NASKAH UJIAN UTAMA

READING COMPREHENSION

Questions 1-3 refer to the following text.

MILES MOVIES Ltd

54 Rodeo Drive, Skagnes Sk3
Date January 22 th, 2009
Tel : 0233 123 2345 Fax : 0223 765 4321
Email : [email protected]

Lingua Service Ltd

68 Milk Street
LONDON SW7 6AW

Dear Sirs,
I should be greatful if you would send us your brochure and price list about your
translation services.
We are currently developing our sales literature and web sites and are interested in
translating these into five languages apart from English.
I look forward to hearing from you.

Your faithfully,

Charlotte Grand

1. Why was this letter written ?

A. To translate. D. To send a brochures.
B. To request information. E. To sell a brochures.
C. To submit information.
2. Where was the letter sent ?
A. 54 Rodeo Drive. D. To Charlotte Grand.
B. 68 Milk Street . E. February 22 th.
C. January 22 th.
3. The word “ grateful “ in paragraph 1, line 1, is closest in meaning to ....
A. Useful B. large C. Big. D. Thankful. E. Little.

Questions 4-7 refer to the following text.

Careers in
HOTEL & RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT

Learn professional hospitality at our training institute!

 6-12 month certificate programs
 Classes days, night, or weekends
 Job placement assistance upon completion
Classes begin April 1. Call the school for further information

4. How long will you have to study at this school?

A. 1-2 weeks
B. 4-6 weeks
C. 2-6 months
D. 6-12 months
E. Only 5 months
5. When will the school help you get a job?
A. When you enroll
B. While you are studying
C. When you have finished the course
D. For a year after graduation
E. After the first semester
6. What should you do if you want to know more?
A. Visit classes
B. Meet some graduates
C. Talk to employers
D. Call the school
E. Look for a job
7. Job placement assistance upon completion. The closest meaning of the underlined
word is….
A. Help
B. Call
C. Need
D. Serve
E. Ask

Questions 8 - 11 refer to the following text.

Fang Textile is looking for an assistant manager. Applicant must have 3 years
experience in the clothing industry. Must be fluent in Mandarin Chinese, English,
and Japanese. Must have valid passport and be able to travel for periods of two to
ten weeks at a time.

8. Which of the following is the job announcement for?

A. clothing designer.
B. A textile inspector.
C. An assistant manager.
D. A tour guide.
E. A cleaning service

9. What does the word “applicant” in the job announcement above mean?
A person who engages on an interview.
B. A person who asks for employment.
C. A person who works in the company.
D. A person who employs the workers.
E. A person who makes a room
10. What is one of the future jobs for the applicant?
A. Travelling abroad.
B. Designing clothes.
C. Making clothes.
D. Learning foreign languages.
E. Teaching language course
11. Why must the applicant be fluent in some foreign languages?
A. Because the applicant will be a designer.
B. Because of the announcement.
C. Because of the manager’s instruction.
D. Because the applicant will go abroad.
E. Because of the duty

Questions 12 - 15 refer to the following text.

Mr. and Mrs. Reynaldi Wibowo

Request the pleasure the of the company of Miss. Sherly Tata

At the party to celebrate the engagement

Of their doughter
Donna to
Hermawan
To be held at Jl kencana 45 Malang
On Saturday ,29 November 2018 at 7
p.m. R.S.V.P.

Jl. Bendahara
18
Malang
4108

12. What kind of Invitaton is the above?

A. The engagement celebration
B. The wedding celebration
C. Birthday party celebration
D. Graduaton celebration
E. Retrement celebration..
13. Who invites Miss. Sherly to their daughter engagement celebration?
A. Donna
B. Hermawan
C. Miss. Sherly Tato
D. Mr. and Mrs. Reynaldi Wibowo
E. The company
14. Who will be invited according to the above invitaton?
A. Donna
B. Hermawan
C. Miss. Sherly Tato
D. Mr. and Mrs. Reynaldi Wibowo
E. The company

15. Where will the party be held?

A. On Saturday,29 November 2018
B. at 7 p.m At jl kencana 45 Malang
C. At jl .Bendahara 18 Malang
D. At Hermawan House
E. At mr. and Mrs. Reynaldi House.

Incomplete Dialogues: Questions 16 to 30, choose the most appropriate answer

16. Elsa : What do you do in evenings?

Bobby : I have to study every evening except Wednesday.
Elsa : And what about weekends?
Bobby : …..
A. I play football on Saturday
B. My mother cooks for me everyday
C. We watch television
D. I study English four times a week
E. I like rock a lot

17. Milea : Did Charles get to work on time this morning?

Dilan : No, ….. about twenty minutes.
A. He came with John
B. He was late again
C. He went to work
D. He arrived on time
E. He forgot about his works

18. Steven : Could you tell your brother to meet me at the library tomorrow?
Lionel : Sure. I ….. him
A. will tell
B. am telling
C. be telling
D. will be telling
E. would have told

19. Zulfa : Karima, what are you doing now?

Karima : ....

A. I have sent this insurance policy to a new client.

B. I am checking my mails, and putting them in the agenda.
C. I met some clients this morning.
D. I will have to arrange the annual meeting.
E. I am going to prepare the report.

20. Ahamad : Hey, where have you been man? I haven’t seen you for ages.

Fatih : ... since I left college. I came back just a week ago,

A. I have been living in Bangkok.

B. I have been staying at home.
C. I took an English course.
D. I will look for some jobs.
E. I stayed at Bali.
21. Aminah : Which do you like better, black gown or the pink one?

Siti : If you ask me, ...

A. I’d rather wear the newest

B. I prefer the brighter colour.
C. I like the most expensive one.
D. We’d better have the bigger size
E. We prefer the smaller size.

22. Yana : Hi…..Diana, I am celebrating our 17th birthday party in Noto Suman
restaurant ……….
Diana : Oh, thank you ! I would be delighted . When is it ?
Yana : On Saturday night at 8 p.m.
A. I would like to join you there
B. I would like you to join me
C. I would like you to join them
D. I would like you to join him
E. I would like you to join us
23. Rani : There was a big theater in this area when I lived here,……………………….
Ucha : That’s right, but it went bankrupt as it was ground down by a big syndicate
A. I am used to watch films
B. I used to watch films
C. I am used to watching films
D. I used to watching films
E. used to watched films

24. Ari : What’s your plan for the holiday next month ?
Dio : My family has already booked ticket……………………………
A. We are going to leave for Bandung
B. We will discuss our holiday plan to Bali
C. We will be visited by our friends from Aceh
D. We are going to reserve it next week
E. We are going to take it later

25. The local radio newspapers as well as newspapers ____ that riots have spread to other
places in the city.
A. to be confirmed
B. is confirmed
C. confirm
D. are confirmed
E. confirms

26. Bima : I would like to go to Yogyakarta, but I don’t have any idea what I should
take go there……..?
Erni : I think you should try the train. I heard there’s a promotional price
A. Can we try the train
B. Which one is the most comfortable, night train or morning train
C. How about going to the train station
D. Do you have any suggestions
E. Why don’t you go by bus

27. They blamed me for something I had not done

The passive form is…….
A. I blamed for something I had not done
B. I was blamed for something I had not done
C. I had blamed for something I had not done
D. I blame for something I had not done
E. I had to blame for something I had not done

28. Andre : It’s hard to learn this new software.

Dodi : Don’t say that. It just needs practice. If you practice it more, ...
A. You would understand the program.
B. You will understand the program.
C. You would be able to creat a new one.
D. You wouldn’t use the program anymore.
E. You could explain the program others.

29. Mother : Don’t be noisy, Herma. The baby is sleeping.

Herman : Okay, Mom.
Rudi : What did your mother just tell you?
Herman : She told me... because the baby was sleeping.
A. I wasn’t so noisy.
B. Not to be so noisy
C. Don’t be so noisy
D. I am very noisy
E. To be not so noisy

30. We used to have lunch on this ... every day.

A. Wooden round black table
B. Round black wooden table
C. Wooden black round table
D. Wooden table black round
E. Black round wooden table

Cloze Test: Choose the most appropriate word or phrase to complete the texts.

Questions 31 – 33 refer to the following letter

Your brain is as big as your two fists side by side. It's the place where you think,
learn, work out problems, remember, feel happy and sad, wonder, worry, have
ideas, sleep and dream.

Yet the brain looks like a wrinkly lump of grey-pink jelly! On average, it weighs
about 1.4 kilograms. It .....(31) move, but its amazing nerve activity uses upone-
fifth of all the energy needed by the body.

The main part of the brain is its bulging, wrinkled upper part, the cerebrum.
Different areas of its surface (cerebral cortex) deal with nerve signals to and from
different parts .....(32) the body. For example, messages from the eyes pass to the
lower rear part of the cerebrum, called the visual center. They are sorted here as
the braincell work out what the eyes are seeing.

There are also areas for touch, hearing, taste and other body processes. The
cerebellum is the rounded, wrinkled part at the back of the brain. It processes
messages from the motor center, sorting and coordinating them in great detail, to
send to the body'shundreds of muscles. This is how we learn skilled, precise
movements such as writing, cycling or playing music (or all three), almost without
thinking.

The brainstem is the lower part of the brain, where it joins the body's main nerve,
the spinalcord. The brain stem controls basic processes vital for life, like
breathing, heartbeat, digesting food and removing wastes.

The brain really does have 'brain waves'. Every second it .....(33) sorts and sends
millions of nerve signals. Special pads attached to the head can detect the setiny
electrical pulses. They are show non a screen or paper strip as wavy lines called an
EEG, electro-ence phalogram.

31. A. Doesn
B. Don’t
C. Arent’
D. Isn’t
E. Hadn’t
32. A. From
B. On
C. In
D. Of
E. Encephalogram
33. A.Takes
B. Receives
C. Gives
D. Puts
E. Brings

Questions 34 – 36 refer to the following text

Torajaland ( Tana Toraja ) is a highland region of South Sulawesi, home of the Toraja people.
Torajans are famous for their 1)…………. peaked-roof houses known as tongkonan and
spectacular and 2)………….funeral rites. After a person’s death, the body is kept-often for
several years- until the actual funeral ceremony which can last for several days. Tana Toraja
is an agricultural region. Rice fields cover most part of it. When we look downwards from a
hilly area, the rice fields look very 3)……..

34. A. Contemporary
B. traditional
C. modern
D. strange
E. natural
35. A. Pleasant
B. tranquil
C. unique
D. quiet
E. wild

36.A. remarkable

B. mysterious

C. enormous

D. gigantic

E. pleasant

Questions 37 – 40 refer to the following letter

Volunteers Wanted
The Psychology Department of Queenstown University is looking for
volunteers
to (37) … part in an experiment . We need 150 volunteers : 75 men 75 women. Vo-
lunteers should be aged between 20 and 25 and should not be taking any kind of me-
dication. Volunteers must not be enrolled in any of the university’s current
psychology
courses.
The experiment will take between thirty to forty minutes to complete.
Participants
will be asked to answer a series of questions after .... (38) a short film. A small fee
will be paid to participants. Coffee and tea will be also served (39)… the film.
If you are (40) … , please contact the Psychology Department secretary on
9998822 before January 29

37. A. look B. take C. make D. join E. Need

38. A. to watch B. watch C. watches D. watched E. Watching

39. A. at B. in C. during D. on E. Until

40. A. motivated B. satisfied C. annoyed D. interested E. suggested

Essay

Mushroom Soup.

Goal : Mushroom Soup

Material : 12 ounces mushrooms
4 eggs yolks
½ teaspoon grated nutmeg
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
1 ½ teaspoons salt
6 tablespoons cream
½ teaspoons pepper
2 pints chicken stock
Procedure
Step 1 Prepare mushroom and put in frying pan with melted butter.
Step 2 Cover and cook for 10 minutes. Add stock.
Step 3 Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg
Step 4 Bring to boil and then simmer for 30 minutes
Step 5 Sieve and blend until smooth, with remaining ingredients.
Step 6 Return to pan and heat. Remove pan from stove and cool.
Step 7 Add beaten egg yolks and cream, stirring gently. Do not boil.
Step 8 Garnish with chopped parsley and serve

Answer these questions!

41. What does this text tell about?
…………………………………………………………………………….
42. What is the purpose of the text?
……………………………………………………………………………..
43. Where can you find such a text?
…………………………………………………………………………….
44. What kitchen utensils are needed to cook mushroom soup?
…………………………………………………………………………….
45. What tense does the text mostly use?
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