ENGLISH QUALIFICATION TEST

MARCH, 1 ST 2015
Good morning, ladies and gentlement
Thank you very much for the House of Representatives which had invited me to give the speech concerning about the
mystery sinetrons shown in many televisions presently. My name is Budi Santoso, a lecturer at University of Indonesia majoring in
mass communication. Here, I represent the academics point of view about the subject we discuss this morning.
As we know, there are many mystery sinetrons shown on Television stations presently. The sinetrons depict horrible
scenes about the spirit world. It is described that spirits often disturb people by frightening them in the darkness, when they walk
alone at night or at the cemetery. The spirits are pictured as frightening appearance such as white clothes flying corpse, shattered
face copse etc. the show must be abandoned for several reasons.
Firstly, it make a wrong perception of people especially children and women to do activity at nights, for example going to
the wells, even cooking at kitchen alone. How do you fell if you always live in anxiety.
Thirdly, such kind of sinetrons waste out time to think unreal phenomena while we are facing many kinds of living
problems.
In brief, for the reason, I think television station must stop showing mystery sinetrons. They are bad influences for people,
frightening our children and destroying their belief to god.
Thank you very much for your attention.
1. Who is the writer?
a. lady c. watcher sinetron
b. a gentleman d. the man who gave speeches e. a lecture

2. What is the really profession of the writer?

a. the minister c. the lecturer at university of Indonesia
b. the teacher of SMU d. Budi Santoso e. the government

3. Where did the give speech?

a. at the company c. at the university
b. at the house of representatives d. at television e. at the mosque

4. How many reasons does the speaker mention to support his argument?
a. 4 arguments c. one arguments
b. 5 arguments d. three fourth argument e. 3 arguments

5. What program does the speaker critic?

a. sinetron on TV c. drama sinetron
b. love story sinetron d. spirits sinetron e. mystery sinetron

6. “So they’ll afraid of them” in paragraph three. They word them refer to …..
a. sinetrons b. watchers c. spirits d. people e. audiences

This text is for number 7 - 9

To: Handoko and Sinta

Please represent our company to the welcoming party of Mr. and Mrs. Andy on:
Date : Tuesday, 1 March 2011
Time : 07.00 p.m.
Place : Diamond Restaurant Jl. Slamet Riyadi Surakarta
Don’t come late.
Thank you
Sulis

7. What is the text about?

A. Holding a welcoming party. C. Asking someone to do something E. Offering someone to attend the party
B. Inviting someone to the party. D. Asking someone to attend the party.

8. Please represent our company .... The underlined word refers to ….

A. Handoko and Sinta Handoko, C. Sinta and Mr. Andy E. Mr. and Mrs. Andy, Sulis and Handoko
B. Handoko, Sinta and Sulis Handoko, D. Sinta and Mrs. Andy

9. ... our company to the welcoming party. The underlined word means a party is held to ....
A. honour the special person C. celebrate the new year event E. commemorate someones birthday
B. appreciate someone’s effort D. remember someone’s coming

This text is for number 10 - 11

Good morning ladies and gentleman. This is your cruise director speaking. It’s a cruise day and it’s a beautiful day at sea.
We have a lot plan for you both on ship and on shore. The first shore excursion will depart from the Main deck at 9:00
A.M. Anyone wishing to go ashore at this time should report to the lounge for a ticket. Enjoy your breakfast. Thank you.
10. What is the announcement about?
A. Plan for touring C. Excursion plan on ship E. One day at sea excursion plan
B. Plan on cruise ship D .One day at sea departing plan

11. Which of the following statement is true based on the announcement?

A. The writer have plan to sea D. The first shore excursion will depart from main deck
B. It’s not beautiful day at sea E. The announcement is read by cruise director in the afternoon.
C. Anyone does’t wish to go to shore

This text is for no. 12 - 14

Johnson’s Baby Powder Blossom
Johnson’s baby powder blossom is delicate scented with a long lasting floral fragrance. Made of fine quality talc, it leaves baby’s
skin feeling silky smooth, dry and comfortable.
Direction:
Sprinkle powder onto your hands before applying to baby’s skin. Close tightly after use.
Warning:
For external use only. Keep out of reach for children. Do not use on broken skin. Avoid contact with eyes. Keep powder away from
baby’s nose and mouth. Do not apply onto newborn baby’s navel.

12. Johnson’s Baby Powder Blossom should not be applied on ....

A. baby’s skin C. newborn baby’s navel E. dry comfortable baby’s skin
B. silky smooth skin D. newborn baby’s dry skin

13. What is advertised in the text?

A. Scented talc. C. Johnson’s fragrance baby talc. E. Johnson’s baby floral fragrance.
B. Fine quality talc. D. Johnson’s baby fragrance soap.

14. Johnson’s baby powder blossom is delicate scented with a long lasting floral fragrance.
The underlined word means ….
A. Made B. selected C. protected D. processed E. perfumed

15. When I was young, I … to be a singer.

A. Want B. Wants C. Wanted D. Was wanting E. Were wanting

Text 1 is for questions 16 - 18

To all riders over the world

A full face helmet saved my life just over three weeks ago. I think that people who ride without wearing helmets are
suicidal, deluded, crazy, or foolish.

Helmets save lives, especially for those of us who are not as skilled as those who don’t wear them. It has nothing to
do with ‘freedom of choice’. It’s not a ‘right’; it’s a ‘privilege’ to ride a motorcycle.

Just saved by helmets

16. The message is about ….

A. saving riders over the world C. free choice of helmet E. wearing helmet
B. wearing riding equipment D. skillful motor riders

17. … as skilled as those who don’t wear them. The underlined word refers to ….
A. the lives B. the writer C. the readers D. helmets E. riders

18. … people who ride without wearing helmets are suicidal, deluded, crazy, or foolish. The underlined word means ….
A. Stupid B. Smart C. Lazy D. Dull E. Dare

Text 2 is for questions 19 - 20

19. The text announces ….
A. Riverside Community Centre C. The 19th Annual Book Fair E. The Book fair sale.
B. Helping the homeless people D. The new book fair

20. The book fair will be ended at ….

A. 06:00 pm on Sunday, November 20 C. 11:00 am on Sunday, November 20 E. 06.00 pm on Saturday, November 19
B. 11:00 pm on Sunday, November 20 D. 10.00 am on Saturday, November 19

Text 3 is for questions 21 – 23

21. The small business can get further online information at ….

A. Online Shopping C.The Shopping Online E. Small Business Online Advertisement
B. The Shopper Online D. Online Business Advertisement

22. The advertisement advertises ….

A. P.O Box 283 B. 985-643-1652 C. Free publication D. Small business online E. www.TheShopperOnline.net

23. Find Our “FREE” Paper Publication. The underlined word can be best replaced by ….
A. no drop B. no scale C. no cost D. no limit E. no fine

The text 4 is for questions 24 to 27

YOGYAKARTA: The Yogyakarta provincial general elections commission (KPUD) has decided to rerun the legislative
elections for hundreds of Papuan students who rioted after not being allowed to vote Thursday.
The protesters launched an attack on police stationed at the KPUD building and damaged several flower vases after failing
to find polling stations where they could vote. Several staff at the building fled after protesters aimed their arrows at them.
KPUD chairwoman Any Rohyati said voting for the Papuan students was suspended until Friday morning, after getting
approval from the General Elections Commission (KPU) in Jakarta.
The rioters dispersed after being informed that a special polling station would be set up at the KPUD compound to allow more than
520 Papuan students to vote. -JP
24. The text is about….
A. Papuan students run amok in Yogyakarta Papuan students damaged flowers
B. Papuan students attack on police station Papuan students didn’t vote
C. Papuan students voted in the KPUD

25. The polling station for the Papuan students was set up ….
A. in Jakarta C. at the KPUD building E. at General Election Commission in Jakarta
B. in Yogyakarta D. at the Papuan student’s house

26. What was protested by the Papuan students?

A. Their losing chance to vote in Yogyakarta. C. The General Election Commission.
B. Their opportunity to vote in Yogyakarta. D. Their studying in Yogyakarta. E. The chance to be voted.

27. “The protesters launched an attack on police stationed…”, paragraph 2. The underlined word has similar meaning to….
A. introduced B. revealed C. had D. got E. started

Text 5 is for questions 28 to 31

My Rush Time as a Journalist
I usually woke up at eight o'clock a.m. and went to the Press Center to check the daily schedule of briefings and press
conferences. It was usually held by the United Nation officials or disaster mitigation team.
It was challenging to visit different refugee camps to find soft stories, human interest stories. After that I went back to the
Press Center to cover the press conferences of the day.
It was heart breaking when I saw these survivors fight for food and secondhand clothing. Unfortunately as they said, the food and
clothing were limited and inadequate. Emerging to glaring, fool noon, it was time to go back to Press Center to write stories and
race against time. I was always fearing that the internet would come crushing down.
After everything was done, only then I remembered to eat. Most times, I only ate once a day because I always had to rush
and again it was difficult to find food. I had to travel quite far. I needed to spend a 30 to 45 minutes by car just to find fresh food.
28. What did the writer do at noon?
A. Found soft stories. C. Checked the daily schedule.
B. Visited refugee camps. D. Covered the press conference. E. Went back to press center to write stories.

29. The main idea of the second paragraph is….

A. I was always fearing that the internet would come crushing down.
B. Unfortunately as they said, the food and clothing were limited and inadequate.
C. After that I went back to the Press Center to cover the press conferences of the day.
D. It was challenging to visit different refugee camps to find soft stories, human interest stories.
E. Emerging to glaring, fool noon, it was time to go back to Press Center to write stories and race against time.

30. What did the writer feel when he was in the refugee camps?
A. He was unfortunate. He was hurried. He was afraid
B. He was very sad. He was pleased.

31. “It was usually held by the United Nation officials or disaster mitigation team.” (paragraph one). The underlined word is similar
to….
A. joy B. winter C. tragedy D. failure E. Damage

Text 6 is for questions 32 to 36

The greenhouse effect is a warming of the air around us. It gets its name from the greenhouses that people use to grow
plants. These greenhouses let in heat from sunlight and trap it inside. Earth’s atmosphere–the layer of air that surrounds our planet–
also traps heat.

Greenhouse effect is raised temperature at a planet’s surface as result of heat energy being trapped by gases in the
atmosphere. Certain gases cause the atmosphere to act like the glass in a greenhouse. As a result, the temperature of a planet’s
surface may be higher than it otherwise would be–on Earth about 33º C (59ºF) higher. The main gases that produce the
greenhouse effect on Earth are water vapour and carbon dioxide. Scientists suspect that increased discharge of carbon dioxide
from human activity (notably motor transport and industry) is contributing to global warming.

32. What is trapped by the atmosphere?

A. The green house B. The vapour C. The plant D.The heat E.The gas

33. The text mainly explains about ….

A. the greenhouse B. Earth’s atmosphere C. the plant greenhouse D. the greenhouse effect E. the global temperature

34. Which of the following statement is not true?

A. The earth’s temperature is normally 330 C D. The earth’s temperature is cooler than it was in the past
B. Our atmosphere traps heat from the sunlight E. The scientists believe that industry contribute to global warming
C. Carbon dioxide produces the greenhouse effect

35. The purpose of the text is to ….

A. tell the result of greenhouse D. describe the threat of greenhouse effect
B. discuss the cause of global warming E. explain the process of greenhouse effect
C. inform the danger of greenhouse effect

36. … Scientists suspect that increased discharge of carbon dioxide from human activity. The underlined word means ….
A. release B.reckon C. wreck D.react E.leak

Text 7 is for questions 37 to 39

The problem of over population in Indonesia is made worse by the fact that fifty percent of all Indonesians are below the
age of eighteen years. Most of them are dependents. They do not earn money to support themselves and are in need of many
facilities like food, medical care, clothing, education, and employment opportunities. Although a large number of them are forced to
drop out of school to earn a living, the government. still has to spent a very large part of its revenue  on education. Then comes the
problem of creating enough jobs for every new generation of school leavers or college graduates.

      Although the problem of overcrowded cities is difficult to solve, there is a solution to the problem of people living in overcrowded
areas of the countryside. The solution is internal migration. This means moving poor people from the countryside to different but
underdeveloped parts of Indonesia, where they may work to build a new life themselves. In Indonesia, there are large and active
resettlement programmes  of his sort which have given a new life to thousands of people.

37. Which sentence is TRUE according to the text?

A. Creating enough jobs for the young is not urgent.
B. Less than fifty percent of Indonesians are dependents.
C. There is no solution to the problem of overcrowded cities.
D. The only way to solve problem of over population is by internal migration.
E. Employment opportunities cannot help solve the over population problem.
38. " ........ government still has to spend a very large part of ........" (paragraph 1)
The meaning of the underlined word is ........
A. Use up B.Take up C.Bring up D.Give out E.Take off

39. The main idea of paragraph one is that ........

A. Most of the youth are jobless D.The youth earn money to support themselves.
B. The elderly are more than the youth E. Fifty percents of Indonesians are dependents
C. Indonesians lack employment opportunities

Text 8 is questions 40 to 41

To improve comfort and cleanliness at our school, a number of dust bins should be increased.
  When we look at classrooms, school corridors and school yard, there are papers, mineral water cups, straws, and napkins
here and there. The condition of uncleanliness and discomfort really hinders learning and teaching environment. Litters thrown
carelessly cause disease, especially empty plastic cups or glasses. They can be filled out with water coming from the rain. This can
be placed for dengue mosquitoes to spread out. Besides, these rubbish can deteriorate the scene. Well painted wall and green
school yard do not mean anything if litters are scattered everywhere.
  Anyway I notice that most of the students in our school have responsibilities for their school environment. They put their litters
on the proper places. But some are not diligent enough to find the dust bins. The numbers of dust bins in our schools are not
enough. More dust bins should be put beside each of steps, outside, of the classrooms, and some more along the corridors.
Probably one dust bin should be in every ten meters. So when students want to throw away their litters, they can find the dust bins
easily.
When school is equipped with sufficient dust bins, we do not have problems of filth and discomfort any more. Our school will
be very clean and become a nice place to study.

40. The text tells about ….

A. the classroom equipment the number of dustbins at school
B. the effort of making school clean the improvement of school environment
C. the condition of cleaning school

41. According to the writer, more dust bins …. in every ten meters.
A. are not required should be placed should be decorated
B. are unnecessary should be painted

Text 9 is for questions 42 – 45

There has been a great deal of discussion on the problem of abortion in this country and abroad. The discussion includes: is
abortion legal or illegal? Is abortion morally justified or not?
To begin with, let me say that the abortion is one of the methods of birth control. Let see the fact about the population
problem in a country. When a country faces the problems of population explosion, the government should find methods to solve it.
But since no methods of contraception is one hundred percent effective and successful, abortion become the only way out when
prevention fails.
On the other hand, abortion may cause many negative effects for women health. Women risk their health and lives in bearing
the weight of the operation and its consequences. The common complications are inflammation, interruption of menstrual patterns,
infertility, endometriosis, myoma of the uterus and many other kinds of ovary illness.
So far, abortion becomes a dilemma for countries with large number of citizens. On the other hand, it can control the birthrate
but on the other hand, it brings terrible consequences, especially for the women’s health.

42. The people who against abortion say that abortion ….

A. can be a good method of birth control C.is justified by law E. is legal
B. can be negative for woman health D.is a big dilemma

43. The text mainly discusses ….

A. Abortion D. negative effect of abortion
B. abortion in the country E. abortion and birthrate control
C. positive impact of abortion

44. Which of the following is not the against argument?

A. It endangers women health
B. It threatens the woman lives
C. It can interrupt menstrual patterns
D. It can be an effective method of contraception
E. It causes infertility, inflammation, and endometriosis.

45. The most terrible risk of woman doing abortion is ….

A. endometriosis D. infertility
B. inflammation E. death
C. ovary illness