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The following text is for questions 16 and
17
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We are pleased to announce that Jane Doe of Doe
Elementary School is the winner of our essay contest, "What the
Constitution Means to Me." The judges chose her entry out of 43 essays
received from elementary students all over the city. Jane, a fifth-grader, is the daughter of John and Mary Doe of Springfield. She will receive a $50 savings bond, and her essay will be published in the Springfield Herald Sunday, July 6. Congratulations, Jane!
We also want to congratulate all of the students who entered; we
received many outstanding essays. Our only regret is that there can only be
one winner. Every student who entered will receive a certificate of participation.
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16. The text announces ….
A. an essay contest
B. students of Elementary school
C. the requirement of essay contest
D. the champion of writing competition
E. Doe Elementary school’s achievement
17. Besides receiving savings bond, Jane’s
writing ....
A. will be
copied for the judges
B. will be put
in the city’s paper
C. will be
published at her school
D. will be
exposed in the whole city
E. will be published in the Springfield Herald
The following text is for questions 18 and 19
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Memo: Afterwork
Party
An afterwork party will take place on December 24th,
2009 at Spatafores Italian Restauraunt. Everyone who works in office building
number 3 is invited.
Please note that the party will begin at 6 pm. This
means you are not to leave the office before your scheduled end time of 5 pm.
If you do not attend work on that day, you will not be permitted to attend
the party.
Food and beverages will be supplied free of cost.
The dress code is casual. Please remember that this is an official office
function, and unprofessional behavior will not be tolerated.
See you there!
The
Management
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18. The text tells mainly about … .
A. leaving the office
B.
conducting
a party
C.
implementing
dress code
D.
preparing
food and beverages
E. implementing professional behavior
19. “This means you are not
to leave the office before your scheduled end time of 5 pm.”
The word ‘this’ refers to ….
A.
the goal of the party
B. the place of the
party
C. the number of
visitors
D. the visitors of
the party
E. the schedule of
the party
The following text is for questions 20 and 21.
Australian Scholarships
Australian
Scholarships is an initiative of the Australian Government to promote
sustainable development and excellence in education in the Asia-Pacific
region.
Australian
Scholarships will provide educational, research and professional development
opportunities to support growth in the region and to build enduring links at
the individual, institutional and country levels.
Existing
and new awards programs, managed by the Australian Agency for International
Development (AusAID) and the Department of Education, Employment and
Workplace Relations (DEEWR) are combined under the one umbrella of Australian
Scholarships.
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20. Besides providing in
the field of education and research opportunities, Australian Scholarship also
offers … development opportunities.
A.
professional
B. instructional
C. managerial
D. physical
E.
rural
21. What does the text mainly inform?
- Employment and Workplace Relations.
- Australia Leadership Awards.
- Department of Education.
- Scholarships.
- Institutions.
The following text is for questions 22 to
24.
Smoking is harmful. People who smoke a pack a day die on average
seven years earlier than people who have
never smoked. There are also several causes of heart disease and smoking is one
of them. And there are many diseases which can develop from smoking and heart
disease is one of them. Cigarette smoking is actually a major cause of heart
attack, stroke and peripheral vascular disease.
Smoking and heart
disease may not come hand in hand because not everyone with heart disease used
to smoke, but we can’t ignore the fact that smokers may develop heart disease
in a later time or any other serious disease for that matter.
Smoking kills more and
more people each year and almost 40% of those who died from smoking die from
heart and blood vessel disease. Tobacco smoke contains thousands of chemicals
in which many of them are poisonous. Nicotine in tobacco smoke can increase
blood pressure causing the heart to work harder. Carbon monoxide replaces
oxygen in your blood. Smoking adds to the obstruction of the arteries which can
lead to heart attack and other heart-related conditions.
22. According to the text, people who smoke
will die ... years earlier than people who have never smoked.
A. 7
B.
8
C.
9
D.
10
E. 11
23. What does the text mainly inform?
- Heart disease
- Smoking prevention
- The danger of smoking
- Number of dying smokers.
- Substances found in cigarettes
24. The second paragraph tells about … .
A.
the number of people
who suffer from heart attack
B. the
relation between smoking and heart disease
C. people
who suffer from heart attack
D. the
effect of heart attack
E.
the danger of smoking
The following text is for questions 25 to 27.
Everyone wants to be happy in their lives. But many cannot
accomplish it due to their poor health. Apparently, keeping our health benefits our lives. One
that we can do for keeping our health is doing exercise. It does not cost a
lot. Jogging is an example of 'cheap' exercise. What you have to possess when
doing exercise is your discipline.
You must set your time when you want to do exercise. Doctor
recommends to do exercise at least three times a week, thirty minutes each. So
you have to determine what days are available for you. Once you designate the
days, you must start doing your exercise at all cost. Bad weather, busy work,
laziness may not become reasons to skip your doing exercise.
When your habit of doing exercise has been well established, you
will harvest the fruit of your effort. Your health quality increases. You can
breathe more deeply. Your blood circulation also becomes smoother. Thus, oxygen
can be easily delivered to your lungs and brain. As a matter of fact, one who
does exercise regularly remembers better than one who does not.
As a result of good health, your quality of life enhances. You can
work more vigorously. You do not easily get tired of working. Consequently, it
makes individual production have a better result. Furthermore, your marriage is
happier. Also, you can commit religious duties more
solemnly.
Considering there are a number of
advantages that we can obtain from doing exercise, I
suggest you do exercise without much cancellation, and you will enjoy your
living in all aspects.
25. How many times
in a week does the doctor advise us to do exercise?
A.
Once
B. Twice
C. Three times
D. Four times
E.
Five times
26. What does the
text mainly inform?
A.
The importance of health
B. The way of keeping
healthy
C. The struggle of
doing exercise
D. The persistence of
doing exercise
E.
The importance of
doing exercise
27. Paragraph 4 mainly tells about … resulting
from good health.
A.
the increase of work
B. the increase of
income
C. the increase of
marriage
D. the increase of
life quality
E.
the increase of production
The following text is for questions 28 to 30.
JAKARTA: A community of young professionals and university
students will introduce Jakarta residents to street children in an event on
Feb. 17 in Senayan, Central Jakarta.
"The event
is being held to introduce people to street children in the hope they will
offer them support. It could be a solution to this social problem,"
Sahabat Anak” (Friends of Children) executive Benyamin Lumy said Wednesday, as
quoted by Antara.
The
organization was formed in 1997 after several young professionals and students
organized a jamboree for street children.
It now runs
seven educational shelters for more than 300 street children across Jakarta.
The
organization offers street children support and an education, and sometimes
even reunites children with their parents.
"We feel
we have to do something to help these marginalized children rather than staying
silent," Benyamin said. -- JP
28. What
does the text mainly report?
A. The
establishment of youth organization.
B. An effort to
help street children.
C. The
educational shelters.
D. Marginalized
children.
E. The social
problem.
29. Why will the event be held?
A.
People are expected to
help street children.
B.
Street children want
to show up.
C.
There are 300 street
children.
D.
An organization is
formed.
E.
The event is
important.
30. ‘The organization was formed in 1997 after
several young professionals and students organized a jamboree for street
children.’
The underlined word can be replaced by ….
A.
found
B.
set up
C.
directed
D.
invented
E.
introduced
The following text is for questions 31 to 33
Nelson Mandela was born in Qunu in the Transkei. His father was
Hendry Mphakanyiswa Gadla, chief of Mvezo, a tiny village on the banks of the
Mbashe River. At the age of seven, Rolihlahla Mandela became the first member
of his family to attend school, where he was given the English name
"Nelson" by a Methodist teacher. His father died when he was 10, and
Nelson attended a Wesleyan mission school next door to the palace of the
Regent. Following Xhosa custom he was initiated at age 16, and attended
Clarkebury Boarding Institute, learning about Western culture. He completed his
Junior Certificate in two years, instead of the usual three.
At age 19, in 1934,
Mandela moved to the Wesleyan College in Fort Beaufort, which most Thembu
royalty attended, and took an interest in boxing and running. After
matriculating, he began a B.A. at the Fort Hare University, where he met Oliver
Tambo, who became a lifelong friend and colleague.
At the end of his first
year he became involved in a boycott of the Students' Representative Council
against the university policies, and was asked to leave Fort Hare. He left to
go to Johannesburg, where he completed his degree with the University of South
Africa (UNISA) via correspondence, then began a Law degree at Wits University.
31. How old was Nelson Mandela when he
started to learn about Western culture?
A. Ten
B.
Eleven
C.
Twelve
D.
Sixteen
E. Nineteen
32. Paragraph one tellsmostly about Nelson Mandela’s … .
A. Childhood and teenage life
B. Tertiary education
C. Life supporters
D. Happy family
E. Difficult life
33. How was Nelson Mandela’s reaction
towards the Fort Hare University’s policies?
A. opposing
B.
favorable
C.
supporting
D.
doubting
E. worrying
The following text is for questions 34 to
36.
Many people call platypus duckbill because
this animal has a bill like a duck's bill. Platypus is an indigenous of
Tasmania and southern and eastern Australia. Although it lays eggs instead of
bearing its young alive, the platypus is a true mammal, not a reptile. It
nurses its young with milk as do other mammals. Platypus has a flat tail and
webbed feet. Its body length is 30 to 45 cm covered with a thick and woolly
layer of fur. Its bill is detecting prey and stirring up mud. Platypus' eyes
and head are small. It has no ears but has ability to sense sound and light.
The male platypus has a hollow claw, or spur, on each hind leg. The spurs are
connected with poison glands. The platypus poisons its enemies with the spurs.
Platypus lives in steams, rivers, and lakes. Female platypus usually
digs burrows in the streams or river banks. The burrows are blocked with soil
to protect it from intruders and flooding. On the other hand, male platypus
does not need any burrow to stay.
34. The text describes … of platypus.
A. the origin, physical features and habitat
B.
the physical features, food and habitat
C.
the physical features and habitat
D.
the physical features
E. the habitat
35. Platypus protects itself from its enemy by … .
A. hitting with its head
B.
flapping with its feet
C.
attacking with its claws
D.
poisoning with its spurs
E. kicking with its hind legs
36. “It nurses its young with milk as do other
mammals.” (Paragraph 1)
The underlined word is synonymous with … .
A. looks at
B.
cares for
C.
looks for
D.
prepares
E. provides
The following text is for questions 37 to
39
An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy
in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes are recorded with a seismometer, also known as a seismograph. The moment magnitude of
an earthquake is conventionally reported, or the related and mostly obsolete Richter magnitude,
with magnitude 3 or lower earthquakes being mostly imperceptible and magnitude
7 causing serious damage over large areas. Intensity of shaking is measured on
the modified Mercalli scale.
At the
Earth's surface, earthquakes manifest themselves by a shaking and sometimes
displacement of the ground. When a large earthquake epicenter is located offshore, the seabed sometimes suffers
sufficient displacement to cause a tsunami. The shaking in earthquakes can also trigger landslides
and occasionally volcanic activity.
In its most
generic sense, the word earthquake is used to describe any seismic
event-whether a natural phenomenon or an event caused by
humans—that generates seismic waves. Earthquakes are
caused mostly by rupture of geological faults, but also by volcanic activity,
landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear experiments.
An
earthquake's point of initial rupture is called its focus or hypocenter. The term epicenter means the point at ground level directly above this.
37. What is the text mainly about?
A. Hypocenter.
B. Earthquake.
C. Seismometer.
D. Seismograph.
E. Natural phenomenon
38. How does earthquake happen?
B. Damage occurs in the Earth’s
crust
C. There are seismic waves.
D. There is earth’s crust.
E. There are volcanoes.
39. What is the writer’s purpose in writing the text?
A. To explain
how earthquake occurs
B. To expose
the danger of earthquake
C. To report
the occurrence of earthquake
D. To tell the
past occurrence of earthquake
E. To describe
different kinds of earthquake
The following text is for questions 40 to 42
The issue of using drugs to
enhance athlete’s performance is controversial.
Those who agree to the use of drug in
enhancing performance say that most - top players in all sports take drugs to
train harder and feel no pain during play. The trainers, sports doctors,
nutritionists, physiotherapists and managers of the big names make sure banned
substances are taken at the safest and most efficient levels. The main effect of banning such substances has been to turn
performers and their coaches into liars and cheaters. We should legalize
performance-enhancing drugs so that they can be regulated and athletes on the
way up - whose entourages do not yet include savvy physiotherapists and doctors
- don't overdose and do damage themselves.
On the other hand, some still believe
that performance enhancing drugs in sport should be banned. Performance-enhancing drugs are not only prohibited because
they violate the spirit of sport but because they can damage the health of
athletes. The idea of allowing them in sport could lead to a situation whereby
sportsmen and women are used as human guinea pigs for a constant flow of new,
unregulated substances. The long-term effects don't bear thinking about.
To my point of
view, athletes’ best performances must be the result of hard training rather
than using performance enhancing drugs.
40.
What make people disagree with the use of performance enhancing drugs?
A. Athletes’ health is badly affected.
B. Athletes consume more drugs.
C. Athletes are independent.
D. Athletes violate the rules
E. Athletes perform better.
41. What does the text mainly discuss?
A. The controversy of using
drugs to enhance athlete’s performance.
B. The benefit of drugs in enhancing
athlete’s performance.
C. The danger of using drugs in sport.
D. Proponents for drug use in sport.
E. Drug regulation for athletes.
42. “Those who agree to the use of drug in enhancing
performance say that …”(Paragraph 2)
What does the
underlined word mean?
- Creating
- Showing
- Attracting
- Improving
- Influencing
The following text is for questions 43 and
44.
Based on true events, Argo chronicles
the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded
behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis—the truth of which was unknown by
the public for decades. On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches
its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking 52
Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip
away and find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador. Knowing it is only
a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, a CIA
"exfiltration" specialist named Tony Mendez (Affleck) comes up with a
risky plan to get them safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it
could only happen in the movies.
Unlike the more controversial Zero Dark Thirty which has an
ending everyone on the planet is aware of, this based on a true story drama
tells the little known tale of a rescue operation led by a brave CIA
"exfiltration" specialist. Affleck not only handled the lead role but also directed Argo,
and in doing so solidified his place as one of the best directors of his
generation.
43. What is the writer’s purpose in
writing the text?
A. To tell the
saving of hostages
B. To describe
the Iranian revolution
C. To explain
‘Cargo’, an action movie
D. To criticize
‘Cargo’, an action movie
E. To report the
success of making a movie
44. How does the writer judge Affleck?
A. He leads the
role and directs the film well.
B. He helps a team in a rescue operation.
C. He plays well
in Zero Dark Thirty.
D. He is a quite good director.
E. He is likely
a good actor.
The following text is for questions 45 and 46
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February 8,
2013
Dear Mr. Hasibuan,
On behalf of the members of the Research & Scholarship
Committee, thank you for submitting an application for this year's Research
& Scholarship grants competition.
I’m sorry to report that your grant proposal was among those that were not approved for funding in the spring. With the reduction in grant funds caused by budget cuts and the record number of applications, I’m afraid that many worthwhile proposals could not be supported. Although you did not receive a grant this year, I trust that you will continue to pursue both internaland external funding opportunities
Sincerely,
Dr. Michael Smith
Research & Scholarship Committee
The University of Iowa, IA
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45. The text is about …
A. grand proposal report
B.
the
influence of budget cut
C.
the
distribution of scholarship
D.
the
disapproval of grant proposal
E. research and scholarship application
46. What is the writer’s main intention in
writing his letter to Mr. Hasibuan?
A. To tell him there is budget cut
B.
To
inform him that the grant has been distributed
C.
To
inform him the way how to apply for the grant
D.
To
inform him that his grant proposal was refused.
E. To inform him that there is research and
scholarship grant
47. Rearrange the following sentences into the correct and
meaningful paragraph!
1.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was born Mahmoud
Saborjhian on October 28, 1956
2.
During this time, his father, Ahmad,
changed the family name from Saborjhian , to the more religious Ahmadinejad.
3.
He received high marks
on the national university entrance exams, finishing 130th out of 400,000
students.
4.
He entered Iran
University of Science and Technology in 1975 and received his undergraduate
degree in civil engineering in 1979.
5. In
1957, the family moved from Aradan to the Narmak district of Tehran in search
of better economic conditions.
6.
With his new name, he went to primary and
high school in Tehran, and excelled in his studies.
A. 1-2-5-6-3-4
B.
1-5-2-6-3-4
C.
1-5-2-6-4-3
D. 2-1-6-5-3-4
E.
2-1-6-5-4-3
Complete the following text with the correct words.
Canberra
is the capital city of Australia. The city's design was heavily …(48)… by the garden city movement
and incorporates significant areas of natural vegetation that have earned
Canberra the title of the "bush capital". The growth and …(49)…of Canberra
were hindered by the World Wars and the Great Depression, which exacerbated a series of planning disputes and the
ineffectiveness of a sequence of bodies that were to oversee the development of
the …(50)…. The national capital emerged as a thriving city after
World War II, as Prime Minister Robert Menzies championed its development and the National Capital Development
Commission was formed with executive
powers.
48.
A. influence
B. influences
C. influenced
D. influencing
E. being influenced
49.
A. develop
B. developer
C. developed
D. developing
E. development
50.
A. city
B. state
C. village
D. district
E. country
