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Passage 1
Nick Vujicic was born and raised in Melbourne,
Australia, in December 4, 1982, without arms and
legs—a rare congenital disorder called
“phocomelia.” His mother, Dusanka Vujicic, was a
former pediatric nurse and also a midwife. His
mother had done best what every mother must do.
Yet during delivery, Nick was born with neither
legs nor arms, but little did she know, her son will
someday be the message of hope, and will touch the
lives of millions of people.
Nick struggled and learned to do things even
with deformed arms and legs. He was the first
handicap student who was permitted to attend a
normal school in Australia. Even so, he was still
bullied, laughed at, and considered different. Life
for Nick was unfair that when he was only eight
years old, he thought of committing suicide as an
escape from his loneliness.
Nick Vujicic’s life was a constant battle of self-
acceptance and grief, but his mother made him
realize that his imperfection is a perfect inspiration
to others. It was his life’s turning point where his
mother showed him a piece of article from a
newspaper about a man who’s still happy even with
disability. Nick then understood that life without
limbs doesn’t mean a life without purpose.
By the age of seventeen, Nick Vujicic had the
chance to lead a speech at his prayer group. The
young Nick met friends that also inspired him to
continue his journey. With Nick’s perseverance, he
graduated from Griffith University at the age of
twenty-one with a double major in finance and
accounting. As of today, Nick Vujicic is a best-selling
author, evangelist, and well sought motivational
speaker all over the world, even without limbs. His
extraordinary story is a cure to hopelessness and
the harbinger of unstoppable love and faith. Just as
his father would tell him, “You are a gift, just
differently packaged.”
Adapted from:
https://www.authorvoices.com/inspirational-
writing/inspirational-story-nick-vujicic-warmly-
move/
1. What does the text mainly tell us about?
A. The story of an inspirational disabled
person
B. The inspiring story of a mother raising a
child with disability
C. The explanation of how a disabled person
coped with his/her disability
D. The struggles people with disabilities face
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E. The explanation of how disability can lead
people to deep depression
2. Which of the following can be drawn as the
conclusion from the story?
A. Schools that embrace children with
disabilities should be appreciated.
B. Before deciding to enter a college, Nick
tried to take his own life.
C. Even a pediatric nurse and a midwife, no
one can be sure about their children’s
health.
D. Nick would have never changed his mind
if he hadn’t discovered himself.
E. Parents’ support is the main reason Nick
changed his negative outlook on life.
3. Which of the following can restate ‘His
extraordinary story is a cure to hopelessness
and the harbinger of unstoppable love and
faith’? You can choose more than one answer.
 His inspirational story can inspire
hopeless people to get up on their feet
again.
 His story is a realistic proof that not all
people can get hopes and loves.
 His story can inspire people to have hope
and to love.
 His story is remarkable that it should
become a movie.
 His story indicates that not all people
deserved to be loved.
4. The meaning of “constant” in Paragraph 3 has
the same use with ....
A. Her job was the one constant in her life.
B. Scientists were satisfied with this figure,
and the constant was left undisturbed
until 1975.
C. The equipment should be stored at a
constant temperature.
D. He suffers from constant headaches.
E. They complained constantly about the
noise.

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Passage 2
“Hello?” Christopher called out.
There was silence. No crying. No wind. No
voice. Christopher looked around the clearing and
saw nothing but the trail of footprints leading to the
tree.
It stood in the middle of the clearing. Crooked
like an old man’s arthritic hand. Reaching out of the
earth like it was trying to pluck a bird from the sky.
Christopher couldn’t help himself. He followed the
footsteps. He walked up to the tree and touched it.
But it didn’t feel like bark. Or wood. It felt like flesh.
Christopher jumped back. It hit him suddenly.
This horrible feeling that this was wrong.
Everything was wrong. He shouldn’t be here. He
looked down to find the trail again. He had to get
out of there. His mom would be so worried. He
found the trail. He saw the little-kid tracks. But
there was something different about them now.
There were handprints next to them.
Like the little kid was walking on all fours.
Crack!
Christopher turned around. Something had
stepped on a branch. He could hear creatures
waking up all around him. Surrounding the
clearing.
Christopher didn’t hesitate. He started to run.
He following the trail out. He reached the edge of
the clearing. Back into the woods. But the minute
he stepped under the trees, he stopped.
The trail was gone.
He looked around for it, but the sky was
getting darker. The clouds were covering the stars
now. And the moon was shining through the cloud
face like a pirate’s good eye
“Help me!” Christopher called out to the cloud
face.
Taken from: Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend
5. The horror theme on this excerpt is
strengthened by the use of the words ....
A. creatures, shining, pirate
B. footprints, jump, suddenly
C. silence, horrible, darker
D. wrong, handprints, branch
E. trail, worried, gone
6. This story could be used by parents who want
to teach children not to ....
A. be afraid of the dark
B. wander around into an unknown and
dangerous place
C. touch or take anything that does not
belong to them
D. be scared of unseen creatures like ghosts
E. play around when they are in the dark
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7. “He walked up to the tree and touched it.” The
word "it" in the sentence refers to ....
A. footsteps
B. tree
C. bark
D. old man’s arthritic hand
E. wood
Passage 3
When we breathe in, the inhaled air can contain
dust, chemicals, and other irritants that can be
harmful to the body, particularly to organs in the
respiratory system like the lungs. While the tiny
hairs inside the nostrils (cilia) trap many of these
particles, some will often get through. To help you
out, your body reacts to try and forcibly expel the
offending particles via the sneeze reflex arc.
There are a number of other reasons why we
sneeze, including to clear the nasal passages when
you have a cold, to expel allergens if you are allergic
to something, and even dry air and bright sunlight
can cause some people to sneeze.
When a stimuli is detected by the nerve
endings in the nose, impulses are sent to the brain,
which initiates a chain of physiological events that
enable the body to rid itself of the unwelcome item.
Prior to irritation, the diaphragm muscles are
relaxed. When an irritant enters the body, nerve
endings in the lining of the nose signal to the brain.
The brain tells the respiratory muscles–including
throat, chest, and diaphragm–to contract.
Contraction of the diaphragm causes a sharp intake
of breath. The brain signals to the throat to close.
This, combined with the contraction of the
abdominal muscles, raises the air pressure inside
the lungs. The throat reopens suddenly, explosively
forcing air out of the body, making the chest cavity
contract sharply. The diaphragm relaxes once
again. Together with the offending irritant, saliva
and mucus from inside the mouth and nasal cavity
are also expelled from the body at up to 160km/h
(100mph).
Adapted from: Jon White, How It Works: 101 Amazing Facts You
Need to Know
8. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To recount how sneezing became a
natural body mechanism
B. To explain to readers about how living
creatures sneeze
C. To inform readers about why and how
humans sneeze
D. To tell what sneezing is
E. To elaborate on the reasons why people
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9. Before the diaphragm contracts and makes a
sharp intake of breath, ....
A. the brain tells the other respiratory
muscles to close
B. the brain instructs the throat, chest, and
diaphragm to send signals to the nose
C. the nerve endings in the lining of the nose
give signal to the diaphragm
D. the brain gives command after receiving a
signal from the nose
E. the nerve endings in the nose send signals
to the brain to contract
10. Based on the text, people will most likely not
sneeze when they ....
A. are allergic to something
B. inhale too much dry air during summer
C. are exposed to bright sunlight
D. are catching a cold
E. almost drown that their nose are covered
with water
Text 1
The fact that modern society assumes action
equals progress while procrastination leads to
stagnation is not always valid. While
procrastination usually leads to things not getting
done, there are also times when it can be beneficial.
How many times have you thought to yourself
that you’d have made a better decision with a bit
more deliberation? Delaying gives you time to
develop your thoughts and is especially critical
when making important decisions. Even a few
hours of putting something off can let your
subconscious mind work on the issue(s) in the
background as you attend to other tasks.
Procrastinating can also give you the time
required to seek out others’ opinions before you
take that next step. This is important because it
gives you the chance to consider different
viewpoints, including those that contradict yours.
Indeed, holistic thinking is something that many of
us can use more of as a complement to our own
judgment.
Do you know that procrastination can boost
your creativity? Great writers, artists, and creatives
of all sorts tend to procrastinate when they’re stuck
on their projects. This can include activities like
going on a walk, meditating, or taking a shower –
anything that isn’t related to the work itself. Again,
this has to do with your subconscious mind
working in the background as you tend to other
tasks.
However, one drawback of procrastination is
presumably the invisible pressures that one often
feels. Being stuck in a rut while others are reaching
new heights is not a great feeling for anyone. This
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is especially true for chronic procrastinators i.e.
people who simply wait for things to come to them.
Chronic procrastinators are not only being
unrealistic about their lives but are also wasting
away their valuable and limited time on Earth.
You don’t procrastinate just because you can
but because you have decided that it’s the best
course of (in) action. Putting things off until the last
minute can create unnecessary anxiety and even
confusion. It also makes it difficult, if not
impossible, to accomplish your task(s) should
anything unexpected happens. This is one
drawback of procrastination that can derail even
the best of intentions because events do not always
happen linearly. Last-minute work also tends to
feel rushed, which can negatively impact the
overall quality and make you appear less
competent than you really are.
Adapted from: https://www.thesleepycompany.com/4-pros-and-
3-cons-of-procrastination
Text 2
There is a lot of anecdotal evidence that offers
various reasons for procrastination. However, we’ll
look at some of the studies and research to suggest
more evidence-based causes of procrastination.
Studies have shown that many adults with
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
can struggle with procrastination. Several potential
ADHD factors are relevant here, including
disorganisation, forgetfulness, distractibility, and
problems with prioritising and time management.
Other studies show that the structure of the
brain can be linked to procrastination. One study
showed that those who procrastinate have brain
structures that usually makes them less future-
oriented. As a result, procrastinators are less eager
to perform unappealing tasks in the short term that
yield long-term rewards.
Furthermore, A 2007 meta-analysis of
procrastination found several links between
certain personality traits and procrastination. The
study found a strong and consistent prediction
between procrastination and task aversiveness,
task delay, self-efficacy (those who have low self-
efficacy believe that they can’t complete the task at
hand), and impulsiveness (The more impulsive a
person is, the more likely they are to
procrastinate).
Additionally, a variety of mental health issues
are often closely linked to procrastination. For
example, those with anxiety disorders will put off
tasks they want to avoid because they’re stressful.
What’s more, those who struggle with
perfectionism (the need to appear or be perfect)
may avoid tasks they are unsure of.
Adapted from: https://www.futurelearn.com/info/blog/stop-
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11. How does Text 1 relate to Text 2?
A. Text 2 offers solutions to the problem
described in Text 1.
B. Text 1 explains the benefits and
drawbacks of the object whose causes are
explained in Text 2.
C. Both texts list the benefits and drawbacks
of the same object.
D. Both texts list the explains of the same
object.
E. Text 1 argues the benefits while Text 2
argues the drawbacks of the same object.
12. The first author argues that procrastination
can benefit people. Choose the cases in which
people can benefit from procrastinating.
 Workers take a sip of morning coffee
when they get stuck on their project to get
back to it later.
 When students have to submit their
writing in four days, but they want to
review it before submitting.
 Students feel anxious about their exams in
two weeks, so they travel to a neighboring
city to release their anxiety.
 When students have to choose where they
want to continue their study, they use
some more time to ask their parents,
teachers, and relatives.
 A famous author finishes a novel in a
hurry because tomorrow is the due date to
send it to a publisher.
13. Based on Text 1, is it true that finishing an
assignment at “final hour” can make an actual
smart student seem less competent? In which
paragraph can you find the evidence to
support your answer?
A. Yes, because it is said in Paragraph 1 that “
… procrastination usually leads to things
not getting done.”
B. Yes, because it is said in Paragraph 6 that
“Last-minute work … which can … make
you appear less competent than you really
are.”
C. No, because it is said in Paragraph 4 that
“Great writers, artists, and creatives of all
sorts tend to procrastinate when they’re
stuck on their projects.”
D. No, because it is said in Paragraph 2 that “
… you’d have made a better decision with
a bit more deliberation?”
E. Yes, because it is said in Paragraph 5 that
“Chronic procrastinators are … also
wasting away their valuable and limited
time on Earth.”
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14. Which opinion would the first author agree
with about procrastination?
A. All people in the world should try putting
things off for their improvement.
B. If people want to succeed in life, they have
to know the way to stay away from
procrastination.
C. Procrastination will definitely elevate the
quality of people’s work or studies.
D. To decide whether or not procrastination
is good depends on how people use it.
E. People’s assumption about how
destructive procrastination is entirely
true.
15. Based on Text 2, decide True or False for the
statements about the causes of
procrastination.
Statements True False
One of the causes of
procrastination is related to
biological factor.
People who take more time
to decide which to prioritize
tend to procrastinate more.
Researchers have yet to find
the exact reason why people
procrastinate.
The common assumption
about therelationship
between procrastination
with laziness is proven.
People with low self-efficacy
will more likely to
procrastinate.
16. Both authors have the same attitude towards
the topic of their writings, that is ....
A. neutral
B. critical
C. angered
D. concerned
E. displeased

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Passage 4
We’ve used AI’s exceptional pattern recognition
to trawl through satellite images and map the
tonnes of plastic pollution threatening our seas–in
real time. Already, this technique has found more
than 4,000 unreported informal dumps next to
rivers. This is useful, given just ten rivers
contribute nearly all the plastic entering our
oceans.
This is just the start. So far, AI has shown
promise in our projects mapping seagrass
meadows from space and finding unknown reefs
likely to harbour heat-resilient coral. Soon, we
hope we’ll be able to put AI on the job to find out
exactly what fish live where–without ever seeing
them.
We’ve found AI useful at finding unknown reefs
with corals primed to survive despite warming
waters. That’s vital, given the oceans have taken up
almost all of the heat trapped by the trillion tonnes
of greenhouse gases we’ve put in the atmosphere.
And we’ve found AI can usefully identify
specific environmental conditions under which
reefs will survive as the oceans heat up. Our
research suggests hundreds of reefs among the
thousands in the Great Barrier Reef may be home
to corals which have higher heat tolerance than
normal. Now we know this, we can protect these
reefs–and turn to them for potential use to restore
dying reefs elsewhere.
AI is also proving itself as a labour-saver. One
part of science often hidden to the general public is
the sheer number of manuals, repetitive tasks. For
instance, if you want to figure out why some baby
coral polyps survive heat or more acid water while
others die, you have to measure colour, growth, and
survival rates over time. We’ve found AI can do this
work, precisely and fast.
Adapted from: https://theconversation.com/spotting-plastic-
waste-from-space-and-counting-the-fish-in-the-seas-heres-how-
ai-can-help-protect-the-oceans-196222
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B. The AI sends the data in a form of satellite.
C. The AI works in several days to send the
data.
D. The data sent by AI is not valid.
E. AI can help researchers locate plastic
pollution.
19. Based on the text, which of the following will
most likely happen in the future if all ocean
reseachers in every country employ AI in their
work?
A. It will be challenging to predict which fish
species would survive when global
warming hit harder.
B. More oceanography graduates all over the
world will be employed in ocean research.
C. Global community will pay more attention
to rising sea level and put efforts to end it.
D. Students can safely dive and see all of
fishes even in the deepest ocean.
E. New species of fish can be found without
having to dive into unknown reefs and
certain depth of the ocean.
20. “We’ve used AI’s exceptional pattern
recognition to trawl through satellite images
….” (Paragraph 1)
The word ‘exceptional’ in the sentence can be
best replaced with ....
A. latest
B. outstanding
C. original
D. strange
E. developed

17. What is the main idea of the text?

A. How AI can save species in the ocean from
global warming
B. How AI can be beneficially utilized by
oceanographers
C. The advantages of using AI to overcome
plastic pollution
D. The technology used by oceanographers
to save oceans
E. Why government should start employing
AI in the ocean

18. What can you infer from the first paragraph?

A. The proposed AI hasn’t been used yet.

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Kunci Jawaban
Lit. Bahasa Inggris – Paket#1 UTBK’24
No. KJ No. KJ No. KJ No. KJ
1 A 6 B 11 B 16 A
2 E 7 B 12 A, B, D 17 B
3 A, 8 C 13 B 18 E
C
4 D 9 D 14 D 19 E
5 C 10 E 15 TTTFT 20 B
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