WOW English

V. Practice for Semester Test

Jl. Sultan Alauddin RT 2 No 61
Balikpapan 76123
July 7th, 2016
The Redaction Team
Balikpapan Creativity Crew
Dear sir or madam,
I am one of the citizen of our beloved city. Through this letter,
I would like to share some of my thought to criticize our
governor’s performance.
For these past three years, I think he has been much more
talking than acting. Instead of busy sticking up his posters
of himself around the city, I really expect he would give
attention to water conservation, to plant more trees and
expel street vendors because endangering the pedestrian.
He claims he is an expert but it seems he has no capability
to manage our beloved city.
I hope you can publish my letter to bring these problems to the
surface.

Yours truly,
Amira Syafana

1. What is the letter about?
A. Informing about some agenda of the governor will do

this year
B. Reporting about the governor’s activity
C. Complaining about the governor’s disappointing

performance and recommending some actions that
must be done
D. Asking for Balikpapan Creativity Crew subscription
E. Recommending electing the new governor

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2. What does the author want the governor to do?
A. To reduce taxes and manage water conservation
B. To pay attention to water conservation, plant more trees

and expel street vendors
C. To expel trees and add more steer vendors
D. To eradicate illegal street vendors
E. To plant more trees and ease annual flood

3. The word ‘conservation’ in the text above has the closest
meaning to…

A. Recycling the waste
B. Protecting the wildlife
C. Preserving the endanger animals
D. Preventing something from being lost
E. Reusing the home industries waste material

4. The word ‘vendors’ (paragraph 2 line 7) has the same
meaning as…

A. Sellers
B. Singers
C. Buyers
D. Doers
E. Merchants

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Letter intended for publication, including those sent by
email should be brief and accompany by a fax identity card
with note “ your letters “ on it. All letters should contain the
writer’s name, address and phone number.

Unsolicited features and opinion are welcome. But we
cannot be responsible for the return for unpublished article.

Please send letters and opinion articles to opinion @
thejakartapost.com or [email protected] and other
articles to [email protected] or features@
thejakartappost.com.

5. The text is about the… on sending letters or articles to
be published.

A. Message
B. Warning
C. Requirement
D. Announcement
E. Advertisement

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6. “ a brief biodata of the writer is also needed “ (paragraph 4).
The underlined word means…
A. Fast
B. Short
C. Little
D. Limited
E. Temporary

HIV WORKSHOP
I’m Not My Disease
Date : December 1, 2009
Time : 10 p.m. – 12.00 p.m.
Location : Rose Building, Sudirman Road Jakarta
Ticket : Rp 120,000 for three days including lunch and snack
CP : Chika Noya 0813-9064-7780

7. What is the brochure about?
A. Informing about a workshop
B. Reporting a workshop
C. Reviewing a workshop
D. Complaining about a workshop
E. Inviting free lunch

8. How much should we pay if we join the event for three
days ?

A. Rp 120,000
B. Rp 360,000
C. Rp 480,000
D. Rp 24,000
E. It’s free

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We, a mining consultant company, are looking for
A SENIOR SECRETARY

• Female, graduated from a reputable university
• Min. 5 years of work experience
• Good command of English (oral & written)
• Computer literate (min. Word, Excel, Internet)
Please submit your complete application, resume and

recent photograph not more than 10 days after this
ad to :

HRD PT CITRA ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
Wisma Emha jln. Wijaya I No. 11 A, Kebayoran Baru,

Jakarta Selatan 12170
Fax no. 021-7207978
e-mail address: [email protected]
only short-listed candidates will be notified

9. What is the text about ?
A. Wisma Emha
B. A job vacancy
C. A senior secretary
D. An applicant letter
E. PT. Citra Energy Development

10. The following are the requirements asked, EXCEPT . . .
A. Five years experience
B. Able to operate a computer
C. Able to speak and write in English
D. A graduate from a reputable university
E. Application letter should be sent ten days after the ad

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To : Bunga Sarita
From : Mr. Kim
Subject : Editing 2
Date : 12/12/2009

11. What is the memo about?
A. A command to do some job desks
B. A command to send Girl’s Magazine tomorrow
C. An invitation to the setting department
D. An offer to buy Girl’s Magazine
E. An offer from setting department

12. Who sent the memo ?
A. Bunga
B. Sarita
C. Bunga and Sarita
D. The setting department
E. Mr. Kim

This text is for questions no 13 to 14

THE TRAGIC TRAGEDY AT SITU GINTUNG
Jakarta - The tragedy of Situ Gintung came up a big
trauma to the victims. A few of them were not willing to return
home due to the feeling of scary, looking at the butchering
location which the tragedy came about.
The victims who died because of that broken dam

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specifically in the area of Cirendeu, Tangerang, Banten, from
yesterday till now on attained 99 people. Among those dead
body whom were found yesterday, there were still several
people dragged along the water about two kilometres from
their frazzle houses.

13. The text is about …
A. The irrational tragedy at Situ gintung
B. The mystery at Situ gintung
C. The suffer condition of victims at Situ gintung
D. The victims who got a tremendous trauma at Situ

Gintung
E. The scary accident at Situ Gintung

14. Which the tragedy came about. (Paragraph 2)
The synonym of the underlined word is …
A. occurred
B. located
C. returned
D. found
E. dragged

This text is for questions no 15 to 18

I was born in Balikpapan, my beloved hometown. When
I was still a 2 year old girl, I’d been left by my mother, an angel
that I will never forget till the end of time. She had passed
away and I had no shoulder to cry on. I only saw her in my

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family album with all relatives. My mom looked very beautiful
as I am now. She had a beautiful curly hair which made her
lovelier. In that photi, she hugged me tightly to show that she
loved me much.

No longer after that, exactly when I was 9 years old,
My father married a Malaysian woman, named Noorhaini
Hasyim. Basically, she looked like my previous mother that
I had ever seen in photo album. It was a miracle, God The
Almighty creates such wonderful plan for HIS people. A plan
which makes me happy for the rest of my life. The rumor said
that having a step mother will bring such a bad luck Some
bad perceptions about “step mother” have influenced the
way people think about it.. To be honest, I didn’t think what
people perceipt about having a step mother. What I know is,
my step mother is an angel that I needed for so long, a mother
who would be a shouder to cry on, she, who listen to my
talking and problem and the figure that I should obey much
after my father. God has granted my wish. I got her, my forever
mother Although I could not touch and do something to make
her happy, but I still keep in touch with her by phone.

She is now in Muar, Johor Kuala Lumpur. She’s been 66
years old and had left us, my family and I to Kuala Lumpur
since 1998, after my father passed away. She could not stay in
Balikpapan longer because she always missed my father a lot.
For that reason, she will drop her tears on and on. In the wall
of her bedroom, she wrote, “Alone fighting the losing battle.”
It was the reason why she returned to Kuala Lumpur.

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15. Which of the following is the most suitable title for the
text?

A. My mother, my hope
B. The only woman in my life
C. A condition of my mother
D. A story about my mother
E. The important person in my life

16. Basically, she looked like previous my mother. The bold
word has similar meaning with…

A. Beforehand
B. Afterward
C. Formerly
D. Obviously
E. Truly

17. The following words are the synonym of the word
“adore” except…

A. Like
B. Love
C. Hate
D. Miss
E. Fond of

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18. The following statement are true according to the text,
except…

A. My previous and today’s mother are absolutely different
one another

B. My mother returned to Kuala Lumpur because of
bearing my father in her mind

C. I could not hug even touch her now, because of far
distance

D. My mother wrote something in the wall of her bedroom
E. My face is as beautiful as my beloved mother

This text is for questions no 19 to 22

Generally, people who are overweight are people
who tend to overeat. A large portion of what they overeat
comes from snacks. Snacks are unnecessary since regular
meals can or should provide the necessary metabolic fuel.
Snack intake is difficult to monitor especially when people
are snacking while being involved in activities. These activities
divert their attention to the extent that they do not monitor
their snack intake. Typically, obese people underestimate
their food intake and, as a result, will overeat snacks. They
will tend to snack continuously especially if they do not eat
meals at regular times. Eating regular meals ought to help the
overweight person stay away from snacking because then he
will not feel as hungry.

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19. The best topic of the paragraph is…
A. People who tend to overeat
B. Obese people is dangerous
C. Overweight people
D. Regular meals is important
E. Snacking while doing activities is good

20. … to the extent that they… ( line 5). The underlined word
has similar meaning with…

A. Wide
B. Small
C. Big
D. Little
E. Few

21. … then he will not feel as hungry. The word he refers to…
A. Obese people
B. Overweight people
C. Overweight person
D. People
E. Person

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22. Which of the following statement is not true according
to the text?

A. The obese people belittle their food intake
B. The obese people tend to snack gradually
C. The obese people always eat regular meals
D. Snack intake is hard to control especially when people

are snacking
E. Snacks are unnecessary because regular meals can

provide the necessary metabolic fuel

This text is for questions no 23 to 26

Hisyam is a smart person who became a successful
businessman because of several reasons. He learned at an
early age, the importance of saving money and investing it
wisely. When he was ten years old, and had earned enough
money for a new bicycle, he purchased a used one instead
saved the difference.

In doing his job, he always be honest in all business
transaction. He would never have any hidden charges in his
contracts. He had learned many things about the importance
of treating the customers as equals. He will always talk to them
at their level of understanding and never talk down to them
or over their heads. He also learned that providing a good
dependable service at a fair price would help him to keep his
customers and to have them recommend him to others.

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23. What is the main idea of paragraph one?
A. Hisyam became a successful businessman for many

reasons
B. Hisyam spend much money to reach successful
C. Hisyam became a successful businessman after learning

many things.
D. Hisyam spend all his wealthy to get success
E. Hisyam became a successful businessman due to several

reasons.

24. He will always talk to them (paragraph 2 line 3). The
underlined word refers to …

A. Hisyam and customers
B. His business
C. His customers
D. His contracts
E. His jobs

25. …. to have them recommend him to others. (paragraph 2
line 5) The bold typed word has the same meaning as…

A. Propose
B. Help
C. Ignore
D. Pursue
E. Split

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26. … never talk down to them…(paragraph 2 line 4). The
following words are the synonyms of the bold word,
except…

A. Underestimate
B. Underplay
C. Minimize
D. Play up
E. Belittle

The Smartest Parrot
Once upon a time, a man had a wonderful parrot. There
was no other parrot like it. The parrot could say every word,
except one word. The parrot would not say the name of the
place where it was born. The name of the place was Catano.
The man felt excited having the smartest parrot but he
could not understand why the parrot would not say Catano.
The man tried to teach the bird to say Catano, however, the
bird kept of not saying the word.
At first, the man was very nice to the bird, but then he
got very angry. “you are a stupid bird!” pointed the man to the
parrot. “why can’t you say the word? Say Catano! Or I will kill
you”, the man said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach,
the parrot would not say it. Then the man got so angry and
shouted to the bird over and over; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”.
The bird kept of not saying the word of Catano.
One day, after he had been trying so many times to
make the bird say Catano, the man really got very angry. He
could not bear it. He picked the parrot and threw it into the
chicken house. There were four old chickens for next dinner.

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”You are as stupid as the chickens. Just stay with them”, said
the man angrily. Then he continued to mumble, ”You know, I
will cut the chicken for meal. Next it will be your turn, I will eat
you too, stupid parrot”. After that he left the chicken house.

The next day, the man came back to the chicken house.
He opened the door and was very surprised. He could not
believe what he saw at the chicken house. There were three
death chickens on the floor. At that moment, the parrot was
standing proudly and screaming at the last old chicken, “say
Catano or I’ll kill you”.

(Adapted from http:understandingtext.blogspot.com on
January 2, 2009)

27. What happened to the parrot ?
A. It was loved by the owner
B. It was wasted by the owner
C. It was taken care in the chicken house
D. It caused the death of the other parrot
E. It lived happily ever after

28. What was wrong with the parrot ?
A. The parrot was very clever that made the owner jealous
B. The parrot didn’t have any friends
C. The parrot loved the chicken house
D. The parrot couldn’t say the name of the place where it

was born
E. The parrot could kill many birds

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29. What is the moral of this story?
A. Raising parrot could be fun
B. Always take a good care of your chicken
C. Never look down on small creatures
D. Never put a parrot and chickens under the same roof
E. A bird can kill chicken

30. “Just stay with them . . . (Paragraph 4)
The underlined word refers to . . .
A. The chickens
B. The men
C. The parrots
D. The words
E. The birds

If you want to advance in your career, you will have
to make some careful decisions about which jobs to take.
Evaluate a job offer for the value it has to your career. It may
mean sacrifice at first. You may have to move to a different
region or a different country to get a job that is right for you.
You may have to work late hours, at least temporarily. You
might even have to take lower salary for a job that offers
you the experience that you need. But you should never
accept a job if it is not related to your career goals.

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Accepting a job that is not within your career
path will not give you the training or experience you
need or want. You will find yourself frustrated in such a
position and consequently will not perform your best.
This will have an effect on the people around you who
will not feel as if you are being part of the team. The best
advice is to think carefully before accepting any position
and make sure the job is the one you want to have.

31. What is the most significant factor in evaluating a job?
A. Location
B. Salary
C. Value to your career
D. How much you like it
E. Prestige

32. Which is NOT mentioned as a sacrifice for a valuable job
?

A. Moving to other region
B. No benefits
C. Bad working hours
D. Moving to other country
E. Low salary

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33. What is wrong with taking a job outside your career
path ?

A. You will earn less
B. You won’t perform well
C. People will give you advice
D. You will be part of a team
E. People will complain to you

Many people say that examinations should be
abolished because they are not the best measure of
students’ capabilities. These people believe that students
can study on their own and do better without the nagging
worry and pressure exerted by examinations.

Yet, there are persuasive reasons to show that
examinations should not be abolished. It is insufficient
that teachers assign homework and correct it. Because
this is not done under supervision, they cannot be sure
that it is really the work of the students themselves.
Moreover homework is not a test of students’ ability;
homework is more a method of merely keeping him
occupied.

Nowadays, in the hunt for jobs, students need to
produce some evidence of their capabilities. Prospective
employers like to see copies of examination results; this is
the only way a student’s qualifications can be judged. This
attitude greatly encourages the use of examinations, if
not making them a necessity.

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34. What information do we get from the text?
A. People’s attitudes toward examinations
B. Student’s disagreement against examinations
C. The examination’s measurement is abolished
D. The persuasive ways to maintain the examinations
E. The teachers’ roles to motivate the students

35. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
A. The reasons to maintain the examinations
B. The teachers’ roles in supervising the students
C. Homework is not a test of a student’s ability
D. Homework is a method of keeping students busy
E. The insufficient teachers in school

Answer the following questions correctly!

37. “If I had known you needed a camera for your project, I
could have lent you mine.” Nita said to me. It means…

A. Nita lent her camera
B. I borrowed Nita’s camera
C. Nita knew I needed a camera
D. Nita doesn’t know I needed a camera
E. Nita didn’t know I needed a camera

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38. “If I were smart, I would pass my exam.” Nur said to me.
It means…

A. Nur is not stupid.
B. Nur passes her exam.
C. Nur wants to pass her exam.
D. Nur is smart.
E. Nur fails her exam.

39. Rojali: “Could you explain the lesson to other students?”
Maryam: If I understood, I would explain it.
We know that Maryam … the lesson.

A. understand
B. didn’t understand
C. promises to explain
D. doesn’t understand
E. will explain

40. Mr. Widodo doesn’t like to go to the beach … his wife
does.

A. because
B. but
C. since
D. therefore
E. Moreover

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41. Alif: “I’d like to suggest that you should stop smoking,
Zul.”

Zul: …
A. It sounds like a good suggestion.
B. I don’t like it.
C. Your suggestion is nothing.
D. I hate you
E. There is nothing to say.

42. Neny: “I wonder if you can come to my house.”
Rita: …

A. Why not?
B. This is not your business.
C. Why should?
D. I’d love it.
E. No way.

43. Amira always studies hard … she passes the exam with
good mark.

A. therefore
B. nevertheless
C. even though
D. despite
E. furthermore

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44. What will you do if I come to your house?
A. I cook some food for you.
B. I will do nothing.
C. I will cook some food for you.
D. I cooked some food for you.
E. I would do nothing.

45. The food was very delicious. … everyone felt satisfied.
A. since
B. consequently
C. though
D. moreover
E. unless

46. Andi asked me, ”Where do you put my wallet?”
The indirect speech of the above sentence is…

A. Andi asked me if I put his wallet.
B. Andi asked me whether I put his wallet.
C. Andi asked me where I put his wallet.
D. Andi asked me that put his wallet.
E. Andi asked me to put his wallet.

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47. My mother told me, “Don’t make any trouble here!”
The indirect speech of the above sentence is…

A. My mother told me to make any trouble here.
B. My mother told me not to make any trouble here.
C. My mother told me not to make any trouble there.
D. My mother told me to make any trouble there.
E. My mother told me not to make any trouble then.

48. My friend asked me, “Have you ever gone to America?”
The indirect speech of the above sentence is…

A. My friend asked me if I had ever gone to America.
B. My friend asked me if I have ever gone to America.
C. My friend asked me if I had had ever gone to America.
D. My friend asked me if I had never gone to America.
E. My friend asked me if I have never gone to America.

49. My all friends always avoid… me at school.
A. to meet
B. meeting
C. meet
D. for meeting
E. met

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50. If you want to speak English fluently, just keep …
A. being practice
B. practicing
C. to practice
D. on going
E. on practice

Look at the picture below and answer the question that
follow!!

REDWOOD TREES
Redwood trees are the largest and oldest living things

that grow in California, USA. They can be more than 100
meters tall. These giant redwoods have very thick trunks.
Twenty men with arms outstretched can’t circle them. Some
of the living redwoods were planted 3,500 years ago.

51. What does the text above describe?
A. The giant wood.
B. The oldest trunks.
C. The living things.
D. The redwood trees.
E. The giant trees

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52. The bank refused to cash your check because you …it.
A. don’t sign
B. didn’t sign
C. Doesn’t
D. are not signing
E. shall not sign

53. Son, I’d really like you …… a little harder in school.
A. studying
B. to be studying
C. study
D. to study
E. Studied

54. The director of purchasing can…….the best price.
A. Negotiable
B. Negotiate
C. negotiation
D. Negotiator
E. Negotiating

Read The following text to answer the question number 55
-59

My name is Yudi. I was born in Surabaya, March, 19 in
1998. I am a Muslim. I live with my parents at JalanSudirman
45 Solo. My home phone is 0271-782084 and my cell phone

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is 085747023719.To communicate online, I use email. My
email address is [email protected]. I am a student of SMA
Tunas Muda. I am in the first year of the social program now.
My hobby is playing badminton. I joined a badminton club in
my city. I am a member of Solo Male badminton Club from
January till August 2011, when I got the runner-up of the
Surakarta Badminton Competition of 2011. From January up
to now, I am in the Tanura Badminton Competition of 2012.
Besides Badminton, I like to join social organization. Two of
them are Pedal Bicycle Club and Mekar KarangTaruna.

55. Yudi was … years old when he joined The First Badminton
Club.

A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
D. 13
E. 14

56. Yudi is a/an … student.
A. Kindergarten
B. Elementary school
C. High school
D. College
E. University

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57. Yudi’s hobbies is …
A. Writing email and playing badminton.
B. Joining badminton competition and biking.
C. Joining social organization and communicating online.
D. Playing badminton and biking.
E. Playing badminton and joining social organization.

58. The text above tell us about …
A. Yudi’s activities
B. Yudi’s address
C. Yudi’s hobbies
D. Yudi’s Sport achievement
E. Yudi’s curriculum vitae

59. Which of the following statement is true according to
the text ?

A. Yudi moved to Solo in 1999.
B. Yudi joined the championship in badminton three times.
C. Yudi has never got the winner in the badminton

championship.
D. Yudi’s parents live in Surabaya.
E. Yudi uses email to communicate with his parents.

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This text is for questions number 60-63

MY PARENTS
I am going to talk about my parents! I really love them.
They are beautiful people, and I am so grateful for them.
Because they gave me and they are giving a good example
and they take care of me all the time.
They gave me opportunity to know and to learn how
to behave in life, and they taught me needs to be the most
important things in my life.
I really love them, because they are religious persons.
They love values in religion they try to keep all religion rules
and all about these important things in their hearts and my
heart.
My father is an honorable person! I love him! He is
very strict to religion rules. He is an honest man. He loves his
family. He is thoughtful with us. He all the time is taking care
of us. He is very lovely.
My mother is beautiful person too! She is a good
example for me. She is lovely with us, and when we have a
problem she helps us, and she tells us that we need to pray all
the time to be protected. She loves her family. Both, my Dad
and my Mom are very good examples for me.

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60. What is the text about?
A. The writers’ dad and Mom
B. The writers’ father
C. The writers’ mother
D. The writers’ life
E. The writers’ family

61. The writer loves her parents because they are …
A. Gregarious persons
B. Generous persons
C. Heartless persons
D. Stubborn
E. Religious

62. When the writer has a problem, her father …
A. Tells her to stay calm
B. Tells her to pray
C. Tells her how to solve it
D. Tells her advices
E. Helps her

63. The synonym of honorable in paragraph 4 is …
A. Careful
B. Respectful
C. Helpful
D. Kind
E. Thoughtful

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64. The idea of paragraph 2 is …
A. The writer learns how to be an important person in life

from her parents.
B. The writer’s parents teach her how to survive in life

from her parents.
C. The writer learn how to behave in life from her parents.
D. The writer learned how to get needs in life.
E. The writer learns wisdom in life.

This text is for questions number 65- 66

RECYCLING GLASS BOTTLES
New glass bottles are made mainly of silica sand. The
sand is melted in a furnace, at a very high temperature.
Recycled glass bottles are made in a very similar way, but cost
less and use up fewer natural resources.
The process begins when people take their used bottles
and jars to a bottle bank.
Next, the bottles and jars are taken by lorry to the
recycling plant. At the plant, bottle tops and lids are removed.
After that, the glass is crushed into small pieces.
The crushed glass is then sent by lorry to a bottle factory.
Here, it is mixed with a small amount of silica sand. It is then
melted in a furnace, at a lower temperature than new glass.
Finally, the hot liquid glass is drawn out of the furnace
and fed into machinery that makes it into bottles.
Recycled glass is as pure and as strong as new glass.
Glass can be recycled many times without losing its quality.

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65. The general statement of the text is ...
A. New glass bottles are made mainly of silica sand.
B. The sand is melted in a furnace, at a very high

temperature.
C. The process begins when people take their used bottles

and jars to a bottle bank.
D. Recycled glass bottles are made in a very similar way,

but cost less and use up fewer natural resources.

66. The following statement is TRUE...
A. The production cost of making recycled glass bottles is

more expensive than the new ones.
B. The processes of making new glass bottles and recycled

ones are almost similar.
C. There are nine processes involved to make recycled

glass bottles.
D. New glass bottles have better quality than the recycled

ones.

This text is for questions number 67 -69

Nowadays, the police have been applying the new
regulation concerning the use of seat belts. In European
countries, this regulation has been applied for a long time.
However, this new regulation has become controversial
and is an interesting topic to discuss. Here are some of the
arguments

The use of seat belt has been proven to reduce the

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risk of injury or death in an accident. Seat belt has become a
standard component in cars.

The research shows that most car accidents will cause
an injury to the head. Frequently, drivers or the passengers
driving without seat belts die because of this. By wearing
the seat belts, the injury will not happen since the seat belts
restrain our body on the car seat when an accident happens.

Unfortunately, many cars, especially the old ones, don’t
have seat belts. This is because the traffic conditions in the
past were unlike the recent traffic conditions. The designer
of old cars didn’t consider a seat belt as an important part.
Besides, the drivers wearing the seat belts will think that they
are completely safe, so they may drive carelessly. They are
safe, indeed, but how about the safety of others?

The seat belt is only one of the Ways to reduce the risk
of car accidents. It doesn’t mean that we are completely safe.
In short, our safety depends on ourselves.

67. What is the writes intention? To…
A. Describe the use of seat belt.
B. Present point of view about the new regulation of the

use of seat belts.
C. Persuade readers to use seat belts.
D. Tell the readers about the use of seat belts.
E. Explain about the use of the seat belts.

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68. Which is not true according to the text?
A. The regulation of the use of seat belts has been applied

for a long time.
B. The regulation of the use of seat belts makes

controversial.
C. The use of seat belts can reduce the risk of car accidents.
D. Our safety depends on ourselves.
E. The use of seat belt as important part.

69. The use of seat belts has been proven to reduce the risk
of injury or death in an accident (par 2). The underlined
word means....

A. loosen
B. release
C. minimize
D. ommit
E. develop

70. We are working………..harder than usual at the moment
because we have an especially large order to fulfill.

A. very
B. too
C. more
D. much
E. a lot

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71. I have more expensive computer than this, but I have
never had………….. fast one

A. more
B. such
C. quite
D. this
E. that

72. The bank officers refused our……. for loan without any
explanation, so I need to speak to them and find out the
reason.

A. application
B. apply
C. appliance
D. applying
E. to apply

This text is for question number 73

THE FOX AND THE LION
An old lion said that he was dying and that he would like

all the animals to visit him. The fox came near the lion’s cave
but then stopped. The lion asked why the fox was standing so
far away. The fox replied, because many tracks lead into your
cave, but none lead out.’

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73. The fox did not want to stand near the lion because … .
A. He thought that the lion just pretended to
be sick.
B. He was sure that the lion was lazy to go hunting.
C. He saw many tracks of animals led into the cave, but

none led out.
D. The lion knew he was going to die soon after meeting

the fox.
E. The lion is too stinky.

This text is for question number 74

Percentage of family members of employees who went
to see doctors in 2012

Level of employees %
Daily workers 10
Low employees 21
Middle employees 25
High employees 10 28

The table shows us that the members of the high
employees with their high income got sick more often
than those of the low employees.

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74. Which assumption is used to support the above
conclusion?

A. Most low employees cannot go to see the doctors.
B. High employees often go to see the doctors.
C. Every employee has the same chance to get medical

treatment.
D. Higher employees appreciate more medical treatment.
E. Good employee cannot get a good sallary.

75. If Mike…..., he would have come to class
A. Is able to finish his homework
B. Would mike be able to finish his homework
C. Could finish his homework
D. Had been able to finish his homework

76. He would be your girlfriend, …
A. If you have had told her your feelings
B. If you tell her your feelings
C. If you told her your feelings
D. If you had told her your feeling

77. Naura…… medicine if she had been admitted to a
medical school.

A. Could have been able to enter
B. Could have able to enter
C. Had admitted
D. Was admitted
E. Were admitted to enter

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78. Because the equipment is very delicate, it must be
handled with...

A. caring
B. careful
C. care
D. carefully
E. careless

79. ……... five laps around the track, Kenny was too tired to
attend his English class

A. He run
B. Running
C. To run
D. After running
E. Runs

80. If the client......dissatisfied, please have him write a
letter

A. Am
B. Is
C. Are
D. Be
E. were

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81. My acquaintance with Mr. Widodo started as a bussiness
relathionship and became.......

A. friends
B. friendly
C. friendless
D. friendship
E. friend zone

82. The train will be arriving..... Tokyo in ten minutes.
A. before
B. in
C. around
D. at
E. among

83. The meeting was postponed because the typists weren’t
able to get the work....in time.

A. do
B. done
C. did
D. does
E. doing

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84. If the receptionist is unable to answer your question,
Ms. Syafana ......help you

A. Can
B. Did
C. couldn’t
D. wouldn’t
E. might

85. We rely on Ms. Mayang for her experience, sensitivy
and ......advice.

A. wisdom
B. wisely
C. wise
D. wiser
E. wise word

86. Mr. Roy expects to ....... about 20.000 dollar next year.
A. salary
B. earn
C. worth
D. income
E. make

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87. The secretary asked a clerk to check the report for
typing...

A. errands
B. goof
C. errors
D. errant
E. goofy

88. Mr. Ahmad is considered as one of the most honest.....
most hardworking members of the finance team.

A. but
B. or
C. and
D. with
E. in

89. The retirement luncheon has been changed from 12.00
....... 12.45.

A. at
B. of
C. until
D. by
E. in

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90. The president of the company....... to Korea for an
important conference.

A. went
B. gone
C. going
D. go
E. fly

91. Since Mr. Hasan attends afternoon classes. he ..... the
night shift.

A. will be always working
B. will always be working
C. will be working always
D. always will be working
E. always be working

92. The copy machine has been installed...... the two offices.
A. among
B. around
C. between
D. from
E. of

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93. The student intern needs permission to take time off for
a ...... interview.

A. job
B. worker
C. golf
D. chore
E. need

94. Employees must turn off the lights.....they leave the
office.

A. afterward
B. before
C. while
D. because
E. due to

95. ... it was the office manager’s birthday, the secretaries
sent her roses.

A. But
B. Even though
C. Since
D. While
E. Although

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96. Employees of The SYAM Corporation are encouraged to
do exercises......during their breaks.

A. oftentimes
B. every day
C. monthly
D. day by day
E. every month

97. The operator was not be able to find the address......
telephone number.

A. or
B. although
C. but
D. even though
E. despite

98. You ... to my house when I was sleeping in my bedroom.
A. left
B. came
C. leave
D. come
E. move

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99. My little brother turned off the lamp when I was ... a
letter.

A. sending
B. writing
C. making
D. putting
E. touching

100. My teacher ... me when I was playing badminton outside
the class.

A. calling
B. was calling
C. called
D. taught
E. scream

101. Hisyam . . . . in that company for two years.
A. work
B. have worked
C. working
D. has worked
E. worker

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102. My mother ... me a bicycle two days ago.
A. bought
B. buys
C. buying
D. lend
E. lending

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REFERENCES

Mackey. 1957. Teaching English as a Foreign Language .
Ronald Press New York

Suriani, Dayang. 2010. Sebuah Oase dalam Pembelajaran,
Liberty Press: Yogyakarta

Suriani, Dayang. 2013. SMS with SBT. LibertyPress:
Yogyakarta

Pye, Diana. dan Simon Grenall. 2003. Improving Listening
and Speaking Skill. Cambridge

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ABOUT THE WRITER

DAYANG SURIANI, MPd, MM.Pd was born in Balikpapan,
August 9th , 1974, the wife of Zaini Widodo, S.Sos and a
mother of two pious children, Amira Syafana and Muhammad
Hisyam Al Aushaf who give love, care and support toward
all activities she did. After finishing her formal schools from
Kindergarten, Elementary, Junior and Senior High school, she
continued her study at University of Mulawarman majoring
in English Department for S1 and Post Graduate Program of
English Department (S2) and Management of Education (S2).

Her teaching carrier started in 1994 as she received a
prestigious mandate, especially when she was at the sixth

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semester student of S1 from Dr. H. Saraka, M. Pd to be a
lecturer assistant at several universities and the private
academy in Samarinda, such as STIMIK, Academy of Tourism,
Foreign Language Academy and Muhammadiyah Nursing
College as well.

During her studies, both under and Post Graduate
Program, she received a Japanese scholarship and The
Government Benefits Association both Local and Provincial. A
very valuable teaching experience she has done is, delivering
the graduation procession of lectures during the four-year
period. After graduating from the University of Mulawarman,
she was officially accepted as a civil servant without a test, an
extension of the Service Association scholarship recipients in
college. The help of Almighty God was always given to her so
much until she could reach out her goal to be an educator who
seeks for exploring her self-potential and continues studying
at Post Graduate Program (S2), both English Department and
Education Management, still at Mulawarman University, she
has successfully completed the course with 1.5 years with
cum laude notation. In 1998, she started her career as a civil
servant teacher in SMAN 4 Balikpapan.

In 2006, she was notated as The Second Runner up of
Teacher of the year in Balikpapan. Then in 2008, re-notated
as The First Runner up of Teacher of the year in Balikpapan. In
2014, she was awarded as The First Winner of Teacher of the
year in Balikpapan, The Winner of Teacher of the year in East
and North Kalimantan. Finally, she was notated as The TOP 10
National Teacher of The Year and The Winner of Best Practice

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