This text is for questions 1 to 2

May I have your attention, please? Our school is holding a basketball competition.
Every team in this school has an occasion to join it. We will give special prize for the
winners. For registration and more information, please contact the head of the
committee, Ivan. Thank you.

 1. All ________ at school can join the competition.

A. basketball teams
B. football teams
C. volleyball teams
D. students
E. teachers and students

2. “Every team in this school has an occasion to join it.”

What is the synonym of the word ‘occasion’?
A. Hope.
B. Challenge.
C. Change.
D. Chance.
E. Prediction.

This text is for questions 3 and 4.

Dear Mr. Herman:
I want to thank you most sincerely for your excellent service over the past two
years. It has been second-to-none and always of the highest quality.
So, it is with great regret and sadness that I must tell you that we will no longer be
requiring your services for the foreseeable future.
This decision has been forced on me by the company’s decision to tighten
financial controls.
I hope, though that we will be able to resume our contract with you very soon and
in the meanwhile I will be more than delighted to recommend your services to all the
members of our business community.
If you could send me a set of your business cards, it would be most appreciated.
Sorry again for having to break this bad news to you and I hope you won’t be too
disappointed.
Looking forward to working again with you in the near future.
Sincerely,

Jimmy Mahendra

3. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To inform someone about something
B. To complain about something.
C. To compliment someone.

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 D. To request something.
E. To order something.
4. Why is Mr. Herman fired?
A. Because he is not smart and skillful.
B. Because he is not diligent and loyal.
C. Because the company wants to reduce its employees.
D. Because the company wants to tighten its finance.
E. Because the company is going bankrupt.

This text is for questions 5 and 6.

Attention, please.
In order to increase students’ motivation on their studies and daily lives, our school will
hold an Achievement Motivation Training. All students, and also teachers, are invited to
join it. The training is going to be held in the school hall on Sunday. Get inspiring and
motivating tips to be successful at your studies and lives. Don’t miss it!

 5. What is the announcement about?

A. An annual school program.
B. Students’ efforts to be successful.
C. An achievement Motivation Training.
D. Tips to be successful at studies and lives.
E. A training dealing with psychological problems.

 6. Who can join the event?

A. Teachers.
B. Students.
C. Students and teachers.
D. People who are interested to join it.
E. People who need some motivation.

This text is for questions 7 and 10.

Drug users are actually ill people who need to be helped. Rehabilitation is one of
the main things that they should get. Instead of punishing them and filling up the
prisons with them, the government should provide rehabilitation for them.
Most users are actually victims of drug dealers and they suffer from consuming
the drugs. Therefore, by rehabilitating them, we are actually helping them out of a trap
they have fallen in. They, then, can start a normal life again. On the other hand, if we
only arrest drug users and send them to jail, it doesn’t solve the problem because the
drug users will still be addicts unless being properly treated.
Jails will be filled up with drug users. Moreover, the users will still be users
after being released from prison. They, then, will be arrested again.
By providing rehabilitation programs for drug users and forcing them to
participate in the programs is a better way than only arresting them and doing nothing
on to cure their illness. Moreover, prisons will not be so full and packed up with users.
Only drug dealers, traffickers and wholesalers should be imprisoned.

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 7. What is the topic of the text?
A. Drug users.
B. A punishment for drug users.
C. Rehabilitation for drug users.
D. Death penalty for drug dealers.
E. How to stop the activities of drug dealers.

 8. Which statement is NOT TRUE about drug users?

A. Most users are actually victims of drug dealers.
B. Jail is not an effective way of punishing drug users.
C. Forcing drug users to participate in the rehabilitation programs is useless.
D. Arresting drug users just fills up jails.
E. Drug dealers should be imprisoned.

9. According to the writer, the drug users should be ________.

A. accompanied
B. entertained
C. rehabilitated
D. trapped
E. imprisoned

10. “. . . is a better way than only arresting them and doing nothing on to cure their
illness.”
(Paragraph 4)
The opposite meaning of the underlined word is ________.
A. damage
B. prevent
C. build
D. develop
E. refuse

This text is for questions 11 to 14

Learning English
Learning English through music and songs can be very enjoyable. You can mix
pleasure with learning when you listen to a song and exploit the song as a means to
improve your English. Some underlying reasons can be drawn to support the idea why
we use songs in language learning.
Firstly, “the song stuck in my head” phenomenon (the echoing in our minds of
the last song we hear after leaving a restaurant, shopping malls, etc.) can be both
enjoyable and sometimes unnerving. This phenomenon also seems to reinforce the idea
that songs work on our short and long term memory.
Secondly, songs in general also use simple conversational language, with a lot of
repetition, which is just what many learners look for in sample texts. The fact that they
are effective makes them many times more motivating than other texts. Although
usually simple, some songs can be quite complex syntactically, lexically and poetically,
and can be analyzed in the same way as any other literary sample.  

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 Furthermore, songs can be appropriated by listeners for their own purposes.
Most pop songs and probably many other types of songs don’t have precise people,
place or time reference.
In addition, songs are relaxing. They provide variety and fun, and encourage
harmony within oneself and within one group. Little wonder they are important tools in
sustaining culture, religion, patriotism and even revolution.
Last but not least, there are many learning activities we can do with songs such
as studying grammar, practicing selective listening comprehension, translating songs,
learning vocabulary, spelling and culture.
From the reasons above, it can be concluded that through music and songs,
learning English can
11. What is the text about?
A. Learning English through music and songs.
B. The enjoyable music and songs.
C. The phenomenon of English music and songs.
D. Music and songs’ listeners.
E.    The learning activities involving music and songs.

12. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the text?
A. Songs provide variety and fun.
B. Songs are more motivating than other texts.
C. Songs work on our short and long term memory.
D. Only simple songs can be used in language learning.
E. Songs can be appropriated by listeners for their own purposes.

13. Why are songs relaxing?

A. They are easy listening.
B. They use simple languages.
C. They provide variety and fun.
D. They are important tools in sustaining culture.
E. They work on short and long term memory.

14. 14. “The fact that they are effective makes them many times more motivating than
other texts.” (Paragraph 3)
The underlined word refers to ________.
A. groups
B. learners
C. people
D. songs
E. sample texts

This text is for questions 15 to 16

Male chauvinism (men’s believe in male superiority) extends even into the area
of automobile driving, it seems. Believing that they are far better drivers than women,
men consider women drivers incompetent, inattentive and even dangerous behind the
wheel.

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 However, statistics prove that women are, in fact, safer drivers than men. For
example, insurance rates for women are 20 percent more than they are for men. Another
proof is that more accidents are caused by male drivers between the ages of 18 and 25
than by any other groups. Also the greater percentage of accident involving deaths is
caused by men. Although women are criticized for being too cautious, they are really
just being safe drivers.
The reason for women drivers’ safer driving habits can perhaps be found in the
differing attitudes of sexes toward automobiles as a convenience, like a washing
machine. On the other hand, men regard the automobile as an extension of their egos.
Using it as a weapon when they feel particularly aggressive or using it as a status
symbol.
In all, women are safer drivers because of their attitude. Men can learn to
become safe drivers if they adopt the attitude that an automobile is merely a
convenience.

15. We can understand from the text that …

A. men always criticize women for their bad driving attitude
B. women show their egos by aggressive driving
C. the statistic shows women drive the car carelessly
D. young women drivers get many accidents
E. Men underestimate women

16.”Men consider women drivers incompetent, inattentive and even dangerous behind
the wheel. (Paragraph 1). The underlined word means …
A. intent
B. furious
C. watchful
D. careless
E. indiscipline

This text is for questions 17 to 20

Breaking and Entering is an unusual film. Will and Sandy are two architects working on
major urban renewal project in the King’s Cross section in London. The area is unsafe
and ready for such a project. Will and Sandy move their offices into a nearby vacant
warehouse.
Will has to deal with constant burglaries at his new office. One night, he saw
Miro trying to break into the building. He chased Miro to his run down apartment block
and watched him return home to his mother, Amira, a Bosnian immigrant who makes a
living tailoring clothes. Soon, Will ‘meet’ Amira and they begin an affair. And Amira
learns that Will hold the key of her son’s future. How far will this mother go to protect
her son? Breaking and Entering is a very interesting film, but it is almost entirely
character driven. This is not a bad thing although in the film we are exposed to a story
or action driven.
Anthony Minghella, the director, creates some of the most believable, interesting
characters these actors have ever played. It is almost painful to watch them on their

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journey. Each of the characters makes decisions affecting how their lives will play out,
or change and these decisions and actions affect the story. The characters aren’t reacting
to the story. They are changing it.
17 . The text is mainly about….
A. a review of a new film, Breaking and Entering
B. the process in making the new film, Breaking and Entering
C. an amusing story dealing with experience in different ways
D. an account of an unusual or amusing incident retold by the film
E. the description how the film is accomplished though a series of steps

18. “ Will and Sandy move their offices into a nearby vacant warehouse “(Paragraph1 )
The antonym of the underlined word is….
A. empty
B. fulfilled
C. covered
D. occupied
E. luxurious

19. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the next?
A. Miro is one of the burglars who tried to break into Will’s new office
B. Will has to deal with constant burglaries at his new office
C. Miro is Amira’s son, a Bosnian immigrant who makes a living by tailoring
clothes
D. The area where the two architects work is unsafe and ready for a renewal
project
E. Minghella, the critic, creates some of the most interesting character the actors
have ever played .

20. How is the recommendation of the film ?

A. horrifying
B. bad
C. interesting
D. unusual
E. common

This text is for questions 21 to 22

Democracy is a form of government. The word democracy means rule by the
people. Abraham Lincoln described such self- government as government of the people,
by the people, for the people.
The citizens of a democracy take part in government either directly or indirectly.
In a direct, or pure, democracy, the people meet in one place to make the laws for their
community.

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 Most modern democracy is representative democracy, in large communities
cities, states, provinces, or countries – it is impossible for all the people to meet as a
group. Instead, they elect certain number of their fellow citizens to represent them in a
making decisions about laws and other matters that affect the people. An assembly of
representatives may be called a council, a legislature, a parliament, or a congress.
Government by the people through their freely elected representatives is sometimes
called republican government.
The democratic way of life recognizes the equality and dignity of all persons
regardless of race, religion, sex, or social standing. It holds that everyone is equal in
court trials and other legal matters. It provides freedom of speech, freedom of press, and
freedom of religion.
Almost all government claim to be democratic, but many are actually
totalitarian. Totalitarian government have almost complete control over lives of the
people.
21. What is the text about?
A. government
B. democracy
C. parliament
D. legislature
E. council

22. Which of the following is not included as features of democracy based on the text?
A. Freedom of sex
B. Freedom of press
C. Freedom of speech
D. Freedom of expression
E. Freedom of choosing representative

This text is for questions 23 to 25

My cousin and I …… (23) to school everyday together. We go there on foot
because our house is near to school. At school we also play together. It is because we
……(24) in the same age. My cousin is very beautiful and kind. She …… (25) long hair
and bright skin. Everybody loves her because she is very friendly to everyone.

23. A. goes
B. go
C. went
D. go to
E. gone

24. A. is
B. are

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D. were
E. was

25. A. have
B. has
C. had
D. had had
E. have had