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Listening Section

In this section of the test, you will have the chance to show how well
you understand spoken English. There are four parts to this section,
with special directions for each part.
Part I
Questions 1 to 4
Directions:
In this part of the test, you will hear some dialogues spoken in English.
The dialogue will be spoken twice. They will not be displayed on the
screen or printed in your test book, so you must listen carefully to
understand what the speakers are saying.
After you hear a dialogue and the question about it, read the five
possible answers and decide which one would be the best answer to the
question you have heard. Now listen to a sample question.
You will hear:
Man : I heard you passed the TOEFL. Congratulations!
Woman: Thank you, Andi. My score is 600
Man : Wow! What a great score. You did it very well.
Woman: Thank you for the compliment. I have practiced a
lot for the preparation.
Man : You deserve it
You will also hear:

Narrator : What is the topic of the conversation?

You will read on the screen or in your test book:

A. TOEFL test.
B. TOEFL score.
 C. Congratulating.
D. Complimenting.
E. Doing the test well.

The best answer to the question “What is the topic of the

conversation?” is choice (D). “Complimenting” Therefore, you should
answer choice (A)
1. (Listening) She is She is She is She is She is
painting her finishing a completing a drawing her appointing a
house project. picture. home town. landscape.

2. (Listening) Jack and Self- Meeting a Calling a Empty seat.

Tina’s friend. introduction. friend. friend.

3. (Listening) Watch a film. Buy some Pick up his Go to the Go to Tina’s

food. wife. cinema. house.

4. (Listening) The sky is It is likely to The weather Many people Nobody will
not so dark. rain today. looks nicer. go to the come to the
seminar seminar.
Part II
Questions: 5 to 7
Directions:
In this part of the test, you will hear some incomplete dialogues spoken
in English, followed by four responses also spoken in English. The
dialogues and responses will be spoken twice. They will not be
displayed on the screen or printed in your test book, so you must listen
carefully to understand what the speakers are saying. You have to
choose the best response to each question.
Now listen to a sample question:
You will hear:

Man : Where are you going to move this cabinet to?

Woman : To that corner. I want to make this room more spacious.
Man : Shall I help you move it?
 Woman :…

Narrator: What is the woman likely to respond?

A. Oh, yes, please, Mike. Thanks.
B. Oh, come on, Mike. It seems very heavy.
C. Yes, please. I can manage it.
D. Give me a hand Mike.

Narrator: The best response to the question “What is the woman likely
to respond?” is ” Oh, yes, please, Mike. Thanks.” Therefore, you should
answer Choice “A”.
5. (Listening) Mark your Mark your Mark your Mark your Mark your
answer answer answer answer answer
6. (Listening) Mark your Mark your Mark your Mark your Mark your
answer answer answer answer answer
7. (Listening) Mark your Mark your Mark your Mark your Mark your
answer answer answer answer answer
Part III
Questions 8 to 11
Directions:
In this part of the test, you will hear some monologues spoken
in English. The monologues will be spoken twice. They will not be
displayed on the screen or printed in your test book, so you must listen
carefully to understand what the speakers are saying. After you listen to
the monologue, look at the five pictures provided in your test book, and
decide which one would be the most suitable with the monologue you
have heard.
8. (Listening)
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10. (Listening)

11. (Listening)

Part IV
Questions 12 to 15
Directions:
In this part of the test, you will hear several monologues. Each
monologue will be spoken twice. They will not be displayed on
the screen or printed in your test book, so you must listen
carefully to understand what the speakers are saying. After you
hear the monologue and the question about it, read the five
possible answers and decide which one would be the best answer
to the question you have heard.
12. (Listening) To reserve To To boost To To
ecosystem collabora the follow up populari
te with tourism on the ze the
UNESC industry committe instituti
O in e’s on that
Banyuwa recomme certify
 ngi ndations the
geopark

13. (Listening) It enhanced It supported It encouraged It improved It would be

the city the regency the regency the regency’s more
residents to to optimize to improve income. appreciated.
love nature- nature-based tourism
based tourism. facilities.
tourism.

14. (Listening) A tragic car The life of a A teenager An interview Twain’s

accident poor family with her with ABC effort to
siblings News help her
family

15. (Listening) To live for To continue To pay her To support To hold and
herself her contract parent’s her siblings’ look after
funeral family her siblings

This text is for questions 16 and 17

Announcement of Office Relocation

Dear INTERMARK USA Valued Customers,
We are proud to announce that we have just moved to a new office
location on July 22nd 2018. Our new office address is 2325 Paragon
Drive, STE 10, San Jose, California 95131, where we will continue to
serve our customers in the same friendly manner as before.
Our office numbers will remain the same as
 Phone: 408-971-2055

 Fax: 408-971-6033
Our new and larger space office location allows us to add more
 functions in order for value added service to all our customers.

Should you have any questions on the relocation, please feel free to
contact us.
We look forward to seeing and serving you at the greatly improved
office surroundings.
16. What does the text tell us about? Office New office Location of a Office Serving
moving improvement new office. announcemen customers.
announcemen . t.
t.
17 What is the impact of office relocation? A different The same Increase in Improvement Some
friendly office quantity of in serving changes in
manner. environment. customers. customers. in phone
and fax
numbers.
This text is for questions 18 and 19

339 South-east Teak-wood

Bojong Rawa-rawa 17117

December 15, 2018

Dear Brian:

I would like to express my sincere condolences on the recent passing of

your father. Shinta and the children also send their thoughts and prayers
to you and your family at this difficult time.

Although I didn't know your dad that well, on the occasions that I spent
time in his company over the years, I did come to realize his great
kindness and compassion towards those less fortunate than him. And I
do know that he was very highly respected throughout this community
and profession, and his good works changed the lives of many.

You were truly fortunate to have such a man as a model in your life.
 As you know, it was not that long ago that my own father passed away,
so I have some idea of what you and your family are going through. I
realize that no words of comfort are quite enough to replace the loss.

Please pass my deepest sympathies on to your mother, and brother, and

sister, and to all of your father's grandchildren.

Yours,

Jack Nicholson
18. What is the writer’s purpose in writing the letter? To express To express To respect To convey To show
his apology gratitude to his friend’s his feelings his
for difficult his best achievement to a friend. heartfelt
time. friend. sympathy.
19. What difficult time did Jack face not long ago? He had His friend’s His beloved He felt very He faced
problems father passed father passed uneasy at that uncomfortab
with his away. over. time. le situation.
family.
This text is for questions 20 and 21

Dear Owners

We would like to remind you that your Annual General Meeting will be
held at 4.30pm on Wednesday 12 December 12, 2018, as per the Notice
of Meeting that has been sent to you.

Should you not be able to attend, please complete and sign the attach
proxy form (if we do not already have one for you) and return to our
office to ensure that the Samjaya Company has a quorum. Should a
quorum not be present, the meeting will have to be adjourned at further
costs to the Samjaya Company.
 Please be advised that any lots that are owned in dual names or owned
by a company MUST have a proxy electing one representative of that
lot. Without this valid proxy, these lots will be unable to vote on any
motions at meetings.

Thank you

Regards

Choudry
Samjaya Manager.
20. What is the writer’s purpose in writing the letter? To remind To invite the To inform the To advise the To tell the
the owners of owners to owners about owners to owners to be
the company. annual annual attend the present in
meeting. meeting. annual the annual
meeting.
21. The underlined word in “…, the meeting will have to be adjourned ....” broken canceled adjusted swapped postponed
(Paragraph 2) is synonymous with the word ….
This text is for questions 22 to 24

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born in São Pedro, Funchal,
on the island of Madeira, Portugal on February 5, 1985 , and grew up in
Santo António, Funchal. He is the fourth and youngest child of Maria
Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, a cook, and José Dinis Aveiro, a municipal
gardener and a part-time kit man. His second given name, "Ronaldo",
was chosen after then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan. His great-
grandmother on his father's side, Isabel da Piedade, was from the island
of São Vicente, Cape Verde. He has one older brother, Hugo, and two
older sisters, Elma and Liliana Cátia "Katia", who is a singer. Ronaldo
grew up in a Catholic and impoverished home, sharing a room with all
his siblings.
As a child, Ronaldo played for amateur team Andorinha from 1992 to
1995, where his father was the kit man, and later spent two years with
Nacional. In 1997, aged 12, he went on a three-day trial with Sporting
 CP, who signed him for a fee of £1,500. He subsequently moved from
Madeira to Alcochete, near Lisbon, to join Sporting's other youth
players at the club's football academy. By age 14, Ronaldo believed he
had the ability to play semi-professionally, and agreed with his mother
to cease his education in order to focus entirely on football. While
popular with other students at school, he had been expelled after
throwing a chair at his teacher, who he said had "disrespected" him.
However, one year later, he was diagnosed with a racing heart, a
condition that could have forced him to give up playing football.
Ronaldo underwent heart surgery where a laser was used to cauterise
multiple cardiac pathways into one, altering his resting heart rate. He
was discharged from the hospital hours after the procedure and resumed
training a few days later.
22. What was Ronaldo’s father’s freelance job? Cook. Singer. Kit man. Footballer. Municipal
gardener.
23. If Ronaldo had not insulted his teacher, he would not have …. continued his been a great given up been focused
study footballer playing dismissed totally on
football from school his career

24. Being diagnosed with a racing heart, Ronaldo underwent an operation it its he his him
to treat … condition.
The correct pronoun to complete the above sentence is ….
This text is for questions 25 to 27

How to sleep well

Do you ever feel hard to sleep? Here are some tips you can do:
1. Sleep only when sleepy
This reduces the time you are awake in bed.
2. If you cannot fall asleep within 20 minutes, get up and do something
boring until you feel sleepy.
Do not expose yourself to bright light while you are up.
3. Do not take a nap
This will insure you are tired at bedtime.
4. Get up and go to bed in the same time every day.
Even in weekend! When your sleep cycle has a regular rhythm, you
 will feel better.
5. Refrain from exercise at least 4 hours before bedtime.
Regular exercise is recommended to help you sleep well, but the timing
of the workout is important
6. Develop sleep rituals.
It is important to give your body cues that it is time to slow down and
sleep.
7. Only use your bed for sleeping.
Refrain from using your bed to watch TV, do homework or read.
8. Stay away from caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol before bed.
Caffeine and nicotine are stimulants that interfere with your ability to
fall asleep.
9. Have a light snack before bed.
If your stomach is too empty, it can interfere with sleep.
10. Take a hot bath 90 minutes before bedtime.
A hot bath will raise your body temperature. The body temperature may
leave you feeling sleepy.
11. Make sure your bed and bedroom are quiet and comfortable.
A hot room can be uncomfortable.
25. The benefit of reading this text to us is that we …. understand learn how to get some tips get some tips know the
how to sleep sleep in the on how to on how to tips how to
deeply bedroom sleep well fall asleep sleep
peacefully
26. According the text, what might make us feel sleepy? The quiet and The drop in Doing Regular Bright light
comfortable the body homework exercise in in the
bedroom. temperature. before the morning bedroom.
bedtime.
27. … bedroom was so comfortable and cool that he slept soundly. A An The This No article is
The correct word to complete the sentence is …. needed
This text is for questions 28 to 30

Machu Picchu is the site of an ancient Inca city, high in the Andes of
Peru. Located at 2,430m, this UNESCO World Heritage site is often
referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas". It's one of the most familiar
symbols of the Incan Empire and also one of the most famous and
 spectacular sets of ruins in the world. A visit to Peru would not be
complete without seeing it, but this can be very expensive and crowded.
These remarkable ruins became known to the scientific world in 1911,
after the American archaeologist Hiram Bingham was led to the site by
locals. Perched dramatically 1000 feet above the Urubamba river,
Machu Picchu is a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is also the end
point of the most popular hikes in South America, the Inca Trail. The
story of Machu Picchu is quite a remarkable one; it is still unknown
exactly what the site was in terms of its place in Inca life. Current
researchers tend to believe that Machu Picchu was a country resort
for elite Incas. At any given time, there were no more than 750
people living at Machu Picchu, with far fewer than that during the rainy
season. The Incas started building it around 1430AD, but it was
abandoned as an official site for the Inca rulers a hundred years later at
the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.
One thing that is clear is that it was a remarkably well hidden place, and
well protected. Located far up in the mountains of Peru, visitors had to
travel up long valleys littered with Inca check points and watch towers.
Remarkably, the Spanish conquistadors missed the site. However, many
people are said to have knowledge of the ancient city as it was referred
to in some text found in the 20th century; even so, it was not until
Bingham that Machu Picchu was scientifically discovered (he was on a
trip sponsored by the Yale University, actually looking for Vilcabamba,
the last Inca hideout).
28. What benefit do we get from text? We learn the We know We get We get We get the
history of the where the explanation knowledge facts about
Inca Empire ancients of about how about the the ancient
in South Inca built Machu Spanish city of the
America. Machu Picchu was conquistadors Incas.
Picchu. built. .
29. What is the main idea of the third paragraph? Macho People learn The Incas left The Machu
Picchu was the Machu community Picchu has
the remarkable Picchu before who dwelt in an amazing
settlement of life of Incas the Spanish Machu story for us
the people of in Machu conquistadors Picchu is still to
Inca. Picchu. . unidentified. investigate.

30. Most people … to take the bus from Aguas Calientes if the go to choose will choose are choosing have chosen chose
Machu Picchu.
The correct word to complete the sentence above is ….
This text is for questions 31 to 33

Bekasi/Jakarta. Life is about to get a lot more complicated for anyone

driving a private car in the capital and surrounding areas, as the city's
odd-even traffic rationing policy is set to be expanded to the Jakarta-
Cikampek Toll Road soon.
Starting from Monday, motorists traveling between Jakarta and Bekasi,
West Java, whose car registration numbers do not match the date, either
odd or even, will be prevented from accessing the toll road. The traffic
police will start fining violators from Dec. 17.
"On the 17th, we will begin taking action, prosecuting drivers of
vehicles that do not have the correct registration numbers. For now, we
are still creating awareness and asking drivers to turn around if their
number plates do not match the dates," Adjutant Comr. Stanlly
Soselisa, head of the Jakarta-Cikampek Highway Patrol said.
The Greater Jakarta Transportation Agency (BPTJ) decided to expand
the policy to this busy toll road to reduce traffic volumes. The start of
the policy's implementation on Monday follows a two-week awareness
campaign on social media and the posting of banners at several points.
Both efforts have previously been used with success to inform the
public.
Despite initial criticism of the odd-even traffic rationing policy, it has
proven to be successful.
"We hope this policy can effectively improve the traffic flow on the
Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road, especially on the Jakarta-bound
 carriageway during the morning rush hour," said Randy R. Lukman,
general manager of the Jakarta-Cikampek section at state-owned toll
road operator Jasa Marga.
31. What is the purpose of the text? To explain To remind To inform To warn To give
the the drivers of the public motorists in information
implementat vehicles in about the Jakarta and to the
ion of odd- order to have extension of Bekasi readers
even traffic the correct about the about the
the city's
registration
rationing odd-even odd-even access to
numbers.
policy in big traffic traffic Jakarta-
cities. rationing rationing Cikampek
policy. policy. Toll Road.
32. A motorist whose car registration number does not match with the date fined helped warned informed punished
will be ….
33. The odd-even traffic rationing policy … to reduce traffic volumes. expanded is expanded are expended has expanded is being
expanded
This text is for questions 34 to 37

The Legend of the Wawel Dragon

In Poland, a long time ago, in a den at the foot of Wawel Hill, there
lived a terrible dragon. None of the inhabitants of the city Krakow from
the poorest beggar to His majesty King Krak didn't know where it had
come from and how it got there.
Everyone always trembled with fear. Always having the scary
thought that the knights guarding the dragon made their hair stand on
end when they heard the monster roar. People said there was no weapon
and no way that they were going to defeat the dragon.
One day King Krak told a poem to the people of Krakow:
He who once and for all puts this dragon. Shall receive my sceptre and
my royal crown.
So come and defeat this most horrid beast. And win my daughter’s
hand and a wedding feats.
After that many brave and valiant knights made their way from
different countries to reach Poland to defeat the dragon.
 Swords and arrows shattered on its scaly body as if on a shield.
But nobody was able to kill this dragon or even drive it away. Time
passed, the dragon laid waste to the grounds of Krakow. Fewer knights
came every day. More people came to desert the town, until one day a
young man, a shoemaker, knocked on the gates of the town. He bore no
arms and wore no amour. Some twine, a needle, and sharp mind were
his only weapons. The guards wouldn't let him in unless he
immediately went to see the king.
King Krak had heard what the boy was saying and decided to
put some trust in him so he could have a go. The boy said that he would
need: lambskin, some sulfur and mustard seed. The king nodded his
acceptance to him.
All night long the shoemaker spent hard working on his plan.
Local residents would peer through the window staring at his work. He
took the lambskin, filled it with sulfur, pitch and mustard seed, and
skillfully sewed up the hole of the lamb’s belly.
Everyone wondered what the morning would bring. At sunrise
the shoemaker set off to see the dragon with his bag of his ideal plan.
There he laid his bait and quickly hid in the nearby bushes waiting to
see what was going to happen.
The dragon awoke. The dragon knew he was hungry so he
walked a bit for food. Suddenly the dragon saw a dead lamb (as it
looked to him), looked at it and greedily jumped down to eat it and
swallowed it whole with his jaws. The dragon suddenly went "BANG!"
and exploded. Exactly what the shoemaker had planned.
The villagers went silent. Then the sudden cheer began. All the
knights ran to the bottom of the hill. The dragon was dead. But one
thing was not. The river Wistula had been gulped up

34 Why did King Krak tell a poem to the people of Krakow? He wanted He wanted to He wanted to He wanted He wanted a
his people to give his royal invite brave someone to knight to
fight against crown to and valiant overcome the marry his
the dragon. someone. knights. dragon. daughter.
35. . “…, filled it with sulfur, pitch and mustard seed, and skillfully sewed seed lamb sulfur lambskin Lamb’s
up ….”(paragraph 7) belly
The underlined word refers to ….
36. How can we compare paragraph 6 and paragraph 9? Paragraph 6 Paragraph 6 Paragraph 6 Paragraph 6 Paragraph 6
is about the is about the is about the is about the is about the
shoemaker’s boy’s king’s boy’s plan to shoemaker’s
plan to kill attempts to agreement to kill the meeting
the dragon; defeat the the boy’s dragon; while with the
while dragon; while plan; while Paragraph 9 king; while
paragraph 9 paragraph 9 paragraph 9 is about his paragraph 9
is about the is about his is about his achievement is about his
king’s victory in success in in killing the efforts to
acceptance to defeating the killing the dragon. kill the
his plan. dragon. dragon. dragon.
37. What lesson can we learn from the story? We must use We must be We must not We must We must try
strategy to brave to face give up easily fight against hard to
achieve our big in order to your enemy solve the
victory. enemy. gain success. with problems
traditional faced by our
weapons. country.
This text is for questions 38 to 41

Mobility is considered as the ability to move easily and it plays a big

role in our life. As the time goes by, technology makes it easier to move
from one place to another by using an online transportation.
In the past few years, with the rising demand for fast
transportation in Jakarta, the use of online transportation is highly
demanded. Simplicity the application gives and the speed of the travel
time are main highlights of choosing an online transportation.
Moreover, online transportation also brings an enormous number of
advantages that need to be discovered by everyone.
The first advantage is safety. Compared to the conventional
transportation, online transportation clearly excel the conventional
transportation because there is no such thing as Standard Operating
Procedure (SOP) in the conventional services. In the past few years, the
number of the traffic accident in Indonesia is increasing, one of the
main reason is that the rising of motorcycle users. But here, consumers
can feel safe while using the service of online transportation because
 the drivers have undertaken a test of safety riding from their company.
Safety riding is riding a motorcycle behaviour by giving
priority to the safety of themselves and other road users. Moreover, the
vehicles they use are expected to always be in a good condition because
the company has set standards for what vehicles that can be used by the
driver to pick up customers. It is all because online transportation
company wants to make sure that they have the value - making their
customers feel comfortable, so we'll have no doubt when choosing what
we should ride.
This is clearly a huge advantage for customers because online
transportation always put safety first on their business so it is not
necessary to feel terrified.
38. What does the text talk about? The The benefits The role of The The
advantages of of online technology in advantages of improvemen
online transportation transportation modern t of mobile
business. . . transportation transportatio
. n.
39 What will probably happen to us if we do not have the application in We will lose We will not We cannot We cannot We can find
our mobile phone? our contact. find good order online use the another
transport. transportation transportation online
we need. transportatio
n.
40. Customers of online transport will feel secure during the service since the vehicles the drivers the vehicles the drivers the drivers
…. are brand have been are in good have have taken
new certified condition experienced on a test of
in riding safety riding
41. The underlined word in “ … that they have the value - making their cost mark price charge measure
customers feel comfortable….” (Paragraph 4) is closest in meaning to
….
This text is for questions 42 to 44

Bamboo is evergreen perennial flowering plants in the subfamily

Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. The word "bamboo" comes
from the term bambu ,which was introduced to English through
Indonesian and Malay.
 Bamboos include some of the fastest-growing plants in the world, due
to a unique rhizome-dependent system. Certain species of bamboo can
grow 91 cm (36 in) within a 24-hour period, at a rate of almost 4 cm
(1.6 in) an hour (a growth around 1 mm every 90 seconds, or 1 inch
every 40 minutes). Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass
family.
Bamboos are of notable economic and cultural significance in South
Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia, being used for building materials,
as a food source, and as a versatile raw product. Bamboo has a higher
specific compressive strength than wood, brick or concrete, and a
specific tensile strength that rivals steel.
The bamboos comprise three clades classified as tribes, and these
strongly correspond with geographic divisions representing the New
World herbaceous species, tropical woody bamboos, and temperate
woody bamboos. The woody bamboos do not form a monophyletic
group; instead, the tropical woody and herbaceous bamboos are sister to
the temperate woody bamboos. Altogether, more than 1,400 species are
placed in 115 genera.
The two general patterns for the growth of bamboo are "clumping"
(sympodial) and "running" (monopodial). Clumping bamboo species
tend to spread slowly, as the growth pattern of the rhizomes is to simply
expand the root mass gradually, similar to ornamental grasses.
"Running" bamboos, though, need to be controlled during cultivation
because of their potential for aggressive behavior. They spread mainly
through their rhizomes, which can spread widely underground and send
up new culms to break through the surface.
42. What is the objective of the text? To explain To classify To give To describe To tell the
how several kinds information particular readers the
bamboos of bamboos about bamboo origin of
grow bamboo. trees. bamboo.
43. How can we compare the idea in paragraph 2 and 4? Paragraph 2 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 2
talks about talks about talks about talks about talks about
bamboo the growth of the growth of how the
family, while bamboo, bamboo, bamboos description
paragraph 4 while while grow, while of bamboo,
is about paragraph 4 paragraph 4 paragraph 4 while
specification is about is about the is about paragraph 4
of bamboo. groups of growth description of is about its
bamboo. pattern. bamboo. classificatio
n.
44 What benefit can we get from reading this text? We get We We learn a We realize We know
information understand lot about how how exactly the
all about the why to grow important origin of
bamboos. bamboos bamboos. bamboo for bamboo
grow so fast. man. trees.
This text is for questions 45 to 47

Riding a bicycle has become very popular nowadays. It is the cheapest

means of transport. My School is quite far from the house. Therefore, I
have to go there by bus. But, I sometimes, get late to school. I had
requested my father to buy me a bicycle so that I might reach school on
time. He promised that he would get me one if I did well in the final
examination. I did well in the examination and my father bought me a
new bicycle.
Now the obstacle before me was how to ride the bicycle. One of my
friends lives next door. I persuaded him to help me learn riding a
bicycle. He agreed. He used to take me to the school playground and
taught me how to balance the handle and use the pedals. He used to run
with me so that I might not hurt myself. I picked up the things very
quickly and could ride a bicycle without any one’s help in a few days.
One day, however, I took the bicycle out and went to the ground by
myself. Soon I met with an accident and hurt myself. I had to try it
again. I knew that practice makes a man perfect. I became an expert
cyclist in a few days. I now go to school on my cycle. I regard riding a
bicycle to be the cheapest and quickest means of transport as far as a
 student is concerned. I make use of my cycle if something urgent is to
be brought from the market.
The bicycle has proved very useful to me in many other ways. Not that
I save a lot of my time in going to and coming from school but I go to
the market for purchasing my books and stationery1 instead of
purchasing them from the local shopkeeper who charges higher rates.
Once, however, I had a nasty accident but I got off without injury. This
has made me a bit cautious. Therefore, I do not cycle fast in the
crowded streets. What a pleasure it is to fly like a bird on my cycle!
45 What problem did the writer meet when he got the new bicycle? He did the He could not He hurt The bicycle The bicycle
final ride a bicycle himself in the was a second was brand
examination yet. accident. hand one. new.
well.
46 If only his father had not bought him a bicycle, the writer would not hurt himself met with an ridden his gone to gone to the
have …. accident bicycle school by market by
quickly bicycle bicycle
47. He fell off his bicycle … he had ridden carefully. if since because although whereas
The correct conjunction to complete the sentences is ….
This text is for questions 48 to 50

Cloning of Animals
In the modern era, technology has developed to such a certain degree
that scientists are able to create new forms of life. One of them is
cloning. The debate whether cloning of animals should be allowed or
not seems endless.
Those who agree with cloning of animals usually argue that the
cells produced from them can be used to stop animals from becoming
extinct. Many species are becoming rarer and rarer. Scientists are
concerned if they don’t do something to save certain species, these
animals will be extinct forever. For this reason, researchers have
improved cloning technology so that many rare species can be
successfully cloned. They also add that cloning has a purpose to
produce high quality of cells.
However, not everyone is excited about cloning animals. Some
people feel that it could have terrible consequences. For example, if
 dinosaurs are cloned, then men could be extinct. It is clear that these
ferocious beasts cannot live together with humans. In history, these
creatures lived several thousand years before men appeared. Can you
imagine these giant killing creatures living within the same era and on
the same planet with us?
As a result of this controversy, people still haven’t got the
answer yet for cloning animals. Moreover, some members of the
scientific community think that the banning of cloning technology will
destroy the creativity of science.
48 The text mainly tells us about…. kinds of species two different the the
animals which are opinions researchers community
which are threatened to about cloning who have who does
cloned be extinct animals developed not agree of
cloning cloning
animals animals
49 How do we compare paragraph 2 and paragraph 3? Both Like Unlike Paragraph 2 Paragraph 2
Paragraphs 2 paragraphs 2, paragraph 2, is about the is about
and 3 are paragraph 3 paragraph 3 benefit of those who
about talks about talks about cloning; allow
arguments the problems those who go while cloning;
against of cloning for cloning paragraph 3 while
cloning animals. animals. is arguments paragraph 3
animals. for points. is about its
drawback.
50 According to the writer …. whether cloning rare animals all the cloning
cloning is should be have been scientists should be
allowed or halted despite successfully agree with carried out
not is still the extinction cloned by cloning due for the sake
debatable of rare cloning to the of science
animals technology creativity of and
science technology