Latihan Soal UN/US

The Habitat Penang Hill

The Habitat Penang Hill is an educated tourism place with a forested view, various exciting floral ecosystem, and marine panoramic beauty. It provides the most authentic, diverse

and educational Malaysian rainforest experience. Starting at the forest floor, our Naturalists will take you on a journey along our Nature Trail to explore the myriad of flora and fauna – plants, trees, insects, birds, reptiles, and mammals that call the Habitat home.

You can also explore the biodiversity of the rainforest canopy on our 230m Langur Way Canopy Walk. It is a ride that allows you to experience wonderful sensation when skywalk along the groups of shady trees. The ride was built tree-friendly. Besides, you can visit Curtis Crest Tree Top Walk at the top of Penang Hill, and embrance the 360-degree panoramic views of Penang Island from the highest viewing point of Penang.

Other facilities you can enjoy besides The Canopy Walk are The Red Garden, Butterfly Bank, and Fragrance Garden.

The Habitat Penang Hill ticket prices range between RM10 and RM20. It opens from 9.30 a.m to 6.00 p.m. You can ride a monorail from Penang Hill to reach this place.

After reading the text, the reader will most likely .......................

• promote his experience to his family and friends

• have better interest in coming to see the object

• discuss the possibility of exploring the hill

• develop new attraction spots there

The Habitat Penang Hill

The Habitat Penang Hill is an educated tourism place with a forested view, various exciting floral ecosystem, and marine panoramic beauty. It provides the most authentic, diverse and educational Malaysian rainforest experience. Starting at the forest floor, our Naturalists will take you on a journey along our Nature Trail to explore the myriad of flora and fauna – plants, trees, insects, birds, reptiles, and mammals that call the Habitat home.

You can also explore the biodiversity of the rainforest canopy on our 230m Langur Way Canopy Walk. It is a ride that allows you to experience wonderful sensation when skywalk along the groups of shady trees. The ride was built tree-friendly. Besides, you can visit Curtis Crest Tree Top Walk at the top of Penang Hill, and embrance the 360-degree panoramic views of Penang Island from the highest viewing point of Penang.

Other facilities you can enjoy besides The Canopy Walk are The Red Garden, Butterfly Bank, and Fragrance Garden.

The Habitat Penang Hill ticket prices range between RM10 and RM20. It opens from 9.30 a.m to 6.00 p.m. You can ride a monorail from Penang Hill to reach this place.

“The ride was built tree-friendly.” (2^nd paragraph)

What does the underlined phrase mean?

• It will not potentialy damage any trees around it

• It will cause the plants look friendlier than usual

• It is not operated if the trees are too shady

• It is made of various wooden materials

Kevin Systrom is the co-founder of Instagram. Inc and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. He also serves as Advisor of Stamped. Inc and was named to Fortune’s 40-under-40-list.

Kevin Systrom graduated from Stanford University in 2006 with a BS in Management Science and Engineering. He got his first taste of the startup world when he was an intern at Odeo that later become Twitter. He spent two-years at Google-the first of which was working on Gmail, Google Reader and other products and the latter where he worked on the Corporate Development Team. Kevin has always had a passion for social products that enable people to communicate more easily and combined with his passion for photography, Instragram is a natural fit.

Adopted from: http://instagram.com/about/us/# (February 10, 2014)

How many years did he work at Google?

• Two years

• Three years

• Four years

• Five years

Kevin Systrom is the co-founder of Instagram. Inc and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. He also serve as Advisor of Stamped. Inc and was named to Fortune’s 40-under-40-list.

Kevin Systrom graduated from Stanford University in 2006 with a BS in Management Science and Engineering. He got his first taste of the startup world when he was an intern at Odeo that later become Twitter. He spent two-years at Google-the first of which was working on Gmail, Google Reader and other products and the latter where he worked on the Corporate Development Team. Kevin has always had a passion for social products that enable people to communicate more easily and combined with his passion for photography, Instragram is a natural fit.

Adopted from: http://instagram.com/about/us/# (February 10, 2014

What is Kevin’s passion?

• To bridge communication gaps between people in long distance

• To establish his own communication company

• To facilitate people to communicate more easily

• To provide huge number of job vacancies

YAMAGA Music Ltd.

16 Grand Avenue, New York City,

USA

March 20, 2018

Dear Sir/Madam,

I wish to apply for the position of clerk at your video store, advertised in the Local News on March 15, 2018.

I believe I have the necessary skills and abilities for this job. I am organized, resouceful, personable, and a fast learner. I am also fluent in both official languages, English and French.

Your company excels at customer service, a field in which I would like to pursue a career. I am also very eager to become part of winning team like yours. Joining your organization would give a chance to develop useful skills that will help in pursuing my long-term career goals.

If you are interested in meeting with me, I am available for an interview on weekdays after 3:30 p.m. or anytime on the weekend.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Nakamura Hiroshi

Why did Hiroshi write the letter?

• To be given a chance to work faster

• To improve his language proficiency

• To become popular in the Local News

• To be accepted for the position offered

YAMAGA Music Ltd.

16 Grand Avenue, New York City,

USA

March 20, 2018

Dear Sir/Madam,

I wish to apply for the position of clerk at your video store, advertised in the Local News on March 15, 2018.

I believe I have the necessary skills and abilities for this job. I am organized, resouceful, personable, and a fast learner. I am also fluent in both official languages, English and French.

Your company excels at customer service, a field in which I would like to pursue a career. I am also very eager to become part of winning team like yours. Joining your organization would give a chance to develop useful skills that will help in pursuing my long-term career goals.

If you are interested in meeting with me, I am available for an interview on weekdays after 3:30 p.m. or anytime on the weekend.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Nakamura Hiroshi

What is one of the strongest points the applicant has?

• He can grasp new concepts and assignments quickly

• He will help others in chasing their career goals

• He will give a chance to develop useful skills

• He can speak many different languages

YAMAGA Music Ltd.

16 Grand Avenue, New York City,

USA

March 20, 2018

Dear Sir/Madam,

I wish to apply for the position of clerk at your video store, advertised in the Local News on March 15, 2018.

I believe I have the necessary skills and abilities for this job. I am organized, resouceful, personable, and a fast learner. I am also fluent in both official languages, English and French.

Your company excels at customer service, a field in which I would like to pursue a career. I am also very eager to become part of winning team like yours. Joining your organization would give a chance to develop useful skills that will help in pursuing my long-term career goals.

If you are interested in meeting with me, I am available for an interview on weekdays after 3:30 p.m. or anytime on the weekend.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Nakamura Hiroshi

“Your company excels at customer service........” (3^rd Paragraph)

The underlined word can be best replace with ….........

• is allowed

• is very good

• is motivated

• is recognized

Tips for Getting A Better “Scans” With Digital Camera

1. Calibrate your digital camera for more reliable color matching.

2. Use a tripod or set the camera on a solid surface to keep the camera perfectly steady. Use the self-timer because even the act of pressing the camera button can cause movement and blurriness.

3. If possible, use a light box to control lighting. If that’s not possible, try taking pictures near a window or place a lamp on one side and then place piece of reflectives paper or white poster board on the other side to reflect the light evenly across the subject.

4. Use a heavy acrylic sheet to lay on top of books or photos that won’t lay flat to get a less distorted picture.

5. Learn a different settings for your camera to find the ones that work best for different locations and lighting conditions that you can’t control easily yourself.

Who most likely make use of this instruction?

• A professional photographer

• A television camera man

• A model on a catwalk

• A high school student

Tips for Getting A Better “Scans” With Digital Camera

1. Calibrate your digital camera for more reliable color matching.

2. Use a tripod or set the camera on a solid surface to keep the camera perfectly steady. Use the self-timer because even the act of pressing the camera button can cause movement and blurriness.

3. If possible, use a light box to control lighting. If that’s not possible, try taking pictures near a window or place a lamp on one side and then place piece of reflectives paper or white poster board on the other side to reflect the light evenly across the subject.

4. Use a heavy acrylic sheet to lay on top of books or photos that won’t lay flat to get a less distorted picture.

Learn a different settings for your camera to find the ones that work best for different locations and lighting conditions that you can’t control easily yourself.

Why do we have to use a self-timer?

• To control lighting and lamps

• To find locations and conditions

• To set suitable books and photos

• To avoid movement and blurriness

Tips for Getting A Better “Scans” With Digital Camera

1. Calibrate your digital camera for more reliable color matching.

2. Use a tripod or set the camera on a solid surface to keep the camera perfectly steady. Use the self-timer because even the act of pressing the camera button can cause movement and blurriness.

3. If possible, use a light box to control lighting. If that’s not possible, try taking pictures near a window or place a lamp on one side and then place piece of reflectives paper or white poster board on the other side to reflect the light evenly across the subject.

4. Use a heavy acrylic sheet to lay on top of books or photos that won’t lay flat to get a less distorted picture.

5. Learn a different settings for your camera to find the ones that work best for different locations and lighting conditions that you can’t control easily yourself.

“…to find the ones that work best...” (last step)

What does the underlined word refer to ....

• photos

• setting

• location

• conditions