READING SECTION
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16.
What is the text about? The text is mainly
about…
A.
What life the reader leads
B.
Why the reader enjoys his life
C.
How the reader can get success
D.
How the reader should go on his life
E.
Why the reader fly in the plane of ambition
17.
“…. On the airport of success it is the Gift of Life…”
The underlined word refer to…
A.
Every moment
B.
Today’s moment
C.
Tomorrow’s memory
D.
Thee airport of success
E.
The plane of ambition
18.
“so, take
the benefit from every moment you have…”
The underlined words mean to take the…
A.
Pleasure
B.
Allowance
C.
Advantage
D.
Assistance
E.
Enjoyment
Text 2
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19.
The announcement is about…
A.
A serious power shortage in the city
B.
Yhe high demand for electrical power
C.
The extremely cold weather in the city
D.
The demand to postpone energy-consuming
E.
The need to turn off all unnecessary appliances
20.
The announcement is addressed to…
A.
The employees of the electricity company
B.
The official that work in the city
C.
The rich people in the city
D.
The companies in the city
E.
The residents of the city
21.
What should residents not do to avoid a serious power shortage?
A.
To reduce power consumption as much as possible
B.
To avoid a serious power shortage
C.
To face a serious power shortage
D.
To turn on all the unnecessary appliances
E.
To postpone energy-consuming task such as doing
the laundry
Text 3
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22.
What the text about?
A.
Brochure
B.
Announcement
C.
Job opportunity
D.
Job information
E.
Job qualification
23.
The main requirement for the position is…
A.
Typing skills
B.
High school graduate
C.
Good knowledge in English
D.
At least three years experience
E.
Experience in travel or car rental industry
24. “Experience in travel or car rental industry
preferred but is not essential “
The underlined word means…..
A.
Emergency
B.
Necessary
C.
Proper
D.
Urgent
E.
Need
Text 4
CHILE: sixty-six agonizing days
after their gold and copper mine collapsed above them, 33 miners were offered a
way out Saturday as a dril broke to their underground purgatory, word of
drill’s succes prompted cheers, tears and the ringing of bells by families in
the tent out side the mine. Some who have kept a vigil since the Aug 5 disaster
ran up a hill where 33 chilean flags were planted, chanting and shouting with
joy as a siren rang throughout “camp hope”, confirming breakthrough.
“our neverousness is gone now.”
Said juan sanchez, whose son Jimmy is stuck in the mine.”only now we begin to
smile”
The “plan B” drill a three way
race against two other drills to carve a hole wide enough for an escaped
capsule to pull the miners out oone by one.
25.
What is the text about?
A.
A way out to save chile’s 33 miners
B.
33 miners were trapped in mine collapse
C.
The success of drilling gold and copper mining
D.
The agonizing days of the mine collapse
E.
Mine collapse took 33 victims
26.
How long the miners trapped under the ground?
A.
Since Saturday
B.
In August
C.
5 months
D.
66 days
E.
33 days
27.
The following are the way of how the miners were
saved, except...
A.
Sending an escape capsule
B.
Carving a hole wide enough
C.
Drilling to reach the purgatory
D.
Escaping the miners to safe place
E.
Pulling the miners with the capsule
28.
... their underground purgatory
the bold typed has the meaning as a place
...
A.
Where miners are working
B.
Deep inside the ground
C.
Around mining area
D.
Of being helpless
E.
Of suffering
Text 5
i live a Blk 123 #13-170 Bedok
Road
on december 14, 2006 at about
10.30 p.m, i was returning home from work. I walked into the elevator, and two
suspicious strangers followed me into the elevator. I pressed the button for
the tent floor, while they were pressing
the button for the fifth floor.
When the elevator was in motion,
they prentended to look up to the ceiling. When the elevator door opened on the
fifth floor, one of them pretended to
fall down and banged hard on my left shoulder, which i used to carry my
handbag. The second one suddenly grabbed my handbag, and they rushed out of the
lift together. I just stood still then,. I did not do anything.
I lose my brown $500 Louis
Vuitton handbag, an $800 pink Nokia cell phone, a $400 silver mini Canon
camera, a $4,000 Rolex lady gold watch with diamond insets and about $10,000 in
cash. One of the robbers was thin, about 1.7 m tall with long black hair and
fair complexion, and wore a black T-shirt
and grey jeans. The other one was rather fat with a mustache, about 1.6
m tall with bald head and tan complexion, and wore a light blue singlet and
black shorts
29.
The writer lose these properties, except...
A.
Diamond ring
B.
Rolex lady watch
C.
Mini canon camera
D.
Louis vuitton handbag
E.
Nokia cell phone
30.
The description about the strangers can be found
in paragraph....
A.
One
B.
Two
C.
Four
D.
Three
E.
One and three
31.
We know from the text that...
A.
The writer stays in a story building
B.
Both of the robbers has the same height
C.
The writer wore a black shorts at that time
D.
The writer pressed button to floor nine
E.
The writer did not report to a policeman
32.
The second one suddenly grabbed my
handbag. (paragraph 2)
The underlined word can be changed by...
A.
Repaired
B.
Saw at a glance
C.
Wanted to rent
D.
Asked for politely
E.
Took suddenly or roughly
33. The whole text tell us about…..
A.
A language is an identity of a group
B.
It is important to make a documentation of
languages
C.
It is important to preserve languages for
heritage reasons
D.
It is important to preserve languages for
scientific reasons
E.
It is important to preserve languages when they
are disappearing
34. The followings are reasons why it is necessary
to record languages, expect…..
A.
Languages are means of group identification
B.
Languages codify the history
C.
It is for scientific reasons
D.
It is for heritage reasons
E.
Languages are accurate
35. The main idea of paragraph five is…
A.
Languages furthers and refines the understanding
of cognition
B.
People categorize their collective human
experience differently
C.
It is imperative to document the languages while
they are still alive
D.
Scientifically, languages are markers of
identity and group cohesion
E.
The different ways people categorize our
collective human experience
36. From a scientific view, when is the best time
languages should be recorded?
It
should be recorded when…
A.
Communications are important
B.
People realize the benefits
C.
They are still actively used
D.
Scientists are still alive
E.
There are data
37. ‘ It codifies the history and world
view of a people’ (paragraph 2)
The
underlined word has the same meaning as….
A.
Signs
B.
Shows
C.
Arranges
D.
Identifies
E.
Describes
Text 7
People white
the whitest skin colors can be found in the north part of European continent.
Those are called Nordic. People with the blackest skin colors can be found in
the west part of Africa. People of South East Asia have yellow. They represent hundreds
of shadow colors, starting from those who have bright skin colors to those who
have dark brown or blackish skin colors.
What
cause all the differences in human skin colors? The explanation is on the
series of chemical processes, which take place in human body and their skin. In
the skin layer there is a basic color substance which is called chromogen. The substance basically
is colorless. However, if a certain ferment or enzyme effects the basic color
substance, a certain skin color will be formed.
However,
if a man doesn’t have the basic color substance or his/her enzyme does not work
properly to the substance, he/she will become an albino. It is because he/she
does not have any pigment. This can happen to anyone on the earth surface. In
Africa, is an example, there is an albino who is whiter than a white-skinned European
man.
Human
skin it self, without the existence of the basic color substance, is ivory
white. But then, there is an added color, yellow, in the skin. This color is
caused by this existence of the yellow pigment in the skin. Other variety of
skin colors also exists in the black color skin. It is due to the existence of
the subtle granules from the substance called melanin. Melanin has a similar
color with a squid. Yet, because of the great pile of substance, to our vision
our skin looks black.
Another
color shadow can be added to the skin by the red color of the blood which
circulates all around the body under the network of skin layer.
So,
human skin color depends on the amount of the four basic substances,i.e. white
, yellow, black and red. Those colors from different nation can be formed from
a combination of different basic color which all man have.
Sun
rays have an ability to create melanin
the black pigment in our skin. That is why people who live in tropical area
have more pigment of this kind and have darker skin colors than those who live
in other area. But, if a white-skinned man exposes him/herself to the sun for
several days, his/her skin look dark brown. It is because the ultraviolet ray
of the sun creates more in the skin.
38.
the text mainly talks about …
A.
the existence of basic co;or substance
B.
the different skin colors
C.
the network of skin layers
D.
the different color substance
E.
the amount of basic color substance
39.
what is chromogen?
A.
A basic color substance
B.
A certain ferment
C.
A skin layer
D.
A certain skin color
E.
A basic color pigment
40.
Why do people have black color skin?
It is because of the existence of …
A.
Substance
B.
Enzyme
C.
Pigment
D.
A squid
E.
melanin
41.
The purpose of the text is …
A.
To explain why people have different skin colors
B.
To explain substance which influence skin colors
C.
To describe what a basic color substance is
D.
To amuse the reader why people have different
skin colors
E.
To inform the reader the process of having skin
colors
42.
“ so, human skin color depends on the
amount of the four basic substance,….” (par 6). The underlined phrase is
similar to…..
A.
Puts on
B.
Carries on
C.
Goes on
D.
Relies on
E.
Calls on
Text 8
Death
penalty for serious criminals has been discussed by our experts. Those who
agree say that death penalty will scare the criminals off. However, those who
disagree say that it is inhuman not effective and we can not correct the wrong
sentence after the criminals die.
In
Switzerland, this penalty does not exist. Most people argue that the
possibility of making the wrong decision is always there although it is true
that spending life behind the bars is not easy either. Also every person should
have a chance for rehabilition. In this way he or she can start all over again in
another life style.
Those
argue that there is no use to feed the terrorists in prison with their money.
When they get out, they will create a lot of trouble by blackmailing and
killing people. So, who says that jails will stop them from being guys?
My own
opinion is divided. On the one hand, I want to be humance, and on the other
hand, I wonder if those people are worthy of feeling.
43.
The text mainly discusses…
A.
The death penalty controversy
B.
The punishment in our country
C.
The death penalty in Switzerland
D.
Those who support death penalty
E.
Those who are against death penalty
44.
Which of the following is NOT the reason for
those who are against death penalty?
A.
Death penalty is inhuman
B.
Death penalty is on effective
C.
There’s
possibility in misjudgment
D.
It is harder to
live behind bars than to die
E.
Every person should have a chance for
rehabilition
45.
What is
the writer opinion about death penalty?
A.
He is not able to decide
B.
He is against death penalty
C.
He agrees with death penalty
D.
Death penalty is a worthwhile punishment
E.
The criminals deserve to receive the benefit of
humane feeling
46.
“However, those who disagree say that it is
inhuman not effective and we can not correct the wrong sentence after
the criminals die.” (par 1)
The underlined word can be replaced by ….
A.
Fine
B.
Thought
C.
Command
D.
Statement
E.
punishment
47.
Where can some people start all over again in
another life style?
A.
Behind the jail bars
B.
In rehabilition
C.
In Switzerland
D.
Outside prison
E.
In prison
Text 9
Bridge
to terabithia is a powerful novel by American author, Katherine Paterson. It
was first published in 1977 and has remained popular ever since. The novel is a
real life fiction that explore friendship, love and grief telling the story
of jess Aarons and his new neighbor, Leslie
Burke
The
plot is this, jess Aarons live on farm with his large family. At school, he
wants to be the fastest runner but is beaten by Leslie Burke, a girl! Jess and
Leslie become friends and play in make-believe land on island in a dry creek
bed that they call terabithia. In terabithia, jess is a strong and courageous
king. One day, however, a tragedy occurs and jess must overcome his grief and
horror. Told in third person, bridge to terabirhia is awell-placed story told
in a straight forward yet thought-provoking way.
Bridge
to terabithia is a very moving novel with believable character and plot that
keeps the readers’ interest. You feel sympathy for jess and can understand what
he has to go through emotionally. Its message of the power of friendship and
the need to care about others and nature makes this a highly suitable book for
teenage reders.
48.
What the text about?
A.
Jess Aarons’ tragedy
B.
A worth reading novel
C.
An island in a dry creek bed
D.
Jess Aarons, a strong and courageous king
E.
A review of a novel entitled bridge to
terabithia
49.
Where does Aarons actually life?
A.
On a farm
B.
In terabithia
C.
On an island
D.
In a dry creek bad
E.
In a make-believe land
50.
“bridge to terabithia is a very moving novel with believable
character…”
The bold-typed word is closest in meaning to….
A.
Feeling
B.
Touching
C.
Persuading
D.
Interesting
E.
motivating
