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1. The text is for question below .
Erno Rubik first studied sculpture and then later architecture in Budapest, where he went on to
become a teacher of interior design. It was while he was working as a teacher that he began the
preliminary work on an invention that he called the ‘Magic Cube'.
Rubik was inspired by geometric puzzles such as the Chinese tangram, a puzzle consisting of various
triangles, a square and a parallelogram which can be combined to create different shapes and figures.
However, unlike the tangram, which is two- dimensional, Rubik was more interested in investigating
how three-dimensional forms, such as the cube, could be moved and combined to produce other
forms.
His design consisted of a cube made up of layers of individual smaller cubes, and each smaller cube
could be turned in any direction except diagonally. To ensure that the cubes could move
independently, without falling apart, Rubik first attempted to join them together using elastic bands.
However, this proved to be impossible, so Rubik then solved the problem by assembling them using a
rounded interior. This permitted them to move smoothly and easily. He experimented with different
ways of marking the smaller cubes, but ended up with the simple solution of giving a different colour
to each side. The object was to twist the layers of small cubes so that each side of the large cube was
an identical colour.
Rubik took out a patent for the Cube in 1977 and started manufacturing it in the same year. The
Cube came to the attention of a Hungarian businessman, Tibor Laczi, who then demonstrated it at the
Nuremberg Toy Fair. When British toy expert Tom Kremer saw it, he thought it was amazing and he
persuaded a manufacturer, Ideal Toys, to produce 1 million of them in 1979. Ideal Toys renamed the
Cube after the toy’s inventor, and in 1980, Rubik’s Cube was shown at toy fairs all over the world. It
won that year’s prize in Germany for Best Puzzle. Rubik’s Cube is believed to be the world’s best-
selling puzzle; since its invention, more than 300 million Cubes have been sold worldwide.
Rubik’s Cube consists of a number of smaller cubes organised in ….
a. interior
b. puzzle
c. layers
d. shapes
e. cubes
forms.
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From the text we know that the cube’s interior ….
a. is shaped in a way that allows the smaller cubes to move smoothly
b. is made of two different kinds of cubes
c. has distinct colours from the sides of the large cube
d. contains layers of small cubes so that each side of the large cube is an identical colour
e. could be moved and combined to produce other forms
forms.
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Which one is the most appropriate and general conclusion of the passage?
a. Rubik was invented for educational purpose.
b. Rubik started the evolution of toy.
c. Rubik is a brilliant invention.
d. Rubik is not only a toy. It increases children’s intelligence.
e. Rubik is one of toys parents should consider to buy.
forms.
The purpose of the writer in writing the sentence “Rubik was inspired by geometric puzzles such as the
Chinese tangram, a puzzle consisting of various triangles, a square and a parallelogram which can be
combined to create different shapes and figures.” in paragraph 2 is to ….
a. exemplify shapes and figures can be made with a Rubik and the tangram
b. explain the difference between the tangram and Rubik
c. identify types of rubrik
d. explain how Rubik inspired the Chinese tangram
e. convey the origin of Rubik
5. The question is based on the following text.
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Exercise is painful. As the cliché goes, “No pain, no gain.” When the body exerts itself, pumping
action out of muscles to tear them down and build their mass, it’s left with a soreness. Doctors,
coaches, and mothers all recommend heat for tense sore muscles—warm baths, moist towels, hot-
water bottles, or heated pads as thermotherapy techniques. But how exactly does applying this heat
help the pain and relax the muscles?
While exercising, the body requires more energy than it can produce through aerobic respiration, or
the intake of oxygen. To create enough energy for vigorous movement, the body goes through another
process: anaerobic respiration. This type of energy production burns sugars without oxygen, producing
lactic acid within exerted muscles. Overworked muscles and a buildup of lactic acid are what cause the
pain associated with exercising. When heat is applied to a sore area of the body, blood vessels widen
and blood flow increases to transport excess lactic acid and other toxins away from tired muscles.
These muscles are also made more elastic by the heat, and nerve endings are stimulated to block pain
signals.
Hogeback, J. (n.d). Why Does Heat Relax Your Muscles? Taken on July 14, 2021 from https://www.britannica.com/story/why-does-heat-relax-your-
muscles.
The writer's intention in writing the sentence “When the body exerts itself, pumping action out of
muscles to tear them down and build their mass, it’s left with a soreness” in paragraph 1 is to ….
a. highlight the process of muscle building during exercise
b. illustrate the cliché related to exercise and pain
c. explain the sources of pain while exercising
d. show the process of soreness on muscles
e. define the cliché “No pain, no gain”
signals.
muscles.
The best restatement of the underlined sentence in paragraph 2 is ...
a. Heating the body, especially the tired muscles, caused blood vessels to enlarge and blood flow to
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increase which in turn lower lactic acid and toxins concentration.
b. The sore area of the body needs to be heated in order to widen blood vessels by increasing blood
flow so that excessive lactic acid and toxins can be removed from tired muscles.
c. The heat applied to a sore body helps carry lactic acid and other toxins away from muscles due to
the enlargement of blood vessels and increased blood flow.
d. When a diseased body is kept warm, there is a transport of excess lactic acid and other toxins to
widen blood vessels and increase blood flow.
e. Excess lactic acid and other toxins are transported away from tired muscles when heat is applied
to a sore body as blood vessels enlarge and blood flow increases.
signals.
muscles.
Which of the following most resembles the relationship between warm baths and thermotherapy
technique as described in the passage?
a. Covid-19 and virus
b. Exercise and muscle
c. Moisturizer and dry skin
d. Prolonged drought and food crisis
e. Reforestation and forest conservation
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signals.
muscles.
Which of the following best describes the organization of the text?
a. Sequential order
b. Cause and effect
c. Chronological order
d. Problem and solution
e. Definition and example
signals.
muscles.
What is the author's tone towards the topic of the text?
a. critical
b. concerned
c. subjective
d. instructive
e. informative
10. Read the text and answer the question!
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Perfectionism has come to be viewed as an important maintaining factor of disordered eating. In the
transdiagnostic theory of eating disorders, Fairburn, Cooper and Shafran assert that clinical
perfectionism is one of four core mechanisms that maintain eating disorder pathology. In the
cognitive-interpersonal model of anorexia nervosa, perfectionism/cognitive rigidity is one of the four
postulated maintaining factors. In addition, the three-factor theory by Bardone-Cone and colleagues
implicates the interaction between high perfectionism, high body dissatisfaction, and low self-esteem
in the growth of bulimic behaviour. In support of these theoretical positions, research consistently
shows perfectionism to be elevated in people with eating disorders and people recovering from eating
disorders compared to controls.
However the precise nature of the construct of perfectionism continues to be debated in the
literature. Perfectionism has been proposed to be a multidimensional construct by two groups of
theorists. The first construct, proposed by Hewitt and Flett, focuses on the interpersonal components
of perfectionism, and the associated 45-item scale is divided into three subscales. The self oriented
perfectionism subscale relates to setting high standards for achievement and self-criticism for not
meeting standards. The other oriented perfectionism subscale includes items that relate to having
high standards for other people that are unrealistic. The socially prescribed perfectionism subscale
items are related to perceiving that other people hold unrealistically high standards for the individual.
The second theory proposes a 6 factor construct for perfectionism, measured using the Frost
Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, they are: Personal Standards (setting high standards), Concern
over Mistakes (negative reactions to mistakes and perceiving mistakes as failures), Doubts about
Actions (doubting one’s own performance), Parental Expectations (parents setting high standards),
Parental Criticism (parents criticising for mistakes), and Organisation (organisation and neatness).
Factor analyses have consistently shown a two factor solution, consisting of adaptive (achievement
striving) perfectionism (Personal Standards and Organisation), and maladaptive evaluative concerns
(Concern over Mistakes, Doubt about Action, Parental Expectations, and Parental Criticism).
Achievement striving is typically associated with healthy functioning while maladaptive evaluative
concerns is more consistently associated with psychopathology. There is one exception to this general
finding, which is that elevated levels of both types of perfectionism are associated with eating
disorders. Thus it has been suggested that elevated levels of both types of perfectionism confers most
risk for disordered eating.
Findings from a research study by Wade and Tiggemann suggest that perfectionism is pertinent to
the normative state of body dissatisfaction. Given the role of body dissatisfaction in increasing risk for
disordered eating, this suggests that targeting perfectionism may be of benefit in buffering young
people against the development of disordered eating. One piece of research has investigated an
intervention that targeted perfectionism in middle adolescence which significantly reduced
maladaptive evaluative concerns compared to two other conditions (media literacy informed by
inoculation theory, which suggests that building skills to resist social persuasion will prevent the
development of health-risk behaviours and a control condition).
Wade, T. D. & Tiggemann, M. (2013). The role of perfectionism in body dissatisfaction. Journal of Eating Disorders, 1 (2). https://doi.org/10.1186/2050-
2974-1-2.
The point from paragraph 1 is ...
a. High rate of perfectionism is found in people with eating disorders.
b. People with eating disorders also have perfectionism issues.
c. Eating disorders are greatly influenced by perfectionism.
d. People who are perfectionist tend to have concerning eating disorders.
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e. Bulimic behavior is the only effect caused by perfectionism.
2974-1-2.
What is the correlation between paragraph 2 and 3?
a. Paragraph two provides one side of the argument while paragraph three questions it.
b. Paragraph two points out one of the construct theories of perfectionism while paragraph three
exemplifies it.
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c. Paragraph two argues about one of perfectionism constructs while paragraph three elaborates
more constructs.
d. Paragraph three continues the information contained in paragraph two.
e. Paragraph two and paragraph three consistently display separate information.
2974-1-2.
The word elevated in paragraph three has similar meaning to .…
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a. moderate
b. excessive
c. obsessive
d. raising
e. fair
2974-1-2.
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Based on the text, which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. Women are more likely to be perfectionists than men.
b. Perfectionism is an inborn trait that cannot be fully eliminated from a person’s life.
c. Hewitt and Flett’s construction and 6 factor construct are similar.
d. Maladaptive evaluative concerns escalates eating disorders for some people.
e. Addressing perfectionism at the age of 15-16 may lower the risk of future eating disorders.
14. Read the text below to answer the question!
A team led by UC Riverside geologists has discovered the first ancestor on the family tree that
contains most familiar animals today, including humans. The tiny, wormlike creature, named Ikaria
wariootia, is the earliest bilaterian, or organism with a front and back, two symmetrical sides, and
openings at either end connected by a gut. The paper is published today in Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences.
For 15 years, scientists agreed that fossilized burrows found in 555 million-year-old Ediacaran Period
deposits in Nilpena, South Australia, were made by bilaterians. However, there was no sign of the
creature that made the burrows, leaving scientists with nothing but speculation. Then, Scott Evans, a
recent doctoral graduate from UC Riverside; and Mary Droser, a professor of geology, noticed
miniscule, oval impressions near some of these burrows. With funding from a NASA exobiology grant,
they used a three-dimensional laser scanner that revealed the regular, consistent shape of a
cylindrical body with a distinct head and tail and faintly grooved musculature. The animal ranged
between 2-7 millimeters long and about 1-2.5 millimeters wide, with the largest the size and shape of a
grain of rice -- just the right size to have made the burrows.
"We thought these animals should have existed during this interval, but always understood they
would be difficult to recognize," Evans said. "Once we had the 3D scans, we knew that we had made
an important discovery."
University of California - Riverside. (2020). Ancestor of all animals identified in Australian fossils: A wormlike creature that lived more than 555 million
years ago is the earliest bilaterian. Taken on March 25, 2020, from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200323152108.htm.
Based on the passage, we can infer that …
a. The first ancestor of animals can be bigger than a grain of rice.
b. Ikaria wariootia cannot grow more than a grain of rice.
c. Ikaria wariootia’s shape is always change.
d. Ikaria wariootia has a giant body.
e. The first ancestor of animals’ length is around 10cm.
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What is the main idea of the passage?
a. The descendant on the family tree of familiar animals found in Australia
b. A team led by UC Riverside geologists
c. Australian geologists finding most animals
d. The small ancestor of familiar animals identified in Australia
e. The geologists’ discovery of a worm in Australia
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The best summary of the passage is …
a. The first ancestor on the family tree containing most animals today has been found by a team of
geologists. The womlike creature named Ikaria wariootia was found in Ediacaran Period deposits
in Australia. It is a tiny bilaterian which become the crucial discovery.
b. The earliest worm has been discovered in Australia. A geologist found it in Ediacaran Period
deposits. This creature has become the largest animal and also the important discovery.
c. The ancestor of animals has the same family as a worm. It has a gut connecting its two
symmetrical sides. The size is mostly bigger than a grain of size.
d. A team of geologists has discovered the descendant on the family tree of most familiar animals.
This creature seems like a worm, with two symmetrical sides. It also has variable inconsistent
shapes.
e. The first ancestor of all animals has been identified by a team of geologists in UC Riverside. This
wormlike creature named Ikaria wariootia is as small as a grain of rice. The discovery of this
creature becomes so important.
The purpose of the passage is ….
a. to announce how great a team of geologists is
b. to deliver the information about several ancestors
c. to advertise an ancient animal found in Australia
d. to inform the readers about the important discovery
e. to reveal the sophisticated new science technology
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18. The question is based on the following passage.
People and other great apes are known for their willingness to help others in need, even strangers.
Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology on January 9 have shown for the first time that some
birds—and specifically African grey parrots—are similarly helpful. "We found that African grey parrots
voluntarily and spontaneously help familiar parrots to achieve a goal, without obvious immediate
benefit to themselves," says study co-author Désirée Brucks of the Max Planck Institute for
Ornithology, Germany.
Parrots and crows are known for having large brains relative to the size of their bodies and problem-
solving skills to match. For that reason, they are sometimes considered to be "feathered apes",
explain Brucks and study co-author Auguste von Bayern. However, earlier studies showed that, despite
their impressive social intelligence, crows don't help other crows. In their new study, Brucks and von
Bayern wondered: what about parrots?
To find out, they enlisted several African grey parrots and blue-headed macaws. Both parrot species
were eager to trade tokens with an experimenter for a nut treat. However, their findings show that
only the African grey parrots were willing to transfer a token to a neighbor parrot, allowing the other
individual to earn a nut reward.
"Remarkably, African grey parrots were intrinsically motivated to help others even if the other
individual was not their friend, so they behaved very prosocially," von Bayern says. Importantly, she
notes, the African grey parrots appeared to understand when their help was needed. When they could
see the other parrot had an opportunity for exchange, they'd pass a token over. Otherwise, they
wouldn't. The parrots would help out whether the other individual was their "friend" or not, she adds.
However, their relationship to the other individual did have some influence. When the parrot in need of
help was a "friend," the helper transferred even more tokens.
The researchers suggest the difference between African greys parrots and blue-headed macaws
may relate to differences in their social organization in the wild. Despite those species differences, the
findings show that helping behavior is not limited to humans and great apes, but evolved
independently also in birds.
Cell Press. (2019). African grey parrots spontaneously 'lend a wing'. Taken on July 14, 2021,
from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200109130153.htm.
What does the text mainly deal with?
a. The abilities of feathered apes
b. The basic characteristics of African grey parrots
c. The selfless action that African grey parrots have
d. Willingness to help others and parrots’ personality type
e. Some African greys which are willing to help other birds
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The researchers suggest the difference between African greys and blue-headed macaws may relate
to differences in their social organization in the wild. Despite those species differences, the findings
show that helping behavior is not limited to humans and great apes, but evolved independently also in
birds.
The paragraph following the passage will most likely discuss ....
a. the habitat of African grey parrots
b. the difference between African greys and blue-headed macaws
c. the small-group-living macaws that would behave more helpfully, while the African greys might
not need to
d. further studies that are required to investigate the underlying mechanisms of the parrots' helping
behavior
e. a series of experiments demonstrated that African grey parrots have something like social
intelligence in addition to their cleverness
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The researchers suggest the difference between African greys and blue-headed macaws may relate
to differences in their social organization in the wild. Despite those species differences, the findings
show that helping behavior is not limited to humans and great apes, but evolved independently also in
birds.
The word intrinsically in paragraph 4 can be best replaced by ….
a. eagerly
b. willingly
c. basically
d. intentionally
e. independently
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1. The text is for question below .

Rubik’s Cube consists of a number of smaller cubes organised in ….

2. The text is for question below .

Tes Bahasa Inggris 3 - Reading for Jumlah Soal : Durasi :

From the text we know that the cube’s interior ….

a. is shaped in a way that allows the smaller cubes to move smoothly

b. is made of two different kinds of cubes

c. has distinct colours from the sides of the large cube

e. could be moved and combined to produce other forms

3. The text is for question below .

Tes Bahasa Inggris 3 - Reading for Jumlah Soal : Durasi :

a. Rubik was invented for educational purpose.

b. Rubik started the evolution of toy.

c. Rubik is a brilliant invention.

d. Rubik is not only a toy. It increases children’s intelligence.

e. Rubik is one of toys parents should consider to buy.

4. The text is for question below .

b. explain the difference between the tangram and Rubik

c. identify types of rubrik

d. explain how Rubik inspired the Chinese tangram

e. convey the origin of Rubik

5. The question is based on the following text.

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a. highlight the process of muscle building during exercise

b. illustrate the cliché related to exercise and pain

c. explain the sources of pain while exercising

d. show the process of soreness on muscles

e. define the cliché “No pain, no gain”

6. The question is based on the following text.

The best restatement of the underlined sentence in paragraph 2 is ...

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increase which in turn lower lactic acid and toxins concentration.

7. The question is based on the following text.

a. Covid-19 and virus

b. Exercise and muscle

c. Moisturizer and dry skin

d. Prolonged drought and food crisis

e. Reforestation and forest conservation

8. The question is based on the following text.

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Which of the following best describes the organization of the text?

b. Cause and effect

d. Problem and solution

e. Definition and example

9. The question is based on the following text.

What is the author's tone towards the topic of the text?

10. Read the text and answer the question!

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The point from paragraph 1 is ...

a. High rate of perfectionism is found in people with eating disorders.

b. People with eating disorders also have perfectionism issues.

c. Eating disorders are greatly influenced by perfectionism.

d. People who are perfectionist tend to have concerning eating disorders.

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e. Bulimic behavior is the only effect caused by perfectionism.

11. Read the text and answer the question!

What is the correlation between paragraph 2 and 3?