Cats also called the domestic cat or house
, but these traits are better
cat (with its scientific name: Felis silvestris
catus or Felis catus) is a type of
carnivorous mammal of the family Felidae.
The word “cat” generally refers to a “cat”
that has been tamed, but can also refer to
the “big cats” such as lions and tigers.
Cats are considered as “perfect
carnivore” with teeth and particular
digestive tract. The first premolar and
molar teeth form a pair of fangs on each
side of the mouth that works effectively
as a pair of scissors to tear the meat.
Although these features also exist in the
Canidae or dog, but these traits are better
developed in cats.
Unlike other carnivores, cats eat
almost non vegetable substance. Bears
and dogs sometimes eat berries, roots, or
honey as a supplement, while cats only
eat meat, usually freshly killed prey. In
captivity, cats cannot adapt to a
vegetarian diet because they cannot
synthesize all the amino acids from plant
material; it is in contrast with
domesticated dogs, which commonly are
fed a mixture of meat and vegetables and
sometimes they can adapt to a completely
vegetarian meal.
Cats have mingled with human life
since at least 6000 BC, from the skeleton
of the cat found on the island of Cyprus.
The ancient Egyptians of 3500 BC have
used cats to keep away the rats or other
rodents from the barn where the crops
were saved.Currently, the cat is one of the
most popular pets in the world. Cats that
his lines are recorded officially as a cat
breeds or pure breed are Persian, Siamese,
Manx, and the Sphinx. These kinds of cat
are usually bred in official captivity animal.
The number of purebred cat is only 1% of
all cats in the world; the rest is a cat with
mixed ancestry such as wild cats or
domestic cats.
1. “…..
developed in cats.” (Paragraph 2)
The word of traits could best be replaced
by …..
A. Tries
B. Trails
C. Trials
D. Characteristics
E. Characterized
2. These following statements are true,
except …..
A. Cats are considered as “perfect
carnivore” with teeth and particular
digestive tract.
B. Cats eat almost non-vegetable
substance.
C. Cats cannot adapt to a vegetarian diet
because they cannot synthesize all
the amino acids that they need from
plant material.
D. Cats have mingled with human life
since at least 600 BC.
E. The cat is one of the most popular
pets in the world.
The Burj Khalifa (or how it was called
until 2010, Burj Dubai) opened on January
14th, 2010. Even before the building
construction was finished, starting from
2007, it had become the highest
skyscraper in the world. Its exact height is
2,722 feet, or 829,8 meters, and it
obviously can be seen from any point in
Dubai. The number of floors, however, is a
bit fewer than some might expects: Burj
Khalifa totals in 163 floors, which is 16’2”
(about 5 meters) for each floor.
Burj Khalifa looks like a stalagmite,
which means it resembles vertical
minerals growing from cave floors.
Stalagmites usually have a shape of a cone,
and so does Burj Khalifa; if you look at it
from a distance, it will remind you of a
 gigantic sharp cone made of glass and
steel.
The most impressive aspect about
Burj Khalifa is that it had been planned to
be a “city within the city”; this means
inside the tower, you can find parks, alleys,
districts, fountains, and so on. The glass of
the tower’s surface always shines,
because it is washed every single day, and
the make of concrete of which the tower
was built from was invented specifically
for Burj Khalifa. There are three entrances
to the tower, because it is so huge that
one or two would not be enough. At the
foot of the skyscraper, there is a big
artificial lake that measures up to 12
hectares.
Inside, the building is as magnificent
as it is from the outside. The interiors
were projected by famous designers—for
example, the interior of the Armani hotel,
located on the floors from first to 39th,
was designed by Giorgio
Armani himself. The air inside Burj Khalifa
is conditioned and flavored—it is said that
the flavor was also designed exclusively
for the tower; 57 elevators work 24 hours
each day to transport visitors between
floors.
3. “Inside, the building is as magnificent as it
is from the outside.” (paragraph 4)
Which one of the following words is the
antonym of magnificent?
A. Pretty
B. Beautiful
C. Great
D. Good
E. Execrable
4. These following statements are true,
except ….
A. Burj Khalifa has 163 floors, which is
16’2” (about 5 meters) for each floor.
B. There are four entrances to the tower
of Burj Khalifa.
C. There is a big artificial lake that
measures up to 12 hectares at Burj
Khalifa.
D. The interior of the Armani hotel,
located on the floors from first to 39th,
was designed by Giorgio Armani
himself.
E. 57 elevators work 24 hours each day to
transport visitors between floors at
Burj Khalifa.
We believe the Earth is about 4.6 billion
years old. At percent we are forced to
look to other bodies in the solar system
for hints as to what the early history of
the Earth was like. Studies of our moon,
Mercury, Mars, and the large satellites of
Jupiter and Saturn have provided ample
evidence that all these large celestial
bodies had formed. This same
bombardment must have affected Earth
as well. The lunar record indicates that
the rate of impacts decreased to its
present low level about 4 billion years ago.
On Earth, subsequent erosion and crustal
motions have obliterated the craters that
must have formed during this epoch.
Scientists estimate the Earth’s age
by measuring the ratios of various
radioactive elements in rocks. The oldest
Earth’s rocks tested thus far are about 3
1/3 billion years old. But no one knows
whether these are the oldest rocks on
Earth. Tests on rocks form the moon and
on meteorites show that these are about
4.6 billion years old. Scientists believe that
this is the true age of the solar system and
probably the true age of the Earth.
5. It can be inferred in the passage that the
age of the earth is estimated by?
A. By examining fossils and prehistoric
B. By showing the erosion
 C. By researching about volcanic activity
D. By studying about the great sun and
moon
E. By measuring the ratios of various
radioactive elements in rocks
6. “On Earth, subsequent erosion and crustal
motions have obliterated the
craters….,” paragraph
The underlined word above is closest in
meaning to?
A. Construct
B. Initiate
C. Build
D. Eliminated
E. Create
Long, long ago, when the gods and
goddesses used to mingle in the affairs of
mortals, there was a small kingdom on the
slope of Mount Wayang in West Java. The
King, named Sang Prabu, was a wise
man. He had an only daughter, called
Princess Teja Nirmala, who was famous
for her beauty but she was not
married. One day Sang Prabu made up his
mind to settle the matter by a show of
strength.
After that, Prince of Blambangan, named
Raden Begawan had won the
competition. Unfortunately, the wicked
fairy, Princess Segara fell in love with
Raden Begawan and used magic power to
render him unconscious and he forgot his
wedding. When Sang Prabu was
searching, Raden Begawan saw him and
soon realized that he had been enchanted
by the wicked fairy. The fairy could not
accept this, so she killed Raden
Begawan. When Princess Teja Nirmala
heard this, she was very sad. So a nice
fairy took her to the Kahyangan.
7. What is the closest meaning to a word
mingle in paragraph 1?
A. Celebrate
B. Accelerate
C. Associate
D. Future
E. Compliment
Paris is the capital city of France. It is one
of the most beautiful cities in the world. It
is also one of the world’s most crowded
cities. Lovely gardens and parks are found
throughout Paris. At night, many palaces
and statues are lit up. For this reason,
Paris is often called the city of light. Every
year, millions of people visit Paris. The
most popular place to visit is the Eiffel
Tower. This huge structure has become
the symbol of Paris. D’Louvre, one of the
world‘s largest art museums draws many
visitors. The Cathedral Notre Dame, a
famous church, is another favourite place
to visit.
8. “At night, many palaces and statues
are lit up.”
The underlined word is closest in meaning
with?
A. Light up.
B. Beautiful
C. Strong
D. Fragile
E. Famous
Text 1
Television gives several programs for its
viewers. One kind of television program is
News Report. News Report is a program
that is reported all of the news in the
world. This is the factual program, all of
the news is a fact. A fact is something that
is true. Some of the news program in
television, namely Liputan 6 Siang, Dunia
Dalam Berita, Fokus Siang, and etc.
Another program is an infotainment
program. Same as news program this
program is the factual program and giving
an information to viewers. Difference with
news program, the infotainment
 programme informs the celebrity’s news,
for example Kisah Seputar Selebriti, Silent,
Sinden Gossip, Hot Spot. etc.
9. “Same as news program this program is
the factual program and giving an
information to viewers”
What is the closest meaning of viewers?
A. Traveler
B. Spectator
C. Citizen
D. Presenter
E. Director
A Career is an individual’s journey through
learning, work and other aspects of life.
There are a number of ways to define a
career and the term is used in a variety of
ways. Everybody who have career exactly
want to advance their career.
If you want to advance your career, you
will have to make some careful decisions
about which jobs you take. Consider a job
offered for the value it has to your career.
It may mean sacrifices at first. You may
have to move to a different region or
country to get a job that is right for you.
You may have to work late hours, at least
temporarily. You might even have to take
a lower salary for a job that offers you the
experience that you need. But you should
never accept a job if it is not related to
your career goals.
Accepting a job that is not within your
career path will not give you the skill or
experience you need or want. You will
find yourself frustrated in such a position
and consequently will not perform your
best. This will have an effect on the
people around you, who will not feel as if
you are being part of the team. The best
advice is to think carefully before
accepting any position and make sure that
the job is one you to have.
10. “You will find yourself frustrated in such a
position and consequently will not
perform your best.”
The underlined word has meaning with?
A. Cool
B. Stay calm
C. Depressed
D. Qualified
E. Strong
One of the modern world's intriguing
sources of mystery has been aeroplanes
vanishing in mid flight. One of the more
famous of these was the disappearance in
1937 of a pioneer woman aviator, Amelia
Earhart. On the second last stage of an
attempted round the world flight, she had
radioed her position as she and her
navigator searched desperately for their
destination, a tiny island in the Pacific.
The plane never arrived at Howland Island.
Did it crash and sink after running out of
fuel? It had been a long haul from New
Guinea, a twenty hour flight covering
some four thousand kilometres. Did
Earhart have enough fuel to set down on
some other island on her radioed course?
Or did she end up somewhere else
altogether? One fanciful theory had her
being captured by the Japanese in the
Marshall Islands and later executed as an
American spy; another had her living out
her days under an assumed name as a
housewife in New Jersey.
Seventy years after Earhart's
disappearance, 'myth busters' continue to
search for her. She was the best-known
American woman pilot in the world.
People were tracking her flight with great
interest when, suddenly, she vanished
into thin air. Aircraft had developed
rapidly in sophistication after World War
One, with the 1920 s and 1930 s marked
by an aeronautical record-setting frenzy.
Conquest of the air had become a global
obsession. While Earhart was making
headlines with her solo flights, other
aviators like high-altitude pioneer Wiley
Post and industrialist Howard Hughes
were grabbing some glory of their own.
But only Earhart, the reserved tomboy
from Kansas who disappeared three
weeks shy of her 40 th birthday, still grips
the public imagination. Her disappearance
has been the subject of at least fifty books,
countless magazine and newspaper
articles, and TV documentaries. It is seen
by journalists as the last great American
mystery. There are currently two main
theories about Amelia Earhart's fate.
There were reports of distress calls from
the Phoenix Islands made on Earhart's
radio frequency for days after she
vanished. Some say the plane could have
broadcast only if it were on land, not in
the water. The Coast Guard and later the
Navy, believing the distress calls were real,
adjusted their searches, and newspapers
at the time reported Earhart and her
navigator were marooned on an island.
No-one was able to trace the calls at the
time, so whether Earhart was on land in
the Phoenix Islands or there was a hoaxer
in the Phoenix Islands using her radio
remains a mystery. Others dismiss the
radio calls as bogus and insist Earhart and
her navigator ditched in the water. An
Earhart researcher, Elgen Long, claims
that Earhart's airplane ran out of gas
within fifty-two miles of the island and is
sitting somewhere in a 6,000-square-mile
area, at a depth of 17,000 feet. At that
depth, the fuselage would still be in shiny,
pristine condition if ever anyone were
able to locate it. It would not even be
covered in a layer of silt. Those who
subscribe to this explanation claim that
fuel calculations, radio calls and other
considerations all show that the plane
plunged into the sea somewhere off
Howland Island.
Whatever the explanation, the prospect
of finding the remains is unsettling to
many. To recover skeletal remains or
personal effects would be a grisly
experience and an intrusion. They want to
know where Amelia Earhart is, but that's
as far as they would like to go. As one
investigator has put it, "I'm convinced that
the mystery is part of what keeps us
interested. In part, we remember her
because she's our favourite missing
person."
11. All the following are theories about
Amelia's fate EXCEPT:
A. She escaped incognito and lived under
an assumed name
B. She crashed somewhere on Howland
Island
C. She and the navigator were stranded
on an island
D. She was captured by the Japanese and
executed as a spy.
E. She ran out of gas
12. “Aircraft had developed rapidly in
sophistication after World War One.”
The underlined word above is best
replaced by
A. Well
B. Apace
C. Moderate
D. Softly
E. Faintly
The struggle to obtain legal recognition of
aboriginal rights is a difficult one, and
even if a right is written into the law there
is no guarantee that the future will not
bring changes to the law that undermines
the right. For this reason, the federal
government of Canada in 1982 extended
constitutional protection to those
aboriginal rights already recognized under
the law. This protection was extended to
the Indian, Inuit, and Métis peoples, the
three groups generally thought to
comprise the aboriginal population in
Canada. But this decision has placed on
provincial courts the enormous burden of
interpreting and translating the
necessarily general constitutional
language into specific rulings. The result
has been inconsistent recognition and
establishment of aboriginal rights, despite
the continued efforts of aboriginal
peoples to raise issues concerning their
rights.
Aboriginal rights in Canada are defined by
the constitution as aboriginal peoples’
rights to ownership of land and its
resources, the inherent right of aboriginal
societies to self-government, and the right
to legal recognition of indigenous customs.
But difficulties arise in applying these
broadly conceived rights. For example,
while it might appear straightforward to
affirm legal recognition of indigenous
customs, the exact legal meaning of
“indigenous” is extremely difficult to
interpret. The intent of the constitutional
protection is to recognize only long-
standing traditional customs, not those of
recent origin; provincial courts therefore
require aboriginal peoples to provide legal
documentation that any customs they
seek to protect were practiced sufficiently
long ago—a criterion defined in practice
to mean prior to the establishment of
British sovereignty over the specific
territory. However, this requirement
makes it difficult for aboriginal societies,
which often relied on oral tradition rather
than written records, to support their
claims.
Furthermore, even if aboriginal peoples
are successful in convincing the courts
that specific rights should be recognized,
it is frequently difficult to determine
exactly what these rights amount to.
Consider aboriginal land claims. Even
when aboriginal ownership of specific
lands is fully established, there remains
the problem of interpreting the meaning
of that “ownership.” In a 1984 case in
Ontario, an aboriginal group claimed that
its property rights should be interpreted
as full ownership in the contemporary
sense of private property, which allows
for the sale of the land or its resources.
But the provincial court instead ruled that
the law had previously recognized only
the aboriginal right to use the land and
therefore granted property rights so
minimal as to allow only the bare survival
of the community. Here, the provincial
court’s ruling was excessively conservative
in its assessment of the current law.
Regrettably, it appears that this group will
not be successful unless it is able to move
its case from the provincial courts into the
Supreme Court of Canada, which will be,
one hopes, more insistent upon a
satisfactory application of the
constitutional reforms.
13. The following statements are true in the
passage, except?
A. The Canadian government has
recognized the rights of the aboriginal
people and it is written in the law.
B. Canada not only protects the rights of
aborigines but also other tribes.
C. The aborigines do not have a record of
the customs they protect
D. Aborigines have rights to land
ownership and are allowed to sell the
land
E. The aborigines have not yet taken their
case to Canada's Supreme Court
14. “aboriginal group claimed that its
property rights should be interpreted as
full ownership ...”
The words ‘interpreted’ are closest in
meaning to
A. Construed
B. Evident
C. Explicit
D. Manifest
E. Spoken
15. ".... that any customs they seek to protect
were practiced sufficiently long ago."
In the second pharagraph, what does the
word "they" refer to?
A. Canadian federal government
B. Provincial courts
C. Canadian society
D. Indian peoples
E. Aboriginal peoples
Before the grass has thickened on the
roadside verges and leaves have started
growing on the trees is a perfect time to
look around and see just how dirty Britain
has become. The pavements are stained
with chewing gum that has been spat out
and the gutters are full of discarded fast
food cartons. Years ago I remember
travelling abroad and being saddened by
the plastic bags, discarded bottles and
soiled nappies at the edge of every road.
Nowadays, Britain seems to look at least
as bad. What has gone wrong?
The problem is that the rubbish created
by our increasingly mobile lives lasts a lot
longer than before. If it is not cleared up
and properly thrown away, it stays in the
undergrowth for years; a semi-permanent
reminder of what a tatty little country we
have now.
Firstly, it is estimated that 10 billion
plastic bags have been given to shoppers.
These will take anything from 100 to
1,000 years to rot. However, it is not as if
there is no solution to this. A few years
ago, the Irish government introduced a
tax on non-recyclable carrier bags and in
three months reduced their use by 90%.
When he was a minister, Michael
Meacher attempted to introduce a similar
arrangement in Britain. The plastics
industry protested, of course. However,
they need not have bothered; the idea
was killed before it could draw breath,
leaving supermarkets free to give away
plastic bags.
What is clearly necessary right now is
some sort of combined initiative, both
individual and collective, before it is too
late. The alternative is to continue sliding
downhill until we have a country that
looks like a vast municipal rubbish tip. We
may well be at the tipping point. Yet we
know that people respond to their
environment. If things around them are
clean and tidy, people behave cleanly and
tidily. If they are surrounded by squalor,
they behave squalidly. Now, much of
Britain looks pretty squalid. What will it
look like in five years?
16. What is the closest meaning of the word
“tatty” in the second paragraph?
A. Seedy
B. Wrong
C. Ugly
D. Stingy
E. Greasy
17. What can we inferred about from the last
paragraph?
A. People are squalid.
B. People behave according to what they
see around them.
C. People are clean and tidy.
D. People are like a vast municipal rubbish
tip.
E. People today are behaving dirty
Siem Reap is a small town near the world
famous temple of Angkor Wat. The town
is charming and worth exploring, with
some fine examples of Khmer and French
colonial architecture set among the more
modern developments. Nowadays,
visitors are flocking in, using it as a base
for visits to the nearby temples.
From the 9th to the 14th centuries, when
Europe was still struggling out of the Dark
Ages, the Cambodian Empire of Angkor
covered most of present-day Cambodia,
Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand. The heart of
this empire during the 12th century was
the ancient capital of Angkor Thom, near
present day Siem Reap, the site of the
world’s largest temple complexes, which
were rediscovered in 1861.This
spectacular city was built over 30 years
under the reign of King Suryavarman II
(1113-1150). The area covers about 400
square kilometres and is full of the finest
examples of Khmer art and architecture.
Tourists are always amazed at the scale of
the place.
In Angkor Wat you will find more than 100
stone monuments and temple buildings,
each of which contains countless statues,
sculptures and reliefs that have
weathered extremely little over the last
800 years. To see the whole thing can take
several days. The most important temples
to visit in the area are Angkor Wat,
especially at sunrise or sunset; Angkor
Thom, the remains of the capital; Ta
Prohm, a palace overgrown by jungle; and
Bayon.
Visas are required to enter Cambodia. You
can obtain one on arrival at Siem Reap
International Airport for $20, and 1
passport photo is required per person.
You will also need another passport photo
for the Angkor Temple Entrance Pass.
Please ensure you take comfortable
walking shoes, light clothing and plenty of
water to drink as it is very hot there. The
most commonly accepted currency in
Cambodia is the US dollar.
18. What can be inferred about the
“Cambodia” according to the passage?
A. Siem Reap as the capital
B. It has Khmer, and Vietnamese
architecture
C. It’s home of the world’s largest temple
complexes.
D. Near to Angkor Thom
E. Overgrown by jungle and Bayon.
19. What is the closest meaning of the word
“ensure” in the last paragraph?
A. Undermine
B. Bring
C. Guarantee
D. Few
E. Satisfied
20. The following statements are true in the
passage, except?
A. Most people visit Siem Reap because it
is close to temples.
B. Angkor Wat was the capital of the
Cambodian empire
C. Dawn and dusk are particularly good
times to visit Angkor Wat.
D. You will need a couple of passport
photos.
E. The US dollar is widely accepted in
Cambodia.