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This passage is for questions no. 1-5!

Dog Tricks

It’s fun to have your dog do tricks when your friends come to your house to hang out. Seeing Rover
Play dead, talk, or open the refrigerator is quite a crowd pleaser.
But tricks are not only great entertainment. They are also a great way to bond with your dog,
integrate your dog with your family, and keep your dog physically and mentally challenged. Experts
say that teaching your dog tricks is not that all difficult, but patience is crucial. If you don’t have
patience, you will never be able to teach your dogs tricks.
There are three steps to follow in order to successfully teach your dog a new trick. The first is
to give your dog a verbal cue (sit, come, stay) or a physical cue (a raised hand) that lets him know
what you want him to do. The second step is that your dog does what you would like him to do. The
third step is to reward your dog for accomplishing the task.
Noted dog trainer Kyra Sundance advises people who are trying to teach their dog tricks to reward
with tasty treats, to train before dinner, and to motivate using a happy voice!

1. As used in paragraph 2, which is the best definition for crucial?

a. Very big
b. Very good
c. Very important
d. Very difficult
Jawaban: C
Pembahasan:
Crucial artinya sangat mendesak/ benar – benar penting. Maka, yang memiliki sinonim dengan
kata crucial adalah: c very important.

2. The main purpose of paragraph 4 is to

a. Show how difficult dog training can be
b. Provide concrete advice on how to train a dog
c. Prove that the author is an expert in dog training
d. Suggest that treats are the most important part of dog training
Jawaban: B
Pembahasan:
dari kalimat pertama di paragraph 4 terdapat kata advice (Noted dog trainer Kyra Sundance
advises people who are trying to teach their dog tricks to reward with tasty treats, ….).

3. Based on information in paragraph 4, we can understand that something verbal is

a. Felt
b. Seen
c. Heard
d. Spoken

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Jawaban: D
Pembahasan:
verbal artinya lisan. Pengertian lisan adalah berbicara. Maka yang memiliki sinonim adalah
kata spoken.

4. We learn about the importance of using “physical” cues to train your dog. Using this
information, we can understand that which of these choices also describes something
physical?
a. Martha thinks about her husband
b. Angela dreams about her upcoming birthday
c. Rudy runs and kicks the soccer ball
d. Slater solves the math problem in his head
Jawaban: C
Pembahasan:
physical artinya yang berhubungan dengan fisik. Maka pilihan yang tepat adalah C.

5. Which of the following statements would Kyra Sundance most likely agree with?
a. Dogs ate very picky eaters
b. The author knows a lot about dogs
c. Dogs learn tricks best when hungry
d. Playing dead is the most popular dog trick
Jawaban: C
Pembahasan:
Kyra Sundance advises people who are trying to teach their dog tricks to reward with tasty
treats, to train before dinner, and to motivate using a happy voice!

Direction: fill the blanks with the correct answer from choices given in the question.

This part is for questions no. 6-11!

The Boomerang

Researchers have different theories concerning the origin of the word. Some say that it (6) …….. first
used in English in 1827 and is adapted (7) …… the Aboriginal word wo – mur – rang, which dates
(8) …. even earlier.
Non – returning boomerangs (or shaunies) were traditionally used (9) …… hunting weapons,
(31) …… the returning boomerang has mainly been used for leisure activities. Australian Aboriginal
boomerangs have been made (10) …. thousands of years and continue to be produced in the traditional
way. Sourced from bent tree roots, hunters would remove a part of the tree without causing too ()
…11. damage. A stone – headed axe would be used to painstakingly cut the selected tree root from
the tree.

6. a. has
b. were
c. got
d. was
Jawaban: D

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pembahasan:
kalimat pasif: tobe + V3 ➔ past tense; was + used.
7. a. to
b. at
c. from
d. in
Jawaban: C
pembahasan:
adapted + from = berasal dari.

8. a. with
b. back
c. since
d. in
Jawaban: B
pembahasan:
dates back artinya pada waktu dimasa lampau.

9. a. how
b. as
c. by
d. like
Jawaban: B
pembahasan:
used as = digunakan sebagai

10. a. now
b. If
c. when
d. while
Jawaban: D
pembahasan:
while = sedangkan, now= sekarang, when= ketika.

11. a. while
b. for
c. during
d. long
Jawaban: B
pembahasan:
a. selagi
b. selama
c. selama (kurun waktu)
d. sepanjang

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Direction: In question no. 12-16. Eeach sentence has four words / phrases marked as A, B, C,
D. Complete the best sentence in order to make it correct.

12. I … working on my photoshop skills a lot recently

a. Am to be
b. Was being
c. Have been
d. Was to be
Jawaban: C
Pembahasan:
pilihan A, b, C salah karena setelah tobe seharusnya diikuti langsung verb. Maka, jawaban
yang tepat adalah C have been + ving.

13. A storm surge is a … rise in the water level of the ocean.

a. Gradual
b. Typical
c. Sudden
d. Minor
Jawaban: C
Pembahasan:
a. perlahan – lahan
b. tipikal
c. tiba- tiba
d.kecil / minor

14. Every day the old man’s dog goes to the shop to …. him a newspaper.
a. Carry
b. Fetch
c. Take
d. Bring
Jawaban: B
Pembahasan:
a. membawa
b. menjemput
c. membawa
d. membawa

15. The difference between libel and slander is that libel is printed while …
a. Spoken is slander
b. Is spoken slander
c. Slander is spoken
d. Is slander spoken
Jawaban: C
Pembahasan:

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karena dikalimat sebelumnya dalam bentuk libel is printed, maka untuk bentuk slander juga
harus sama ➔ slander is spoken.

16. The knee is the joint … the thigh bone meets the large bone of the lower leg.
a. When
b. Where
c. Why
d. Which
Jawaban: B
Pembahasan:
a. ketika
b. dimana (menunjukkan tempat)
c. mengapa (alasan)
d. yang mana

Direction: In question no. 17-20 each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. They are marked
A, B, C, D. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence
to be correct, or if the correction is not needed, you may select “no error”.

17. It is essential that the temperature is not elevated to a point where the substance formed may
become unstable and decompose into its constituent elements.
a. Is not
b. To a point
c. May become
d. Its
Jawaban: A
Pembahasan:
it is essential that …. Diikuti dengan subjek + V1. Jadi tidak ada lagi verb to be / aux verb.

18. Whoever inspected this radio should have put their identification number on the box.
a. Whoever
b. This
c. Should have put
d. Their
Jawaban: D
Pembahasan:
kata ganti whoever seharusnya adalah his/ her.

19. It is an accepted custom for one to say ‘excuse me’ when he sneezed.
a. It is
b. Accepted
c. He
d. Sneezed
Jawaban: D
Pembahasan:

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sneezed merupakan kata kerja bentuk ke 2 (past tense), seharusnya diubah menjadi present
(V1) adalah sneezes.

20. Although we are concerned about the problem of energy sources, we must not fail recognizing
the need for environmental protection.
a. Concerned about
b. Must not
c. Recognizing
d. For
Jawaban: C
Pembahasan:
fail + to + V1 ➔ fail to recognize.

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