Tes Formatif M1 LA3 Biography

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Charles Dickens is much loved for his great contribution to classic English
literature. He was the quintessential Victorian author. His epic stories, vivid
characters and exhaustive depiction of contemporary life are unforgettable.
He was born in Portsmouth on 7 February 1812, to John and Elizabeth Dickens.
The good fortune of being sent to school at the age of nine was short-lived
because his father was imprisoned for bad debt. Charles was sent to work in
Warren's blacking factory and endured appalling conditions as well as
loneliness and despair. After three years he was returned to school, but the
experience was never forgotten and became fictionalised in two of his better-
known novels 'David Copperfield' and 'Great Expectations'.
Like many others, he began his literary career as a journalist. His own father
became a reporter and Charles began with the journals 'The Mirror of
Parliament' and 'The True Sun'. Then in 1833 he became parliamentary
journalist for The Morning Chronicle. With new contacts in the press he was
able to publish a series of sketches under the pseudonym 'Boz'. In April 1836,
he married Catherine Hogarth.
As well as a huge list of novels he published autobiography, edited weekly
periodicals including 'Household Words' and 'All Year Round', wrote travel
books and administered charitable organisations. He was also a theatre
enthusiast, wrote plays and performed before Queen Victoria in 1851. He died
of a stroke in 1870. He was buried at Westminster Abbey.
(Taken from : http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ dickens_charles.shtml)

What is the purpose of the text above?

Question 11 options:
To entertain the readers with Charles Dicken's novels
To amuse the readers with Charles Dicken's literary work
To identify Charles Dicken's as a quintessential Victorian author
To persuade the readers to have Charles Dicken's spirit
To provide details about Charles Dicken's personal life
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Question 12 (1 point)
"Charles was sent to work in Warren's blacking factory and endured appalling
conditions as well as loneliness and despair" What does the word "appalling"
mean?
Question 12 options:
Interesting
Enthralling
Horrifying
Fascinating

Question 13 (1 point)

How did Dickens represent his unforgettable atrocious depression?

Question 13 options:
by fictionalizing in novels
by publishing a series of sketches
by becoming a journalist
by working hard in the factory

Question 14 (1 point)

Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text?

Question 14 options:
Charles Dickens was a quintessential Victorian author
Charles Dickens wrote his novels, 'David Copperfield' and 'Great Expectations', based
his experience
Charles Dickens began his literacy career as a reporter
Charles Dickens felt lonely and desperate when he worked at Warren's blacking factory

Question 15 (1 point)

Why is Dickens reckoned as the quintessential Victorian author?

Question 15 options:
his writing in 'The Mirror of Parliament' and 'The True Sun' D. his publishing company a
charitable organisations
 his contribution to classic English literature
his role in The Morning Chronicle

Text 4 for Question 16-20

Steven Paul Jobs was born on 24 February 1955 in San Francisco, California. He
attended Homestead High School in Cupertino California and went to Reed
College in Portland Oregon in 1972 but dropped out after only one semester,
staying on to "drop in" on courses that interested him. He took a job with video
game manufacturer Atari to raise enough money for a trip to India and returned
from there a Buddhist.
Back in Cupertino he returned to Atari where his old friend Steve Wozniak was
still working. Wozniak was building his own computer and in 1976 Jobs pre-sold
50 of the as-yet unmade computers to a local store and managed to buy the
components on credit solely on the strength of the order, enabling them to build
the Apple I without any funding at all.
The Apple II followed in 1977 and the company Apple Computer was formed
shortly afterwards. By the time production of the Apple II ended in 1993 it had
sold over 6 million units. In 1985 Jobs was fired from Apple and immediately
founded another computer company, NeXT.
In the meantime, in 1986, Jobs bought The Computer Graphics Group from
Lucasfilm. The group was responsible for making high-end computer graphics
hardware but under its new name, Pixar, it began to produce innovative computer
animations. Their first title under the Pixar name, Luxo Jr. (1986) won critical
and popular acclaim and in 1991 Pixar signed an agreement with Disney, with
whom it already had a relationship, to produce a series of feature films, beginning
with Toy Story (1995).
In 1996 Apple bought NeXT and Jobs returned to Apple, becoming its CEO. In
2003, Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and underwent surgery in 2004.
Despite the success of this operation he became increasingly ill and received a
liver transplant in 2009. He returned to work after a six month break but
eventually resigned his position in August 2011 after another period of medical
leave which began in January 2011. He died on 5 October 2011.
(Adapted from https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0423418/bio)

Which part of the story do you think may entertain readers?

Question 16 options:
religious trip to Buddist
 dropped out yet successful
adopted child
endurable spirit to survive

Question 17 (1 point)

Steve Jobs resigned from his position because…

Question 17 options:
He received a liver transplant.
He suffered from illness.
Apple fired him.
He signed an agreement with Disney.

Question 18 (1 point)

~Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text?

Question 18 options:
Jobs returned to Apple in 2003.
Jobs is the founder of NexT
Jobs was 56 years when he died.
Apple II was built in 1977.
Apple did not like Jobs
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Question 19 (1 point)

What unique but strong character can you NOT specify from Jobs' story?
Question 19 options:
good marketing ability
high-end computer graphics hardware producer
unstable personality
talented film maker
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Question 20 (1 point)
What did Steve do when he was fired from Apple?
Question 20 options:
returning to Atari
producing a series of feature films
signing an agreement with Disney
founding NeXT

Text 2 for Question 6 - 10

Keith Campbell, a prominent biologist who worked on cloning Dolly the sh
eep, died at 58, the University of Nottingham said Thursday. Campbell, who
had worked on animal improvement and cloning since 1999, died October 5,
2012, University spokesman Tim Utton said. He did not specify the cause, only
saying that Campbell had worked at the University until his death.
He began researching animal cloning at the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh in
1991. In 1996 the experiments led to the birth of Dolly the sheep, the first
mammal to be cloned from an adult cell. The sheep was named after the
voluptuous singer Dolly Parton. Researchers at the time said that the sheep was
created from a mammary gland cell, and that Parton offered an excellent
example.
The creation of the sheep captured the public imagination and instantly became
a scientific sensation. The experiments drew not only admiration but also anger
from some who raised questions about the ethics of cloning. Animal rights
activists were outraged, while the church of England expressed reservations.
Dolly was put down in
2003 after she developed a lung disease. Campbell's interest in cellular growth
dated
back to his college days studying microbiology in London.
(Adapted
from https://www.google.co.id/amp/s/www.itapuih.com/2018/02/kumpulan-
soal- biography-text-sma-dan-pembahasan.html)

What can be inferred from the text?

Question 6 options:
the research endangered sheep
cloning was not needed
 sheep reservation was just more important
microbiology has a vital contribution

Question 7 (1 point)

Which word of the following is closest in meaning to voluptuous?

Question 7 options:
notorious
curvaceous
famous
prominent
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Question 8 (1 point)

Why was the sheep named after Dolly Parton?

Question 8 options:
The mammary gland cell was taken from her
She was the one who inspired the researchers
She was a voluptuous singer
The researchers admired her

Question 9 (1 point)

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?

Question 9 options:
Campbell focused his research dealing with humans
Campbell never felt leaving for the university
Campbell started researching animal cloning as his experiments
Campbell stopped working because of his sickness

Question 10 (1 point)

Why did the experiments not draw admiration perfectly?

Question 10 options:
 The experiments did not show the representative results of the cloning ethics
Some people felt dissatisfied with the experiment results
The public imagination became a scientific sensation
Animal rights activists were outraged
Question 1 (1 point)

Text 1 for question 1-5

Noam Chomsky was born on December 7, 1928, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
His undergraduate and graduate years were spent at the University of
Pennsylvania where he received his PhD in linguistics in 1955. During the years
1951 to 1955, Chomsky was a Junior Fellow of the Harvard University Society
of Fellows. While a Junior Fellow he completed his doctoral dissertation,
entitled "Tran sformational Analysis." The major theoretical
viewpoints of the dissertation appeared in the monograph "Syntactic
Structure," which was published in 1957. This formed part of a more extensive
work, "The Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory," circulated in mimeograph
in 1955 and published in 1975.
Chomsky joined the staff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1955
and in
1961 was appointed full professor in the Department of Modern Languages and
Linguistics (now the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy.) From 1966 to
1976 he held the Ferrari P. Ward Professorship of Modern Languages and
Linguistics. In
1976 he was appointed Institute Professor.
During the years 1958 to 1959 Chomsky was in residence at the Institute for
Advanced Study at Princeton, N.J. In the spring of 1969 he delivered the John
Locke Lectures at Oxford; in January 1970 he delivered the Bertrand Russell
Memorial Lecture at Cambridge University; in 1972, the Nehru Memorial
Lecture in New Delhi, and in 1977, the Huizinga Lecture in Leiden, among
many others.
Professor Chomsky has received honorary degrees from University of London,
University of Chicago, Loyola University of Chicago, Swarthmore College,
Delhi University, Bard College, University of Massachusetts, University of
Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, Amherst College, Cambridge
University, University of Buenos Aires, McGill University, Universitat Rovira
I Virgili, Tarragona, Columbia University, University of Connecticut, Scuola
Normale Superiore, Pisa, University of Western Ontario, University of
Toronto, Harvard University, University of Calcutta, and Universidad Nacional
De Colombia. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
and the National Academy of Science. In addition, he is a member of other
professional and learned societies in the United States and abroad, and is a
recipient of the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American
Psychological Association, the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, the Helmholtz
Medal, the Dorothy Eldridge Peacemaker Award,
the Ben Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science, and others.
Chomsky has written and lectured widely on linguistics, philosophy,
intellectual history, contemporary issues, international affairs and U.S. foreign
policy. His works include Aspects of the Theory of Syntax; Cartesian
Linguistics; Sound Pattern of English (with Morris Halle); Language and Mind
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How long did Chomsky need to be a full professor after the graduation?
Question 1 options:
six years
three years
two years
four years

Question 2 (1 point)

The word fellow appeared several times in the text, the closest meaning of it is
Question 2 options:
fresh graduate
member of a body
associate professor
senior comrade

Question 3 (1 point)

What is it that made Chomsky a prominent figure in Linguistics?

Question 3 options:
The widely used theories in linguistics, philosophy, and history
 The awards he earned in various fields
The extensive work circulated in mimeograph in 1955 and published in 1975
His brilliant ideas in Syntactic Structure

Question 4 (1 point)

Which is NOT true according to the text?

Question 4 options:
Chomsky has got the success since he was young.
Chomsky's success was because of his skill in writing
Chomsky has written widely on Linguistics
Chomsky was awarded more than five awards.

Question 5 (1 point)

Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

Question 5 options:
Chomsky focused his interest on linguistics
Chomsky was awarded more than ten awards
Chomsky frequently got fellowship in his study.
Chomsky got the success easily