Read the following the text, then choose the correct answer by crossing A, B, C, D OR E!

This text to answer the questions number 1 – 3!

Teks 1

(1) Government should not raise fuel price to solve the problem of economic issues. People were
affected severely with the high fuel price like last year. Obviously they cut their spending. As an
example they had to buy lower quality of rice or palm oil. There were also fewer buyers of
secondary commodities like flour, or canned meat or fish.

(2) Furthermore, the condition of low income family will become even worse because their
expenses will increase while their salaries will not. Many companies will have to trim the number
of employers because they are incapable of managing buying or selling price, standard wages and
personal affairs.

(3) Finally, government should not raise fuel price to overcome economic problem but the
solution should be sought by tapping into the nation’s own potential and utilizing it to enhance
productivity to its maximum.

Nomor 1

Soal The main idea of the last paragraph is …

A. The government should enhance productivity to solve the economic

problem
B. The government should raise fuel price to solve the problem
C. The government should reduce the number of employers
D. The government should decrease the standard of wages
E. The government should consider condition of low family income

Pembahasan Jawaban : A. The government should enhance productivity to solve the

economic problem

Pembahasan:

Ide pokok pada paragraf terakhir terdapat pada kalimat awal paragraf yaitu,
pemerintah seharusnya tidak menaikkan harga minyak untuk mengatasi masalah
ekonomi, namun harus mencari solusi untuk meningkatkan produktivitas.

Perhatikan paragraf 1 pada kalimat “Government should not raise fuel price to
solve the problem of economic issues”.
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Materi Ide pokok paragraf

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Nomor 2

Soal The title of the text is ……

A. The price of the Secondary Commodities

B. The Effect of Increasing Fuel Price
C. Condition of Low income Family
D. The Increasing of Fuel Price
E. The Economic Problem

Pembahasan Jawaban: E. The Economic Problem

Pembahasan:

Judul dari teks yang sesuai adalah masalah ekonomi (The economic problem).

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Soal

Materi Menentukan Judul

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Nomor 3

Soal “Many companies will have to trim the number of employees” (paragraph 2)
The underline word means …
A. Five
B. Cut
C. Add
D. Reduce
E. Border
Pembahasan Jawaban : D. Reduce
Pembahasan:

Trim memiliki makna yang sama dengan reduce, yaitu mengurangi. Dalam
kalimat tersebut perusahaan akan mengurangi jumlah pegawainya.
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Read the following the text, then choose the correct answer by crossing A, B, C, D OR E!

This text to answer the questions number 4 – 6!

Text 2

(1) BAGHDAD (Reteurs) – Six U.S. soldiers were killed by a blast north of Bagdad on Monday,
the U.S. military said on Tuesday, in one of the single deadliest ground attacks against American
forces in Iraq in months.

(2) Three other soldiers were wounded after an explosion went off near their vehicles in the
province of Salahaddin, the military said in a statement without giving details. Salahaddin is a
Sumi, Arab insurgent stronghold.

(3) More than 3,170 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq since the U.S. led invention in March 2003.
Iraqi and U.S. forces are in third week of security crackdown in Baghdad aimed at stemming
sectarian violence. U.S. military commanders have expressed concern that insurgents could step
up attacks outside Baghdad.

Nomor 4

Soal The text talks about ...

A. Six U.S. soldiers killed by a blast

B. Attacking againts American
C. A blast north of Baghdad
D. A Sunni Arab insurgent
E. The U.S military

Pembahasan Jawaban : A. Six U.S. soldiers killed by a blast

Pembahasan :

Teks tersebut menceritakan tentang 6 tentara AS yang terbunuh di Baghdad oleh

bom. (six US soldier killed by a blast)

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Materi Topik atau isi cerita

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Nomor 5

Soal Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the text? …

A. Insurgents could increase attacks outside Baghdad
B. Three soldiers were wounted after an exploison went off
C. The U.S. invention has caused more than 3,170 of its soldiers died
D. Six U.S. soldiers died due to a blast north of Baghdad on Monday
E. Iraqi and U.S. forces are in the second week of a security crackdown in
Baghdad
Pembahasan Jawaban: E. Iraqi and U.S. forces are in the second week of a security
crackdown in Baghdad

Pembahasan:

Jika dibaca dengan seksama yang tidak disebutkan dalam teks adalah "Iraqi and
US forces are in the second week of security crackdown in Baghdad.

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Materi Isi teks

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Nomor 6

Soal The word crackdown in Paragraph 3 means

A. Line
B. Guard
C. Attack
D. Clean-up
E. Protection

Pembahasan Jawaban: D. Clean-up

Pembahasan:

Kata crackdown memiliki persamaan kata dengan membersihkan (clean-up).

Sedangkan kata yang lain memiliki arti:

- Line = Garis
- Guard = Penjaga
 - Attack = Menyerang
- Protection = perlindungan

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Soal

Materi Makna Kata

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Read the following the text, then choose the correct answer by crossing A, B, C, D OR E!

This text to answer the questions number 7 – 9!

Text 3

(1) DILI (AP): A strong earthquake struck of the coast of East Timor on Wednesday, prompting
authorities to issue a tsunami warning – but large waves hit the tiny nation’s coast.

(2) The 6.2 magnitude tremor struck 262 kilometers northeast of the capital, Dili, in Indonesia’s
Banda Sea at depth of 10 kilometers, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Residents in Dili did not
feel any shaking and there were no immediate reports of damage of injuries.

(3) Indonesia’s Meteorology and Geophysics Agency issued a tsunami alert, saying it had been
powerful enough to generate giant waves. The warning was later retracted.

(4) East Timor, a colony abandoned by the Portuguese that become Asia’s youngest country after
breaking from Indonesia in 1999, sits along a series of fault lines and volcanoes known as the
Pacific Ring of Fire.

(5) In December 2004, a massive earthquake struck of Indonesia’s Sumatra and triggered a
tsunami that killed more than 23,000 people in dozen countries, including 160,000 people in
Indonesia’s westren of province of Aceh.

Nomor 7

Soal According to the passage above, a strong earthquake struck of the coast of East
Timor was report …

A. Some damage and injuries

B. Shaking northeast of Dili
C. No damage and injuries
D. Generating giant waves
E. Triggering a tsunami
Pembahasan Jawaban: C. No damage and injuries

Pembahasan:

Pada kalimat pertama "A strong earthquake struck off the cost of East Timor in
Wednesday prompting authorities to issue a tsunami warning-but no large waves
hit the tiny nation's coast." Artinya ada gempa bumi yang diprediksikan
menghasilkan gelombang tsunami, tapi kenyataannya tidak ada, sehingga tidak
ada kerusakan dan korban yang jatuh. (No damage and injuries)

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Materi Isi teks

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Nomor 8

Soal Based on the text, the following statements is true is …

A. In December 2004, a massive earthquake caused tsunami that killed few

people
B. There were tsunamis warning due to large waves hit the tiny nation’s coast
C. East Timor is located along a series of fault lines and volcanoes
D. A weak earthquake struck off the coast of East Timor
E. The warning was retracted because it is too late
Pembahasan Jawaban : C. East Timor is located along a series of fault lines and volcanos

Pembahasan:

Kalimat yang sesuai dengan teks tersebut adalah "East Timor is located along a
series of fault line and volcanoes, seperti ditunjukkan pada paragraf 4 “East
Timor, a colony abandoned by the Portuguese that become Asia’s youngest
country after breaking from Indonesia in 1999, sits along a series of fault lines
and volcanoes known as the Pacific Ring of Fire.”

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Materi Pernyataan yang benar

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Nomor 9
Soal According to the passage, the text inform about …

A. A strong earthquake
B. The coast of East Timor
C. A tsunami warning at East Timor
D. Earthquake that struck off Sumatra
E. Earthquake that stuck of East Timor

Pembahasan Jawaban :

Pembahasan:

Teks tersebut menginformasikan kejadian gempa bumi yang melanda wilayah

Timor Timur.

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Materi Tujuan teks

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Read the following the text, then choose the correct answer by crossing A, B, C, D OR E!

This text to answer the questions number 10!

Text 4

(1) Faraday studied the magnetic field around a conductor carrying a DC electric current. While
conducting these studies, Faraday established the basis for the electromagnetic field concept in
physics, subsequently enlarged upon by James Maxwell. He similarly discovered electromagnetic
induction, diamagnetism, and laws of electrolysis. He established that magnetism could affect
rays of light and that was an underlying relationship between the two phenomena. His inventions
of electromagnetic rotary devices formed the foundation of electric motor technology, and it was
largely due to his efforts that electricity became viable for use in technology.

(2) as a chemist, Michael Faraday discovered benzene, investigated the clathrate hydrate of
chlorine, invented an early form of the Bunsen burner and the system ofoxidation numbers, and
popularized terminology such as anode, cathode, electrode, and ion.

(3) Although Faraday received little formal education and knew little of higher mathematics,
such as calculus, he was one of the most influential scientists in history. Historians of science
refer to him as the best experimentalist in the history of science. The SI unit of capacitance, the
farad, is named after him, as is the Faraday constant, the charge on a mole of electrons (about
96,485 coulombs). Faraday's law of induction states that magnetic flux changing in time creates a
proportional electromotive force.

(4) Faraday was the first and foremost Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution
of Great Britain, a position to which he was appointed for life.

(5) Albert Einstein kept a photograph of Faraday on his study wall alongside pictures of Isaac
Newton and James Clerk Maxwell.

(6) Faraday was highly religious. He was a member of the Sandemanian Church, a Christian sect
founded in 1730 that demanded total faith and commitment. Biographers have noted that a strong
sense of the unity of God and nature pervaded Faraday's life and work.

Nomor 10

Soal Michael Faraday was expert in …

A. science, history and religion
B. chemistry, electricity and calculus
C. electronic, technology and religion
D. chemistry, physic and mathematics
E. physic, technology and photography
Pembahasan Jawaban: D. chemistry, physic and mathematics
Pembahasan:

Keahlian dari Michael Faraday adalah mengenai bidang kimia seperti dijelaskan
di paragraf ke-3, fisika di paragraf 1 dan matematika di paragraf 3.

Paragraph 1 “Faraday established the basis for the electromagnetic field concept
in physics, subsequently enlarged upon by James Maxwell”

Paragraph 3 “and knew little of higher mathematics, such as calculus, he was one
of the most influential scientists in history. Historians of science refer to him as
the best experimentalist in the history of science.”

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Materi Isi teks

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