Text 1
Changing lifestyles, changes in diet, reduced physical
exercise, as well as increased human life expectancy, have accidentally
increased the prevalence of non-contagious diseases such as diabetes mellitus.
Diabetes mellitus is chronic disease caused by inherited and or acquired
deficiency in the production of insulin hormone by the pancreas, or by the
ineffectiveness of the insulin produced. This deficiency results in increased
concentration of glucose in the blood, which can develop into other serious
complications like heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, circulation
problem, nerve damage and damage to the kidneys or eyes. The main symptoms of
untreated diabetes are increased thirst, overactive bladder, especially during
the night, extreme tiredness, weight-loss, genital itching or regular episodes
of thrush and blurred vision.
There are two main types of diabetes mellitus.
Insulin-dependent diabetes, known as type-1 diabetes, develops when the insulin
–producing cells in the pancreas have been destroyed. This type of diabetes
generally affects younger people. Type-2 diabetes or non-insulin-dependent diabetes,
develops when the body develops insufficient insulin or when the produced
insulin does not work properly, also known as insulin resistance.
People at risk of developing type-2 diabetes are those
with family history of diabetes, people aged between 40 years and 75 years old,
those of Asian or Afro-Caribbean origin, people who are very overweight and
women who have given birth to a large baby.
Certain medications, hormones, and steroid can also increase person’s risk of
acquiring diabetes mellitus.
People with type-1 diabetes need injections of insulin
for the rest of their lives. They are also need to have a healthy diet
containing the right balance of the foods. Insulin can not be taken orally
because it is destroyed by the digestive juice. People with type-1 diabetes
usually take their two injections or four injections of insulin per day. People
with type-2 diabetes need to eat a healthy diet, and sometimes take additional
oral hypoglycemia tablets. These tablets can help the pancreas produce more
insulin, assist the body to make better use of the insulin that the pancreas
does produce, or slow down the speed at which the body absorbs glucose from the
intestine.
There is currently no care for diabetes, but with
correct treatment, the blood glucose level can be controlled, to give the
patient a relatively normal lifestyle. Eating healthily and taking regular
physical exercise would also reduce the risk of developing complications.
Petunjuk
A dipergunakan untuk menjawab nomor 1 sampai ke nomor 25.
1. People may get diabetes mellitus
because of ________
(A) a chronic disease
(B) a problem in the hormone
production
(C) an ineffective distribution of
insulin
(D) a decreased level of glucose in
the blood
(E) an inborn defect
2. What is the topic of the text?
(A) The effect of changing lifestyles
(B) An overview of diabetes mellitus
(C) The prevalence of non-contagious
diseases
(D) A medical guide to healthy live
(E) The prevalence of diabetes
mellitus
3. Which of the following is a
characteristic of diabetes mellitus?
(A) It cannot cause any other serious
disease
(B) It is difficult to find the cause
(C) It is a result of circulation
problems
(D) It requires very long time cure
(E) It does not infect other people
4. To prevent any risk of serious
complication, a diabetes mellitus patient should do the following, EXCEPT
_______
(A) having diet with the right
balance of food
(B) controlling the level of blood
glucose
(C) taking regular treatment of
insulin orally
(D) doing regular physical exercise
(E) taking medication producing more
insulin
5. The difference between diabetes
mellitus type-1 and type-2 lies in ______
(A) the treatment to control the
disease
(B) the weight of the patient
(C) the possibility to be cured
(D) the symptoms shown by the patient
(E) the insulin resistance in the
body
Text II
(1)
To avoid the problems of translation, most of advertising firms are now
beginning to write new ads completely. (2) In writing new ads, global
advertisers consider the different styles of communication in different
countries. (3) In some cultures, the meaning of an advertisement is usually
found in the exact words that are used to describe the product and to explain
why it is better than the competitor’s. (4) This is true in such countries as
the
6. The sentence which is irrelevant
to the text is sentence number ______
(A) 5 (B)
6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9
7. What is the paragraph preceding
the text above most probably about?
(A) Style of the communication ads
(B) Communication in different
countries
(C) Problems of translation in ads
(D) The cultures of global
advertisers
(E) How to create a proper mood for a
product
Text III
______________________________________________________________.
It is an imaginary line that cuts through Africa, crosses Amazon and passes through
the islands of
8. With which of the following
sentences should the paragraph begin?
(A) The world is said to be divided
into two halves
(B) The two halves of the world are
called North and South Pole
(C) The world, which is divided by
the Equator, consist of two hemispheres
(D) The North and South Pole are two
halves which form the world
(E) The world us a sphere divided
into two halves by the Equator
9. The difference un season between
the northern and southern hemispheres is due to ______
(A) the changes in their position
(B) their location close to the
Equator
(C) the presence of the sun in the
hemisphere
(D) the interrelationship with each
other
(E) the countries belonging to each
hemisphere
Text IV
How does television affect our lives? It can be very
helpful to people who __(10)__ choose the shows that they watch. Television __(11)__
increase our knowledge of the outside world; there are high-quality program
that help us understand many fields to study: science, __(12)__ arts and so on.
__(13)__ television benefits elderly people who can’t often leave the house, as
well as patients in hospitals. It also offers non-native speakers the __(14)__
of the daily informal language practice; they can increase their vocabulary and
practice teaching.
On the other hand, there are several serious
disadvantages to television. Of course, it __(15)__ us with a pleasant way to
relax and spend our free time, but in some countries, people watch the ‘boob
tube’ for a(n) __(16)__ of six hours or more a day. Many children stare at a TV
screen for more hours each day than they do anything else, including studying
and sleeping. It’s clear that the tube has __(17)__ influence on their lives
and that its influence is often negative.
10. (A) care (C) careless (E) carelessness
(B) careful (D)
carefully
11. (A) can (C) should (E) had better
(B) must (D)
had to
12. (A) medicine (C) medical (E) medication
(B) medicinal (D)
medically
13. (A) However (C) Moreover (E) Therefore
(B) Yet (D)
But
14. (A) advantage (C) conclusion (E) elaboration
(B) booster (D)
duty
15. (A)
proposes (C)
prohibits (E)
progresses
(B) provides (D) produces
16. (A) means (C) average (E)
amount
(B) rate (D)
total
17. (A) invisible (C) capable (E) equal
(B) valuable (D)
powerful
Soal nomor 18 sampai dengan nomor 25 tidak
berhubungan dengan teks
18. ’I couldn’t attend your farewell
party last week; I had a car accident’
(A) I knew it (D) Oh, I’m sorry
(B) Oh, that’s good (E) It could
be worse
(C) Don’t mention it!
19. ‘Why is he searching every
drawer?’
(A) what is he looking for? (D) what he is looking
for
(B) is he looking for something (E) that he is looking for
(C) if he looks for something
20. Despite the current government’s
efforts to puts an end to any practice of corruption, it ______ at almost all
levels of administration.
(A) continues (C) will continue (E) will have continued
(B) had continued (D) continued
21. It is a rule that only students
bringing their identity card ______ to enter the examination room.
(A) to be admitted (C) they are admitted (E) are admitted
(B) are admitting (D) to admit
22. The candidates for the governor
______ people to vote for them visited villages.
(A) asking (C) asked (E)
they asked
(B) to ask (D) ask
23. Tari was punished by the teacher
not only because she forgot to bring her book ______.
(A) and she didn’t do her homework
too
(B) but she didn’t do her homework
either
(C) but also for not doing her
homework
(D) as well as she didn’t do her
homework
(E) but also because she didn’t do her
homework
24. As I found out that not all the
workshop participants knew about today’s schedule, I got my secretary ______ it
right away.
(A) distributing (C) she distributes (E) in distributing
(B) distributed (D) to distribute
25. ______ about you urgent appointment
with the doctor, I could have lent you my car.
(A) If you told me (D) Only if
you would tell me
(B) Had you told me (E) Even if
you tell me
(C)
Unless you tell me
