This text
is for questions
16 and 17
Dear Big Meal's representative
I'm writing
to inform you that
I had a negative bad experience
at your location in Columbus,
New Jersey on August 4. My
receipt number is
512, and the person who handled my order
was Alex.
First
of all, I recognize that you, as
the reader of this letter,
are not responsible for my
bad experience, but I am still
upset about the
situation.
I went to
the drive through
and ordered seven meals with
no pickles. When I received my order,
I checked that all of the
sandwiches and fries were
in the bag
paid and drove away. When I
got home, I realized
my number seven had
pickles on it. I'm
allergic to pickles, and I didn't want to waste the
sandwich, so I
drove back to the
drive through
to explain the
situation and get it
fixed.
I
feel
very disappointed with
this interaction, as I
usually enjoy my experiences at
your restaurant. To fix
this situation, I would like
a coupon for a free
meal of my choice. I think an apology
from Alex is also
appropriate.
Please
contact me at 555.555.5555 or
email me back at jkorkell@email.com. I would like this
situation to be resolved
so I can
continue to be a loyal
Big Meal's patron.
Best,
Jim Korkell
16.
What is the letter
about?
A. Applying
for a job.
B. Complaining
bad service.
C. Ordering
a certain item.
D. Inquiring Mr Jim Korkell.
E. Reserve
for a meal.
17.
Who is in charge
to take the order of
"the drive through seryice"?
A. The cashier.
B. Alex.
C. Jim
Korkel.
D. The manager.
E. The customer.
The
following text is for
questions 18 to 20
Kaka
was born in Brazilia. From age 4
to 7, his family lived
in Cuiaba, following his
father, a civil engineer.
At age 7, the family moved
to the
city of Sao Paulo, in
the neighborhood of Morumbi,
near the stadium
of Sao Paulo FC. As FIFA says, " Kaka fails to
fit the Brazilian stereo type
of the kid
from the favela who first
played the game in the
street with a ball made from
rags. Coming from
comfortable and cultured
family, Kaka kept up his
studies as long as they
were compatible with his profession."
His talent was
soon recognized. A professor
called the family
and suggested enrolling him in
a football school. At age
B, Kaka was playing with Sao Paulo
FC, where he succeeded in all
categories. At age 14, Kaka used to wake
up two hours early,
to keep up with his studies.
Kaka managed to
conclude the intermediary
cycle (eleven y ears)
inBrazil, before dedicating
exclusively to football.
In
2006, only 24 years
old, Kaka was one of the main
Brazilian players in the
World Cup. Despite the abundance of good
players, coach Carlos Alberto
Parreira already said that Kaka would start
as a principle. The groups
formed by Kaka, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo
and Adriano was called
"the Magic Square" by
Brazilian media fans.
18. Having recognized Kaka's
talent, the professor
suggested that ...
in the football school.
A.
he become a supervisor
B.
he enroll as a member
C.
he accommodate
D.
he practice more
E.
he spend his free time
19.
The main idea of paragraph 3 is
....
A.
his talent was soon recognized.
B.
Kaka would start as
a principle.
C. "Magic square
"was formed by Kaka,
Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, and Andriano.
D.
a professor suggested Kaka's
family enrolling him in
a football school.
E.
Kaka was one of the main
Brazilian players in
the World Cup.
20. "His talent
was soon recognized." (Paragraph
2)
The
underlined word is
closest in meaning to
....
A.
predicted
B.
registered
C.
managed
D.
succeeded
E.
identified
This text
is for questions 21 – 23
It
is probably one of the most
important books I've
ever read. Not for its
heavy philosophy, practical
instructions, or memorable quotes; but
for its simple message of
how wonderful life
can be when viewed through
the eyes of an innocent child.
Each story
is only a page
or two, a delightful narrative
of how Totto-chan
views the world, and how Mr. Kuroyanagi inspires
the children to explore, learn, feel
and have joy. There are
several charcoal drawings
that capture the
tenderness of the stories, making us feel
apart of Totto-chan's world.
One
of my favorite vignettes is
the story of losing
her hat in the
septic tank at the school, and proceeds
to dig it out. The headmaster walks
by, and after a few questions to
satisfy his curiosity, and hearing her earnest
explanations, he lets her
continue with the simple
instruction, “make sure
you put it all back!”
Totto-chan, The
Little Girl at the Window
is a celebration of childhood,
learning and caring. We've enjoyed
reading one or two stories for bedtime
off-and-on for a couple of
years, and almost
don't want to
finish the book because
it will mean there
are no more stories. Totto-chan
seems so real and
loveable, and her headmaster
is a role model for parents
and teachers.
The
book is
written by Tetsuko
Kuroyanagi and translated
by Dorothy Britton.
21.
What is
the text about?
A. A summary
of children biography.
B. The novel of
Totto-chan.
C. Children's
activities.
D. A description
of Mr. Kuroyanagi.
E. The headmaster and
teachers.
22.
Totto-chan, The Little Girl at the
Window is a story .
. ..
A. of an
innocent children
B. containing
philosophy of life
C. that
teaches us that life is
actually wonderful
D. that
motivates children to explore
the world
E. that
describes good headmasters and teachers.
23.
According to the
text, who inspires the
children enjoying their
childhood?
A. Tetsuko
Kuroyanagi.
B. The teachers.
C. The headmaster.
D. Dorothy
Britton.
E. The little
girl.
This text is for questions 24 - 25
There is a lot of research
on both humans and
animals on the
effects of caffeine, and there is
often thought that too
much is bad for us. There
is no conclusive evidence to
implicate caffeine consumption
as being significantly harmful
to health, but
there still is controversy with this,
as there is still some
negative effects associated
with caffeine consumption. Having some
caffeine daily is
okay, but using food
and exercise strategies listed
below will certainly help in
reducing fatigue and
avoiding caffeine addiction.
Caffeine is a central
nervous stimulant and
can have some
positive effects on the humans
body. Caffeine in
low dosed is
thought to be associated
with an improvement in sporting
performance, increased alertness
and reduction in fatigue potentially lifting
a person's mood. Coffee and tea also contain some
antioxidants which have positive
effects on heart health.
However, increased amounts
of caffeine lead to dependency
due to increased tolerance and
hence the need for greater
amounts to gain the same
stimulatory benefits. Heavy users
who gave to go without
can experience withdrawal
symptoms such as headaches and fatigue.
Too much caffeine can
produce restlessness,
nausea, and cardiac.
24. What is
the writer's opinion
about the text?
A. Consuming too much
coffee is not good
for our health.
B. Caffeine consumption
is significantly harmful
to health.
C. Drinking coffee
everyday makes us addicted
to it.
D. Daily coffee consumption
leads to hearth attack.
E. Caffeine can
stimulate user's mood
and energy
25. "...amounts to gain the
same stimulatory
benefits." (paragraph 3)
The synonym
of the underlined word
is ."."
A. develop
B. obtain
C. improve
D. collect
E. enhance
This text is for question 26
The changes that
our planet has undergone throughout
its history as a result of
natural
factors like tiny changes
in the Earth's path
around the Sun, volcanic
activity and fluctuations within
the climate system. However,
humans are having an increasing influence on our climate by burning fossil fuels,
cutting down rainforests and farming livestock. What is
the Greenhouse Effect?
As the Sun's energy
warms up the Earth, our planet radiates
some of this heat
back out towards
space. Certain gases in the
atmosphere act like the glass
in a greenhouse, allowing the
Sun's energy in but
preventing heat from escaping. Some
greenhouse gases, such as water vapor - the most abundant
greenhouse gas are naturally
present in the atmosphere;
without them, the Earth's
average temperature would be an
unbearably cold -18"C instead
of the 15"C it is
today. However, human activities
are releasing immense
additional amounts of greenhouse
gases into the atmosphere and this
is enhancing the green house effect.
26. What is
the topic of the
text?
A. Relation
between human activities
and 'greenhouse effect'.
B. 'Greenhouse
effect' as a natural phenomenon.
C. Greenhouse
gases and 'greenhouse effect'.
D. Definition
of 'greenhouse effect'.
E. Causes
of 'greenhouse effect'.
The following
text is for questions
27 – 30
Solar energy evaporates exposed
water from seas,
lakes, rivers and
wet soil, the majority of this evaporation takes
place over the seas. Water is also
released into the atmosphere by the
plants through
photosynthesis. During this
process, known as evapotranspiration, water vapour rises
into the atmosphere.
Clouds
are formed when air becomes saturated
with water vapour. The two major types of cloud
formation are stratified or layered
grey clouds called surutus and following white or dark grey
cloud called cumulus clouds.
Precipitation
as rain or hail ensures the heated
water returns to Earth's
surface in a fresh form.
Some of this rain, however, falls
into the seas and is not accessible to humans.
When
rain falls, it
either washes down hill slopes
or seeps underground, when
snow and hail melt, this
water may also shrink
into the ground.
Rain
fall also replenishes
river water supplies
so does underground water. Snow fall may
consolidate into glaciers
and ice sheet
which, when they
melt, release their water into
the ground, into
streams or into the
seas.
27. The text tells
about ....
A. types
of cloud
B. how
clouds form
C"
cloud evaporation
D. how
water vapour rises
E. how water
cycle works
28.
Why does water return to earth's
surface in a fresh
form?
A. It has
been evaporated.
B. It is
full of water
vapour.
C. It
is kept in the
atmosphere.
D. It
is the form of precipitation.
E. It is
kept in the
form of clouds.
29. Evapotranspiration is a process
when water is released
into the atmosphere by ....
A.
the seas
B.
the streams
C.
the rivers
D.
the wet soils
E.
the vegetations
30.”clouds are formed
when air becomes saturated
with water vapour. (Paragraph 2)”
The
word " saturated" has the
same meaning as ....
A.
full
B.
dry
C.
dirty
D.
heavy
E.
overload
This text is for questions 31 - 33
Boarding
School Education
While many
parents send their children to
public schools, there are
some other people choose boarding
school education. They
prefer their children are
educated there for some reasons.
At
an early
age interacting and communicating with people
is very important for a child's
personal life and can be
especially helpful for
his/her future. In a
boarding school, shy children
can take advantage of interaction through
communal activities. The boarding school
also offers a great variety of activities
such as arts, sports, and music that allow
the children to
demonstrate and develop
specialized skills in their
free time.
Furthermore, the
structured way of life and
strict rules at the
boarding school may help students
to get used to
a well ordered way of life. The manners and social skills will help them
to become more responsible
and confident, and to develop
their talents in leadership. Professionally trained teachers and
educators in the boarding school can
offer excellent education without
the parents' constant supervision.
In conclusion,
boarding schools allow
students to interact communally
and to do positive
activities. Besides they also
build students characters.
31. What is the text
about?
A. What
makes boarding school differ
from public schools.
B. Some
good points of boarding
schools.
C. Why people
don't send their children to
public schools.
D. The
comparison between boarding
schools and public schools.
E. Boarding
school education is the best.
32. According to
the text, the
weakness of boarding school
is . . . .
A. it
provides excellent education
B. it is
inappropriate for dependent
student
C. it
can help the
learners develop their
talents
D. it makes
the learners more responsible and
confident
E. it helps the
students develop their
talent in leadership
33.
What is the main idea
of the third paragraph?
A. Boarding
school teaches student to
interact with people.
B. Boarding
school prepares student' future.
C. Boarding
school teaches student social skills.
D. Boarding
school has some professional
teachers.
E. Boarding
school teaches students
to be discipline.
This
text is for questions 34 - 36
Detective Sherlock
Holmes and his
friend Dr. Watson back on
the cinema through the 'A Game
of Shadows'. After the success of his
first film in
2009, Guy Ritchie redirected sequel
of 'Sherlock Holmes'.
A bomb
exploded in Stassbourg, England soon
became headlines in
several newspapers. Holmes (Robert
Downey Jr.) who, disguised as a beggar
was busy stalking Irene Adler
(Rachel McAdams), his enemy which also
his idol that
brings an important package.
In the
sequel of 'Sherlock Holmes this
time, Professor, James
Moriarty (Jared Harris) to
be the
most dangerous enemy. Moriarty is
not the kind of people
who are hesitant to
remove the lives of
many people in order to
achieve the goal.
Explosions in Strassbourg in one of
the result of Prof. Moriarty's creation.
Holmes is
busy when his friend, I)r.
Watson (Jude Law)
is getting married, because
marriage would automatically make Holmes
lost his partner
in investigating the
case.
A
gypsys woman, Madam Sinza
Heron (Noomi Rapace), helped Holmes
get the adventure this time.
There was also the
Holmes brother, Mycroft Holmes (Stephen
Fry) who came to be an
accomplice of the detective
this time.
Farce as
those made by
Holmes and several other characters
in the film
guaranteed to invite laughters.
The chemistry between Robert Downey
Jr. And Jude Law
is not be doubted
anymore. Since in
the first film,
the two men
are able to captivate the audience and not be missed.
Chess
competition between Holmes and Prof.
Moriarty became the ultimate
point. They both described
the mind wanders respectively.
Do you intrigue with the
acting of the detective? The
film 'Sherlock Holmes
:'A Game of Shadows' can be an
alternative entertainment at
this weekend.
34. The text is
about ....
A. A review
of "A Game Of
Shadows" movie
B. The
description of Holmes' life
as a Detective
C. An introduction of "Sherlock Holmes"
movie
D. A discussion
about Robert Downey Jr,
and Jude Law's
lives
E. A report of the adventure of a
gypsy woman
35. According to the
text, the good thing
of the film
is that....
A. it shows the readers how to
do the investigation
B. the
first film was a sign that the
further film was also interesting to see
C. the
farce of characters is
guaranteed
D. the
characters feel sure of
their performance to persuade
to see
E. it is
still arguable that the
visual effect can influence
the readers
36. Who created explosions in
Strassbourg?
A. Robert
Downey Jr.
B. Sherlock
Holmes.
C. Prof. Moriarty.
D. Dr. Watson.
E. Jude
Law.
This text is for questions 37 - 38
The Red Bird of Paradise
An Indonesian endangered species,
the Red Bird of Paradise is
distributed to lowland rainforests
of Waigeo and Batanta
islands of West Papua.
This species shares
its home with another bird of paradise, the Wilson's Bird of Paradise.
Hybridization between these
two species are expected
but not recorded
yet.
The Bird of Paradise, Paradisaea rubra, is large,
up to 33cm long, brown
and yellow bird with a dark
brown iris, grey legs
and yellow bill. The male has an
emerald green face, a pair of
elongated black corkscrew-shaped tail
wires, dark green feather pompoms above
each eye and a train
of glossy crimson red plumes
with whitish tips at either
side of the breast.
The male measures up to
72 cm long, including
the ornamental red plumes that require
at least six years to
fully attain. The female
resembles the male but is
smaller in size, with a dark brown face
and has no ornamental
red plumes.
The diet consists mainly of fruits,
berries and arthropons.
37. We know from
the text that ....
A. the female Red Bird of
Paradise is bigger
than the male
B. the Red
Bird of Paradise is
rare nowadays
C. the Red
Bird of Paradise
cannot live alone
D. the Red Bird
is as large
as the female
E. the Red Bird
of Paradise lives in
highland of West Papua
38. "...
with a dark brown iris,
grey legs and
yellow bill ..." (Paragraph2)
The underlined
word is closest in
meaning to ... .
A. wing
B. tail
C. breast
D. eyes
E. beak
39. Arrange the following
sentences into the correct
and meaningful paragraph!
1. But no matter how hard it
tried, it could
not manage to pick
them.
2. A generous monkey
noticed this, and
threw him down a bunch
3. But the
wife turned the crocodile
against the monkey: 'If
that monkey lives
on bananas, then its liver
must be big and sweet,' she said
4. The crocodile ate its
fiIl and also
left some of the
bananas for its wife
5. A
crocodile was trying to
pick the bananas which grew
on a palm trees near
its pool
The best arrangement of
sentences above is ....
A. 1-5-2-4-3
B. 5-l-2-4-3
C. l-5-4-2-3
D. 1-2-5-4-3
E. 5-2-1-4-3
This text is for questions 40 - 41
ANA ISWANTI INC.
announces the opening
of
Textiles & Objects
at
Jalan Mas Mansyur 8
JAKARTA
a wholesale and retail shop
offering
THE ANA ISWANTI
COLLECTION
OF
FABRICS & TEXTILE ITEMS
Designed by Gunawan Tirta
&,
UNUSUAL & SYMPATHETIC
DECORATIVE OBJECTS
Selected by Gunawan
Tirta
OPEN FOR BUSINESS – MAY – 22nd,
2013
PLAZA 3-5105
40. What is Ana
Iswanti, Inc?
A. A Brand of textile.
B. A fashion brand.
C. A group of
designers.
D. A wholesale and
retail shop.
E. A fashion company.
41. "unusual and
sympathetic"
The underlined word is
closest in meaning to
. . ..
A. strange
B. bizarre
C. unique
D. familiar
E. expensive
Questions number 42 – 44 based on
the following cloze text
Octopuses are mollusks,
a kind of animal with a soft
body. Unlike other mollusks,
such as clams and
oysters, octopuses and squid have
no hard .... (42) to protect them. An
octopus is an animal
without any bones. Surrounding the main
portion of its body is a fleshy
covering, called a mantle. Most
of the internal organs of an octopus
are inside the mantle. An octopus
has two big
... (43), so it has
very good vision.
Seals. eels, and other
sea animals prey on
octopuses. An octopus' main
method of defense is to
shoot a cloud of dark ink into the water. The ink
cloud confuses the attacker,
and the octopus jets away.
Octopuses can also ....
(44) color rapidly
when they are
in danger. They change
color to fit in
with their surroundings. This helps
them to hide from prey.
42….
A.
skin
B. scales
C. seals
D. shells
E. skull
43.
…
A. eyes
B. bones
C. fingers
D. thumbs
E. shoulders
44.
….
A. complain
B. wonder
C. deliver
D. change
E.
breathe
This text
is for questions 45 - 46
Damaged Roads
The number of
damaged roads linking Jakarta
with West Java has certainly
provoked complaints from locals
and road users. Take
for an example, the roads
in Bekasi and Tangerang, which have
been the focus
of the media. Head of traffic
officials, Sutraman said "The
road should be repaired using
the right sort of asphalt, stones,
and sand. Repairs should
be done cerefully so that the
roads can be prevented
from constant damage. Other wise,
the repairs would be questioned".
(Jakarta Daily)
45. The text
reports ....
A. the damaged roads
linking Jakarta and
West Java
B. the damaged
roads in Bekasi
and Tangerang
C. the complaints from
locals and road users
D. the poor quality
of the damaged roads
E. the poorly
constructed roads in Jakarta
and West Java
46. Sutraman's suggestion
is related to his concern that
....
A. many roads in
Jakarta and West Java
are badly damaged
B. many complaints
are heard everyday in the
mass media
C. the traffic
is badly affected
by the bad
road conditions
D. road repairs
may not be conducted
appropriately
E. the media
continually report the
damaged roads
This text
is for questions 47 – 50
Biodiesel
is a clean burning substitute for
petroleum based diesel
fuel. Biodiesel is made
of vegetable oil.
To make or
manufacture Biodiesel, you must first start
with raw materials. The raw materials needed in
the production of Biodiesel are a small
amount of methanol
and a ready supply
of vegetable product. One of the
most common vegetables used in the
production of Biodiesel is corn, although
depending on the
geographic location of the manufacturing facility
many other plants are used
as well (rapeseed, soybeans,
flaxseed, etc.). The first
step is to use
the raw vegetable product to make vegetable oil.
Vegetable oil by itself will not
be what you need to
power a car, from
here it has
to be processed into
Biodiesel.
The process for
converting vegetable oil into Biodiesel is
sometimes called ester
interchange. To complete this
process the vegetable
oil has to be combined
with a smaller amount of
methanol and then
put in the presence of a
small quantity of an alkaline catalyst (for
example, 50 to
1% sodium hydroxide).
Vegetable oil is made up of so-called triglycerides, which is
a compound of the trivalent
alcohol glycerin with
three fatty acids. The goal of ester interchange is
to separate the
glycerin molecule from
the three fatty
acids and replace it with three methanol molecules.
This process then
yields roughly 90%. Biodiesel and
10% of a glycerin byproduct. The glycerin by product can be used in
a number of other chemical
processes for different industries.
47. What is
the text about?
A. The process
of making Biodiesel.
B. The use of the
Biodiesel.
C. The advantage of using
the Biodiesel.
D. The benefit of producing
the Biodiesel.
E. The development of the
Biodiesel products.
48. What are interchanged in
the process of ester
interchange?
A. The three
fatty acids with the glyserin molecules.
B. The glyserin molecule with three
methanol molecules.
C. Methanol with the tree
fatty acids.
D. Vegetable oil
with methanol.
E. Methanol and alkalin
catalyst.
49. According to the
text, one of the advantages in
using biodiesel is ....
A. it is cheap
B. it only uses
vegetable oil
C. it uses
replaceable materials
D. it can be done
in small industry
E. it gives less
pollution than petroleum
50.
"The process for converting
vegetable oil ..."(Paragraph 3)
The underlined word is
closest in meaning to
. ..
A. producing
B. separating
C. attaching
D. processing
E. changing
