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FACTUAL, NEGATING FACTUAL INFORMATION & MODAL 4
Passage 1
Recently, Haposan Simbolon, an engineer at ASTRA Machinery Division stationed in Cibinong
had created a device, dubbed the power glitch protector, which kept the energy from being lost while car
was on the move. The device was instrumental in keeping ASTRA’s competitive advantage over adjacent rivals.
The invention proved to be very useful for both the drivers and energy efficiency: cars ran faster while fuel
was kept from being lost disproportionately.
01. Which of the following is TRUE according to the 03. The word “instrumental” in the text is closest in
text? meaning to ….
(A) ASTRA was a shipping company (A) trivial
(B) Potential energy was stored after use (B) tribal
(C) A device was produced in order to avoid power (C) communal
loss (D) crucial
(D) Fuels, when burned, produced no energy (E) anecdotal
(E) Power glitch protector caused the energy to be
lost disproportionately
Passage 2.
Today’s story is about flight from cities. Everyone knows it’s happening, but only recently have we
been able to determine where people are going. To the suburbs? To the fringes of the cities? Surprisingly not.
In a marked reversal of U.S. migration patterns, non-metropolitan areas have started growing faster than
metropolitan cities. City dwellers are leaving to settle in small-town America.
05. Which of the following sentences is irrelevant to 09. “Susan did not leave for school yesterday”.
the topic of the passage? “She … “.
(A) Sentence 3 (A) is certainly ill again
(B) Sentence 4 (B) should have been ill again
(C) Sentence 5 (C) might have been ill again
(D) Sentence 6 (D) would have been ill again
(E) Sentence 7 (E) will be ill again
The following questions are not related to the 10. Since you have borrowed the book for three
passages above. months now, you …. It right away.
(A) will have returned
06. They should have helped the kids. The real fact is
(B) would return
that they ….. the kids
(C) have returned
(A) helped (D) had returned
(B) didn’t help (E) ought to return
(C) have helped
(D) had helped
(E) should help