by the remains of a
campfire that had not been extinguished by the climbers.
Burning wood left by the climbers set forest vegetation alight in the dry season,
devastating about 15 hectares of protected forest in the Kaliangkrik district Magelang
regency, Central Java, Iwan said on Tuesday.
Iwan explained that the fire started at around 8 a. m on Tuesday and was extinguished
by 1 p. m by rangers from Magelang and Temanggung . No casualties were reported from the
incident.
“We urged climbers to be careful in setting up campfires. They should have ensured
that the fire was fully extinguished before leaving the campsite. They should not be reckless
in throwing away cigarette butts or setting garbage on fire either because during the dry
season the vegetation is very inflammable,” he said as quoted by kompas.com.
He further said that all relevant parties would hold a coordination meeting; especially
with regards to safeguard the mountain’s protected forest.
During the fire, all climbing and trekking to the peak of Mt. Sumbing was temporary
halted.
34. Why does the writer write the text? Because he/she wants to ....
A. describe about forest fire
B. persuade the campers to be careful
C. present different argument about forest fire
D. inform that there was a forest fire at Mount Sumbing
E. promote the way how to prevent forest fire at Mount Sumbing

35. What will the readers do after reading the text?

A. They will be more careful in setting up campfire when they climb mount Sumbing.
B. They will wear the thick jacket to avoid coldness in mount Sumbing.
C. They will not set up campfire when they climb mount Sumbing.
D. They will be more careful to get the peak of mount Sumbing.
E. They will not smoke when they climb mount Sumbing.

36. Based on the text it was stated that a coordination meeting ... by all relevant parties.
A. is held
B. is being held
C. has been held
D. would be held
E. would have been held

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37. Look at the following statements.
1. There were some victims because of the forest fire.
2. The cause of the incident was the remain of campfire.
3. During the dry season the vegetation is very flammable
4. Climbers are prohibited to set up a campfire in Mount Sumbing.
5. Climbers should never leave campsite before the campfire was fully extinguished.
6. All climbing and trekking to the peak of Mt. Sumbing are halted now for all the
climbers.
The correct statements based on the text are ....
A. 1, 2, and 3
B. 2, 3, and 5
C. 3, 4, and 5
D. 2, 5, and 6
E. 4, 5, and 6
The following text is for questions no 38 to 40.

A plan is very important in life. It not only helps you determine your target in
life but also helps you motivate yourself to pursue it. We benefit a lot from having a
clear life plan.
A clear life plan helps you sort out your life priorities. You will easily focus
on your main goal and set strategies to pursue it, so you can ignore less important
things. You will not let unimportant things distract you from achieving your goal.
A plan in life will also motivate you to be better at doing things. Write your
plan and attach it to a place that can be easily seen. It helps unconsciously transfer
your life plan to your subconscious mind. Thus, you will always focus on it and do
things to implement it.
In conclusion, a life plan is very beneficial. It will guide you toward your life
target. It is therefore important for us to identify our life plan.
38. After reading the text, the reader are expected to ….
A. identify their life plan
B. ignore important things
C. prioritize things in their life
D. write their life plan on an invisible place
E. motivate themselves to achieve their goal

39. Which one is not true about the benefits of having a clear life plan?
A. It helps us determine our life target.
B. It motivates us to pursue our life target.
C. It distracts us from achieving life goal.
D. It helps us to sort out our life priorities.
E. It enables us to focus on our main goal.

40. If you are able to identify your life plan clearly, you ….
A. can sort out your life priorities
B. may ignore some important things
C. will not easily focus on your main goal
D. will transfer it into your subconscious mind
E. cannot set strategies to pursue your life target

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ESSAY
Read the following text carefully to answer the questions no 41 and 42.
Why Is the World’s Population So Unevenly Distributed?
Population distribution refers to the way in which people are spread out over a land
area. The world’s population is not evenly spread out. Why do you think this is so? There are
two main factors that influence population distribution; a) the physical condition of the place
and b) the level of technology of the people. This refers to knowledge, skills and tools that
the people have.
People tend to settle in areas where the soil is fertile and the climate is not too harsh.
That is why river deltas, such as Nile Delta in Egypt, are densely populated. There are fewer
people living in hilly areas with harsh climate because the extreme physical conditions make
living and farming very difficult.
However, it is not impossible for people to survive under unfavorable living conditions.
With improvements in technology, places which were previously thought to be unsuitable for
people can become suitable. For example, People can make an area with dry and hot area,
such as Arizona, more comfortable by having buildings fitted with air-conditioners. Farming
may be difficult in a place without fertile land and adequate rainfall, but if the people earn
their living by other means and not agriculture, the place will still be populated.
(Taken from; ‘Listen To Me’)
41. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

42. Change the following sentence into passive voice!

a. People can make an area with dry and hot area, such as Arizona, more comfortable
by having buildings fitted with air-conditioners.

b. Complete the following sentences using suitable pronoun!

1) There are fewer people living in hilly areas with harsh climate because of ...
extreme physical conditions.
2) Farming may be difficult in a place without fertile land and adequate rainfall, but
if the people earn their living by other means and not agriculture, ... will still be
populated.

43. What does the following picture tell us about? Explain why it happened and give the
solution of it!

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Read the following text carefully to answer the questions no 44 and 45.
In the past, during the Dutch colonial era in Jakarta (formerly Batavia) there
lived a silat champion from Rawabelong, called Si Pitung . Together with his
group of mysterious gang, he robbed shop proprietors, landlords and alleged
henchmen of Dutch rule. Si Pitung committed the crime because he could not stand
anymore to see the suffering of the common people, who were oppressed by land
lords and by the Netherlands colonizers. During in action, this mysterious gang,
covered their heads with sarong clothes, which made them difficult to recognize.

In the morning, this group of mysterious gang put a bag of rice and a bundle of
money at the front of the poor houses’ doors. This rampant occurrence made the Dutch
ruler fury. Knowing that Si Pitung really cared about the poor, the Dutch intimidated
Rawabelong inhabitants. Si Pitung bravely fought against the Dutch troops. In the end,
Si Pitung was dead from a bullet. Today, a mosque Si Pitung inherited can be seen in
Marunda, North Jakarta.

44.
a. What is the purpose of the text?
b. What did the Dutch do to deal with the mysterious gang generous action?

45. Complete the following sentences taken from the text by using suitable conjunction.
a. ... make them difficult to recognize, Si Pitung and his gang covered their heads with
sarong clothes, during their actions of robbery.
b. Pitung could not stand anymore to see the suffering of the common people, ... ,
he commited the crime.

===== Good Luck =====

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