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1 Cats also called the domestic cat

or house 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.
(saintif.com)
“….., but these traits are better 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 Cats also called the domestic cat
or house 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.
(saintif.com)
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 6000 BC.

E. The cat is one of the most popular pets in

the world.

3 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.
(academichelp.net)
“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 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.
(academichelp.net)
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.

5 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.
(Source : bigbanktheories.com)
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 We believe the Earth is about 4.6 eliminated = melenyapkan”

billion years old. At percent we are
Construct = membangun
forced to look to other bodies in the
solar system for hints as to what the Initiate = menginisiasi
early history of the Earth was like.
Build = membangun
Studies of our moon, Mercury, Mars,
and the large satellites of Jupiter and Create = menciptakan
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.
(Source : bigbanktheories.com)
“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

7 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.

Adapted from (http://englishadmin.com)

What is the closest meaning to a word
mingle in paragraph 1?

A. Celebrate

B. Accelerate

C. Associate

D. Future

E. Compliment

8 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.

Adapted from : englishadmin.com.html

“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

9 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.

Adapted from : (www.text.co.id)

“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

10 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.

Adapted : www.sekolahbahasainggris.co.id

“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

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11 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."
Source: https://www.education.vic.gov.au/
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 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 1920s and 1930s 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 40th 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.”

Source: https://www.education.vic.gov.au/

“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

13 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.

Sumber: https://www.lsac.org/

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 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 A. Construed = ditafsirkan.
recognition and establishment of aboriginal rights,
B. Evident = Terbukti
despite the continued efforts of aboriginal peoples
to raise issues concerning their rights. C. Explicit = eksplisit / tegas

Aboriginal rights in Canada are defined by the D. Manifest = nyata

constitution as aboriginal peoples‟ rights to
E. Spoken = diucapkan
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.

Sumber: https://www.lsac.org/

“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 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 selfgovernment, 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 clamis.

".... 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

16 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 Seedy : lusuh / kumuh.
road. Nowadays, Britain seems to look at least as
bad. What has gone wrong? B. Wrong : salah

C. Ugly : Jelek
The problem is that the rubbish created by our
increasingly mobile lives lasts a lot longer than D. Stingy : Serakah
before. If it is not cleared up and properly thrown
away, it stays in the undergrowth for years; a semi- E. Greasy : Berminyak
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?

https://mrnussbaum.com /

What is the closest meaning of the word “tatty” in

the second paragraph?

A. Seedy

B. Wrong

C. Ugly

D. Stingy

E. Greasy

17 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?

What can we inferred about from the last

pharagraph?

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

18 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.

http://www.pearsonlongman.com/

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 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.

http://www.pearsonlongman.com/

What is the closest meaning of the word “ensure” in

the last paragraph?

A. Undermine

B. Bring

C. Guarantee

D. Few

E. Satisfied

20 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.

http://www.pearsonlongman.com/

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.