The following text is for question no 1 to 5

Situated on steep slopes, montane and watershed forest are especially important in
ensuring water flow and inhibiting erosion. Yet, during the 1980s, montane formations suffered
the highest deforestation rate of tropical forest. When the forests are cut down, less moisture is
evaporated into the atmosphere resulting in the formation of fewer rain clouds. Subsequently
there is a decline in rainfall, subjecting the area to drought. Today Madagascar is largely a red,
treeless, desert from generations of forest clearing with fire. River flows decline and smaller
amounts of quality water reach cities and agricultural lands.
Colombia, one second in the world freshwater reserves, has fallen to 24th due to its extensive
deforestation over the past 30 years. Excessive deforestation around the Malaysia capita Kuala
Lumpur, combined with the dry conditions crated by El Nino, triggered strict water rationing in
1998, and for the first time the city had to import water. There is serious concern that
widespread deforestation could lead to a significant decline in rainfall and trigger a positive-
feedback process of increasing desiccation for neighboring forest cover. The newly desiccated
forest becomes prone to devastating fires. Such fires materialized in 1997 and 1998 in
conjunction with the dry conditions created by El Nino. Millions of acres burned as fires swept
through Indonesia, Brazil, Colombia, Central America, Florida, and other places. The Woods
Hole Research Center warned that more than 400,000 square kilometers of Brazilian Amazon
were highly vulnerable to fire in 1998.
1. What is the writer trying to inform the readers?
A. The effects of erosion
B. The impact of deforestation
C. The decrease of rain forests
D. The excessive explorations of forests
E. The issue on several tropical forests
2. Paragraphs 1 and 2 are related in that paragraph…
A. Argues for the meaning of tropical forests of which facts are put in paragraph 2
B. Explores the causes of erosion of which effects are explained in paragraph 2
C. Presents problems in tropical forests which are exemplified in paragraph 2
D. States problems of deforestation of which answer is given in paragraph 2
E. Provides detailed ideas for information described in paragraph 2
3. “… has fallen to 24th due to its extensive deforestation…” the word „its‟ in paragraph 2
refers to…
A. Colombia
B. The world
C. Freshwater
D. River flows
E. Agricultural land
4. The following will certainly occur if the rate of deforestation increasingly takes place in
Kalimantan, except…
A. Landslide will take place more frequently
B. The rate of rainfall will decrease sharply
C. Temperature will increase significantly
D. The biodiversity of the forest will end
E. Water rationing will be tighter
5. What is the writer‟s attitude like toward deforestation?
A. Passive
B. Worried
C. Ignorant
D. Indifferent
E. Concerned

The following text is for question no 6 to 8

Online social networking includes much more than Facebook and Twitter. It is any
online use of technology to connect people, enable them to collaborate with each other, and form
virtual communities. Social networking sites may allow visitors to send e-mails, post comments,
build web content, and take park in live chats.
Social networking has quickly transformed how people of all ages work, play and shop – and
even how we elect presidents. A 2010 Pew Study illustrates that it has become an integral part of
the world beyond K-12 schools. In the two years prior to the study, its use among Millennias
(age 18 to 33) rose from 67 percent to 83 percent, every generation 45 and older more than
doubled its participation, and adults 74 and older quadruple their participation (from 4 percent to
16 percent). Among students surveyed in National School Boards association study, 96 percent
of those with online access reported using social networking, and half said they use it to discuss
schoolwork.
Survey research confirms that interest in harnessing social networking for educational
purposes is high. As reported in School Principals and Social Networking in Education:
Practices, Policies, and Realities in 2010, a national survey of 1,200 principals, teachers and
librarians found that most agreed that social networking sites can help educators share
information and resources, create professional learning communities, and improve school wide
communications with students and staff. Those who had used social networks were more
positive about potential benefits than those who had not. In online discussion with 12 of the
principals surveyed, most said that social networking and online collaboration tools would make
a substantive change in student‟s educational experience. They also said these tools could
improve student motivation and engagement, help students develop a more social/collaborative
view of learning, and create a connection to real-life learning.
6. What does the passage mainly deal with?
A. The increased trend in using social networking in education
B. The development of technological benefits for teaching
C. The future impacts of social networking on students
D. The research result in using technology in daily life
E. The increased number of users ins social media
7. Based on the passage, the word harnessing in paragraph 3 means…
A. Engaging
B. Improving
C. Avoiding
D. Minimizing
E. Utilizing
8. School principals believe that social networking…
A. Develops students‟ curiosity
B. Maintains the private relationship
C. Engages students in learning
D. Helps students discuss school work
E. Makes students critical

The following text is for question no 9 to 10

If you had your choice, would you rather sit in an office all day to make a living or work
from the comfort of your own home? Nowadays, more and more businesses are allowing
employees to work at least part of the week from home. The idea of “telecommuting” is not that
new and for many, it has been technically possible since the internet became widely accessible.
Some employers, however, have been less willing to allow the practice for fear that employees
who were not being watched would become lazy and undisciplined. Actually, recent evidence
has shown that these fears are most unwarranted and that business can actually save a lot of
money on rent by converting more of their staff over to telecommuters.
In a normal telecommuting situation, a worker will be given assignments and asked to
complete them or report on them, as in any other office job. The major different is that most
communication is done using the telephone, e-mail and instant messaging. Some employers
allow workers to choose which hours they will work; others require them to be online during a
normal work day. Either way, most telecommuters have the freedom to work from home, or
wherever else they would like.
Yet telecommuters often find that their freedom comes with a cost. Those who work outside
the office may discover that their employers are more willing to ask them to work long or
strange hours. In situations where there are other family members at home, it can be difficult to
keep work life and home life separate. Other chores around the house can also serve as
distractions, and there is the matter of getting office supplies like printers and desks. Working at
a coffee shop or library may be a solution, but some locations put time limits on internet use.
Sometimes employee actually take a room in their house and convert it over to a home office –
this can be quite helpful in creating an ideal working environment and provides the added
benefit of a few dollars back in the bank when tax time comes around.
9. How are ideas in paragraph 1 and 2 related?
A. Paragraph 1 explains a variety of use of the internet explained in paragraph 2
B. Paragraph 1 defines the idea of telecommuting further argued in paragraph 2
C. Paragraph 2 exemplifies the idea of telecommuting described in paragraph 1
D. Paragraph 2 elaborates the advantages of working at home stated in paragraph 1
E. Paragraph 2 details the concepts of communication introduced in paragraph 1
10. The author would apparently agree that…
A. People will lose their interest to work for the government
B. Both employers and employees will need no work-load agreement
C. There will be more skilled people who are jobless due to telecommuting
D. Workers will enjoy more flexibility in doing their work if they work through
telecommuting
E. Employees will like working at home better to accommodate a new telecommuting
system

The following text is for question no 1 to 5

We all know that mobile phones, cellphones, hand-phones, whatever we want to call
them (and shouldn‟t we all be calling them the same thing?) are changing our lives. But it takes
a good old-fashioned survey to wake us up to glaring reality: they have changed who we are.
The mobile phone has indeed changed the way we behave. But perhaps we don‟t realize how
much we have become its slave. Consider other elements of the Siemens Mobile Survey: with
the exception of Australia, in every country surveyed the majority polled said they would go
back to their phone if they left it at home (in Australia it was a respectable 39%). If you have
endured the traffic in Indonesia, the Philippines and India, you will know what can of sacrifice
some two-thirds of those surveyed are making. I cannot think of anything I would go back for –
except my wallet, maybe, or my clothes. And even if we remembered to bring it, we are still not
happy. Many of us get anxious if has not rung or a text message has not appeared for a while (a
while being about an hour). Once again of those surveyed, Indonesians (65%) and Filipinos
(77%) get particularly jittery. Australian are more laid back about this (20%), but every other
user in Asia seems to be glancing at the phone every few second. This statistic, I have to say, is
highly believable, and the instinct highly annoying. There is nothing worse than chatting to
someone who constantly checks his or her hand-phone. Then there is the fact that mobile phones
are not only enslaving the user, they are trampling the rights of everyone else. Around a third of
folk surveyed acknowledge they get so engrossed in mobile conversations that they are often
unaware of speaking loudly while discussing their private lives in public. At least most of us
agree on one thing: with the exception of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, the increasing use of
mobile phones has led to a decline in courtesy and considerate behavior.
The bottom line here is that we are more than a little bit out of control. Mobile phones are
great: but if we allow them to dominate our lives to this extent – interrupting conversations with
those around us to take a call, starring at or phones rather than relating to the world and people
around us, sending flirty text messages to random numbers – then I can only assume that can
another 10 years, society as we know it will no longer exist. All we will see is a blur of digital
data going out and having all the fun, socializing, falling in love, and taking sneaky pictures of
each other.
11. The main purpose of the writer is to inform the readers about…
A. The popularity of communication technology.
B. The effects of cellphones on the behavior of users.
C. The various kinds of hand-phones available in the market.
D. The advantages of using cellphones in many Asian countries.
E. The percentage of cellphones users in Asia.
12. Which of the following statements is not true about cellphones?
A. By using cellphones people can change their lives.
 B. People become upset when they forget to bring their cellphones.
C. Cellphones have made users quite enslaved.
D. The writer is not one who is enslaved by cellphones.
E. The change in people‟s behavior may be cause by cellphones.
13. What makes Asian users of cellphones different from Australian ones?
A. They mostly use their cellphones for chatting.
B. The number of users in Asia is greater than in Australia.
C. They become angry when nobody calls or sends messages.
D. Their cellphones ring every hour throughout the day.
E. They are much more dependent on their cellphones.
14. Cellphones have not only enslaved the users but have also…
A. Disturbed other people‟s conversation in public.
B. Eliminated the existence of social life.
C. Made the users behave impolitely.
D. Prevented people from socializing with each other.
E. Caused the user to become quiet considerate.
15. The phrase “they are trampling the rights of everyone else” in line 17 means…
A. Interfering with somebody else‟s affairs.
B. Prohibiting somebody else‟s right to talk.
C. Rejecting to acknowledge one‟s ownership.
D. Ignoring the rights of other people.
E. Making use of other people‟s property.