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Fahmi wrote a letter to inform Ms. Melisa about an upcoming meeting with the Board of Directors at the head office the next day. Ms. Melisa is requested to attend and report on ongoing project progress. Allan wrote to announce the grand opening of his new outdoor store, which will offer various gear and equipment for activities like fishing, camping, and hiking. The store opening is on June 1st at 10am. Andika wrote a letter to the Adult Care Centre expressing interest in volunteering. He has experience helping senior citizens through activities and wants to continue assisting the elderly. Andika is available flexibly and looks forward to learning more about the Centre's mission through an interview.
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Fahmi wrote a letter to inform Ms. Melisa about an upcoming meeting with the Board of Directors at the head office the next day. Ms. Melisa is requested to attend and report on ongoing project progress. Allan wrote to announce the grand opening of his new outdoor store, which will offer various gear and equipment for activities like fishing, camping, and hiking. The store opening is on June 1st at 10am. Andika wrote a letter to the Adult Care Centre expressing interest in volunteering. He has experience helping senior citizens through activities and wants to continue assisting the elderly. Andika is available flexibly and looks forward to learning more about the Centre's mission through an interview.
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The following text is for questions 1 and 2. We offer the best name-brand goods in the
Dear Ms. Melisa, business, so we guarantee the quality. Be-
Being authorized I am informing you sides, we give best prices comparable to that
that the meeting with the Board of Directors of other big box outdoor stores in the area.
will be held at the head office tomorrow, This store will officially open on 1st June
29th May 2018 at 10 a.m. You are duly re- 2018 at 10 a.m. and is located at Jalan
quested to attend the meeting and report Merapi-number 10. Get a big discount up to
the progress of the projects. 25% during the promo.
We look forward to seeing you then.
Sincerely yours,
Sincerely,
Fahmi_
Secretary Allan__
Shop Owner
1. Why did Fahmi write the letter?
A. To invite Ms. Melisa to attend a 3. What is Mr. Allan’s purpose to write the
meeting text?
B. To plan a meeting with his boss A. To invite people to explore nature
C. To inform the result of a meeting B. To announce the opening of his new
D. To give information about a meeting store
E. To remind his boss about a meeting C. To inform many kinds of gears sold in
his store
2. Ms. Melisa are expected to attend the D. To announce how to develop the
meeting in order to ... quality of nature
A. Plan important projects E. To persuade people to spend their
B. Receive important tasks holiday in nature
C. Be appointed to finish a project
D. Inform the progress of the projects 4. The above text is intended for ...
E. Reschedule the ongoing projects A. Adventurers
B. Businessmen
The following text is for questions 3 and 4. C. Tour guides
Allow me to tell you about the upcom- D. Coast guards
ing grand opening of my sixth store estab- E. Forest rangers
lishment Explore the Gut 6. In opening this
store, I am hoping to fill the needs of out- The following text is for questions 5 to 7.
door enthusiasts who enjoy trekking, fish-
ing, camping and being close to nature. Dear Mr. Charles,
The store offers a full line of fishing I am interested in opportunities that
gear, including rods and reels, sinkers, lures may be available to volunteer at the Adult
and live bait. You'll find everything, such as Care Centre. As a long-time advocate of the
tree stands, pick-up tents, sleeping bags and needs and welfare of the elderly in our com-
camp stoves for your outdoor excursions. munity, I have experience working with sen-
There’s rugged outdoor apparel for men, ior citizens and would be thrilled to continue
women and children to choose from, includ- to do so in a volunteer capacity.
ing hiking boots, gloves, rain gear and sun- I volunteered as an aide at the People
glasses as well Welfare and enjoyed being able to help sen-
. ior citizens with arts and crafts. In this posi-
tion, I assisted

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programme participants with recreational The underlined word in in the above con-
projects, contributed to programme plan- text means ...
ning and strategy sessions, and accompa- A. Let
nied group field trips to local musical events B. Feel
and museums. I also participated in fund- C. Help
raising and community outreach initiatives. D. Face
If the Adult Care Centre has a need for E. Contact
a dedicated volunteer, I would be thrilled to
have the opportunity to assist you. My The following text ta for questions 8 to 10.
schedule is flexible and I would be available
to volunteer at your convenience. Once I took part in an exchange of OSIS
Eager to learn more about your mis- caretakers to a high school in Surabaya.
sion, successes and challenges in serving our There were ten of us. My OSIS counselor ex-
senior citizens, I would be grateful for the plained that the OSIS management of that
opportunity to interview with you at a mu- school was excellent.
tually convenient time. I look forward to During our visit, my friends and I stud-
speaking with you. ied the OSIS administration, its archives, ac-
Thank you for your consideration. tivities and programmes. There were ten
programmes in a year and eight pro-
Sincerely, grammes had been accomplished so far.
These were exemplary. We also noticed that
Andika all the data were organized and stored
Griya Hijau, Jalan Kesuma No. 12 neatly. in addition, the relationship and
Email: andika_12@ gmail.com communication among the OSIS committee
Call: 081 1-2222-3456-1 members ran very well. That was why all the
programmes that had been planned ran
5. In what field is the Adult Care Centre en- well.
We learned many things from our visit,
gaged?
such as how to sort out the data. We also
A. Helping people with special needs
learned how to improve communication
B. Treating and caring poor people among us.
C. Accommodating the homeless We hope we can do this activity again on an-
D. Helping helpless children other occasion.
E. Nursing senior citizens
8. What is the writer's intention to write the
6. What capacity does Andika have? text?
A. He has programmes in treating peo- A. To relate his/her organization experi-
ple ence
B. He is a very disciplined, strict and B. To relate his/her experience at
skillful person school
C. He has a large venue to accommo- C. To explain how the OSIS works
date his plan D. To describe a school in Surabaya
D. He is quite experienced in helping el- E. To inform what an OSIS is
der people
E. He is challenged to participate in 9. What did the writer learn from the activ-
treating elder people ity?
A. He/she realizes that becoming an
7. "... I would be thrilled to have the oppor- OSIS member is beneficial
tunity to assist you.” (Paragraph 3)

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B. He/she knows how to make OSIS pro- chain PT Ramayana Lestari Sentosa has
grammes better closed eight outlets across the country.
C. He/she understands how to execute The trend, as a result of slowing con-
a programme sumer goods sales growth, is in fact a global
D. He/she understands how to run an phenomenon. It has been occurring in Ja-
OSIS meeting pan, the United States and many other
countries. In Indonesia, sales growth at 55
E. He/she becomes skillful at admin-
fast moving consumer goods brick and mor-
istration
tar retail outlet reached only 2,7 percent
year-to-date (ytd) as of September, com-
10. Why does the writer hope he/she can at- pared to a 10-11 percent increase in the
tend such an activity again? same period last year.
A. He/she can get many new friends Although analysts largely attribute the
B. He/she gets many benefits from the mass closure of retail outlets to sluggish
activity sales, we cannot deny the fact that online
C. Heshe understands how the OSIS is marketplaces have started to replace tradi-
formed tional retail shops. Online transactions ac-
D. He/she knows the roles of OSIS at count for only about 2 percent of the coun-
school try’s total retail sales so far, but their growth
is accelerating and eating up the market
E. The OSIS counselor has an authority
share of offline retailers, thanks in part to
to manage the OSIS
huge investments injected into the new
businesses.
The following text is for questions 11 to 13. With access to the internet multiplying,
particularly among the younger generation,
Shifting to Digital it comes as no surprise that online shopping
The Jakarta Post, 1 Nov 2017. has won consumers’ hearts and minds.
Indonesia's major department store Online shopping offers nearly unlimited
chains have begun to feel the pinch of the choices, as well as a simple and convenient
rapidly growing trend of online shopping. way of shopping as buyers only need to
Many retailers have suffered a decline in open apps to find their sought-after goods
sales, forcing them to close some of their and settle their payments anytime, any-
outlets. PT Mitra Adi Perkasa (MAP), one of where.
the country’s major department store Forget traffic congestion or unfriendly
chains, for example, has announced plans to weather, which may discourage consumers
shut down three more Lotus department from going to shopping malls—not to men-
stores in Jakarta. Previously, it closed two tion difficulties in finding a parking space.
outlets in Greater Jakarta. MAP will also stop Cheaper prices are another key reason
operations of its Debenhams outlet in Se- why buyers are shifting from offline to
nayan City shopping mall in South Jakarta at online stores. The government will impose
year-end, having closed two outlets in Ke- taxes on goods and services sold online, but
mang, South Jakarta, and Karawaci, Banten. prices will remain the comparative ad-
Similarly, publicly listed PT Matahari vantage of the digital market over its tradi-
Department Store closed its Manggarai and tional counterpart.
Blok M stores last month. Meanwhile, retail Indonesia has also seen this digital wave
chain PT Ramayana Lestari Sentosa has disrupt the conventional taxi industry, which
closed eight outlets across the country. has triggered unrest. Other industries will
Similarly, publicly listed PT Matahari soon feel the disruption. The phenomenon is
Department Store closed its Manggarai and now creeping into the financial services sec-
Blok M stores last month. Meanwhile, retail
tor, especially banking, amid growing interest
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in peer-to-peer lending, an online lending ser- the stars, but it should soar high up into the
vice for both individuals and businesses. air—and since it can’t get far, you can easily
No one can resist digitalization. Intact, the find it and launch it again!
world has entered a digital era, which has
changed the way people do business—unfor- You will need:
tunately, at the expense of thousands who
have become jobless. Empty plastic bottle with push-pull cap and
As Indonesia's regulator, the government large soda bottle.
needs to monitor this major shift, so that the Long, slim stick
digital era can spur economic growth and cre- Strong tape
ate new jobs. Colored cardboard
Sand
11. Many stores will be closed ... people are Pump, with conical plastic nozzle
still reluctant to go outside
How to make:
A. So
1. Tape the stick to the side of the smaller
B. For
bottle, with the neck of the bottle facing
C. But
down. Make a nose cone and fins from
D. If
cardboard, and tape them to the bottle to
E. And
make it look the part.
2. Next, build your launch pad. Half fill the
12. From the text we know that ...
big soda bottle with sand so that it stands
A. Conventional supermarkets decrease
upright and is Stable. It it's not, try par-
online shopping's sales
tially burying the base in the ground.
B. Conventional supermarket's sales
3. Turn the rocket nose down and fill it one
will defeat online shopping
third full with water. Screw on the cap.
C. Online shopping decreases conven-
Pull the stopper open and push the coni-
tional supermarkets’ sales
cal plastic nozzle of the pump into the
D. Online shopping prices are higher
hole. It must be a tight fit.
than offline shopping's
4. Carefully turn your rocket upright and in-
E. People love shopping online because
sert the stick into the Soda bottle. Start
it gives limited product choices
pumping. As you pump, air pressure will
build up in the top part of the rocket
13. “As Indonesia's regulator, the govern-
above the water.
ment needs to monitor this major shift, so
5. Suddenly the air pressure will blow the
that the digital era can spur economic
pump Nozzle out of the stopper and the
growth and create new jobs.” (Last para-
water will blast out to propel the rocket
graph)
high up into the air. Stand back or you
What is the meaning of the underlined
could get a bit wet.
word?
A. Trigger
14. The text gives us ...
B. Improve
A. The description of a bottle rocket
C. Accelerate
B. The experience when launching a
D. Narrow
bottle rocket
E. Splash
C. The explanation on how to launch a
rocket
The following text is for questions 14 to 16. D. The instruction on how to launch a
battle rocket
Did you know that you can make a rocket E. The information about parts of a
powered by water and air? Okay, it won't reach rocket

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15. Why do you need to put fins 6n the side of 19. “They are territorial and will fiercely pro-
the bottle rocket? tect their young.” What does the sentence
A. To make it stable when launched mean?
B. To make it look good when launched A. Hippos live in a large area
C. To give it much power when B. Hippos live in the naturally reserved
launched area
D. To give strong push to the rocket bot- C. Hippos and their young roam in a cer-
tle tain area
E. To provide enough room for air pres- D. Hippos control an area and guard it
sure from other animals’ raids
E. Hippos and their young live peace-
16. For the text we can infer that ... fully with other animals
A. You need to pump the bottle so that
the water will not spill out The following text is for questions 20 to 22.
B. The launch pad is made from a halt-
A Campaign of the importance of Reading
filled soda bottle with sand
C. The water creates great power to Reading habits among Indonesians are
push the rocket to the air poor because many people haven't realized
D. You need to pump the bottle to ener- the importance of reading. Furthermore, we
gize the launch pad are lack of campaigns of the importance of
E. The rocket nose must be turned reading.
Reading is important to transform
down to make it stable
knowledge and technology. By reading, one
The following text is for questions 17 to 19. knows the world. He/she will understand what
Hippopotamuses have a deadly reputa- he/she doesn't see himself/herself. The lines of
tion. They can be huge, weighing up to 8,000 the paragraphs in an article contain pieces of
pounds and, though they live largely on plants, knowledge. The knowledge is needed to im-
they can be very aggressive. They are territorial prove the quality of humans’ lives. Technology
and will fiercely protect their young. Hippos transformation from other countries can only
can use their enormous jaws to turn over small be done by reading a lot various sources of lit-
boats which they mistake for crocodiles. With erature. Valuable books in libraries and
their sharp 12-inch-long teeth, they can easily bookstores are useless if they are not read.
bite and kill its enemies. Realizing the importance of reading will
Adopted from: Jan Payne, The World's Best Book, Great make someone motivated to read. When we
Britain, Buster Book, 2008.
know that something is very important be-
cause it can give us valuable information, we
17. What is the purpose of the text?
will try to get or do the thing. For example, a
A. To describe a certain hippo
B. To inform where hippos live businessman, who always follows latest infor-
C. To describe hippos in general mation or news, will know what to do in his
D. To instruct how to avoid a hippo business.
E. To relate experience when seeing a He will make a good decision in a transac-
hippo tion. Most people in all developed countries
have realized the importance of reading and
18. What Is correct about hippos from the they have good reading habits. In bus and train
text? stations, vehicles, waiting roams, parks, we see
A. A hippo is a carnivore people reading. They enjoy reading which gives
B. A hippo is as big as a boat them valuable knowledge and inspiration.
C. Hippos have 2-inch sharp teeth Good understanding towards the im-
D. A hippo is a tame animal portance of reading can be achieved by well-
E. Hippos can be deadly
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organized and effective campaigns. To plant 22. From the text we can conclude that ...
understanding in a generation's mind is not an A. People will gain knowledge if they
easy job. It heads a hard attempt from all Com- love reading
ponents of the nation, especially the govern- B. It is easy to make people realize the
ment. A serious campaign which is organized importance of reading
by the central and local government can help C. Many indonesian people understand
common people wales that reading is important
up and stand to face real competitions. D. Vis the only mass media to campaign
The campaign can be done through various the importance of reading.
kinds of mass media such as TV, radio, book- E. Campaigns of the importance of
lets, bulletins, newspapers or magazines. it can reading can only be done by the gov-
also be conducted by teachers, parents and all ernment
people who care.
Therefore, a nation-wide effective cam- 23. “It needs a hard attempt from alt compo-
paign of the importance of reading by all com- nents of the nation, especially the govern-
ponents of the nation should be done, facili- ment.” (Paragraph 4)
tated by the government, to face fighter com- The underlined word in the above context
petitions. The world has forced globalization. can be replaced by ...
Those. people with little knowledge will be left A. Effort
behind. To speed up the better change in this B. Mode
country, a good reading habit is really im-
C. Energy
portant.
D. Manner
20. Why do Indonesians have poor reading E. Technique
habits?
A. There are not good books in Indone- The following text is for questions 24 to 27.
sia
B. There are not great bookshops in In- British author Dame Barbara Cartland
donesia published an incredible 723 books in her ca-
C. On average, books in Indonesia are reer, making her the most prolific author of the
expansive 20th century. Most of her books were romantic
D. People have not realized the im- novels. Cartland didn’t actually write these
portance of reading books as such, but dictated (spoke aloud) to
E. Indonesian people prefer listening to her secretaries. She employed up to six secre-
Presentation to reading taries at a time to cope with all the work. Up
until 1977, she managed to write an amazing
21. What is the writer's recommendation? ten books a year, but as demand for her books
A. People should transform their grew, she managed to increase that to 20
knowledge books a year. That is as much as one full novel
B. People should face tighter competi- every 18 days. She continued to write novels at
tions that rate for the next 20 years.
C. People should realize the importance When Cartland died aged 99 in May 2000,
of reading 160 unpublished manuscripts were found in
D. The campaign of the importance of her home. In total her books have sold over a
reading should be done billion copies and have been translated into 38
E. Our government should speed up the different languages.
better change in our country Adopted from: Jan Payne, The World's Best Book, Great
Britain, Buster Book, 2009.

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24. What is the underlying message that the to say that she was the most hard-working lady
writer wants to tell readers about Dame they had ever seen and an example to the
Barbara Cartland? whole village.
A. She knew her passion This good woman had two little girls
B. She was a prolific writer whom she was always trying to make as clean
C. She knew how to write well and neat as herself. She taught them how to
D. She employed ten secretaries knead bread, cook rice and meals. She also
E. She wrote her novels based on her taught them to spin fine thread on their spin-
experience ning wheels. Every morning, the moment the
big brown cockerel in the yard gave its first
25. “... making her the most prolific author of crow, she would get out of the bed, go to the
the 20th century." room where the little girls slept and shake
What does ‘prolific’ mean? them until they woke up.
A. Productive “Get up! Get up!” she would say. “Don't
B. Attractive you hear the cockerel crowing outside? The
C. Beautiful sun will be shining over the hill in a moment.
D. Undefeatable Nobody in this house must stay in bed when
E. So popular once the cockerel has crowed!”
The little girls were always dreadfully
26. Which factor below made Cartland’s sleepy and did not want to wake up in the least.
achievement so remarkable? " However, the bustling old woman would stand
A. She wrote novels for 20 years over them, till they got out of bed, yawning and
B. She was famous for mysterious nov- blinking their eyes. Then she would start her
els household chores, telling them to wash and
C. She wrote one full novel every 18 dress and follow her into the kitchen as quickly
days as they could.
D. Her books have been sold over a hun- One of the things the little girls had to do
dred billion copies was to feed the poultry-the big brown cockerel
E. She translated her books into 38 dif- among the others. It was rather a greedy bird
ferent languages and always ate a lot of the scraps and corn that
were thrown on the ground. The old lady
27. When was Dame Barbara Cartland born? would stand at the kitchen door to watch the
A. In 1891 feeding, and the more the cockerel ate, the
B. In 1901 better she was pleased.
C. In 1980 “is it not a fine bird?" she would say to the
D. In 1991 little girls. “Be sure and give it the best bits of
E. In 2000 food. If it doesn’t crow, we will always be over-
sleeping, for there will be nobody to wake us in
The following text is for questions 28 to 31. the morning!"
The Widow and Her Little Maidens Then the little girts would look at each
other under their eyelashes and pout. For they
In a pretty little house, there once lived a both hated the brown bird which tried to wake
neat old widow who wore the cleanest caps everybody at sunrise when it would be so
and finest kerchief you ever saw in your life, much nicer to sleep on until eight or nine
she was very fond of washing, scrubbing, bak- o'clock.
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At last, one day, when the cockerel B. To relate the writer's unforgettable
seemed to have crowed even earlier than experience
usual, they decided they could stand it no C. To amuse or entertain the readers
longer. They waited until their mother had D. To describe what a good mother is
gone to market ... then they got rid of it. like
The lady arrived home and found that her E. To show how to be a good kid
dear bird was missing. She searched for the
cockerel everywhere while the girls also pre- 29. What did the mother do to make her
tended as much so that their mother might not daughters independent?
suspect them. A. She forbids them from playing out-
The lady missed the cockerel very much. doors a lot
When they went to bed, however, the girls told B. She showed them how to be a smart
each other how glad they had got rid of the girl
horrid bird at last. C. She asked them to study more dili-
gently
“Now.” they said to each other, “we shall
D. She woke them up and taught them
have a little peace. How lovely it will be to
life skills
sleep as long as we want to, with no crowing to
E. She asked them to do all the house-
wake our mother in the morning!”
hold chores
They cuddled down into their pillows and
fell asleep. However, in the middle of the night 30. Why were the daughters hard to wake up
or so it seemed to them, the old lady came to early?
their bedside in her nightcap, carrying a lighted A. They were lazy
candle! B. They were still tired
C. There was no clock in their room
“Get up! Get up!” she said to them all in a D. They didn't have enough time to
bustle. “We have no cockerel to wake us now sleep
and it will never do to oversleep! The dawn has E. They never heard when the rooster
not broken yet ... I know! But it will break pres- crowed
ently and without the crowing in the yard, we
shall not even know that day has come. Get up! 31. What can you learn from the story?
Get up! Follow me into the kitchen as quickly A. What you reap is what you sow
as possible!” B. We must respect each other
How sad and disappointed those little C. Hard work will give us happiness
maidens were! However, they were obliged to D. Never blame others for our mistakes
do as their mother told them. So, they woke up E. Too much leisure will make us lazy
and stalled scrubbing and washing and spin-
ning by candle light, sleepier than they had
ever been in their lives.
Adopted from: http:/Avww.english-for-stu-
dents.comvthe-widow-and-her-little-maidens.html (30th
October 2017)

28. What is the purpose of the text?


A. To remind the readers to always re-
spect their parents

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The following text is for questions 32 to 35. Visitors will see how this fortress does not
only leave many bastions and the giant walls,
but also a few cannons who never used by the
VOC to dispel the ‘rebellions’ of local residents
and several sultanates of North Maluku, Sula-
wesi and at that time (between the end of the
16th century and early 19th century).
Furthermore, if visitors see the fortress,
the structure of the fort consists of two layers
or floors. Then, in the middle of the fortress is
a wide-open space for prisoners. In the middle
of the open space are two secret wells in
Source: https://www.indonesia-tourism.com/ma- square shape which are said to connect the for-
luku/fort_belgica.html,downloaded 23th December
2020
tress to the harbour and Fort Nassau located
Fort Belgica is located in Bandaneira, on the waterfront.
Banda Islands, Central Maluku district, Maluku Still in the same source, on each side of
Province, Indonesia. The atmosphere of coloni- the fortress is a tower. To reach the top of the
alism history in the archipelago can be felt tower, the stairs is available with an almost up-
since tourists arrive on the island of Banda. Not right position and a narrow outlet. From the
only when tourists smell very strong nutmeg top of the tower, visitors can enjoy panorama
on this island, but also when they visit Fort Bel- of areas in Banda Islands, ranging from the blue
gica. Being in the fort that holds a million sto- waters of the Gulf of Banda, beautiful sunset,
ries of the early arrival of VOC, as if to invite us peak of Gunung Api-a volcanic mountain in
to return to visit Bandaneira situation in the Bandaneira to a height of 667 meters above
17th century. sea level-and hundreds of thick nutmeg trees
Despite nearly 400 years old, the fortress on the island of Banda Big. Taking
is still well maintained. No graffiti appears on a walk around the fortress is a very pleasant ac-
the walls of the fortress that reach tens of cen- tivity while imagining the colonial period.
Adopted from: http://www.indonesia-touriam.convio-
timeters thickness as often occurs in several
rum/showthread.php?1684-The-Fort-Belgica-Ban-
historic buildings in many places in Indonesia. daneira-Banda-islands-Maluku (30th October 2017)
In addition, the appearance of this fortress Still
looks sturdy and resilient. 32. Which of the following is the purpose of
From the outside of the building, many the text?
say that Fort Belgica which was built in 1611 A. To relate the writer's experience
physically resembles the Pentagon building in when visiting Fort Belgica
Washington DC, USA. In fact, this fortress has a B. To amuse the readers with the story
nickname as the Indonesian Pentagon due to of Banda Islands
the design of the fortress which was the former C. To describe Banda Islands in Central
headquarters of the VOC's pentagonal shaped Maluku
building. D. To instruct how to reach Fort Belgica
Another distinctive feature-of this early E. To describe Fort Belgica
modern era-style fortress is the existence of
bastions in the building. Bastion is a crack in 33. From the text we know that ...
the wall of the fort which functions as a place A. Belgica Fortress only has one high
to put the canon's mouth. Mostly, these basti- tower
ons face the sea.

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B. the walls of the fortress are 17 cm 36. Who wrote the text?
thick A. Jendela Dunia Stationery Store's
C. Portuguese built the fortress in 1611 partner
D. bastion is a name of a huge canon B. The customer of Jendela Dunia Sta-
E. the fortress actually has five sides tionery Store
C. The management of Jendela Dunia
34. What makes Fort Belgica a worth visit? Stationery Store
A. Visitors will smell nutmegs on the D. The president director of Jendela
whole island Dunia Stationery Store
B. The wails of Belgica Fortress are free E. The secretary of Jendela Dunia Sta-
from grafiti tionery Store's CEO
C. Visitors can enjoy beautiful pano-
rama from the top of the tower 37. The text was written to ...
D. Visitors will feel as if they were in the A. Demonstrate stationery store's abil-
American defense Centre ity and skills
E. Belgica fortress was in fact the home B. Offer customers the stationery
of the Dutch troops store’s new products
C. Invite customers to meet the station-
35. “... peak of Gunung Apia volcanic moun- ery store's ceo
tain in Bandaneira to a height of 667 me- D. Apologies customers for the station-
ters ...” (Last Paragraph) ery store's errors
The underlined word may be best re- E. Ask customers’ permission to send
placed by ... them their next card order
A. Crest
B. Slope The following text is for questions 38 and 39.
C. Scene BUSINESS DINNER
D. Side For people who are looking for new ways of
E. Crop doing things!
Attend a business dinner specially designed
The following text is for questions 36 and 37. to launch a programme to engage people
wanting to diversify their income into sev-
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38. Who will be the speakers in the event? our camp fire. Above all, it was a really unfor-
A. Economists gettable experience.
B. Finance analysts
40. What did the writer and her friends do be-
C. Marketing staff
fore leaving the camping area?
D. Beginners in entrepreneurship
A. Unpacked the tents
E. Big online shops’ owners
B. Packed all the equipment
C. Collected rubbish around the tents
39. If you are interested to join, you should ...
D. Prepared for the farewell session
A. Contact the committee of the semi-
E. Cleaned the tents and equipment
nar
B. Call the diamond hotel and conven-
41. From the text we know that ...
tion
A. The camp lasted for two days one
C. Send an e-mail to the e-mail address
night
written
B. The girts were responsible to cook
D. Meet the diamond hotel and conven-
food for all
tion's staff
C. The camp was attended by the writ-
E. Arrive at the diamond hotel and con-
er's classmates
vention on the d-day
D. The rain was pouring down when
The following text is for-questions 40 to 42. they were sleeping
Last Saturday my playmates and I had a E. The writer and her friends had a great
camp in a camping ground outside the town. time during the camp
We brought camping equipment, like two tents
for boys and girls, ropes, sticks, mats, etc. 42. The writer and her friends felt so ... and
Late ‘in the afternoon, we pitched our tents in couldn't sleep well that night.
the middle of the field. As soon as this was A. Calm
done, we cooked a meal 6ver an open fire. We B. Upset
were all hungry and the food smelt good. C. Nervous
When the food was ready, we had dinner to-
D. Worried
gether.
E. Annoyed
After a wonderful meal, we told stories
and sang songs by the camp fire. However,
sometime later it began to rain, so we put out The following text is for questions 43 to 45.
the fire and crept into our tents. Our sleeping The best way to share a video is to upload
bags were warm and comfortable, so we all it to YouTube. As a Google account holder, you
slept soundly. also have a YouTube account. You can use the
In the middlebox the night, two boys YouTube app on your Android phone to upload
woke up and began shouting. Our tents were videos to the internet, where everyone can see
full of water! We all, leapt out of their sleeping them and make rude comments about them.
bags and hurried outside. it was raining heavily Here's how:
and we found that a stream had formed in the 1. Activate the phone’s Wi-Fi.
field. The stream wound its way across the field
The best way to upload a video is to tum
and then flowed right under our tents. The rain
on the Wi-Fi connection. You can use the
stopped at dawn, around 5 a.m. How terrible
night it was! 4G signal, it you have a 4G phone, but you
The next afternoon, we were ready to un- see a warning about data usage sur-
pack the tents and wrap the equipment. After charges, which is a distinct Possibility
cleaning the camping area, we went home. We when you upload a video.
were happy, though the last night rain ruined
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2. From the Apps Menu screen, choose the E. Right after viewing the video up-
Gallery app. loaded
3. View the video you want to upload. Or
simply have the video displayed on the 45. How do you know that you have uploaded
screen. a video successfully?
4. Touch the Share button, and choose A. I receive a notification e-mail
YouTube from the menu. B. I receive a feedback from the
5. Fill in the blanks to describe the video. YouTube
For example, you can type the video's ti- C. I find the title of my video in the Up-
tle, replacing whatever random text i& loads list
put there by the phone. You can touch the D. The video uploaded can be seen in a
More Details button and type a descrip- search
tion, specify whether to make the video E. There's a pop-up box informing a suc-
public or private, add tags, or change cessful upload
other settings.
6. Touch the Upload button. The following text is for questions 46 and 47.
You return to the Gallery as the video is
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
being uploaded. It continues to upload,
A public hearing is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.
even if the phone gets bored and fails
on Thursday, 15th March 2018 at a regular
asleep. To view your video, open the meeting of the Board of Directors of the
YouTube app on the. Downtown Detroit Business Improvement
App menu, press the Menu soft button, and Zone (“Zone”) to be held at the Guardian
Building, Conference Room 3010, 500 Gris-
choose the My Channel command. if neces-
wold St. Detroit, Ml 48226 for the purpose
sary, choose your Google account from the
of discussing adoption at the budget for the
pop-up list. Your video should appear in the Zone for 2018-2019 fiscal year.
Uploads list. Adopted from: Dan Gookin, http- The meeting will be held in compliance with
/Awww.dumimees.com/consumer-electron-
the Open Meeting Act 1976 PA 267, MCL
ics/smartphonee/droid/ how-to-upload-videos-to-
15.281 to 15.275. A copy of the proposed
youtube-with-an-android-phone/ (20 December 2020)
budget is available for public inspection at
43. From the text. the writer is trying to tell us 600 Renaissance Centre, Ste. 1740, Detroit,
on how to ... using Android phones. MI 48243.
A. Share a video worldwide The property tax millage rate proposed to
B. Upload videos to youtube be levied to support the proposed budget
C. Download videos from youtube will be a subject of this hearing.
“Nota: This notice is printed in compliance
D. Enjoy videos through youtube
with 1963 (2nd Ex Sess) PA 43, MCL
E. Check the videos uploaded in
141.411 to 141.415. The Zone is not author-
youtube
ized to levy
taxes.
44. When should you write information about Mark King
the video uploaded? Zone Secretary
A. After clicking the Upload button
B. Before returning to the Gallery
C. Before touching the Share button
D. After clicking YouTube from the
menu

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46. What will the participants be discussing? Under an international 1920 treaty, Nor-
A. Inspection by the public way has sovereignty over Svalbard, which is
B. The property tax millage rate 800 kilometers (500 miles) north of its main-
C. The budget for the next fiscal year land. Other signatory countries of the treaty
D. The Zone’s business improvement have rights to exploit its natural resources at
E. The Board of Directors’ evaluation the archipelago, known also with its earlier
name Spitzbergen.
47. “The meeting will be held in compliance Adopted from: https://www.apnews.con/43e3289c
with the Open Meeting ...” 185341578788SBiscefdid2a/Missing-Aussian-helicopter-
lound-on-seabed-in-the-Arctic (3181 October 2017)
Which word can replace the underlined
word in the above sentence?
48. What is the text mainly about?
A. Settlement
A. Investigating the crash of a Russian
B. Agreement
helicopter
C. Adaptation
B. Rescuing the Russian helicopter’s
D. Admission
passengers
E. Recognition
C. Searching for the location of the Rus-
sian helicopter
The following text is for questions 48 to 50.
D. Finding the site of the Russian heli-
HELSINKI (AP) — Norwegian rescue officials
copter wreckage
said Sunday the wreckage of a Russian helicop-
E. Describing the location where a Rus-
ter that crashed with eight people onboard off
sian helicopter crashed
the Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard has been lo-
cated on the seabed.
49. Where did the helicopter fall?
The Joint Rescue Coordination Center for
A. Into the sea
northern Norway said that the Mi-8 helicopter,
B. Ona steep hill
which went down Thursday near the Svalbard
settlement of Barents burg, is around two kilo- C. Ina dense forest
meters (one mile) east of Cape Here at a depth D. On a deep ravine
of nearly 210 meters. E. In a coal mining area
A Norwegian remote-controlled subma-
rine was involved in the search, which will now 50. “Other signatory countries of the treaty
focus on the chopper’s passengers. have rights to exploit its natural resources
Russian authorities said earlier that the heli- ...”
copter belonged to Russian coal company Ark- The underlined word can be replaced by
tikugol but was Operated by charter company ...
Konvers Avia. A. Apply
Yevgeny Saidov, head of the Russian B. Utilize
emergencies ministry's special group at the C. Abuse
site, told news agency TASS that Russian re- D. Employ
motely controlled underwater vehicles would E. Deceive
join the operation to survey the Mi-8 crash site.
The helicopter had been en route to Bar-
entsburg, a coal-mining town of about 500
people, from the Russian settlement of Pyra-
miden, carrying five crew members and three
staff members from Russia's Arctic and Antarc-
tic Research Institute.

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