01. What is the text above?
(A) The description of palaces in Marrakesh.
(B) The best destination in the world.
(C) The description of Marrakesh.
(D) The most important city in Morocco.
(E) The history of Marrakesh.
02. Based on the text, you can find all the followings
in Marrakesh, EXCEPT ….
(A) Snake charmers.
(B) a toothbrush.
(C) turbaned potion-sellers.
(D) palaces.
(E) donkey carts.
03. What is the topic of the text?
(A) the Baroque and Renaissance architecture.
(B) the Renaissance architecture.
(C) the Baroque architecture.
(D) the world’s architecture.
(E) the architects.
04. What is NOT TRUE according to the text?
(A) the Baroque architecture had many circles and straight lines.
(B) the Baroque buildings were ornamented in detail.
(C) the Baroque buildings used many pilasters on facades.
(D) the Baroque architects also designed surrounding spaces around the building.
(E) Garlands were used for the Baroque decorations.
05. The underlined word “uniform” in paragraph 1 most neay means ….
(A) the clothing worn by members of the same organization.
(B) identical.
(C) changeable.
(D) different
(E) costume.
06. Which may NOT be considered the wizards’look?
(A) Wearing robes or cloaks.
(B) Wearing pointed hats.
(C) Being an old man.
(D) Walking with a staff.
(E) Showing wisdom.
07. What is NOT TRUE according to the text?
(A) Enchantresses are more likely to appear young.
(B) The Germanic god Odin is the main influence for Tolkien’s Gandalf.
(C) In the Dragonlance Dungeons and Dragons, the wizards’ robes show moral alignment.
(D) Crystal balls may be one of wizards’ accessories.
(E) Wizards’ clothing is often typical.
08. The descriptions of the chocolate room were below, EXCEPT ….
(A) There were very big glass pipes high up in the ceiling.
(B) There was a great river made of chocolate.
(C) There was a waterfall.
(D) There were thousands of buttercups in the meadows.
(E) There were marshmallows along the riverbanks.
09. What did each character do in the text above?
(A) Augustus Gloop took more than one blade of grass.
(B) Violet Beauregarde stuck her blade of grass behind her ear.
(C) Veruca Salt pointed at an Mr.Wonka below the waterfall.
(D) Grandpa Joe ate the whole field of grass.
(E) Mr. Wonka asked everybody, except Augustus Gloop, to try the swudge
10. Below were the descriptions of Oompa- Loompas, EXCEPT ....
(A) They were not larger than medium.sized dolls.
(B) They had funny long hair.
(C) There were five of them.
(D) They were able to walk.
(E) They had big mouths.
11. All of these were Mr Wonka’s claims, EXCEPT ....
(A) Oompa-Loompas were real people1
(B) The room they visited were important
for the whole business.
(C) The chocolate in the river was the finest quality chocolate.
(D) Only Mr.Wonka’s factory had chocolate waterfall.
(E) Oompa-Loompas only existed in Mr. Wonka’s factory,
Identity theft is a price we are paying for putting so much
information on the Internet. There are credit bureau services to protect you from theft. Crooks are trying to steal the identities of young children. You can freeze your (oryour child‟s) credit information.
The three big credit bureaus are Experian, Equifax and TransUnion. You may request they not give information to any company that you are not already doing business with.
But there is another way to rob consumers. Go after their children. Children do not have credit cards or outstanding loans. So what do thieves do?
When they are able to get the social security number of a baby, thieves can add a date of birth and a name. This creates a false identity with a clean credit report. Thieves can then open credit cards and borrow money. The parents do not know. The identify theft might not be discovered for years.
When the child becomes a young adult and applies for credit or a student loan, he or she may be rejected because of “his” or “her” poor credit history.
Some states are doing something about this. They tell parents to have a credit report created for the child and then freeze it.
12. What is the topic of the text above?
(A) Identity theft in Oregon.
(B) Identity theft.
(C) Child identity theft.
(D) Parents‟ role in identity theft.
(E) Toddlers‟ debt.
13. How does a criminal rob children?
(A) By giving loans to children.
(B) By giving children credit cards.
(C) By getting loans with the children‟s identity.
(D) By rejecting student loans.
(E) By contacting credit bureaus.
14. What is the solution for this type of fraud?
(A) Create a child credit file and freeze the account.
(B) Borrow from credit bureaus.
(C) Pay $10.
(D) Make a new credit file.
(E) Get a $10-loan from credit bureau.
In the last ten years kidnapping has become common in Haiti.
Usually, young children of richer people are taken and held for ransom. It has made Haiti a dangerous place to live, work and visit.
Now. the nation is addressing the problem. A wealthy busineseman has been charged with kidnapping the adult children of a business rival. His arrest changed things
First. it showed that the Haitian National Police were able to investigate and charge. a rich person with a crime. Before. the. police were thought to be Incompetent and corrupt.
Second, the investigation found many present and former police officers engaged in criminal activities, including kidnapping.
Third. the arrests showed that light-skinned Haitians could be violent criminals. The common belief was that Haitians with darker skins were more prone to violent crime.
The businessman, from the wealthy family, is Clifford Brandt. He had the children of a rival auto dealer kidnapped for a $2.5 million ransom. The children were rescued. Investigation showed that Brandt headed a large criminal enterprise in kidnapping, illegal arms trafficking, and laundering money.
Haitians saw the arrests along class and racial lines. A cab driver said, „They are always blaming us for kidnapping, but I have always known some wealthy and powerful people were involved all along.
”A businessman said, “You always asusumed that kidnapping did not have a face.” said a businessman who negotiated his kidnapped son‟s release after eight days in the summer of 2008. “Now It has a face.”
The big question in Haiti is whether this is the start of the stabilization of the country. 04. The underlined word “headed” in paragraph
15. most nearly means…
(A) gave a title.
(B) led.
(C) skull.
(D) brain.
(E) go to.
16. Apart from kidnapping, Brandt played a role in …
(A) human body trafficking.
(B) fake money production.
(C) weapon trafficking.
(D) illegal drug sales.
(E) automobile production.
17. The sources or comments in the text above are stated in paragraph...
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
(E) 7
A low-cost and free telephone program is available from the federal government. it is called the Lifeline program.
More than 15 million families are using the program. Cell phones were included in the program in 2005. kisi kisi bahasa inggris
Low-income families get discounts on their phone bills. The first 250 minutes and 250 text messages are free. This makes it possible for many to have phone service.
Georgia and other states say there is widespread abuse by some participants in the Lifeline program. State officials charge many homes are getting more than one Lifeline phone. Some poor people are no different than some non-poor. If the system is not regulated, why not get two or three phones?
The program does not do much checking of participants. Georgia wants toimpose a $5 a month charge for the basic service. This can cause a problem for poor people. They need phones but may not be able to afford them.
Opponents of the $5 fee say if a family can only afford the free phone, they will be hurt by the $5 monthly charge.
The telephone industry is a strong supporter of the Lifeline program. They think today‟s poor people are the working people of tomorrow. They think it is a good idea to get them as customers now.
The companies are supposed to decide who is eligible. To be in the program, people must have incomes below 135 percent of the poverty level. Or be eligible for another federal program such as food stamps.
A woman in Oklahoma wanted to see how easy it would be to get a phone. She waited in line at a tent to see if the vendor would give her a free phone even though she does not qualify she did.
“Anybody can get them. They say it‟s a lifeline... they‟re for needy people. I‟m notneedy and I went up and I got one with no lD no proof of income, nothing,” She said
Policy makers know that some people will try to take advantage of programs. Their challenge is to discourage abuse. At the same time they do not want to penalize honest people.
The states and federal governments are proposing new ways to collect information on Lifeline telephone use.
18. Which one is NOT TRUE according to the text?
(A) The lifeline program is provided by the government
(B) More than 15 million people use the lifeline program.
(C) Mobile phones are included in the lifeline program.
(D) Georgia is one of the states that provides the Lifeline program.
(E) The Lifeline program is a low-cost and free telephone program.
19. What is the problem of the Lifeline program?
(A) There is widespread abuse by some government officials in the Lifeline program.
(B) The Lifeline program does not check its participants.
(C) Many homes get more than one Lifeline phone.
(D) Many families refuse to pay $5 a month.
(E) The telephone industry pays for the Lifeline program.
20. The underlined word “eligible” in paragraph 8 mostly means...
(A) important
(B) poor.
(C) single.
(D) available.
(E) qualified.
21. Why would the author mention the woman in Oklahoma (paragraph 9)?
(A) To exemplify the use of the Lifeline program.
(B) To emphasize how people love the Lifeline program.
(C) To show that the selection to become a Lifeline recipient has a loophole.
(D) To show the readers that Oklahoma has the highest number of customers.
(E) To refuse the argument about the widespread abuse of the Lifeline program.
22. According to the text, who is the proponent
of Lifeline program?
(A) Federal government.
(B) Honest people.
(C) Telephone industry.
(D) Policy makers.
(E) The woman in Oklahoma.
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