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One way to travel around the world on a low badget is backpacking. It is also a fun way for many people to enjoy
some views of another country. If you are a student it will be your benefit to go backpacking because you can
just bring a minimum luggage and stay in cheap accommodation. If you are on a tight budget, you won’t visit
luxury destinations and stay at luxury hotels, but that’s not the purpose of traveling.The purpose of traveling is
actually to see the world and get amazing and unforgettable experiences. Backpacking is one of the best ways
to do that. You can pick from the list of the 10 best and cheapest countries for bacpackers. Then, you can start
planning your trip right now and you will see the world without spending a lot of money and worrying about your
bank account.What is the topic of the text ?

1. What is the topic of the text?

a. Traveling is a way to see the world and get amazing and unforgettable experience
b. Backpacking is a way to travel around the world on a low budget
c. The list of the 10 best and cheapest countries for backpakers
d. You can see the world without spending a lot of money
e. Students will get many benefits from backpacking.
2. You can pick from the list of 10 best ....”What does the underlined word mean ?
a. Determine
b. Recieve
c. Choose
d. Accept
e. Waste

Required immediatelyAn Expatriate Kid’s Caretaker Requirements:

 Female, above 25 years
 Graduated from reputable university, fluent in English.
 High motivated, patient, love kids, trustful.
 Understand how to take care and play with the kids
 Good in health (with doctor recommendation attached).
 Having additional skill is preferable (play music, sing, dance etc)

Interested applicant should submit the application with CV and recent photograph within a week to PO BOX
1517 SBYCode: UM/55/KIDS

3. The text above tells us about?

a. Letter
b. News
c. Job vacancy ads
d. Banner
e. Information
4. What is position is vacant in the advertisement?
a. secretary
b. Expatriate
c. nanny
d. A baby sitter
e. A house keeper

Fires rage across four Australian states

MELBOURNE, Jan 22 (UPI) – Fire authorities in four Australian states are to control bushfires fanned by strong
winds and searing temperatures.
The Australian reported Sunday that blazes continued to burn in South Australia, Tasmania, Western
Australia and Victoria, where up to six homes have been destroyed. In South Australia, much of Adelaide is
engulfed in thick smoke. The firefighters who are confronted by blast-furnace winds try to bring the flames under
control.
At Robertstown in the state’s mid-north, more than 2,500 acres have already burned. Another bushfire,
started by lightning, charred the earth near mouth Flat on the southern side of Kangoroo Island, while Ngarkat
Conservation Park, in the state’s upper-southeast, is also a blaze.
A 7,500-acres fire at mount Agnew inZeehan, in the state’s west, broke containment lines Saturday
afternoon, jumping a road and coming close to homes.
The most serious fires were in Victoria, where up six homes were destroyed by a fire near the town of
Anakie, 36 miles west of Melbourne.
 In Tasmania, falling temperatures and patchy rain brought some relief to firefighters, who continued to
monitor 22 blazes across the state.

5. What is the text about?

a. Fires in some areas of Australia
b. Weather effect on fire
c. The effects of fires
d. The danger of fire
e. The cause of fire
6. The reporter most likely got the information from…
a. Visitor
b. Tourist
c. Commuters
d. Fire fighters
e. Homeless people

7. Alex : What do you think about the film ?

Bram : I think .......................
a. I like it
b. Thank you
c. I can’t hear you
d. You forget it
e. Let’s go
8. A: “What is your opinion about my new car?”
B: “………………….”
a. Up to you
b. I am afraid to tell it
c. I don’t know
d. I don’t think so
e. I think it is luxurious
9. A : “………………….”
B: “I think the other one is better.”
A: “Really! But this one is cheaper. And look at the design. Is great, isn’t it?”
B: “Yes, but it doesn’t has an Energy Star Sticker.”
a. Do you agree with this refrigerator?
b. What do you think of this refrigerator?
c. Do know this refrigerator?
d. Have you complain about this refrigerator?
e. Are you satisfied with this refrigerator?
10. What would you do in this situation?
You’re 20 minutes late for class. The teacher is explaining something to the class when you arrive. What
would you do?
a. Not go to the class
b. Say nothing and take a seat
c. Go in, walk up to the teacher and apologize
d. Go in as quietly as you can and take a seat
e. Wait outside the classroom until the class end

Webcams Make Alaska Bears Accessible Mark Thiessen, Associated Press, Anchorage, Alaska Sci-Tech Tue,
July 24, 2012, 6:15 PM

A new video initiative is bringing the famed brown bears of Alaska’s Katmai National Park directly to computers
and smartphones.

Without having to go there, you’ll be able to watch mature bears compete for salmon at Brook Falls and other
sites and cubs tumbling over each other as they play. Starting Tuesday, a live Web stream (http:// is.gd/bfPAs8)
will allow the public to log on and see the brown bears in their natural habitat.

“I think it’s an unparalleled opportunity for people to get that front row seat of the lives of the bears at Brooks
Camp”, said Roy Wood, chief of interpretation for Katmai National Park and Preserve.

The project is a partnership with explore. org, which set up four high-definition cameras in Katmai, spokesman
Jason Damata told The Associated Press. Three of them are at existing viewing stands where bear fans come
to watch the animals.
The cameras provide access to a national park that is difficult to reach and expensive for most tourists. It is
about 275 miles southwest of Anchorage, but no roads lead to Katmai. A trip there involves multiple airplanes
and a lot of advanced planning: it’s hard to get a lodge reservation at Brooks Camp before 2014. Camping is
allowed, but on a reservation system that goes online January 5.

“It takes a lot of time, a lot of effort and a lot of money, and the webcams will make it accessible to anyone with
access to a computer, a smartphone, a table device,” Wood said.

11. What is the text about?

a. A video display of Katmai’s bears for computers and smartphones
b. The life of Alaskan bears in the natural habitat
c. How to protect the endangered Alaskan bears
d. The bears of Katmai National Park in Alaska
e. Webcams with the newest technology
12. It’s proudly stated in the text that ....
a. A new video can be used with a computer
b. The project is partnership with explore.org and Katmai
c. We can used the new video to shoot bears without going to their habitat
d. Katmai National Park has made a video of their bears in nature environment
e. Webcams enable us to see bears’ life in nature on a computer or a smartphone

Chinese Group Demands that Japanese Emperor Return Ancient Artefact

By Ankit Panda February 13, 2016

Adding to a growing list of diplomatic disputes between China and Japan, a Chinese group is demanding that
Japan’s emperor return a 1.300-year-old artefact that was allegedly looted by Japanese Soldiers in the 1930s.
According to a Xinhua report, the artefact in question in the Honglujing Stele, originally from “north eastern
China.” The request was made in a letter addressed to Emperor Akihito of Japan by China Federation of
Demanding Compensation from Japan (CFDC) via Japan’s embassy in China. The request has been
prominently reported by both China’s domestic and international media outlets, suggesting that part of the intent
is to shame Japan for its actions during the first half of the 20th century.

From Xinhua’s report, it is unclear the extent to which the Chinese government is involved in the request for the
return on the artefact. The China Federation of Demanding Compensation from Japan (CFDC) is a civic group,
independent of the government. According to Xinhua, “This is the first time a Chinese civic group has asked the
Japanese imperial family for the return of a looted Chinese relic. “The group” seeks compensation for personal,
material, and spiritual damage caused by Japanese militarism during the country’s aggression against China in
the 20th century.”

13. What can be inferred from the text?

a. China and Japan had a great relationship during the first half of the 20th century
b. China Federation of Demanding Compensation (CFDC) has asked Japan to return the artefact without
any condition
c. Japan was ruled by China in the 20th century
d. CFDC wanted the Japan emperor to admit their aggression to China in the 20th century
e. CFDC may have sent a letter directly to the Japan emperor without involving their government

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS

Captain Phillips is an upcoming 2013 American biographical action thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass
based upon the book, A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous days at Sea, by Richard
Phillips with Stephan Tatty, and starring Tom Hanks. It is produced by Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, and Michael
De Luca. The film tells a biopic of merchant mariner Captain Richard Phillips, who was taken hostage for several
days by Somali Pirates when the container ship Maersk Alabama which sailed from southern Oman drown along
the coast of Somalia and then to Kenya was hijacked in 2009.

Captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks), a veteran merchant mariner, still lives in his native New England, and
he's a plainspoken family man full of anxiety about the economically bleak new world his kids are facing. When
his wife (Chaterine Keener) drops him off at the airport, we can see reverse her. The film then cuts to Somalia, a
land of dust and poverty, where the pirates are recruited for their mission as if they were migrant farm workers
lining up to be chosen for that day's labor. Greengrass doesn't have to fill in much about the violent, chaotic
breakdown of Somalia to let us know that these men have little choice.

The film does not generate quite the same level of excruciating suspense as some of Greengrass' previous
triumphs, but it nonetheless holds us hostage as it proceeds. As for the four Somali immigrants, they are
remarkably effective in their first professional acting gigs.

14. The text is a review of a ....

a. Song
b. Book
c. Novel
d. Painting
e. Movie
15. According to the text, Captain Phillips ....
a. Traveled from Somalia to Kenya to find a ship
b. Hijacked a container ship
c. Hijacked many ships in Somalia
d. Was a hostage by Somalia pirates
e. Was a sailor in Southern Oman
16. From paragraph two, we can see that Captain Phillips was .... about his kids.
a. Pleased
b. Happy
c. Doubt
d. Worried
e. Afraid

I am writing to you to express my interest regarding your advertisement in Weeks currently. I have given careful
consideration to the job description and believe that I have the necessary qualifications and personal attributes
to take up the position.

17. The above paragraph is a part of ..... of an application letter .

a. Opening
b. Content
c. Closing
d. Salutation
e. Compementary

“I would like the opportunity to work as part of an enthusiastic office team. I look forward to the opportunity for
an interview."

18. The sentence above belongs to the ....... of the application letter.
a. First paragraph
b. Middle paragraph
c. Final paragraph
d. Closing
e. Complementary
19. "The hotel is suffering a great loss."
"Yes, only ten perfect of their rooms ......
a. being occupied
b. occupied
c. is occupied
d. are occupied
e. they are occupied
20. They had just been living in that house for two years when ..... by fire.
a. Destroyed
b. had destroyed
c. was destroyed
d. be destroyed
e. was destroying