1)
It is
easy to produce electricity from a wind generator. This is simply a windmill that
converts the kinetic energy of the wind into electricity. The underlined word means ____.
a) develops b)
adapts c) changes d)
replaces e) produces
2)
Atomic
energy can either be used to create electricity or to destroy millions
of homes in war.
The underlined word means ____.
a) build b) protect c) produce d) demolish e) renovate
3)
Alexander
Graham Bell ____ the telephone.
a) found b) discovered c)
invented d) made e)
created
4)
The
bride was accompanied by her parents. The underlined word means ___.
a)
presented b)
guarded c) escorted d) attended e) surrounded
5)
In the
old trade, people didn’t use money but they exchanged something they had
for something they needed. The word exchanged is closest
in meaning to ___.
a) gave b) offered c) exported d) altered e) bartered
6)
The
relatively small number of insects causes billions of dollars worth of ____ to
crops and forests every year.
a) benefit b)
advantage c) damage d) profit e) increase
7)
The
man admitted stealing the car and the computer last year.
The opposite of the word ‘admitted’ is _____.
a) refused b)
rejected c) denied d) objected e) approved
8)
The
workers demanded that the manager ___ their salary.
a)
raise b. raises c) raised d) raising e) to raise
9) There is a new college in our
city. Let us _____.
a)
apply b) enroll c) graduate d) enter e) resign
10) I have bought some sacks of
cement, bricks and iron bar. I am now looking for ____ to build a new garage.
a) a plumber b) a butcher c) a designer d) a carpenter e) a brick layer
11) We can’t learn things in a
short time. We learn them ____.
a)
drastically b) quickly c) rapidly d) gradually e) swiftly
12) Parents should encourage their
children to speak Indonesian appropriately.
The underlined word means
____.
a) fluently b) clearly c) properly d) flawlessly d) carefully
13) I’m going to the bank early
tomorrow morning to ___ this check.
a)
withdraw b) deposit c) cash d) save e) keep
14) Unless you ___ hard, you will
not able to pass you final examinations.
a)
had studied b) study c) studying d) studied e) will study
15) The old man died instantly
when a speeding truck hit him. The word instantly means ____.
a)
long after b) slowly c) suddenly d) gradually e) immediately
16) The robbers were wearing masks
so I didn’t __ them even though I came face to face with them.
a)
recognize b) realize c) see d) find e) understand
17) After hearing the death of his
mother, the soldier ____.
a) felt conscious b) recovered c) fainted d) regain his consciousness d) felt relieved
18) Sheep are raised for their
meat and ____.
a)
horn b) paws c) furs d) feathers e) tusk
19) The woman ____ into tears when
she heard that her son got an accident.
a) went b) came c)
got d) moved e) burst
20) If you work in front of the
computer, you must remember to ___ your eyes periodically in order to make you
eyes moist.
a)
shut b) blink c) rub d) wash e) spray
21) My uncle is now in hospital.
He has to ____ surgery on his swollen legs.
a)
Perform b) conduct c) do d) undergo e) carry out
22) He tries to avoid eating food
containing a lot of fats to keep his body ____.
a)
pot-bellied b) slim c) strong d) chubby e)
fresh
23) Have you ever seen a skinny
whale?
a)
huge b) tiny c) thin d) giant e) enormous
24) Death in the World Wars II
exceeded 16 million people.
From the above sentence we
know that ____ 16 million people died.
a)
exactly b) over c) about d) average e) less than
25) The passengers abandoned
the plane after the police killed all the hijackers.
The underlined word means
_____.
a)
boarded b) rushed to c) loaded d) left e) got on
26) The mother embraced her
baby after being saved from the fire.
The underlined word means
____.
a) held b) carried c) hugged d) grabbed e) consoled
27) A lot of workers have been
laid off due to the economic crisis. The underlined phrase means
____.
a)
because of b) instead of c) however d) therefore e) in spite of
28) Hoping to get a better income,
_____.
a) an offer to in Jakarta was accepted by Parno
b) Parno accepted an
offer to work in Jakarta
c) Parno was offered a job in Jakarta
d) a company offered Parno a job in Jakarta
e)
a new post in Jakarta
29) They should have got out of
their house when the fire was spreading to their neighbor’s house.
From the above sentence we may
conclude that ____.
a) they succeeded in escaping
from the fire d) they got out of their house on time
b) their neighbor’s house was not
on fire e) the fire did not reach their house
c)
they were trapped in the fire
30) The angry father ____ his son
that he would stop giving him pocket money if he got into trouble once again.
a)
scolded b) blamed c) threatened d) suspected e) accused
31) Mr. Smith makes and sells
bread. He is a ____.
a)
grocer b) scavenger c) retailer d) baker e) merchant
32) I got to the library at one
o’clock, and it started raining immediately. We can also say: ____
a) It started raining as soon as
I got to the library.
b) It had started raining before
I got to the library.
c) It started raining when I was
walking to the library.
d) When I got to the library, it
was already raining.
e)
The rain started some time before I went to the
library.
33) ‘Even if you meet the
requirements for the job advertised, you may not be accepted.’ means:
a) Meeting the requirements does
not guarantee that you will be accepted
b) You cannot be accepted if you
meet the requirements
c) You will be accepted only if
you meet the requirements
d) It is impossible not to be
accepted if you meet the requirements
e)
You will be accepted unless you don’t meet the
requirement
34) Annoyed by the five-hour delay
in the plane’s departure, my father wrote angry letter to the airline. The underlined words mean
____.
a) Because he was annoyed d) That he was annoyed
b) Whereas he was annoyed e) After he was annoyed
c)
When he was annoyed
35) Noticing I had dropped my
purse, _____.
a) the bus conductor called after
me
b) I was called after by the bus
conductor
c) it was the bus conductor who
called after me
d) there was the bus conductor
calling after me
e)
the bus conductor was called after me
36) Mary has recently been
promoted to a top position in her company although ____.
a) she has a master’s degree in
business
b) she is relatively new in the
company
c) she has proved herself to be a
good manager
d) she has many years of
experience
e)
she seems to have much self-confidence
37) There was so much noise next
door. Our neighbors ____ from their vacation abroad.
a) may come back d) must have come back
b) would have come back e) ought to have come back
c)
is supposed to come back
38) ‘After I finished my article,
I had it edited’. This means that ___.
a) I had edited my article d) I was asked to edit my article
b) my article would be edited e) I had to edit my article myself
c)
somebody edited my article
39) ‘She could have attended the
meeting if she had taken the first train.’ This means that ____.
a) she was almost late for the
first train d) the meeting was cancelled
b) she didn’t like the meeting e) the first train was late
c)
she stayed at home that day
40) Advertisements on TV create ____.
a) violence c) conflicts e) confusion
b) consumerism d) miscommunication
41) Too much TV has turned Parto into a couch
potato. We can conclude that ____.
a) Parto hates watching TV d)
Parto likes eating potatoes
b) TV makes Parto bored e) Parto
dislikes potatoes
c) Parto watches TV a lot
42) In India ,
as well as in other densely populated countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America , there have been attempts to help people
plan smaller families. The opposite of densely is ____.
a) evenly b)
rarely c) badly d) highly e)
sparsely
43) The government has introduced the social
safety net program to improve the well-being of the people affected by
the economic crises. The underlined word means ____.
a) poverty b)
difficulty c) welfare d) famine e) illiteracy
44) The Japanese forces____ after the planes of
the allied forces bombed the cities of Nagasaki
and Hiroshima
a) defeated b) lost c) conquered d)
struggled e) surrendered
45) ‘Paryo had not been able to support his
family until he worked for Bank Mandiri’ means:
a) Paryo can never support his family although
he is working for Bank Mandiri.
b) Before Paryo worked for Bank Mandiri he
could support his family.
c) Paryo could not support his family after he
worked for Bank Mandiri.
d) When Paryo worked for Bank Mandiri he will
be able to support his family.
e) After working for Bank
Mandiri, Paryo could support his family.
46) The huge tsunami destroyed the
village along the beach killing hundreds of people.
The underlined word means ___.
a) big b) narrow c) tiny d) average e) light
48)
The
old woman died last night. The synonym of the underlined word is ____.
a) passed out b)
passed on c) passed away d)
passed by e) passed over
49) In Indonesia
We may conclude that ______.
a)
it is
not difficult to find these books in Indonesia
b)
all
libraries in Indonesia
c)
we
must order these books from the publisher abroad
d)
we can
find these books in Indonesia
e) we can scarcely find these
books in Indonesian bookstores
50)
If
they had known the tsunami was coming, they would not have stayed in their
house.
We can conclude that _____.
a)
they
knew that the tsunami was coming; therefore, they stayed in their house
b)
they
decided to stay in their house although they knew the tsunami was coming
c)
they
could not stay in their house because they knew the tsunami was coming
d)
they
did not know the tsunami was coming; therefore, they stayed in their house
e) they did not want to stay
in their house because they knew the tsunami was coming
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