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Forces other than damaging winds are also at work inside tornadoes. Sometimes, as the writhing, twisting funnel passes over a house, the walls and ceiling burst apart as if a bomb had gone off inside. This explosion is caused by the low air pressure at the center of a tornado. The pressure at the center of a badai is usually 13 pounds per square inch. However, inside the house the air pressure is normal, about 15 pounds per square inch. The difference of 2 pounds per square inch between the inside and outside pressure may not seem like much. But suppose a badaifunnel passes over a small building that measures 20 by 10 by 10 feet. On each square inch of the building, there is 2 pounds of pressure from the inside that is not balanced by air pressure outside the building. On the ceiling, that adds up to an unbalanced pressure of 57, 600 pounds. The pressure on the four walls adds up to 172,800 pounds. If windows are open in the building, some of the inside air will rush out through them. This will balance the pressure inside and outside the building. But if the windows are shut tightly, the enormous inside pressure may cause the building to burst. Unfortunately, heavy rain and hail often occur in thunderstorms that later produce tornadoes. So people frequently shut all windows to protect their property. This may cause far worse damage later. For the same reason, badai cellars must have an air vent. Otherwise, the cellar door might be blown out when a badai passes over it. 1. Which of the following is the main topic of the passage? A. How tornadoes can be prevented B. When tornadoes usually occur C. Where tornadoes are formed D. Why tornadoes cause so much damage 2. In line 2, the word "funnel" refers to which of the following? A. A bomb B. A house C. A tornado D. An explosion 3. According to the passage, tornadoes can destroy buildings because the A. force of a badai increases the air pressure in a building B. air pressure at the center of a badai is over 172,000 pounds C. weight of a badai can crush a building's roof when it passes overhead D. air pressure inside a badai is less than the air pressure inside a building



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10) Travelling by boat has its disadvantages. 11) For example, a boat ticket usually costs less than a plane ticket. l2) Thirdly, boat trips may be very tiring especially for old people. A. B. C. D. 8.



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Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct? A. I liked the book which she recommend me to read. B. The girl who she just joined the softball team is a great shortstop. C. The racquet with which I was playing was too big and too heavy for me. D. The glass that is on the table contain milk.



9. Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct? A. For years experts have been examining the effect of coaching and preparatory courses on test scores. B. Psychologists define anxiety as a feeling of dread, apprehension, or afraid. C. This year will be difficult for this organization because they have less money and volunteers than they had last year. D. Fireweed received its name because it growing quickly after a forest fire. 10. Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct? A. Florida has not yet ratified the amendment, and several other states hasn’t either. B. Florida has not yet ratified the amendment, and neither has some of the others states. C. Florida has not yet ratified the amendment, and some other states also have not either. D. Florida has not yet ratified the amendment, and neither have several other states. 11. Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct? A. The temperature of an object rises when heat flow into it. B. The car that stuck in the intersection yesterday is being repaired today. C. While working as a clerk, Edison spent much of his time studying the stock ticker. D. There has not been a great response to the sale, hasn’t it? 12. Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct? A. Mul’s father will be hungry unless his mother does not cook. B. If she is clever, she will pursue her study abroad. C. Should I be rich later, I will buy car. D. If Yudi had been successful in his magic performance, he would be happy. 13. Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct? A. I will never forget the day at which I met you. B. The building on which he lives is very old.



C. This is the place from which the accident accrued. D. July is the month in which the weather is usually the hottest then. Icebergs are among nature’s most spectacular creations, and yet most people have never seen one. A vague air of mystery envelops them. They come into being somewhere-in faraway, frigid waters, amid thunderous noise and splashing turbulence, which in most cases no one hears or sees. They exist only a short time and then slowly waste away just a unnoticed. Objects of sheerest beauty, they have been called. Appearing in an endless variety of shapes they may be dazzlingly white, or they may be glassy blue, green. or purple, tinted faintly or in darker hues. They are graceful, stately, inspiring-in calm, sunlit seas. But they are also called frightening and dangerous, and that they are-in the night, in the fog, and in storms. Even in clear weather one is wise to stay a safe distance away from them. Most of their bulk is hidden below the water, so their underwater parts may extend out far beyond the visible top. Also, they may roll over unexpectedly, churning the waters around them. Icebergs are parts of glaciers that break off, drift into the water, float about awhile, and finally melt. Icebergs afloat today are made of snowflakes that have fallen over long ages of time. They embody snows that drifted down hundreds, or many thousands, or in some cases maybe a million years ago. The snows fell in polar regions and on cold mountains, where they melted only a little or not at all, and so collected to great depths over the years and centuries. As each year’s snow accumulation lay on the surface, evaporation and melting caused the snowflakes slowly to lose their feathery points and become tiny grains of ice. When new snow fell on top of the old, it too turned to icy grains. So blankets of snow and ice grains mounted layer upon layer and were of such great thickness that the weight of the upper layers compressed the lower ones. With time and pressure from above, the many small ice grains joined and changed to larger crystals, and eventually the deeper crystals merged into a solid mass of ice. 14. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. The Melting of Icebergs B. The Nature and Origin of Icebergs C. The Size and Shape of Icebergs D. The Dangers of Icebergs 15. The author states that icebergs are rarely seen because they are A. surrounded by fog B. hidden beneath the mountains C. located in remote regions of the world D. broken by waves soon after they are formed



16. The formation of an iceberg is most clearly analogous to which of the following activities? A. Walking on fluffy new snow, causing it to become more compact and icy B. Plowing large areas of earth, leaving the land flat and barren C. Skating across a frozen lake and leaving a trail behind D. Blowing snow into one large pile to clear an area BALI'S NEWEST APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT A DREAM BECOMES REALITY Sunwel Beach Residences Ketewel - Bali Prime Property - Prime Location - Prime Investment Only 5 minutes away from Sanur, directly at the beach All apatments with view to the sea, full hotel amenities Large pools, spa, fitness, sauna & steam, Parking, Restaurant For complete infromation please visit our website www.balihotels.com 17. The text talks about .... A. Sunwel Beach Residences Ketewel B. Bali's apartment development C. Hotel Mulia Senayan D. Prime property 18. Which of the following is not found in the advertisement? A. Large pools B. Restaurant C. Supermarket D. Fitness 19. "... full hotel amenities Large pools, spa, ..." What is the synonym of the underlined word? A. Inabilities B. Facilities C. Complexities D. Clumsiness



20. What should you do to detergent first? A. Spray it B. Clean it C. Put it away D. Shake it up 21. Before cleaning the screen surface, we spray the detergent on the screen surface directly or spray it on .... A. Our fingers B. The paper C. The fabric cleanser D. The brush



22. "Cleanse gently with the fabric cleanser or brush" (step 3). What does the underlined word mean? A. Carefully B. Directly C. Harshly D. Cleanly 23. People lie for different reasons. One common reason is to avoid hurting someone’sfeelings. For example, a friend might ask, “Do you like my new haircut?“If you think it’sugly, you might still answer, “Yes.” (1) . Say a friend angers you and then asks, “Are you upset with me?”You might answer,“No,” to avoid an argument. People also lie so that they’ll fit in, as when you listen to a boring person and politely say, “That’s interesting.”In addition, people lie to avoidspending more time with someone. For instance, you might lie, “I have to go now.”



A. Another common reason is to make people calm. B. That must be the best answer. C. Some other reasons might be funny. D. Another common reason for lying is to avoid a fight.



Grandma Moses is among the most celebrated twentieth - century painters of the United States, yet she had barely started painting before she was in her late seventies. As she once said of herself: "I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me.' No one could have had a more productive old age. She was born Anna Mary Robertson on a farm in New York State, one of five boys and five girls. ("we came in bunches, like radishes.") At twelve she left home and was in domestic service until at twenty-seven, she married Thomas Moses, the hired hand of one of her employers. They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then in New York State, at Eagle Bridge. She had ten children, of whom five survived: her husband died in 1927. Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby, but only switched to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore and at a fair, and were soon spotted by a dealer who bought everything she painted. Three of the pictures were exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930s and her death she produced some 2,000 pictures: detailed and lively portrayals of the rural life she had known for so long, with a marvelous sense of color and form. “I think real hard till think of something real pretty, and then I paint it,” she said. 24. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. Grandma Moses: A Biographical Sketch B. The Children of Grandma Moses C. Grandma Moses: Her Best Exhibition D. Grandma Moses and Other Older Artists 25. According to the passage, Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to… A. decorate her home B. keep active C. improve her salary D. gain an international reputation 26. From Grandma Moses' description of herself in the first paragraph, it can be inferred that she was A. independent B. pretty C. wealthy D. timid



27. The first graph mainly discusses…… A. The amount of money that people from different income group spent for junk food. B. The popularity of three kinds of food among people in the whole world. C. The amount of pence that high income people spent for three kinds of food. D. The expenditure on fast foods by high income, and low income group. 28. The second graph is based on the assumption that…. A. In 1970, fish and chip were the most popular at the time. B. The consumption of pizza had risen significantly over the years. C. The consumption of hamburger, fish and chips remained steady over the years. D. Hamburger was the best choice for people in 1990



29. From both of the graphs, it can be assumed that pizza…. A. Became less popular than fish and chips in 1980 B. Was the most favored by people in 1985 C. Was consumed as much as 200 in 1985 D. Was beaten by the popularity of hamburger in 1985



There were two widely divergent influences on the early development of statistical methods. Statistics had a mother who was dedicated to keeping orderly records of governmental units (state and statistics come from the same Latin root. status) and a gentlemanly gambling father who relied on mathematics to increase his skill at playing the odds in games of chance. The influence of the mother on the offspring, statistics, is represented by counting, measuring, describing, tabulating, ordering, and the taking of censuses-all of which led to modern descriptive statistics. From the influence of the father came modern inferential statistics, which is based squarely on theories of probability. Descriptive statistics involves tabulating, depicting, and describing collections of data. These data may be either quantitative, such as measures of height, intelligence, or grade level-159 variables that are characterized by an underlying continuum-or the data may represent qualitative variables, such as sex, college major, or personality type. Large masses of data must generally undergo a process of summarization or reduction before they are comprehensible. Descriptive statistics is a tool for describing or summarizing or reducing to comprehensible form the properties of an otherwise unwieldy mass of data. Inferential statistics is a formalized body of methods for solving another class of problems that present great difficulties for the unaided human mind. This general class of problems characteristically involves attempts to make predictions using a sample of observations. For example, a school superintendent wishes to determine the proportion of children in a large school system who come to scho6l without breakfast have been vaccinated for flu. or whatever. Having a little knowledge of statistics, the superintendent would know that it is unnecessary and inefficient to question each child; the proportion for the entire district could be estimated fairly accurately from a sample of as few as 100 children. Thus, the purpose of inferential statistics is to predict or estimate characteristics of a population from a knowledge of the characteristics of only a sample of the population. 30. With what is the passage mainly concerned? A. The drawbacks of descriptive and inferential statistics B. Applications of inferential statistics C. The development and use of statistics D. How to use descriptive statistics. 31. Why does the author mention the "mother" and "father" in the first paragraph? A. To point out that parents can teach their children statistics B. To introduce inferential statistics C. To explain that there are different kinds of variables



D. To present the background of statistics in a humorous and understandable way 32. . There are severalpositive ways to encourage your family to exercise more often. To begin with, get themto exercise more often by emphasizing how good they’ll feel and how much betterthey’ll look if they work out on a regular basis. A second method you can use is to set anexample.If they see you walking to stores rather than driving, they might be encouraged to do likewise.Finally, make exercise a family activity. Suggest that the whole family gohiking or camping together, take up early morning jogging, or join the Y at the group rate. A. B. C. D.



Exercise ia beneficial for our lives. Why does your family need to exercise everyday You don’t have to scare your family with statistics about heart attacks It is believed that exercise is important for your family to avoid heart attack.



33. The length of the pencil case depends on .... A. The items we are going to put there B. The ruler we have C. The size of the pen D. The box that we find



34. From the text above we can conclude that we have to be .... in decorating the box to have a good result. A. Box B. Careful C. Creative D. Risky 35. "... Add glitter if you like." (step 4) The synonym of the underlined word is ... A. Haze B. Becloud C. Darken D. Twinkle With its radiant color and plantlike shape, the sea anemone looks more like a flower than an animal. More specifically, the sea anemone is formed quite like the flower for which it is named, with a body like a stem and tentacles like petals in brilliant shades of blue, green, pink, and red Its diameter varies from about six millimeters in some species to more than ninety centimeters in the giant varieties of Australia. Like corals, hydras, and jellyfish, sea anemones are coelenterates. They can move slowly, but more often they attach the lower part of their cylindrical bodies to rocks, shells, or wharf pilings. The upper end of the sea anemone has a mouth surrounded by tentacles that the animal uses to capture its food. Stinging cells in the tentacles throw out tiny poison threads that paralyze other small sea animals. The tentacles then drag this prey into the sea anemone's mouth. The food is digested in the large inner body cavity. When disturbed a sea anemone retracts its tentacles and shortens its body so that it resembles a lump on a rock. Anemones may reproduce by forming eggs, dividing in half or developing buds that grow and break off as independent animals.



36. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true of sea anemones? A. They are usually tiny. B. They have flexible bodies. C. They are related to jellyfish. D. They are usually brightly colored. 37. It can be inferred from the passage that sea anemones are usually found… A. attached to stationary surfaces B. hidden inside cylindrical objects C. floating among underwater flowers D. chasing prey around wharf pilings 38. The word "capture" in line 8 is closest in meaning to which of the following ? A. Catch C. Cover



B. Control D. clean. Most people agree that learning anything involves participation. You can't (1)…….. to play a musical instrument without actually (2)……….. the instrument and similarly it is difficult to learn a language without engaging with that language. 39. (2)……… A. Taking in B. Getting in



C. Putting on D. Picking up



40. (1)…….. A. Take part B. Take apart



C. Take off D. Take in



41. Find out the meaning of the underlined clause / phrase Peter : Bob, I hate to tell you, our sales were down again last month. Bob : Down again, Peter? Peter : Yeah. These days, everybody’s shopping at our competition, Dragon’s Furniture Store. Bob : But, everything in there costs an arm and a leg



A. B. C. D.



The underlined expression means.... a very large sum of money callto make ready for confrontation. asking for a loan or donation of money It’s very long



42. The underlined expression means.... My nephew is performing in his first school musical on Friday. I told him to break a leg A. B. C. D.



become able to stand or walk to play a joke good luck do something to help them achieve success



43. My brother has a big exam next week so he is already ……………….. I keep advising him to take it slow. A. Killing two birds with one stone B. Beating around the bush C. Hitting the nail on the head D. Burning the midnight oil



The class produced some very exciting work and I still hear from students from time to time and they send me articles and papers about media as well. I (1)………. some disturbing things about this ideal media classroom. One was that we were almost always in total darkness even on the nicest spring days. Another was that when all the media was (2) ……….. my voice had incredible authority. And the most disturbing thing of all was that students started writing emotional papers about disillusionment with reality. I think the availability of media in the classroom made it quite easy to saturate the students. This experience, though, was quite useful in understanding the difference between the "ideal" media classroom and the reality. 44. (2)………. A. Shut off B. Break off



C. drop off D. cut off



45. (1)………… A. Find out B. Search for



C. Get about D. Look for



Choose the best way of expressing the underlined words in the passage. Steamships were first introduced into the United States in 1807, and John Molson built the first steamship in Canada (then called British North America) in 1809. By the 1830's dozens of steam vessels were in use in Canada. They offered the traveler (1) reliable transportation in comfortable facilities-a welcome alternative to stagecoach travel, which at the best of time could only be described as (2) wretched. This commitment to dependable river transport became entrenched with the investment of millions of dollars for the improvement of waterways which included the construction of canals and lock systems. The Lachine and Welland canals, two of the most important systems were the Province of Canada in 1841. The public debt for canals was more than one hundred dollars per capita, an (3) enormous sum for the time. But it may not seem such a great amount if we consider that improvements allowed steamboats to remain practical for most commercial transport in Canada until opened in 1825 and 1829, respectively. By the time that Upper and Lower Canada were united into the mid- nineteenth century.



46. (1) ..... A. Quick B. Safe C. Dependable D. Luxurious 47. (2) ........ A. Weak



B. Worthless C. Low D. Shocking 48. (3) ........... A. Huge B. Montrous C. Amazing D. Surprising As Chad Reed pulled into the pits, I could tell just by looking at him that this had been a grueling race. (1) with so much brown, wet, sticky mud that I couldn’t even read the number plates. A pair of boots, resting comfortably on the foot pegs, were a mess of muddy brown dirt, bright white plastic and black buckles. His riding pants were soaked and covered with mud on the front, while the back remained a brilliant white and blue. The chest protector seemed to have kept most of the mud off of his blue and white jersey, although his sleeves had turned the same swampy brown color as his bike. His goggles hung looped over the handlebars of his bike, dripping the ooze it had saved from Chad’s eyes. And (2) , his helmet was a greasy smeary brown, save for the thin line of white and blue where his goggle strap had been. His body looked beaten, but his eyes, peering through the helmet, seemed relaxed and happy. He had just won a very long and tiring race. 49. (1) ….. A. Thousand spectators crowded around the venue B. His bike was very dirty C. His dirt bike was plastered D. Chad's bike moved skyrocketly 50. (2) …. A. when it fell down B. despite it was on his head C. although it was still on his head D. his head was still saved Some people think living in a city has many advantages. First of all it is often easier to find work, and there’s usually a choice of public transport. Therefore, you don’t need to own a car. (1) ……., there are a lot of interesting things to do and place to see. For Example, you can eat in good restaurants, visit museums, and go to the theatre and to concerts. City life is full of bustle and variety and you never feel bored. (2) ……., other people say that city life has some advantages. For one thing, you might have a job, but if it isn’t well-paid, you will not be able to afford many of the things, because living in a city is often expensive. Besides, public transport is sometimes crowded



and dirty, especially in the rush hour. Last of all, (3) …….. it is crowded, it is still possible to feel very lonely in a city. 51. (1) ……. A. Unlike C. In spite of this B. Although D. What’s more 52. (2)……. A. In addition B. For this reason



C. However D. Even though



53. (3)……. A. Finally B. Even though



C. Likewise D. Consequently



What is the antonym of the underlined word in the passage that follows? An important feature of the Big Bang spacetime is the presence of particle horizons. Since the universe has a (1) finite age, and light travels at a finite speed, there may be events in the past whose light has not had time to reach us. This places a limit or a past horizon on the most distant objects that can be observed. Conversely, because space is expanding, and more distant objects are (2) receding ever more quickly, light emitted by us today may never "catch up" to very distant objects. This defines a future horizon, which limits the events in the future that we will be able to influence. The presence of either type of horizon depends on the details of the FLRW model that describes our universe. Our understanding of the universe back to very early times suggests that there is a past horizon, though in practice our view is also limited by the (3) opacity of the universe at early times. So our view cannot extend further backward in time, though the horizon recedes in space. If the expansion of the universe continues to accelerate, there is a future horizon as well. 54. (2) = ………….. A. dwindling B.expanding C. subsiding D. retracting 55. (1) = ……………… A. Limited B. Restricted C. Definable D. indefinite 56. (3) = ………………. A. Transparency B. opaqueness C. obscurity



D. abstruseness The beaver's legendary capacity for hard work has produced some astonishing ...…... .........(1). In British Columbia, for example, one ambitious creature felled a cottonwood tree that was 11.1 feet tall and more than five feet thick. In New Hampshire, beavers ...............(2)a darn that was three fourths of a mile long and the body of water it created contained no fewer than 40 lodges In Colorado, beavers were responsible for the appearance of a canal that was a yard deep and ran for 7511 feet. Each adult beaver in Massachusetts, according to one researcher’s calculations, cuts down more than a ton of wood every year. 57. The blank space (1) in the passage can be best filled? A. Results C. advantegous B. Finding D. Reason 58. The blank space (2) in the passage can be best filled? A. Measured C. drawn B. Constructed D. found



Though they were not trained naturalists, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in their explorations of North America in the early nineteenth century came across enough unfamiliar birds, mammals, and reptiles to fill a zoo. In keeping with President Jefferson's orders they took careful note of 122 species and subspecies that were unknown to science and in many cases native only to the West. Clark made sketches of any particularly intriguing creature. He and Lewis also collected animal hides and horns and bird skins with such care that a few of them were still intact nearly two centuries later. While Lewis and Clark failed to meet the mythological monsters reputed to dwelt in the West, they did unearth the bones of a 45 - foot dinosaur. Furthermore, some of the living beasts they did come upon, such as the woolly mountain goat and the grizzly bear, were every bit as odd or as fearsome as any myth. In their collector's enthusiasm, they even floated a prairie dog out of its burrow by pouring in five barrel full of water, then shipped the frisky animal to Jefferson alive and yelping. 59. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. President Jefferson's pets B. Collector's techniques for capturing wildlife C. Discovery of animal species by Lewis and Clark D. Jobs for trained naturalists 60. It can be inferred from the passage that President Jefferson ordered Lewis and Clark to….. A. bring back animals for a zoo B. train to be naturalists C. compile sketches for a book D. record newly discovered species of animals