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1. An electronic calculator is a small, portable electronic device used to perform both arithmetic
operations and complex mathematical operations.

The first solid electronic calculator was created in the 1960 s, building on the extensive history of
tools such as the abacus (developed around 2000 BC), and the mechanical calculator
(developed in the 17th century AD). It was developed in parallel with the analog computers of the
day.

In addition to general purpose of calculators, there are those designed for specific markets, for
example, there are scientific calculators which include trigonometric and statistical calculations.
Some calculators even have the ability to do computer algebra. Graphing calculators can be
used to graph functions defined on the real line, or higher dimensional Euclidean space.

According to the text, what is the usage of calculator?

a) To play music b) To write numbers

c) To make notes about numbers d) to check time

e) To count numbers

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2. An electronic calculator is a small, portable electronic device used to perform both arithmetic
operations and complex mathematical operations.

The first solid electronic calculator was created in the 1960s, building on the extensive history of
tools such as the abacus (developed around 2000 BC), and the mechanical calculator
(developed in the 17th century AD). It was developed in parallel with the analog computers of the
day.

In addition to general purpose of calculators, there are those designed for specific markets, for
example, there are scientific calculators which include trigonometric and statistical calculations.
Some calculators even have the ability to do computer algebra. Graphing calculators can be
used to graph functions defined on the real line, or higher dimensional Euclidean space.

When does the mechanical calculator developed?

a) 2007 b) 1986

c) 17th Century d) 1960

e) 2000 BC

3. An electronic calculator is a small, portable electronic device used to perform both arithmetic
operations and complex mathematical operations.

The first solid electronic calculator was created in the 1960s, building on the extensive history of
tools such as the abacus (developed around 2000 BC), and the mechanical calculator
(developed in the 17th century AD). It was developed in parallel with the analog computers of the
day.

In addition to general purpose of calculators, there are those designed for specific markets, for
example, there are scientific calculators which include trigonometric and statistical calculations.
Some calculators even have the ability to do computer algebra. Graphing calculators can be
used to graph functions defined on the real line, or higher dimensional Euclidean space.

What is the meaning of “extensive” in the second paragraph?

a) outer b) loyal

c) big d) inside

e) capacious

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4. An electronic calculator is a small, portable electronic device used to perform both arithmetic
operations and complex mathematical operations.

The first solid electronic calculator was created in the 1960 s, building on the extensive history of
tools such as the abacus (developed around 2000 BC), and the mechanical calculator
(developed in the 17th century AD). It was developed in parallel with the analog computers of the
day.

In addition to general purpose of calculators, there are those designed for specific markets, for
example, there are scientific calculators which include trigonometric and statistical calculations.
Some calculators even have the ability to do computer algebra. Graphing calculators can be
used to graph functions defined on the real line, or higher dimensional Euclidean space.

It was developed in parallel with the analog computers of the day. The underlined word refers to
...

a) the extensive history b) the solid electronic calculator

c) the portable electronic d) the electronic device

e) the mechanical calculator

5. An electronic calculator is a small, portable electronic device used to perform both arithmetic
operations and complex mathematical operations.

The first solid electronic calculator was created in the 1960s, building on the extensive history of
tools such as the abacus (developed around 2000 BC), and the mechanical calculator
(developed in the 17th century AD). It was developed in parallel with the analog computers of the
day.

In addition to general purpose of calculators, there are those designed for specific markets, for
example, there are scientific calculators which include trigonometric and statistical calculations.
Some calculators even have the ability to do computer algebra. Graphing calculators can be
used to graph functions defined on the real line, or higher dimensional Euclidean space.

What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

a) Scientific calculators are trigonometric and b) Calculators are designed for specific
statistic markets

c) There are many kinds of calculators based d) There is computer algebra


on the purpose

e) Electronic calculators are vary

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6. A laptop is a kind of computer unit which has the same function as a PC (Personal Computer),
but it’s smaller, lighter and of different sizes. Nowadays, most people choose laptops for several
reasons.

A laptop is a portable device. This portability is very helpful for our work, study and other
activities. We do not need complicated cable installations to activate a laptop. With a laptop, we
can do our work anytime and anywhere.

Moreover, a laptop allows us to access the internet in public places which provide free access
called hot spot areas. Some people like to use this facility to carry out their tasks.

Finally, a laptop consumes energy more efficiently than a PC does. This device uses a
rechargeable battery as a source of electric energy. So, if we prefer using a laptop, it means that
we support the government program to save energy. That’s why a laptop has become very
popular recently.

What is the purpose of the text above?

a) To retell the experience about using a laptop b) To tell the story about a laptop

c) To describe about a laptop d) To inform the readers about a laptop

e) To give opinions about a laptop

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7. A laptop is a kind of computer unit which has the same function as a PC (Personal Computer),
but it’s smaller, lighter and of different sizes. Nowadays, most people choose laptops for several
reasons.

A laptop is a portable device. This portability is very helpful for our work, study and other
activities. We do not need complicated cable installations to activate a laptop. With a laptop, we
can do our work anytime and anywhere.

Moreover, a laptop allows us to access the internet in public places which provide free access
called hot spot areas. Some people like to use this facility to carry out their tasks.

Finally, a laptop consumes energy more efficiently than a PC does. This device uses a
rechargeable battery as a source of electric energy. So, if we prefer using a laptop, it means that
we support the government program to save energy. That’s why a laptop has become very
popular recently.

A public place where we can have free access to the internet is …

a) Hot spot b) Free access

c) Laptop facility d) Hot spot area

e) Internet installation

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8. A laptop is a kind of computer unit which has the same function as a PC (Personal Computer),
but it’s smaller, lighter and of different sizes. Nowadays, most people choose laptops for several
reasons.

A laptop is a portable device. This portability is very helpful for our work, study and other
activities. We do not need complicated cable installations to activate a laptop. With a laptop, we
can do our work anytime and anywhere.

Moreover, a laptop allows us to access the internet in public places which provide free access
called hot spot areas. Some people like to use this facility to carry out their tasks.

Finally, a laptop consumes energy more efficiently than a PC does. This device uses a
rechargeable battery as a source of electric energy. So, if we prefer using a laptop, it means that
we support the government program to save energy. That’s why a laptop has become very
popular recently.

A laptop has become very popular because …

a) It is portable b) We can do our work with it anytime


anywhere

c) It gives several benefits to the user d) It doesn’t need complicated cable


installation

e) It allows us to use internet

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9. A laptop is a kind of computer unit which has the same function as a PC (Personal Computer),
but it’s smaller, lighter and of different sizes. Nowadays, most people choose laptops for several
reasons.

A laptop is a portable device. This portability is very helpful for our work, study and other
activities. We do not need complicated cable installations to activate a laptop. With a laptop, we
can do our work anytime and anywhere.

Moreover, a laptop allows us to access the internet in public places which provide free access
called hot spot areas. Some people like to use this facility to carry out their tasks.

Finally, a laptop consumes energy more efficiently than a PC does. This device uses a
rechargeable battery as a source of electric energy. So, if we prefer using a laptop, it means that
we support the government program to save energy. That’s why a laptop has become very
popular recently.

“ …a laptop allows us….” (paragraph 1 line 1)


The underlined word has the opposite meaning with …

a) permits b) gives

c) provides d) enables

e) forbids

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10. An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object moves into the
shadow of another. The term is most often used to describe either a solar eclipse, when
the Moon's shadow crosses the Earth's surface, or a lunar eclipse, when the Moon
moves into the shadow of Earth.

Eclipses may occur when the Earth and Moon are aligned with the Sun, and the shadow
of one body cast by the Sun falls on the other. So at New Moon (or rather Dark Moon),
when the Moon is in conjunction with the Sun, the Moon may pass in front of the Sun as
seen from a narrow region on the surface of the Earth and cause a solar eclipse. At Full
Moon, when the Moon is in opposition to the Sun, the Moon may pass through the
shadow of the Earth, and a lunar eclipse is visible from the night half of the Earth.

An eclipse does not happen at every New or Full Moon, because the plane of the orbit of
the Moon around the Earth is tilted with respect to the plane of the orbit of the Earth
around the Sun, so as seen from the Earth, when the Moon is nearest to the Sun (New
Moon) or at largest distance (Full Moon), the three bodies usually are not exactly on the
same line.

When does lunar eclipse happen?

a) in the afternoon b) in the morning

c) in the midday d) in the evening

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11. An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object moves into the
shadow of another. The term is most often used to describe either a solar eclipse, when
the Moon's shadow crosses the Earth's surface, or a lunar eclipse, when the Moon
moves into the shadow of Earth.

Eclipses may occur when the Earth and Moon are aligned with the Sun, and the shadow
of one body cast by the Sun falls on the other. So at New Moon (or rather Dark Moon),
when the Moon is in conjunction with the Sun, the Moon may pass in front of the Sun as
seen from a narrow region on the surface of the Earth and cause a solar eclipse. At Full
Moon, when the Moon is in opposition to the Sun, the Moon may pass through the
shadow of the Earth, and a lunar eclipse is visible from the night half of the Earth.

An eclipse does not happen at every New or Full Moon, because the plane of the orbit of
the Moon around the Earth is tilted with respect to the plane of the orbit of the Earth
around the Sun, so as seen from the Earth, when the Moon is nearest to the Sun (New
Moon) or at largest distance (Full Moon), the three bodies usually are not exactly on the
same line.

What is the main idea of the third paagraph?

a) We can see the surface of the Moon from b) An eclipse never happens at New or Full
the Earth Moon

c) The Sun and the Moon rotate on the same d) The Sun is the biggest planet in our solar
line system

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12. An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object moves into the
shadow of another. The term is most often used to describe either a solar eclipse, when
the Moon's shadow crosses the Earth's surface, or a lunar eclipse, when the Moon
moves into the shadow of Earth.

Eclipses may occur when the Earth and Moon are aligned with the Sun, and the shadow
of one body cast by the Sun falls on the other. So at New Moon (or rather Dark Moon),
when the Moon is in conjunction with the Sun, the Moon may pass in front of the Sun as
seen from a narrow region on the surface of the Earth and cause a solar eclipse. At Full
Moon, when the Moon is in opposition to the Sun, the Moon may pass through the
shadow of the Earth, and a lunar eclipse is visible from the night half of the Earth.

An eclipse does not happen at every New or Full Moon, because the plane of the orbit of
the Moon around the Earth is tilted with respect to the plane of the orbit of the Earth
around the Sun, so as seen from the Earth, when the Moon is nearest to the Sun (New
Moon) or at largest distance (Full Moon), the three bodies usually are not exactly on the
same line.

What will happen if the Moon's shadow crosses the Earth's surface? There will be ….

a) a new moon b) a lunar eclip

c) a full moon d) a solar eclip

13. An elephant is the largest and strongest animals. It is a strange looking animal with its
thick legs, huge sides and backs, large hanging ears, a small tail, little eyes, long white
tusks and above all it has a long nose, the trunk.
The trunk is elephant’s peculiar feature, and it has various uses. The elephant draws up
water by its trunk and can squirt it all over its body like a shower bath. It can also lift
leaves and puts them into its mouth. In fact the trunk serves the elephant as a long arm
and hand. An elephant looks very clumsy and heavy and yet it can move very quickly.
The elephant is a very intelligent animal. Its intelligence combined with its great strength
make it a very useful servant to man and it can be trained to serve in many ways such as
carry heavy loads, hunt for tigers and even fight.

The third paragraph is mainly about the fact that ....

a) elephants are servant b) elephants are strong

c) elephants are very useful d) elephants can lift logs

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14. An elephant is the largest and strongest animals. It is a strange looking animal with its
thick legs, huge sides and backs, large hanging ears, a small tail, little eyes, long white
tusks and above all it has a long nose, the trunk.
The trunk is elephant’s peculiar feature, and it has various uses. The elephant draws up
water by its trunk and can squirt it all over its body like a shower bath. It can also lift
leaves and puts them into its mouth. In fact the trunk serves the elephant as a long arm
and hand. An elephant looks very clumsy and heavy and yet it can move very quickly.
The elephant is a very intelligent animal. Its intelligence combined with its great strength
make it a very useful servant to man and it can be trained to serve in many ways such as
carry heavy loads, hunt for tigers and even fight.

It is stated in the text that the elephant uses the trunk to do the following, EXCEPT ....

a) to drink b) .to push

c) to eat d) to squirt water over the body

15. Birds belong to a class of warm blooded vertebrate animals with feather covered bodies. Next to
the mammals, birds are the most important group of land-living vertebrates. All birds have
feathers, although in some types, particularly those that can not fly, the normal structure of the
feathers may be much modified and be downy, woolly, or straw like. The forelimbs of birds are
modified into wings. The bony part of the tail, except in the very earliest fossil birds, is very
short, and the visible tail is composed of feathers only. The teeth are absent except in some
fossil forms. As in mammals-the only other group of warm blooded animal-the circulation is
highly perfected so that there is no mixing of arterial and venous blood, but the arrangement of
veins and arteries by which this is accomplished, is different in the two groups. Birds have keen
hearing, although they have no external ears. The sense of sight also is very keen, but the
sense of smell is weak or lacking, except in a small few vultures and other birds.

From the text we can conclude that both birds and mammals have ....

a) Keen hearing b) keen sights

c) Backbones d) downy feathers

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16. Birds belong to a class of warm blooded vertebrate animals with feather covered bodies. Next to
the mammals, birds are the most important group of land-living vertebrates. All birds have
feathers, although in some types, particularly those that can not fly, the normal structure of the
feathers may be much modified and be downy, woolly, or straw like. The forelimbs of birds are
modified into wings. The bony part of the tail, except in the very earliest fossil birds, is very
short, and the visible tail is composed of feathers only. The teeth are absent except in some
fossil forms. As in mammals-the only other group of warm blooded animal-the circulation is
highly perfected so that there is no mixing of arterial and venous blood, but the arrangement of
veins and arteries by which this is accomplished, is different in the two groups. Birds have keen
hearing, although they have no external ears. The sense of sight also is very keen, but the
sense of smell is weak or lacking, except in a small few vultures and other birds.

Which of the following is NOT possessed by bird?

a) Feathers b) ears

c) Tails d) Teeth

17. Butterflies are a type of insect with large and often colorful wings. They start out as
eggs. They lay their eggs on leaves. The eggs hatch into caterpillars with tabular body.
The caterpillar eats leaves, beds, or flowers of plants.

When a caterpillar is full sized, it goes into another stage called chrysalis. Caterpillars
attach themselves to something solid before becoming a chrysalis. The caterpillar inside
the chrysalis changes into a butterfly. Some butterflies make the change in one week.
Some others take years to change.

When the change is complete, the adult butterfly splits the chrysalis. The insect unfolds
its wings and pumps blood and air into then. It spreads out the wings until they become
dry and harder. The beautiful butterfly then flies to get nectar from flowers. Most
butterflies live only for one or two weeks.

What is the text mostly about?

a) How a caterpillar lives b) Butterflies' life stages

c) How butterflies lay their eggs d) Physical characteristics of butterflies

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18. Butterflies are a type of insect with large and often colorful wings. They start out as
eggs. They lay their eggs on leaves. The eggs hatch into caterpillars with tabular body.
The caterpillar eats leaves, beds, or flowers of plants.

When a caterpillar is full sized, it goes into another stage called chrysalis. Caterpillars
attach themselves to something solid before becoming a chrysalis. The caterpillar inside
the chrysalis changes into a butterfly. Some butterflies make the change in one week.
Some others take years to change.

When the change is complete, the adult butterfly splits the chrysalis. The insect unfolds
its wings and pumps blood and air into then. It spreads out the wings until they become
dry and harder. The beautiful butterfly then flies to get nectar from flowers. Most
butterflies live only for one or two weeks.

Why do butterflies fly to some flowers?

a) To dry their wings b) To get some food

c) To get nectar d) To pump blood

19. Coconut tree is a tree of the palm family. It is one of tree which live in tropical countries. Coconut
tree is tall palm tree bearing coconut as fruit. Cocos nucifera is binomial name of its.
Coconut tree can grow up to 30m height. They have a single cylindrical trunk. At the top of the
trunk there are pinnate leaves. They are about 3 to 4 m long and the pinnate 60 to 90 cm long.
The fruit of coconut tree is coconut. It is oval and the diameter is about 30 cm long. It has thick
husk and a hard shell. Inside the shell there is white meat and sweet liquid.

Based on the text, the following are factual information about coconut trees, except .....

a) the fruit of coconut tree is peanuts b) one of tree which live in tropical countries

c) Coconut tree is a tree of the palm family. d) Coconut tree can grow up to 30m height

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20. Coconut tree usually grow in the lowland. It is easy to grow because it is not need special care.
Coconut tree can survive until few years. Coconut tree is different with other tree because it is
multifunction.
Coconut tree is very useful plants. We can use every part of the tree in our lives. The white
meat can make in to copra by dry it. Then the people can get oil from it and use in daily cooking.
Beside copra the meat also can make soap, candles and use it in culinary. The trunk is use to
build houses. Sometimes there are people who use the leaves as roof and the people in
Indonesia usually use it to make “ketupat”. People also can make rope, doormats, and from the
coconut’s husk. Because coconut tree is very useful so it use as scout symbol

why coconut trees are easy to grow in the lowland?

a) because coconut tree is very useful so it b) because there are people who use the
use as scout symbol leaves as roof

c) because the people can get oil from it d) because it is not need special care.

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Answer Keys

1. e) To count numbers 2. c) 17th Century 3. e) capacious

4. b) the solid electronic 5. c) There are many kinds of 6. d) To inform the readers
calculator calculators based on the about a laptop
purpose

7. d) Hot spot area 8. c) It gives several benefits 9. e) forbids


to the user

10. d) in the evening 11. b) An eclipse never 12. d) a solar eclip


happens at New or Full
Moon

13. c) elephants are very 14. b) .to push 15. d) downy feathers
useful

16. b) ears 17. b) Butterflies' life stages 18. c) To get nectar

19. a) the fruit of coconut tree 20. d) because it is not need


is peanuts special care.

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