TPB MID TEST

FIRST SEMESTER 2018/2019

SUBJECT : ENGLISH / KU-1024 CRITICAL READING
DATE : SATURDAY, 10 MARCH 2018
TIME : 100 MINUTES
NAME : ………………………………..
NIM : ……………………………….. SIGNATURE :…………………
SECTION 1
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SECTION 2

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 TPB MID TEST
SECOND SEMESTER 2017/2018
SUBJECT : ENGLISH / KU-1024 CRITICAL READING
DATE : SATURDAY, 09 MARET 2019
TIME : 100 MINUTES

INSTRUCTION:
1. Do not use dictionary
2. Read the following passages and answer the questions by choosing the correct answer!
3. Answer all the questions on the answer sheet including the SUMMARY.

SECTION 1
Question 1-40
Reading Passage 1
I Horses have been racing across the landscape for around 55 million years – much longer than
our own species has existed. However, prehistoric remains show that at the end of the Ice Age,
some 10,000 years ago, wild horses died out in the Americas and dwindled in Western Europe, for
reasons that are not clear. But they continued to thrive on the steppes of Eastern Europe and Central
Asia, where short grasses and shrubs grow on vast, dry stretches of land. Most scholars believe it
was here that people domesticated the horse. However, the DNA of domestic horses is very
diverse. This suggests they may be descended from a number of different wild horse populations,
in several locations.
II Once horses and humans encountered each other, our two species became powerfully linked.
Humans domesticated horses some 6,000 years ago, and over time, we have created more than 200
breeds. The first domestic horses were likely to have been kept mainly as a source of food, rather
than for work or for riding. There is evidence of horses being raised for meat in Kazakhstan, in
Central Asia, around 5,500 years ago; later they began to pull chariots, and horseback riding
became common in Afghanistan and Iran about 4,000 years ago. As we have shaped horses to suit
our needs on battlefields, farms and elsewhere, these animals have shaped human history. The
ways we travel, trade, play, work and fight wars have all been profoundly shaped by our use of
horses.
III When people domesticate animals, they control their behavior in many ways. For example,
animals that are being domesticated no longer choose their own mates. Instead, people control
their breeding. Individuals with traits that humans prefer are more likely to produce offspring and
pass on their genes. In the course of several generations, both the body and behavior of the animal
are transformed. In the wild, animals that are well adapted to their environment live long and
reproduce, while others die young. In this way, nature "chooses" the traits that are passed on to the
next generation. This is the process of evolution by natural selection. Domestic animals also
evolve, but people do the selecting. Humans seek out qualities like tameness, and help animals
with those traits to survive and bear young. This is evolution by artificial selection. Most domestic
animals are naturally social. Their wild ancestors lived in groups, with individuals responding to
each other – some led, others followed. In domestic animals, the tendency to submit to others is
especially strong. Generations of breeding have encouraged them to let people take the lead.
IV For more than 3,000 years, a fighter on horseback or horse-drawn chariot was the ultimate
weapon. Time after time, from Asia to Europe to the Americas, the use of horses has changed the
balance of power between civilizations. When people with horses clashed with those without,
horses provided a huge advantage. When both sides had horses, battles turned on the strength and
strategy of their mounted horsemen, or cavalry. Horses continued to define military tactics well
into the 1900s, until they finally became outmoded by machine guns, tanks, airplanes and other
modern weapons.
V Horses are built for power. Their muscular bodies are heavier in the front than in the back,
making them well balanced to pull heavy loads. Yet they can also be agile and quick – fit to carry

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out difficult tasks at top speed. So for more than a thousand years, people have called on the power
of horses to cultivate the land and manage livestock.
VI For most of human history, there was no faster way to travel over land than on a horse. When
it comes to carrying people and their possessions, horses have two important advantages – they
can run very fast and very far. Their speed and endurance are unusual for a creature so large,
making them the most suitable animals to carry people and goods around the world. Horses offer
other advantages as well. Since they eat grass, they can go almost anywhere that humans can,
eating as they go. And unlike cows and camels, which must sit and rest to digest food, a horse's
digestive system allows it to graze and walk the whole day without stopping. By carrying people,
goods and ideas between civilizations, horses changed history.
VII Today’s horses are not used to carry soldiers into battle, and do not pull plows and stage-
coaches as they once did. But horses are still part of our lives. Today the 58 million horses in the
world are used more for companionship, sport and recreation than for work and warfare.
Reading Passage 1: Questions 1-7
Read the text and match the heading I-VII with paragraph A-G
A The fastest breeds of horses
B Developing desirable characteristics
C Playing a less essential role
D Influencing the outcome of conflicts
E What different breeds do best
F A wide range of uses for domesticated
horses
G Horses in agriculture
H An ancient species
I An ideal form of transport

1. Paragraph I ________H
2. Paragraph II ________F
3. Paragraph III ________B
4. Paragraph IV _________D
5. Paragraph V __________G
6. Paragraph VI _________I
7. Paragraph VII_________C

Reading Passage 1: Questions 8-10

For statements 8-13, CHOOSE
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT MENTIONED if there is no information on this

8. The last of the wild horses lived around 10,000 years ago.
A. True
B. False
C. Not Mentioned

9. Initially people probably used domesticated horses to supplement their diet.

A. True
B. False
C. Not Mentioned

10. Methods of artificial selection have changed over the centuries.

A. True
B. False
C. Not Mentioned

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Reading Passage 1: Questions 11-13
Complete the sentences by choosing the appropriate words from the box below.
A. endurance B. front C. digestive system

11. Having greater weight at the _______B_________ helps horses to pull heavy items.

12. As well as being quicker, horses have greater _________A_______ than most other large
animals.

13. Because of the way their _______C_________ works, horses can keep moving all day
long.

Reading Passage 1: Questions 14 - 20

Choose the correct letter: A, B, C, or D
14. The word “chariot” in paragraph IV is closest in meaning to:
A. Nationalist
B. Carriage
C. Wheel
D. Goods
15. Which word could be best replaced the word “agile” in paragraph V?
A. Sharp
B. Clumsy
C. Swift
D. Heavy
16. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the benefits of horse in human history?
A. Horse can eat everywhere as long as there is grass
B. Horse can move over miles
C. People use horse’s speed for daily activities
D. Horse can entertain people such as in circus
17. Where did people start to domesticate the horses?
A. Eastern Europe and Central Asia
B. America
C. Western Europe
D. Central Asia
18. The word “plows” in paragraph VII is closest meaning to:
A. Plough
B. Tractor
C. Wide Blade
D. Carriage
19. Which paragraph addresses why human should control the animals’ mates?
A. Paragraph A
B. Paragraph B
C. Paragraph C
D. Paragraph D
20. Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for this passage?
A. The History of Horses
B. The Role of Horses in War
C. The Domestication of Horses
D. Horses in Human’s Daily Life

QUESTION 21 – 23
Arrange the following sentences into a paragraph and choose the correct order
21.
1) The country's inflation rate has seen prices soar, leaving many Venezuelans
struggling to afford basic items such as food, toiletries and medicine.
2) The condition is worsening since a lack of basic items has left thousands of others at
risk of dying.

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 3) Venezuela is in the grip of a political and economic crisis.
4) However, President Maduro denies any aid from the oppositions, especially the US.
5) To alleviate the issue, humanitarian aid for Venezuela has been arriving at the borders
of neighboring Colombia and Brazil.
A. 2-1-3-4-5
B. 3-1-2-5-4
C. 3-1-4-5-2
D. 5-4-2-1-3
22.
1) However, this is little relief to a vulnerable community in a society that continues to
stigmatize the condition.
2) The data contain almost 15,000 infected people in Singapore.
3) Authorities say the leak has been contained.
4) The government has blamed the leak on the American partner of a local doctor, who
had access to the records kept on all known HIV-positive people in Singapore.
5) Joyce is HIV positive and was told that there had been a massive data breach.
A. 3-2-1-5-4
B. 2-1-3-4-5
C. 5-2-4-3-1
D. 4-2-3-5-1
23.
1) However, Honda claim that the plant closure in Swindon was not related to the UK's
decision to leave the European Union, different from Nissan’s reason.
2) Nissan recently opted to build the next X-Trail model in Japan, rather than in
Sunderland.
3) Japanese car producers, including Nissan, have said that Brexit uncertainty is not
helping them "plan for the future".
4) Honda UK is closing its Swindon plant by 2021, with the loss of about 3,500 jobs.
5) This may be the result of Brexit uncertainty for the past two years.
A. 4-5-3-2-1
B. 4-3-2-1-5
C. 4-2-3-1-5
D. 4-5-2-3-1

QUESTION 24 – 25
Look for irrelevant sentence in the paragraph below
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The plants, animals, and micro-organisms that are the bedrock of food production are in
decline, according to a UN study. (1) And it includes those organisms that provide
essential services, such as bees and other pollinators, and worms, mangroves, sea grasses
and fungi which work to keep soils fertile and purify the air and water. (2) If these critical
species are lost, the report says, it "places the future of our food system under severe
threat". (3) The study says that land-use changes, pollution, and climate change are all
causing biodiversity loss. (4) While species friendly policies are increasing, they are not
growing quickly enough. (5) Furthermore, the lack of biodiversity can leave food
production much more vulnerable to shocks, such as outbreaks of disease and pests. (6)
The irrelevant sentence(s) is found in number …
A. 2
B. 6
C. 5
D. 4
25
A Japanese spacecraft has touched down on an asteroid in an attempt to collect a sample
of rock from the surface. (1) The spacecraft reached asteroid Ryugu in June 2018 after a
three-and-a-half-year journey from Earth. (2) The Hayabusa-2 probe was trying to grab

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 the sample from a pre-chosen site on the asteroid Ryugu just before 23:00 GMT on 21
February. (3) During sample collection, the spacecraft approached the 1km-wide asteroid
with an instrument called the sampler horn. (4) But the asteroid's surface was found to be
much more rugged than expected, with numerous, hefty boulders making it hard to find a
location. (5) On touchdown, a 5g "bullet" made of the metal tantalum was fired into the
rocky surface at 300m/s. (6) The particles kicked up by the impact should have been be
caught by the sampler horn. Hayabusa-2 is expected to return to Earth in 2020 along with
its rocky hoard. (7)
The irrelevant sentence(s) is found in number …
A. 7
B. 5
C. 3
D. 2

QUESTION 26 – 30
Reading Passage 2

Read the passage carefully and complete the blanks with appropriate words in the box

A. 1970s B. 1982 C. Experiment D. Evidence E. Fraud F. Image

G. Sender H. Signal I. Sensory J. Receiver

Telepathy
Can human beings communicate by thought alone? For more than a century the issue of
telepathy has divided the scientific community, and even today it still sparks bitter
controversy among top academics.
Since the 1970s, parapsychologists at leading universities and research institutes around
the world have risked the derision of skeptical colleagues by putting the various claims for
telepathy to the test. In dozens of rigorous scientific studies. The results and their
implications are dividing even the researchers who uncovered them.
Some researchers say the results constitute compelling evidence that telepathy is genuine.
Other parapsychologists believe the field is on the brink of collapse, having tried to produce
definitive scientific proof and failed. Sceptics and advocates alike do concur on one issue,
however: that the most impressive evidence so far has come from the so-called 'Ganzfeld'
experiments, a German term that means 'whole field'. Reports of telepathic experiences had
by people during meditation led parapsychologists to suspect that telepathy might involve
'signals' passing between people that were so faint that they were usually swamped by
normal brain activity. In this case, such signals might be more easily detected by those
experiencing meditation-like tranquility in a relaxing 'whole field' of light, sound and
warmth.
The Ganzfeld experiment tries to recreate these conditions with participants sitting in soft
reclining chairs in a sealed room, listening to relaxing sounds while their eyes are covered
with special fitters letting in only soft pink light. In early ganzfeld experiments, the
telepathy test involved identification of a picture chosen from a random selection of four
taken from a large image bank. The idea was that a person acting as a sender would attempt
to beam the image over to the receiver relaxing in the sealed room. Once the session was
over, this person was asked to identify which of the four images had been used. Random
guessing would give a hit-rate of 25 per cent if telepathy is real, however, the hit-rate would
be higher. In 1982, the results from the first Ganzfeld studies were analyzed by one of its
pioneers, the American parapsychologist Charles Honorton. They pointed to typical hit-
rates of better than 30 per cent - a small effect, but one which statistical tests suggested
could not be put down to chance.
The implication was that the ganzfeld method had revealed real evidence for telepathy. But
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 areas of science. Because chance had been ruled out as an explanation did not prove
telepathy must exist; there were many other ways of getting positive results. These ranged
from sensory leakage - where clues about the pictures accidentally reach the receiver - to
outright fraud. In response, the researchers issued a review of all the ganzfeld studies done
up to 1985 to show that 80 per cent had found statistically significant evidence. However,
they also agreed that there were still too many problems in the experiments which could
lead to positive results, and they drew up a list demanding new standards for future
research.
Telepathy Experiments
Name/Date Description Result Flaw
Ganzfeld studies in Involved a person Hit-rates were Positive results
26. _____ ______ acting as a 27. higher than with could be produced
_________ random guessing. by factors such as
who picked out one 30. _________
28. _______ from
a random selection
of four, and a
29. ________
who then tried to
Identify it.

QUESTION 31 – 36
Reading Passage 3

Read the text and complete the paragraph using coherent sentence/clause by choosing the
correct option.

Indian Marriages
Marriage is one of the oldest human institutions and this is as true in Indian culture as anywhere
else. In India marriage, called “Kanyadana or “donating a virgin”, is thought of as the greatest
sacrifice that a father can make and for the groom as an obligation to perpetuate his bloodline.
___________________________________________________________.

31 A. Many people believe that a marriage is still binding after death.

B. India is the richest in history and heritage.
C. Bloodline is a sequence of direct ancestors especially in a pedigree
D. Marriage is important for one’s life.

In early times, girls were thought to be ready for marriage after puberty and later even children
could be married. __________________________________________________________. By
Medieval times, Marriage was compulsory for girls, who very often married between the ages of
eight and nine. Among those able to afford it, polygamy was common and rulers would often have
one wife from their own region and other minor wives from other areas. Now, divorce and
remarriage are possible and non-Muslim Indian men can only have one wife.

32. A. This situation often made children suffered

B. The early times were considered as worse than now
C. Divorce and remarriage were not always possible
D. Puberty was the natural sign for girls to be married.

Although are many regional variations, some features of the Indian wedding ceremony are similar
throughout the country. In general weddings are very complicated events and involve long
negotiations about dowry payments prior to the event. After this has been decided a day is chosen
by asking an astrologer to find a lucky day. Preparations begin early because a marriage is not only
one of the highlights a person’s life, but a large and complex social gathering to organize. The
night before, the bride, her friends and female relatives gather together for a party called a
“mehendi”, ___________________________________________________________. Her guests
often give the bride advice about married life and tease her about her future husband. Weddings
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becoming increasingly popular. On the day a wedding altar or “mandapa” is built and covered in
flowers. All of the wedding ceremony will be held in the altar.

33. A. Where they paint each other’s hands and feet with Henna and dance with music
B. Where they pray to God for blessing with the bride’s parents.
C. Where they discuss for the bride’s marriage with the family
D. Where they prepare the bride for the new life.

The clothing a couple wear on their wedding day varies between regions and ethnic groups.
________________________________________The bride wears a lot of jewelry as this
symbolizes the prosperity she will bring to her new family. In the South wearing flowers is
common. The groom wears traditional costume or a suit. Turbans are also popular headgear.

34. A. The clothing does not have to be expensive.

B. The clothing of the couple should be different with the family
C. Man most commonly wear tuxedo.
D. Women most commonly wear a sari.

The ceremony begins with a mixture of turmeric, sandalwood paste and oils being applied to the
couples’ face and arms. In the past this was done to the whole body, but now it is only symbolic,
with only a little being rubbed on. Then they are showered in flowers. ________________. First,
they garland each other and then take seven symbolic steps together representing seven gifts and
seven promises. Finally, they say the vows and then they are legally married. The bride’s father or
guardian takes her hands and puts them in her husband’s giving her to him. Now she is no longer
a member of her father’s family, but a member of her husband’s. They then touch the feet of their
elders for luck.

35. A. After this, they perform the rituals that will make them man and wife.
B. The flowers used need to be at least five colors.
C. The bride will seem happy at this step.
D. The ceremony takes less than an hour.

After the wedding ceremony, _______________________________. The bride should be careful

to enter the house right foot first for luck. In the evening and late into the night the families and
their guests celebrate with dancing, music and food.

36. A. The couple should visit their families.

B. The couple go to the groom’s house.
C. The couple must be tired as it takes all day long.
D. The couple usually go for honeymoon.

QUESTION 37 – 40
Reading Passage 4

Read the following text and complete the summary below the text!

Wind Power
The power of the wind has been used for centuries to directly drive various machines to perform
such tasks as grinding wheat or pumping water. Recently, however, the wind has joined other
natural forces such as water and steam as a viable method of generating electricity.

Traditional means of electricity generation using coal or oil-fueled plants have two major
drawbacks; they pollute the environment and the fuels they use are inefficient and non- renewable.
In response to growing environmental awareness there have been calls for a greener alternative.
Nuclear power, while more efficient and less polluting, is seen by many people as unacceptable,
because of the danger of accidents such as those that happened at Chernobyl or Three Mile Island.
Wind power, however, is clean, renewable and, with modern advances, surprisingly efficient.

In the 1970s Britain was in the forefront of research into wind power. The interest in wind
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structures that made it uneconomical to set up wind farms. Britain, the windiest country in Europe,
had to wait until 1991 for its first wind farm. Located at Delabole in Cornwall, the farm was
originally the idea of locals who opposed the construction of a nuclear power plant nearby and
decided to set up a private company to generate power for the area using the wind. They had to
fight opposition from local government and other local residents, who thought the turbines would
be noisy and might interfere with television signals, but eventually, after showing local officials
working wind farms in Denmark, they won and now there are 10 huge white wind turbines on the
Delabole hills.

It is in Germany and Denmark that the greatest advances in wind power have come. Germany
alone produces half of the wind generated electricity in Europe. Every year Germany adds 400
Megawatts (Mw) of capacity. In 2000 alone capacity expanded by 1669 Mw. Denmark now
produces 30% of its electricity from wind power and this is predicted to rise to 50% by 2010. Both
countries have encouraged this growth by “fixed feed tariffs” which guarantee a good price for
private wind power operators.

Complete the following summary of the third paragraph from the above passage

British Wind Power

While there was a great deal of interest in wind power in the 1970s, it diminished in the 1980s.
This was mainly due to intense support for (7) ______________ power and little help in making
wind power affordable. So, even though Britain has some of the best winds in Europe, the first
wind farm was only built in 1991. The farm at Delabole came out of opposition by (8)
__________to a nuclear power plant. Initially, they were opposed by local officials due to fears
about noise and possible obstruction to (9) ___ _____ . This opposition was eventually overcome
only after they were shown successful examples from (10) ______________.

37. A. Lobby
B. Nuclear
C. Needs of
D. Pricing Structure

38. A. Locals
B. Workers
C. Private Company
D. Local Government

39. A. The Wind

B. The Plant
C. Television Signals
D. Local Officials

40. A. British Farm/British People

B. German Farm/Germany
C. Delabole Farm/Delabole
D. Danish Farm/Denmark

SECTION 2
Write a summary approximately in 50 words from the Reading Passage 1 on page 1
Write your summary on the ANSWER SHEET