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PAKET SOAL B. INGGRIS SSN 1

TAHUN 2019/2020

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TES BAHASA INGGRIS

(NOMOR 1 s.d. 40)

READING COMPREHENSION
Read the passage carefully and select the one correct answer from the four choices (A, B, C, or, D)!

Reading 1 for questions 1 – 7

Line With its radiant color and plantlike shape, the sea anemone looks more like a flower than an animal.
More specifically, the sea anemone is formed quite like the flower for which it is named, with a body like
a stem and tentacles like petals in brilliant shades of blue, green, pink, and red. Its diameter varies from
about six millimeters in some species to more than ninety centimeters in the giant varieties of Australia.
5 Like corals, hydras, and jellyfish, sea anemones are coelenterates. They can move slowly, but more often
they attach the lower part of their cylindrical bodies to rocks, shells, or wharf pilings. The upper end of
the sea anemone has a mouth surrounded by tentacles that the animal uses to capture its food. Stinging
cells in the tentacles throw out tiny poison threads that paralyze other small sea animals. The tentacles
then drag this prey into the sea anemone's mouth. The food is digested in the large inner body cavity.
10 When disturbed, a sea anemone retracts its tentacles and shortens its body so that it resembles a lump
on a rock. Anemones may reproduce by forming eggs, dividing in half or developing buds that grow and
break off as
independent animals.

1. The word "shape" in line 1 is closest in meaning to 5. The word "disturbed" in line 10 is closest in
which of the following? meaning to which of the following?
A. length A. bothered
B. grace B. hungry
C. form C. tired
D. nature D. sick

2. According to the passage, which of the following 6. The sea anemone reproduces by …
statements is not true about sea anemones? A. budding only
A. They are usually tiny. B. forming eggs only
B. They have flexible bodies. C. budding or dividing only
C. They are related to jellyfish. D. budding, forming eggs, or dividing
D. They are usually brightly colored.

3. It can be inferred from the passage that sea 7. Where does the author mention the sea
anemones are usually found … anemone's food-gathering technique?
A. attached to stationary surfaces A. Lines 1-2
B. hidden inside cylindrical objects B. Lines 3-5
C. floating among underwater flowers C. Lines 6-9
D. chasing prey around wharf pilings D. Lines 10-12

4. The word "capture" in line 7 is closest in meaning

to which of the following?
A. catch
B. control
C. cover
D. clean

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Reading 2 for questions 8 – 14

Line Archaeology is a source of history, not just a humble auxiliary discipline. Archaeological data are
historical documents in their own right, not mere illustrations to written texts. Just as much as any other
historian, an archaeologist studies and tries to reconstitute the process that has created the human
world in which we live-and us ourselves in so far as we are each creatures of our age and social
5 environment. Archaeological data are all changes in the material world resulting from human action or,
more succinctly, the fossilized results of human behavior. The sum total of these constitute what may be
called the archaeological record. This record exhibits certain peculiarities and deficiencies the
consequences of which produce a rather superficial contrast between archaeological history and the
more familiar kind based upon written records.
10 Not all human behavior fossilizes. The words I utter and you hear as vibrations in the air are
certainly human changes in the material world and may be of great historical significance. Yet they leave
no sort of trace in the archaeological records unless they are captured by a Dictaphone or written down
by a clerk. The movement of troops on the battlefield may "change the course of history", but this is
equally ephemeral from the archaeologist's standpoint. What is perhaps worse, most organic materials
15 are perishable. Everything made of wood, hide wool, linen, grass hair, and similar materials will decay
and vanish in dust in a few years or centuries, save under very exceptional conditions. In a relatively brief
period the archaeological record is reduced to mere scraps of stone, bone, glass, metal, and
earthenware. Still modern archaeology, by applying appropriate techniques and comparative methods,
aided by a few lucky finds from peat bogs, deserts, and frozen soils, is able to fill up a good deal of the
gap.
Source: “A Collection of TOEFL Reading Comprehension”

8. What is the author's main purpose in the passage? 12. The author mentions all of the following
A. To point out the importance of recent archaeological discovery sites except, …
advances in archaeology A. urban areas
B. To describe an archaeologist’s education B. peat bogs
C. To explain how archaeology is a source of C. very hot and dry lands
history D. earth that has been frozen
D. To encourage more people to become
archaeologists

9. According to the passage, the archaeological 13. The paragraph following the passage most
record consists of … probably discusses …
A. spoken words of great historical significance A. techniques for recording oral histories
B. the fossilize results of human activity B. certain battlefield excavation methods
C. organic materials C. some specific archaeological discoveries
D. ephemeral ideas D. building materials of the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries

10. The word "they" in line 11 refers to … 14. The word “constitute” in line 6 is closest in
A. scraps meaning to …
B. words A. define
C. troops B. rule
D. humans C. manage
D. form

11. Which of the following is not mentioned as an

example of an organic material?
A. stone
B. wool
C. grass
D. hair
Reading 3 for questions 15 – 20

Line The theory of plate tectonics describes the motions of the lithosphere, the comparatively rigid outer
layer of the Earth that includes all the crust and part of the underlying mantle. The lithosphere is divided into
a few dozen plates of various sizes and shapes, in general the plates are in motion with respect to one
another. A mid-ocean ridge is a boundary between plates where new lithospheric material is injected from
5 below. As the plates diverge from a mid-ocean ridge they slide on a more yielding layer at the base of the
lithosphere.
Since the size of the Earth is essentially constant, new lithosphere can be created at the mid-ocean
ridges only if an equal amount of lithospheric material is consumed elsewhere. The site of this destruction is
another kind of plate boundary: a subduction zone. There one plate dives under the edge of another and is
10 reincorporated into the mantle. Both kinds of plate boundary are associated with fault systems, earthquakes
and volcanism, but the kinds of geologic activity observed at the two boundaries are quite different.
The idea of sea-floor spreading actually preceded the theory of plate tectonics. In its original version,
in the early 1960’s, it described the creation and destruction of the ocean floor, but it did not specify rigid
lithospheric plates. The hypothesis was substantiated soon afterward by the discovery that periodic reversals
15 of the Earth's magnetic field are recorded in the oceanic crust. As magma rises under the mid-ocean ridge.
ferromagnetic minerals in the magma become magnetized in the direction of the geomagnetic field. When
the magma cooks and solidifies, the direction and the polarity of the field are preserved in the magnetized
volcanic rock. Reversals of the field give rise to a series of magnetic stripes running parallel to the axis of the
rift. The oceanic crust thus serves as a magnetic tape recording of the history of the geomagnetic field that
20 can be dated independently the width of the stripes indicates the rate of the sea-floor spreading.
Source: “A Collection of TOEFL Reading Comprehension”

15. What is the main topic of the passage? 18. According to the passage, which of the following
A. Magnetic field reversal statements about the lithosphere is least likely to
B. The formation of magma be true?
C. The location of mid-ocean ridges A. It is a relatively inflexible layer of the Earth
D. Plate tectonic theory B. It is made up entirely of volcanic ash
C. It includes the crust and some of the mantle
of the Earth
D. It is divided into plates of various shapes and
sizes

16. According to the passage, there are 19. What does the author imply about the periodic
approximately how many lithospheric plates? reversal of the Earth's magnetic field?
A. six A. It is inexplicable
B. twelve B. It supports the hypothesis of sea-floor
C. twenty-four or more spreading
D. one thousand nine hundred C. It was discovery before the 1960's
D. It indicates the amount of magma present

17. Which of the following is true about tectonic
plates?
A. They are moving in relationship to one other
B. They have unchanging borders
C. They are located far beneath the lithosphere
D. They have the same shape
20. The author states that the width of the stripes
preserved in magnetized volcanic rock give
information about the …
A. date of a volcanic eruption
B. speed of sea-floor spreading
C. width of oceanic crust
D. future behavior of the geomagnetic field
Reading 4 for questions 21 – 26

Line Schizophrenia is a chronic brain disorder that affects about one percent of the population. When
Schizophrenia is active, symptoms can include delusions, hallucinations, trouble with thinking and
concentration and lack of motivation. However when these symptoms are treated, most people with
Schizophrenia will greatly improve over time.
5 While there is no cure for Schizophrenia, research is leading to new, safer treatments. Experts also
are unraveling the causes of the disease by studying genetics, conducting behavioral research and by
using advanced imaging to look at the brain’s structure and function. These approaches hold the promise
of new, more effective therapies.
The complexity of Schizophrenia may help explain why these are misconceptions about the
10 disease. Schizophrenia does not mean split personality or multiple-personality. Most people with
Schizophrenia are not dangerous or violent. They are not homeless nor do they live in hospitals. Most
people with Schizophrenia live with family, in group homes or on their own.
Research has shown that Schizophrenia affects men and women about equally but may have an
earlier onset in males. Rates are similar in all ethnic group around the world. Schizophrenia is considered
15 a group of disorders where causes and symptoms very considerable between individuals.
Source: https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/Schizophrenia/what-is-Schizophrenia

21. From the passage we can conclude that the 24. The world “unraveling” in line 6 is closest in
Schizophrenia is ... meaning to ...
A. incurable A. elaborating
B. untreatable B. binding
C. curable C. explaining
D. healable D. sticking

22. The word “they” in line 11 refers to ... 25. The world “violent” in line 11 is closest in meaning
A. men and women to ...
B. individuals A. kind
C. people with Schizophrenia B. rugged
D. homeless C. sedate
D. sober

23. The statements below are true, except ... 26. From the passage, we can construe that the
A. Schizophrenia is a chronic brain disorder that author’s attitude about the Schizophrenia is ...
affects the majority of the population A. sanguine
B. Schizophrenia is considered a group of B. doubt
disorders where causes and symptoms very C. quail
substantial between individuals D. recent
C. Schizophrenia is distinct with multiple-
personality
D. Schizophrenia affects an earlier onset in males
Reading 5 for questions 27 – 33

Line Anorexia Nervosa is a psychological and possibly life-threatening eating disorder defined by an
extremely low body weight relative to stature (this is called BMI [Body Mass Index] and is a function of an
individual’s height and weight), extreme and needless weight loss, illogical fear of weight gain, and
distorted perception of self-image and body.
5 Additionally, women and men who suffer from Anorexia Nervosa exemplify a fixation with a thin
figure and abnormal eating patterns. Anorexia Nervosa is interchangeable with the term Anorexia, which
refers to self-starvation and lack of appetite.
There are two common types of Anorexia, which are as follows, Binge/Purge Type – The individual
suffering from this type of eating disorder, will purge when he or she eats. This is typically a result of the
10 overwhelming feelings of guilt a sufferer would experience in relation to eating; they compensate by
vomiting, abusing laxatives, or excessively exercising. Then Restrictive – In this form, the individual will
fiercely limit the quantity of food consumed, characteristically ingesting a minimal amount that is well
below their body’s caloric needs, effectively slowly starving him or herself. Though two classifications of
Anorexia Nervosa exist, both types exhibit similar symptoms, such as irrational fear of weight gain and
15 abnormal eating patterns.
Anorexia is not a simple disorder. It has many symptoms and effects, and its causes are complex as
well. Currently, it is thought that Anorexia Nervosa develops as a result of multiple factors, both
biological and environmental. Examples of environmental factors that would contribute to the
occurrence of this eating disorder are: The effects of the thinness culture in media, that constantly
20 reinforce thin people as ideal stereotypes; Professions and careers that promote being thin and weight
loss, such as ballet and modeling; Family and childhood traumas: childhood sexual abuse, severe trauma;
Peer pressure among friends and co-workers to be thin or be sexy. And examples of biological factors
include: Irregular hormone functions; Genetics (the tie between Anorexia and one’s genes is still being
heavily researched, but we know that genetics is a part of the story); and Nutritional deficiencies.
25 Given the complexities of this eating disorder, a professional treatment team involving medical
doctors, dietitians, and therapists is necessary for the recovery from this eating disorder. Effective,
holistic eating disorder treatment of Anorexia involves three necessary components: Medical: The
highest priority in the treatment of Anorexia Nervosa is addressing any serious health issues that may
have resulted from malnutrition, such as an unstable heartbeat; Nutritional: This component
30 encompasses weight restoration, implementation and supervision of a tailored meal plan, and education
about normal eating patterns; Therapy: The goal of this part of treatment is to recognize underlying
issues associated with the eating disorder, address and heal from traumatic life events, learn healthier
coping skills and further develop the capacity to express and deal with emotions.
Source: https://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/information/Anorexia

27. What is the main idea of the last paragraph? 29. What can be inferred from paragraph six?
A. Anorexia treatment A. Some experts should work together to cure
B. Eating disorder Anorexia
C. Medical treatment of Anorexia B. Anorexia is a complex eating disorder that
D. Malnutrition as the highest priority of eating needs professional medical doctors
disorder treatment C. Anorexia sufferers need help from dietitians
and therapist
D. Anorexia is a serious and a complex illness
that need special treatment

28. The pronoun “they” in paragraph three refers to … 30. The word “deficiencies” in line 24 can best be
A. Anorexia Nervosa replaced by …
B. eating disorder A. good
C. Anorexia sufferers B. abundant
D. individual C. lack
D. dominant
 31. It can be infered that there are similar symptoms
which cause Anorexia, which is/are …
A. irrational fear of weight gain and abnormal
eating patterns
B. Anorexia Nervosa develops as a result of
multiple factors, both biological and
environmental
C. women and men who suffer from Anorexia
Nervosa exemplify a fixation with a thin figure
D. chronic dieting despite not being overweight
33. According to the passage, which of the following is
not true about Anorexia?
A. Anorexia is not simply a woman’s disease.
B. Anorexia Nervosa is a complex and
multifaceted psychological disorder
C. One of the symptoms of Anorexia disorder is
dieting because of overweight
D. These eating disorder sufferers need special
treatment and attention, include medical,
nutritional, and therapy

32. How does the author present his idea in the

passage?
A. By stating cause and effect
B. By providing explanation
C. By giving argumentation
D. By showing examples

Reading 6 for questions 34 – 40

Line For many years the school system in Finland has been very successful. In the PISA survey, which
compares reading, math and science knowledge of 15 year olds around the world, Finland is not only the
top European country but also competes with Asian giants like Shanghai, Singapore and South Korea. But
what makes the educational system in this small country so strikingly different from others in the
5 western world.
First of all, the Finish government makes it possible for all children to attend preschool, which
comes after kindergarten. Compulsory education begins at 7. Teachers work with their pupils in school as
much as possible. They have little homework to do when they get home. When teachers are not with the
pupils they spend a lot of time in schools working on the curriculum and new projects. They teach in
10 teams if it helps them reach their goals. That is why dropout rates are low compared to other countries.
In contrast to other nations, teaching in Finland is a highly admired profession. Finland selects its
teachers very carefully. Only talented students go on to a university and receive a master’s degree in
education. Finland only takes the best to educate its youth.
Schools in Finland are small, at least for international standards. More than in any other country
15 teachers are ready to prepare children for life. In some cases they know every pupil in their school and
can adjust to them. Teachers try everything to succeed with their pupils. Most of the pupils get additional
help
in their elementary school years, either by the teachers themselves or through specially trained
educators. Source: https://amienkim.wordpress.com/2014/01/25/articles-
about-education/

34. What is the main idea of the passage? 36. The word “admired” in the third paragraph is
A. Finland is the best school closest in meaning to …
B. Finland is the worst school A. revere
C. The successful school system B. moccasin
D. The small school C. abstinence
D. halves

35. The word “its” in paragraph 3 refers to … 37. Which is not true about school in Finland?
A. talented student A. small schools
B. teacher B. dropout rates are low
C. school C. top European school
D. government D. the teacher is teaching individually
38. What can be infered about schools in Finland?
A. only a good people can join there
B. the students are not in the school but they
have to do many project
C. they are considered the most successful
schools
D. the students have many homework
40. In the second paragraph, the government makes
many term, except ...
A. the children can attend preschool which
comes after kindergarten
B. all of the students should begin their study at
7
C. teacher only work in the school
D. teacher give the students so many homework

39. What is the cause and effect of the last paragraph?

A. Finland is a developed country so the school
system is very good
B. Finland has good schools so there are many
people want to study there
C. The teachers do everything they need so the
students can be successful in life
D. The government makes school system in
Finland very good.