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Senin, 18 Januari 2021

SOAL UTBK BAHASA INGGRIS

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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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 United States, Britain, and Germany. (5) But in other cultures, such as Japan, the message depends more on situations and feelings than it does on words. (6) For this reason, the goal of many TV commercials in Japan will be to dhow how good people feel at a party or other social situations. (7) The commercial will not say that a product is better then others. (8) Instead, its goal will be to create a positive mood or feeling about the product. (9) The problems of global advertising have become larger than ever.

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

(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 Indonesia. The half-sphere between the Equator and the North Pole is the northern hemisphere, while the one between the Equator and the South Pole is the northern hemisphere. The difference in the position of the two hemispheres in relation to the sun causes the change in the seasons. When it is winter in Europe and North America, in Australia the sun is shinning as it is summer. And vice versa.

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

(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

(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

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

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

(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

Sabtu, 16 Januari 2021

latihan soal bahasa inggris TOFEL

Text 1

One of the most mysterious things in nature is the ability of certain creatures to find their way home, sometimes from great distance. Birds are not the only ones who can do this. Bees, eels, and salmon are able to return to a particular place after doing journeys, too.

Most migrations take place between breeding grounds and regions where animals feed. For some animals, such as the lemming, the movement is a one -way trip. Scientists call this movement emigration, because these animals never return to their homes.For other animals such as birds,the migration includes a return trip home. Birds move in periodic migration, or at regular times during their lives, and often to the same place year after year.

Many experiments have been made with birds in an attempt to find out what guides them on their way home. In one case, seven swallows were taken 400 miles from home. When they were set free, five of them returned to their nests. In another case, a certain kind of sea bird was taken from its nests on the Welsh coasts to Venice by plane. When it was released, it made its way home to its nests, a distance of 930 miles if it flew in straight line.

Migrating birds offer an even more amazing example of this ability. There are swifts and house martins that migrate from England to South Africa every year. They not only return to England the next spring, but many of them come back to nests in the very same house they nested the year before. They fly the incredible distance of 6,000 miles, one way.

Certain types of butterfly migrate, too and find their way home over long distances. In the tropics one can sometimes see the great mass flights of butterflies all flying steadily in one direction. They may go a thousand miles and more and then return again in another season.

Despite all the efforts that have been made to explain how these creatures find their way home, we still have no sure explanation. Since many of the birds fly over great bodies of water, we can not explain it by saying they use landmarks to guide them. Just to say they have an 'instinct' does not really explain the rights condition. The reason they do it may to obtain for good or to reproduce under the right conditions. But the signals and guideposts they use on their flights are still a mystery to man.

01. The best title for the text is _____ .

(A) The mystery of migrating birds

(B) Popular places for migration

(D) The migration of birds

(E) The experiments on migratory animals

02. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

(A) Flying is not the only way of migration

(B) Scientists are still in doubt why some creatures migrate

(D) Winged creatures migrate periodically

(E) The migrating creatures usually return within the same season

03. According to the passage, swifts and house

martins returning from South Africa to

England, _____ .

(A) fly in a relatively straight line

(B) often return to prescisely the same place each year

(D) always fly in groups to find the right direction

(E) are similar to lemmings in their flying

04. Animals which emigrate _____ .

(A) always leave their homes in winter

(B) manage to fly in a big group home

(D) return home using the same route

(E) will stay in the new place forever

05. It can be concluded that the author shows _____ concerning the ability of certain creatures to find their way home.

(A) annoyance

(B) regret

(D) disappointment

(E) sympathy

Text 2

Most doctors and scientists believe there are different causes for the different forms of cancer. Working condition may lead to this disease. For example, people who work in close contact with chemical compounds like arsenic and asbetos may develop cancer. Smoking is another cause of cancer. Many experiments have shown that smoking can produce lung cancer. Scientific research has shown that viruses bring about certain kinds of cancer in laboratory animals. Scientists are now trying find out if this is true humans as well.

06. The topic of the text is _____ .

(A) scientists research on cancer

(B) the causes of cancer

(D) the danger of smoking

(E) viruses, the source of cancer

07. A person may get cancer if he or she _____ .

(A) refuses to smoke cigarettes

(B) makes experiments on animals

(D) has a variety of domestic animals

(E) work in a lab with chemical substances

Text 3

High school graduates are sometime nervous attending college, because they fear that everything will be different (8) there are some important similarities between college and high school. In both places, academic (9) depends on being a responsible student. This means attending classes regularly. Similarly, (10) success in college is like that in high school, and other chances are you will have friends in college too. College also (11)__ high school in students activities. Musical groups, sports team, special interests clubs, and other activities are found in both (12) .

08. (A) In fact

(B) In contrast

(D) Therefore

(E) Consequently

09. (A) succeed

(B) success

(D) successful

(E) successfully

10. (A) socialise

(B) socialisation

(D) socialising

(E) social

11. (A) resembles

(B) looks like

(D) imitates

(E) agrees with

12. (A) colleges

(B) institutions

(D) clubs

(E) activities

Soal nomor 13 sampai dengan 35 tidak berhubungan dengan text.

13. A symbol of royal prosperity in the past, the old castle, _____ firmly on the island shore, is frequently visited by foreign tourists.

(A) stand

(B) stood

(D) to stand

(E) are standing

14. 'Does Anto know that Mira had an accident yesterday?'

'I dont think so. We _____ as soon as we were informed.'

(A) may have told him

(B) should have told him

(D) must have told him

(E) had better tell him

15. _____ the great inconvenience of travelling, many TV reporters went to the flooded area for their reports.

(A) Despite

(B) In addition to

(D) In case of

(E) Because of

16. We sometimes miss the neighbourhood _____ we grew up.

(A) in which

(B) in where

(D) that is

(E) that

17. 'Hasn't Anita submitted her report yet ?'

' I don't think so. It _____'.

(A) be printing

(B) is printing

(D) to be printing

(E) is being printed

18. 'Can we postpone the class meeting until Friday?'

'I'm afraid not. I _____ basketball on Friday.'

(A) would play

(B) will have been playing

(D) always play

(E) played

19. 'When are you going to tell your sister the good news?'

'When she _____ from her business trip'.

(A) will be returning

(B) is going to return

(D) was returning

(E) had returned

20. 'What do you enjoy most during your _____ on weekends to Puncak?'

(A) to go

(B) go

(D) going

(E) be going

21. In evaluating your progress, the teacher will take into account _______ attitude, and achievements.

(A) how you performed

(B) your performance

(D) that you performed

(E) when you have performed

22. 'Had I known you were expecting a call, I wouldn't have used the phone so long'. The underlined words mean _____ .

(A) I would like to talk on the phone

(B) I was about to use the phone

(D) I was waiting to use the phone

(E) I stopped talking on the phone

23. 'I ran through the red light and I got fined by the traffic policeman'

'Oh, you _____ more careful'.

(A) must have been

(B) could be

(D) may be

(E) should have been

24. _____ is long holiday after passing your exam.

(A) You need

(B) Why you needed

(D) What you need

(E) Whether you need

25. At the beginning of the semester, each of the students _____ given a new time table.

(A) he is

(B) they are

(D) is

(E) be

26. 'These are all goverment offices'.

'_____ is your father's ?

(A) Which

(B) When

(D) Why

(E) What

27. Due to the monetary crisis, the number of people without jobs _____ at the moment.

(A) increase

(B) is increasing

(D) was increasing

(E) will increase

28. _____ a few thousand dollars, he went on a tour to Europe.

(A) Saved

(B) Have saved

(D) Having saved

(E) After he saves

29. Rudi broke his leg in an accident: therefore, _____ drive him to work.

(A) he doesn't have to ask Amir to

(B) he won't have to get anybody

(D) Amir doesn't have to

(E) he will have Amir

30. 'Harry could not pay his school fee because his father was unemployed.'

'His rich uncle _____ him with his school fee'.

(A) may support

(B) should have supported

(D) will have supported

(E) might support

31. _____ I can drive, I often ask my brother to drive me to the city.

(A) Since

(B) When

(D) Whether

(E) Although

32. _____ at two prestigious universities, Amanda has a hard time deciding which one to choose.

(A) Accepting

(B) She was accepted

(D) To be accepted

(E) She was accepting

33. The fact that he was put in prison for something that he had not done made his wife _____

(A) cry

(B) to be crying

(D) to cry

(E) crying

34. 'What are you looking for ?

'My wallet; I dont know where I _____ it'.

(A) have been putting

(B) am putting

(D) was putting

(E) have put

35. 'Why does the baby next-door keep crying?'

'As usual, it _____ by the babysitter.'

(A) is neglecting

(B) is neglected

(D) is to be neglected

(E) is to neglect

LATIHAN SOAL SPMB BAHASA INGGRIS

Text I

The modern world faces many major problems to which there are no easy solutions. There included unemployment, health, over-population and course the environment really the most important?

If people are unemployed, they are unable to earn money and it is a fact of life without an income it is difficult to live. Of course, work provides more than financial support; it gives people self-esteem and pride.

Unfortunately, technological developments and other factors mean that the job market is shrinking world-wide and young people have reduced prospects for work. Although this is certainly a major threat to people’s well-being, it needs to be addressed by individual governments rather than globally.

Healthy is clearly an important concern that affects both individuals and the planet as a whole. Even though many illnesses have been eradicated, others remain a threat, and the overuse of antibiotics has led to the development of resistant strain of bacteria. Nevertheless, on the whole, general health is improving, and in the developing countries medical aid programs are already working towards creating a healthier population.

Over population has implication for all of us, and improved general health means that people are living longer. However, as with health, there are already programs in place implementing measures to deal with not only a rising population, but also an ageing population.

So what about the environment? There are urgent issues that need to be faced, including global warming, pollution and the loss of species. Unlike the other issue discussed, there is no clear global move that can be seen to deal with these problems. Also, unlike the other issues, changes in the environment have a direct impact on the whole planet. Climate change and destruction of ecosystem could endanger all life on the planet if not dealt with quickly and at an international level.

In conclusion, other problems primarily affect only the quality of life, whereas environmental issues affect the actual existence of life itself. It is clear, therefore, that protecting the environment is the most important problem facing the world today.

Petunjuk A dipergunakan untuk menjawab soal nomor 1 sampai ke nomor 25.

1. The world’s job market is shrinking because of ______

(A) young people’s reduced prospect for work

(B) various developments in technology

(D) people’s exaggerated self-esteem an pride

(E) government’s policy related to human resources

2. According to the text, the most complicated global problems to solve include the following, EXCEPT ______

(A) the increase in the rate of unemployed people

(B) population explosion due to general health improvement

(D) environment changes which have an impact on the planet

(E) the threat of advanced technological developments

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE about environmental problems?

(A) They are problems related to the quality of life

(B) They include unemployment, health and over-population

(D) They have a serious impact on over-population

(E) They need to be overcome by the cooperation of all nations

4. In spite of the improved general health, a threat from illness still exists due to ______

(A) the use of too much antibiotics which makes bacteria resistant

(B) the fact that the number of a going people is increasing

(D) the focus on the eradication of only major diseases

(E) the concern that health affects both individuals and the planet

5. The underlined phrase in All having a bearing on our lives ….. in line 2 means ______

(A) might endanger (D) have difficulty

(B) have an impact (E) cause trouble

Text II

There are two types of monochromatic or black-and-white photos. One type is a gray-scale photograph, which is truly black and white. In a gray-scale photo, all you see is black, white, and shades of gray. Gray-scale photos tend to have a stark, cold look to them. The other type is sepia. Sepia photographs use shades of brown in place of shades of gray. Photographers started using the sepia process to give their photos warmer tones.

Some people think that sepia photographers are just gray-scale photo that have “aged”, that have changed color over the years, but this isn’t true. Sepia photos use silver sulphide in the developing process in place of silver iodide and can last 150 years with proper storage.____________________

6. What is the topic of the paragraph?

(A) The use of gray-scale in photography

(B) Two types of monochromatic photos

(D) The technique of photography

(E) The history of photography

7. With which of the following sentences should the paragraph end?

(A) Thus, only those who know about photographs will develop their photos in sepia

(B) Hence, sepia and gray-scale look different because of different colors used in shades

(D) To sum up, the technology of photography is solely based upon monochromatic photos

(E) Therefore, must old photographs you see shades of brown because they use sepia

Text III

______________________________________(1) As many foods contain large amounts of water, they freeze solidity at or just below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. (2) When we lower the temperature to well below the freezing point and prevent air from penetrating the food, we retard the natural process of decay that causes food to spoil. (3) Freezing preserves the flavour and nutrients of food better than any other preservatives method. (4) The discovery of freezing has changed our eating habits more than any other related invention. (5) When properly prepared and packed, food and vegetables can be stored in the freezer for one year. (6) Most vegetables and some fruits need bleaching –putting in boiling water for a short time- before they are frozen, and to avoid this step would be an expensive mistake. (7) The result would be a product completely lacking of vitamins and minerals.

8. The sentences which is irrelevant to the topic is sentence number ______

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7

9. What is the paragraph following the above text most probably about?

(A) Different kinds of vegetables and different time of blanching

(B) The result of blanching different vegetables

(D) How to freeze different vegetables

(E) The vitamins and minerals in different vegetables

Text IV

The human memory was formerly believed to be rather inefficient as compared with, for example, computers. But we are finding that we probably have a much more sophisticated mechanism than we had __(10)__ assumed. Researchers __(11)__ the problem from a variety of points of view have all concluded that there is a great deal more stored is our minds than __(12)__ generally assumed. Dr. Wilder Penfield, a Canadian neurosurgeon proved that by stimulating their brains electrically, he__(13)__ elicit the total recall of complex events in his subject’s live. Even dreams and other minor events supposedly forgotten for many years suddenly __(14)__ in detail. The memory trace, which forms the internal representation of the specific information about an event stored in the memory, is probably made by structural changes in the brain, __(15)__ the problem is that memory trace isn’t really subject to direct __(16)__ because it’s more a theoretical construct that we use __(17)__ about how information presented a particular time can cause performance at a later time.

10. (A) really (C) originally (E) considerably

(B) directly (D) practically

11. (A) thinking (C) reminding (E) approaching

(B) realizing (D) comparing

12. (A) was being (C) had been (E) is being

(B) is (D) will be

13. (A) would rather (C) was able to (E) used to

(B) must have (D) should have

14. (A) are emerging (C) had emerged (E) were emerging

(B) emerged (D) have been emerging

15. (A) therefore (C) despite (E) but

(B) moreover (D) hence

16. (A) observe (C) observable (E) observable

(B) observed (D) observation

17. (A) speculating (C) we speculate (E) to be speculating

(B) to speculate (D) speculated

Soal nomor 18 sampai dengan nomor 25 tidak berhubungan dengan teks.

18. “What is she worrying about his time?”

“______ from her son after the car accident.”

(A) Not to hear (D) Not having heard

(B) Having heard (E) Having to hear

19. “I heard that Lola’s marriage has been arranged by her family.”

“Really? So she is marrying a man ______ she hardly knows.”

(A) whom (C) whose (E) which

(B) to whom (D) that is

20. “Do you teach all tourists how to do batik painting?”

“No, only those ______ in batik”

(A) Interest (C) interesting (E) to be interesting

(B) Interested (D) to be interested

21. 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

22. ______ the last lunar mission took place over thirty years ago, the desire to see people return to the moon seems as strong now as in the 1960s.

(A) When (C) Although (E) As

(B) Since (D) Before

23. “I would have applied for the scholarship if I had seen the announcement earlier.”

“______”

(A) Perhaps you can try next year

(B) Let me help you complete the forms

(D) The earlier you apply the better chance you’ll have

(E) That’s good idea. I’m sure you will get it

24. “Where are the song lyrics we’re going give to the members of the choir?”

“Oh, they ______.”

(A) are copying (C) to copy (E) copying

(B) are being copied (D) to be copied

25. Tari was punished by the teacher not only because she forgot to bring her book ______.

(A) and she didn’t to do her homework