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16. ‘...are really only disasters from the point of view... .’ (the last paragraph)
The underlined word has similar meaning as ....
A. Danger
B. Destroyer
C. catastrophe
D. Trouble
E. Wickedness
17. “It was all the decades of extinguishing fires there that led to the devastating”
The opposite meaning of the underline word is…
A. Burning
B. Death
C. Getting
D. Interesting
E. Leaving
18. The text mainly tells us about....
A. Human arrogance
B. Natural disaster
C. Reminding us to aware the impact of our activity toward nature
D. The best way to avoid the natural disaster
E. The impact of natural disaster
19. What is the purpose of the scientist and engineers by building hydroelectric dams?
A. They directly interfere with the normal life cycle of virtually all the animals that live downstream.
B. They deny the croplands on the banks of the rivers the nutritional replenishment they need to grow healthful,
mineral-rich crops.
C. They would end floods downstream, produce clean energy and lead to a healthier environment
D. They tried to alter the natural cycles of nature
E. They tried to extinguish fires
22. “Indonesian football is a $105 billion annual industry with 31.1million players”.
The underlined word can be replaced with... .
A. Daily
B. Monthly
C. Weekly
D. Year
E. Yearly
23. “Proponents say that Football meets the definition of ‘sport’ found in the dictionary, requires physical exertion and…”
The opposite of the underline word is …
A. Implementation
B. Coordination
C. Existence
D. Occlusion
E. Organization
24. The topic of the text is ...
A. An argument whether Football is sport or not
B. The positive and negative impacts of Football
C. The recognition of Football as a sport
D. The recognition of Football as a game
E. The role of Football in community
25. The reasons below are why the opponents claim that Football is not a sport, EXCEPT... .
A. It can be played by everybody
B. It does not demand hard physical activity
C. It is a game
D. It is absent from Oympic for 112 years
E. It necessitates physical exertion and coordination
Read the text below and answer the question number 26 and 27
I personally think that reading is a very important activity in our life. Why do I say so... . Firstly, by reading we can get a
lot of knowledge about many things in the world such as Science, technology. Sports, arts, culture, etc written in books,
30. The atmosphere was very festive at that time. What is the similar meaning of the underlined word?
A. competitive
B. crowded
C. joyful
D. lively
E. spirited
31. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
A. Competition at Indonesian Independence Day
B. Competition on the first day
C. Independence Day celebration at writer’s village
D. Participants of the competition
E. Types of game held on the first day
The majority of us claim that we do not have time for exercise. We feel too busy to do that. However, many experts
said that exercise has great rote in making our body healthy. Being physical active offers weight than our body will become
filter. Exercise is also believed to reduce stress levels, improve, sleep pattern, and reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes,
and some forms of cancer. Beside physical advantage, exercise also brings good effect mentally.How can we do exercise
while we are busy ? such question is commonly found among us. Actually exercise can be done in simple ways. we can go
cycling while enjoy the leisure time. Overall, doing exercise is little bit difficult in busy life but the little bit of exercise will
help better.
Bill Gates
He was born on October 28, 1955, Gates and his two sisters grew up in Seattle. Their father, William H. Gates II,
is a Seattleattorney. Their late mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher, University of Washington regent, and
chairwoman of United Way International.
Gates attended public elementary school and the private Lakeside School. There, he discovered his interest in
software and began programming computers in 1968.
In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, now
Microsoft's chief executive officer. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version of the programming language
BASIC for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair.
In his junior year, Gates left Harvard to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he had begun in 1975 with
his childhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the computer would be a valuable tool on every office
desktop and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers.
In 1999, Gates wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought, a book that shows how computer technology can solve
business problems in fundamentally new ways. The book was published in 25 languages and is available in more
than 60 countries. Business @ the Speed of Thought has received wide critical acclaim, and was listed on the
best-seller lists of the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal and Amazon.com. Gates' previous
book, The Road Ahead, published in 1995, held the No. 1 spot on the New York Times' bestseller list for seven
weeks.
Gates has donated the proceeds of both books to non-profit organizations that support the use of technology in
education and skills development
In addition to his love of computers and software, Gates is interested in biotechnology. He sits on the board of
ICOS, a company that specializes in protein-based and small-molecule therapeutics, and he is an investor in a
number of other biotechnology companies.
Philanthropy is also important to Gates. He and his wife, Melinda, have endowed a foundation with more than
$21 billion to support philanthropic initiatives in the areas of global health and learning, with the hope that as we
move into the 21st century, advances in these critical areas will be available for all people.
Gates was married on Jan. 1, 1994, to Melinda French Gates. The couple has two children: a daughter, Jennifer
Katharine Gates, born in 1996; and a son, Rory John Gates, born in 1999.
43. The book which was published in 1995, held the No. 1 spot on the New York Times' bestseller list for seven weeks
is ...
A. Biotechnology
B. The Basic For The First Microcomputer
C. The MITS Altair
D. The Road Ahead
E. The Speed of Thought
44. What is the purpose Gates has donated the proceeds of both books to non-profit organizations ...
A. To care of the use of technology in education and skills development
B. To combine the use of technology in education and skills development
C. To maintain the use of technology in education and skills development
D. To make the use of technology in education and skills development
E. To sustain the use of technology in education and skills development
Read the text below to answer the question number 45 – 47.
Making agency at home is possible and recommend. Surely, home agency will have both advantage and disadvantage.
Therefore it is wise to consider the strengths and weaknesses to have a home agency.
Some people will agree that having agency at home will make benefit. It saves time. We need no commuting which
occasionally takes a long time. Besides we are free to set the work schedule. Having home agency will save money as we
need not to purchase or lease of agency space from rent companies. What make it more flexible is that we can set part or
all parts of our home just as a real agency. What we need is only a wireless router to cover all parts of our house with
Internet. We can run our business wherever part of house we want, from living room, bed room, veranda, etc even we
can make sell or purchase by online shopping for things we need. Furthermore Working at home might reduce stress,
effort and time and divert it to other more productive things because while working, we are close to our families.
However making home as agency also has some disadvantages. For some people, keeping the schedule is hard in flexible
time. Such people type will harder if they are working just from home. There will no clear border between working and
breaking. Working just from home also reduces the possibility to meet new people. It is true that computer and Internet
connection possibly relate people every time and everywhere but we will interact with them in a dimension which is not
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real face.
So considering carefully what we actually need in running our business is very recommended before choosing to have
agency at home or not.
45. “Furthermore working at home might reduce stress, effort and time and divert it to other more productive things
because while working, we are close to our families.” (paragraph 2)
What is the similar meaning of the underlined conjunction.
A. Accordingly
B. Consequently
C. On the other hand
D. Nevertheless
E. Hence
46. Having home agency will save money because we ...
A. Are free to set the work schedule.
B. Can run our business wherever part of house we want, from living room, bed room, veranda, etc even we can
make sell or purchase by online shopping for things we need.
C. Need no commuting which occasionally takes a long time.
D. Need not to purchase or lease of agency space from rent companies.
E. Will interact with people in a dimension which is not real face.
47. What is the goal of the text …
A. To critic homeagency for public readers
B. To describe how to occupy homeagency through a sequence of actions or steps.
C. To present 2 points of viiew about homeagency
D. To persuade readers that homeagency is the case
E. To persuade readers that homeagency should or should nor be the case
Read the text below to answer the question number 48 to 50.
Corruption has happened for many years and today it becomes a bad culture in Indonesia for three reasons.
Most adult Indonesian or foreigners have known and admitted that Corruptions happen in many places. The daily
newspapers, news programs on TV and radio have reported Corruptions are done everywhere, almost in all departments or
public services of this country. Corruptions happen in health, education departments, and banks. When we manage to get
some documents in public service offices, we usually need much money to pay. Manipulations happen everywhere
The actions to eliminate Corruption are weak. The ever stronger culture seems not to come to an end when the responsible
institutions who have to reinforce the justice today commit Corruption. This is the worst. Corruptions happen in police
department, courts where judges, public prosecutors, lawyers make deals to do Corruption. All of us also heard in the end
of 2004, Probosutejo reported that he had bribed the Supreme Court, or called Mahkamah Agung which becomes the
highest level where the justice can be obtained. Perhaps you have to try to come to the local courts and see what happen
there. You will see practices of bribery and other kinds of Corruption. Therefore, we can say that Corruptions become our
culture. Do you like it... .
The citizens have no goodwill to fight against the Corruption. They create the situations in which people have opportunities
to do Corruptions. The citizens like to break the rules because they are not disciplined. For example, in the street when they
drive a car or ride motorcycle, they do not have the driving license or necessary documents. Then, they are caught by the
local policemen. To avoid more difficulties, they like to bribe the officer. The officer let them go then. In other words, the
citizens and officers are the same, doing Corruption together. If only the people were critical, disciplined, and obey the
rules, and willing to report any wrong behaviors, this country will not be number one corrupting country in the world.