1. Maliq and Jessica ________ D.

If she had finished her

stomachache after eating those homework
donuts. E. If she finishes her homework
A. Are D. Feel
B. Have felt E. Have been feel 5. “Can we postpone the tournament
C. Are feeling until Saturday?”
“I don’t think so, I ________ football
2. I could have answered this question. that day.”
This sentence means that _________ . A. Would play
A. I did answered this question B. Have been playing
B. I didn’t answered this question C. Played
C. I didn’t answered that question D. Am going to play
D. I did answered that question E. Will have been playing
E. I don’t answer that question
6. When i entered the room, the
3. _________ discussed before the solution _________ by them.
director proposed it. A. Were being figured out
A. The economic crisis was being B. Was being figured out
B. The economic crisis has had C. Has been figured
C. The economic crisis was D. Was being figure
D. The economic crisis had been E. Figured out
E. The economic crisis would has
been 7. “The earthquake happening at
about 3 o’clock yesterday caused
4. Intan said to Ariska, “Did you finish many people to panic.”
your homework?” “Including me, as I _________ on the
Intan asked Ariska _________ . third-floor of my office at that time.”
A. Whether she finished her A. Had been working
homework B. Worked
B. Whether she has finished her C. Was working
homework D. Have been working
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8. He _________ the Tonas results sent to 12. The Anthropologist has been
his home address yesterday. studying that tribe for the last five
A. Have D. Had Had years.” It means:
B. Had E. Had Has He _________ that tribe.
C. Has Had A. Studied
B. Was still studying
9. Afnan : “Oh God! I think Ruli C. Had finished studying
could have past the exam.” D. Is still studying
Barack : “Yeah... He might haven’t E. Has finished studying
studied harder.”
The underline word means that 13. I always admire artists who
________. succeeded in winning the Citra
A. Perhaps Ruli studied harder Trophy.
B. Perhaps Afnan wasn’t study hard I’m sure they ___________ for it.
C. Ruli must have studied harder A. Must have worked hard
D. Ruli didn’t past the exam B. Should be working hard
E. Probably Ruli was study hard C. Had rather work hard
D. Ought to work hard
10. My brother, who was not used to E. Would have worked hard
_________ a room with someone else,
was quite unhappy when he 14. “Jules, you should have given the
couldn’t have his own room in the letter from the Headmaster to your
dormitory. parents.”
A. Be shared D. Be sharing That means that Jules _________ .
B. Sharing E. Shared A. Gave the letter to his parent
C. Share B. Will give the letter to his parents
C. Was giving the letter to his
11. I _________ by someone. parents
A. Have been following D. Is not giving the letter to his
B. Has been followed parents
C. Am following E. Didn’t give the letter to his
D. Am being followed parent
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15. “I wonder where my reading glasses 19. Anna : “Why don’t you ask Rachel
are. Have you seen them?” to come along with us to the
“No, I haven’t. You _________ left them movie?”
in the office.” Jessica : “I did, but she _________
A. Should have stayed at home.”
B. Should be having A. Would Prefer D. Might
C. Must be having B. Prefer E. Would rather
D. Could have C. Could
E. Ought to have
20. She is just perfect to me. Because
16. My girlfriend would rather that I she is ________ .
would marry her soon. A. Intelligence, patience, and beauty
The sentence means _________ . B. Intelligence, patient, and
A. I will not marry her soon beautiful
B. I will marry her soon C. Intelligent, patience, and beauty
C. I have got married to her D. Intelligent, patient, and beautiful
D. I got married to her E. Intelligence, patience, and
E. I have married her beautifully

17. They really forgot to ask us _______ . 21. He continued playing game _________
A. Why are the students absent his mom called him
B. Why the students are absent A. Although D. Despite
C. Why the students were absent B. Furthermore E. Owning to
D. If the students are absent C. However
E. When the students are absent
22. Ms. Shelivta said to Mr. Dylan, “I
18. I really must get _________ my laptop. have bought two book in Periplus.”
A. Somebody fix The indirect speech of the sentence
B. Somebody fixing is Ms. Shelivta said to Dylan that
C. Somebody fixed _________ two books in Periplus.
D. Somebody to fix A. He had bought D. He bought
E. Somebody to fixing B. She had bought E. She bought
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23. He prepared himself very well B. Had Hated ; would not called
before test. He brought pencil, C. Had hated ; would not been
eraser, and even _________ . called
A. A black rectangular wooden ruler D. Had hated ; would not have
B. A rectangular black wooden ruler called
C. A rectangular wooden black ruler E. Have hated ; would not had
D. A wooden rectangular black ruler called
E. A wooden black rectangular ruler
26. The cat _________ fur is brown have
24. Learning to play a musical five kittens.
instrument often motivates a child A. Where D. Which
to be disciplined and focused, B. Whose E. Who
_________ it can impart a feeling of C. Whom
social worth.
A. Because D. Moreover 27. Talking excitedly to each other, they
B. And E. Although forgot to finish the exercises.
C. So The underlined word means
_________ , they forgot to finish the
25. New Orleans was founded by the exercises.
French. It first had a French name, A. Although they talked excitedly
Nouvelle-Orléans, in honor of the B. In order that they could talk
Duke of Orleans, King of France. The excitedly
city lies on the river Mississippi and C. Because they were talking
a riverboat cruise on the Mississippi excitedly
is an unforgettable experience. New D. When they had talked excitedly
Orleans is also an important center E. If they talked excitedly
for music, especially for jazz and
rhythm and blues. 28. Risna bought a Rp.150.000 shoes on
If the founders of the city (hate) sale at 20% off. How much did she
________ the King of France, they (call pay, including 10% sales tax?
/ not) _________ the place Nouvelle- A. Rp 108.000,- D. Rp 132.000,-
Orléans in honor of him. B. Rp 120.000,- E. Rp 132.200,-
A. Have hated ; would not called C. Rp 121.200,-

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29. The speed of sound is _________ the 34. The doctor gained immediate
speed of light. _________ for his great discovery.
A. Slower D. As slow A. Recognize D. Recognizing
B. Much slower than E. Slowest B. Recognizable E. Recognizely
C. The slowest C. Recognition

30. Dito : “My parents have just bought 35. The installation on various high-
a new car”. tech electrical devices in BPS
Fina : “What a coincidence! ________ .” _________ a sophisticated safety
A. My father has too system.
B. Also my father A. Requiring D. Require
C. So does my father B. Requires E. It requires
D. My father does too C. To require
E. He also too
36. Various types of fog are essentially
31. I _________ to have orange juice. clouds that form at the Earth’s
A. Would prefer D. Like surface, produced by temperature
B. Prefer E. Would rather differences and moisture in the air.
C. Had better As warm, moisture-laden air cools,
its relative humidity (the amount of
32. According to the census, the moisture that air can contain, which
number of poor people in our depends on the temperature)
country _________ drastically. increases. Warm air can hold more
A. To decrease water vapor than cold air. So if the
B. Decrease air is cooled sufficiently it will reach
C. Has decreased saturation, or the dew point, at
D. They decreased which point the moisture begins to
E. It decreases condense out of the air and forms
water droplets, creating fogs.
33. She’s smart, but arrogant, _________ ? It can be concluded from the
A. Has she D. Isn’t she passage that _________ .
B. Hasn’t she E. Does she A. Foggy days are caused by cold
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 B. Fog is likely to form in desert C. Barbara is calling his father when
areas Angel wants to borrow his
C. Warm air can hold more water mobile phone
vapor than cold air D. Barbara gives his phone to Angel
D. Fog could form on a cold evening when he meet her
after a warm day E. Angel needs to borrow Barbara’s
E. Hot, humid days are usually phone, but he can’t give
followed by cold, foggy nights
39. My wallet’s _________ on the bus to
37. _________ is regarded as a social Venezuela by someone.
science because it uses scientific A. Nicked D. Left
methods to build theories that can B. Brought E. Dissolved
help explain the behavior of C. Gone
individuals, groups and
organizations. 40. I’m all packed and ready to go; I can
A. Economic D. Economics leave at the drop of a _________ .
B. Economy E. Economical A. Glass D. Leaf
C. Economize B. Hat E. Water
C. Fog
38. Angel : “Barbara, do you have
your mobile phone with you?” 41. That chair seems a little _________ . It
Barbara : “Yes Angel, Why?” shakes a bit when you sit on it.
Angel : ”Can I borrow it, please? A. Inverted D. Burly
I need to make a quick call to my B. Small E. Wobble
father.” C. Cheap
Barbara : “I’m running out of
mobile credit.” 42. He said that he's not comfortable in
From the dialogue we know that social events. He’s (a/an) _________ .
_________ . A. Activist D. Shy
A. Barbara borrows Angel’s phone B. Introvert E. Busy man
to call his father C. Social butterfly
B. Angel and Barbara don’t have
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43. Anisya went to her oculist last night 47. Sun loungers and pavilion areas
because her _________ hurt. create ample space for leisure and a
A. Hands D. Heads regular program of water sports
B. Fingers E. Ears and activities is held daily. The
C. Eyes underlined word has same meaning
with _________ .
44. He was asked to disclose A. Far D. Wide
government secrets in exchange for B. Plenty E. Big
money. The underlined word is C. Large
closest in meaning to _________ .
A. Open D. Show 48. Gabriel Fawcett investigates how
B. Keep E. Reveal the Germans commemorate the
C. See losses they sustained in the First
and Second World Wars.
45. We all seemed to be astonished by Commemorate means _________ .
the view until we realized that there A. To provide proof, to say
was a huge wave coming towards us something is true with strong
and destroying everything in its argument
way. The underlined word has the B. To drive away or push back
same meaning with _________. C. To call back, to withdraw
A. Pleased D. Delighted D. To remember an important event
B. Panicked E. Scared through ceremony or
C. Amazed observation.
E. A historical account arranged in
46. A revolutionary new scientific order of time
method may soon help to alter
people’s physical appearance Reading 1 (For Question 49-50)
without the need for surgery. The The rain began early in the
underlined word can be replaced by morning. It fell as hard drops, one after
_________ . another. The sky was full of dark purple
A. Change D. Take clouds. Thunder began as a soft rumble
B. Execute E. Hide and became louder and louder.
C. Help

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Lightning crashed every few minutes,
making The sky in a brilliant white.
49. What is the main idea of the
following text?
A. The farms needed the rain.
B. The thunder hurt the people’s
ears.
C. Lightning made the sky bright.
D. The storm was very strong.
E. The rain began early in the
morning.
50. How could the sky become brilliant
white?
A. Lighting and the loud Thunder.
B. Full of the dark purple sky.
C. A soft rumble thunder.
D. The thunder and the purple sky.
E. Lighting strike continuously.
Reading 2 (For Question 51-52)
On Wednesday, my students and I
went to Yogyakarta. We stayed at
Dirgahayu Hotel which is not far from
Malioboro.
On Thursday, we visited the
temples in Prambanan. There are three
big temples, the Brahmana, Syiwa and
Wisnu temples. They are really amazing.
We visited only Brahmana and Syiwa
temples, because Wisnu temple is being
renovated.
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On Friday morning we went to
Yogya Kraton. We spent about two
hours there. We were lucky because we
were led by a smart and friendly guide.
Then we continued our journey to
Borobudur. We arrived there at four
p.m. At 5 p.m. we heard the
announcement that Borobudur gate
would be closed.
In the evening we left for Jakarta
by wisata bus.
51. Why did they only visit Brahmana
and Syiwa temples?
A. Because there was no wisnu
temple.
B. Because wisnu temple was
amazing.
C. Because wisnu temple was too
small.
D. Because wisnu temple was being
repaired
E. Because wisnu temple was being
destroyed.
52. When did they go home?
A. On Saturday morning
B. On Friday evening
C. On Thursday evening
D. On Friday afternoon
E. On Saturday evening
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Reading 3 (For Question 53-55)
The first two decades of this
century were dominated by the microbe
hunters. These hunters had tracked
down one after another of the microbes
responsible for the most dreaded
scourges of many centuries:
tuberculosis, cholera, diphtheria. But
there, remained some terrible diseases
for which no microbe could be
incriminated: scurvy, pellagra, rickets,
beriberi. Then it was discovered that
these diseases were caused by the lack
of vitamins, a trace substance in the diet.
The diseases could be prevented or
cured by consuming foods that
contained the vitamins. And so in the
decades of the 1920’s and 1930’s,
nutrition became a science and the
vitamin hunters replaced the microbe
hunters.
In the 1940’s and 1950’s,
biochemists strived to learn why each of
the vitamins was essential for health.
They discovered that key enzymes in
metabolism depend on one or another
of the vitamins as coenzymes to perform
the chemistry that provides cells with
energy for growth and function. Now,
these enzyme hunters occupied center
stage. You are aware that the enzyme
hunters have been replaced by a new
breed of hunters who are tracking
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genes-the blueprints for each of the
enzymes-and are discovering the
defective genes that cause inherited
diseases-diabetes, cystic fibrosis. These
gene hunters, or genetic engineers, use
recombinant DNA technology to identify
and clone genes and introduce them
into bacterial cells and plants to create
factories for the massive production of
hormones and vaccines for medicine
and for better crops for agriculture.
Biotechnology has become a
multibillion-dollar industry.
In view of the inexorable progress
in science, we can expect that the gene
hunters will be replaced in the spotlight.
When and by whom? Which kind of
hunter will dominate the scene in the
last decade of our waning century and in
the early decades of the next? I wonder
whether the hunters who will occupy
the spotlight will be neurobiologists
who apply the techniques of the enzyme
and gene hunters to the functions of the
brain: What to call them? The head
hunters. I will return to them later.
53. According to the passage, all of the
following were true, except _________.
A. Hunters had tracked down the
source of the disease
B. Biochemist discovered that key
enzymes in metabolism depend
on one or another of vitamins
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 C. The enzyme hunters have been
replaced by a new breed of
hunters
D. The use of recombinant DNA
technologies are to identify and
clone genes and introduce them
into bacterial cells and plants
E. In the first two decades, the
hunters discovered that scurvy,
pellagra, rickets, beriberi were
caused by the lack of vitamins
54. Which of the following can be cured
by a change in diet?
A. Tuberculosis D. Pellagra
B. Cholera E. Diphtheria
C. Cystic fibrosis
55. The author implies that the most
important medical research topic of
the future will be
A. The functions of the brain
B. Inherited diseases
C. The operation of vitamins
D. The structure of genes
E. Cells function
Reading 3 (For Question 56-57)
Technology has highly evolved
over time. In fact, nowadays almost
everybody has some sort of machine at
hand, be it computers, cars, or even
washing machines. But although
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machinery was devised to benefit
mankind, it has also brought along many
flaws to match.
Firstly, when it comes to
technological equipment such as
computers, disruption most often arises
between the person using the computer,
and the household he or she is
surrounded by, or living with. For
example, many old family traditions
such as eating meals with your relatives
at the dining table seldom take place
now that one of the family members
might be too busy working on his Mac.
laptop. Thus, family values and morals
have changed in order to adapt to this
technological age.
Secondly, having many kinds of
machinery at hand is not only
destroying family traditions, but also
very harmful to our environment. Many
people are careless about allowing their
car engines to run haphazardly, or
leaving their laptops on for long periods
of time, however they do not seem
aware of the fact that all this energy and
electricity consumption is dangerous to
not only our local environment, but to
the world as a whole. Additionally, it is
the over-usage of machinery, big or
small that is bringing our society ever
closer to Global Warming, and we must
stop.
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technological equipment was never
programmed to damage nature per se-
by itself, but to help people all around
the globe. Now that nuclear families
aren’t as closely intact compared to the
1950s or 1990s, technology has given us
an alternative method to keep in touch
with our relatives thanks to computer
applications such as Skype, or even cell
phone applications such as VIBER or
WhatsApp. Machinery has most
definitely done wonders in our lives,
and we as people should be grateful to
easily possess cars, and/or phones
when poorer countries do not even have
the chance to.
However, with all the advantages
machinery has brought to us all, I
personally believe that possessing too
many cars or phones, or even
consuming too much of their energy and
battery is beginning to get out of hand
and needs to be controlled.
56. The underlined word in the text
refers to _________. (Third Paragraph)
A. Summarily D. Hastily
B. Rashly E. Giddily
C. hurry-scurry
57. Which of the following statement
does not represent the writer’s
opinion?
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A. It is not a good thing to run the
vehicle engines haphazardly.
B. Possessing too many gadgets is
the beginning to get out of hand.
C. Having many kinds of machinery
is very harmful to our
environment.
D. Technological equipment was
ever programmed to damage
nature.
E. The use of technology now a day
needs to be controlled.
Reading 4 (For Question 58-60)
On the surface, low fare airlines
seem to be a very food deal especially
for people who travel frequently or have
limited budgets. Browse through
different airline companies and talk to
frequent passangers to know the
specifics on low-cost flying. It is
important to weigh the pros and cons
first to determine if you’re truly getting
a good deal.
On one hand, low fare airlines are
advantegeous. They offer low prices so
passangers can save as much as 50% to
80%, especially when booking early.
These airline companies usually serve a
few routes and can provide clients with
more competitive prices.
Low fare airline companies hold
frequent promotions, providing big
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discounts on airfares for certain routes
and available for a few days to book.
Checking the official website of an
airline will present the available tickets
for particular destinations. Choose the
destination place and date, then reserve.
Besides, several airlines offer low
cost tickets because they have new
planes. Passangers get to enjoy state-of-
the-art features and amenities, as well
as a smooth and seamless flight
experience.
Furthermore, the prices could
even be lower if you’re travelling during
non-peak hours or days. If you have a
definite schedule prepared, you can
book flights in advance and enjoy a
stress-free trip.
However, for every low-fare deal a
passangers will supposedly enjoy, there
is always a compromise on this.
There are many occassion when
travelers realise that they’re paying only
a portion of the total package. There
may be hidden fees,taxes, insurance
costs and other added expenses that will
increase the amount significantly. It’s
important to verify the total cost first.
Besides that, several low-fare airlines
will require you to buy a return ticket.
The cost will generally be the same or
even more expensive than getting a
regular one-way ticket.
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Another disadvantage is that many
low-cost flights will limit your options to
non-peak hours or days. Airlines usually
offer cheap tickets for very early
morning or midnight flights. Several
people also realise that they can have
their flight delayed or cancelled
altogether.
Generally, discounted airline
tickets do not allow refunds. The no
refund policy will require you to
schedule your flight properly.
Reschedulling might lead to big costs
that equal the cost of regular tickets.
One more thing, passangers are
also restricted to carry on luggage only
when using low-fare tickets. You will be
charged extra for checking in or have to
pay huge fees for excess baggage.
In conclusion, before buying low-
fare tickets, check the background and
reputation of the low-fare airline
company. Get feedback from frequent
travellers, then keep an eye out for great
deals on the official website.
58. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To discuss a topic with two point
of view.
B. To explain how to search for low-
fare tickets.
C. To describe the advantages of
low-fare tickets.
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low-fare airlines.
E. To persuade people to buy low
fare tickets.

59. Which is the advantage of buying

low-fare tickets?
A. No refund
B. Hidden fares
C. Discounted prices
D. Bad schedule
E. Restricted baggage

60. From the text we can conclude that

low fare airline is not suitable for
_________.
A. People who travel frequently
B. Have limited budgets
C. People who bring less luggage
D. Busy people
E. Early booker

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