LISTENING SECTION

In this section of the test, you will have the chance to show how well you understand spoken
English. There are four parts to this section with special directions for each part.

Part 1
Question 1 to 4

Directions:
In this part of the test you will hear some dialogues and questions spoken in English. The
questions and the dialogues will be spoken twice. They will not be printed in your test book,
so you must listen carefully to understand what the speakers are saying.
After you listen to the dialogue and the question about it, read the five possible answers, and
decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard. Now listen to a
sample question.

You will hear:

Man : I give up. I’ll stop learning French.
Woman : Why do you say that? You’re making a lot of progress.
Man : No, I’m not. I’ve tried hard but still I can not speak it well.
Women : How come? You can speak Arabic, Hindi, Japanese and even Russian well, can’t
you?

Narrator : What language is difficult for the man to learn?

A. Hindi
B. Arabic
C. French
D. Russian
E. Japanese

The best answer to this question is “French”. Therefore you should choose answer (C)

1. A. Job vacancy
B. Job interview
C. Printing company
D. Getting high salary
E. Finding a job

2. A. A novel
B. A comic
C. A magazine
D. A science book
E. An English Grammar Book

3. A. The exam is easy.

B. This time will not fly.
C. The exam is in three weeks.
D. He knows many things about the exam.
E. He still has three days for the exam preparation.
4. A. She came to Nisa’s party.
B. She couldn’t make a party.
C. She had to go to a doctor.
D. She invited the man to a party.
E. She didn’t go to Nisa’s party.

Part 2
Questions 5 to 7

Directions:
In this part of the test, you will hear some incomplete dialogues spoken in English, followed
by four responses, also spoken in English. The dialogues and responses will be spoken
twice. They will not be printed in your test book, so you must listen carefully to understand
what the speakers are saying. You have to choose the best response to each question.

Now listen to a sample question.

Man : Hey, Cindy could you do me a favor?
Woman : What can I do for you?
Man : Would you mind going to the post office to send my letter?
Woman : ….

Narrator : What is the woman possible response?

A. I am all out. Sorry.
B. I love to write letter.
C. Sure, by all means.
D. It’s next to the police station.

The best answer to the question is “Sure, by all means.” Therefore, you should choose
answer (C).

5. Mark your answer on your answer sheet!

6. Mark your answer on your answer sheet!

7. Mark your answer on your answer sheet!

Part 3
Questions 8 to11

Directions:
In this part of the test, you will hear some dialogues or monologues spoken in English. The
dialogues or monologues will be spoken twice. They will not be printed in your test book, so
you must listen carefully to understand what the speakers are saying. After you listen to the
dialogues or monologues, look at the five possible pictures provided in your test book, and
decide which one would be the most suitable with the dialogue or monologue you have
heard.

8. A. B.

C. D.

E.

9. A. B.

C. D.

E.
10. A. B.

C. D.

E.

11. A. B.

C. D.

E.

Part 4
Questions 8 to11

Directions:
In this part of the test, you will hear several monologues. Each monologue will be spoken
twice. They will not be printed in your test book, so you must listen carefully to understand
what the speakers are saying. After you hear the monologue and the question about it, read
the five possible answers and decide which one would be the best answer to the question
you have heard.
Question 12 and 13 are based on the following monologue.

12. A. Paris
B. The Louvre
C. Notre Dame
D. The crowded city
E. The City of Light

13. A. The Louvre

B. The Cathedral
C. The Eiffel Tower
D. The lovely garden
E. The light structure

Question 14 and 15 are based on the following monologue.

14. A. Other beasts

B. The water
C. The frogs
D. A lake
E. A horse

15. A. They ate an animal.

B. They lived in a lake.
C. They saw wild horses.
D. They went somewhere.
E. They jumped into water.

This is the end of the listening section

READING SECTION

The following text is for question 16 to 17.

Dear Mr. Berry,

I wish to thank you most sincerely for your excellent service over the past five years.
It has been second-to-none and always of the highest quality. However, it is with great regret
and sadness that I have to inform you that, we will no longer be requiring your services for
the foreseeable future.

This decision has been forced on me by the company, to tighten on finance. I hope,
though that we will able to resume our contract with you very soon, but in the meantime, I
will be more than delighted to recommended you services to all the members of our business
community.

Sorry again for having to break this bad news to you and I hope you won’t be too
disappointed. Looking forward to working with you again in the near future.

Yours sincerely,

Ryan
Human Resources Manager

16. What happens to Mr. Berry according to the letter?

A. He is accepted as a new employee.
B. He is moved to another town.
C. He is called to work again.
D. He gets a promotion.
E. He is fired.

17. Why should the human resources manager make such a decision?
A. Mr. Berry often disobeys the rules at work.
B. The company has to tighten on his finance.
C. Mr. Berry is not willing to work overtime.
D. The manager dislikes Mr. Berry.
E. The company is bankrupt.

The following text is for question 18 to 19.

Classico Café and Resto Main Courses

A traditional fried pastry filled with vegetables
Jl. Parkit 23 Medan
and melted cheese ……………………..…$15
Welcome to Classico Café and Resto Pasta with tomato, beef, tuna and white sauce
……………………………………………$19
We serve mainly Italian food.
Pasta with fresh and wild mushrooms …….
Our food is prepared using the freshest, $17
Breast of chicken, bread crumbed and fried,
 natural ingredients, from Italy. served with a green salad …………………$24
We hope you enjoy your meal.
Bon appetite!
18. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To describe a particular restaurant.
B. To promote a restaurant.
C. To inform the price of menu.
D. To explain how to make a reservation.
E. To inform the address of a restaurant.

19. From the text we can conclude that…

A. The traditional fried pastry id filled with fruit and grated cheese.
B. A traditional fried pastry is more expensive than pasta with tomato, beef, tuna
and white sauce.
C. Breast of chicken, bread crumbed and fried, served with a green salad is the
cheapest.
D. Pasta with fresh and wild mushrooms is cheaper than pasta with tomato, beef,
tuna and white sauce.
E. The restaurant also provides other European dishes.

The following text is for question 20 to 22.

JAKARTA: the selection committee to appoint new leaders at the Corruption

Eradication Commission (KPK) is said to have received feedback from more than a
thousand members of the public about the candidates.

Committee secretary Achmad Ubbe said Sunday that most of the feedback voiced
support for a number of candidates and the committee.

He said the candidates were criticized because they were suspected to have been
involved in corruption. Members of the public called on the committee to disqualify lawyers
who have previously defended corruption suspect in court.

The committee has been gathering the public’s views on the process since 25 th June.
Achmad said public enthusiasm was disappointing compared to last year. In 2010, more than
2,000 members of the public gave feedback.

“Although we are not supposed to accept any more input from the public from today,
we will extend this period to tomorrow,” Achmad was quoted as saying by mews portal
tempointeraktif.com.

He said the committee was compiling all the feedback, gathered from websites, e-
mails, letters and text massages.

20. Why were candidates of new leaders of KPK criticized?

A. They called on the committee to disqualify the lawyers.
B. They did not listen to the feedback.
C. They were lawyers who had been involved in corruption.
D. The lawyers who previously defended corruption suspect were disqualified.
E. They were suspect to have committed corruption.
 21. We know from the text that…
A. More people have provided feedback to the committee.
B. The committee does not in fact need input from the public.
C. All the candidates were supported by the public, despite the criticisms.
D. The number of people who gave feedback this year is smaller than that of last
year.
E. The public is as enthusiastic as before about the selection of the new KPK
leaders.

22. “JAKARTA: the selection committee to appoint new leaders at the Corruption
Eradication Commission (KPK) is said to have received feedback from…”
What is similar to the underlined word?
A. Gained.
B. Accepted.
C. Required.
D. Developed.
E. Chose.

The following text is for question 23 to 25.

Last Friday I went to school with a bald head. There, my friends greeted me with
looks of awe, roar of laughter and plenty of cheeky comments that could have burnt my ears
off for shame.

It all happened when I noticed that my hair had grown too long. It was touching my
collar Mr. Teoh would not like that, I thought Mr. Teoh was our school’s discipline masters.
My father was overseas. He usually cuts our hair. Thinking, I would get a cut at the barber, I
got ready to go. But my sister stopped me saying, “Why waste so much money when I can
do it for you free for charge?” I was not sure that she could do it, but I thought it would save
me the walk. I was feeling lazy that afternoon.

So, she started sniping my hair with a pair of scissors. Halfway through, I came out
of my lull and panicked. I saw the mirror that things were not going very right. But my sister
insisted she had not finished yet and told me to be patient. At the end of it, when I saw
myself in the mirror, the effect was ‘hair-raising’. My beautiful hair reduced to nothing more
than a haphazard havoc! I had no choice but to go to a barber this time.

When the barber saw me, he laughed. And then he told me that there was no other
way but for him to shave my head bald.

I walked home in the afternoon sun and felt the bristles on my head. Then, I felt
something else. Wind. Cool wind was caressing my head. I could truly feel its coolness all
about my head. It was wonderful.

The laughter and the smart remarks aside, I now think that being bald is really not so
bad after all.

Adopted from: Anonymous, Secondary 1 Challenging English Essays, Singapore, Redspot

Publishing.
 23. Who cut the writer’s hair at first?
A. His discipline master.
B. His brother.
C. His mother.
D. His sister.
E. His father.

24. What did the writer do after the person cut his hair?
A. He washed his hair.
B. He went to the barber’s.
C. He had his hair coloured.
D. He wore a hat all day long.
E. He cut his hair by himself.

25. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

A. The writer’s friends’responses when seeing his bald head.
B. The barber’s responses when seeing the writer.
C. The writer who began to like his bald head.
D. The result of the hair cut.
E. The offer for cutting hair.

The following text is for question 26 to 29.

Cellular telephones, or cell phones, are even more convenient than cordless phones
because they work over a much wider area. Because of this, in some places they are called
mobile phones. They send calls using radio waves. Cell phones companies divide up an area,
such as a city, into sections called cells. Each cell has a tower for receiving and sending out
radio waves. If a caller travels from one cell into another, the call switches from tower to
tower. This means that a cell phone can work anyplace that the cell-phone company’s
network reaches. Cell-phone networks can stretch across an entire country.

Many cell phones can do things other than make calls. Certain kinds can get
information from the internet or send and receive e-mail. Some cell phones can take
photographs.

Source: Britannica Ultimate Reference 2008

26. What is the topic of the text?

A. Internet.
B. Cell phone.
C. Radio waves.
D. Telecommunication towers.
E. Cell phone with photograph.

27. What makes the cell phone can work anyplace?

A. The cells phones can take photographs.
B. There is information from internet by using email everywhere.
C. Cellphones companies divide up an area into city.
D. There are the divisions of city into sections which has towers for receiving and
sending out radio waves.
 E. Cellular telephones are more convenient than cordless phones because they work
over a much wider area.

28. Cellphone network can stretch across an entire country.

The underlined word is close meaning to.
A. Remove
B. Extend
C. Eradicate
D. Grow
E. Leap

29. Which one of the following statement is NOT TRUE according to the text?
A. Cell phones are even more convenient than cordless phones.
B. Cell phones in some places will be used for mobile phones.
C. Mobile phones send calls using radio waves.
D. If a caller travels from one cell into another, the call switches from tower to
tower.
E. Certain sell phones can get information from the internet or send and receive
email.

The following text is for question 30 to 33.

Nowadays, children behaviors are influenced by television, plain strangers, friend,

and family members.

First, one influence that has a major effect on children behavior is television. Believe
it or not, television plays a big role in how kids act. Cartoon characters like Power Rangers
or Spiderman can make children want to fight. It means they are so easily influenced by
television.

Second, children may also be influenced by people they don’t know. Although most
children are taught not to talk to strangers, we would be surpassed how many actually do.
Studies have shown that both boys and girls talk to strangers and they are more likely to do
what the strangers tell them. Sometimes, kids are influenced by their friends. Friends are
people who are so close to children, and they are people that children trust.

Third, kids are mostly influenced by their parents, because parents are people that
kids really mostly trust. They tend to be like them. Parents play a big role in children’s life.
If a kid sees his or her parents fight all the time at home, it will probably make him or her
become rude.

Finally, children’s mind is a very delicate thing. Everything that happens to a young
child will affect hoe he or she thinks and acts in the future.

So, it can be concluded that television has influenced children behaviors.

30. What is the txt about?

A. The influence of television on children.
B. The influence of parents of children.
C. The fact that many factors influence children.
 D. The fact that children dedicate.
E. The fact that cartoon characters influence children.

31. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the text?
A. Children’s behaviors are influenced by many factors.
B. Television has major influence on children.
C. Children are easily influence by strangers.
D. Friends and parents are people that children do not affect their mind.
E. Television plays a big role in how kids act.

32. Why are most children influenced by their parents? Because…

A. They are the people they trust.
B. The children depend on them.
C. The children respect them.
D. They take care of them.
E. They are always present.

33. “Children’s mind is a very delicate thing.” (paragraph 5)

The antonym of the underlined word is…
A. Mild
B. Coarse
C. Lovely
D. Fragile
E. Exquisite

The following text is for question 34 to 36.

Skyfall offers a plot that actually seems a lot more realistic than many previous films,
but still entertains you in a thoroughly enjoyable way. Craig is faultless and any skepticism
people had when he first took on the famous character in Casino Royale has been proved
utterly unnecessary. It surprised me to learn that despite this being the seventh time that
Dench has played M, we as the audience know so little about her background and what goes
on under her sharp-tongued and abrupt exterior.

The battle of Skyfallat the end, is just fantastic and showed how amazing a simple
scene of only three important characters can be, if done properly. There isn’t enough space
to say how impressed I was with Bardem as a baddie, who despite that horrendous blonde
hair managed to be a thoroughly terrifying and complex bad guy.

Skyfall is one of those films you just need to see. Yes, it is quite long, but at no point
will you find yourself glancing at your watch as the film doesn’t give ypu the chance,

34. What is the text about?

A. Information about how Skyfallwas produced.
B. A critic about a Graig’s performance in’Skyfall’
C. Information about the plot and characters of Skyfall
D. A critic about a James Bond film entitled Skyfall
E. The manuscript of a film entitled Skyfall.

35. Who is Dench?

 A. An actress who played M.
B. An actress who played James Bond’s wife.
C. An actress who played James Bond’s friends.
D. An actress who played James Bond’s enemy.
E. The producer of the Skyfall.

36. Here are comments about Skyfall, ECXEPT…

A. It’s entertaining
B. It’s a bit long and boring.
C. It’s a film we just need to see
D. The battle at the end, it just fantastic
E. The plot seems a lot more realistic than many previous films.

The following text is for question 37 to 40.

Alternative education caters to multifarious groups of students. It is designed

because of pressures from concerned parents, teachers and also students to ameliorate
substandard education and dangerous environments in most public schools. The question is
whether you think alternative education is worth to carry out.

First and more positive note, governmental officials claim that alternative education
offers practical instructions that will convert the basic skills, talents, and interests.

This kind of education will give skill to individuals who opted not to pursue a
college degree but undertake vocational courses for career educational workshop.
Professions that developed out significantly of the latter’s nature include computer
operators, postal workers, and among others.

On the other hand, the term of the alternative education brings negative connotation.
Previously, the term of alternative education was addressed to schooling that caters and
developmentally handicapped students enrolled in regular system school. At risk student
populace consist to dropouts, drug and alcohol dependent or truant.

They conclude, alternative education is somewhat deserve to be carried out. Students

at any levels of education, from pre-school, may profit from this type of alternative learning
program suitable for their needs.

37. The text mainly tells us about…

A. Alternative education
B. Multifarious groups of students
C. Substandard education
D. Dangerous environment
E. Particular instruction.

38. Alternative education is designed because concerned parents, teachers and student…
A. Forbid it
B. Force it
C. Ameliorate it
D. Ruin it
E. Cater it
 39. Below are previous student populaces in alternative education, except...
A. Alcohol dependents
B. Truants
C. Dropouts
D. Drug dependents
E. Honorable students

40. The text would probably gives benefit the most to …

A. Educators
B. Police
C. Plumbers
D. Traffic officers
E. Naturalists

ESSAY

1. Complete the following dialog by using the expression of promising!

John : Dad, take a look my shoes, it’s torn out.
I can’t wear it anymore.
Smith : _______

2. Create acceptable suggestion expression based on the following dialog!

Jack : Do you have any suggestion how we spend our holiday?
Tom : _______

3. Create acceptable stance expression based on the following dialog!

Kerry : I think students should not be allowed to bring phone cell to school.
Dick : What is your opinion?
Kerry : _______

4. Complete the dialog using the expression of blaming!

George : Are you okay? Does it hurt?
Bryan : _________. You’ve caused me fall down.
George : I’m sorry. It’s my fault.

5. Complete the dialog using the expression of curiosity!

Terry : _____________
Ronald : Oh actually there are a lot of interesting places in Majalengka.
Terry : What’s your suggestion for me to visit?
Ronald : Okay. Let’s see, why don’t you visit Paraland? It’s really nice place.
Terry : All right. I’ll try. Thanks.
Good Luck