Cats also called the domestic cat or house 1. “…..

, but these traits are better

cat (with its scientific name: Felis silvestris developed in cats.” (Paragraph 2)
catus or Felis catus) is a type of The word of traits could best be replaced
carnivorous mammal of the family Felidae. by …..
The word “cat” generally refers to a “cat” A. Tries
that has been tamed, but can also refer to B. Trails
the “big cats” such as lions and tigers. C. Trials
D. Characteristics
Cats are considered as “perfect E. Characterized
carnivore” with teeth and particular
digestive tract. The first premolar and 2. These following statements are true,
molar teeth form a pair of fangs on each except …..
side of the mouth that works effectively A. Cats are considered as “perfect
as a pair of scissors to tear the meat. carnivore” with teeth and particular
Although these features also exist in the digestive tract.
Canidae or dog, but these traits are better B. Cats eat almost non-vegetable
developed in cats. substance.
C. Cats cannot adapt to a vegetarian diet
Unlike other carnivores, cats eat because they cannot synthesize all
almost non vegetable substance. Bears the amino acids that they need from
and dogs sometimes eat berries, roots, or plant material.
honey as a supplement, while cats only D. Cats have mingled with human life
eat meat, usually freshly killed prey. In since at least 600 BC.
captivity, cats cannot adapt to a E. The cat is one of the most popular
vegetarian diet because they cannot pets in the world.
synthesize all the amino acids from plant
material; it is in contrast with
domesticated dogs, which commonly are The Burj Khalifa (or how it was called
fed a mixture of meat and vegetables and until 2010, Burj Dubai) opened on January
sometimes they can adapt to a completely 14th, 2010. Even before the building
vegetarian meal. construction was finished, starting from
2007, it had become the highest
Cats have mingled with human life
skyscraper in the world. Its exact height is
since at least 6000 BC, from the skeleton
2,722 feet, or 829,8 meters, and it
of the cat found on the island of Cyprus.
obviously can be seen from any point in
The ancient Egyptians of 3500 BC have
Dubai. The number of floors, however, is a
used cats to keep away the rats or other
bit fewer than some might expects: Burj
rodents from the barn where the crops
Khalifa totals in 163 floors, which is 16’2”
were saved.Currently, the cat is one of the
(about 5 meters) for each floor.
most popular pets in the world. Cats that
his lines are recorded officially as a cat Burj Khalifa looks like a stalagmite,
breeds or pure breed are Persian, Siamese, which means it resembles vertical
Manx, and the Sphinx. These kinds of cat minerals growing from cave floors.
are usually bred in official captivity animal. Stalagmites usually have a shape of a cone,
The number of purebred cat is only 1% of and so does Burj Khalifa; if you look at it
all cats in the world; the rest is a cat with from a distance, it will remind you of a
mixed ancestry such as wild cats or
domestic cats.
 gigantic sharp cone made of glass and B. There are four entrances to the tower
steel. of Burj Khalifa.
C. There is a big artificial lake that
The most impressive aspect about measures up to 12 hectares at Burj
Burj Khalifa is that it had been planned to Khalifa.
be a “city within the city”; this means D. The interior of the Armani hotel,
inside the tower, you can find parks, alleys, located on the floors from first to 39th,
districts, fountains, and so on. The glass of was designed by Giorgio Armani
the tower’s surface always shines, himself.
because it is washed every single day, and E. 57 elevators work 24 hours each day to
the make of concrete of which the tower transport visitors between floors at
was built from was invented specifically Burj Khalifa.
for Burj Khalifa. There are three entrances
to the tower, because it is so huge that
one or two would not be enough. At the We believe the Earth is about 4.6 billion
foot of the skyscraper, there is a big years old. At percent we are forced to
artificial lake that measures up to 12 look to other bodies in the solar system
hectares. for hints as to what the early history of
the Earth was like. Studies of our moon,
Inside, the building is as magnificent Mercury, Mars, and the large satellites of
as it is from the outside. The interiors Jupiter and Saturn have provided ample
were projected by famous designers—for evidence that all these large celestial
example, the interior of the Armani hotel, bodies had formed. This same
located on the floors from first to 39th, bombardment must have affected Earth
was designed by Giorgio as well. The lunar record indicates that
Armani himself. The air inside Burj Khalifa the rate of impacts decreased to its
is conditioned and flavored—it is said that present low level about 4 billion years ago.
the flavor was also designed exclusively On Earth, subsequent erosion and crustal
for the tower; 57 elevators work 24 hours motions have obliterated the craters that
each day to transport visitors between must have formed during this epoch.
floors.
Scientists estimate the Earth’s age
3. “Inside, the building is as magnificent as it by measuring the ratios of various
is from the outside.” (paragraph 4) radioactive elements in rocks. The oldest
Earth’s rocks tested thus far are about 3
Which one of the following words is the
1/3 billion years old. But no one knows
antonym of magnificent?
whether these are the oldest rocks on
A. Pretty
Earth. Tests on rocks form the moon and
B. Beautiful
on meteorites show that these are about
C. Great
4.6 billion years old. Scientists believe that
D. Good
this is the true age of the solar system and
E. Execrable
probably the true age of the Earth.
4. These following statements are true, 5. It can be inferred in the passage that the
except …. age of the earth is estimated by?
A. Burj Khalifa has 163 floors, which is A. By examining fossils and prehistoric
16’2” (about 5 meters) for each floor. B. By showing the erosion
 C. By researching about volcanic activity C. Associate
D. By studying about the great sun and D. Future
moon E. Compliment
E. By measuring the ratios of various
radioactive elements in rocks
Paris is the capital city of France. It is one
6. “On Earth, subsequent erosion and crustal of the most beautiful cities in the world. It
motions have obliterated the is also one of the world’s most crowded
craters….,” paragraph cities. Lovely gardens and parks are found
throughout Paris. At night, many palaces
The underlined word above is closest in and statues are lit up. For this reason,
meaning to? Paris is often called the city of light. Every
A. Construct year, millions of people visit Paris. The
B. Initiate most popular place to visit is the Eiffel
C. Build Tower. This huge structure has become
D. Eliminated the symbol of Paris. D’Louvre, one of the
E. Create world‘s largest art museums draws many
visitors. The Cathedral Notre Dame, a
Long, long ago, when the gods and famous church, is another favourite place
goddesses used to mingle in the affairs of to visit.
mortals, there was a small kingdom on the
slope of Mount Wayang in West Java. The 8. “At night, many palaces and statues
King, named Sang Prabu, was a wise are lit up.”
man. He had an only daughter, called
Princess Teja Nirmala, who was famous The underlined word is closest in meaning
for her beauty but she was not with?
married. One day Sang Prabu made up his A. Light up.
mind to settle the matter by a show of B. Beautiful
strength. C. Strong
After that, Prince of Blambangan, named D. Fragile
Raden Begawan had won the E. Famous
competition. Unfortunately, the wicked
fairy, Princess Segara fell in love with
Raden Begawan and used magic power to Text 1
render him unconscious and he forgot his Television gives several programs for its
wedding. When Sang Prabu was viewers. One kind of television program is
searching, Raden Begawan saw him and News Report. News Report is a program
soon realized that he had been enchanted that is reported all of the news in the
by the wicked fairy. The fairy could not world. This is the factual program, all of
accept this, so she killed Raden the news is a fact. A fact is something that
Begawan. When Princess Teja Nirmala is true. Some of the news program in
heard this, she was very sad. So a nice television, namely Liputan 6 Siang, Dunia
fairy took her to the Kahyangan. Dalam Berita, Fokus Siang, and etc.
Another program is an infotainment
7. What is the closest meaning to a word program. Same as news program this
mingle in paragraph 1? program is the factual program and giving
A. Celebrate an information to viewers. Difference with
B. Accelerate news program, the infotainment
 programme informs the celebrity’s news, 10. “You will find yourself frustrated in such a
for example Kisah Seputar Selebriti, Silent, position and consequently will not
Sinden Gossip, Hot Spot. etc. perform your best.”
The underlined word has meaning with?
9. “Same as news program this program is A. Cool
the factual program and giving an B. Stay calm
information to viewers” C. Depressed
What is the closest meaning of viewers? D. Qualified
A. Traveler E. Strong
B. Spectator
C. Citizen One of the modern world's intriguing
D. Presenter sources of mystery has been aeroplanes
E. Director vanishing in mid flight. One of the more
famous of these was the disappearance in
1937 of a pioneer woman aviator, Amelia
A Career is an individual’s journey through Earhart. On the second last stage of an
learning, work and other aspects of life. attempted round the world flight, she had
There are a number of ways to define a radioed her position as she and her
career and the term is used in a variety of navigator searched desperately for their
ways. Everybody who have career exactly destination, a tiny island in the Pacific.
want to advance their career. The plane never arrived at Howland Island.
Did it crash and sink after running out of
If you want to advance your career, you
fuel? It had been a long haul from New
will have to make some careful decisions
Guinea, a twenty hour flight covering
about which jobs you take. Consider a job
some four thousand kilometres. Did
offered for the value it has to your career.
Earhart have enough fuel to set down on
It may mean sacrifices at first. You may
some other island on her radioed course?
have to move to a different region or
Or did she end up somewhere else
country to get a job that is right for you.
altogether? One fanciful theory had her
You may have to work late hours, at least
being captured by the Japanese in the
temporarily. You might even have to take
Marshall Islands and later executed as an
a lower salary for a job that offers you the
American spy; another had her living out
experience that you need. But you should
her days under an assumed name as a
never accept a job if it is not related to
housewife in New Jersey.
your career goals.
Seventy years after Earhart's
Accepting a job that is not within your disappearance, 'myth busters' continue to
career path will not give you the skill or search for her. She was the best-known
experience you need or want. You will American woman pilot in the world.
find yourself frustrated in such a position People were tracking her flight with great
and consequently will not perform your interest when, suddenly, she vanished
best. This will have an effect on the into thin air. Aircraft had developed
people around you, who will not feel as if rapidly in sophistication after World War
you are being part of the team. The best One, with the 1920 s and 1930 s marked
advice is to think carefully before by an aeronautical record-setting frenzy.
accepting any position and make sure that Conquest of the air had become a global
the job is one you to have. obsession. While Earhart was making
headlines with her solo flights, other Whatever the explanation, the prospect
aviators like high-altitude pioneer Wiley of finding the remains is unsettling to
Post and industrialist Howard Hughes many. To recover skeletal remains or
were grabbing some glory of their own. personal effects would be a grisly
But only Earhart, the reserved tomboy experience and an intrusion. They want to
from Kansas who disappeared three know where Amelia Earhart is, but that's
weeks shy of her 40 th birthday, still grips as far as they would like to go. As one
the public imagination. Her disappearance investigator has put it, "I'm convinced that
has been the subject of at least fifty books, the mystery is part of what keeps us
countless magazine and newspaper interested. In part, we remember her
articles, and TV documentaries. It is seen because she's our favourite missing
by journalists as the last great American person."
mystery. There are currently two main
11. All the following are theories about
theories about Amelia Earhart's fate. Amelia's fate EXCEPT:
There were reports of distress calls from A. She escaped incognito and lived under
the Phoenix Islands made on Earhart's an assumed name
radio frequency for days after she B. She crashed somewhere on Howland
vanished. Some say the plane could have Island
broadcast only if it were on land, not in C. She and the navigator were stranded
the water. The Coast Guard and later the on an island
Navy, believing the distress calls were real, D. She was captured by the Japanese and
adjusted their searches, and newspapers executed as a spy.
at the time reported Earhart and her E. She ran out of gas
navigator were marooned on an island.
No-one was able to trace the calls at the 12. “Aircraft had developed rapidly in
time, so whether Earhart was on land in sophistication after World War One.”
the Phoenix Islands or there was a hoaxer The underlined word above is best
in the Phoenix Islands using her radio replaced by
remains a mystery. Others dismiss the A. Well
radio calls as bogus and insist Earhart and B. Apace
her navigator ditched in the water. An C. Moderate
Earhart researcher, Elgen Long, claims D. Softly
that Earhart's airplane ran out of gas E. Faintly
within fifty-two miles of the island and is
sitting somewhere in a 6,000-square-mile The struggle to obtain legal recognition of
area, at a depth of 17,000 feet. At that aboriginal rights is a difficult one, and
depth, the fuselage would still be in shiny, even if a right is written into the law there
pristine condition if ever anyone were is no guarantee that the future will not
able to locate it. It would not even be bring changes to the law that undermines
covered in a layer of silt. Those who the right. For this reason, the federal
subscribe to this explanation claim that government of Canada in 1982 extended
fuel calculations, radio calls and other constitutional protection to those
considerations all show that the plane aboriginal rights already recognized under
plunged into the sea somewhere off the law. This protection was extended to
Howland Island. the Indian, Inuit, and Métis peoples, the
three groups generally thought to
comprise the aboriginal population in
Canada. But this decision has placed on of that “ownership.” In a 1984 case in
provincial courts the enormous burden of Ontario, an aboriginal group claimed that
interpreting and translating the its property rights should be interpreted
necessarily general constitutional as full ownership in the contemporary
language into specific rulings. The result sense of private property, which allows
has been inconsistent recognition and for the sale of the land or its resources.
establishment of aboriginal rights, despite But the provincial court instead ruled that
the continued efforts of aboriginal the law had previously recognized only
peoples to raise issues concerning their the aboriginal right to use the land and
rights. therefore granted property rights so
minimal as to allow only the bare survival
Aboriginal rights in Canada are defined by of the community. Here, the provincial
the constitution as aboriginal peoples’ court’s ruling was excessively conservative
rights to ownership of land and its in its assessment of the current law.
resources, the inherent right of aboriginal Regrettably, it appears that this group will
societies to self-government, and the right not be successful unless it is able to move
to legal recognition of indigenous customs. its case from the provincial courts into the
But difficulties arise in applying these Supreme Court of Canada, which will be,
broadly conceived rights. For example, one hopes, more insistent upon a
while it might appear straightforward to satisfactory application of the
affirm legal recognition of indigenous constitutional reforms.
customs, the exact legal meaning of
“indigenous” is extremely difficult to 13. The following statements are true in the
interpret. The intent of the constitutional passage, except?
protection is to recognize only long- A. The Canadian government has
standing traditional customs, not those of recognized the rights of the aboriginal
recent origin; provincial courts therefore people and it is written in the law.
require aboriginal peoples to provide legal B. Canada not only protects the rights of
documentation that any customs they aborigines but also other tribes.
seek to protect were practiced sufficiently C. The aborigines do not have a record of
long ago—a criterion defined in practice the customs they protect
to mean prior to the establishment of D. Aborigines have rights to land
British sovereignty over the specific ownership and are allowed to sell the
territory. However, this requirement land
makes it difficult for aboriginal societies, E. The aborigines have not yet taken their
which often relied on oral tradition rather case to Canada's Supreme Court
than written records, to support their
claims. 14. “aboriginal group claimed that its
property rights should be interpreted as
Furthermore, even if aboriginal peoples full ownership ...”
are successful in convincing the courts The words ‘interpreted’ are closest in
that specific rights should be recognized, meaning to
it is frequently difficult to determine A. Construed
exactly what these rights amount to. B. Evident
Consider aboriginal land claims. Even C. Explicit
when aboriginal ownership of specific D. Manifest
lands is fully established, there remains E. Spoken
the problem of interpreting the meaning
15. ".... that any customs they seek to protect leaving supermarkets free to give away
were practiced sufficiently long ago." plastic bags.

In the second pharagraph, what does the What is clearly necessary right now is
word "they" refer to? some sort of combined initiative, both
A. Canadian federal government individual and collective, before it is too
B. Provincial courts late. The alternative is to continue sliding
C. Canadian society downhill until we have a country that
D. Indian peoples looks like a vast municipal rubbish tip. We
E. Aboriginal peoples may well be at the tipping point. Yet we
know that people respond to their
environment. If things around them are
Before the grass has thickened on the clean and tidy, people behave cleanly and
roadside verges and leaves have started tidily. If they are surrounded by squalor,
growing on the trees is a perfect time to they behave squalidly. Now, much of
look around and see just how dirty Britain Britain looks pretty squalid. What will it
has become. The pavements are stained look like in five years?
with chewing gum that has been spat out
and the gutters are full of discarded fast 16. What is the closest meaning of the word
food cartons. Years ago I remember “tatty” in the second paragraph?
travelling abroad and being saddened by A. Seedy
the plastic bags, discarded bottles and B. Wrong
soiled nappies at the edge of every road. C. Ugly
Nowadays, Britain seems to look at least D. Stingy
as bad. What has gone wrong? E. Greasy

The problem is that the rubbish created 17. What can we inferred about from the last
by our increasingly mobile lives lasts a lot paragraph?
longer than before. If it is not cleared up A. People are squalid.
and properly thrown away, it stays in the B. People behave according to what they
undergrowth for years; a semi-permanent see around them.
reminder of what a tatty little country we C. People are clean and tidy.
have now. D. People are like a vast municipal rubbish
tip.
Firstly, it is estimated that 10 billion E. People today are behaving dirty
plastic bags have been given to shoppers.
These will take anything from 100 to
1,000 years to rot. However, it is not as if Siem Reap is a small town near the world
there is no solution to this. A few years famous temple of Angkor Wat. The town
ago, the Irish government introduced a is charming and worth exploring, with
tax on non-recyclable carrier bags and in some fine examples of Khmer and French
three months reduced their use by 90%. colonial architecture set among the more
When he was a minister, Michael modern developments. Nowadays,
Meacher attempted to introduce a similar visitors are flocking in, using it as a base
arrangement in Britain. The plastics for visits to the nearby temples.
industry protested, of course. However,
they need not have bothered; the idea From the 9th to the 14th centuries, when
was killed before it could draw breath, Europe was still struggling out of the Dark
Ages, the Cambodian Empire of Angkor walking shoes, light clothing and plenty of
covered most of present-day Cambodia, water to drink as it is very hot there. The
Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand. The heart of most commonly accepted currency in
this empire during the 12th century was Cambodia is the US dollar.
the ancient capital of Angkor Thom, near
present day Siem Reap, the site of the 18. What can be inferred about the
world’s largest temple complexes, which “Cambodia” according to the passage?
were rediscovered in 1861.This A. Siem Reap as the capital
spectacular city was built over 30 years B. It has Khmer, and Vietnamese
under the reign of King Suryavarman II architecture
(1113-1150). The area covers about 400 C. It’s home of the world’s largest temple
square kilometres and is full of the finest complexes.
examples of Khmer art and architecture. D. Near to Angkor Thom
Tourists are always amazed at the scale of E. Overgrown by jungle and Bayon.
the place.
19. What is the closest meaning of the word
In Angkor Wat you will find more than 100 “ensure” in the last paragraph?
stone monuments and temple buildings, A. Undermine
each of which contains countless statues, B. Bring
sculptures and reliefs that have C. Guarantee
weathered extremely little over the last D. Few
800 years. To see the whole thing can take E. Satisfied
several days. The most important temples
to visit in the area are Angkor Wat, 20. The following statements are true in the
especially at sunrise or sunset; Angkor passage, except?
Thom, the remains of the capital; Ta A. Most people visit Siem Reap because it
Prohm, a palace overgrown by jungle; and is close to temples.
Bayon. B. Angkor Wat was the capital of the
Cambodian empire
Visas are required to enter Cambodia. You C. Dawn and dusk are particularly good
can obtain one on arrival at Siem Reap times to visit Angkor Wat.
International Airport for $20, and 1 D. You will need a couple of passport
passport photo is required per person. photos.
You will also need another passport photo E. The US dollar is widely accepted in
for the Angkor Temple Entrance Pass. Cambodia.
Please ensure you take comfortable