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There are many reasons for both sides of the question, "Should we have printed advertisement'?" Many people have strong views and feel that ads are nothing more than useless junk mail, while other people feel it is important source information.
There
are some reasons why we should have advertisement in newspaper and
magazines. One reason is ads give us information about what is available.
Looking at ads we can find out what is on sale and what is new in the market.
This is an easy way of shopping. Another reason is that advertisement promotes
business. When shop owners compete against each other the buyer saves money,
more people come to their shops and they sell more goods.
On
the other hand, some people argue that ads should not be put in newspapers and
magazines for these various reasons. Firstly, ads cost the shopkeepers a lot of
money to print onto paper. Also some people don't like finding junk mail in
their letter boxes. Ads also influence people to buy items they don't need and
can't really afford. Ads use up a lot of space and a lot of effort has to be
made the ads eye-catching.
After looking at both sides of issue, I think we should not have advertisements because they cost a lot of money and take up a lot of room in the papers. I don't think I find some of them interesting. I mainly disagree because it's junk mail.
After looking at both sides of issue, I think we should not have advertisements because they cost a lot of money and take up a lot of room in the papers. I don't think I find some of them interesting. I mainly disagree because it's junk mail.
1. Why does the writer present two
sides of opinions of advertisements?
a.
She/he
wants to take side
b.
She/he wants
to be in the affirmative side
c.
She/he uses
the opinions to emphasize her own stance
d.
She/he wants
the readers know the opinion about the issue
e. She/he wants the readers to
understand her stance
2. What is the generic
structure of the text?
a.
Arguments-Recommendation-Thesis
b.
Recommendation-Issue-Arguments-Thesis
c.
Issue-Supporting
Points-Contrasting Points-Conclusion
d.
Thesis-Supporting
Points-Contrasting Points-Reiteration
e. Reiteration-Arguments-Thesis
Muslim’s Headscarf
The
right to freedom of religion is enshrined in the UN charter and considered by
many to be a basic human right. Some religions require special diet, others
prayer at specific times. Why should a religious mode of dress receive as much
protection as these other aspects of religious freedom?
Many
Muslim women view the veil as a means to protect their modesty and privacy.
Just as we would not force any women to be seen in public in her underwear if
she did not feel comfortable doing so, why should a woman be forced to show her
hair if she does not want to? Modesty is a personal judgment, some are
comfortable in the smallest bikini while others prefer a lot more clothing. No
one but the woman herself should make that decision.
Muslim
women are not the only ones to feel coerced over their mode of dress. Most
people are affected by the societal norms surrounding them. Fashion trends
could be seen in exactly the same light as religious traditions.
Banning
head coverings is only likely to provoke a more extreme reaction among highly
religious communities. Framing laws to ban only Islamic forms of dress could be
considered an attack on one religion. Feeling under attack could cause the
Islamic community to close off into itself. They could set up religious schools
where their children can dress as they want them to and not mix with children
from other faiths. These effects could never be good for the integration of
society and would further the influence of extremists. Internationally, the
perceived attack on Islamic values would inflame wider Muslim opinion, feed
conspiracy theories and add to the dangerous feeling that there is a clash of
civilizations.
Intolerant
schools make up problems as an excuse for not allowing Muslims freedom of
religious expression. In a multicultural society, students should be aware of
the different religious practice and cultural traditions of their classmates,
and be taught to understand and respect these.
Based
on the above discussion, the government should not banned Muslim’s headscarf as
a part of school or office uniforms.
3. What is the first
paragraph called?
a.
Issue
b.
Orientation
c.
Argument
d.
Preview
e. Conclusion
4. What is Muslim women’s
view on the veil?
a.
It
is an obstacle of their freedom
b.
It
is to protect their modesty and privacy
c.
It
is a fashion trend among them
d.
They
feel being forced to wear it
e. It is what their parents told them
to wear
5. Paragraph 4 tells us
that banning on Muslim headscarf could ….
a.
Arouse
social conflict among social communities
b.
Maintain
solidarity among social communities
c.
Provoke
a more extreme reaction among highly religious communities
d.
Teach
students social awareness
e. Make Muslim women loose their
identity
6. What does the writer
suggest?
a.
Schools
should not be tolerant to any freedom of religious expression
b.
Students
should know various social groups among the society
c.
The
government should ban Muslims headscarf because it may arouse conflicts
d.
Muslim’s
headscarf as a part of school or office uniforms should not be banned
e. Schools are allowed to ban Muslim
headscarf because it may arouse many problems
THE PRINCESS DIARIES
Meg Cabot
Harper Collins
Young
Adult
ISBN:
0380814021
304 pages
As the hilariously funny tale called The Princess
Diaries begins, Mia Thermopolis is just a regular high school freshman at
Albert Einstein High School. Well, as regular as you can be when you live in a
loft in downtown New York with your flighty artist Mom. And as regular as you
can be when your best friend is Lilly, a punky and spunky militant who produces
her own TV show.
As readers
can guess from the title, this book takes the form of a diary, written by Mia.
Over the pan of a month, she relates her daily woes and embarrassments in heart
breaking detail. As with most teenaged girls, Mia thinks she is hopeless,
looks-wise. She's tall --- 5’9" --- and klutzy, and not so gifted in the
chest department.
Then there
is school. One of Mia’s biggest problems is the fact she is flunking Algebra
and, to make matters worse, her Mom has begun dating her teacher. Gross.
In the boy
department, the cutest one in school has the locker next to hers, but doesn't
even know Mia exists, even as his snooty girlfriend Lana, a popular
cheerleader, torments her. And to top it off, Mia is developing some sort of
weird crush on Michael, Lilly’s computer nerd brother.
Then one day,
Mia finds out she is a princess. Okay, I know that doesn’t sound bad to most
girls, but Mia hates the idea instantly. How does this fairy tale come true?
Her father is ruler of the principality of Genovia and since Mia is his only
child, she is next in line to the throne. Her dad sends in the big guns to
convince Mia that being a princess is what she is meant to do: her formidable
grandmother comes to New York to give Mia "Princess Lessons". And as
the word spreads around Albert Einstein High School that Mia is royalty, her
life just gets more crazy.
The ending of The Princess Diaries is a twisty one and will leave you jonesing for more stories of Mia and the rest of her friends.
The ending of The Princess Diaries is a twisty one and will leave you jonesing for more stories of Mia and the rest of her friends.
Reviewed by Jennifer Abbots
7. Who wrote The Princess
Diaries?
a.
Mia
Thermopolis
b.
Jennifer
Abbots
c.
Meg
Cabot
d.
Albert
Einstein
e. Lilly
8. What is the
communicative purpose of the text above?
a.
To
criticize an art work, event for a public audience
b.
To
entertain and to deal with actual in different ways
c.
To
describe the story of the princes diaries
d.
To
present (at least) many different aspects of an issue
e. To explain the processes involved in
the formation of sociocultural phenomena
9. Which one is true based
on the text above?
a.
The
Princess Diaries was written by Jennifer Abbots
b.
Mia
was a student in Albert Einstein High School
c.
The
Ending of The Princess Diaries is amazing
d.
Mia
was avoided by her friends
e. The princess Diaries is the title of
movie
Captain Phillips is an upcoming 2013
American biographical action thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass based upon
the book, A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous days at
Sea, by Richard Phillips with Stephan Tatty, and starring Tom Hanks. It is
produced by Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, and Michael De Luca. The film tells a
biopic of merchant mariner Captain Richard Phillips, who was taken hostage for
several days by Somali Pirates when the container ship Maersk Alabama which
sailed from southern Oman drown along the coast of Somalia and then to Kenya
was hijacked in 2009.
Captain
Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks), a veteran merchant mariner, still lives in his
native New England, and he's a plainspoken family man full of anxiety about the
economically bleak new world his kids are facing. When his wife (Chaterine
Keener) drops him off at the airport, we can see reverse her. The film then
cuts to Somalia, a land of dust and poverty, where the pirates are recruited
for their mission as if they were migrant farm workers lining up to be chosen
for that day's labor. Greengrass doesn't have to fill in much about the
violent, chaotic breakdown of Somalia to let us know that these men have little
choice.
The film
does not generate quite the same level of excruciating suspense as some of
Greengrass' previous triumphs, but it nonetheless holds us hostage as it proceeds.
As for the four Somali immigrants, they are remarkably effective in their first
professional acting gigs.
10. What is the
communicative purpose of the text above ....
a.
To
criticize about film Captain Phillips
b.
To
entertain about film Captain Phillips
c.
To
give information about film Captain Phillips
d.
To
describe about film Captain Phillipss
e. To explain about film Captain
Phillips
11. According to the text,
Captain Phillips ....
a.
Traveled
from Somalia to Kenya to find a ship
b.
Hijacked
a container ship
c.
Hijacked
many ships in Somalia
d.
Was
a hostage by Somalia pirates
e. Was a sailor in Southern Oman
A natural disaster is a
terrible accident, e.g. a great flood , a big fire, or an earthquake. It
usually causes great suffering and loss of a large sum of money. The
causalities are injured or died. Some people are homeless and need medical
care.
Floods occur when the water
of rivers, lakes, or stream overflow their banks and pour out into the
surrounding land. Floods are caused by many different things. Often heavy
rainstorms that last for a brief time can cause a flood. But not all heavy
storms are followed by flooding. If the surrounding land is fl at and can
absorb the water, no flooding will occur. If, however, the land is hard and
rocky, heavy rain cannot be absorbed. Where the banks are low, a river may
overflow and flood adjacent lowland.
In many parts of the world
floods are caused by tropical storms called hurricanes or typhoons. They bring
destructive winds of high speed, torrents of rain, and flooding. When a flood
occurs, the destruction to the surrounding land can be severe. Whole villages
and towns are sometimes swept away by water pouring swiftly over the land. Railroad
tracks and buckles are uprooted from their beds. Highways are washed away.
When a building caught fire,
the firemen pitched in to help battle the blaze. Before the pumps were
invented, people formed bucket brigades to fight fires. Standing side by side,
they formed a human chain from the fire to nearby well or river. They passed
buckets of water from hand to hand to be poured on the flames.
The damage of fire did
depend a great deal on where it happened. In the country or a small village,
only a single house might burn down. But in crowded cities, fire often
destroyed whole blocks and neighborhoods before being controlled.
12. What can possibly
prevent rivers and lakes from overflowing?
a.
An
absorbent bed
b.
A
rocky surrounding
c.
A
low land
d.
A
high bank
e. A high road
13. We know from the text
that ....
a.
River
can sweep heavy flood
b.
People
can make money from flood
c.
The
destruction by flood is always less severe
d.
Water
flood is absorbed by land directly
e. Typhoons caused heavy flood
14.
We know from the text that ....
a.
The
pump is the only tool used by fire fighters now
b.
The
pump helps people to fight fires more efficiently
c.
Fires
in big cities are always very big
d.
People
no longer use buckets to control fire
e. Only firemen can control fires in
crowded cities
Tsunami
Tsunami occurs when major fault
under the ocean floor suddenly slips. The displaced rock pushes water above it
like a giant paddle, producing powerful water waves at the ocean surface. The
ocean waves spread out from the vicinity of the earthquake source and move
across the ocean until they reach the coastline, where their height increases
as they reach the continental shelf, the part of the earth crust that slopes,
or rises, from the ocean floor up to the land.
A tsunami washes ashore with
often disastrous effects such as severe flooding, loss of lives due to drowning
and damage to property.
A tsunami is a very large
sea wave that is generated by a disturbance along the ocean floor. This
disturbance can be an earthquake, a landslide, or a volcanic eruption. A
tsunami is undetectable far out in the ocean, but once it reaches shallow
water, this fast traveling wave grows very large
15. Tsunami happens because
....
a.
The
displaced rock pushes water above it
b.
A
major fault under the ocean floor slips suddenly
c.
The
ocean waves spread out from the vicinity of the source
d.
The
waves moves across the ocean until they reach the beach
e. A tsunami is undetectable far out in
the ocean
16. What are the impacts of
tsunami?
a.
The
part of the Earth’s crust that slopes, or rises, from the ocean floor down to
the land
b.
A
tsunami washes ashore with often disastrous effects such as flooding and loss
of lives
c.
A
tsunami is a very large sea wave which is not generated by a disturbance a long
the ocean floor
d.
A
tsunami is detectable far out in the ocean
e. Once tsunami reaches shallow water,
the wave never grows very large
17. We understand from the
text that tsunami ....
a.
Causes
the movement of earth
b.
Forms
a new shape of coastline
c.
Makes
unfortunate event
d.
Rises
a new coastal land
e. Displaces rocks to land
Water
pollution has been increasing at a worrying rate. If consumed in a contaminated
state, it may prove fatal to both – human beings and the environment. Let us
find out how this pollution affects the ecological balance and poses a threat
to our lives. First, it is agricultural pollution. Excess fertilizers,
pesticides and insecticides used for agricultural procedures often get
discharged in water bodies right from streams to lakes and seas. Another way
water pollution happens is mining activities. During mining, the rock strata is
crushed with the help of heavy equipment on a large scale. These rocks are
often composed of sulfides and heavy metals, which when combined with water
from sulfuric acid and other harmful pollutants. Next, it happens through the
so-called sewage water. The leftover or excess water that is left after
carrying out domestic and industrial activities is called sewage water which
consists of a lot of chemicals, and is left untreated. People flushing
medicines and other chemical substances down the toilet has been a cause of
concern for the developed countries today. Also, the burning of fossil is
another source.
18. The main idea of the
text is ....
a.
The
level of water pollution is determined by its pollutant
b.
There
are different ways for water to be polluted
c.
Most
water around us is heavily polluted
d.
Water
pollution takes different forms
e.
Water
pollution happens every where
All human beings eat food and make use of the chemical energy in it, so do all other animals. Perhaps you wonder where all that chemical energy comes from. Why doesn’t the food all get used up?
The answer is that new food is being grown as fast
as old food is used to. It is the green plants that form the new food. Animals
either eat the plants or eat other animals that have eaten plants.
The
green substance of plants is chlorophyll. Chlorophyll can absorb sunlight. When
it does so, it changes the energy of the sun into chemical energy. The chemical
energy present in sunlit chlorophyll is used to combine dioxide in the air with
water from the soil. Starch and other complicated compounds are formed. These
are high in chemical energy obtained from the sunlit chlorophyll.
They make up the food on which mankind and all other animals live. In the process of forming this food, some oxygen atoms are left over. These are given off into the air by the plants. The whole process is called photosynthesis.
They make up the food on which mankind and all other animals live. In the process of forming this food, some oxygen atoms are left over. These are given off into the air by the plants. The whole process is called photosynthesis.
Thus,
plants use sunlight to from food and oxygen to from carbon dioxide and water
again. Plants change the sun’s energy into chemical energy. And animals change
the animal energy into kinetic and heat energy.
19. The text is about ....
a.
The
process of changing chemical energy
b.
The
formation of carbon dioxide
c.
The
green substance of plants
d.
The
process of photosynthesis
e. The use of chemical energy
20.
What will happen when the chlorophyll absorbs sunlight? It will ....
a.
Change
heat into kinetic energy
b.
Form
complicated compound
c.
Make
use of heat energy
d.
Change
kinetic energy into chemical energy
e. Change the sun’s energy into
chemical energy
21. From the text we know that
....
a.
Plant
need to heat energy to live
b.
All
human beings need chemical energy
c.
Plants
absorb sunlight to produce kinetic energy
d.
Chlorophyll
is the most important thing in photosynthesis
e. Sun’s energy cannot be formed into
kinetic energy
Once upon a time there lived a group of mice
under a tree in peace. However, a group of elephants crossing the jungle
unknowingly destroyed the homes of all the rats. Many of them were even crushed
to death.
Then taking of rats decided to approach the elephant's chief and request him to guide his herd through another route. On hearing the sad story, the elephant's king apologized and agreed to take another route. And so the lives of the rats were saved.
One day elephant-hunters came to the jungle and trapped a group of elephants in huge nets. Then the elephant king suddenly remembered the king of the rats. He summoned on of the elephants of his herd, which had not been trapped, to go seek help from the king and told him about the trapped elephants.
The rat's king immediately took his entire group of rats and they cut open the nets which had trapped the elephant's herd. The elephant herd was totally set free. They danced with joy and thank the rats.
Then taking of rats decided to approach the elephant's chief and request him to guide his herd through another route. On hearing the sad story, the elephant's king apologized and agreed to take another route. And so the lives of the rats were saved.
One day elephant-hunters came to the jungle and trapped a group of elephants in huge nets. Then the elephant king suddenly remembered the king of the rats. He summoned on of the elephants of his herd, which had not been trapped, to go seek help from the king and told him about the trapped elephants.
The rat's king immediately took his entire group of rats and they cut open the nets which had trapped the elephant's herd. The elephant herd was totally set free. They danced with joy and thank the rats.
22. What type of text is the
above text? It is …
a.
a
narrative text
b.
a description
text
c.
a
recount text
d.
an
anecdote text
e. an expository text
23.
What destroyed the homes of all rats?
a.
a group of mice did
b.
the
hunter did
c.
elephant-hunter
did
d.
a
group of elephant did
e. elephant's herd
24.
What helped the elephant's herd free?
a.
the
elephant-hunter did
b.
the
hunters did
c.
the
trapped elephants did
d.
a
group of king did
e. entire group of rats did
25. What is generic structure of "once upon a
time there lived a group of mice under a tree in peace"?
a. Identification
b.
Orientation
c. Complication
d. Resolution
e. Description
26.
Q: When do you do your homework?
A: …
a.
I have did my homework at 6 PM
b.
I have done my homework at 6 PM
c.
I did my homework at 6 PM
d.
I do my homework at 6 PM
e.
I am doing my homework at 6 PM
27.
I’m sorry about the noise you are hearing. She ……… a concert.
a.
practice
b.
is practicing
c.
practicing
d.
practiced
e.
practices
28.
Q: Does he love his mother?
A: …
a.
He love his mother
b. He loves his mother
c.
He
to love his mother
d. He is loving his mother
29.
They are singing and dancing because their uncle……
a.
is arriving
b.
has arrived
c.
arrives
d.
arrived
e.
has been arriving
30.
They ….. for the last hour
a.
Have been talking
b.
Has been talking
c.
Had been talking
d.
Will be talking
e.
Are talking
LISTENING SECTION
Choose the best response among a,b,c,d, or e.
1
1 point
a. They will decorate the wedding hall themselves.
b. They will pay someone to decorate the wedding hall.
c. The wedding hall will be decorated by them.
d. They have already decorated the wedding hall.
e. They have learned how to decorate.
2
1 point
a. He refused that he was interested in Rina.
b. He didn’t refuse that he was interested in Rina.
c. He agreed that he was interested in Rina.
d. He was really interested in Rina.
e. He was Rina’s boyfriend.
3.
1 point
a. Because the damage was so serious.
b. Because the damage was not so serious.
c. Because he was very busy.
d. Because he didn’t have any equipment.
e. Because he was unable to repair it.
4.
1 point
a. The woman is accepting a sympathy
b. The woman is refusing a permission
c. The woman is asking someone to do something
d. The woman is advising someone to do something
e. The woman is granting a permission
5.
1 point
a. Certainly
b. Regret
c. Denial
d. Approval
e. Uncertainly
