SOAL BAHASA INGGRIS READING COMPREHENSION BESERTA JAWABAN #5

 

Items 1 and 2 are based on the following passage.

 

SUPER SALE TO MARK CROSSROAD SUPERMARKET'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY

In the whole month of July

Come and visit us this July to celebrate our 10th anniversary and enjoy a lot of surprises. We offer:

·      Up to 50% discount on dairy products, bakery and fresh meat.

·      Free food samples, free ice cream, and free gifts.

·      Trivia Contests to win 10 mobile phones, 10 microwaves, and 10 desktop computer sets.

·      Daily live music from 5 to 9 pm.

·      Weekend surprises.

Visit our website www.crossroadsupermarket.com to get more information on all special events in July, or contact us at 7994352.

See you at Crossroad Supermarket at no. 45 Washington Avenue. Bring this flyer and get a free gift at the Customer Service Counter.

 

1.     What is advertised in the flyer?

A.     A new supermarket.

B.     A series of anniversary events.

C.     Summer sale.

D.     Weekend Surprises.

E.     A crossroad.

 

2.     What will a shopper who brings this flyer get?

A.     Discount voucher.

B.     Free food samples.

C.     Free gift.

D.     Free ice-cream.

E.     Surprises.

 

Items 3 and 4 are based on the following passage.

 

30%2B-%2B32

3.     What is modified in the text?

A.     Laptop’s “power plant”.

B.     Laptop’s battery.

C.     Laptop’s “Power Saver”.

D.     Options setting.

E.     Power options.

 

4.    How many options are available to save power?

A.     1

B.     2

C.     3

D.     4

E.     5.

 

Items 5 and 6 are based on the following passage.

 

Snakes are reptiles (cold-blooded creatures). They belong to the same group as lizard (the scaled group, Squamata) but from a sub-group of their own (Serpentes).

Snakes have two legs but a long time ago they had claws to help them slither along. Snakes are not slimy. They are covered in scales which are just bumps on the skin. Their skin is hard and glossy to reduce friction as the snake slithers along the ground.

Snakes often sun bathe on rock in the warm weather. This is because snake is cold-blooded; they need the sun’s warmth to heat their bodies up.

Most snakes live in the country. Some types of snakes live in trees; some live in water, but most live on the ground in deserted rabbit burrows, in thick, long grass, and in old logs.

A snake’s diet usually consists of frogs, lizards, mice, and other snakes. The anaconda can eat small crocodiles and even bears. Many snakes protect themselves with their fangs. Some snakes are protected by scaring their enemies away like Cobra. The flying snakes glide away from danger. Their ribs spread apart and the skin stretches out. Its technique is just like the sugar gliders.

 

5.     We know from the text that snakes....

A.     do not have claws

B.     do not like sunlight

C.     have two legs and claws

D.     use their legs to climb the tree

E.     use their claws to slither along the ground

 

6.     Since the snakes are cold-blooded they....

A.     like sucking the cool blood

B.     avoid sun-bathing to their skins

C.     never sun bathe in the warm weather

D.     live on the ground in deserted burrows

E.     require the sun’s warmth to heat their bodies

 

Items 7 - 9 are based on the following passage.

 

How to Make a Pencil Case

Steps

1.     Choose the size you want. If you want to put longer items, such as a ruler, placed in your pencil case, you'll need a longer pencil case.

2.     Find a bag or box that suitable with your choice of size. It doesn't have be nice looking, but strong and clean.

3.     Cover the box with paper, any color.

4.     Decorate the container. Try some or all of the following ideas.

·           Put on same cool sticker. 

·           Decorate with your own art with makers: draw lines, shapes, animals, people, etc. 

·           Cut some magazine pictures and stick them on it. 

·           Totally cover the box with wrapping paper; and 

·           Glue on shells, buttons, or anything else you want to decorate the pencil case with. Add glitter if you like. 

5.     Show all your friends, and be proud of your unique pencil case

 

7.     The length of the pencil case depends on....

A.     the items we are going to put there

B.     the ruler we have

C.     the size of the pen

D.     the box that we find

E.     the length of box we have

 

8.    What should we do after the case is wrapped?

A.     the case is ready to be used

B.     let your friends decorate your case

C.     glue necessary parts to make it stronger

D.     stick something on the case to make it beautiful

E.     leave some spaces without colored paper

 

9.    From the text above it can be concluded that we have to be ... in decorating the box to have a good result.

A.     mindful

B.     careful

C.     alert

D.     risky

E.     creative

 

Items 10 – 11 are based on the following passage.

 

A tsunami is a series of ocean waves that sends surges of water, sometimes reaching heights of over 100 feet (30.5 meters), onto land. These walls of water can cause widespread destruction when they crash ashore.

These awe-inspiring waves are typically caused by large, undersea earthquakes at tectonic plate boundaries. When the ocean floor at a plate boundary rises or falls suddenly, it displaces the water above it and launches the rolling waves that will become a tsunami.

Most tsunami, about 80 percent, happen within the Pacific Ocean's "Ring of Fire," a geologically active area where tectonic shifts make volcanoes and earthquakes common.

Tsunamis may also be caused by underwater landslides or volcanic eruptions. They may even be launched, as they frequently were in Earth's ancient past, by the impact of a large meteorite plunging into an ocean.

Tsunamis race across the sea at up to 500 miles (805 kilometers) an hour — about as fast as a jet airplane. At that pace they can cross the entire expanse of the Pacific Ocean in less than a day. And their long wavelengths mean they lose very little energy along the way.

A tsunami's trough, the low point beneath the wave's crest, often reaches shore first. When it does, it produces a vacuum effect that sucks coastal water seaward and exposes harbor and sea floors. This retreating of sea water is an important warning sign of a tsunami, because the wave's crest and its enormous volume of water typically hit shore five minutes or so later. Recognizing this phenomenon can save lives.

A tsunami is usually composed of a series waves, called a wave train, so its destructive force may be compounded as successive waves reach shore. People experiencing a tsunami should remember that the danger may not have passed with the first wave and should await official word that it is safe to return to vulnerable locations.

Some tsunamis do not appear on shore as massive breaking waves but instead resemble a quickly surging tide that inundates coastal areas.

 

10.  Why did the author write the report?

A.     To raise people' awareness about tsunami.

B.     To warn people about an upcoming tsunami.

C.     To inform people about past tsunamis.

D.     To inform people about the different types of tsunami.

E.     To warn people about the dangers of tsunami.

 

11.  From the text, we know that Tsunami can be very destructive because ....

A.     they come after earthquakes

B.     they are caused by volcanic eruptions

C.     they are tall, fast, forceful and repetitive

D.     they have a vacuum effect

E.     they occur suddenly

 

Items 12 – 13 are based on the following table.

 

The 30 fastest growing occupations 2010-2020 (in thousands)

heThe


 

Text Box: Occupation	Employment	Change	Most significant source of postsecondary education or training
	2010	2020	Number	Percent	

Home health aides	
1,018	
1,724	
706	
69	
Short-term on-the-job training

Biomedical  engineers	
16	
26	
10	
63	
Bachelor degree

Carpenters	
46	
72	
26	
56	
Short-term on-the-job training

Physical therapist aides	
47	
67	
20	
43	
none

Dental hygienists	
182	
250	
68	
37	
Associate degree

Health educators	
64	
87	
23	
36	
Bachelor degree

Source: http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/print.pl/news.release/ecopro.t07.htm

 

12.  Which occupation will grow the most from 2010 to 2020?

A.     ­Biomedical engineers.

B.     Dental hygienists.

C.     Home health aides.

D.     Health educators.

E.     Carpenters

 

13.  What is not true about dental hygienists?

A.     ­In 2020, there will be 68,000 more dental hygienists than in 2010.

B.     In 2010, there were 250,000 dental hygienists.

C.     It requires an associate degree.

D.     From 2010 to 2020, this job will grow by 37%.

E.     It needs no Short-term on-the-job training

 

Items 14 – 16 are based on the following passage.

 

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 Brazilia 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 8, 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 meneged to conclude the intermediary cycle (eleven years) in Brazil, 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 stars as a principle. The groups formed by Kaka, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, and Adriano was called “the Magic Square” by Brazilian media fans.

 

14. 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

 

15. The main idea of paragraph 3 is....

A.     his talent was soon recognized

B.     Kaka would stars as a principle

C.     “Magic Square” was formed by Kaka, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, and Adriano

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

 

16. “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

 

Items 17 – 19 are based on the following passage.

 

Once there was a very lazy king. He hardly did any physical activity. As a result he started to be ill. He called the royal doctor and said, “Give medicine to get well. If you don’t cure me, I will kill you.”

The doctor knew laziness was the main cause of the king’s illness. The next daythe doctor gave him big dumbbells and said, ‘Your Majesty, you must swingthese magic bells in your hands every morning and evening for an hour. Do these till your arms starting sweating and you will start getting cured.”

The king did this everyday not knowing that it was an exercise. Within a few weeks his body became fit and he felt alert and energetic. He thanked the doctor and asked the cure’s secret. The royal doctor said, “Your Majesty, the magic of this cure will keep you fit if you keep on swinging these dumbbells. The day you stop you will became ill again.”

 

17. The king did the physical exercises because....

A.     the doctor obliged him to do it

B.     he did not realize it was magic

C.     he believed it would make him fit

D.     he thought it would cure his illness

E.     the warned him to always keep fit

 

18. The story is about....

A.     a doctor who cured the king from his laziness

B.     a king who made efforts to cure his illness

C.     the secret cure for the king’s ailment

D.     the benefit of exercise to keep healthy

E.     the way to keep the king healthy

 

19. We learn from the story that....

A.     laziness is the major cause of every bad men

B.     keeping fit does not necessarily need serious efforts

C.     magic balls can be used as a means of curing illness

D.     curing any illness should not be based on superstition

E.     we can teach people to be fit without offending them

 

Items 20 – 22 are based on the following passage.

All human beings eat food and make use of the chemical energy in it, so do all other animals. Perhaps you wonder where all that chemical energy comes from. Why doesn’t the food all get used up?

The answer is that new food is being grown as fast as old food is used to. It is the green plants that form the new food. Animals either eat the plants or eat other animals that have eaten plants.

The green substance of plants is chlorophyll. Chlorophyll can absorb sunlight. When it does so, it changes the energy of the sun into chemical energy. The chemical energy present in sunlit chlorophyll is used to combine dioxide in the air with water from the soil. Starch and other complicated compounds are formed. These are high in chemical energy obtained from the sunlit chlorophyll.

They make up the food on which mankind and all other animals live. In the process of forming this food, some oxygen atoms are left over. These are given off into the air by the plants. The whole process is called photosynthesis.

Thus, plants use sunlight to from food and oxygen to from carbon dioxide and water again. Plants change the sun’s energy into chemical energy. And animals change the animal energy into kinetic and heat energy.

 

20.  What will happen when the chlorophyll absorbs sunlight? It will....

A.     change heat into kinetic energy

B.     form complicated compound

C.     make use of heat energy

D.     change kinetic energy into chemical energy

E.     change the sun’s energy into chemical energy

 

21.  From the text we know that ....

A.     plant need to heat energy to live

B.     all human beings need chemical energy

C.     plants absorb sunlight to produce kinetic energy

D.     chlorophyll is the most important thing in photosynthesis

E.     sun’s energy cannot be formed into kinetic energy

 

22. The green substance of plants is chlorophyll. The underlined word in the above is closest in meaning to....

A.     core

B.     body

C.     stuff

D.     essence

E.     material

 

Items 23 – 25 are based on the following passage.

 

The use of formalin and other dangerous preservatives in food has been a serious for two reasons. Firstly, formalin is not for human beings, but it is for biological specimen and experiments. Formalin in biology is a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water which is usually used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens. Thus, it is not for food preservative, it will be very dangerous to human’s body.

The second reason is that there is not tight control from the government. This condition makes the people’s health is really in a threat. When the control is weak and the use of formalin is spread wide all over the Indonesia regions, and these days it has really happened, the citizens’ bodies will be badly contaminated with the poisons. Fish or food traders still sell their product which contain formalin and dangerous preservatives. Can you imagine that our digestive system absorbs the substance the should be for the human and animal corpses?

Considering the reasons, we can makes a conclusion that the use of formalin and other preservatives is really a serious problem if it is not resolved immediately.

 

23.  Why is formalin dangerous for human’s body?

A.     It is not food preservatives.

B.     It is a disinfectant for human beings.

C.     It is used to preserve biological specimens.

D.     It is 10% solution of formaldehyde in water.

E.     It is controlled flighty from government.

 

24. The main idea of paragraph 2 is….

A.     the human’s bodies will be harmful after consuming the formalin

B.     the government has not controlled the use of formalin firmly

C.     the weak control of using formalin is not threatening the human

D.     the human’s bodies will be harmful after consuming the formalin

E.     the use of formalin is know all over the regions

 

25.  Based on the facts above, the writer suggests that….

A.     people have to avoid consuming formalin in their food

B.     the use of formaldehyde is necessary to control the food

C.     people should add 10% solution of formaldehyde in water

D.     the food preservative is required to make the food delicious

E.     food seller is supposed to pour formalin for food products

 

Items 26 – 27 are based on the following passage.

Because theme-based teaching is very demanding the teacher is supposed to plan the lesson in advance even if she/he is (26)…. Nevertheless there should always be some choice points in theme-based teaching. Those choice points are for the teacher and the students to decide which activity (27)… or how much time they spend on it.

 

26.  Which option best completes (26)?

A.     truly unskillful

B.     slightly trained

C.     rather qualified

D.     newly graduated

E.     very experienced

 

27.  Which option best completes (27)?

A.        the teachers choose

B.        the principal allow

C.        they will consider

D.        they can do

E.        the students like

 

Items 28 and 29 are based on the following passage.

While often defined simplistically as “school work at home and home work at school,” Flipped Learning is an approach that allows teachers to (28) implement a methodology, or various methodologies, in their classrooms. To counter some of the misconceptions about this term, the governing board and key leaders of the Flipped Learning Network (FLN), all experienced Flipped Educators, have(29) composed a formal definition of “Flipped Learning.”

 

28.  The underlined word ‘implement’ is synonymous with….

A.        employ

B.        to utilize

C.        to manage

D.        to organize

E.        to administer

 

29.  The antonym of the underlined word ‘composed’ is ….

A.      assembled

B.      collected

C.     amassed

D.     dispersed

E.      clustered

 

Items 30 and 31 are based on the following passage.

The commonly used acronym BICS describes social, conversational language used for oral communication. Also described as social language, this type of communication offers many cues to the listener and is (30) …. BICS describes the development of conversational fluency in the second language, (31) … for students from different linguistic backgrounds to comprehend context-embedded social language readily.

 

30.  Which option best completes (30)?

A.     language context-embedded

B.     context-embedded language

C.     embedded-language context

D.     language-embedded context

E.     context-language embedded

 

31.  Which option best completes (31)?

A.     which it takes about two years

B.     which taking about two years

C.     which takes about two years

D.     which take about two years

E.     which to take about two years

 

In the realm of human interaction informatics there are few things as important as an understanding of natural language processing (NLP). After all, data is meaningless without analysis and context. We need to be able to interpret the information (32) for it to be useful.

 

32.  The underlined part for it to be useful in the passage may be best rephrased as….

A.     because it is worthwhile

B.     as it provides messages

C.     to be considered vital

D.     since it is valuable

E.     to make it functional

 

 

The KWL strategy is first taught to students by introducing and explaining the strategy to each of the student groups. The teacher starts off by making three columns on the chalkboard and indicating the three parts by putting a K in the first column, a W in the second column, and an L in the third column. The teacher then selects a topic and the students will describe (33) what they already know about that topic and the teacher will place it in the K column. An example is: given the topic of outer space, the students are to describe orally to the teacher any background information that they may have.

 

33.  The underlined part what they already know in the passage may be best rephrased as….

A.     their prior knowledge

B.     their mastery

C.     their knowledge

D.     their understanding

E.     their understanding

 

34.  The meaning that best expresses these two sentences: ‘The facilitator lent me his book.’ and ‘It was very interesting to me.’ is….

 

A.     The facilitator lent me his book that I found it very interesting

B.     The facilitator lent me his book I found it was very interesting

C.     The facilitator lent me his book that I found it was very interesting

D.     The facilitator lent me his book, which I found it very interesting

E.     The facilitator lent me his book, which was I found it very interesting

 

35.  The meaning that best expresses these two sentences: ‘I do not know the steps of the PQRST strategy.’ and ‘I cannot implement the strategy in my reading class.’ is….

 

A.        If I know the steps of the PQRST strategy, I will implement it in my reading class

B.        If I knew the steps of the PQRST strategy, I would implement it in my reading class

C.        If I knew the steps of the PQRST strategy, I would implement it in my reading class

D.        If I would knew the steps of the PQRST strategy, I would implement it in my reading class

E.        If I did not know the steps of the PQRST strategy, I would not implement it in my reading class

 

36.   … randomly out of the 5 classes as the accessible population, the subjects of the experiment represented the students of high-level achievers.

 

A.     Were drawn 

B.     Drawn

C.     Being drawn

D.     Having drawn 

E.     They were drawn 

 

37.  Sentences in the active voice have energy and directness, … will keep your reader turning the pages.

A.     two of which

B.     which they

C.     which both

D.     both of which

E.     of which

 

38.  Near the end of their study time, several students not yet holding a proposal seminar have … purpose of discussing their thesis obstacles with their thesis advisor.

A.     genuine

B.     obvious

C.     strong

D.     open

E.     express

 

39.  Our library now provides … to browse academic e-learning sources more freely and quickly.

A.     us a facility

B.     a facility for us

C.     for us a facility

D.     us with a facility

E.     with a facility for us

 

40.  In many parts of the globe people enjoy luxurious food. Meanwhile, still many others in the other parts are starving ….

A.     absolutely

B.     strongly

C.     fiercely

D.     totally

E.     highly

 

41.  College students as young and enthusiastic generation needs … to show their academic capacities and capabilities in their research.

A.     fair deals

B.     elbow rooms

C.     iron wills

D.     fellow feelings

E.     Herculean tasks

 

42.  Thesis advisors commonly have high expectations on their students’ thesis completion based on the standards set up by the university, hoping that students can … them.

A.     keep up with

B.     get away with

C.     stick up for

D.     live up to

E.     get on with

 

43.  Her students like her very much not only because of her teaching performance but also her appearance that is always….

A.     spick and span

B.     safe and sound

C.     fair and square

D.     rough and ready

E.     bright and early

 

Items 44 and 45 are based on the following passage.

Wine making has been around for thousands of years. (44)…. It is a natural process requiring little human intervention. However, each wine maker guides the process through different techniques. In general, there are five basic components of the wine making process: harvesting, crushing and pressing, fermentation, clarificationand aging, and bottling. (45)…. However, they also add variations and deviations along the way to make their wine unique.

 

44.  Which option best completes (44)?

A.     Wine making is not known by many  

B.     This makes wine popular universally 

C.     It is not only an art but also a science

D.     Wine makers have a secret to do it 

E.     Sometimes machines are involved

 

45.  Which option best completes (45)?

A.      Careful handling is assured in wine making 

B.       Wine making normally takes a long process

C.      Good wine factories use standard processes

D.      Wine makers typically follow these five steps

E.       However, these depends on the grape quality

 

Items 46, 47, and 48 are based on the following passage.

 

Perhaps no one has looked at the question more closely than the linguist Stephen Krashen, who has introduced some of the most influential concepts to the study of second-language acquisition. (46) …, he makes the distinction between learning and acquisition in his input hypothesis. The former is the conscious, traditional grammar-based process in the classroom, while the latter is essentially how we, as children, pick up our first language. Withour language abilities, (47) …. He says that our mistake is trying to teach languages in the same way we teach science, history and mathematics. Teaching a language is not. Instead, he believes that learners should acquire second languages (48) … in the way children learn their first language.

 

46.  Which option best completes (46)?

A.     In abstract words

B.      In the first place

C.     In this context

D.     In entirety

E.      In a theoretical level

 

47.  Which option best completes (47)?

A.   either happens

B.      it happens, too

C.     it also happens

D.     neither happens

E.      both neither happen

 

48.  Which option best completes (48)?

A.   orderly       

B.    similarly

C.   logically     

D.   individually

E.    accordingly

 

Physical dimension is the first one to mention concerning the weight management as the primary aim of the weight management is the prevention of gaining weight and maintaining the body at its lower weight. It is obvious that the abuse of alcohol, drugs, smoking make a negative influence on the physical development of a person. In fact, physical fitness in its turn may help to keep the body in a rather good condition. It offers several advantages, two of which are good health and improved appearance.

(49) … There are ways to be healthy in this broad context. But, the best way to maintain health is to preserve it through a healthful lifestyle, rather than waiting until we are sick to put things right.Healthy habits help prevent certain health conditions, such as heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure. If you take care of yourself, you can keep your cholesterol and blood pressure within a safe range. …

 

49.  The sentence that best completes the blank spaces in (69) is ….

A.   Health is a state of physical, mental and social well-being, not just the absence of sickness.

B.    Being healthy is important because a man of health can enjoy great happiness during his life time.

C.   Fitness is the normal and sound state of the body which is a great source of peace and happiness.

D.   Health is essential for all our activities of life whatever we may be – a doctor, a leader, an artist.

E.    The first and essential condition for maintaining good health is regular exercise at stated times.

 

50.  The best arrangement of these sentences to make a logical paragraph is ....

1.    Higher education is very necessary for all to get good jobs in our lives.

2.    Home is the first place of education and parents are first teachers in everyone’s life.

3.    Slowly we go ahead by passing our one by one class until we pass successfully till 12th standard.

4.    Our parents let us know the importance of good education in the life.

5.    Then we prepare for getting admissions to as higher study.

6.    When we become three or four years old, we go to the school for the proper study.

7.    In our childhood, we get the first impression of education from our mother.

 

A.   1 – 7 – 4 – 3 – 6 – 5 – 2

B.    2 – 6 – 7 – 4 – 3 – 5 – 1

C.   2 – 7 – 4 – 6 – 3 – 5 – 1

D.   1 – 6 – 4 – 7 – 2 – 3 – 5

E.    3 – 5 – 7 – 4 – 6 – 2 – 1

 

 


 

No comments:

Ads