Soal Bahasa Inggris USM STIS 2014

Waktu : 60 Menit

Petunjuk

 Di bawah setiap soal dicantumkan 5 kemungkinan jawaban masing masing diberi

kode A, B, C, D atau E. Gunakan pensil 2B untuk menghitamkan lingkaran yang
berisi kode jawaban yang saudara anggap benar pada lembar jawaban computer
(LJK)

 Nilai Jawaban tiap soal adalah :

2 untuk jawaban benar
0 untuk tidak ada jawaban
-1 untuk jawaban salah

 Mengganti jawaban dilakukan dengan cara melingkari kode jawaban baru yang
dipilih kemudian bubuhkan tanda silang di dalam lingkaran jawaban sebelumnya.

 Lembar jawaban tidak boleh kotor dan terlipat

 Hanya lembar jawaban yang dikumpulkan, sedangkan soal bisa dibawa pulang.

Selamat Mengerjakan

Kemasi tasmu, sekerat roti dan beberapa buku. Lalu pergilah,

bersama di barisan orang-orang yang berjuang.
1. The reading habit _______
nowadays: the students read
more from their gadget than
from books and other printed
materials.
6. „Do you teach all the tourists
how to do batik painting?‟
„No, only those ________ in
batik.‟

A. is changing A. interested
B. changes B. interest
C. changed C. interesting
D. have changed D. to be interested
E. has changed E. to be interesting

2. The Grand Canyon _______ 7. Joey lost a fortune in the stock

thousands of tourists every market, __________ he still
year. seems able to live quite
comfortably.
A. views
B. was viewed by A. though
C. viewed B. and
D. view C. but
E. is viewed by D. also
E. as well as
3. A presidential candidate
boasts in a campaign. “If I 8. He literally stitched mail sacks
_______ president, I ______ the _________
social security system.”
A. when his finger bled
A. become; will change B. after his finger bled
B. became; will change C. before his finger bled
C. will become; will change D. until his finger bled
D. would become; would E. upon his finger bled
change
E. am; will change 9. Producing fine paintings
_________ skill and creativity.
4. He wishes he hadn‟t forgotten
his promise. This means that A. require
_______. B. requires
C. is required
A. he tried not to forget his D. it‟s required
promise E. requiring
B. he did not forget his
promise 10. It is believe that ________ city
C. he forgets his promise of Damascus will take a long
D. he forgot his promise time to rebuild.
E. he could not forget his
promise A. it is tremendously damage
B. the tremendously
5. The only solution is _________. damaged
C. the damage is
A. lowering the standards tremendously
B. for lowering the standards D. the tremendously
C. to lower the standards damaging
D. being lowered E. it is the tremendously
E. by lower the standard damaged
 D. would have gone; have not
11. We can rebuild. Enlarge the enjoyed
containment field. Make it E. would go; never enjoy
___________ than ever! But we
need money. 16. The metal beams ________ the
saltwater.
A. big and strong
B. big and stronger A. eventually corrode
C. much more bigger and B. eventually corrodes
stronger C. has been eventually
D. bigger and stronger corroded by
E. much big and strong D. were eventually corroded
by
12. The first ____________ river was E. is eventually corroded by
Citamba located in Kuningan
West Java. 17. If we _______ this coming
match, we _______ for the
A. made by man semifinals.
B. making man
C. man-made A. won; were qualified
D. that is man-made B. had won; would have been
E. man-making qualified
C. would win; will be qualified
13. Anto: Excuse me, Tanti D. win; will be qualified
Tanti: Yes? E. would have won; shall
Anto: I wonder if you could qualified
lend me your algebra book. I
am doing my homework. 18. Suppose she __________ here.
Tanti: Oh sure. Here it is. What would you say?

The underlined expression is A. is

used to express ______________. B. was
A. Giving permission C. were
B. Certainly D. is being
C. Pleasure E. will be
D. Capability
E. Possiblity 19. ________ in advance somehow
makes him smarter in almost
14. I __________ English for seven all lessons in class.
years now.
A. Preparing
A. learn B. To prepare
B. have learned C. By preparing
C. was learning D. Prepares
D. learned E. Prepared
E. have been learning
20. Scientists believe that sleep is
15. Before I ________ to London, I the single most important
___________ learning English. factor _______ to general
health, before even diet or
A. had gone; enjoyed exercise.
B. went: did not enjoy
C. went; had not enjoyed A. contribute
B. contribution
 C. contributing 25. Rian: „Why did Ria fail in the
D. contributory oral test?‟
E. contributed Eko: „It was because ______‟

21. That is not what I meant to A. she answered nervously

say, _________ should you the question
interpret my statement as an B. she nervously answered
admission of guilt. the question
C. nervously the answered
A. and the question
B. but D. she answered the
C. or questioned nervously
D. that E. the question she answered
E. nor nervously

22. Because of the accident, the 26. The school director had had
car __________ has broken the students __________ their
down. lessons before the exam
begin.
A. which your wife sold to me
last week A. to review
B. since your wife sold to me B. reviewing
last week C. reviewed
C. as your wife sold to me D. review
last week E. reviews
D. while your wife sold to me
last week 27. Change this indirect speech
E. did your wife sell to me into the direct one!
last week The teacher advised Joko not
to be lazy.
23. Each of delegates at the
International Conference for A. The teacher said, “Not to
women read a statement of be lazy.”
policy from __________ country. B. The teacher said, “Do not
to be lazy.”
A. theirs C. The teacher said, “Lazy do
B. their not be.”
C. hers D. The teacher said, “You not
D. her lazy.”
E. his E. The teacher said, “Do not
be lazy.”
24. They own an ________________
cutting knife. 28. The way Prof. Molenberghs
teaches Mathematics not only
A. enormous and long- keeps the student‟s interest
handled _____________
B. enormous also long-
handled A. and also increasing their
C. enormous but long- motivation
handled B. but increase their
D. enormous with long- motivation as well
handled C. and also to increase their
E. enormous, long-handled motivation
 D. and he also increasing 33. Although the coupe has been
their motivation married for five years, they are
E. and also increasing their still ________.
motivation
A. Childish
29. The water flooding the street B. Childbirth
and ____ caused people to C. Childhood
panic and leave their valuable D. Childless
behind. (M) E. Childness

A. it was heavy storm 34. Our new principal, who was not
damaging houses used to _______ different
B. also the heavy storm arguments, was quite skeptic
getting the house looking at the criticism about
damages him.
C. the heavy storm damaging
the house A. Having
D. because the heavy storm B. Have
damaged the houses C. be having
E. the houses were damages D. be had
by heavy storm E. being had

30. When we lived in Boston, we 35. The craft was the first really
_______ in the restaurant next _________ airship.
to our flat. A. Success
B. Succeed
A. often ate C. Succeeded
B. often eat D. Succeessful
C. were used to eat E. Successfully
D. would often eat
E. have often eaten 36. Rustam: “Why are you sneezing?”
Effendi: “I am allergic to smoke.”
31. According to him, watchin a Rustam:”Oh, _________ for causing
football game is as interesting as you such inconvenience.”
_________.
A. Would you mind
A. the playing of basketball B. May I be excused
B. when he plays basketball C. I‟m terribly sorry
C. when playing basketball D. I beg you to apologize
D. playin basketball E. Please excuse me
E. played basketball
37. While at the moment I _________
32. If we knew what we were doing, it English grammar, I ________ to
would not be called research, read the texts in my English
________ (Albert Einstein). textbooks again.

A. is it? A. am revising; have already

B. isn‟t it? begun
C. wouldn‟t it? B. revise; begin
D. would we? C. have been revising; began
E. would it? D. revise; am beginning
E. am revising; am beginning
38. People would not need to take A. why does Hamid hope his
time off work ___________. international experience
will help him
A. if were they not sick B. why is Hamid hope his
B. if they are not sick international experience
C. should they not be sick will help him
D. Had they not been sick C. why Hamid hopes his
E. Were they not sick international experience
will help him
39. He requested that the car park D. why Hamid is hoped his
__________ locked at night. international experience
will help him
A. should not be E. why Hamid hopes his
B. not to be international experience
C. did not helps him will
D. is not being
E. was not 43. Neither the students nor their
headmaster ________ at the school
40. „He needs a visa because he is meeting since 8 AM.
foreigner.‟ We can also say,‟
________ he needs a visa.‟ A. are
B. have been
A. being a foreigner C. was
B. to be foreigner D. has been
C. having been a foreigner E. will have been
D. in being a foreigner
E. by being a foreigner 44. _______ is a beautiful island rich in
culture has been confirmed by
41. „I wondered how Azizah will ever tourist from around the world.
manage the business after her
father died in the tsunami in A. Bali
Aceh. She has both the expertise B. Whether Bali
in running the business and C. If Bali
______. D. That Bali
E. How Bali
A. the strong support from all
the members of her family 45. „Mother has an interior decorator
B. she is also supported by all design the living room‟. It means
the members of her family that _______.
C. all the members of the
family strongly support her A. Mother has to design the
to living room
D. she has the strong support B. Mother has asked the
from all the members of interior decorator to
her family design the living room
E. there is strong support C. The living room has
from all the members of already been designed by
her family an interior decorator
D. Mother has designed the
42. Please tell me living room as the interior
______________________. decorator instructed
E. The interior decorator
asked the mother whether
 she can design the living
room
46. Change this indirect speech into
the direct one!
Hasan said that he would give me
a pen
A. Hasan said, “I will give you
a pen.”
B. Hasan said, “He will give
you a pen.”
C. Hasan said, “I would give
you a pen.”
D. Hasan said, “He would give
you a pen.”
E. Hasan said, “I will give him
a pen.”
47. „I wonder why Fadelia has not
contacted me for so long‟ „She
_________ busy looking after her
two year-old daughter as her
baby sitter has resigned.‟
A. has to be
B. should have been
C. might have been
D. must be
E. must have been
48. Father: „Which one do you want
for your birthday present,
Pahlevina, a pir of shoes or a
dress?‟
Pahleviana: I‟d rather have a dress
than a pair of shoes.”
From the dialogue above we
know that Pahleviana ___________.
A. prefers to have a dress
rather than a pair of shoes
B. prefers a dress than a pair
of shoes
C. prefers a dress to a pair of
shoes
D. prefers have dress to a pair
of shoes
E. prefers having a dress than
a pair of shoes
49. Dani: “Why are you here? You are
supposed to be at your statistics
class, aren‟t you?
Jacob: “I wish there were no
statistics class today. I have to
bring my parents to the hospital.”
From the underlying sentence we
may conclude that __________.
A. Jacob had no statistics
class today
B. Jacob has no statistics
class today
C. Dani had no statistics class
today
D. Jacob has statistics class
today
E. Dani has statistics class
today
50. The excellence of gift a lies in
how appropriate it is __________.
A. more than how valuable it
is
B. rather than how valuable it
is
C. how valuable it is
D. over how valuable it is
E. than how valuable it is
VOCABULARY and READING
COMPREHENSION
In this section you will read several
articles. Please read them carefully and
choos the most correct answer on A, B,
C, D, or E
Reading 1.
Expert have expressed their
concern that the country could lose its
opportunity to reap benefits from the
so-called demographic dividend unless
the government invested more in
projects to improve human resource
capital. While the other fast-growing
economics in the region, including
China and Japan, fast a graying
population, Indonesia is blessed with 60
percent of its 240 million people being
under 30 years age.
Indonesia is expected to reap the
benefits of a young population until
2025, after which the trend will reverse
and the population start to age. “The
government should really focus on
improving the quality of our human
resources to create high employment
and productivity during the peak period
of this demographic situation,” the
Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)
researcher Haryo Winarso said recently.
Public policy expert Sofian
Effendi said the demographic dividend
which should be reaped between 2020
and 2030, would allow Indonesia to have
a massive, young, productive labor force
with a low dependency ratio of 44
percent. “However, the main problem is
that Indonesia lacks skilled and effective
workers,” he said.
According to a 2012 survey
conducted by the Swiss-based
International Institute for Management
Development in 59 countries around the
world, Indonesia ranked as one of the
lowest in terms of human resource
productivity. The survey also reported
that most Indonesian workers toiled for
long hours but only produced small
gains.
“The survey reveals that most
workers in Indonesia are junior high
school graduates with low levels of
efficiency and knowledge,” he said.
Anies Baswedan, the founder of
Indonesia Mengajar (Indonesia Teaches),
a foundation that sends top university
graduates to teach in the country‟s
remote areas, said the demographic
dividend could also be a curse due to
problems in the country‟s educational
system.
*adapted from: The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
|Headlines| Mon, August 26 2013,-
Headline News
51. To be able to reap from its
people, the article tells us that
Indonesian government should
_________.
A. pay more attention to all
people
B. pay attention to the
quality of the women
C. invest more on its massive
young potential human
resources
D. see the opportunity to
reap with precaution
E. benefit from its huge
number of population
52. From the reading above we learn
that demographic dividend is
_________.
A. when Indonesia could
benefit from its productive
labor force
B. too many old people out
of the total population
C. the condition that there
are less young productive
than other age group
D. a small youn potential
group of workers
E. population opportunity to
reap with a long
precaution only
53. The 2012 survey says that
Indonesia belongs to the group
of countries with the lowest
productivity due to ____________.
A. short working hours and
producing so little
B. low level of education on
the average
C. massive young potential
but no low qualification
D. low level of efficiency
compared to that of other
countries
E. low competitiveness as the
result of educational
system
54. It is said that the major problem
that could slow Indonesia to have
demographic dividend is
__________.
A. too many people in
remote areas
B. the school facilities are
unequal
C. the government should
see the opportunity to
reap with precaution
 D. that Indonesia should
learn from other countries
E. most workers are Junior
high school graduates or
less
55. Choose the most appropriate
conclusion for the above articles
57. The expression “fast-growing
economies” means ____________.
A. rapid economic growth
B. fast-food economies
C. economically efficient
D. beneficial economies
E. free trade economies

A. Demographic dividend is 58. The expression “public policy”

only an expectation to means ________.
know
B. Indonesia is expected to A. general law
enjoy demographic bonus B. policies for the benefit for
during 2020-2030 all people
C. Demographic dividend if C. policies made by people
only the massive young D. public decision
potential is in a good E. public interest
qualification
D. Indonesia is left behind 59. The word “curse” in the final
compared to other paragraph means __________.
countries
E. the big problem remains A. fortune
on the educational system B. negative consequence
C. magic
56. Most of Indonesian workers D. good luck
toiled for long hours but only E. blessing
produced small gains. The bold
term means __________. 60. The closest meaning of the word
“lacks” in the third paragraph is
A. working for long time __________.
B. working hard
C. sweat too much A. enough
D. working enthusiastically B. sufficient
E. working only few hours C. proper
D. inadequate
E. just right