Text 1 for question no 1 to 2

Cats also called the domestic cat or house cat (with its scientific name: Felis silvestris catus
or Felis catus) is a type of carnivorous mammal of the family Felidae. The word “cat” generally
refers to a “cat” that has been tamed, but can also refer to the “big cats” such as lions and tigers.
Cats are considered as “perfect carnivore” with teeth and particular digestive tract. The
first premolar and molar teeth form a pair of fangs on each side of the mouth that works
effectively as a pair of scissors to tear the meat. Although these features also exist in the Canidae
or dog, but these traits are better developed in cats.
Unlike other carnivores, cats eat almost non vegetable substance. Bears and dogs
sometimes eat berries, roots, or honey as a supplement, while cats only eat meat, usually freshly
killed prey. In captivity, cats cannot adapt to a vegetarian diet because they cannot synthesize all
the amino acids from plant material; it is in contrast with domesticated dogs, which commonly
are fed a mixture of meat and vegetables and sometimes they can adapt to a completely
vegetarian meal.
Cats have mingled with human life since at least 6000 BC, from the skeleton of the cat
found on the island of Cyprus. The ancient Egyptians of 3500 BC have used cats to keep away
the rats or other rodents from the barn where the crops were saved.Currently, the cat is one of the
most popular pets in the world. Cats that his lines are recorded officially as a cat breeds or pure
breed are Persian, Siamese, Manx, and the Sphinx. These kinds of cat are usually bred in official
captivity animal. The number of purebred cat is only 1% of all cats in the world; the rest is a cat
with mixed ancestry such as wild cats or domestic cats. (saintif.com)
1. “….., but these traits are better developed in cats.” (Paragraph 2) The word of traits could
best be replaced by …..
a. Tries
b. Trails
c. Trials
d. Characteristics
e. Characterized
2. These following statement is true, except
a. Cats are considered as “perfect carnivore” with teeth and particular digestive tract
b. Cats eat almost non-vegetable substance
c. Cats cannot adopt to a vegetarian diet because they cannot synthesize all the amino acids
that they need from plant material
d. Cats have mingled with human life since at least 600 BC
e. The cat is one of the most popular pets in the world
Text 2 for question no 3 to 4
The Burj Khalifa (or how it is called until 2010, Burj Dubai) opened on January 14 th, 2010.
Even before the building construction was finished, starting from 2007, it had become the
highest skyscraper in the world. Its exact height is 2,722 feet or 829,8 meters, and it obviously
can be seen from any point in Dubai. The number of floors, however is a bit fewer than some
might expects: Buj Khalifa totals in 163 floors, which is 16’2 “ (about 5 meters) for each floor.
Burj Khalifa looks like a stalagmite, which means it resembles vertical minerals growing
from cave floors. Stalagmites usually have a shape of a cone, and so does Burj Khalifa; if you
look at it from a distance, it will remind you of a gigantic sharp cone made of glass and steel.
The most impressive aspect about Burj Khalifa is that it had been planned to be a “city
within the city”; this means inside the tower, you can find parks, alleys, districts, fountains, and
so on. The glass of tower’s surface always shines, because it is washed every single day, and the
make of concrete of which the tower was built from was invented specifically for Burj Khalifa.
There are three entrances to the tower, because it is so huge that one or two would not be
enough. At the foot of the skyscraper, there is a big artificial lake that measures up to 12
hectares.
Inside, the building is as magnificient as it is from the outside. The interiors were
projected by famous designers for example, the interior of the Armani Hotel, located on the
floors from first to 39th, was designed by Giorgio Armani himself. The air inside Burj Khalifa is
conditioned and flavored it is said that the flavor was also designed exclusively for the tower; 57
elevators work 24 hours each day to transport visitors between floors. (academichelp.net)
3. “inside, the building is as magnificient as it is from the outside”. (paragraph 4)
Which of the following words is the antonym of magnificient?
a. Pretty
b. Beautiful
c. Great
d. Good
e. Execrable
4. These following statements are true, except
a. Nurj Khalifa has 163 floors, which is 16’2” (about 5 meters) for each floor
b. There are four entrances to the tower of Burj Khalifa
c. There is a big artificial lake that measures up to 12 hectares at Burj Khalifa
d. The interior of Armani Hotel, located on the floors from first to 39 th, was designed by
Giorgio Armani himself
e. 57 elevators work 24 hours each day to transport visitors between floors at Burj Khalifa
Text 3 for question no 5 to 6
We believe the Earth is about 4.6 billion years old. At percent we are forced to look to
other bodies in the solar system for hints as to what the early history of the Earth was like.
Studies of our moon, Mercury, Mars and the large satellits of Jupiter and Saturn have provided
ample evidence that all these large celestial bodies had formed. This same bombardment must
have affected Earth as well. The lunar record indicated that the rate of impacts decreased to its
present low level about 4 billion years ago. On earth, subsequent erosion and crustal motions
have obliterated the craters that must have formed during this epoch.
Scientist estimates the Earth’s age by measuring the ratios of various radioactive elements
in rocks. The oldest Earth’s rocks tested thus far are about 3 1/3 billion years old. But no one
knows whether these are the oldest rocks on Earth. Tests on rocks from the moon and on
meteorites show that these are about 4.6 billion years old. Scientist believe that this is the true
age of the solar system and probably the true age of the Earth. (Source bigbanktheories.com).
5. It can be inferred from the passage that the age of the earth is estimated by?
a. By examining fossils and prehistoric
b. By showing the erusion
c. By researching about volcanic activity
d. By studying about the great sun and moon
e. By measuring ratios of various radioactive elements in rocks
6. “on Earth”, subsequent erosion and crustal motions have obliterated the craters….”
Paragraph. The underline word above is closest in meaning to?
a. Construct
b. Initiate
c. Build
d. Eliminated
e. Create
Text 4 for question no 7
Long, long ago, when the gods and goddesses used to mingle in the affairs of mortals, there
was a small kingdom on the slope Mount Wayang in West Java. The king, named Sang Prabu,
was a wise man. He had an only daughter called Princess Teja Nirmala, who has famous for her
beauty but she was not married. One day Sang Prabu made up his mind to settle the matter by a
show of strength.
After that, Prince of Blambangan, named Raden Begawan had won the competition.
Unfortunately, the wicked fairy, Princess Segara fell in love with Raden Begawan and used
magic power to render him unconscious and he forgot his wedding. When Sang Prabu was
searching, Raden Begawan saw him and soon realized that he had been enchanted by the wicked
fairy. The fairy could not accept this, so she killed Raden Begawan. When princess Teja NIrmala
heard this, she was very sad. So a nice fairy took her to the Kahyangan. Adapted from
(http://englishadmin.com)
7. What is the closest meaning to a word mingle in paragraph 1?
a. Celebrate
b. Accelerate
c. Associate
d. Future
e. Compliment
Text 5 for question no 8
Paris is the capital city of France. It is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It is
also one of the world’s most crowded cities. Lovely gardens and parks are found throughout
Paris. At night, many places statues are lit up. For this reason, Paris is often called the city of
light. Every year, millions of people visit Paris. The most popular place to visit is the Eiffel
Tower. This huge structure has become the symbol of Paris. D’Louvre, one of the world’s largest
of art museums draws many visitors. The Cathedral Notre Dame, a famous church, is another
favourite place to visit. Adapted from http://englishadmin.com.html
 8. “At night, many palaces and statues are lit up”. The underlined word is closest in
meaning with
a. Light up
b. Beautiful
c. Strong
d. Fragile
e. Famous
Text 6 for question no 9
Television gives several programs for its viewers. One kind of television program is News
Report. News Report is a program that is reported all of the news in the world. This is the factual
program, all of the news is a fact. A fact is something that is true. Some of the news program in
television, namely Liputan 6 siang, Dunia dalam Berita, Fokus Siang, and etc. Another program
is an infotainment program, Same as news program this program is the factual program and
giving an information to viewers. Difference with the news program, the infotainment
programme informs the celebrity’s news, for example Kisah Seputar Selebriti, Silet, Sinden
Gossip, Hot Spot. Etc
9. “Same as news program this program is the factual program and giving an information to
viewers”. What is the closest meaning of viewers?
a. Traveler
b. Spectator
c. Citizen
d. Presenter
e. Director
Text 7 for question no 10 to 11
One of the modern world’s intriguing sources of mystery has been aeroplanes vanishing
in mid fight. One of the more famous of these was the disappearance in 1937 of a pioneer
woman aviator, Amelia Earthart. On the second last stage of an attempted round the world flight,
she had radioed her position as she and her navigator searched desperately for their destination, a
tiny island in the Pacific.
The plane never arrived at Howland island. Did it crash and sink after running out of fuel?
It had been a long haul from New Guinea, a twenty hour flight covering some four thousand
kilometres. Did Earthart have enough fuel to set down on some other island on her radioed
course? Or did she end up somewhere else altogether? One fanciful theory had her being
captured by the Japanese in the Marshall Islands and later executed as an American spy; another
had her living out her days under an assumed name as a housewife in New Jersey.
Seventy years after Earthart’s disappearance, “myth busters continue to search for her.
She was the best known American woman pilot in the world. People were tracking her flight
with great interest when, suddenly, she vanished into thin air. Aircraft had developed rapidly in
sophistication after World War One, with the 1920’s and 1930’s marked by an aeronautical
record setting frenzy. Conquest of the air had become a global obsession. While Earthart was
making headlines with her solo flights, other aviators like high-altitude pionner wiley Post and
industrialist Howard hughes were grabbing some glory of their own. But only Earhart, the
reserved tomboy from Kansas who disappeared three weeks shy of her 40 th birthday, still grips
the public imagination. Her disappearance has been the subject of at least fifty books, countless
magazine and newapaper articles, and TV documentaries. It is seen by journalists as the last
great American mystery. There are currently two main theories about Amelia Earhart’s fate.
There were reports of distress calls from the Phoenix Islands made on Earhart’s radio
frequency for days afer she vanished. Some say the plane could have broadcast only if it were on
land, not in the water. The coast Guard and later the Navy, believing the distress calls were real,
adjusted their searches, and newspapers at the time reported Earhart and her navigator were
marooned on an island. No-one was able to trace the calss at the time, so whether Earhart was on
land in the Phoenix island or there was a hoaxer in the Phoenix Islands using her radio remains a
mystery. Others dismiss the radio calls as bogus and insist Earhart and her navigator ditched in
the water. An Earhart researche, Elgen Long, claims that Earhart’s airplane ran out of gas within
fifty-two-miles of the island and is sitting somewhere in a 6,000-square-mile area, at a depth of
17,000 feet. At that depth, the fuselage would still be in shiny, pristine condition if ever anyone
were able to locate it. It would not even be covered in a layer of silt. Those who subscribe to this
explanation claim that fuel calculations, radio calls and other consideration all show that the
plane plunged into the sea somewhere off Howland Island.
Whatever the explanation, the prospect of finding the remains is unsettling to many. To
recover skeletal remains or personela effects would be a grisly experience and an Instrusion.
They want to know where Amelia Earhart is, but that’s as far as they would like to go. As one
investigator has put it. “I’m convinced that the mystery is part of what keeps us interested. In
part, we remember her because she’s our favourite missing person”.

10. All the following are theories about Amelia’s fate except
a. She escaped incognito and lived under an assumed name
b. She crashed somewhere on Howland island
c. She and the navigator were stranded on an island
d. She was captured by the Japanese and executed as a spy
e. She ran out of gas
11. “Aircraft had developed rapidly in sophistication after World War One”. The underlined
word above is best replaced by
a. Well
b. Apace
c. Moderate
d. Softly
e. Faintly
Question no 12 and 13 refer to the following text
Birds soon might not be the only ones tweeting in our national parks. Before long, Wi-Fi
service may be available in some parks for the first time. Having Wi-Fi would enable park
visitors to use their smartphones to connect to the internet or to text or call their friends. Call
service is extremely limited in many parks, according to the National Park Service. Someone
who takes a selfie in a park often has to leave the park before sharing it with friends on sites like
Twitter or Instagram. People in favor of adding Wi-Fi say it will help attract younger people in
the parks.
However some people are concerned that having Wi-Fi will distract visitors from the
natural beauty of the parks. David Smith the superintendent of Joshua Tree National Park in
California, thinks that national parks should add Wi-Fi only to some areas, like the visitor
centers. He wants visitors to be able to enjoy the scenary without hearing cell phones ringing.
“One of the neatest things about visiting a park is the chance to get away from a lot of
distractions that interfere in our normal lives”, he says.
Source: sni.scholastic.com

12. The text tell us about ...

a. Arguments for and against installing Wi-Fi in the national parks
b. Why having Wi-Fi in national parks is considered negative
c. Why having Wi-Fi in national parks is important to attract younger people to the park
d. Technology can distract people from the nature
e. Distractions usually interfere in our normal life

13. The best title for the text is ...

a. Wi-Fi advantages and disadvantages
b. The younger and older people debate about installing Wi-Fi in our National Park
c. Younger people tweet in National Parks
d. Tweeting from our National Parks becomes reality
e. Wi-Fi in National Park: Yes or No?

Question no 14 and 15 refer to the following text

When your parents were growing up, learning to write in cursive was almost as common as
learning to read. In recent years, in fact, many schools have stopped teaching this flowing form
of handwriting, also known as script. Some people think that writing in cursive is outdated and
that learning to type is a more important skill. They argue that most people now spend more time
communicating by texting and emailing than they do writing by hand.
However, not everyone wants to write off cursive. This fall for the first time in about 15
years, students at Green Primary School in Uniontown, Ohio will be taught to write in cursive.
Some schools in Tennessee and Missouri are also bringing cursive back. Studies have shown that
learning to write in script may improve critical thinking skills and coordination. Kimberly
Brueck is an administrator at Green Primary School. She says her school has another important
reason for bringing cursive-writing lessons back into classrooms. “Children need to know how to
sign their names!” she says.
Source: sni.scholastic.com

14. The passage tells us about ...

a. Why learning cursive is very important
b. Why learning cursive is no longer important
c. Some schools that teach children to write in cursive
d. A study about the effect of writing in cursive
e. The pros and cons of learning to write in cursive
15. The main idea of the first paragraph is ...
a. The reason why learning cursive is no longer important
b. The advance of technology in writing
c. The effect of writing in cursive
d. People can write in cursive through texting and emailing
e. Typing in cursive is a more important skill

Question no 16 and 21 refer to the following text

To be good consumers it is necessary for us to understand why prices and productions of
goods are always changing. The follwing information is simple way to help and us understand it.
When are prices low will buy more, and when pricess are high, they will buy less. Everyone
knows this. But at the same time, procedurs want higherprices for their good when they make
more goods. How can we make the best price for the goods. How can we make the best price for
the goods? The law of Supply and Demand is the answer for this question.
According to this law, changes in the price of goods that producers make. Procedures will
make more goods when they have higher prices for the goods. At the same time, an increase in
the price of the goods causes a decrease in demand – a the number of goods the consumers buy.
This is because people buy less when the price is high. Conversely a decrease in price causes an
increase in demand and a decrease in supply.
Business firms look at both supply and demand when they make decision about prices and
production. They look for the equilibrium point where supply equals demand. The equilibrium
point is a point where the supply curve and the demand curve intersect. At this point the number
of goods produced will all be bought by the consumers at the certain price. This is called
equilibrium price. If the producers increase the price or if they produce more, the consumers will
not buy all the goods. The producers will have a surplus – more supply than demand – so they
must decrease the price in order to sell all the goods. On the other hand, if they make fewer
goods, they will be a shortage – more demand than supply – and the price will go up.
According to the law of supply and demand, the equilibrium price is the best price for the
goods. The consumers and the producers will agree on this price because it is the only that helps
them both equally.
16. Why does an increase in price cause an increase in supply?
a. Consumers buy more goods when prices are high
b. Producers make more goods when prices are high
c. Producers want to auction all their goods
d. Consumers will not buy all the goods
e. Consumers will buy all of the goods
17. Why does a decrease in price causes an increase in demand?
a. Consumers paint fewer goods when prices are low
b. Producers imagine fewer goods when prices are low
c. Producers dump more goods when prices are high
d. Consumers buy more goods when prices are low
e. Consumers buy more goods even if the price is high
18. According to the passage, what do business firms look for when they want to make
decision about price and production?
a. The surplus
b. The supply curve
c. The demand curve
d. The equilibrium point
e. B,C, and A
19. Why will consumers and producers agree on equilibrium price?
a. It will help them both equally
b. It is the only price for the goods
c. It is the lowest price
 d. All of the goods will be sold
e. It is the highest price for the goods
20. When will the producers have a surplus of goods?
a. When supply equals demand
b. When there is more supply than demand
c. When there is more demand than supply
d. When they sell all of their goods
e. When consumers buy all of the goods
21. The above passage will most possibly be given to which of the following courses?
a. Econimics
b. Ecology
c. Ecotourism
d. Mettalurgy
e. Medicine