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The following passage is for questions number 1-5

Education is often viewed as school in a traditional formal sense. Many people
believe that true learning can only take place in formal classroom setting. Others feel
education occurs in many different forms and environments. There may not be a
definitive answer to the question of what is education? However, we can start
thinking about the purpose of education. Is it to educate youth to be responsible
citizens? Is it to develop individuals, as well as society, in order to ensure a society's
economic success? Or is it to simply focus on developing individual talents and
intelligence? Perhaps it is the balance of all three that defines education? While our
answers may differ, we can perhaps agree that education is a basic human right.
When that right is granted growth and development, the society as a whole is more
likely to improve in areas such as health nutrition general income and living
standards and population fertility rates.
As global citizens, it is our responsibility to critically think about the issues and
attempt to come up with solutions to the problems plaguing education. In 1990,
UNESCO launched EFA, the movement to provide quality education for all children,
youth, and adults by the year of 2015. The unfortunate reality is that for many
countries, larger issues come before improving the quality of education How can we
achieve the goals of EFA when the numerous countries around the world are faced
with challenges that seem far too impossible to overcome? The answer lies in
attempting to bridge some of the gaps that prevent developing nations to compete
with developed nations. One example is that of providing greater access to
technology and narrowing the ever-widening digital divide. In many ways, the
most basic access to technology can serve as a valuable educational tou Individuals
who are not afforded this access are at disadvantage when trying to grasp
opportunities to make life better for themselves their families, and their
community
1. According to the author, education….
A. Only can be done formal classroom setting
B. has an exact answer of definition
C. is to civilize the people of country
D. is fundamental individual's rights
E. can boost economic success

2. According to the text, if every has education, the following might be predicted
to take place EXCEPT…
A. longer life expectation
B. improve welfare
C. better quality living
D. more jobs opportunities
E. lassewr birht rate

3. which of the following that is not author’s opinion?

A. Everyone has the right to get education
B. EFA provides quality education by 2015
C. Education is basic to human development
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D. Education cannot be easily defined

E. The EFA goals are faced with serious challenges

4. "One example is that of providing greater access to technology and narrowing

the ever-widening digital divide." The word "the ever-widening digital
divide" means...
A. The big gap in digital tool
B. The leap in digital tools
C. The step taken in digital tools
D. The wide range in digital tools
E. The spread of digital tools

5. "Individuals who are not afforded this access are at deadvantage when trying
to grasp opportunities to make life better for themselves, their families, and
their community
The word their refers to...
A. Opportunities
B. Themselves
C. Families
D. Individuals
E. Communities

The following passage is for questions number 6-10

The famous Trans-Siberian railway line nuns from Moscow to Vladivostok, but
there's another line about 650 kilometres north of the Trans-Siberian. This is the
Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) and a special train, the Matvei Mudrov medical
train, travels along its 4,000 kilometres. The train, with its twelve to fifteen
doctors, spends a day in each of the small towns and villages along the BAM. The
inhabitants of these remote places depend on this service because they mostly
don't have regular access to any other health care
The Matvei Mudrov was named after a Russian doctor in the nineteenth century,
He was one of the first doctors to believe that you shoulder's only look at the
disease, but you should also treat the individual patient. Nowadays, the Matvei
Modrov stops in each town or village on the BAM about twice a year in the village
of Khan (population 742) the patients include a man who has broken both ankles
and a teenage girl who needs a check-up after surgery for appendicitis. Luckily,
she was able to get to a town three hours away for the operation. Although the
Matvei Mudrov can't offer surgery, the train has a laboratory for blood and urine
tests, heart monitors, an ultrasound and an x-ray machine. The medical staff
includes specialists such as neurologists, and they can diagnose and recommend
treatment for their patients. The patients say they respect the doctor’s honesty
and skill.
6. "The inhabitants of these remote places depend on this service" The word
inhabitants can be best replaced by ...
A. Residents
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B. Antecedents
C. Resistant
D. Corporation
E. Pollutant

7. “The inhabitants of these remote places depend on this service”

The these remote places refer to…
A. Trans-siberian railway
B. Baikal-amur Mainline
C. Small towns and villages
D. Inhabitants
E. Matvei Mudrov

8. Which of the following is true about the people living in the towns along the
BAM?
A. They never had good medical service
B. They will soon have better medical services
C. They have regular acces to any health care
D. Their town was named after a Russian doctor
E. They rely on the Matvei Mudrov’s service

9. Which of the following statement is TRUE based on the passage?

A. The Matvei Mudrov train was created b Norway descendant
B. The matvei Mudrov train is carried on the Trans-siberian line
C. The Matvei Mudrov stops in each town or village on the BAM annually
D. The train ha been running since the nineteenth century
E. There are over a dozen medical staff in the matvei Mudrov train

10. According to the passage, what kind of services does the Matvei Mudrov train
offer?
A. Dentists and opticians
B. Emergency surgery
C. Preventive care
D. Medical diagnosis and advice
E. Pharmaceutical

The following text is for questions 11 to 15

The catastrophe called the Great Dying, which occurred between the Permian and
Triassic periods wiped out 90 percent of the planet's marine life and 70 percent of
all plant and animal life. The most recent popular scientific belief about what caused
it was the impact of a large object from space, but the examination of sediment and
fossil deposited at the time has led two groups of scientists to revise this belief.
Animals and plants both on land in the sea were dying at the same time and
apparently from the same causes ‘too much heat and too little oxygen’, said Peter
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ward, a University of Washington paleontologist. In their research published in

Science express, the groups found increased levels of sulphur and depleted oxigen
in the ancient rock. Ward and his team of researchers from the United States and
South Africa thought that the sulphur came from continued volcanic eruptions in an
area known as the Siberian Trap. The eruptions warmed the earth, trapped sunlight,
and depleted oxygen in the air.
At the same time, the Earth's shifting tectonic plates lowered the levels of the ocean,
exposing seabed and releasing methane trapped in the sediment there, further
increasing the global warming. The temperatures kept raising so that it got hotter
and hotter until it reached a critical point causing everything to die. Temperatures
around the world rose 8 degrees long off plants which served as food for animal
there by starving them. In addition, oxygen levels dropped to about 16 percent of
the atmosphere, whereas levels today are at 21 percent. Therefore, it is believed that
widespread volcanic eruptions that led to global warming was likely the cause of
massive extinction 250 million years ago, not the impact of an asteroid of comet.
11. The word catastrophe is the same meaning as the following EXCEPT..
A. Havoc
B. Disaster
C. Doom
D. Calamity
E. Gloom

12. The main idea of the passage is..

A. The massive destruction of population
B. Scholars project on the research
C. The cause triggering the Great Dying
D. The effect of the shifting of tectonic plates
E. Various types of Great dying

13. According to Ward, the cause of the dying of animals and plants was..
A. The Vulcanic eruptions that reduced the oxygen and trapped the
sunlight.
B. The destiny of earth's population at that time
C. The fall of a comet in particular area of the earth
D. The massive construction of the earth
E. The change of marine life

14. The following is the cause of the massive extinction millions of years ago
EXCEPT...
A. The eruption of volcanoes
B. Gradual loss of oxygen
C. The increase of global warming
D. Sudden drop of high temperatures
E. High rate of sulphur emissions

15. "... killing off plants which served as food for animal, thereby starving them."
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The meaning of the word starving is ...

A. struggle or fight vigorously
B. engaging in violence
C. suffering or dying from hunger
D. prevent from growing or developing properly
E. None of the above
The following passage is for questions number 16-20
If a person suddenly encounters any terrible danger, the change of nature one
undergoes is equally great. Sometimes fear numbs our senses. Like animals, one
stands still, powerless to move a step in fright or to lift a hand in defence of our lives,
and sometimes one is seized with panic, and again, act more like the inferior animals
than rational beings. On the other hand, frequently in cases of sudden extreme peril,
which cannot be escaped by flight, and must be instantly faced, even the timidest
men at once as if by a miracle, become possessed of the necessary courage, sharp
quick apprehension and swift decision. This is a miracle very common in nature.
Man and the inferior animals alike, when confronted with almost certain death
‘gather resolution from despair’ but there can really be no trace of so debilitating
feeling in the person fighting or prepared to fight for dear life. At such times the mind
is clearer than it has ever been the nerves are steel, there is nothing felt but a
wonderful strength and daring. Looking back at certain perilous moments in my own
life, I remember them with a kind of joy, not that there was any joyful excitement
then, but because they broadened my horizon, lifted me for a time above myself.
16. The following are some reactions expressed by humans when they caught by
danger EXCEPT…
A. Stay still
B. Get stressed
C. Act like inferior animals
D. Powerless
E. Sometimes get panicked

17. The word “seized” has the same meaning as..

A. Caught
B. Coughed
C. Crawled
D. Creepy
E. Crumbed

18. The main idea of the passage is..

A. How the nature of people changes while in the dangerous area
B. The courage people have in their life
C. The hidden strength of an animal
D. The miracle human has when faced by tremendous danger
E. Some options people will do when facing a dangerous situation
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19. According to the passage, it can be inferred that the author feels happy to face
and overcome dangers as..
A. The dangers can bring him new experiences
B. The dangers will reveal his hidden strength
C. The dangers open his perspective and lifted himself for a time.
D. The experience brings him confidence
E. The dangers make him realized that he still alive

20. The word them refers to...

A. Joy
B. Excitement
C. perilous moments
D. looking back
E. remember