ANNOUNCEMENT
Due to the Education Ministry decree mentioned that all students especially in government high schools are obliged to take final Exam or Ujian Nasional based on computer or CBT, we are expectedly eager to invite all English teachers to come and join at CBT Training held by our MGMP on Monday, February 22, 2016, 08.00 PMat SMA Negeri 56 West Jakarta.
This announcement is legally made based on the instruction of the local authority and the official invitation will be distributed at the time. Please also bring your laptop and cable roll. To make it easier and more efficient, each participant is expected to prepare a softcopy of complete paper based test which is later going to be converted into CBT. A flask disc and modem will be necessary also.
Hopefully, this program will give any important contributions to our beloved students in facing the exam. Thanks for your attention and we are looking forward to seeing all of you at the training.1
1. What is the text about?
B. The legal notification for using CBT in Ujian Nasional
C. The CBT training invitation for teachers in West Jakarta
D. The importance of using CBT for Ujian Nasional to students
E. The announcement of new regulation on CBT for Ujian Nasional
2. A teacher should bring … beside a laptop, cable roll, a flask disc and modem in the training.
D. a manual complete paper based test
E. CBT software
A tornado can do a lot of damage. The wind of tornado rushes at great speed around a funnel-shaped cloud. It travels in a path a few hundred feet wide and about twenty-five miles long. As the wind circles counterclockwise, the funnel spirals higher and higher. The force of the wind sucks tip water, dirt, and objects, and carries them along with it. It may drop them again many miles away. Houses and huge trees have been drawn into tornado funnels. At sea, ships have been nearly sunk by tornadoes dropping water on them.
East of Australia people talk about a rain of blood. This is caused by a tornado picking up red dust and mixing it with water to make red rain. There are even stories about a rain of fish and frogs caused by a tornado sucking them up and then dropping them.
3. A tornado is a …
4. The path of tornado is usually …
A. short and narrow
B. wider than its length
C. as long as its width
D. as long as its width
E. a and b
5. The wind in a tornado usually travels … .
A. straight up
B. up and around
C. down
6. The “rain of blood” east of Australia made of … ....
A. fishes and frogs
B. red dust and water
C. rusty water
D. real blood
E. sea water
JK. Rowling was born in Chipping Sodury, July 31st 1965. Her childhood was generally happy, although she does remember getting teased because of her name, “Rowling” – She recalls often getting called “Rowling pin” by her less than ingenious school friends. She studied at St Michael’s Primary School in Gloucestershire, before moving to Chepstow, South Wales at the age of nine.
From an early age, JK. Rowling had an ambition to be a writer. She often tried her hand at writing, although little came from her early efforts. Aged six she wrote a book about a rabbit with measles. After her mother praised her effort, Rowling replied ‘well get it published then.’ She admits it was a ‘Bit of an odd thing for a child of six to think. I don’t know where it came from…”
In 1991, she left England to get a job as an English teacher in Portugal. It was here that she met her first husband, Jorge Arantes – and had a child Jessica. However, after a couple of years, the couple split after a fierce argument; where by all accounts JK. Rowling was thrown out of the house.
On the 21st December 2006, she finished her final book of the Harry Potter Series – “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows“. The book was released in July 2007, becoming one of the fastest selling books of all time. Rowling has said the book is her favourite, and it makes her both happy and sad. She has said she will continue writing but there is little chance of continuing the Harry Potter Series. She however, may release a dictionary of things related to Hogwarts and Harry Potter that were never published in other books.
Rowling currently lives in Scotland, on the banks of the river Tay, with her 2nd husband Neil Murray; and has 3 children, two with husband Neil.3
7. The text tells us about....
A. The achievement of J.K Rowling
B. The description of J.K Rowling
C. The childhood of J.K Rowling
D. The ambition of J.K Rowling
E. The life of J.K Rowling
8. “The book was released in July 2007.” Synonym
The underlined word means....
A. edited.
B. written
C. launched
D. promoted
E. announced
All butterflies have "complete metamorphosis". To grow into an adult they go some through its stages and each stage has a different goal.
A butterfly starts life as a very small, round, oval or cylindrical egg. The coolest thing about butterfly eggs, especially monarch butterfly eggs, is that if you look close enough you can actually see the tiny caterpillar growing inside of it. Butterfly eggs are usually laid on the leaves of plants, so if you are actively searching for these very tiny eggs, you will have to take some time and examine quite a few leaves in order to find some.
When the egg hatches, the caterpillar will start his work and eat the leaf they were born onto. This is really important because the mother butterfly needs to lay her eggs on certain type of leaf which the caterpillar will eat - each type of caterpillar likes only certain types of leaves. Since they are tiny and cannot travel to a new plant, the mother caterpillar needs to hatch its egg on the kind of leaf it wants to eat. Caterpillars need to eat and eat so they can grow quickly. When a caterpillar is born, they are extremely small. When they start eating, they instantly start growing and expanding. Their exoskeleton (skin) does not stretch or grow, so they grow by "molting" (shedding the outgrown skin) several times while it is growing.
The pupa stage is one of the coolest stages of a butterfly's life. As soon as a caterpillar has reached its full length or weight, it changes itself into a pupa, also known as a chrysalis. This is the stage of developing.
Finally, when the caterpillar has fully grown adult if you are lucky, you will see an adult butterfly emerge. When the butterfly emerges from the chrysalis, both of the wings are soft and folded against its body. The butterfly will be able to fly after the blood circulation reaches its wings.
9. The text is about ....
A. the growth of a butterfly
B the characteristics of a butterfly
C. the lifecycle of a butterfly
D. fully grown butterfly
E. the reproductive system of a butterfly
10. What will happen if the caterpillar has reached its full weight and length? It will ....
A. lay eggs
B. start eating
C. search for food
D. form a chrysalis
E. emerge a beautiful butterfly
Everybody likes home sweet home however making office at home is possible and recommended. Of course home office will have both advantage and disadvantage. Therefore it is wise to consider the strengths and weaknesses to have a home office.
Some people will agree that having an office at home will make benefit. It saves time. We need no commuting which occasionally takes a long time. Besides we are free to set the work schedule. Having home office will save money as we need not to purchase or lease of office space from rent companies. What make it more flexible is that we can set part or all parts of our home just as a real office. What we need is only a wireless router to cover all parts of our house with Internet. We can run our business wherever part of house we want, from living room, bed room, veranda, etc even we can make sales or purchases by online shopping for things we need. Furthermore working at home might reduce stress, effort and time and divert it to other more productive things because while working, we are close to our families.
However making home as office also has some disadvantages. For some people, keeping the schedule is hard in flexible time. Such people type wills harder if they are working just from home. There will no clear border between working and breaking. Working just from home also reduces the possibility to meet new people. It is true that computer and Internet connection possibly relate people every time and everywhere but we will interact with them in a dimension which is not real face.
So considering carefully what we actually need in running our business is much recommended before choosing to have office at home or not.
11. What is the communicative purpose of the text?
A. To tell about advantages of a home office
B. To persuade readers to have a home office
C. To explain how to do a home office
D. To discuss about having a home office
E. To critics a home office
12. The followings are people‟s opinion about home office, EXCEPT:
A. We do not need to set the work schedul
B. Home office means we work at our home
C. We will have no border between working and breaking
D. We will get closer to our families
E. Keeping the schedule is hard in flexible time.
13. We need no commuting which occasionally takes a long time.
The underlined word has the closest meaning with
A. Travelling
B. Changing
C. Transferring
D. riding
E. driving
Pros and Cons of Savings Account
The traditional way to save money for families and individuals was to put your money into savings account, and then allow it to grow interest from there. Times have changed, and now some people think that the savings accounts that we once used and loved aren't as valuable to us anymore.
Savings accounts are fundamental money management tools that can help you meet your long- and short-term financial needs. Knowing the pros and cons of savings accounts can help you figure out how to use them effectively.
The most obvious advantage of a saving account is that deposited funds accrue interest over time. Money under your mattress or in a home safe misses out on valuable earning potential. The rate you earn depends on where you deposit your money. Online banks tend to offer more competitive interest rates because their overhead expenses are lower than those of brick-and-mortar banks. Another important advantage is security. When you place your money in a bank, the government insures it up to the maximum amount allowed by law. So, compared to a number of other options, your money is safe in a savings account.
Compared with certificates of deposit (CDs) and other higher-interest bank products, savings accounts generally pay a lower rate of interest. In other words, the interest that you get on your money saved is very low. If you're willing to keep your money deposited for a specific time period—anywhere from a few months to a few years, depending on what you choose—you generally can earn more interest with a CD than with a savings account. Some banks charge fees on their savings accounts. Be sure to compare the terms of different banks and look for those that offer savings accounts with no monthly maintenance fees.
Saving money for the future is an essential part of making responsible financial decisions. It’s worth your time to weigh the pros and cons before deciding on a savings account that works for you.
14. What is the greatest benefit of saving money in a bank according to the passage?
A. Saving money in a bank is more secure.
B. Customer’s deposit will rise periodically.
C. There are some competitive interest rates.
D. Government guarantees customer’s deposit.
E. Customers are able to manage their own money.
15. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?
A. The periodic rise of customer’s deposit.
B. The secure way to save money in a bank.
C. The beneficial arguments of saving money in a bank.
D. The drawbacks of saving account in state or private bank.
E. The government’s official guarantee on customer’s deposit.
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