Text I

Traditional
nineteenth-century
education is usually associated
with the image of a stern teacher
standing in front of a blackboard in
a one-room schoolhouse, teaching
only the three Rs of reading,
writing,
and
arithmetic,
and
demanding
rote
(mechanical
repetition) learning in atmosphere
of silence and restraint. Accurate or
not, that image conflict sharply
with modern reality. Today, the
typical public school offers students
a diversity of subject areas, a
plethora educational material, and
a variety of activities from creative
dramatic to journalism. The modern
school complex contains an array
of educational facilities. Within the
classroom setting, students are
encouraged to speak up and
engage in guided discussion. In
fact, articulate speech and debate
are desirable skills. Children are
encouraged to interrelate on class
projects that are independent of
teacher.
1. The topic of the text is .
(A) traditional nineteenth century
education
(B) the freedom of students to
choose from a variety of subjects
(C) the role of the teachers in
education
(D)
the
difference
between
traditional and modern education
(E) the teaching of reading, writing
and arithmetic
2. Which of the following would be
the best end the text?
(A) There has been a change in the
teachers attitude in the past few
years.

(B)
Traditional
and
modern
education tends to make students
independent.
(C) The development in education,
the modern one is less strict.
(D) It is the task of modern
education
to
make
children
creative
Text II
Good ideas often start with a silly
question.
Bill
Bowerman
was
making breakfast one day. As he
stood there making a waffle for his
son, he wondered what would
happen if he poured rubber into his
waffle iron. So, he tried it and the
result looked something like the
bottom of most sports shoes we
see today. Still, when he took this
idea to several existing shoe
companies he was literally laughed
at. In fact, every single company
turned him down. Though rather
disappointed,
Bowerman
was
determined and went on to form
his own company, making NIKE
athletic shoes.
3. The text tells us about .
(A) how meaningless silly questions
really are
(B) what Bowermans son did for
the Nike shoes
(C) the process of making waffles
for breakfast
(D) the unexpected result of
Bowermans experiment
(E) the first production of the
bottom of sports shoes
4. It can be concluded from the text
that .
(A) inventions often occur during
breakfast
(B) Nike shoes are the first sport
shoes

(C) Bowerman did all the household

chores
(D) A waffle iron became a tool in
making
(E) curiosity can lead to a great
invention
Text III
In the last few thousand years
many civilizations have risen to a
high level of development and then
collapsed. As far as we know none
of them had such a sophisticated
technology as we developed, but
nevertheless
they
produced
remarkable
and
long
lasting
artifacts, such as the great
pyramids and the sphinx of Egypt,
the arch at Ctesiphon and the
extra-ordinary stone constructions
of Middle America. The civilization
of Knossos in Crete even had
plumbing on the third floor. Some
of
these
civilizations
were
destroyed by barbarian inventions,
others by earthquakes, fires or
other disasters and some in Mexico
apparently collapsed purely of the
irreversible growth of top heavy
bureaucracy. In all of them,
however, their collapse has had a
central case, which was the run
down or degeneration of the overall
motivation, spirit, or ethos of the
social system.
5. The general reason for the
collapse of all these ancient
civilizations is .
(A) their inferior technology
(B) barbarian invasions
(C) the growth of the bureaucracy
(D) natural disasters

(E) the degeneration of the social

system
6. The topic of the paragraph is .
(A) the development of world
civilization
(B) sophisticated technology in
ancient civilization
(C) the fate of civilization in ancient
times
(D) examples of some ancient
advanced civilization
(E) the differences in world
civilizations
7. If had known you needed a
camera for your project, could have
lent you mine.
Oh ..
A. thanks a lot for the camera
B. I didnt know you had a camera
C. Ill borrow it from you then
D. thanks, its an excellent camera
E. ll. soon return it.
8. The Amazon valley is extremely
important to the ecology of the
earth. Forty percent of the worlds
oxygen . there.
A. are being produced
D.
is
produced
B. are produced
E.
was
produced
C. is being produced
9. Hari started learning to play
chess when he was only five years
old won his first national chess
competition when he was ten.
This means that Hari to play
chess very well by the time he was
10 years old.
A. had learned
D. would
learn
B. was learning
E.
has
learned
C. will have learned

10. Is my car ready?

Im sorry, because we didnt
get the spare parts until today.
(A) we have fixed it
(B) it is still fixing
(C) still being fixed
(D) we still fixed it
(E) it is still being fixed
11. If he more confident during
the interview, he might have got
the job he wanted.
A. were
B. would be
C. could have been
D. had been
E. was being
12. We are going on a long trip, so
we must ....
A. have checked the car
B. have had the car checked
C. to have the car checked
D. have the car checked
E. had the car checked

13. How was your test?

Not very good. I . much better if
I had not misread the directions for
the last section.
(A) might do
(B) must have done
(C) should do
(D) could have done
(E) would do
14. Hari started learning to play
chess when he was only five years
old won his first national chess
competition when he was ten.
This means that Hari to play
chess very well by the time he was
10 years old.
A. had learned
D. would
learn

B. was learning
learned
C. will have learned

E.

has

15. I ________ all over the place for

my dictionary when I suddenly
remembered that my sister had
borrowed it.
(A) have looked
(B) was looking
(C) looked
(D) am looking
(E) have been looking
16. Had I realized that Tim was a
bad driver,
I ____________ my car
A. would not lend him
B. did not lend him
C. had not lent him
D. would not have lent him
E. will not lend him
17. ' Could you tell your brother to
meet me at the library tomorrow ?
sure , I . him
A. am telling
C.
be
telling
B. will tell
D. will be telling
E. would have told
18. Anita and I missed the morning
flight, and this made . late for our
friend's wedding.
A. his
C. them
E. us
B. me
D. her
19. Why does the secretary have to
work overtime ? Her boss the
letter
A. has retyped
B. has been retyping
C. has her retype
D. has to retype
E. wants to retype

20. If they had known that flood

was coming, they wouldn't have
stayed in their house ." means :
_____
A. They knew that the flood was
coming; they wouldn't have stayed
in their house .
B. They decided to stay in their
house although the flood was
coming.
C. They couldnt stay in their house
because they knew that the flood
was coming
D. They didn't know that the flood
was coming ;therefore, they stayed
in their house
E. They didn't want to stay in their
house because they knew the flood
was coming
21. She wanted the children to
come to the dinning room, so
that ... can have dinner together.
A. she
C. you
E. all
B. we
D. they
22. "Did you buy the computer?"
"No, but I would have if my
father ..."
A. had given me the money
B. would give me the money
C. would have given me the money
D. gave me the money
E. was giving me the money

Text IV
Almost
half
of
the
earth's
population lives in tropical forest
environment
which
cover
an
estimated 2000 million hectares,
mostly in the sloping world. The
management of these forest is a
matter of great 23 for the
countries in which they are .24,

for not only do they provide timber

for lumber and paper but also will
their unique diversity of plants life
serve as a renewable source of
food medicines and fuel .25 they
are wisely harvest . Forest also
helps to regulate the quality and
flow of water, an .26 factor
development. They are the home
farmers and hunters, and yield
many .27 which are use both by
the local people and needed by city
dwellers.
23.A. attraction
B. intention
importance
E. reaction

C. initiative
D.

24.A. situation
B. removed
discovered
E. placed

C. laid
D.

25. A. as
B. for
E. or

C. if
D. so

26.A. enormous
B. efficient
external
E. essential

C. entire
D.

27.A. producers
B. product
productivity
E. productive

C. productively
D.

28. "What is your plan for this

weekend?"
"I ... my brother."
A. will have visited
D. visited
B. have visited
E.
will visit
C. will have been visiting

29. "May I borrow your magazine?"

"I'm sorry, my sister ... it".
A. is still reading
B. has been reading
C. will still read
D. still read
E. still reads
30. Mr. Sulaiman is a prominent
figure among Indonesian scientists;

moreover, people know him as

person.
(A) an arrogant
(B) a strict
(C) a proud
(D) a tough
(E) a sociable