SOAL US TP 2020 B. INGGRIS (PEMINATAN)

This text is for questions 1 and 2 (Formal

 Letter)

Taylor, Inc.
694 Rockstar Lane
Durham, NC 27708

Dear Human Resources Director:
I just read an article in the New and Observer about Taylor’s new computer center  just north of Durham. I would like to apply for a position as an entry-level programmer at the center.

I understand that Taylor produces both in-house and customer documentation. I am a fresh graduate of DeVry Institute of Technology in Atlanta with an Associate’s Degree in Computer Science. In addition to having taken a broad  range of courses, I served as a computer consultant at the college’s computer  center where I helped train computer users on new systems.

I will be happy to meet you at your convenience and discuss how my education and experience match your needs. You can reach me at my home address, at (9191) 233-1552, or at rock@devry.alumni.edu.

Sincerely,
Raymond Krick

1.     Why did Mr. Krick write the letter?

A.    To apply for a job.

B.    To ask for some information.

C.    To introduce himself to Taylor.

D.    To explain his educational background.

E.     To persuade the company director

 

2.     What will the Human Resources Director probably do after reading the letter?

A.    Evaluate the salary offered.

B.    Start working at Taylor, Inc.

C.    Promote Mr. Krick to be a manager.

D.    Ask Mr. Krick to come for an interview

E.     Invite to hoiliday with

 

The following text is for question 3 to 5

Bruno Mars – Count on me

If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea,
I'll sail the world to find you
If you ever find yourself lost in the dark and you can't see,
I'll be the light to guide you

Find out what we're made of
When we are called to help our friends in need

You can count on me like one two three
I'll be there
And I know when I need it I can count on you like four three two
You'll be there
'Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah

Whoa, whoa
Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah

If you tossin' and you're turnin' and you just can't fall asleep
I'll sing a song
Beside you
And if you ever forget how much you really mean to me
Every day I will
Remind you

Ooh
Find out what we're made of
When we are called to help our friends in need

You can count on me like one two three
I'll be there
And I know when I need it I can count on you like four three two
You'll be there
'Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah

Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah

You'll always have my shoulder when you cry
I'll never let go
Never say goodbye
You know you can

Count on me like one two three
I'll be there
And I know when I need it I can count on you like four three two
And you'll be there
'Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah

Oh, oh
You can count on me 'cause I can count on you

Songwriters: Ari Levine / Peter Hernandez / Philip Lawrence

 

 

3.     What is the song about?

A.    Love

B.    Family

C.    Friendship

D.    Happiness

E.     Hero

 

4.     “If you ever find yourself lost in the dark and you can't see,
I'll be the light to guide you”. What does the lyric mean?

A.    Everyone should have a light to be followed

B.    Someone who can be relied on

C.    Someone who has lost must find help

D.    Never play in the dark or you will be lost

E.     Someone who can take care of himself

 

5.     I know when I need it I can count on you. The underlined word has the similar meaning to ....

A.    depend on

B.    quantification

C.    open up

D.    slip on

E.     surrender

 

6.     The child is father of the man.

A.    The finest things are hard to get.

B.    One should not assume success prior to actually achieving it.

C.    A satisfactory conclusion makes up for earlier disappointments.

D.    The character of a child shows the kind of man he will grow up to be.

E.     Never underestimated the child

 

7.     What does the proverb "No man is an island" mean?

A.    We should behave ourselves in accordance with the situation and condition.

B.    Giving in doesn't mean losing.

C.    You can't live completely independently.

D.    Your own home is the most comfortable place.

E.     There’s no land in men hands

 

My Best Friend

You love me for me.

How is it possible that-

My very being, you understand, you see.

In my mind, you shall remain-

If something should ever happen to you,

My sunshine would turn to rain.

You will always be in my heart,

For that is where you belong,

That is where you were from the very start.

Thank you for being you.

Thank you for understanding.

Thank you for always being true.

I love you.

 

8.     What can we learn from the poem?

A.    we need someone special in our life.

B.    we don't need someone in our life.

C.    we need an enemy.

D.    we need God.

E.     we need friends

 

9.     The first line says, “You love me for me.” What does the word ‘you’ refer to?

A.    writer's mother

B.    writer's father.

C.    writer’s friend.

D.    writer's cousin.

E.     someone special.

 

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To make a reservation, please call Intan Hotel, Bandung at (022)20354448 or visit our website at www.intan.com

10.  What makes Intan Hotel the best choice for business travelers?

A.    its price

B.    its ideal location

C.    its facilities

D.    its service

E.     its cuisine

 

11.  “Our blend of prompt efficiency and personalized service will surely win you over.”

The synonym of the underlined word is…

A.    Run

B.    Low

C.    Quick

D.    Slow

E.     High

 

Questions for  12-13

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12.  What is the text mainly about?

A.      English debate competition

B.      The interview of school debating team

C.      The recruitment of school debating team

D.      The participants of school debating team

E.      The establishment of school debating team

 

13.    Why does the writer suggest the students to join the program?

A.      It will have positive impacts on their education and jobs.

B.      It encourages the students to be knowledgeable.

C.      It motives the students to be fluent in English.

D.      It will have effects on their incomes.

E.      It promotes the school reputation.

14.  "Enjoy the freedom of learning English ..." Synonym of the underlined word is ...

A.    Inability

B.    Equality

C.    Difficulty

D.    Liberty

E.     Degrees

 

15.  Based on the text above, How to learn English online for free?

A.    You need to watch the youtube channel

B.    You should download the E-book

C.    You must subsribed the youtube channel

D.    You can visit www.iTapuih.com

E.     Come and play at library

 

Most people agree that some form of family limitation or spacing is desirable for the good of the family and society. But individuals and groups– especially religious groups–differ sharply on the methods of birth control that they consider moral and acceptable.

Couples that practice birth control do so for various reasons. They may want to limit or space their children, or to have no children at all. Young couples often postpone having children so that both partners can work full-time. Other couples space their children so they can give each child as much attention as possible. Some women are advised by their doctors to avoid pregnancy for health reasons. In many countries with rapidly growing populations, the government encourages couples to limit the size of their families.

Even though birth control has gained in acceptance, opposition to the practice is continuous. Some people fear that birth control encourages sexual relations outside marriage or that government might impose birth control. Some religious groups oppose birth control on moral grounds.

Some religious groups teach that artificial methods of birth control are immoral because they separate the two purposes of intercourse in marriage–conjugal love and the procreation of children. Although they oppose all artificial birth control, they consider natural family planning acceptable.

Adapted from The World Book Encyclopedia, 2007

16.   What does the text discuss about?

A.    Family planning.

B.     The disagreement to birth control

C.     Reason to support family limitation

D.    The two different opinion on birth control

E.     The religious group which disagree to birth control

 

17.   Which of the following reason do not support birth control?

A.    To limit the family size

B.     To space the children birth.

C.     To avoid high family budget.

D.    To avoid a risk-health pregnancy.

E.     To share much attention to the children.

 

18.   The religious group feels objected to the birth control because they….

A.    think it doesn’t the government programs

B.     believe it is an immoral practice

C.     believe it is not natural practice

D.    dread to the health problem

E.     are very conservatives

 

19.   Young couples often postpone having children ….(par.2) The bold word means ….

A.    Suspect

B.     Suspend

C.     Respect

D.    Direct

E.      recall

 

This text is for questions 20 and 21.

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Phone: 100-200-77

 

 

20.  What does the advertisement offer?

A.    Kawan Sejati Company.

B.    A security service.

C.    A martial art school.

D.    A pleasant housing estate.

E.     A security service training.

 

21.  Which statement is NOT TRUE according to the text?

A.    We can contact Kawan Sejati by e-mail or phone.

B.    Kawan Sejati’s office is located in Depok, Ja-Bar.

C.    The security personnel have good communication skills.

D.    The security personnel work only at midnight.

E.     According to the advertisement, criminals do their bad habits anytime.

 

22.  I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old. I am used in the dark. Who am I?

A.    A pencil

B.    A candle

C.    An eraser

D.    A stick

E.     A torch

 

23.  I am white and cold. I fall from the sky. I will melt when I get warm. What am I?

A.    Ice cube

B.    Hailstones

C.    Rain

D.    Ice cream

E.     Snow

 

The following text is for questions 24 to 26.

 

A Biography of An Internet Enterpreneur          Jan Koum is an American internet enterpreneur and computer engineer. He is the CEO and co-founder with Brian Acton of Whatsapp, a mobile messaging application which was acquired by Facebook Inc. in February 2014 for US $ 19 Billion.        Koum was born in Kylv, Ukraine on February 24, 1976. He is a Jewish. He grew up in Fativ, outside Kylv, and moved with his mother and grandmother to Mountain View, California in 1992, where a social support program helped the family to get a small two- bedroom apartment, at the age of 16. His father had intended to join the family later, but finally remained in Ukraine. At first Koum’s mother worked as a babysitter, while he himself worked as a cleaner at a grocery. By the age of 18, he became interested in programming. He enrolled at San Jose State University and simultaneously worked at Ernst and Young as security tester.        In 1997, Jan Koum was hired by Yahoo as an infrastructure engineer, shortly after he met Brian Acton while working at Ernst & Young as a security tester. Over the next nine years, they worked at Yahoo. In September 2007 Koum and Acton left Yahoo and took a year off, traveling around South America and playing ultimate frisbee. Both applied and failed to work at Facebook.  In January 2009, he bought an iPhone and realized that the then-seven-month-old App Store was about to spawn a whole new industry of apps. He visited his friend Alex Fishman and the two talked for hours about Koum’s idea for an app over tea at Fishman’s kitchen counter. Koum almost immediately chose the name WhatsApp because it sounded like “ what’s up “, and a week later on his birthday, Feb 24, 2009, he incorporated WhatsApp Inc. in California.        WhatsApp became popular in just a small amount of time, and this caught Facebook’s attention Facebook’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg first contacted Koum in the spring 2012. The two began meeting at a coffee shop in Los Altos, California, then began a series of dinners and walked the hills above Silicon Valley.        On February 9, Zuckerberg asked Koum to have dinner at his home, and formally proposed Koum a deal to join the Facebook board.        His mother died in 2000 of cancer in the United States, while his father died in Ukraine in1997.        In 2014, he entered the Forbest list of the 400 richest Americans at position 62, with an estimated worth of more than seven and half billion dollars. He was the highest-ranked newcomer to the list that year.

24.  What does this passage talk about mostly?

A.     Jon Koum’s life

B.     Mark Zuckerberg

C.     WhatsApp and Facebook

D.     Jon Koum and Brian Acton

E.      How Mark Zuckerberg approached Jon Koum

25.  Jon Koum found WhatsApp with his partner Brian Acton. What is WhatsApp?

A.     a mobile messaging application which was acquired by Facebook Inc.

B.     Application that Jon found in iPhone first time he had that phone.

C.     Words taken from the expression “ What’s up? “

D.     Jon’s and Acton’s place of work

E.      Part of Facebook program

26.  They will improve the road and electricity power of this city soon.  What is the word from the passage above that can replace the words underlined in the sentence?

A.     simultaneously

B.     enterpreneur

C.     infrastructure

D.     spawn

E.      industry

The following text is for questions 27-30

      Asia News Network (The Yomiuri Shimbun), Sci-Tech. Japanese researchers have developed a robotic system that can convey the sense of touch-including temperature, hardness and texture-from a robot to human hand. The system was developed by Susumu Tachi, a special professor at Keiko University, and his development staff.

      The user wears a helmet with a monitor display, a vest and gloves that can receive the ‘sense of touch’ of fabric and objects grasped by the robot. The vest transmits information about the wearer’s position and posture, while the gloves recreate the sense of touch and temperature of the object.

      When the user tries to touch an item displayed on the monitor, the robot grasps the real item and transmits data about its temperature and hardness.

      As the robot has a number of sensors on its fingertips, the user can even feel the vibration of marbles in a glass container and detect differences in the fee.

27.  The text is mainly tell us about ....

A.    Japanese new robot

B.    New Robotic system

C.    Robot at Keiko University

D.    New technology of helmet

E.     Sensors on robot’s fingertips

28.  The user can feel the vibration of marbles in a glass container because …

A.    The robot has a number of sensor on its fingertips.

B.    The robot can detect differences in the feel of fabric.

C.    The user wears a helmet a helmet with a monitor display.

D.    The vest transmits information about the wearer’s position.

E.     The vest and gloves can receive the ‘sense of touch’ of marbles.

29.  The vest transmits information about the wearer’s position. ..." Synonym of the underlined word is …

A.    Send.

B.    Receive.

C.    Read.

D.    Grab.

E.     Glow.

30.  After reading the text we can conclude that the new system of robot is …

A.    very dangerous

B.    comfortable

C.    complicated

D.    a very useful

E.     affordable

The following text is for questions 31 to 34.

31.  What happened to the boy before he was able to pull out a stick?

A.      He mocked villagers.

B.      He is travelling down a hill.

C.      He was sailing on a “lesung”.

D.      He was shown by an old woman to go to a village nearby.

E.       He was given a shelter, meat and “lesung” by an old female villager.

32.    What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

A.      A hungry and weak boy

B.      Nobody cared about the poor boy

C.      A big wooden mortar for pounding rice

D.      The generous old woman who lived in a village

E.      The generous old woman who helped the poor boy

33.    The whole village became a huge lake. It is now known as RawaPening Lake in Salatiga, what type figurative language is used in this sentence?

A.      Metaphor.

B.      Personification.

C.      Hyperbole.

D.      Simile.

E.      Onomatopoeia

34.    “the little boy and the generous old woman who gave him shelter and meal”. The synonym word of “generous” is ….

A.      Philanthropist.

B.      Stingy.

C.      Annoyed.

D.      Inexpensive.

E.      Royal blue.

The following text is for questions 35 to 38.

Smoking in restaurants is just not on. It must not be allowed it is rude, harmful to others and dangerous for the smokers.

Firstly, smoking in a restaurant is impolite. The smell of the smoke affects all people and can turn them off their food. People pay to taste good food and not to be put off by foul smelling smoke,

Another reason smoking should not be allowed in restaurant is the harm it can do to others. Passive smoking that is breathing in smoke made by a smoker can lead to asthma attacks and even cancer.

Finally, smoking is dangerous and a health risk to the smokers. Cigarettes cause heart and lung disease and people should not smoke anywhere, not just in restaurants.

Therefore, smoking in restaurants is impolite, harmful to others and a health risk to the smokers and should not be allowed in any restaurants.

35.  Why is smoking impolite in restaurant?

A.    Smoking has bad smell and affects people.

B.    Smoking makes our body healthy.

C.    The people dislike smoking.

D.    The people like smoking.

E.     Smoking is dangerous.

36.  The suitable title of the text is....

A.    Smoking In Restaurant

B.    Smoking In Public Area

C.    Smoking In Some Places

D.    Smoking Effects for People

E.     Smoking Habit In Restaurant

37.  The fourth paragraph mainly tells that....

A.    smoking in restaurants is impolite

B.    Smoking is good and useful to others

C.    the smell of the smoke affects all people

D.    Smoking causes heart attacks and lung disease.

E.     smoking has bad effects for the smokers’ health 

38.  Why smoking in the restaurants is impolite according to the text?

A.    Smoking in the restaurant is easy to do.

B.    Because it will harm to other people and impolite to do.

C.    Because it’s rude to do it.

D.    It should be banned to smoke in the restaurants.

E.     Because the restaurant is the public place.

By Ayesa Vawandia

       Gie is a film adapted from a book entitled Catatan Seorang Demonstran (Notes of
a Demonstrator), a collection of journal entries by Soe Hok Gie. The film tells the life story of the famous young, Indonesian-Chinese activist named Gie.

       The movie starts from Gie’s teenage life during high school. Some scenes show the critical nature of Gie and the fact that he always expresses his opinion since he was young. Also, several scenes show his interest in languages and books. He spends his free time by reading, or writing articles and he always writes in his journal every day. His critical behavior reaches a peak when he enters University of Indonesia, Faculty of Letters, majoring in History. There is revolution at that time. Gie then decides to establish a new organization with his friends named “MAPALA”. Gie also writes articles about Indonesia’s government for several newspapers, such as Kompas and Sinar Harapan.

       The film not only tells Gie’s life as an activist. There are also several scenes focused on Gie’s private life, with the role of fictional characters intended to dramatize the story. All of them can be played by Nicholas Saputra as the main character.

       The film’s duration prevented director Riri Riza from being able to deliver a complete picture of Gie. Some parts seem unclear, such as Gie’s father’s silent and reclusive characteristics. Gie himself doesn’t seem as outspoken as we would expect from a young activist.

       Overall, this movie is about Soe Hok Gie’s path of life. This is a good movie for anyone who wants to know more, or recall the figure of Soe Hok Gie-a young famous activist in the 60’s.

(Adopted from: http://whiteboardjournal.com/news/entertainment/movie-review-gie.html, March 24, 2012)

39.  According to the text, what does Gie usually do in his spare time?

A.    Going on a strike.                              

B.    Discussing with his friends.

C.    Hanging out with his friends.            

D.    Reading and writing articles.            

E.     Reading and writing literary arts.

40.  What does the text tell us about?

A.    Gie’s life        

B.    Gie movie

C.    Gie’s story                 

D.    Gie’s activities

E.     Gie’s organization

ESSAY

1.     Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland. His mother was deaf.

2.     He only attended school for five years; from the time he was ten until he was fourteen, but he never stopped learning.

3.     Bell himself had the disease and his father moved the family to Canada. Finally, Bell recovered from the disease.

4.     She was a musician and a painter of portraits. His father, who taught deaf people how to speak, invented “Visible Speech”.

5.     When he was in his early 20’s, his two brothers died of tuberculosis. Bell himself had the disease and his father moved the family to Canada looking for a better climate in which to live. Bell recovered from the disease.

6.     He read the books in his grandfather’s library and studied tutorials.

41.  Rearrange the sentence into the correct answer

A.    1 – 3 – 5 – 6 – 2 – 4

B.    3 - 1 – 4 – 5 – 2 – 6 

C.    1 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 6 – 5

D.    4 – 3 – 2 – 5 – 6 – 1

E.     2 – 3 – 4 – 1 – 6 – 5

           Most people agree that the family planning program is desirable for the good of family and society. But individuals and religious groups differ sharply on the methods of birth control that they consider moral and acceptable.

           Couples that practice birth control do so for various reasons. They may want to limit or space their children, or to have no children at all. Young couples often postpone having children so that both partners can work full-time. Other couples space their children so they can give each as much attention as possible. Some women are advised by their doctor to avoid pregnancy for health reasons. In many countries with rapidly growing populations, the government encourages couples to limit the number of their families.

           Even though birth control has gained in acceptance, opposition to the practice is continuous. Some people fear that birth control encourages sexual outside marriage or that government might impose birth control. Some religious groups oppose birth control on moral grounds.
           Some religious groups teach that artificial methods of birth control are immoral because they separate the purposes of intercourse in marriage-conjugal love and the procreation of children. Although they oppose all artificial birth control, they consider natural family planning to be acceptable.

42.  Paragraphs two tells us about …

the reasons why couples do birth control.

43.  “Some women are advised by their doctor to avoid pregnancy for health reasons”

Change the sentence into passive sentence …

For health reasons some women were advised by their doctor to avoid pregnancy

Undead, Unwed, and I also wish I could say unread! Okay so here I think I have finally sunk to the bottom of the barrel to try to catch up and complete my challenge. I do have a bit of a thing for vampire novels! And that said I bought three different first in the series, to see if it would help me catch up and bring me back to target.

Seriously, this was one of the trashiest novels I have ever read! It was OK and fun, but I feel like a complete fraud and fake adding this to the list of books I’ve read this year! But I did nevertheless read it! So it’s going to be added.

Maybe one day when I’ve forgotten how bad this book was and just how trashy, I’ll read a few more in the series! But seriously guys I wouldn’t recommend it!

44.  In general, the writer….

didn’t recommend the readers to read the novel

45.  What is the purpose of the text ?

To review the book/novel