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TEXT 1 of Colgate etc. and Fab or Breeze could be

TEXT A replaced with Daiya, Puteri Emas etc.
Berlin (Reuters)–No more Coca-Cola or There are a few questions arise in regard
Budweiser, no Marlboro, no American whiskey to the boycott such as how effective is the
or even American Express cards  a growing approach and why not boycotting all the
number of restaurants in Germany are taking products altogether. In answering these
everything American off their menus to protest questions, Sabasun has reiterated to look at
the war in Iraq. collapse of the apartheid regime in South
Although the protests are mainly symbolic, Africa as the best example.
waiters in dozens of bars and restaurants in To answer the question in regard to why not
Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Bonn and other boycotting all the products altogether,
German cities are telling patrons, "Sorry, Coca- Sabasun has taken an approach to do what can
Cola is not available any more due to the be done when one cannot do all. Hence, a few
current political situation." products that are really needed by consumers
The boycotts appear to be part of a nascent are offered on a limited floor space and no
worldwide movement. One Web site, promotion is done for the product. While
www.consumers-against-war.de, calls for products that are boycott completely will not
boycotts of 27 top American firms from even get space on the shelves let alone floor
Microsoft to Kodak while another, space. During the early phase after the
www.adbusters.org, urges the "millions of campaign was in progress, the effect of the
people against the war" to "Boycott Brand boycott is very obvious when Sabasun suffer a
America." loss of nearly RM 150,000.
Consumer fury seems to be on the rise.
Demonstrators in Paris smashed the windows 1. Both passages are similar in terms of
of a McDonald's restaurant last week, forcing (A) The problem underlying in both
police in riot gear to move in to protect staff and passages
customers of the American fast-food outlet. (B) The writer’s point of view
The attackers sprayed obscenities and (C) The effect of the problem discussed
"boycott" on the windows. (D) The area the problem taking place
(E) The reason leading to the problem
TEXT B
This economic advantage, in turn, is used 2. The difference between the first and the
to sponsor terror and killing in Islamic second passage is that the latter
countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq. When (A) Asserts the economic advantage resulted
product boycott was carried out by consumers from boycotting while the former claims
in the Middle East and some in the European the cause of boycotting
countries, sales of these companies is reported (B) Exposes the disserve impact of
to be decreased by 10% and this amounted to boycotting for Islamic countries while
big numbers for giant companies. Thus, it is a the former shows the situation in
rational for Muslim especially in Malaysia to Germany
take similar action. Furthermore, Of late, (C) Affirms the need for boycotting
many other products are available as an American products while the former
alternative for the boycotted products. For depicts the activity of boycotting in
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(D) Repudiates the boycott toward Gloomy water news, however, is not just a
American products while the former thing of the future: Today an estimated 1.2
presents the reason of boycotting billion people drink unclean water, and about
(E) Points out the limitation of the activity 2.5 billion lack proper toilets or sewerage
while the former clarifies the need to do systems. More than five million people die
the activity each year from water-related diseases such as
cholera and dysentery. All over the globe
3. From the second passage, it can be inferred farmers and municipalities are pumping water
that the topic discussed before the text B is out of the ground faster than it can be
(A) The basic reason for repelling American replenished.
products Still, as I discovered on a two-month trip to
(B) The terror for Islamic countries Africa, India, and Spain, a host of individuals,
(C) The motivation for not boycotting all the organizations, and businesses are working to
products altogether solve water’s dismal arithmetic.
(D) The effectiveness in carrying out the
program
(E) The economic advantage of the
American firms 5. The subject matter discussed in the passage
is ___
4. The most suitable word to least change the (A) The effect of fresh water shortage
word “nascent” in “The boycotts appear to (B) Project to provide fresh and clean water
be part of a nascent worldwide movement.” (C) Nature disturbance leading to
in the first passage is availability of water
(A) Newly born (D) Alarming condition of the world water
(B) Rising shortage
(C) Perilous (E) The amount of fresh water on earth
(D) Vital
(E) Fretting 6. The part following the passage will likely
discuss about
TEXT 2 (A) The spread of greater water shortage in
Among the environmental specters Africa, India, and Spain
confronting humanity in the 21st century – (B) The writer’s discoveries of gloomy
global warming, the destruction of rain forests, water news
overfishing of the oceans – a shortage of fresh (C) Techniques taken to obtain maximum
water is at the top of the list, particularly in the efficiency from every drop of water
developing world. Hardly a month passes (D) Another environmental specters
without a new study making another alarming confronting humanity
prediction, further deepening concern over (E) The solving ideas of individuals,
what a World Bank expert calls the “grim organizations, and businesses problems
arithmetic of water.” Recently the United
Nations said that 2.7 billion people would face
severe water shortages by 2025 if consumption 7. What inference can undermine the
continuous at current rates. Fears about a information taken from the passage?
parched future arise from a projected growth (A) Poor sanitation leads to water-related
of world population from more than six billion illness
today to an estimated nine billion in 2050. Yet (B) The growth of world population is
the amount of fresh water on Earth is not imbalance with the clean water
increasing. Nearly 97 percent of the planet’s availability
water is salt water in seas and oceans. Close to (C) There is always new study making
2 percents of Earth’s water is frozen in polar another alarming prediction about fresh
ice sheets and glaciers, and a fraction of one water
percent is available for drinking, irrigation,
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(D) It is estimated that 1.2 billion people standards but of rising expectations on the part
drink unclean water, and about 2.5 of parents and employers.
billion lack proper toilets or sewerage Whether or not standards in public schools
systems are actually falling, many parents feel that the
(E) Only one percent of water is available only way to secure a good education for their
for drinking, irrigation, and industrial children is to send them to private schools,
use which generally have smaller classer and stricter
discipline. The popularity of such schools is
8. The followings are the least meaning of the going steadily, despite the high tuition fees. In
word “parched” the United States, for example, eleven percent of
(A) Dried all school children attend private schools; in
(B) Alight France, over sixteen percent do so.
(C) Arid
(D) Crispy 9. These following statements are true,
(E) Droughty except…
(A) Many children quit school.
(B) The dropout rate in Europe is lower than
in U.S.
Text 3 (C) Parents hire teachers to teach their
After rising steadily for almost a century, children at home.
standards of education in the public schools of (D) Dropout rates are rising.
Europe and North America have leveled off, and (E) Lack of discipline is one of the factors
in the opinion of many parents and employers, which leads to the decline of educational
are actually falling. More and more children are standards.
leaving school with little more than basic
knowledge of reading, writing, and arithmetic, 10. From the second paragraph, it can be
and illiteracy is becoming a social problem once inferred that ….
again. With dropout rates of twenty-seven (A) Many factors are involved in the decline
percent in high school and fifty percent in in educational standards in the U.S. and
colleges, the American education system is Europe.
clearly in trouble; European dropout rates, (B) Factors which cause the decline in
though lower than those of U.S., are rising too. educational standards in the U.S. and
Various factors have been blamed for the Europe are debatable.
apparent decline in educational standards. Some (C) The decline in educational standards in
people say that over-crowding and lack of the U.S. and Europe is mainly caused by
discipline are major factors. Others maintain parents and employers.
that subjects like art and drama have been (D) School needs more practical subjects.
overemphasized at the expense of more practical (E) Teachers and principals should be
subjects. The negative influence of television is responsible to the decline in educational
frequently mentioned as a reason for growing standards in the U.S. and Europe.
illiteracy. Many teachers and principals,
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KUNCI JAWABAN

1. A
2. C
3. E
4. A
5. D
6. C
7. E
8. B
9. C
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