DIKSI PAKET 2

I. Choose the best answer for the following questions!

Text for question numbers 1-4
India will test its Covid-19 vaccine delivery system with a nationwide trial on Saturday as the South
Asian nation prepares to roll-out an inoculation program to stem the world’s second-worst outbreak. The
federal health ministry has reviewed preparedness and asked state governments to ensure the
effectiveness of the program, the government said in a statement Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a speech on Thursday the country was preparing to give
indigenously manufactured shots to high-risk people quickly. The government plans to inoculate 300
million people in the first phase by August, including health care and frontline workers, police and
military troops and those with co-morbidities and above the age of 50. It’s a daunting task for a country
of more than 1.3 billion people with limited infrastructure and patchy health networks.
India is expected to initially lean on the two-dose vaccines manufactured by Bharat Biotech and the
Serum Institute of India. Serum has partnered with AstraZeneca to make at least one billion doses of their
shot, half of which have been earmarked for India. Both manufacturers, along with Pfizer, are seeking
emergency use permission for their coronavirus shots in India.
Adapted from: https://www.bloomberg.com

1. The most appropriate title for the text is…

A. India COVID-19 vaccine production
B. Total dose of COVID-19 vaccine in India
C. India plan to cure COVID-19 entirely
D. High risk people can immediately get
COVID-19 vaccine
E. India’s preparation to test the vaccine
delivery system
2. Which sentence is closest in meaning to the last
sentence in paragraph 3?
A. Pfizer is the only vaccine producer
accepted in India
B. Serum Institute of India, alongside with
Pfizer only produce two dose of vaccines
due to emergency situations
C. COVID-19 vaccine producers don’t have
to follow the general procedures due to
emergency situations
D. COVID-19 vaccine producers tend to get
use the emergency situations in India
E. India give emergency use permission to
produce vaccine
3. The word “trial” in paragraph 1 is closest
meaning to …
A. sample
B. aid
C. rehearsal
D. run
E. test
4. The word “those” in paragraph 2 refers to …
 A. people
B. elderly
C. kids
D. officer
E. government officials

Text for question numbers 5-9

By, 2050, there will be another two to three billion people on Earth, and the planet’s population will
consume twice as much food as now. For 50 years farmland has grown at the cost of natural habitat and
biodiversity, and already more than two thirds of agricultural land is either in use or protected.
As a result, we need to develop the technology to double the output of the 10 – 15 main calorie crops,
particularly if we are to alleviate the burden on developing countries of feeding a rapidly growing
population, argues Jason Clay of the WWF in the journal Nature. He makes some strategic suggestions—
described as ―food wedges for Africa, the continent that faces the greatest challenge of increasing food
production. Clay believes the responsible use of genetics is one of the keys. He suggests that mapping the
genomes of staple food crops such as yams, plantains and cassava, and selecting genetic traits, can both
increase production and improve drought tolerance, disease resistance and nutrient content.
Improving agricultural inputs and practice is also essential, he argues. It currently takes one liter of
water to produce one calorie of food. Even if we halved water use and doubled production, food
deficiency would still increase fourfold. Technologies already exist to achieve this, but in Africa they
have often not been taken up. Mulching, for example, can help rebuild soil fertility and reduce water
usage, and is suitable for use even in household gardens, without need for high-tech tools
Adapted from: https://www. Scidev.com

5. What is the author’s main purpose in writing the

text?
A. To classify the type of technology used for
soil fertility
B. To inform the danger of population
explosion in the future
C. To argue for the value of increased food
production prospects
D. To explain the need for cassava as the main
crop in the future
E. To persuade for the development of right
technology for agriculture
6. Paragraphs 1 and 2 are related in that paragraphs
1…
A. Discusses population impact, paragraph 2
offers technological solutions
B. Sets the challenging situation, paragraph 2
is on the need of technology
C. Explains population growth, paragraph 2
develops areas of agriculture
D. Exposes the impact of agriculture,
paragraph 2 restores the damage
E. Outline the population growth, paragraph 2
says its consequences
7. The word they in ’But in Africa they have often
not been taken up.’ (Paragraph 3) refers to ….
 A. Technologies
B. Food deficiency
C. Agricultural inputs
D. Double production
E. Household gardens
8. All of the following attempts are potential to
increase food production in the future, except …
A. Sequencing the right genomes of staple
crops
B. Conducting careful, attentive selection of
main crops
C. Maximizing the use of technology to the
crop output
D. Compost making with chemical fertilizers
combination
E. Cultivating the likely genetic traits of main
crop elements
9. The author views that food production producers
in the future should …
A. Consider the environmental aspect
B. Focus on the availability of water supply
C. Always be based on new staple crops
D. Relieve a burden for developing countries
E. Incorporate technology to maximize output

Text for question numbers 10-15

A new era (10____) begun for the United Kingdom after it completed its formal separation from the
European Union. The UK stopped following EU rules at 23:00 GMT, as replacement arrangements for
travel, trade, immigration and security co-operation came into force. Boris Johnson said the UK had
"freedom in our hands" and the ability to do things "differently and better" now the long Brexit process
was over. But opponents of leaving the EU maintain the country will be worse off.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, (11___) ambition it is to take an independent Scotland back
into the EU, tweeted: "Scotland will be back soon, Europe. Keep the light on." BBC Europe editor Katya
Adler said there was a sense of relief in Brussels that the Brexit process was over, "but there is regret still
at Brexit itself". The first lorries arriving at the borders entered the UK and EU without delay.
(12___) the Stena Line ferries and ports group tweeted that six freight loads travelling from Holyhead
in Wales to Ireland on Friday morning had to be turned away due to not having the correct paperwork.
UK ministers have warned there will be some disruption in the coming days and weeks, as new (13___)
bed in and British firms come to terms with the changes.
The UK officially left the 27-member political and economic bloc on 31 January, three and half years
after the UK public voted to leave in the 2016 Brexit referendum. But it stuck to the EU's trading rules for
11 months (14___) the two sides negotiated their future economic partnership. A landmark treaty was
finally agreed on Christmas Eve, and became law in the UK on Wednesday.
Adapted from: https;//www.bbc.com

10. …
A. Has
B. Have
C. Had
 D. Has been
E. Have been
11. …
A. Whom
B. Which
C. Whose
D. Of which
E. who
12. …
A. since
B. but
C. and
D. therefore
E. thus
13. …
A. retribution
B. law
C. petition
D. rules
E. agreement
14. …
A. when
B. while
C. alongside
D. after
E. before
15. The sentence “Under the new arrangements,
UK manufacturers will have tariff-free access
to the EU's internal market, meaning there will
be no import taxes on goods crossing between
Britain and the continent” is best put in …
A. the end of paragraph 3
B. the end of paragraph 4
C. the beginning of paragraph 1
D. the beginning of paragraph 2
E. the beginning of paragraph 3