Tuesday, December 6, 2011



1ST TERM OF REMEDIAL TEST ON ENGLISH
2011/2012

CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER AND GIVE SOME COMMENTS ON EACH OF YOUR ANSWER!
Text 1

           Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with her Aunt and Uncle because her parents were dead.
            One day she heard her Uncle and Aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they both wanted to go to America and they didn't have enough money to take Snow White.
            Snow White did not want her Uncle and Aunt to do this, so she decided it would be best if she ran away. The next morning she ran away from home when her Aunt and Uncle were having breakfast. She ran away into the woods.
            She was very tired and hungry. Then she saw this little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and fell asleep.
            Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work. They went inside. There they found Snow White sleeping. Then Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs. The dwarfs said, what is your name? Snow White said, “My name is Snow White”.
            Doc said, 'If you wish, you may live here with us". Snow White said, "Oh could I? Thank you". Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story and Snow White and the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after.


  1. What is the story about?                              
    1. The seven Dwarf
    2. The Red Riding Hood
    3. Going to America
    4. Snow White
    5. A beautiful Princess
  2. These are the characters of the story, except …..
    1. Aunt
    2. Uncle
    3. Dwarf
    4. A Princess
    5. Snow White
  3. What is the complication of the story?
    1. Snow White ran away from home.
    2. Snow White saw this little cottage.
    3. The seven dwarfs were coming home.
    4. Snow White went inside the castle and fell asleep.
    5. Aunt was talking about leaving Snow White in the castle. 
  4. Which one of the following sentence is not direct sentence?
    1. Oh, could I?
    2. What is your name?
    3. My name is Snow White.
    4. If you wish, you may live here with us.
    5. Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story.
  5. How is the end of the story?
    1. Snow White and 7 dwarfs lived happily ever after.
    2. Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story.
    3. Snow White lived with the seven dwarfs.
    4. The seven dwarf found Snow White sleeping.
    5. Snow White and the 7 dwarfs lived together.
  6. What is the function of the text?
    1. To inform about Snow White to the reader.
    2. To describe the story of Snow White.
    3. To amuse the reader.
    4. To retell the events.
    5. To give information.

Text 2
A young and very beautiful princess lost her ball in the water while she was playing by the side of a lake. She began to cry so sadly that the frog who sat beside the lake crocked to her, "What will you give me if I get you your ball back?"
"All the gold you could wish for!" replied the princess. "No, I ask only that I'll be allowed to stay with you and be your friend," said the frog. The princess gave her word (what did such a promise cost her if it meant she could have her ball back?), but she said absolutely no intention of keeping her promises. In fact, the moment she had her ball back she ran of so fast that the frog could not keep up with her. Nevertheless, after a while the frog arrived at the palace.
As soon as she saw the frog, the princess was frightened. She ran to ask for help from her father, but the king, who knew what had happened, ordered his daughter her promise. So the princess picked the frog up gently in her hand, but, with a shiver of disgust, she let it drop to the ground again. But that one brief touch was enough to break the spell that bound the frog, and caused it to turn back into a young and handsome prince ha had been before.
The story ends with the happiest wedding ceremonies.

  1. What is the text about?
a. The princess ball
b. The young prince
c. The princess father
d. A beautiful princess
e. The princess and the frog
  1. Paragraph 3 mainly tells about …..
a. the frightened princess
b. how the princess broke her promise
c. what the princess asked the father
d. what the king ordered his daughter to do
e. why the frog turned back into a handsome prince
  1. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?
a. The princess hid a t the back of the palace
b. The frog paid no attention to the princess
c. The princess tried not to keep her promise
d. The frog couldn’t help the beautiful princess
e. The King asked his daughter to marry the frog
  1. "All the gold you could wish for!" replied the princess. (Paragraph 2).
The underlined word means ….
a. replayed
b. answered
c. shouted
d. told
e. said

Text 3           
The Tyrant Who Became a Just Ruler

            In the olden times there was a king who was so cruel and unjust toward his subjects that he was always called The Tyrant. So heartless was he that his people use to pray night and day that they might have a new king.
            One day, much to their surprise, he called his people together and said to them. "My dear subjects, the days of my tyranny are over. Henceforth, you shall live in peace and happiness, for I have decided to try my rule henceforth justly and welt" The king kept his words, so well that soon lie was known throughout the land as The Just King. By and by one of his favorites came to him said, "Your Majesty, I beg you to tell me how it was that you had this change of heart towards your people."
           And the King relied, "As I was galloping through my forests one afternoon, I caught sight of a hound chasing a fox. The fox escaped into his hole, but not until he had been bitten by the dog so badly that he would be lame for life. The hound, returning home, met a roan who threw a stone at him, which he broke his leg. And the horse, starting to run, fell into a hole and broke his leg. Here I came to my senses, and resolved to change my rule, For surely, I said to myself, who does evil will sooner or later be overtaken by evil."              


  1. How  is  the King as stated in the text above?
    1. handsome
    2. cruel
    3. cruel and just
    4. wise and good
    5. greedy
  2. What animals are stated in the text above?
    1. dog
    2. horse and goat
    3. hound
    4. dog, fox, hound, and horse
    5. dog, pig, tiger, and fox
  3. Here I came to my sense and resolved to change my rule (parag. 3)
What is the meaning of italic word?
    1. happen
    2. create
    3. modify
    4. develop
    5. try
  1. Which of the statement is true according to the text?
    1. The King was chased by a fox.
    2. The King's behaviour never changed.
    3. The man was thrown with a stone by a hound.
    4. The King's subjects hated him when he was, tyrant.
    5. In the olden times the King was loved by his subject.
  2. Paragraph two tells us that the King …..
    1. never ended the day of his tyranny.
    2. Showed his surprise to his subject.
    3. Decided to rule his subject unjustly.
    4. Warned his subject to obey his rules.
    5. Changed his behaviour and became a just ruler.
  3. To show his real words of the speakers, the writer uses ….
    1. passive voice
    2. direct speech
    3. reported speech
    4. simple past tense
    5. simple present tense
  4. What is the purpose of the text?
    1. to criticize a work of art.
    2. To describe a person.
    3. To describe how something happened.
    4. To entertain the readers.
    5. To share an amusing incidents.

Text 4                          The Travelers and the Bear


        Two friends were traveling on the same road together when they came face to face with a bear. One, in great fear, and without a thought of his companion, climbed into a tree and hid. The other, seeing that single handed he was no match for the bear, threw himself on the ground and feigned death, for he had heard that a bear will not touch a dead body.
          The bear approached him, sniffing at his nose and ears, but the man, with great courage, held his breath and kept still, and length the bear, supposing him to be dead, walked slowly ahead.
           When the bear was well out of sight the first traveler came down from his tree and asked what it was that  the bear had said to him. “For,” said he, “I observed that he put his mouth very close to your ear.” “Why,” he replied the other, “it was no great secret. He only advised me not to keep company with those who, when they get into difficulty, leave their friends in the lurch.


  1. What type of writing does this  passage belongs to?
    1. Descriptive
    2. Narration
    3. Explanation
    4. Argumentative
    5. Discussion
  2. What is the orientation of the text above?
    1. Two friends were traveling on the same road together when they came face to face with a bear.
    2. One in great fear, and without a thought of his companion, climbed into a tree and hid.
    3. When the bear was well out of sight the first traveler came down from his tree and asked what it was that the bear had said to him.
    4. “For,” he said, I observed that he put his mouth very close to your ear.”
    5. “Why,” he replied the other, “it was no great secret.”
  3. Which of these phrases has similar meaning with this phrase;
“When the bear was well out of sight …”
    1. The bear had lost his eyesight.
    2. The bear had left the site.
    3. The bear watched them from a far.
    4. The traveler got blind
    5. The traveler got into difficulty.
  1. What is the moral for this story?
    1. Pretend to be dead when you come face to face with a bear.
    2. A real friend will never leave his friends even in difficult times.
    3. A real friend will leave his friends in difficult times.
    4. Always bring a company when you’re traveling away.
    5. Don’t mess up with a bear
  2. The word him in paragraph 2 line 3 refers to?
    1. the bear
    2. The firs traveler
    3. The second traveler
    4. Both travelers
    5. The man
  3. "What a lovely evening dress you're wearing! Did you make it yourself?"
"No. I ______ ".
A.   to be made
B.   had it made
C.   had to made it
D.   to have made it
E.   having made it
  1. "Have you known your TOEFL score?"
"Not yet. It __________ next week".
    1. will be announced.
    2. will have being announced.
    3. is announced.
    4. is being announced.
    5. to be announced.
  1. The old house  _______ in  18th century. 
    1. build
    2. builds
    3. is built
    4. was built
    5. being built
  2. "Why does the secretary have to work overtime?"
"Her boss _____ the letter.
    1. has retyped
    2. has been retyping
    3. has her retype
    4. has to retype
    5. wants to retype
  1. "This English text on chemistry is too difficult for me to understand".
"Well, you'd better _____ ".
    1. translate it
    2. have it translated
    3. have to translate
    4. have translated
    5. to translate
  1. "The floor looks dirty"
"Don't worry, I will have it ______ ".
    1. to paint
    2. painting
    3. painted
    4. be painted
    5. paint
  1. "What is your plan now?"
" ________ ".
    1. To have my house repainted.
    2. Having my house repainted
    3. Have my house repainted
    4. Repainting my house
    5. To have my house repaint
  1. 'After I finished my article, I had it edited.' This means that____.
a. I had edited my article
b. My article would be edited
c. Somebody edited my article
d. I was asked to edit my article
e. I had to edit my article my self
  1. "I'm having trouble with my computer again, I've done everything I can but it doesn't work properly."
"Why don't you have Darno _____it?"
a. to fix           c. he fixed      e. fixed
b. fixing          d. fix
  1. The schoolmaster had the students _____their lessons before the exam.
a. to review    c. review        e. they reviewed
b. reviewing  d. reviewed
  1. Mr. Bill                        : Have you sent all the spare parts?
Marketing Manager : Yes, sir. I … last Monday. 
            The distributor did it.
            a. Send them                        d. have sent them
            b. had them sent      e. will get them sent
            c. will sent them
  1. "Do you make your own dresses?'"
"Yes, but sometimes I______."
            a. have to make them                      d. have made for them
            b. have made them              e. make them
            c. have them made
  1. I will have my secretary ____an appointment with Mr. Setiawan for next wee
a. makes        c. making       e. to make
b. make          d. made
  1. My watch is too slow. Can I have it ______ here?
a. fixed                       c. fixes                        e. to be fixed
            b. fixing          d. to fix
  1. The teacher has a children ______to the passage twice
a. listen          c. listening     e. have listened
b. listened      d. to listen
  1. "I have the table cleared",  means "_______the table."
a. I have to clear
b. Somebody wants to clear
c. Somebody wants to me to clear
d. I ask somebody to clear
e. I have cleared the table
  1. "Tita, are you going to see the dentist this afternoon?"
'I wish I didn't have to.'
We may conclude that ______ to the dentist.
a. she doesn't have to go
b. she needs to go
c. she is not going this afternoon
d. she is willing to go
e. she has gone
  1. The music next door is very loud. I wish someone turned it down.
The underlined sentence means ….
a. I will turn the music down
b. someone turns the music down
c. I ask someone to turn the music down
d. I feel annoyed with the music next door
e. Someone ask me to turn the music down
  1. "If only his son had studied harder", means …..
a. his son did not study hard
b. his son has studied hard
c. his son had studied hard
d. his son will not study hard
e. his son never studies hard
  1. Rini     : I’m sorry for disturbing you but I need your help.
Rina   : It’s OK.
From the dialogue above we can conclude that Rini expresses
A.   Opinion                      D. Agreement
B.   Tsunami                    E. sympathy
C.   refugee
  1. Dian didn’t live here anymore. She …. last month.
A.   Moved                                    D. had moved
B.   Is moved                                E. is moving
C.   Moved
  1. The house …. when my grandma comes.
A.   Is cleaning
B.   Is being cleaned
C.   Have been cleaned
D.   Is cleaned
E.   cleans
  1. The car …. by the mechanic.
A.   Is repairing
B.   repairs
C.   will repair
D.   is repaired
E.   repaired
  1. She has …. to be a great musician.
A.   lack                             D. disadvantage
B.   genius                                    E. modern
C.   talent
  1. Many people die on the street every year …. traffic accidents.
A.   because                     D. so  
B.   and                             E. that
C.   because of
  1. Dian   : Do you have any string?
Dea     : What is it for?
Dian   : I need it for my physics experiment.
From the dialogue above we know that Dea is …
A.   Asking for purpose
B.   Asking apology
C.   Giving opinion
D.   agreeing
E.   expressing ability
  1. Andy   : Rene, why do you got to the fitness center?
Rene : I want to be a member of it. I’ll do some exercise … get a healthy body
A.   because                                 D. since
B.   because of                            E. so
C.   In order to
50.    Yara      : Excuse me, I don't know how to get to the post office. Can you show me how to get there ?
Dian     : Sure. You go along this way and turn left when you meet the boulevard. Then, you walk about two blocks and the post office is on your right, besides the bakery        
A.   Yara gives instruction
B.   Dian gives instruction
C.   Dian gives opinion
D.   Yara gives opinion
E.   Dian expresses regret
  1. Fanny            : Let's try the pudding. I make it myself.
Ria                 : Thanks. Ehm… It's very delicious ...?
Fanny            : It's easy. Mix a pack of pudding instant, a glass of sugar, a glass of water, and two glass of coconut oil. Boil it together for fifteen minutes and add a little salt to it. Switch of the fire and pour it into a bowl. Put it in the refrigerator for twenty minutes and you'll get a delicious pudding.        
A.   Can you make it
B.   How do you make it
C.   Why do you make it
D.   How much do you make it
E.   Why don’t you make it
  1. Ida said, "I like watching action movies." The reported speech for the quoted one above is…
A.   Ida said that she liked watching action movies
B.   Ida said that I liked watching action movies
C.   Ida said that I will like watching action movies
D.   Ida said that she had liked watching action movies
E.   Ida said that I had liked watching action movies

  1. Vina    : Hi, Nana. How's your contest?
Nana  : It's too bad. I …. I can't do my best.
A.   Apology                                 D. suggest
B.   Regret                                    E. like
C.   agree
54. Dido      : I suppose that you always wear dark colour clothes, so you look elder than you actually are. ….
Fetty      : OK. I'll try. The suitable expression to fill in the blanks above is …..
A.   Do you like it?
B.   Are you okay?
C.   May I help you?
D.   Would it be possible for you to wear the colourful ones?
E.   Do you mean colourful ones?
55.         Pat       :     Hi, I guess you are a new student. My name is Patricia. Call me Pat
Julia   :     I'm Julia.  ……………..
Pat       : Nice to meet you, too
A.   How do you do
B.   How are you
C.   How are things
D.   Nice to meet you
E.   Glad to see you

            A natural disaster is a terrible accident, e.g. a great flood, a big fire or an earthquake. It usually causes great suffering and loss of a large sum of money. The casualties are injured or died. Some people are homeless and need medical care.
            Floods occur when the water of rivers, lakes, or streams overflow their banks and pour onto the surrounding land. Floods are caused by many different things. Often heavy rainstorms that last for a brief can cause a flood. But not all heavy storms are followed by flooding. If the surrounding land is flat and can absorb the water, no flooding will occur. If, however, the land is hard and rocky, heavy rain cannot be absorbed. Where the banks are low, a river may overflow and flood adjacent lowland.
            In many part of the world flood are caused by tropical storms called hurricanes or typhoons. They bring destructive winds of high speed, torrents of rain, and flooding. When a flood occurs, the destruction to surrounding land can be severe. Whole villages and towns are sometimes swept away by water pouring swiftly over the land. Railroad track blocked and uprooted from their beds. Highways are washed away.
            When a building caught fire, the firemen pitched in to help battle the blaze. Before the pumps were invented, people formed bucket brigades to fight fires. Standing side by side, they formed a human chain from the fire to nearby well or river. They passed buckets of water from to hand to be poured on the flames.
            The damage of the fire did depend a great deal on where it happened. In the country or a small village, only a single house might burn down. But in crowded cities, fire often destroy whole blocks and neighborhoods before being controlled.

  1. When is flood more likely to happen?
A.   When heavy rainstorms happen on flat land
B.   When rainstorms happen on hard rocky land
C.   When heavy rainstorms happen on forest land
D.   When the water of the rivers overflow into absorbing land
E.   When banks of the river are adjacent to lowland
  1. All the following information are natural disasters, except ….
A.   Rain                                 C. flood                      E. earthquake
B.   Storm                                D. hurricane
  1. Why do hurricanes or typhoons usually cause great destruction? Because they…
A.   bring destruction winds and torrential rains
B.   are heavy enough to cause flood
C.   are heavy storms
D.   are hard winds
E.   are tropical storms
  1. Modern fire brigade use … to fight fire.
A.   buckets of water             D. fire pump
B.   spraying sand                 E. fire arm
C.   human chain

Dear Editor,

We are writing to complain about ads on TV. There are so many ads, especially during our favorite programs. We think they should be stopped for a number of reasons.
     First, ads are nuisance. They go on for a long time and there are so many. Sometimes there seems to be too many ads in one program. Seconds, ads are a bad influence on people. They try to encourage people to buy unhealthy food like beer, soft drink, candy and chips. And they make people want things they do not really need and cannot afford. It can lead to consumerism. Finally, ads disturb programs that people watch. That is because they want to put all their ads on popular programs that a lot of people watch. Some programs that are not so popular get stopped because they do not attract enough ads, even though those programs may be someone’s favorite.
     For those reasons, we think your TV station should stop showing ads. They interrupt programs. They are a bad influence on people, and they  sometimes put a stop to people’s favorite shows.
     We are sick of ads, and now we mostly watch other channels.

                                                                                                               Masarani S.W.

  1. What is the purpose of the writer?
A.     To complain about ads on TV
B.     To encourage people to buy TV
C.     To stop the favorite programs on TV
D.     To support the existence of ads on TV
E.      To persuade the reader to make good ads on TV

  1. How many reasons does the writer put forth to stop  ads on TV?
A.     One                                                   D. Four      
B.     Two                                                  E. Five     
C.     Three
  1.  “First, ads are nuisance.  The similar meaning of the underlined word is ….(Paragraph 2)
A.     Obedience                                        D. exciting
B.     Annoyance                                       E. boring
C.     importance

  1. Which is NOT the writer’s opinion about the ads?
A.     They are nuisance                             D. They give negative influence
B.     They lead to consumerism                E. They make the program interesting
C.     They interrupt the programs

SALES MANAGER
Multinational company seeks sales manager for its office products division.
Candidate must have 10 years experience in sales development and management in the field and the ability to motivate and train incoming sales staff.
Good salary and benefits package.
Qualified candidates should send their resumes to:
The Daily News, Box 8552, 1627 Elm Street, Adelaide, Australia.
64.  What is the text about?
A.    Multinational company.
B.    A job vacancy.
C.    Sales manager.
D.    Sales development.
E.     Benefits package.
65.  One of the requirements must be fulfilled by applicant is ….
A.    Good command of English.
B.    Good at computer.
C.    Good salary and benefits package.
D.    10 years experience in sales development and management in the field.
E.     Graduated from a reputable university.
66.  Where should applicants send their resumes?
A.    To the company.
B.    To the office product division.
C.    To the sales manager.
D.    To the sales staff.
E.     To the Daily News.
67. The word arthritis literally means joint inflammation, but it is often used to refer to a group of more than 100 rheumatic diseases that cause pain, stiffness, and swelling in the joints. The most common are osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, and gout. Most forms of arthritis are associated with pain that can be divided into two categories: acute and chronic. Acute pain is temporary. It can last a few seconds or a few minutes but diminishes as healing occurs. Acute pain is associated with burns, cuts and fractures. Chronic pain, such as that felt by people with arthritis, ranges from mild to severe and can last days, months, years or even a lifetime.
     Osteoarthritis is one of the most frequent causes of physical disability among adults. More than 20 million people in the United States, alone, have the disease. By 2030, according the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 20 percent of all Americans--about 70 million people--will have passed their 65th birthday and will be at a higher risk of osteoarthritis.
     Arthritis limits the everyday activity of 8 million Americans, and this disability creates huge burdens for the individuals, their families, and the nation as a whole. Each year, arthritis results in 9,500 deaths and 750,000 hospitalizations. According to the National Center for Chronic Disease Control, in 1997, medical care for arthritis (in the U.S.) was $51 billion.

67. What is the text mainly about?
A.    Disease.
B.    Arthritis.
C.    Practioners
D.   Osteoarthritis.
E.    Pain stiffness.
68. “More than 20 million people in the United States, alone, have the disease.” (Paragraph 2)
      What does the word “the disease” refer to?
A.    Osteoarthritis.
B.    Disability.
C.    Arthritis
D.   Injury
E.    Pain
69. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?
A.    Osteoarthritis is a dangerous disease.
B.    Osteoarthritis becomes the cause of disability.
C.    People above 65 have a risk to get osteoarthritis.
D.   There are 20 million people who have osteoarthritis.
E.    The National Institutes of Health concerns with osteoarthritis.
70.   “…and this disability creates huge burdens for the individuals, their families, and the nation as a whole.” (Paragraph 3)
      The underlined word is close in meaning to ….
A.    things
B.    options
C.    troubles
D.   belongings
E.    expectations