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The extremely hot and humid weather that occurs in the United States in July and August is
commonly called the “dogs days” of summer. This name comes from the star Sirius, which is
known as the Dog Star. Sirius is the brightest visible star, and in the hot summer months it
rises in the east at approximately the same time as the Sun. As ancient people saw this star
rising with the Sun when the weather was at its hottest, they believed that Sirius was the
cause of the additional heat; they believed that this bright star added its heat to the heat of
the Sun, and these two together made summer weather so unbearably hot.
6. The topic of this passage is...
A. How dogs like to play during the summer
B. The causes of hot and humid weather
C. Why the hot summer days are known as the “dog days”
D. The days that dogs prefer
7. The main idea of this passage is that
A. the name for the summer days came from Sirius, the Dog Star
B. dogs generally prefer hot summer days
C. the hottest days occur in the summer because of the movements of the Sun
and stars
D. Sirius rises at almost the same time as the Sun during the summer months
The term “primitive art” has been used in a variety of ways to describe works and
styles of art. One way that this term has been used is to describe the early period within the
development of a certain style of art. Another way that this term has been used is to
describe artists who have received little professional training and who demonstrate a
nontraditional naiveté in their work.
A wonderful example of this second type of primitive artist is Grandma Moses, who
spent all her life living on a farm and working at tasks normally associated with farm life. She
did not begin painting until she reached the age of seventy-six, when she switched to
painting from embroidery because the arthritis in her hands made embroidery too difficult.
Totally without formal education in art, she began creating panoramic images of everyday
life on the farm that have achieved international fame.
9. Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?
A. Grandma Moses spent her life on a farm
B. Art critics cannot come to any agreement on a definition of primitive art.
C. Grandma Moses is one type of primitive artist because of her lack of formal
training.
D. Many artists receive little professional training.
12. According to the passage, hackers can steal information by using the following tools
EXCEPT...
A. Artificial battery chargers
B. Earphones hidden in a wallet
C. Antennas hidden in a briefcase
D. Microphones hidden beneath tables
E. Fake power chargers plugged into power outlets
The Hawaiian language is a melodious language in which all words are derived from
an alphabet of only twelve letters, the five vowels a, e, i, o, u and the seven consonants h,
k, l, m, n, p, w. Each syllable in the language ends in a vowel, and two consonants never
appear together, so vowels have a much higher frequency in the Hawaiian language than
they do in English.
This musical-sounding language can be heard regularly by visitors to the islands. Most
Hawaiian speak English, but it is quite common to hear English that is liberally spiced with
words and expressions from the traditional language of the culture. A visitor may be
greeted with the expression aloha and may be referred to as a malihini because he is a
newcomer to the island. The visitor may attend an outside luau where everyone eats too
much and be invited afterwards to dance hula.
13. Which of the following is probably NOT a Hawaiian word:
A. mahalo
B. mahimahi
C. meklea
D. moana
Everyone likes to group thimngs. Language students group word as verbs, nouns
and so on; collections of words are classified as phrases, or clauses, or sentences,
and these again are reclassified according to their function. In the same way,
botanistsw classify plants as algae, or fungi, or gymnosperms, etc. Zoologysts
classify animals as vertrebrates and investibrates. The vetrebrates can be further
classified as mammals, reptiler, birds, fish, etc. Classification enables us to keep
hold of more information and, if it is based on the right data, enables us to
understand better the ideas we are studying.
15. The paragraph following the passage most likely deals with the classification of...
A. Flora and fauna
B. Human and sounds
C. Liquids and gases
D. Human behaviours
E. Words and phrases
16. The paragaph preceding the passage most likely deals with...
A. How zoologist classify things
B. The number of opposing scientist
C. The importance of grouping things
D. The vertebrates and invertebrates animal
E. The classification of materials
In English, there are many different kinds of expressions that people use to give a name
to anything whose name is unknown or momentarily forgotten. The word gadget is one
such word. It was first used by British sailors in the 1850s and probably came from the
French word gachette, which was a small hook. In everyday use, the word has a more
general meaning. Other words are also used to give a name to something unnamed or
unknown, and these words tend to be somewhat imaginative. Some of the more
commonly used expressions are a what-d’ye-call-it, a whatsis, a thingamabob, a
thingamajig, a doodad, or a doohickey.
17. Which of the following is NOT mentoned in the passage as an expression for
something that is not known?
A. A what-is-it
B. A gadget
C. A thingamabob
D. A doohickey
The Florida Keys are a beautiful chain of almost 1,000 coral and limestone islands
These islands form an arc that heads first southwest and then west from the
mainland. U.S. Highway 1, called the Overseas Highway connects the main islands in
the chain. On this highway, it is necessary to cross 42 bridges over the ocean to cover
the 159 miles from Miami on the mainland, to Key West the farthest island on the
highway and the southernmost city in the United States.
18. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the Florida Keys?
A. The Florida Keys are a chain of islands
B. The Florida Keys contain coral and limestone
C. The Florida Keys are in the shape of an arc
D. The Florida Keys are not all inhabited
Kunci jawaban:
1. D
2. B
3. A
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. A
9. C
10. A
11. B
12. B
13. C
14. A
15. C
16. C
17. A
18. D
19. B
20. D