Six years ago, I finished high school.

Since that day and until last week, I (not/ SEE)

_________________________ any of my classmates again and I was kind of happy because of this. I know it
(SOUND) _________________________ weird but let me tell you why I think this way. Back at school, some of
my mates (USE) _________________________ to tell me horrible things and I was fed up with (BEG)
_________________________ them to leave me alone but they neither (PAY) _________________________
attention to my words nor apologized for (BE) _________________________ so cruel to me. There was this
girl who (CALL) _________________________ Andrea, whom I especially disliked. (not/ ASK)
_________________________ me why, but there (BE) _________________________ no way we could get
along. Maybe, if we (TAKE) _________________________ the time to get to know each other better, we (not/
DISLIKE) _________________________ each other the way we did. Last week, as I (WALK)
_________________________ along Milford street, I (HEAR) _________________________ the most
terrifying voice I (ever/ HEAR) _________________________: “Carla! Carla! It’s me, Andrea! (you/ not/
REMEMBER) _________________________ me?” My school nightmare was back. I (cannot/ BELIEVE)
_________________________ what (HAPPEN) _________________________ to me. I asked the universe
“What (I/ DO) _________________________ to deserve such punishment?!” As no answer (RECEIVE)
_________________________, by my confused mind, I said to Andrea “Hi there!” How (you/ BE)
_________________________ all this time? You look fantastic.” As I (SAY) _________________________
this, I remembered a Spring Day celebration eight years before when I (CALL) _________________________
Piggy by her and her girl friends and I wished the earth would swallow me up. “Well, you know, this and that,”
she replied. She went on “I (STUDY) _________________________ at university when I (MEET)
_________________________ a wealthy man- which was what I (actually/ LOOK)
_________________________ for at university!- so I dropped out. I got married and (BUY)
_________________________ a three-storey house downtown. I (also/ TRAVEL)
_________________________ a lot recently; in fact, I (TRAVEL) _________________________ the globe
three times already. What else...?” “Oh, you have a wonderful life! Congrats!” I said reluctantly. And then, the
most feared moment came. “What about you?” she asked. “What (you/ DO) _________________________
recently?” she added. Not having time to think of a better answer, I replied with the truth. “I (WORK)
_________________________ in a small grocery for five years but I (TRY) _________________________ to
find a better job for quite some time now. I (also/ LEARN) _________________________ how to speak
Spanish, as I hope one day I (BE) _________________________ able to visit my
parents’ family in Spain.” She said she was in a hurry, kissed me goodbye and left. No
comment (MAKE) _________________________ about my news. As I started walking
towards the bus stop, I could hear a silly laughter coming from her. “Poor thing!” I thought
“She (not/ CHANGE) _________________________ in the least; she is still the same
PRACTICE TEST READING 2
This text is for questions 16 to 17
To All participants of 210 TWILIGHT Cup:

Please be informed the opening of the competition this coming November 11 is

postponed due to the storm and heavy downpour.

It is tentatively rescheduled to November 18 if the weather will permit. Please wait for
updates.

Thank you for your kind understanding.

16. What is the topic of the announcement?
A. Opening of the competition
B. Suspension of the competition
C. Rescheduling of the competition
D. Participants of 210 TWILIGHT Cup
E. Resumption of 2 10 TWILIGHT Cup

17. According to the text, the competition is delayed owing to…

A. tentative rescheduling
B. permitted weather
C. extreme weather
D. rainy season
E. rainfall

This text is for questions 18 to 19

2152 East Teak Wood
5th of December, 2016

Dear Valery,
In today’s fast world it’s difficult to find a true friend like you. I sometimes think
I am very lucky to get you as without you life would have been very boring. I
still remember the first day of school when were young, you called me and gave
a seats besides you. It’s now almost 15 years and our relationship has grown in
past years. I would like thank you for being there for me for the ups and downs
of my life.
Last year when my father passed away you were support to me and my family. I
don’t know what I would have done without you then. You were more helpful
than my relative. I can never forget how you stayed back in the hospital late
night just to support me and my mother.
I cherish every moment of life we spent together. Though you far away from me I
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still feel that you are close to me. How me.
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With best wishes,
 18. According to the text, Valery …
A. was very grateful to Shavira for having helped and supported her
B. has stayed with Shavira's family since her father passed away
C. was given a seat by Shavira on the first day of their school
D. is not only Shavira's best friend but also her relative
E. encouraged Shavira when her father passed away

19. “I cherish every moment of life we spent together.” (Paragraph 3)

The closest meaning to the underlined word is…
A. rely
B. value
C. enjoy
D. neglect
E. approve

This text is for questions 20 to 21

CUT NYAK DHIEN
Cut Nyak Dhien was born into an Islamic aristocratic family in Aceh Besar in VI
mukim district in 1848. Her father, Teuku Nanta Setia, was a member of the ruling
UleeBalang aristocratic class in VI mukim, and her mother was also from an aristocrat
family. She was educated in religion and household matters. She was renowned for her
beauty, and many men proposed to her until her parents arranged for her marriage to
Teuku Cek Ibrahim Lamnga, the son of aristocrat family, when she was twelve.
On 26 March 1873, Dutch declared war on Aceh. During the first part of this war, the
First Aceh Expedition, Aceh was led by Panglima Polem and Sultan Alauddin Mahmud
Syah II. The Dutch army sent 3,000 soldiers led by Johan Harmen Rudolf Kohler to
take the Sultan’s palace. The Sultan, however, received military aid from Italy and the
United Kingdom, and the Aceh army was rapidly modernized and enlarges from 10,000
to 100,000 soldiers. Dutch forces were successfully pushed back and Kohler died in
action.
In November 1873, during the Second Aceh Expedition the Dutch successfully
captured VI mukim in 1873, followed by the Sultan’s Palace in 1874. In 1875, Cut
Nyak Dhien and her baby, along with other mothers, were evacuated to a safer location
while her husband Ibrahim Lamnga fought to reclaim VI mukim. Teuku Ibrahim
Lamnga died in action in the Gle Tarum on June 29, 1878. Hearing of this, Cut Nyak
Dhien was enraged and swore to destroy the Dutch.
Sometime after the death of her husband, an Acehnese hero Teuku Umar proposed to
her. Although she rejects him at first, she accepted his proposal when Umar allowed
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 20. The social function of this text is to give information about ….
A. Cut Nyak Dhien and her family
B. the early life of Cut Nyak Dhien
C. The admiration for Cut Nyak Dhien
D. the role of Cut Nyak Dhien in Aceh War
E. Cut Nyak Dhien as the national heroine

21. Why did Cut Nyak Dhien become very angry with the Dutch?
A. The Dutch withdrew her and her family
B. The Dutch killed her husband in GleTarum
C. Cut Nyak Dhien swore to destroy the Dutch
D. Ibrahim Lamnga fought to reclaim VI mukim
E. She heard the news about the war in GleTarum (Answer
B Par 4, last sentence, (very angry=enraged ))
22. “ …were evacuated to a safer location while her husband Ibrahim Lamnga ...” (Paragraph 3)
The underlined word is closest in meaning to ....
A. quit
B. sent
C. vacated
D. avoided
E. removed

This text is for questions 23 to 25

1. Find the phone number. Like the website, the phone number to activate card will
likely be on the card. It may also be in the paperwork with the card.
2. Have your information ready. You’ll likely need your credit card number, and
the security code on the back of the card. The account number should be with the
information that came with the card. You may also need your Social Security
number or your date of birth. You may be asked to give your full name.
3. Call the number. Once you dial the number, you will likely reach a recorded
service. Follow the directions given by system. You may have to input information
with the keypad, such as your credit or security code.
4. Complete the process. Finish giving the system your information. Once you’ve
given all the information, your card will be activated.
5. Take off the sticker, and sign the card, Peel the sticker back from the card with
the activation information on it. Add your signature to the back of the card.
Tips
 If you have trouble, call customer service, and click through until you get a live
person. That person can talk to you through process or activate your card for you.

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 23. What is the most suitable topic for the text?
A. How to make a credit card
B. How to make a telephone call
C. How to find a telephone number
D. How to process credit card activation
E. How to activate a credit card by phone

24. What will the customer service do when you have difficulty?
A. He will talk about the process
B. He will have a live conversation
C. He will solve the problem with you
D. He will click through the activation
E. He will make your credit card active

25. “You’ll likely need your credit card number, your account number, and the security code on
the back of the card.” (Point 2)
The underlined word is closest in meaning to….
A. data
B. puzzle
C. system
D. private
E. convention

This text is for questions 26 to 28

Yogyakarta is one of the foremost cultural centers of Java, the seat of the mighty
Javanese empire of Mataram from which present day Yogyakarta has the best inherited
of traditions. The city itself has a special charm, which seldom fails to captivate the
visitor. Gamelan, classical and contemporary Javanese dances, leather puppet, theater
and other expressions of traditional art will keep the visitor spellbound. Local craftsmen
excel in arts such batiks, silver and leather works. Next to the traditional, contemporary
art has found fertile soil in Yogya's culture oriented society.
Yogyakarta is often called the main gateway to the Central Java as where it is
geographically located. It stretches from Mount Merapi to the Indian Ocean. There is
daily air service to Yogya from Jakarta, Surabaya and Bali as well as regular train
service and easy accessibility by road. Yogyakarta is commonly considered as the
modem cultural of Central Java. It is a very lively city and a shopper's delight. The main
road, Malioboro Street, is always crowded and famous for its night street food• culture
and street vendors. Many tourist shops and cheap hotels are concentrated along this
street or in the adjoining tourist area such Sosrowijayan Street.
The key attraction of Yogyakarta is ‘Kraton’ (the Sultan’s Palace), the centre of Yogya’s
traditional life and despite the advance of modernity; it still emanates the spirit of
refinement, which has been the hallmark of Yogya’s art for centuries. This vast complex
of decaying buildings was built in the 18th century, and is actually a walled city within
the city with luxurious pavilions and in which the current Sultan still resides.
Yogyakarta is also the only major city, which still has traditional ‘Becak’ (rickshaw-
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 26. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To amuse the readers with Yogyakarta
B. To describe the location of Yogyakarta
C. To persuade the readers to go to Yogyakarta
D. To promote Yogyakarta as tourist destination
E. To tell the readers the history of Yogyakarta.

27. We know from the second paragraph that ...

A. plane is the most convenient access to reach Yogyakarta
B. many local tourists prefer staying in Sosrowijayan Street
C. Sosrowijayan is also known as shopping and culinary delight
D. there are many convenient stores in the streets of Yogyakarta
E. Malioboro Street is a crowded main road which is alive 24 hours

28. “ ... spirit of refinement, which has been the hallmark of Yogya's art for centuries.”
(Paragraph 3)
The underlined word is closest in meaning…
A. settlement
B. development
C. improvement
D. involvement
E. engagement

This text is for questions 29 to 31

Sluggish oil markets will continue to cloud the upstream industry this year and prompt a
majority of oil companies in Indonesia to implement decreases in their workforce, a
survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Indonesia has indicated.
In an overwhelming majority, 91 percent of respondents believed that employment in
the oil and gas industry would decrease this year, highlighting the continuing effect of
the slide in the oil price.
“Almost 75 percent of the respondents expect their company to reduce their expatriate
workforce, with 53 percent expecting a decline in the number of local hires," said Sacha
Winzenried, PwC Indonesia's lead advisor for energy, utilities and mining, said in
Jakarta on Thursday.
Likewise, future spending is expected to slow, particularly for exploration, compared
to previous years. Only half of those surveyed expected that their company would
increase exploration activities globally and in Indonesia in the next three years. As for
general capital expenditure, respondents were broadly divided into three similarly sized
groups: one-third would decrease capital expenditure, one-third would
increase it and one-third would maintain it as is..

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 29. What is the topic of the text?
A. The condition of oil and gas industry
B. The prospect of oil and gas industry
C. PricewaterhouseCoopers Indonesia
D. The slowness of oil and gas jobs
E. Oil and gas activity this year

30. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Indonesia has revealed that....

A. oil markets will continue to clear the upstrean1industry
B. oil companies will reduce their workers this year
C. oil markets will keep on surviving this year
D. oil companies in Indonesia will decrease
E. oil markets will keep thriving this year

31. “. . .would decrease capital expenditure, one-third would increase it.” (Paragraph5)
The underlined word is closest in meaning to ....
A. expense
B. income
C. export
D. selling
E. effort

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This Text is for questions 32 to 35

Sangkuriang
Once upon a time in West Java, Indonesia, lived a princess named Dayang Sumbi. Her
hobby was weaving cloth. One day her weaving tool fell but she was too lazy to get it
herself. She shouted out, ‘Anybody there? Bring me my tool. I will give you special
present. If you are female, l will consider you as my sister. If you are male, I will
marry you’.
A male creature came, but i t was a dog. His name was Tumang. He happily brought
her the tool to her. Dayang Sumbi was very surprised but she kept her promise. She
married the dog. Tumang was actually a man who had been cursed by a witch to become
a dog. But at certain times Tumang could turn back to be a normal man. Their only son,
Sangkuriang, was soon born, and he grew up to be a handsome and healthy boy. He
always played with his very loyal dog, Tumang. He did not know that he was actually his
father, because Dayang Sumbi hid the secret from him. Sangkuriang liked to hunt in the
woods, of course with Tumang.
One day Dayang Sumbi asked him to bring home a deer's heart. Unfortunately, he could
not find any deer in the woods. He did not want to disappoint his mother and was thinking
hard how to bring home a deer's heart. Suddenly he had a very bad idea. He killed
Tumang! Then he brought his heart home and gave it to Dayang Sumbi. Sangkuriang
could not cheat her. She knew it was Tumang’s heart. So, she got very angry and hit
Sangkuriang’s forehead with a piece of wood and told him to leave the village.
Many years later, Sangkuriang grew up to be a powerful man. One day he went back to
his village. He met a beautiful young woman there, and he fell in love with her at the first
sight. It was Dayang Sumbi! She never got older because she had been granted eternal
youth by the gods. Sangkuriang did not know that she was his mother, so she came to her
and proposed to marry her.
When he walked closer to her, Dayang Sumbi got very surprised. She saw the scar in
Sangkuriang's forehead, and soon she knew that he was her son, who left her a long time
ago. She told him the truth and tried hard to explain it to him, but he did not believe her.
She accepted his proposal but gave him an impossible thing to do. She wanted hi1n to
build a lake and a boat in just one night!
Sangkuriang agreed, because he knew that he could make it with the help of his genies.
By midnight he finished the lake and then started making the boat. Dayang Sumbi was
thinking hard to find a way to fail him. Before dawn, she asked the people in the village to
burn the woods the East, and the light made all the cocks’ crow. Thinking that the night
would be over soon, the genies ran fast and left Sangkuriang before the boat was finished.
Sangkuriang realized that Dayang Sumbi had cheated him.

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 32. How could Tumang marry Dayang Sumbi?
A. He was actually a man
B. He was a kindhearted dog
C. He helped her get her tool
D. He had fallen in love with her
E. He had been cursed to become a dog

33. What is the main idea of the fourth paragraph?

A. Dayang Sumbi was granted eternal youth by god
B. Sangkuriang wanted to go ho1ne when he grew up
C. Sangkuriang and Dayang Sumbi vowed to get married
D. Dayang Sumbi did not know that Sangkuriang was her son
E. Sangkuriang fell in love with Dayang Sumbi when he met her

34. What moral value can we learn from the story?

A. We must obey our parents
B. We must keep our promise
C. We must respect our parents
D. We mustn’t marry our parent
E. We mustn’t humiliate our parent

35.Sangkuriang killed Tumang, he wouldn't have left the village.

A. If
B. That
C. Unless
D. Because
E. Although

This text is for questions 36 to 38

Last year I went to Jamaica with my boyfriend. It was my favorite holiday. We went
there by plane in October.
The trip was very long and hard. The seat was very small and uncomfortable. We
stayed in a hotel in Montego Bay. The hotel was very big and beautiful.
There were three swimming-pools, big gardens, a disco, a gym and five restaurants. We
met a lot of Spanish people at the hotel. It was very hot.
We got up early in the morning because we went to an excursion. We visited a lot of
beaches. The beaches were very nice in Jamaica. We went to a small safari. We saw
birds, crocodiles.
In the afternoon we went shopping. I bought t-shirts, pictures, towels, coffee and
figures. We went back in the evening and had dinner in the hotel. The food was very
good. There was pizza, meat, fish, fruit, typical Jamaica's food, ice-cream, etc. After
that we went to the disco and..

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 36. According to the text, the writer and her boyfriend ....
A. swam in the hotel swimming pool
B. went back to the hotel after shopping
C. left the hotel for dinner in the evening
D. met all their Spanish friends in Jamaica
E. spent the whole night in the gym and disco

37. We know from the text that the writer ....

A. did not enjoy the holiday
B. spent the holiday for a fortnight
C. went by plane in economy class
D. was a Jamaican who lives in Spain
E. stayed in a hotel quite far from the beach

38. They were so tired.....she fell asleep the entire trip.

A. so
B. that
C. because
D. so that
E. for

This text is for questions 39 to 42

The West Sumatra provincial administration plans to promote the tourism potential of
wild boar hunting in an effort to improve the welfare of local residents.
The plan has won the support of Governor Irwan Prayitno.
“The unique wild boar hunting activity has the potential to be developed as a leading
tourism event in West Sumatra,” he said in Padang on Monday.
Irwan added that boar hunting, aided by dogs in Matur Mudiak village in
Agam regency, had attracted a large number of participants and spectators.
According to him, by setting up food and beverage stations near hunting areas,
boar hunting could help spur local economies.
“We hope this kind of activity can also be developed as a tourism attraction in other
regencies in West Sumatra,” Irwan said as quoted by Antara news agency.
Irwan noted that the boar hunting in west Sumatra had been popular for several decades.

39. What is the topic of the text?

A. The uniqueness of wild boar hunting activity in West Sumatra
B. Participants taking part in the wild boar hunting in West Sumatra
C. The development of prominent tourism attraction in West Sumatra
D. Efforts to improve the welfare of local people in West Sumatra province
E. Planning to promote wild boar hunting as tourism attraction in West Sumatra

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40. How could wild boar hunting activity help push local economies?
A. By improving local people's welfare
B. By setting up hunting areas in some places
C. By selling food and beverages near hunting areas
D. By asking for help of the local government
E. By attracting participants and spectators

41. We know from the text that ....

A. local people sell food and beverages in the hunting areas
B. participants and spectators come from all over West Sumatra
C. the governor of West Sumatra has won the wild boar hunting
D. wild boar hunting has been accepted for long in West Sumatra
E. hunters who get involved in the hunting activity must have rifles

42. Wild boar hunting activity is very popular in West Sumatra....it is unique and
attractive.
A. as
B. that
C. thus
D. due to
E. though

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