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UN SMA 2017 Bahasa Inggris

Soal UN SMA 2017 - Bahasa Inggris


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Luis Lionel Andres Messi, born June 24th, 17. What is the main idea of the third
1987, is an Argentinian football player for F.C paragraph?
Barcelona. He is not very tall, mainly, due to (A) he hasnt really attractive face, but hes a
the growing problem he had when he was very good football player
younger. His eyes are brown. He never has (B) Lionel Messi is a good player for F.C
short hair. Barcelona
Lionel Messi started playing football at a (C) his best characteristics are on the foot
very early age in his hometowns Newells Old has competitiveness
Boys. From the age of 11, he suffered from a (D) he appears to be a quite good and
hormone deficiency and as Lionels parents modest person
were unable to pay for the treatment in (E) he has long black hair and brown eyes
Argentina, they decided to move to Barcelona,
Spain.
In the 2003-2004 season, when he was We are announcing today that we are bringing
still only 16 years old, Messi made his first the Milestone and Ever Green brands even
team debut in a friendly with Porto that closer together. Effective as of 5th December
marked the opening of the new Dragao 2013, our official name will be:
stadium. The following championship-winning
GREEN MILES WEST
season, Messi made his first appearance in an
official match on October 16th, 2004, in The substitution of West in our name---
Barcelonas derby win against Espanyol at the replacing Cianjur---is the result of an
Olympic Stadium (0-1). And now, in 2010, agreement we reached with Cianjur Gardening
2011, and 2012 he is best player in the world. Association, following a protest over the
original use of Cianjur in our name.
We hope this does not create any confusion
among our loyal consumers. While this
16. According to the text, Messis parents moved represents a change from our initial name
to Barcelona .... introduction, it does not change the quality of
(A) because they were very poor in products we offer to our consumers.
Argentina
(B) because they wanted Messi to be
successful in soccer
(C) so that Messi could learn in the best
soccer club 18. Who issues the announcement?
(D) to get Messis health problem cured (A) Green Miles West Company
(E) to find the best treatment to cure (B) Green Miles West Customers
Messis health problem (C) the co-worker of Green Miles West
(D) the partnership of Green Miles West
tThe loyal customers of Green Miles West

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19. The substitution of West in our name .... 21. From the letter we know that ....
The word substitution has closest in (A) Freds mother was not ill before her
meaning to .... death
(A) merger (B) Jack sent letter to Fred several weeks ago
(B) insertion (C) Jack was very sorrowful to send the
(C) development letter to his mother
(D) replacement (D) Jack had known Freds mother before
(E) improvement (E) Fred is the only child in his family

Jl. Jambu 129 22. You have my sincere and heartfelt sympathy,
Bandung my dear fellow, in your sorrow.
30th January 2017 What is the closest meaning of the
underlined word?
Dear Fred, (A) real
It was a real sorrow that I heard this (B) caring
morning of your great loss. I knew your (C) generous
mother was ill. For your brother told me several (D) honest
weeks ago. However, as he at that time did not (E) curious
seem to think. The illness was very serious, the
news of your mothers death came to me as a If someone is having a nose bleed, your
shock. You have my sincere and heartfelt priority is to control the bleeding and keep
sympathy, my dear fellow, in your sorrow. I their airway open.
know you will feel it deeply, for you always
Get them to sit down (not lie down) as keeping
thought so much of your mother and loved her
the nose above the heart will reduce bleeding.
so truly, I feel it also as a personal loss to
myself for your mother was always very kind to Get them to lean forward (not backwards), to
me. Her death must be a terrible grief to your make sure the blood drains out through their
father, too. Please assure him of my sincere nose every ten minutes, until the bleeding
sympathy. stops.
Words, I know, are poor comforters. The Encourage them not to speak, swallow, cough,
heart knows its own sorrow, and in such spit or sniff because this may break blood
sorrows we are always alone. However, it is not clots that may have started to form in the nose.
mere words when I say that I feel with you in If the bleeding is severe, or if it lasts more than
your sorrow. 30 minutes, call for medical help.
Your sincere friend,
Jack 23. These are the purpose of the text, except.
(A) to inform the readers the methods to
help nose bleeding patients
(B) to report the procedural steps in helping
20. What is the possible relation between the
nose bleeding patients
sender and the recipient?
(C) to illustrate the preventive methods of
(A) relatives nose bleeding
(B) employers (D) to provide instant help for nose bleeding
(C) friends patients
(D) siblings (E) to describe the control methods of nose
(E) employees bleeding

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24. The text is mostly useful in a condition .... A kangaroo is an animal found only in
(A) when the bleeding cannot be controlled Australia. It has a small relative called a wallaby,
(B) when the patients airway is blocked which lives in Tasmania and New Guinea.
(C) when the nose bleed occurs regularly Kangaroos eat grass and plants. They have
(D) when the nose bleed just occurred short front legs, long and strong back legs and
(E) when the patients keep coughing a tail. These are used to sit up and jump.
Kangaroos are well known for their 8-meter
25. In case of nose bleeding, if the person forward jumps and more than 3-meters high
speaks, .... leap across fences. They can also run at the
(A) his/her blood drains out through his/ speed of over 45 kilometers per hour. The
her nose largest kangaroos are the Great Grey
(B) he/she will suffer from severe bleeding Kangaroos and Red Kangaroos. Adult
(C) his/her throat will block the airway kangaroos grow to a meter in length and 90
(D) his/her blood clot will not form kilos in weight. Kangaroos are marsupials. This
(E) his/her nose bleeds again means that the female kangaroo has an external
pouch on the front of her body. The baby
26. to make sure the blood drains out kangaroo is very tiny when it was born. It right
(paragraph 3). away crawls into its mothers pouch where it
The underlined word is closest in meaning spends the first five months of its life.
to .... Adapted from Peter Haddock Ltd, Ref.083
(A) travel
(B) portray
(C) remark 27. What is the purpose of the text?
(D) stream (A) to inform kangaroos uniqueness
(E) proceed (B) to report the features of kangaroo
(C) to encourage kangaroos preservation
(D) to describe how a kangaroo looks like
(E) to raise awareness of kangaroos special
status

28. We can conclude from the text that ....


(A) the largest kangaroos are the males
(B) the male kangaroos do not have pouch
(C) kangaroos only eat grass and plants that
grow in Australia
(D) Tasmanias and New Guineas wallabies
are different in size
(E) the new born kangaroo is also skillful in
jumping and leaping

29. Which of these statements is contrary to the


fact?
(A) kangaroos are not carnivorous
(B) kangaroo is native animal of Australia
(C) all wallabies are of smaller size than
Kangaroos
(D) all marsupial females have pouch on the
front of their body
(E) baby Kangaroos leaves their mothers
pouch at the age of five months

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30. Look at the underlined word pouch. Which 32. What does the passage tell us about the
of the following words is closest in meaning writer's opinion on the issue at hand?
to it? (A) text messaging creates more risk than
(A) Saving undistracted driving
(B) Purse (B) mobile communication doesnt have
(C) Compartment relation with accident
(D) Pocket (C) many people lost their lives because of
(E) Holding injury
(D) distracted driving is still safe for the
The Dangers of Typing SMS while Driving drivers
(E) only adult drivers involved in the
The popularity of mobile devices has had accident
some dangerous consequences. We know that
mobile communications are linked to a 33. From the text, we know that ....
significant increase in distracted driving which (A) the mobile phone should be banned in
results in injury and loss of life. the street
The National Highway Traffic Safety (B) distracted driving makes accident more
Administration reported that in 2010 driver rarely to happen
distraction was the cause of 18 percent of all (C) most of the accidents are caused by the
fatal crashes - with 3,092 people killed - and condition of the road
crashes resulting in an injury - with 416,000 (D) 18 percent of fatal crashes were caused
people wounded. by unnoticed street signs
The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (E) Some drivers involved in car accidents
found that text messaging creates a crash risk admitted they were texting when they
23 times worse than driving while not crashed
distracted.
Eleven percent of drivers aged 18 to 20 who 34. Distracted driving endangers life it is not
were involved in an automobile accident and an acceptable action.
survived admitted they were sending or (A) as
receiving texts when they crashed. Distracted (B) if
driving endangers life and property and the (C) so
current levels of injury and loss are (D) and
unacceptable. (D) yet

31. What is the main idea of the passage?


(A) The warning of texting and driving
(B) The debatable issue of texting and
driving
(C) The involvement of mobile devices
while driving
(D) The risks of texting while driving
(E) The consequences of not paying
attention to traffic

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Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Astronomer and 36. From the fact that Galileo Galilei was
Scientist. Galileo developed a superior telescope imprisoned for supporting the Copernican
and made many significant discoveries in theory, which later was proven to be true, we
astronomy. He was sentenced to life know that Galileo Galilei was ....
imprisonment by the inquisition for his support (A) reckless
for the Copernican theory that the sun was at (B) stubborn
the centre of the solar system. (C) tenacious
Galileo was born in Florence, Italy in 1564 to a (D) arrogant
poor but noble family. His parents recognized (E) foolish
their childs innate intelligence and talents and
so made sacrifices to have him educated. At his 37. According to the biography, why did Galileo
fathers insistence, Galileo studied the profitable Galilei resign from his teaching job at the
career of medicine. But, at the University of University of Pisa?
Pisa, Galileo became fascinated in a wide range (A) he had attracted many followers
of subjects. He was also critical of many of (B) he was persecuted for three years
Aristotles teaching which had dominated (C) he was appointed as a mathematics
education for the past 2,000 years. professor
Galileo was appointed to be a mathematics (D) he had a better offer from the University
professor at the University of Pisa, but his of Padua
strident criticisms of Aristotle left him isolated (E) he wanted to pursue his interests in
among his contemporaries. After three years of astronomy and mechanics
persecution, he resigned and went to the
University of Padua, where he taught maths. 38. His parents recognized their childs innate
His entertaining lectures attracted a large intelligence and talents and so made
following and he was able to spend the next 18 sacrifices to have him educated. (Paragraph
years pursuing his interests in astronomy and 2)
mechanics. The underlined word is closest in meaning
to ....
(A) acquired
35. Something that we can learn from Galileo
(B) ingenious
Galileis biography is ....
(C) multiple
(A) we must always belief whatever the (D) inborn
society believes to avoid getting (E) strident
persecuted
(B) we must never go against the believe of
the society to avoid getting imprisoned
(C) we should believe in something and stay
faithful to it no matter how hard
(D) we must sacrifice everything to get
ourselves educated
(E) we should spend 18 years to pursue our
interests

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A tsunami is a series of ocean waves that 39. Why did the author write the report?
sends surges of water, sometimes reaching (A) to raise peoples awareness about
heights of over 100 feet (30,5 meters), onto tsunami
land. These walls of water can cause (B) to warn people about upcoming tsunami
widespread destruction when they crash ashore. (C) to inform people about past tsunamis
These awe-inspiring waves are typically (D) to inform people about the different
caused by large, undersea earthquakes at types of tsunami
tectonic plate boundaries. When the ocean (E) to warn people about the dangers of
floor at a plate boundary rises or falls suddenly, tsunami
it displaces the water above it and launches the
rolling waves that will become a tsunami. 40. Tsunamis are usually the result of ....
Most tsunamis, about 80 percent, happen (A) the sudden rise or fall of ocean floors
within the Pacific Oceans Ring of Fire, a (B) Pacific Oceans Ring of Fire
geologically active area where tectonic shifts (C) the awe-inspiring waves
make volcanoes and earthquakes common. (D) volcanoes
Tsunamis may also be caused by underwater (E) landslides
landslides or volcanic eruptions. They may even
be launched, as they frequently were in Earths 41. From the text, we know that tsunami can be
ancient past, by the impact of a large meteorite very destructive because ....
plunging into an ocean.
(A) they come after earthquakes
Tsunamis race across the sea at up to 500
(B) they are caused by volcanic eruptions
miles (805 kilometers) an hour about as fast
(C) They are tall, fast, forceful, and repetitive
as a jet airplane. At that pace they can cross the
(D) they have a vacuum effect
entire expanse of the Pacific Ocean in less than
(E) they occur suddenly
a day. And their long wavelengths mean they
lose very little energy along the way.
42. Some tsunamis do not appear on shore as
A tsunamis trough, the low point beneath the
massive breaking waves but instead resemble
waves crest, often reaches shore first. When it
a quickly surging tide that inundates coastal
does, it produces a vacuum effect that sucks
areas. (Paragraph 8)
coastal water seaward and exposes harbor and
The underlined word is closest in meaning
sea floors. This retreating of sea water is an
to ....
important warning sign of a tsunami, because
the waves crest and its enormous volume of (A) floods
water typically hit shore five minutes or so later. (B) covers
Recognizing this phenomenon can save lives. (C) fills
A tsunami is usually composed of a series of (D) attacks
waves, called a wave train, so its destructive (E) submerges
force may be compounded as successive waves
reach shore. People experiencing a tsunami
should remember that the danger may not have
passed with the first wave and should await
official word that it is safe to return to
vulnerable locations.
Some tsunamis do not appear on shore as
massive breaking waves but instead resemble a
quickly surging tide that inundates coastal areas.

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Pakistans houbara bird facing extinction The people of Pakistan need to decide what
is more important-a few petrodollars or
The indiscriminate hunting of endangered protecting the biodiversity of the nation.
houbara bustard birds in Pakistan by rich
hunting parties from the Gulf nations have Saikat Kumar Basu
pushed the species toward extinction. The Lethbridge, Canada
hunting was initially banned by the Pakistani
courts, but under continuous pressure from the
43. What is the subject of the text?
provincial governments of Sind, Baluchistan,
and Punjab, as well as the federal government, (A) the extinction of Pakistans houbara bird
recently the courts lifted the ban on the hunting (B) the hunting of Pakistans houbara bird
of this vulnerable species. (C) the conservation of Pakistans houbara
Some people in Pakistan have been advocat bird
for sustainable hunting of the species instead (D) the rehabilitation of Pakistans
of a complete ban, but this is highly debatable. biodiversity
Reckless hunting for decades has pushed this (E) the protection of Pakistans biodiversity
beautiful species toward extinction and it is
now critically endangered in Pakistan. 44. From the text, we know that the writer ....
No reliable or credible statistics on the (A) enjoys hunting the houbara bird
population dynamics of the species are (B) advocates for sustainable houbara bird
available either. Unless specially protected by hunting
law, the species runs the risk of becoming (C) approves all kinds of houbara bird
extinct in the wild in the next few decades. hunting
Under these circumstances, the only logical (D) tries to persuade people to conserve
approach to save the species from extinction in houbara bird
the not-so-distant future is to immediately start (E) breeds houbara bird in captivation
comprehensive captive breeding program for
the species across the nation. 45. According to the text, why does the writer
If the captive breeding program runs want all kinds of houbara bird hunting be
successfully and produces an appreciable banned?
number of chicks, then reintroduction (A) the population of houbara bird is getting
programs could be initiated in their wild smaller and smaller
habitats. (B) the captivation of houbara bird has been
Only after rebuilding the population for unsuccessful
some time in the wild and allowing them to (C) the houbara bird is difficult to catch
breed naturally to reach a sustainable (D) the houbara bird is beautiful
population could some restricted hunting be (E) the hunters are reckless
planned. Currently, the low numbers have made
this species vulnerable and with zero or poor 46. From the passage, we can conclude that
monitoring, sustainable hunting practices in people can resume hunting the houbara bird
Pakistan for this dwindling species will not only a sustainable population is reached.
work.
(A) after
Game hunting works only when a stable
(B) when
population is achieved with strict monitoring
(C) because
on the ratio of males to females hunted per
(D) if
season. If the females (no true statistics
(E) before
available) are being taken out of the population
through random hunting, the population is sure
to pass through a bottleneck in the wild habitat,
with high vulnerability to eventual extinction.

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Nowadays, the police have been applying the 48. What is the function of seat belts?
new regulation concerning the use of seat belts. (A) to reduce the traffic conditions
In European countries, this regulation has been (B) to become a standard component in cars
applied for a long time. However, this new (C) to reduce the risk of injury or death in an
regulation has become controversial and is an accident
interesting topic to discuss. Here are some of (D) to prevent the drivers driving cars
the arguments. carefully
The use of seat belts has been proven to (E) to increase the risk of injury in car
reduce the risk of injury or death in an accidents
accident. Seat belt has become a standard
component in cars. The research shows that 49. Who considered a seat belt as an
most car accident will cause an injury to the unimportant part?
head. Frequently, drivers or the passengers (A) police
driving without seat belts die because of this. (B) people
By wearing the seat belts, the injury will not (C) drivers
happen since belts restrain our body on the car (D) passengers
seat when the accident happens. (E) old cars designer
Unfortunately, many cars, especially the old
ones, dont have seat belts. This is because the 50. t h a t t h e y a r e c o m p l e t e l y
traffic conditions in the past were unlike the safe. (Paragraph 3)
recent traffic conditions. The designer of old What does the word they refer to?
cars didnt consider a seat belt as an important
(A) cars
part. Besides, the drivers wearing the seat belt
(B) seat belts
will think that they are completely safe, so they
(C) drivers
may drive carelessly. They are safe, indeed, but
(D) designers
how about safety of other?
(E) others
The seat belt is only one of the ways to
reduce the risk of car accidents. It doesnt mean
that we are completely safe. In short, our safety
depends on ourselves.

47. Which one is true according to paragraph 3?


(A) old cars do not use seat belts
(B) the old cars have seat belts for their
safety
(C) the drivers wear seat belts may drive
carefully
(D) the traffic conditions in the past were
similar to the recent
(E) the old cars designer considered a seat
belt as an important part

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