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to announced that our company has been awarded
U.S patent 8,786,133 entitled Smart and Scalable
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16. What is the objective of the text?
(A) to inform the U.S patent 8,786,133
(B) to describe the implementation of the technology
(C) to announce Smart and Scalable Inverters
(D) to explain the U.S patent
(E) to advertise CyboEnergy Inc
17. Why has the company been awarded?
(A) it successfully used alternative energy resource
(B) it successfully implemented the new technology
(C) it successfully improved the technology of
power inverters
(D) it successfully modified the energy systems
(E) it successfully changed power systems
18. CyboInverter is the equipment for ....
(A) energy saving
(B) alternative energy
(C) power supply
(D) energy consumption
(E) power diffusion

Dear Sir/Madam

I am writing to complain about an article in last

Monday newspaper, Schools fail low income
children. As the head teacher of one of the
largest juniors high schools in the city, i fell
strongly that the article does not describe our
school.
My school has children from many different economic background, but a large percentage come
from lower-income families. Nevertheless, our
test show that the children do well and benefit
from the excellent works our teacher do. Last
year our school moved from 24th to 5th place according to the official assessment by the state
government. This is clearly not the failure that
the article suggest.
I would strongly recommend that more careful
research should be conducted in the future so
that your newspaper will more realistically describe the true situation in our schools.
Your sincerely,
Juan Gonzales
19. The letters shows Mr. Gonzaless disagreement
with the newspapers claim that ....
(A) children from low-income families do not
perform well in the official assessment
(B) the poor students in her school fair in the
national examination
(C) her school only admit students from economically advantaged families
(D) many of her students fail because of their
parents low-income
(E) low-income children are not as good as high
-income children
20. What is expected by Joan Gonzales from Mondays newspaper?
(A) to present information based on fact
(B) to conduct more research
(C) to fixed information given
(D) to explain more about that school
(E) to be responsible for the report

Please do the following steps:

(1) Plug the electronic cord of the microwave
into the socket;
(2) After that, put the food into the microwave;
(3) Dont forget to press start button to heat
the food;
(4) Wait for the beep sounds, it indicates that
the heating process is done;
(5) Finally, take out the food and enjoy it;
(6) Dont forget to wash hand after cleaning
the microwave.
21. What is the text about?
(A) the steps to cook in a microwave
(B) the steps to use a microwave
(C) the steps to heat food in a microwave
(D) the steps to operate a microwave
(E) the steps to defrost food in a microwave
22. What does the beep signal you?
(A) it alerts you that the food is ready
(B) it alerts you that the food is ready to
process
(C) it alerts you that the heating is on progress
(D) it alerts you that this is the time to enjoy your
food
(E) it alerts you that the heating process is complete
23. What will you do after putting the food into the
microwave?
(A) wait for the beep sounds
(B) connect to the electric cord into the
socket
(C) take out the food and enjoy it
(D) press the power button
(E) press the timer button

Independence Day Celebrate

Peacefully Nationwide
1,000 flags, one love. a young boy and girl
banded together to secure a flagpole to the
ground in mt. Merapi valley in yogyakarta on
Sunday. The pole was one of 1,000 flags erected
in the valley during a flag-raising ceremony
entitled, Seribu Bendera Satu Cinta (a tousands
flag, one love).
In medan, North Sumatra; the residents of
Aurvillage held their flags-raising ceremony. The
local governments paid attention to Usmarlin, a
participant who said that the condition of the
river had become a matter of great concern
because of pollution from both factories and
domestic waste.
Meanwhile, 2,343 prisoners in South Sulawesi
received sentence reductions due to the
independence day celebration, 92 of whom were
released from prisoners.
The Jakarta Post, August 18 2014.
24. Who enjoyed freedom in this independence
day celebration?
(A) a young boy and girl
(B) Aurvillage residents
(C) the local governments
(D) the 2,343 prisoners
(E) the 92 prisoners
25. What is the main idea of a paragraph two?
(A) Aurvillage residents held their flagraising ceremony in North Sumatra
(B) Aurvillage residents conserve their river by
holding flag-raising ceremony
(C) the bad condition of their river had become
Aurvillage residents concern
(D) the flag-raising ceremony in Aurvillage is
needed to conserve the river
(E) The residents of Aurvillage received attention from a local government when holding
a flag-raising ceremony

Chinese Group Demands That Japanese

Emperor Return Ancient Artifact
By Ankit Panda
February 13, 2016
Adding to growing list of diplomatic
disputes between China and Japan, a Chinese
group is demanding that Japans emperor
return a 1300-years-old artifact that was
allegedly looted by japanese soldiers in the
1930s. According to a xinhua report, the
artifact in question is the Hongiujing Stele,
orginally from north eastern China. The
request was made in a letter addressed to
emperor Akihido of Japan by China
federation of demanding Compensation
from japan (CFDC) via Japans Embassy in
China. The request has been prominently
report by both chinas domestic and
international media outlet, suggesting that
part of intent is to same Japan for its actions
during the first half of the 20th century.
From Xinhuas report, it is unclear the
extent to which the chinese government is
involved in China Federation of Demanding
Compensation from Japan (CFDC) is a civic
group that asked the japanese imperial family
for the return of a looted Chinese relic. The
group seek compensation for personal,
material and spiritual damage caused by
japanese militarism during the countrys
agression against China in the 20th century.

26. What can be inferred from the text?

(A) China and Japan had a great relationship during the first half of the 20th
century
(B) China Federation of Demanding Compensation (CFDC) has asked Japan to return the artifact without any condition
(C) Japan was ruled by China in the 20th century
(D) CFDC wanted the Japan emperor to admit their aggression to China in the 20th
century
(E) CFDC may have sent a letter directly to
the Japan emperor without involving their
government
27. .... a Chinese group is demanding that Japans
emperor return a 1,300 years-old artifact that
was allegedly looted by Japanese soldiers in the
1930s. (paragraph 1)
The underlined word is closest in meaning to ....
(A) stolen
(B) damaged
(C) neglected
(D) borrowed
(E) taken

Webcams Make Alaska Bear

Accessible
Mark Thiessen, Associated Press, Anchorage,
Alaska, Sci-Tech Tue, July 24, 2012, 6:15 PM
A new video initiative is bringing the famed
brown bears of Alaskas Katmai National Park
directly to computers and smartphones.
Whitout having to go there, youll be able to
watch mature bears compete for salmon at brook
falls and other sites and cubs tumbling over each
other as they play. Starting Tuesday, a live web
stream (http://is.gd.bfPAs8) will allow the public
to log on and see the brown bears in their
natural habitat.
I think its an unparalleled opportunity for
people to get that from row seat of the lives of the
bears at Brooks Camp. said Roy Wood, chief of
interpretation for Katmai National Park and
Preserve.
The project is a partnership with explore.org,
which set up four high definition cameras in Katmai,
spokesman Jason Damata told to Associated Press.
Three of them are at existing viewing stands where
bear fans come to watch animals.
The cameras provide access to a national park
that is difficult to reach and expensive for most
tourist. Its about 275 miles southwest of anchorage,
but no roads lead to Katmai. A trip there involved
multiple airplanes and a lot of advanced planning;
its hard to get a lodge reservation at Brooks Camp
before 2014. Camping is allowed, but on a
reservation system that goes online jan 5.
It takes a lot of time, a lot of effort and a lot of
money and the webcams will make it accessible to
anyone with access to a computer, a smartphone, a
tablet device, Wood said.
28. What is the text about?
(A) a video display of Katmais bears for computers and smartphones
(B) the life of Alaskan bears in their natural
habitat
(C) how to protect the endangered Alaskans
bears
(D) the bears of Katmai National Park in
Alaska
(E) webcams with the newest technology

29. Its proudly stated in the text that ....

(A) a new video can be used with a computer
(B) the project is partnership with explore.org
and Katmai
(C) we can use the new video to shoot bears
without going to their habitat
(D) Katmai National Park has made a video of
their bears in nature environment
(E) webcam enable us to see bears life in nature
on computers or a smartphones
30. .... to watch mature bear compete for salmon
at Brook Falls. (paragraph 2)
The underline works is the most closely associated to ....
(A) fight
(B) kill
(C) hug
(D) defeat
(E) defend
When the typewriter was first invited, its
keys were arranged alphabetically. This made
the keys easy to find. however this arrangement
also caused the bars of the mechine to jam, or
get stuck.
To solved this problem, a new letter
arrangement was intoduced by Christoper
Latham Scholes in 1872. His system, the
standard keyboard system, is still used on
typewiter today. He arrangement the letters
in such way that as many bars of possible hit
the inked ribbon from opposite direction.
this resulted in far less jaming than what had
occurred with the alphabetical models.
(Quoted from: Longman Introductory Course,
2014)

31. In Scholes system, the order of the letters ....

(A) is in the alphabetical order
(B) enables more bars to hit the ribbon from
opposite direction
(C) caused the bars of the machine to jam
(D) was the same as original typewriter
(E) was the same as that introduced in 1872

32. We know from the second paragraph that ....

(A) the Scholes system is still used now
(B) C.L. Scholes is the inventor of the typewriter
(C) the Scholes system arranged the letters alphabetically
(D) the original arrangement of the letters
alphabetical
(E) the arrangement of the letters in the Scholes
system is not better than the original one
33. Improvement to the original system of the typewriter was made by Scholes in ....
(A) the quality of the keyboard
(B) the arrangement of the letters
(C) the bars that hit the ribbon
(D) the ribbon that carries the link
(E) the standard keyboard system

Snakes
Snakes are reptiles (cold-blooded creatures).
They belong to the same group as lizard (the
scaled group, Squamata) but from a sub-group of
their own (Serpentes).
Snakes have two legs but along time ago they
had claws to help them slither along. Snakes are
not slimy. They are covered in scales which are just
bumps on the skin. Their skin is hard and glossy
to reduce friction as the snake slithers along the
ground.
Snakes often sun bathe on rock in the warm
weather. this is becaus snake are cold-bloded, they
need the suns warmth to heat their bodies up.
Most snakes live in the country. Some types of
snakes live in trees, some live in water, but most live
on the ground in deserted rabbit burrows, in thick,
long grass, and in old logs.
A snakes diet usually consist of frog,s lizards,
mice, and other snakes. The anaconda can eat small
crocodiles and even bears. Many snakes protect
themselves with their fangs. Some snakes are
protected by scaring their enemiees away like
Cobra. The flying snakes glide away from danger.
Their ribs spread apart and the skin stretches out.
Its technique is just like the sugar gliders.

34. Since the snakes are cold-blooded they ....

(A) like sucking the cool blood
(B) avoid sun-bathing to their skins
(C) never sun bathe in the warm weather
(D) live on the ground in deserted burrows
(E) require the suns warmth to heat their
bodies
35. We know from the text that snakes ....
(A) do not have claws
(B) do not like sunlight
(C) have two legs and claws
(D) use their legs to climb the tree
(E) use their claws to slither along the ground
36. How do flying snakes protect themselves?
(A) they fly away
(B) they use their fangs
(C) they scare their enemies
(D) they stretch out their skin
(E) they eat the other animal
Circuses Should Not Use Animals

Animals should not be used in circus.

The environtment where they perform and
their living conditions are usually
inapproriate. Tigers, for example, which
naturally live in wilderness, must perform
tricks on a narrow stage and spend their
lifetime in small cage.
Besides, the living condition of the
circus animal are poor. They live in a
cramped condition most of the time. They
actually need more space to roam. They
also do not have freedom to live with their
own kind.
We should ban the use of animals in
circus and their confinement there.
37. Why does the writer consider circus inappropriate place to live for animals?
(A) it resembles the animals natural habitat
(B) it is the place where the animals are tortured
(C) it is the place to get public amusement
(D) it provides animals bad food
(E) it costs animal ill condition

38. According to the text ....

(A) Tigers are the most suitable animals to perform tricks
(B) Tigers are the smartest animal
(C) the highlight of the circus is on the animals
(D) the animals are the main performers in the
circus
(E) animals receive ill treatment in a circus
39. They live in a cramped condition most of their
time. (paragraph 3)
The underlined word is closest in meaning
to ....
(A) clean and neat
(B) dirty and messy
(C) poor and spacious
(D) small and crowded
(E) large and quite
Advertisements
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 of information.
There are some reasons why we should have
advertisement in newspaper and megazines. 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
megazines for these various reasons. Firstly, ads
cost the shopekeepers a lot of money to print
onto paper. Also some people dont like finding
junk mail in their letter boxes. Ads also influence
people to buy items they dont need and cant
really afford. Ads use up a lot of space and a lot
of effort has to be made to make the ads eyecatching.
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 dont think i find some of them
interesting. I mainly disagree because its junk
mail.

40. Why does the writer present two sides of opinion

of advertisement?
(A) S/he wants to take side
(B) S/he wants to be in the affirmative side
(C) S/he uses opinions to emphasize her own
stance
(D) S/he wants the readers know the opinion
about the issue
(E) S/he wants to the readers to understand
her stance
41. The writer influences the readers by repeatedly
saying that ....
(A) the ads are only garbage
(B) the ads contain unimportant business
information
(C) the ads promote unnecessary service products
(D) the ads inform us tips of easy shopping
(E) the ads become the source of information
42. Ads us up a lot space and a lot of effort has to
be made to make the ads eye-catching.
The underlined word is closest in meaning to ....
(A) newsworthy
(B) subtle
(C) plain
(D) impressive
(E) delicate

Tapeworms may be good for your brain

Tapeworms get a bad reputation. they are
varacious parasites that burrows into gut
walls and devour nutrients like a nightmarish
version of the very hungry caterpillar. But not all
tape worms are bad. In fact, one type
appears to protect againts memory loss in
rats. The discovery, researchers say, could
lead to new treatment for some neurological
diseases in humans, like Alzheimers.
In the study, researchers devided 30 rats
into main groups: those infected with the rats
tapeworm Hymenolepsis Diminuta, and those
with clean guts. To test the potential
protection offered by H. Diminuta, the team
infected both groups of rodents with a onetwo punch: a mild case of Escherichia coli
shortly after birth to stimulate an immune
response, and an injection of
lipopolysaccharide (LPS) after they had been
wormed as adults. LPS is a noninfectious
component of bacteria that trips the immune
systems alarm, leading to a potentially
overactive response in the brain that can
include swelling and confusion.
Just as the researchers predicted, when
rats with worms were reintroduced to the
scary shock box, they froze in fear, indicating
they had a full memory of the previous days
shock. But the wromless rats paused only
half as much, suggesting their memories of
the box were incomplete. The wormy rats
froze as much as the double control group
that was both worm-free and infection-free,
suggesting that the worms had somehow
protected the rats against memory loss after
the infection.
43. What is the text about?
(A) rats with worms proved to be good for
humans brain
(B) H. Diminuta and LPS all injected to all rats
(C) the study focused on how to treat rats with
worms
(D) the scary shock box considered to be effective
(E) tapeworms could be used to protect against
memory loss

44. How did the rats with worm react when they
put into the scary shock box at the second
time?
(A) they got asleep
(B) they died sooner
(C) they were scared
(D) they gave reaction
(E) they were frozen
45. Which of the followings is related to the text?
(A) Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is injected to the
rats shortly after birth
(B) the rats are infected Escherichia coli (E. coli)
after being adults
(C) the discovery is expected to be able to treat
people who suffer Alzheimer
(D) the worms function to lose the rats
memory after the infections
(E) the worms could also cure patients with the
psychological disturbance

46. Rearange the following sentences into the correct

and meaningful paragraph!
(1) The tunnel was full of vehicles when the
accident happened.
(2) As a result of the lost wheel, the lorry hit
the tunnels wall.
(3) Shortly after 6 p.m, a lorry going through
the tunnel lost a wheel.
(4) It finally collided with ten cars.
(5) The accident caused no casualties but many
people were panicking.
The correct order is ....
(A) (3)-(2)-(1)-(4)-(5)
(B) (3)-(1)-(2)-(4)-(5)
(C) (3)-(5)-(2)-(1)-(4)
(D) (3)-(4)-(2)-(1)-(5)
(E) (3)-(1)-(4)-(2)-(5)

47. Rearrange the following sentences into the

correct and meaningful procedure!
(1) Wrap the casualty in a sheet which has been
dampened with cold water.
(2) Move the casualty to a cool place, loosen
or remove any tight or heavy clothing.
(3) Make sure the sheet stays wet and fan the
casualty to keep them cool.
(4) Check the casualtys temperature regurarly.
(5) Once it has fallen to a safer level (under
400C), remove the wet sheet and stop the
cooling process.
(A) (4)-(5)-(1)-(3)-(2)
(B) (4)-(5)-(2)-(3)-(1)
(C) (2)-(1)-(4)-(5)-(3)
(D) (2)-(1)-(3)-(4)-(5)
(E) (2)-(3)-(4)-(1)-(5)

One day, young hunter saw a magnificent deer

and chased it through the woods. After a long
pursuit, he arrived at a little house hidden in the
midle of the forest and there the deer tranformed
into a/an (48) ... witch.
Youve fallen into my trap, said the witch,
pointing a gnarled finger at him. Now i am going
to change you into an animal.
Terrified, the young hunter turned to
escape, then the witch changed into a black
raven, which flew at the hunter to touch
him and complete the evil spell.
But before the raven could reach him, a
butterfly landed (49) ... the young mans
shoulder and that was enough to break the
witchs spell. The butterfly changed herself
into a beautiful hunter with drawn bow and
arrow (50) ... at the raven.
48. ....
(A) old
(B) kind
(C) passionate
(D) wise
(E) considerate

49. ....
(A) to
(B) at
(C) on
(D) into
(E) with
50. ....
(A) pointed
(B) asked
(C) shouted
(D) sorted
(E) turned