ENGLISH TEST

ENGLISH TEST
PT. KNITTO TEKSTIL INDONESIA

Section 1 : Structure

Time: 20 minutes

This section is designed to measure your ability to recognize language that is appropriatefor standard written English. There are two types of questions in this section, with special directions for each type.

Directions: Questions 1-15 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you

will see four words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.

Example

Sample Answer

A/B/C/D

Geysers have often been compared to volcanoesthey both emit hot liquids from

below the Earth’s surface.

(A) due to

(B) because

(C) in spite of

(D) regardless of

The sentence should read, “Geysers have often been compared to volcanoes because they both emit hot liquids from below Earth’s surface.” Therefore, you should choose (B)

Multiple Choice

Rhymes result from sound rather than spelling, and words neither have to be spelled the same way ......... look alike in order to rhyme.

• (A) not

• (B) and

• (C) nor

• (D) either

Multiple Choice

The gardenia, about 200 species ....... to tropical and subtropical countries, was named in honor of eighteenth century naturalist Alexander Garden.

• (A) native of which are

• (B) are native of which

• (C) which are native of

• (D) of which are native

Multiple Choice

Bioethics is ......... the moral and social implications of techniques resulting from advances in the biological sciences.

• (A) study

• (B) studied

• (C) the study of

• (D) the study that

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When ...... from REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep, a state in which brain activity resembles the waking state, they usually report that they have been dreaming

• (A) awakened people

• (B) people awakening

• (C) are people awakening

• (D) people are awakened

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In their designs the Shakers always sought ......... to a problem, whether it was a rocking chair or a steam engine.

• (A) the simplest solution

• (B) the solution of simplest

• (C) the solution that

  simplification

• (D) which solution simplest

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Carbohydrates, .......... of the three principal constituents of food, form the bulk of the average human diet.

• (A) are one

• (B) one that

• (C) one

• (D) which one

Multiple Choice

Eva Gatling directed ......... in Huntington, New York, from 1962 until 1978.

• (A) the Heckscher Museum

• (B) the Heckscher Museum was

• (C) how the Heckscher

  Museum

• (D) and the Heckscher Museum

Multiple Choice

Geometrically, the hyperbolic functions are related to the hyperbola, ............. the trigonometric functions are related to the circle.

• (A) just as

• (B) same

• (C) similar to

• (D) and similar

Multiple Choice

United States aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart set ........... long distance flight records.

• (A) of several

• (B) several the

• (C) several

• (D) several of

Multiple Choice

The brilliance of the Sun’s disk makes observations of thebcorona and nearby stars ........... with ordinary telescopes, except during an eclipse.

• (A) impossibility

• (B) impossible

• (C) they are impossible

• (D) are impossible

Multiple Choice

Distantly related to pigs, .......... the great Indian rhinoceros as the second largest living land animal.

• (A) rivaling the hippopotamus

• (B) the rival of the

  hippopotamus

• (C) which the hippopotamus

  rivals

• (D) the hippopotamus rivals

Multiple Choice

Psychologists who study information processing have found ........

to identify and describe several memory structures and control processes.

• (A) is instructive

• (B) instructive

• (C) it instructive

• (D) as instructive

Multiple Choice

Not until the 1820s ...... part of the curriculum of Harvard and Yale universities.

• (A) physical education became

• (B) physical education had

  become

• (C) did physical education

  become

• (D) when physical education

  became

Multiple Choice

Perhaps even more important than the accuracy and reliability

of a meteorological instrument ............... .

• (A) that positioning it is correct

• (B) is positioned correctly

• (C) that its correct position

• (D) is that it be positioned

  correctly

Multiple Choice

Ellis Island in Upper New York Bay was the principal reception center ........... the United States from 1892 to 1943.

• (A) immigrants entered

• (B) which immigrants entered

• (C) through which immigrants

  entered

• (D) which immigrants who

  entered

Section 1 : Written Expression

Directions: In questions 16-30 each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed for the sentence to be correct. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen

Example

The sentence should read, “Guppies are sometimes called rainbow fish due to the bright colors of the males.” Therefore, you should choose (A).

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Section 2 : Reading Comprehension

Time: 25 Minutes

Directions: In this section you will read several passages. Each one is followed by several questions about it. For questions 1-50, you are to choose the one best answer, (A), (B), (C), or (D), to each question. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.

Answer all questions following a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage.

Example

Read the following sample passage:

The railroad was not the first institution to impose regularity on society, or to draw attention to the importance of precise timekeeping. For as long as merchants have set out their wares at daybreak and communal festivities have been celebrated, people have been in rough agreement with their neighbors as to the time of day. The value of this tradition is today more apparent than ever. Were it not for public acceptance of a single yardstick of time, social life would be unbearably chaotic: the massive daily transfers of goods, services, and information would proceed in fits and starts; the very fabric of modern society would begin to unravel.

What is the main idea of the passage?

(A) In modern society we must make more time for our neighbors.

(B) The traditions of society are timeless.

(C) An accepted way of measuring time is essential for the smooth functioning of society.

(D) Society judges people by the times at which they conduct certain activities.

The main idea of the passage is that societies need to agree about how time is to be

measured in order to function smoothly. Therefore, you should choose (C).

Multiple Choice

The passage mainly discusses how

• (A) radar technology improved

  over time

• (B) the surface of Venus

• (C) the age of Venus was

  determined scientifically

• (D) knowledge about the

  surface of Venus was

  obtained

Multiple Choice

The passage mentions that radar beams were used to obtain the first maps of Venus

because they

• (A) allowed for mapping more than the two regions already familiar to scientists

• (B) could penetrate the clouds that concealed the surface of Venus

• (C) were the least expensive

  method of mapping at

  the time

• (D) could be transmitted easily

  from Earth

Multiple Choice

The word “equipped”

in line 9 is closest in meaning to

• (A) selected

• (B) adjusted

• (C) inspected

• (D) furnished

Multiple Choice

The author discusses Maxwell Montes together with the Himalayas in the passage in order to

• (A) indicate their similar

  composition

• (B) establish the height of

  Maxwell Montes

• (C) indicate that the terrain on

  Earth resembles the

  terrain on Venus

• (D) compare the origins of the

  two mountain ranges

Multiple Choice

The word “appreciably”

in line 13 is closest in meaning to

• (A) surprisingly

• (B) probably

• (C) noticeably

• (D) consistently

Multiple Choice

The word “vast”

in line 14 is closest in meaning to

• (A) extensive

• (B) remote

• (C) obvious

• (D) raised

Multiple Choice

The word “isolated”

in line 17 is closest in meaning to

• (A) surrounded

• (B) separated

• (C)accumulated

• (D) elevated

Multiple Choice

Pioneer-Venus 1 discovered that Venus had all of the following features EXCEPT

• (A) impact craters

• (B) lowlands

• (C) mountains

• (D) shield volcanoes

Multiple Choice

The Magellan spacecraft discovered that most of the surface of Venus is covered with

• (A) faults and fractures

• (B) rift valleys

• (C) lava and volcanoes

• (D) impact craters

Multiple Choice

It can be inferred from the passage that scientists use the density of impact craters

on Venus to determine which of the following?

• (A) The cause of the faults and

  fractures

• (B) The age of different areas

  of the planet’s surface

• (C) The areas that are most

  geologically active

• (D) The amount of flooding of

  rift valley areas

Multiple Choice

The wings of insects are compared to the wings of birds and bats in terms of

• (A) their size

• (B) the way they evolved

• (C) their point of attachment

  to the thorax

• (D) their role in the survival of

  the species

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a characteristic of the earliest insects known to be capable of

true flight?

• (A) They had one pair of

  wings.

• (B) Their wings were only

  folded when at rest.

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  (C) Both pairs of wings moved

  at the same time.

• (D) Their wings were always

  extended.

Multiple Choice

The author mentions dragonflies in the second paragraph as an example

of insects whose wings are

• (A) not symmetrical in design

• (B) commonly found in

  advanced insects

• (C) similar to those of the

  earliest insects

• (D) capable of circular

  movements

Multiple Choice

The word “link” in line 12 is

closest in meaning to

• (A) join

• (B) stop

• (C) reduce

• (D) flatten

Multiple Choice

According to the passage, how

do the veins of insect wings

differ among species?

• (A) Some species do not have

  spaces between the

  veins.

• (B) Veins are difficult to see in

  some species.

• (C) Different species have

  different patterns of

  veins.

• (D) Some species do not

  pump air through the

  veins.

Multiple Choice

Where can open cells be found?

• (A) At the edge of the wings

• (B) In the middle of the wings

• (C) In the veins

• (D) In the blood

Multiple Choice

The word “they”

in line 21 refers to

• (A) spaces

• (B) wings

• (C) insects

• (D) veins

Multiple Choice

How do the forward and

trailing edges of insect wings differ?

• (A) There are fewer veins in the

  trailing edge.

• (B) They have veins of different

  thicknesses.

• (C) Only the forward edge

  produces forward

  movement.

• (D) One curls on the upstroke

  and the other curls on the downstroke.

Multiple Choice

The word “flexible”

in line 24 is closest in meaning to

• (A) pointed

• (B) weak

• (C) able to expand

• (D) able to bend

Multiple Choice

Which of the following aspects

of insects that can fly is NOT

discussed in the passage?

• (A) The origin of their wings

• (B) Their movements while in

  flight

• (C) The physical structure of

  their wings

• (D) The speed at which they

  can fly