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On June 7, the company will hold its first world-wide video-conference. All twenty

facilities will be linked by a satellite broadcasting system so that employees can

see and speak with each other. Officials of the Zurich head office will begin the

conference by telling us about their goals for the next ten years. Next, eachfacility manager will speak about current challenges. The last hour will be

devoted to questions from the floor at all location. Due to time differences,

employees in Asia and South America will have to come to their broadcast

facilities outside of regular business hours. Additional pay will be provided for

them for this inconvenience.

1. What will be the first agenda item at the conference?

A. Plans for a decade

B. Twenty-year goals

C. Present challenges

D. Questions from employees

2. Why will some employees receive extra pay?

A. They must speak at the conference

B. The conference will take place before or after work

C. They must travel to other offices to attend

D. Their department have met certain goals

3. I ____ to lock the door yesterday.

A. forget C. forgot

B. forgotten D. forgets

4. When did the workers arrive?

A. The workers arrives an hour ago.

B. The workers arrived an hour ago.

C. The workers arriving an hour ago.D. The workers is arriving

5. She is in the third grade now, next year she ____ a university student.

A. will C. is

B. will be D. are


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6. What will you do later?

A. I went to library with my friends.

B. I go to library with my friends.

C. I am go to library with my friends.

D. I will go to library with my friends.

7. Who did teach English lesson yesterday?

A. Mr. Rahmat will teach English lesson tomorrow.

B. Mr. Rahmat is teaching English lesson today.

C. Mr. Rahmat taught English lesson yesterday.

D. Mr. Rahmat has taught English lesson.

8. Yesterday, I _____ my mother to the market. The day after tomorrow I will

____ alone.A. accompany go C. accompanying go

B. accopanies go D. accompanied go

9. He is a dilligent student. Next time, he ____ a succesfull people.

A. is C. are

B. will D. will be

10. My friend ____ his painting next Monday.

A. showed C. showingB. will show D. has shown

The weather forecast, the story about the candidates, and the movie reviews are examples ofmessages from the media. A communication medium is a means of communicating a

message. Examples of media are televisions, radios, newspapers, books, and telephones. Themedia that can reach many people at once are called mass media.

It is not difficult to think of other messages we receive through the mass media Everyday we get hundreds of them Think about advertisements, for example. We see and hear

these messages almost everywhere we go. Advertisements are important messages, eventhough they are sometimes annoying. They help us compare and evaluate products.

Most of us get information from the media than from the classroom. Think for amoment about how you Team about local news and events. Do you depend on other people

or media? What about international news? What is the most important source of informationfor you? People who am asked these questions usually answer 'Television".

We use the information we get from radios, televisions, newspaper and other media tomake decisions and opinions. That is why the mass media are so important. Editorials and

articles in newspapers help us decide how to vote. Consumers' reports on television help usdecide how to spend ow money, and international news on the radio or TV makes us think


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and form opinions about questions of war and peace.With each improvement in the media, audiences become larger and larger. Thanks to

the communication satellite, television audiences have become international. More than 500million people watched the first walk on the moon, for example. And more than 1 billion

watched the events of the recent Olympic Games.

1. You can get the following information from television, EXCEPT .......

A.

events

B.

editorials

C.

local news

D.

messages

E.

international events

2. What means of communication is the text focussing on .......

A.

Newspapers

B.

Mass Media

C.

Telephones

D.

Radios

E.

Books

3. The information obtained from mass media is important because it enables us .......

A.

to write editorials

B.to build up opinions

C.

to decide how to advertise

D.

to make television reports

E.to ask about war and peace

Sailing may seem like a difficult sport. But it is really not hard. You do not need to be

strong, but you need to be quick. And you need understand .....(4)..... basic rules about thewind.

First, you must ask .....(5)..... "Where is the wind coming from ? Is it coming from.....(6)..... or behind or from the side ? You must be thinking about this all the time on the

boat. The wind direction tells you what to do with the sail.

4.

A.

a few

B.

a tiny

C.

a little

D.

a minor

E.

a slight


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5.

A.

it

B.

us

C.

him

D.

them

E.

yourself

6.

A.

front

B.

ahead

C.

before

D.

previous

E.

advanced

The money lent to the customers comes from the .....(7)..... who invest it in bank and

from profit made by private businesses and individuals. They are demanded deposits, andtune deposits. Depositors get .....(8)..... from the use of their money in the banks, and the

interest is .....(9)..... by the government.

7.

A.

owners

B.

cashiers

C.

creditors

D.

managers

E.

stockholders

8.

A.

profit

B.

budget

C.

capital

D.

interest

E.

cheque

9.

A.

paid

B.

kept

C.

taken

D.

drawn

E.

regulated

10. Father : Andri, you'd better mow the grass first before you paint the fence.


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Andri : .......?Father : I'm afraid not. The smoke may make our neighbours feel annoyed.

A.

May I burn the rubbish

B.May I gather the rubbish

C.May I smoke while working

D.

May I sweep the yard afterward

E.May I throw the rubbish in the back yard

Hayati Hutabarat says that she has downright satisfaction in her position in the company. But

what about some other thing in life. There are still important to many women like marriedand children. Does Hayati regret not having time for this thing?

1. What is the text about ?

A.Unmarried women

B.Career women

C.Married women

D.

Women's position in a company

E.Women's lives

2. What things are still important to many women?

A.Position in the company

B.

Satisfaction in career

C.

Having time for children

D.Career in the company

E.

Marriage and children

At present, aeroplanes are playing a very important role to .....(3)..... one place to another.

People can go round the world just in a two day flight by the world's first supersonic airliner,Concorde, which .....(4)..... at a height of over 18.000 metres and .....(5)..... a speed of over

2.000 km per hour.

3.

A.

disjoin

B.

part

connect

D.

separate

E.

divide


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C.

4.

A.

goes

B.

flies

C.

umps

D.

drives

E.

comes

5.

A.

cuts

B.

continues

C.

moves

D.

reaches

E.

limits

6. X : I have to go to school, but look at the sky. It is very cloudy.I think it is going to rain.

Y : ........

A.

You don't take an umbrella

B.I should take an umbrella

C.You are going to take an umbrella

D.

I may, take an umbrella

E.You should take an umbrella

7. The manager always comes early to the office. I wonder where he lives. I often see him

driving his car to jalan Pakubuwono Kebayoran Baru. So he leaves not far from theoffice then.

What is the dialogue about?

A.

The manager's car

B.

The manager's office

C.

The manager's house

D.

The manager's address

E.

The manager's driver

8. 1. The aim of a political party is to elect officials who will try to carry their interests.

2. A large political party usually has millions of members and supporters.3. A political party is a group organized to support certain policies on questions of

public interests.


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4. When people in a democracy disagree about what the government should do,each voter expresses his opinion by voting for the candidate that supports his

side of the argument.5. The questions may range from issues of peace, war and taxes, to how people

should earn a living.

The best order of the sentences above is ........

A.

3-2-1-4-5

B.

2-1-3-4-5

C.

2-1-4-3-5

D.

2-1-3-5-4

E.

3-2-4-5-1

9. Some pollutants are always ..........., because they are dangerous.

A.

unavailable

B.

undesirable

C.

unchangeable

D.

unsuitable

E.

unavoidable

10. To accelerate the economic growth, social progress and cultural development is one

purpose of ASEAN."To accelerate" means ........

A.

hold up

B.

keep back

C.

speed up

D.

turn on

E.

slowdown

Read this text, then answer questions 1 to 5.

Yesterday Irfan went to Lampung. He wanted to visit his sister. On the ferry he met Mr.

Lukman who used to be a captain of the ship. He used the chance to know more about

a ship and its captain, here is their conversation.

Irfan : Could you tell me a bit about the captains job ?

Mr. Lukman : The captain is in command of the ship, and he is responsible for every

one on board. On the ships bridge he talks in to a speaking tuber or a microphone to

give orders to his men, such as deck officers and the chief engineer. Deck officers take

turns standing on the ships bridge. From the bridge they steer the ship, watch the sea.

They also check instruments and chart.

Irfan : And how docs a ship leave the harbour ?


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Mr. Lukman : A boat called tug boat pulls the ship from the shore to the open sea. After

that the captain orders : full speed a head. In the engine room the chief engineer and

his men speed up the engines. They make sure that the engine work right.

Irfan : And how to know information ?

Mr. Lukman : There are radio men in the ship. They keep in touch with people on land

by sending and receiving messages. There are also telephone operators. They take care

of telephone calls from cabin to cabin on the ship. The operators can connect calls from

the ship to for away parts of the world.

1. Who did Irfan talk with on the ferry ?

a. an ex-captain of the ship

b. the captain of the ship

c. the captain of the ferry

d. the deck officers

e. the radio men

2. The deck officers do the following things, except..

a. watching the sea and the sky

b. checking the instrument

c. checking the chart

d. pulling the ship away

e. steering the ship

3. Full speed ahead, is the captains order directed to ..

a. his chief engineers

b. his deck officers

c. his operators

d. his tug boats

4. Which is not trueaccording to the text ?

a. certain passangers may steer the ship

b. deck officers take turn watching the ship

c. the chief engineer speed up the engines

d. telephone operators can connect calls from parts of the world

e. people on the ship can municate with people on land5. The text shows us that Irfan ..

a. is interested in ship

b. wants to be a captain

c. knows Mr. Lukman before

d. has known very much about ship


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e. fell boring during his traveling

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