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The Statue of Liberty 03. What does the Statue of Liberty mostly sym-
bolize?
(A) It symbolizes freedom
(B) It symbolizes friendship
(C) It symbolizes Friedrick Bartholdi
(D) It symbolizes immigrants
Every American is proud of the Statue of
Text 4 - 11
Liberty. The Statue of Liberty was a gift of
Fill in the blank with the suitable answer!
friendship from the people of France to the
people of the United States, as a symbol of My name is Chris. I am fourteen years old.
freedom. It is in the liberty Island in New The sad story (4) on my 14th birthday
York and it has been a welcoming signal to last week. It was 12 o’clock midnight. I could
immigrants who arrived from abroad. not (5) because I was to happy. A lot
of friend sent me happy birthday wishes via
Friedrick Bartholdi built the Statue of Lib- text massage, twitter, and facebook. I finally
erty in 1875. The 100-meter monument is slept after reading them all.
made of copper plates on a steel frame. It In the morning I woke up happily (6). My
shows a female figure in a robe. She repre- siblings (7) my door and shouted
sents Libertas, the Roman goddess of free- “happy birthday”. They handed me a special
dom. She holds a torch in her right hand and breakfast. Suddenly (8) mom rushed into my
a tablet with the inscription “July 4, 1776” in room. She told me that Dad just had an acci-
her left hand, the date of the Declaration of dent. She told me the story. It turned out, all
Independence. On her head, she wears a my family (9) about my birthday until
crown with 7 spikes as a symbol of seven that morning. Early in the morning, Dad
continents and seven seas. A broken chain suddenly remembered and he woke everyone
lies at her feet as a symbol of broken tyr- up. Then he dashed into a 24-hour store for
anny. a present. On the way, he crashed a cab (10).
He is now still in (11) condition. I am
The statue has been a major tourist attrac- very sad about it.
tion in the United States. 04. ...
(A) finish
01. Who gave the Statue of Liberty to the (B) finished
United States? (C) begin
(A) The French (D) began
(B) Libertas
(C) Immigrants 05. ...
(D) The Americans themselves (A) sleep
(B) slept
02. “The Statue has been a major tourist in the (C) sleeping
United States.” (D) will sleep
The underlined word has the closest
meaning to ….
(A) nice
(B) mayor
(C) main
(D) picturesque

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06. Which one is synonymous with happily ? but the sea eagle is easy to recognize
(A) sadly because it has a strong a streamlined, sharp
(B) grumpily beak and a stream line body.
(C) cheerfully Its forelimbs (or arms) serve as wings. This
(D) angrily means that they are of little use for anything
except flying it walks on two legs and has a
07. ... very flexible neck and strong beak to handle
(A) burt foods, to care for its feathers, and for many
(B) broke other jobs that non-flying animals do with
(C) tore paws, claws, or hands on their forelimbs.
(D) opened
12. Among the sentence below, which one is
TRUE according to the text?
08. Which one is synonymous with suddenly ?
(A) it is difficult to identify sea eagles
(A) accidentally
(B) The claws of sea eagles are blunt
(B) immediately
(C) The beaks of sea eagles have yellow nu-
(C) gradually
ance
(D) slowly
(D) Sea eagles only hunt for chicken
09. ...
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(A) remembered
Sharks
(B) forgot
Shark is a meat-eating fish and one of the
(C) reminded
most feared animals in the sea. There are
(D) hated
over 300 types of sharks that live in oceans
all over the world. Most of them in warm
10. Which one is synonymous with cab ?
seas but some sharks prefer colder places
(A) train like the seas around Antarctica.
(B) coach
Sharks have various sizes and habits. The
(C) bus
largest of them is the whale shark, which can
(D) taxi
grow up to 15 m long and wight twice as
much as an elephant. The smallest sharks are
11. (A) nice
only about 16 cm long and weight about 28
(B) critical
grams. Some kinds of sharks live in the
(C) better
deepest parts of the ocean, others are found
(D) normal
near the surface. A few types of sharks even
live in rivers and lakes.
The Sea Eagle
There is an eagle
nesting on the tree
t o p n e a r m y
grandparent’s hous
in Pangandaran. It
was a sea eagle. The
Even though all sharks are meat eaters, they
color of its feathers
seldom attact people. In fact, more than half
is light brown. It has
of the sharks in the world are not dangerous
a strong and sharp
to people. Most of them eat other fish. They
yellowish beak. Its
also eat dead animals, plankton, crabs, sea
claws are very sharp.
turtles, seals, sometimes whales. Among the
It hunts for fish in the sea buut sometimes it
most dangerous is the great white shark, a
hunts chickens and small birds.
fish with sharp teeth that can rip off chunks
Eagles have many sizes, shapes and colors, of flesh from animals. They hunt for large

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animals, such as sea lions, tuna and other
sharks. They have even attacked human
beings, especially when they are hungry or
worried. Movement, noises, or blood in the
water can provoke sharks and make them
attack.
13. “It has a strong and sharp yellowish beak.”
The underlined word above means ….
(A) Somewhat yellow
(B) Light yellow
(C) Pale yellow
(D) Natural yellow
14. Which one is TRUE from the text above?
(A) The average weight of sharks is 28
grams
(B) The average length of sharks is 15 me-
ters
(C) Some sharks live in rivers
(D) Great white sharks is the biggest shark
on earth
15. Accordin to the text, most sharks feed on
….
(A) People
(B) Crabs
(C) Seals
(D) Fish
16. “Movement, noises, or blood in the water
can provoke sharks and make them attack.”
The underlined word above has similar
meaning to ….
(A) Annoy
(B) Defend
(C) Fight
(D) Assault
17. Based on the text, when do the great white
sharks attack human?
(A) When they are close to the coast
(B) When they see human beings
(C) When they are hungry or worried
(D) When they cannot find sea lions
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18. Joni : (on the phone). Can I
speak to Jenet ?
Jenet’s mom : Who is speaking ?
Joni : It’s Joni. Jenet’s friend.
Jenet’s mom : She is outside. I’ll leave
her a massage.
Joni : .
What is the best expression to fill in Joni’s
replay ?
(A) How are you ?
(B) Thank you, Bye.
(C) What are you cocking ?
(D) Thank you for the food.
19. Fill the blank with the suitable expression.
Jillian : What do you think about this novel?
Brian : ….
Jillian : Exactly, I bored myself to death
yesterday.
(A) From my point of view, the book is bor
ing
(B) I must say that the book is boring
(C) I think the book is boring
(D) All of the answers above
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Little Brother, Little Sister
Maltreated by their stepmother, who was
a witch, a little brother and sister fled into
the woods. After they ran for a while, the
brother was thirsty. He finally found a spring
and had a drink.
However, as the young boy bent down to
drink, his sister heard a voice. The voice said,
“Who drinks from me will turn into a fawn.”
It was the witch. Too late, the sister tried to
prevent her brother from drinking. The
young boy changed at once into a fawn. In
tears, the little girl made a leash and collar
out of her belt, and led the fawn off into the
woods. There they found an abandoned
cottage and lived together, far from any dan-
ger.
One day, however, the king was hunting
in the woods and he spied the fawn, which
could not resist the urge to wander away
from the cottage. The king and his hunters
chased the fawn all the way back home.
There, the king followed it into the cottage,
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where he found a young girl with the fright-
ened fawn.
She was so beautiful and gentle that the
king fell in love with her at once. He asked
her to be hi wife. The words of the king
caused the girl to cry for joy. When tears fell
on the fawn, it changed back her brother
once more. Their goodness and love broke
the witch’s evil spell. Both of them lived
safely with the king.
20. Why did the brother and sister flee into the
woods?
(A) Because they felt very happy
(B) Because they stepmother maltreated
them
(C) Because they were thirsty
(D) Because a king and his hunters chased
them
21. The little brother changed into a
after he drank water from a spring.
(A) king
(B) witch
(C) hunter
(D) fawn
22. What caused the young boy to change into a
fawn?
(A) He was drinking cursed water
(B) He was cursing someone else
(C) He was saying something bad
(D) He was eating something
23. When did the fawn become a human again?
(A) When the fawn met the king
(B) When the fawn walked like an animal
(C) When the king chased the fawn
(D) When the tears of the fawn’s sister fell
on the fawn
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Cactus
A cactus is a kind of plant. The plural forms
of cactus are cacti or cactuses or cactus.
Most cacti are native to the Americas, even
though one also grows in Africa and Sri
Lanka. Many cacti live in dry places, such as
deserts. Most cacti have sharp thorns and
thick skin. There are many shapes and sizes
of cacti. Some are short and round; others
are tall and thin. Many cactus flowers are
bigand beautiful. Some cactus fruits are
brightly coloured and good to eat. Goats,
birds, ants, mice, bats and people eat cactus
fruits.
24. Among the sentences below, which one is
WRONG according to the text?
(A) All cacti are native to the Americas
(B) Most cacti are thorny
(C) Some cactus fruits have bright colours
(D) There are various shapes and sizes of
cacti
25. “Most cacti are native to the Americas, even
though it also grows in Africa and Sri
Lanka”
The underlined word above is synonymous
with …..
(A) foreign
(B) indigenous
(C) important
(D) sacred
26. Jim : Mel, can you do me a favour please? I
need to borrow some money.
Mel : Here it is.
Jim : Thanks, mel!
The underlined expression means ….
(A) Jim is giving help to mel
(B) Jim is asking for Mel’s help
(C) Jim is admitting a fact
(D) Jim is denying a fact
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Little Brother, Little Sister 28.

Maltreated by their stepmother, who was April 2008
a witch, a little brother and sister fled into 14 Monday. When I got up, I felt ill, I went
the woods. After they ran for a while, the back to bed. Mum Called the doctor. But he
brother was thirsty. He finally found a spring couldn’t come, because he was ill, too.
and had a drink.
15 Tuesday. The doctor came at 11 o’clock.
However, as the young boy bent down to
He wrote a prescription for some medicine.
drink, his sister heard a voice. The voice said,
Mum bought it in the drugstore. It was
“Who drinks from me will turn into a fawn.”
horrible. Yuck!
It was the witch. Too late, the sister tried to
prevent her brother from drinking. The 16 Wednesday. Dad bought me a model
young boy changed at once into a fawn. In aeroplane. I read the instructions, but I
tears, the little girl made a leash and collar couldn’t make it, because the dog ate the
out of her belt, and led the fawn off into the glue. Mum took the dog to the vet. I took
woods. There they found an abandoned my medicine again. Yuck! Yuck!
cottage and lived together, far from any dan-
ger. Why couldn’t the doctor come to the write’s
One day, however, the king was hunting house on Monday ?
in the woods and he spied the fawn, which (A) The doctor was away.
could not resist the urge to wander away (B) The doctor was sick.
from the cottage. The king and his hunters (C) The doctor was busy.
chased the fawn all the way back home. (D) The doctor was on the way.
There, the king followed it into the cottage,
where he found a young girl with the fright-
ened fawn.
She was so beautiful and gentle that the
king fell in love with her at once. He asked
her to be hi wife. The words of the king
caused the girl to cry for joy. When tears fell
on the fawn, it changed back her brother
once more. Their goodness and love broke
the witch’s evil spell. Both of them lived
safely with the king.

27. Who wanted to wive the fawn’s sister?

(A) The witch.
(B) The king.
(C) The fawn. 29. If I go to Edinburgh on Sunday I should
(D) The hunter. bring …..
(A) Snowshoes
(B) A raincoat
(C) Sunscreen
(D) All of the answers above

30. All of the answers below are TRUE accord-

ing to the chart except …..
(A) The lowest temperature in Stockholm is
two below
(B) Kolkata is sunny on Sunday
(C) Stockholm is snowy on Monday
(D) Edinburgh is rainy most of the time

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34. Fill the blank with the suitable expression.

Jillian : What do you think about this novel?
Brian : ….
Jillian : Exactly, I bored myself to death yes-
terday.
(A) From my point of view, the book is bor-
ing
(B) I must say that the book is boring
(C) I think the book is boring
(D) All of the answers above

35. Fill in the blank with the suitable expression.

Jess : I am throwing a party tonight.
31. All of the information below is TRUE ac-
I’d like you to come to the
cording to the text, except …..
party.
(A) Darwin is stormy in Sunday Jillian :
(B) Luzern is snowy in Saturday Jess : That’s to bad. Why ?
(C) Luzern’s lowest temperature is –8 on
(A) Count me in.
Sunday
(B) I’d like nothing better.
(D) Darwin’s highest temperature is 33 on
(C) Thank you very much, but I can’t.
Sunday
(D) I am studying right now.
32. Fill the blank with the suitable expression!
36. Fill in the blank with the suitable expression!
Teacher : …… Diane : What do you think about our test?
Gary : I think the class is too noisy Milan : ……
Megan : I don’t think so, The class is lively (A) I don’t think you are right
(A) What do you feel about this room? (B) I am thinking the opposite
(B) What is your opinion about our govern- (C) I think it’s too easy
ment? (D) In my opinion, you are too shy
(C) What do you think of this class?
(D) What do you think about our principal? 37. Fill the blank with the suitable expression.
Speaker 1 : (on the phone) Hi.
33. Fill in the blank with the proper expression! Speaker 2 : Hi, I’m Bruce Dekowski, I’d
like to speak to Karin.
Mel : Speaker 1 : .
Bruce : Oh, hello. Yes, the weather is so Speaker 2 : Thank you.
bright. I love it. (A) One moment, please.
(B) Just a minute.
(A) What is the temperature now? (C) I’ll get her.
(B) How is the weather tomorrow? (D) All of the answer above.
(C) What is the weather like?
(D) Beautiful day, huh?

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38. Fill the blank with the proper expression to

end the conversation!

Sally and Gaby are in the middle of a chat.

Sally : Bruce hid my book, under the table.

Gaby : Really? Bruce That wasn’t very nice
of him
Sally : I know. He was quite troublesome. By
the way, Talk to you later!
(A) I have to go now
(B) Really?
(C) Lovely day, huh
(D) I’m afraid.

39. Look at this picture !

What does this sign mean?

(A) They don’t allow animals inside
(B) They eat animals inside
(C) They hate animals inside
(D) They bury animals inside

40. Look at this picture !

Where do you usually find this sign?

(A) In the library
(B) Inside the cinema
(C) On the road
(D) All of the answer above

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