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Reading Comprehension For Student

Reading Comprehension For Student

SMA LABSCHOOL UNESA TAHUN AJARAN 2023-2024 GENZA EDUCATION LIDAH KULON Jl. Menganti Lidah Kulon 1002 Surabaya Phone : 031 7532613 - 0823 3220 3353 Page 1 Fill in the space with correct word or phrase in order for the sentence to be correct. 11. Only a few sounds produced by insects are heard by humans _____ most of the sounds are pitched either too low or too high. A. in spite of B. instead of C. because D. as a result 12. The different colors of _____ the different temperatures of the stars` surfaces. A. indicating stars B. the stars indicate C. the indication that the stars D. stars indicating that 13. No animal seems _____ on a diet of peat moss. A. able to survive B. survive C. can survive D. of surviving 14. The ordinary chair _____ in countless shapes, sizes, styles, and materials. A. to be made B. is making C. has been made D. been making 15. Radio, _____ , developed from the theories and experiments of many people. A. like many other inventions B. many other like inventions C. like other many inventions D. inventions like many other 16. Even though he did not attend school until he was twelve, Dr. Samuel C.C. Ting was _____ the Nobel prize in Physics in 1976. A. to be won B. the winner of C. the winning D. won 17. For 125 years after _____ initial use at Harvard in 1642, the Bachelor of Arts degree was the only degree awarded by colleges in the United States. A. when B. being C. its D. it was


SMA LABSCHOOL UNESA TAHUN AJARAN 2023-2024 GENZA EDUCATION LIDAH KULON Jl. Menganti Lidah Kulon 1002 Surabaya Phone : 031 7532613 - 0823 3220 3353 Page 2 18. The first school _____ the state of Washington was opened at old Fort Vancouver in 1832. A. in what is now B. is now C. is that in D. what si that 19. Since the Sun illuminates half the surface of the Moon, only half the surface _____ can be seen from the Earth. A. much B. at most C. with more D. most 20. As a country develops from an agricultural to an industrial economy, the attitudes, values, structures, and functions of the family _____ . A. changing B. which change C. the change D. change 21. Since the early 1950`s _____ throughout the world has more than doubled. A. There is demand for food B. If food is in demand C. The demand for food D. Food, a demand that 22. Gas particles move _____ when the gas is hot than when it is cold. A. as fast B. fast C. faster D. fastest 23. The novels of Constance Fenimore Woolson, _____ have special interest for their regional settings. A. a nineteenth-century writer B. in a nineteenth-century writer C. the nineteenth-century writing D. wrote about the nineteenth century 24. _____ Oklahoma is important as a farming state, it is even more important for its rich oil deposits. A. In order for B. By C. Concerning D. Although


SMA LABSCHOOL UNESA TAHUN AJARAN 2023-2024 GENZA EDUCATION LIDAH KULON Jl. Menganti Lidah Kulon 1002 Surabaya Phone : 031 7532613 - 0823 3220 3353 Page 3 25. The upper part in a harmonic arrangement _____ by mixed voices is usually written for a soprano voice. A. to be sung B. to be singing C. was sung D. is singing Choose word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. 26. An ambassador serves as a nation`s highest-ranking diplomacy in another country. A. diplomacy B. An C. country D. as a 27. Richard Wright`s Uncle Tom`s Children, a collection of short stories, were a critical success when it appeared in 1938. A. success B. short C. were D. appeared 28. While attempting to fly hers plane around the world in 1937, Amelia Earhart mysteriously disappeared. A. hers B. mysteriously C. around D. while 29. Knowledge from the frontiers of research genetic will increasingly pose difficult problems for policy makers and for society in general. A. research genetic B. Knowledge C. difficult D. in general. 30. The most widely cultivated all of fruit trees, the apple is second only to the grape in its importance as a temperate-zone fruit. A. importance B. as C. all of D. only to


SMA LABSCHOOL UNESA TAHUN AJARAN 2023-2024 GENZA EDUCATION LIDAH KULON Jl. Menganti Lidah Kulon 1002 Surabaya Phone : 031 7532613 - 0823 3220 3353 Page 4 Answer the question following passage on the basis of what is STATED or IMPLIED in the passage. Text for questions number 31 -34. Steve Jobs, the American businessman and technology visionary who is best known as the cofounder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc, was born on February 24, 1955. His parents were two University of Wisconsin graduate students, Joanne Carole Schieble and Syrian-born Abdulfattah Jandali. They were both unmarried at the time. Jandali, who was teaching in Wisconsin when Steve was born, said he had no choice but to put the baby up for adoption because his girlfriend's family objected to their relationship. The baby was adopted at birth by Paul Reinhold Jobs (1922–1993) and Clara Jobs (1924–1986). Later, when asked about his "adoptive parents," Jobs replied emphatically that Paul and Clara Jobs "were my parents." He stated in his authorized biography that they "were my parents 1,000%." Unknown to him, his biological parents would subsequently marry (December 1955), have a second child, novelist Mona Simpson, in 1957, and divorce in 1962. The Jobs family moved from San Francisco to Mountain View, California when Steve was five years old. The parents later adopted a daughter, Patti. Paul was a machinist for a company that made lasers, and taught his son rudimentary electronics and how to work with his hands. The father showed Steve how to work on electronics in the family garage, demonstrating to his son how to take apart and rebuild electronics such as radios and televisions. As a result, Steve became interested in and developed a hobby of technical tinkering. Clara was an accountant who taught him to read before he went to school. Jobs's youth was riddled with frustrations over formal schooling. At Monta Loma Elementary school in Mountain View, he was a prankster whose fourth-grade teacher needed to bribe him to study. Jobs tested so well, however, that administrators wanted to skip him ahead to high school—a proposal his parents declined. Jobs then attended Cupertino Junior High and Homestead High School in Cupertino, California. During the following years Jobs met Bill Fernandez and Steve Wozniak, a computer whiz kid. Following high school graduation in 1972, Jobs enrolled at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Reed was an expensive college which Paul and Clara could ill afford. They were spending much of their life savings on their son's higher education. Jobs dropped out of college after six months and spent the next 18 months dropping in on creative classes, including a course on calligraphy. He continued auditing classes at Reed while sleeping on the floor in friends' dorm rooms, returning Coke bottles for food money, and getting weekly free meals at the local Hare Krishna temple In 1976, Wozniak invented the Apple I computer. Jobs, Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, an electronics industry worker, founded Apple computer in the garage of Jobs's parents in order to sell it. They received funding from a then-semi-retired Intel product-marketing manager and engineer Mike Markkula. Through Apple, Jobs was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution and for his influential career in the computer and consumer electronics fields. Jobs also cofounded and served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, when Disney acquired Pixar. Jobs died at his California home around 3 p.m. on October 5, 2011, due to complications from a relapse of his previously treated pancreatic cancer.


SMA LABSCHOOL UNESA TAHUN AJARAN 2023-2024 GENZA EDUCATION LIDAH KULON Jl. Menganti Lidah Kulon 1002 Surabaya Phone : 031 7532613 - 0823 3220 3353 Page 5 31. Since when Steve Jobs is worldly known? A. since the invention of Windows 2016 computer. B. since the invention of Xiaomi I computer. C. since the invention of Linux I computer. D. since the invention of Apple I computer. E. since the invention of Archery I computer. 32. Who are Steve Jobs’ adoptive parents? A. Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne Carole Schieble B. Joanne Carole Schieble and Paul Reinhold Jobs C. Clara Jobs and Abdulfattah Jandali D. Joanne Carole Schieble and Abdulfattah Jandali E. Clara Jobs and Paul Reinhold Jobs 33. “he was a prankster whose fourth-grade teacher needed to bribe him to study (Par.4)” The underlined word means … A. Something offered or given to forbid another to do something B. Something offered or given to help another to do something C. Something offered or given to induce another to do something D. Something offered or given to hold another to do something E. Something offered or given to against another to do something 34. Who is Steve Jobs’ sibling? A. Clara Simpson B. Mona Simpson C. Patti Jobs D. Joanne Jobs E. Natasha Carole Text for questions number 35 - 38. Computer addiction can be defined as the excessive or compulsive use of the computer which persists despite serious negative consequences for personal, social, or occupational function. The addiction involves online and/or offline computer usage and consists of at least three subtypes: excessive gaming, sexual preoccupations, and e-mail/text messaging". The concept of computer addiction is broadly divided into two types, namely offline and online computer addiction. The term offline computer addiction is generally used when speaking about excessive gaming behavior, which can be practiced both offline and online. Online computer addiction, also known as Internet addiction, gets more attention in general from scientific research than offline computer addiction, mainly because most cases of computer addiction are related to the excessive use of the Internet. The symptoms of computer addiction include: Being drawn by the computer as soon as one wakes up and before one goes to bed. Replacing old hobbies with excessive use of the computer and using the computer as one's primary source of entertainment and procrastination


SMA LABSCHOOL UNESA TAHUN AJARAN 2023-2024 GENZA EDUCATION LIDAH KULON Jl. Menganti Lidah Kulon 1002 Surabaya Phone : 031 7532613 - 0823 3220 3353 Page 6 Lacking physical exercise and/or outdoor exposure because of constant use of the computer. This could contribute to many health problems such as obesity Researchers link internet/computer addiction with existing mental health issues, most notably depression. Studies showed that the majority of those who met the requirements of internet/computer addiction suffered from interpersonal difficulties and stress and that those addicted to online games specifically responded that they hoped to avoid reality. There are many consequences resulting from computer addiction. For example, excessive computer use may result in lack of face to face social interaction. It may also lead to Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS), a condition that results in headaches, blurred vision, neck pain, fatigue, eye strain, dry eyes, irritated eyes, double vision, vertigo or dizziness. 35. The last paragraph tells us about … . A. The advantages of using computer. B. The indication of computer addiction C. The minus factors of using computer excessively D. Types of computer addictions E. What online gamers get from the internet 36. “ .. This could contribute to many health problems such as obesity.” (Par.3) The underlined word can be replaced with … . A. Illness B. Mental sickness C. Chubbiness D. Thinness E. Lunatic 37. Which of the following is the result for the game online users as a computer addicted based on the research in the text? A. They have a lot of friends in real world B. They improve their social intercourse with others C. They are afraid or tend to keep away of the reality D. They can add their followers in social media E. They can cure their vertigo or dizziness 38. What are the types of computer addiction? A. Internet and social media computer addiction B. PC and Laptop addiction C. Online and offline computer addiction D. Computer Vision Syndrome and Computer Offline addiction E. Excessive gaming and sexual preoccupations addiction Text for questions number 39 - 42. Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He was born on February 11, 1847. His mother taught him at home. Much of his education came from reading R.G. Parker's School of Natural Philosophy and The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Edison developed


SMA LABSCHOOL UNESA TAHUN AJARAN 2023-2024 GENZA EDUCATION LIDAH KULON Jl. Menganti Lidah Kulon 1002 Surabaya Phone : 031 7532613 - 0823 3220 3353 Page 7 hearing problems at an early age. The cause of his deafness has been attributed to a bout of scarlet fever during childhood and recurring untreated middle-ear infections. Edison developed many skills when he was young. He sold candy and newspapers on trains running from Port Huron to Detroit and sold vegetables to supplement his income. He also studied qualitative analysis and conducted chemical experiments on the train until an accident prohibited further work of the kind. Later, Edison obtained the exclusive right to sell newspapers on the road. This began Edison's long streak of entrepreneurial ventures, as he discovered his talents as a businessman. These talents eventually led him to found 14 companies, including General Electric, which is still one of the largest publicly traded companies in the world. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park", he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and because of that, he is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory. Edison died of complications of diabetes on October 18, 1931, in his home, "Glenmont" in Llewellyn Park in West Orange, New Jersey, which he had purchased in 1886 as a wedding gift for Mina, his second wife. He is buried behind the home. 39. What makes Thomas Alfa Edison credited as the creator of the first industrial research laboratory? A. He applied many skills when he was young and used them to the process of invention B. He studied qualitative analysis and conducted chemical experiments to the process of invention C. He applied the principles of mass production to the process of invention D. he discovered his talents as a businessman and applied them to the process of invention E. He had 14 companies which he used to invented hundreds inventions 40. What does the third paragraph about? A. The death of Thomas Alfa Edison B. The birth of Thomas Alfa Edison C. The inventions of Thomas Alfa Edison D. The education degree of Thomas Alfa Edison E. The skills of Thomas Alfa Edison 41. What gift did Thomas give to his wife as a wedding gift? A. The electric light bulb invention B. The mass production principles invention C. A house in new Jersey D. The first industrial research laboratory E. The phonograph invention


SMA LABSCHOOL UNESA TAHUN AJARAN 2023-2024 GENZA EDUCATION LIDAH KULON Jl. Menganti Lidah Kulon 1002 Surabaya Phone : 031 7532613 - 0823 3220 3353 Page 8 42. “This began Edison's long streak of entrepreneurial ventures, as he discovered his talents as a businessman” (Par. 2) The word ‘venture’ in the sentence can be substituted with … . A. effort B. bet C. adventure D. trick E. expenditure Text for questions number 43 - 46. The World Wide Web, the WWW or the Web refers to an information space where documents and other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), interlinked by hypertext links, and can be accessed via the Internet. It was invented by the English scientist Tim Berners-Lee in 1989. He wrote the first web browser computer program in 1990. The World Wide Web has been central to the development of the Information Age and is the primary tool billions of people use to interact on the Internet. Web pages are primarily text documents formatted and annotated with Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). In addition to formatted text, web pages may contain images, video, audio, and software components that are rendered in the user's web browser as coherent pages of multimedia content. Embedded hyperlinks permit users to navigate between web pages. Multiple web pages with a common domain name make up a website. Website content can largely be provided by the publisher or by users who contribute content online. Recently, many people have criticized today's misuse of the web. The inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee himself has warned of the dangers of the Internet. According to him, the web has become a tool in the hand of the powerful to get what they want. For example, he warns that fake news is disseminated either to generate a lot of money or to attempt to manipulate people's opinions. Another worry was the gross invasion of privacy. Tim Berners-Lee is also concerned about governments' misuse of the Internet to collect personal data to manipulate or oppress people. 43. What formats that web pages primarily have? A. Videos and HTML B. Images and software C. Text documents formatted and HTML D. Text documents formatted and videos E. Software and HTML 44. What is the disadvantage of the internet? A. It may spread valueable information B. It can connect people all over the world C. It can utilize people’s opinions D. It can keep someone’s privacy E. It makes the job much easier than before


SMA LABSCHOOL UNESA TAHUN AJARAN 2023-2024 GENZA EDUCATION LIDAH KULON Jl. Menganti Lidah Kulon 1002 Surabaya Phone : 031 7532613 - 0823 3220 3353 Page 9 45. “ … the Internet to collect personal data to manipulate … “ (Last Paragraph) The word ‘collect’ has the closest meaning with … . A. Keep B. Gather C. Spread D. Divide E. Shrink 46. The second paragraph tells us about … . A. The definition of HTML B. The definition of web page C. The basic contents of web pages D. The misuse of internet nowadays E. The use of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) in the World Wide Web Text for questions number 47 - 50 The artistic movement known as Impressionism was first identified in 1874 when a group of artists, dissatisfied with the reception of their works by the academic art establishment of their period, chose to hold a separate exhibition of their paintings. Despite obvious differences in style, all of these painters were connected by an ability to catch a moment and preserve it on canvas, and in their belief in the importance of that moment. They readily accepted and made use of the technological advances available to them, and in the end became recognized as proponents of one of the most significant movements in the history of art, a movement that produced an aesthetic revolution in art. Several technological breakthroughs were responsible, to some degree, for the creation and execution of the new Impressionist style. One of these was the invention of a new brush that gave artists greater control. Another useful invention was the collapsible tin tube. This easily reclosed container preserved the oil paint in a stable condition without altering the color. It was a great improvement over animal bladders, which had been used for centuries to hold oil paint. The new tube was portable and made it possible for artists to work outside. This freedom made it possible for Impressionist paintings to “capture the moment,” giving them a feeling of immediacy. Another innovation was color. Nineteenth-century chemists had created a new palette of colors, derived from cola tar and other substances. These were first used by textile manufacturers and then adopted by artists. They included some of the brighter colors – new shades of blue, green, and yellow, whose tones gave the Impressionist paintings their characteristic shimmering quality. 47. What did the group of Impressionist artists do in 1874? A. They held their own exhibition. B. They radically changed their style of painting. C. They adopted new techniques and technologies. D. They refused to paint anything that year. E. They did nothing


SMA LABSCHOOL UNESA TAHUN AJARAN 2023-2024 GENZA EDUCATION LIDAH KULON Jl. Menganti Lidah Kulon 1002 Surabaya Phone : 031 7532613 - 0823 3220 3353 Page 10 48. The word “it” in the second paragraph refers to _____ . A. canvas B. style C. moment D. ability E. task 49. The word “readily” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to _____ . A. purposely B. cautiously C. eagerly D. cleverly E. slowly 50. According to the passage, Impressionism is regarded historically as _____ . A. a significant, revolutionary movement B. a traditional form of nineteenth-century painting C. an unenlightened, radical phase D. an innovative yet minor style E. unimportant event


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