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Questions1 – 3 are about the following news.
California wildfires have destroyed more than 1,000 homes
(CNN)One person died and 10 homes burned in a fire that started Saturday in California's Carmel Valley south of Monterey, fire
officials said. Two nearby communities are under evacuation as the fire has burned 1,200 acres so far and is only 10%
contained, according to the state wildfire fighting agency, Cal Fire.
Three other people have died so far in this summer's wildfires: a 72-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis who couldn't get out
of her house, a 66-year-old man who didn't follow evacuation orders, and an elderly person who was found by cadaver dogs.
Two more large wildfires burning for days in Northern California have destroyed more than 1,000 homes and hundreds of
outbuildings, fire authorities said.
The Valley Fire has consumed 585 homes as while raging through Lake, Napa and Sonoma counties over the course of a
week. It has destroyed hundreds of other structures and scorched more than 70,000 acres of land, according to Cal Fire.
Another wildfire burning in a nearby area, the Butte Fire, has destroyed 511 residences and more than 330 outbuildings in the
course of at least 10 days. Cal Fire's data was posted late Saturday.
Late Saturday, many of the other current fires burning in California were nearly 100% contained, and the Valley Fire and Butte
Fire were mostly contained.
The American West has seen one of its worst fire seasons this year, burning through a particularly large area of the
landscape, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Nearly 9 million acres have gone up in flames so far this year
compared with close to 3 million over the same period in 2014.
This year's tally is already higher than any other in the last decade. Four years of exceptional drought in California in particular
have provided a lot of dry tinder for the flames.
CNN's Tony Marco contributed to this story.
1. What made the wildfire in California higher than the year before?
A. Due to exceptional drought C. Due to difficulties in evacuation E. Due to a lot of fires
B. Due to crowded housing D. Due to late firefighters
2. It has destroyed hundreds of other structures and scorched more than 70,000 acres of land. (paragraph 4). The word ‘it’
refers to:
A. Lake county C. Wildfire E. The Butter fire
B. Sonoma county D. The Valley fire
3. Late Saturday, many of the other current fires burning in California were nearly 100% contained. The word ‘contained’ has
the closest meaning with:
A. Consisted C. Unbounded E. controlled
B. Flamed D. Closed
On Saturday, December 12th, from 10 A.M. until 4 P.M., Carverton Middle School will be holding a music festival in the
school gymnasium. The special event will feature a variety of professional musicians and singers.
TASK TIME DATE
Make posters 1 P.M.–4 P.M. December 5th
Set up gym 11 A.M.–4 P.M. December 11th
Help performers 9 A.M.–4 P.M. December 12th
Welcome guests 10 A.M.–2 P.M. December 12th
Clean up gym 4 P.M.–7 P.M. December 12th
Interested students should speak with Ms. Braxton, the music teacher. Students who would like to help at the festival
must have written permission from a parent or guardian.
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4. What time will the festival begin?
A. 10 A.M. C. 1 P.M. E. 9 A.M.
B. 1 A.M. D. 2 P.M.
5. What job will be done the day before the festival begins?
A. Making posters D. Cleaning up the gym E. Welcoming guests
B. Setting up the gym E. Helping the performers
6. Who is told to talk to Ms. Braxton?
A. Parents C. Teachers E. Performers
B. Students D. Guardians
Questions 7 – 10 are about the following text.
A tornado can do a lot of damage. The wind of tornado rushes at great speed around a funnel-shaped cloud. It travels in a path
a few hundred feet wide and about twenty-five miles long. As the wind circles counterclockwise, the funnel spirals higher and
higher. The force of the wind sucks tip water, dirt, and objects, and carries them along with it. It may drop them again many
miles away. Houses and huge trees have been drawn into tornado funnels. At sea, ships have been nearly sunk by tornadoes
dropping water on them.
East of Australia people talk about a rain of blood. This is caused by a tornado picking up red dust and mixing it with water to
make red rain. There are even stories about a rain of fish and frogs caused by a tornado sucking them up and then dropping
them.
7. A tornado is a …
A. Rainstorm C. great circling wind E. a rain of blood
B. dust storm D. huge funnel of water
8. The path of tornado is usually …
A. short and narrow C. as long as its width E. a and b
B. wider than its length D. as long as its width
9. The wind in a tornado usually travels …
A. straight up C. Down E. Spiral
B. up and around D. Down
10. The “rain of blood” east of Australia made of …
A. fishes and frogs C. rusty water E. sea water
B. red dust and water D. real blood
Questions 11 – 15 are about the following text.
Ki Hadjar Dewantoro, original name Raden Mas (Lord) Suwardi Surjaningrat (born May 2, 1889, Yogyakarta, Java-
died April 26, 1959, Yogyakarta), founder of the Taman Siswa school system, an influential and widespread network of schools
that encouraged modernization but also promoted indigenous Indonesian culture.
Dewantoro was born into a noble family of Yogyakarta and attended a Dutch-sponsored medical school but failed to
complete the course. Active in the nationalist cause, he belonged to a faction favouring direct action and the use of Western
methods to destroy the power of the Dutch. He was also a member of the Bandung chapter of Sarekat Islām (“Islamic
Association”) and a founder of the Socialist Indische Partij (“Indies Party”). An article he wrote during this period, “If I Were a
Netherlander,” published in the Indische Partij’s De Express, led to his exile to the Netherlands between 1913 and 1918.
In the Netherlands he became converted to the idea of using Indonesian cultural traditions to cope with the problems posed
by Dutch colonial rule. He felt that education was the best means to strengthen Indonesians, and he was deeply influenced by
the progressive theories of the Italian educational reformer Maria Montessori and by the Indian poet and
philosopher Rabindranath Tagore.
The first Taman Siswa schools were established in Java in July 1922. Instruction, carried on informally, emphasized
traditional skills and values of Javanese life, particularly music and dance. Western subjects were taught, too, in order to help
students cope with the demands of modern life. Overcoming initial official hostility, the Taman Siswa schools had spread
throughout the archipelago and were by the late 1930s subsidized by the Dutch colonial government. Based on traditional
Javanese concepts, the Taman Siswa schools appealed primarily to those segments of Indonesian society termed abangan, in
which the Islamic faith is less deeply entrenched. Dewantoro continued his leadership of Taman Siswa after the war and upon
his death was acclaimed a national hero.
11. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
A. Dewantoro’s background C. Dewantoro’s birth E. Dewantoro’s activities
B. Dewantoro’s royal family D. Dewantoro’s education
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17. The followings are some advantages for children playing outdoors, except:
A. Parents can control their child easier
B. Children tend to have better health
C. Children can have more confidence
D. Children can be more creative
E. Outdoor activities help children avoid stress
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21. Simon Harper writes from the viewpoint of someone who:
A. wants business to hire more students
B. believes in the benefits of good grades
C. is concerned about students' creativity
D. supports students' interests and abilities
E. doesn't work too hard at his studies
22. Which of the following statements is a fact about grades at Village High School?
A. They are not useful C. They foster unnecessary competition E. They are currently in use
B. They stifle creativity D. They should be optional
23. Which of the following is NOT an opinion expressed by Magdalena Smith?
A. Grades should be abolished.
B. Regimentation results from grades.
C. Grades impose arbitrary standards of success.
D. Students should be able to learn without worrying about grades.
E. Competition may discourage students from pursuing subjects such as drama and art
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Finally, when the caterpillar has fully grown adult if you are lucky, you will see an adult butterfly emerge. When the
butterfly emerges from the chrysalis, both of the wings are soft and folded against its body. The butterfly will be able to fly after
the blood circulation reaches its wings.
27. The text is about ....
A. the growth of a butterfly C. the lifecycle of a butterfly E. the reproductive system of a butterfly
B. the characteristics of a butterfly D. fully grown butterfly
28. What will happen if the caterpillar has reached its full weight and length? It will ....
A. lay eggs C. search for food E. emerge a beautiful butterfly
B. start eating D. form a chrysalis
The following Text is for questions no. 29 – 31
Everybody likes home sweet home however making office at home is possible and recommended. Of course home
office will have both advantage and disadvantage. Therefore it is wise to consider the strengths and weaknesses to have a
home office.
Some people will agree that having an office at home will make benefit. It saves time. We need no commuting which
occasionally takes a long time. Besides we are free to set the work schedule. Having home office will save money as we
need not to purchase or lease of office space from rent companies. What make it more flexible is that we can set part or all
parts of our home just as a real office. What we need is only a wireless router to cover all parts of our house with Internet.
We can run our business wherever part of house we want, from living room, bed room, veranda, etc even we can make
sales or purchases by online shopping for things we need. Furthermore working at home might reduce stress, effort and
time and divert it to other more productive things because while working, we are close to our families.
However making home as office also has some disadvantages. For some people, keeping the schedule is hard in flexible
time. Such people type wills harder if they are working just from home. There will no clear border between working and
breaking. Working just from home also reduces the possibility to meet new people. It is true that computer and Internet
connection possibly relate people every time and everywhere but we will interact with them in a dimension which is not
real face.
So considering carefully what we actually need in running our business is much recommended before choosing to have
office at home or not.
29. What is the communicative purpose of the text?
A. To tell about advantages of a home office
B. To persuade readers to have a home office
C. To explain how to do a home office
D. To discuss about having a home office
E. To critics a home office
30. The followings are people’s opinion about home office, EXCEPT:
A. We do not need to set the work schedule
B. Home office means we work at our home.
C. We will have no border between working and breaking.
D. We will get closer to our families
E. Keeping the schedule is hard in flexible time.
31. We need no commuting which occasionally takes a long time.
The underlined word has the closest meaning with:
A. Travelling C. Transferring E. driving
B. Changing D. riding
The following Text is for questions no. 32 - 34
Last night I caught “Eclipse” on PPV TV and a sillier, more inane movie I’ve never watched in ages. The back stories add
nothing to the plot, Kristen Stewart is even more irritating if that’s possible, and the whole “triangle” between Bella, Jacob
and Edward is such a farce I couldn’t help laughing. There is no triangle to speak of, actually; only Jake’s inability to
accept no for an answer. There were two things I liked about this film: one was the new actress who plays Victoria, and
the other was Edward’s touching explanation of why he insists on no sex before marriage: he wants to re-live the old-
fashioned way of courtship he was cheated of when he was made a vampire. Kind of sweet, when you think about it.
Taken as a whole, however, “Eclipse” adds up to two hours of nothing. Even the intrusion of the evil Volturi toward the
movie’s end seems more like an afterthought tacked onto the story. “Twilight” and “New Moon” still occupy a place on my
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Crappy Moovies You Cann’t Help Watchhing list, but ““Eclipse” has earned a spoot on my othe r list of Crapppy Movies I Don’t
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Care If I Neever Watch Aggain.
32.. What does thhe writer thinkk about the moovie?
A. It’s not an interesting movie
B. The moovie lasts too long
C. The writer wants to watch
w again
D. The ploot was in a goood sequence
E. It’s kindd of sweet mem mories
33.. What is the ggood thing aboout the movie according to tthe writer?
A. The bacck stories andd the plot
B. A trianggle speak betw ween Bella, Jaacob, Edward
C. The intrrusion of the evil
e Volturi towward the moviee’s end
D. When E Edward becam me Jake’s friennd
E. Edwardd’s explanationn on no sex beefore marriagee
34.. … and the otther was Edwaard’s touchingg explanation oof why he insists on no sexx before maarriage. The unnderline wordss
means:
A. Need C. Challengge E. agreee
B. Enforcee D. approve
The following TText is for qu
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louud noise of cheewing nuts, saaying, "Wow, how
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Hey, Bear. Do you hear whaat is the animaal on the pit ovver there, eating tiger's eyess?"
Bear said, "I donn't know, Your Majesty,"
Tigger said, "Thenn let's see."
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Y Majesty"
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Tigger said, "Don''t worry. Let's make a deal with o
us will face it."
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The following Text is for questions no. 43 - 45
Nusa Dua is a lovely commune devoted to tourism. The most exclusive and well-known remedy in Bali offers the best
in terms of tourist structures and services, well-built and efficient hotel complexes with exclusive facilities, golf course with
international standards where worldwide competition are also held, luxurious shops and exclusive beaches for tourists
only. Nusa Dua differs from the rest of the Bukit Peninsula. In place of cliffs, sandy soil descends to a long white beach
stretching from Nusa Dua proper all the way to Tanjung Benoa harbor, five kilometers to the north. The beach at Nusa
Dua is sheltered by coral reef which creates an ideal family beach, while Tanjung Benoa specializes in water sports.
43. What is the main idea of the text above?
A. The devoted commune of Nusa Dua C. The lovely beach of Nusa Dua E. The Tanjung Benoa in Nusa Dua
B. The exclusive remedy in Bali D. The Bukit Peninsula in Nusa Dua
44. Tourists who want to enjoy banana boats and snorkeling should go to ….
A. Nusa Dua C. Tanjung Benoa E. Family beach
B. Bukit Peninsula D. Coral reef
45. This clause is taken from the sentence “… which creates an ideal family beach” The word which refers to ….
A. Nusa Dua beach C. Tanjung Beno E. Sandy soil
B. Coral reef D. Bukit Peninsula
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