UTBK_ENG_25 JULI 25

¹Bekasi city administration, West Java, has allowed its residents to hold religious events in mosques

and other places of worship. “[Mass religious activities are] now permissible, including the upcoming Friday

prayer, but still under the health protocols of Covid-19,” said Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi, Friday, May 29.

The permit is issued through the Bekasi Mayor’s circular No. 450/3408/SETDA.KESSOS on protocols of

religious activities to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease or Covid-19 in the city.

²In a circular inked on Wednesday, May 27, the implementation of religious activities must follow

the Covid-19 health protocols. For example, the houses of worship must be cleaned with disinfectant first

before services.

³The management must also submit a notice to the Bekasi administration. “They are obliged to

provide hand sanitizers and thermal gun to check the body temperature,” Rahmat added. Besides,

congregations are mandated to wear face masks and bring their prayers’ equipment, as well as keep a

distance of 1.2 meters between each other.

The word ’outbreak’ in paragraph 1 means...

• Epidemic

• Catastrophe

• Doom

• Infectious

• Reluctant

¹Bekasi city administration, West Java, has allowed its residents to hold religious events in mosques

and other places of worship. “[Mass religious activities are] now permissible, including the upcoming Friday

prayer, but still under the health protocols of Covid-19,” said Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi, Friday, May 29.

The permit is issued through the Bekasi Mayor’s circular No. 450/3408/SETDA.KESSOS on protocols of

religious activities to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease or Covid-19 in the city.

²In a circular inked on Wednesday, May 27, the implementation of religious activities must follow

the Covid-19 health protocols. For example, the houses of worship must be cleaned with disinfectant first

before services.

³The management must also submit a notice to the Bekasi administration. “They are obliged to

provide hand sanitizers and thermal gun to check the body temperature,” Rahmat added. Besides,

congregations are mandated to wear face masks and bring their prayers’ equipment, as well as keep a

distance of 1.2 meters between each other.

The passage above mainly discusses about...

• Possibility of coronavirus disease in

  mosque and other places of worship

• Implementation of health protocols

  in mosques and other places of

  worship

• Congregation to clean and maintain

  mosques and other places of worship

• Bekasi city reopen mosque and other

  places of worship totally

• The mosque and other worship

  places reopening issued through

  Bekasi Mayor’s circular No.

  450/3408/SETDA.KESSOS

¹Bekasi city administration, West Java, has allowed its residents to hold religious events in mosques

and other places of worship. “[Mass religious activities are] now permissible, including the upcoming Friday

prayer, but still under the health protocols of Covid-19,” said Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi, Friday, May 29.

The permit is issued through the Bekasi Mayor’s circular No. 450/3408/SETDA.KESSOS on protocols of

religious activities to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease or Covid-19 in the city.

²In a circular inked on Wednesday, May 27, the implementation of religious activities must follow

the Covid-19 health protocols. For example, the houses of worship must be cleaned with disinfectant first

before services.

³The management must also submit a notice to the Bekasi administration. “They are obliged to

provide hand sanitizers and thermal gun to check the body temperature,” Rahmat added. Besides,

congregations are mandated to wear face masks and bring their prayers’ equipment, as well as keep a

distance of 1.2 meters between each other.

What is the author’s purpose in writing

the passage ...

• Urge people to pray in their home

• Prevent coronavirus spread in Bekasi

  City

• Make sure people follow health

  protocols

• Inform the reopening of worship

  places in Bekasi City

• Concern people about importance of

  health

¹Bekasi city administration, West Java, has allowed its residents to hold religious events in mosques

and other places of worship. “[Mass religious activities are] now permissible, including the upcoming Friday

prayer, but still under the health protocols of Covid-19,” said Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi, Friday, May 29.

The permit is issued through the Bekasi Mayor’s circular No. 450/3408/SETDA.KESSOS on protocols of

religious activities to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease or Covid-19 in the city.

²In a circular inked on Wednesday, May 27, the implementation of religious activities must follow

the Covid-19 health protocols. For example, the houses of worship must be cleaned with disinfectant first

before services.

³The management must also submit a notice to the Bekasi administration. “They are obliged to

provide hand sanitizers and thermal gun to check the body temperature,” Rahmat added. Besides,

congregations are mandated to wear face masks and bring their prayers’ equipment, as well as keep a

distance of 1.2 meters between each other.

What is the author’s purpose in writing

the passage ...

• Urge people to pray in their home

• Prevent coronavirus spread in Bekasi

  City

• Make sure people follow health

  protocols

• Inform the reopening of worship

  places in Bekasi City

• Concern people about importance of

  health

¹The thought of a car or truck that can drive itself is at once both exciting and frightening.

Autonomous vehicle navigation, as the technology is known, may make life more convenient if it allows

people to kick back and enjoy a good book or movie while their cars guide themselves through rush-hour

traffic. However, what happens if it starts to rain or if traffic suddenly picks up?

²If the technology is to work at all, it will have to be completely safe on all roads, under all speeds,

and in all weather. Therein lies the challenge: if cars and trucks are to drive autonomously, they will need

futuristic sensors and advanced computing capabilities to respond to ever-changing road conditions.

³Perhaps the most extreme example of ever-changing conditions is a war zone, where roads may

be reduced to rubble and vehicles are natural targets of attack. Rolling out fleets of self-navigating vehicles

for the military is an enticing idea because it could keep thousands of troops out of harm’s way.

Nevertheless, will it be possible for these vehicles to operate in war zones? This question was the

inspiration for a recent Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contest aimed at spurring

the development of such technologies.

⁴Held at a former air force base in Victorville, Calif. In late 2007, the DARPA Urban Challenge offered

a $3.5 million purse to competitors who could design the fastest and safest vehicles that could traverse a

60-mile urban course in moving traffic in less than six hours. The contestant vehicles were unmanned and

had to complete a simulated military supply mission, manoeuvring through a mock city environment,

avoiding obstacles, merging into moving traffic, navigating traffic circles, and negotiating intersections - all

while conforming to California driving rules. Of the 89 international teams that entered the challenge, only

six finished in the allotted time.

⁵Wende Zhang of General Motors was part of the team that designed the winning vehicle, which

finished with the fastest time - an average speed of approximately 13 miles per hour. The GM team drew

upon existing technology already offered in some of their vehicles that can assist in parking or detect lane

markers and trigger alarms if the drivers are coming too close to the shoulder of the road. For the DARPA

challenge, they developed a more sophisticated package of sensors that included GPS coupled with a

camera and a laser-ranging LIDAR system to guide and correct the vehicle’s route through the city. In

Baltimore, Zhang will present GM’s patented new methods for detecting lanes and correcting a vehicle’s

route, which helped them win the challenge.

⁶Though they won, people should not look for robotic chauffeurs immediately. The technology must

prove reliable in many different road, weather and lighting conditions. Still, says Zhang, a commercially-

viable autonomous driving product may be available in the next decade.

The best title for this passage is _______.

• Future War Zone Vehicles

• A Giant Leap in automotive industry

• Research on the development of

  unmanned vehicles

• Defense Advanced Research Projects

  Agency

• The Triumph of General Motors in a

  competition

¹The thought of a car or truck that can drive itself is at once both exciting and frightening.

Autonomous vehicle navigation, as the technology is known, may make life more convenient if it allows

people to kick back and enjoy a good book or movie while their cars guide themselves through rush-hour

traffic. However, what happens if it starts to rain or if traffic suddenly picks up?

²If the technology is to work at all, it will have to be completely safe on all roads, under all speeds,

and in all weather. Therein lies the challenge: if cars and trucks are to drive autonomously, they will need

futuristic sensors and advanced computing capabilities to respond to ever-changing road conditions.

³Perhaps the most extreme example of ever-changing conditions is a war zone, where roads may

be reduced to rubble and vehicles are natural targets of attack. Rolling out fleets of self-navigating vehicles

for the military is an enticing idea because it could keep thousands of troops out of harm’s way.

Nevertheless, will it be possible for these vehicles to operate in war zones? This question was the

inspiration for a recent Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contest aimed at spurring

the development of such technologies.

⁴Held at a former air force base in Victorville, Calif. In late 2007, the DARPA Urban Challenge offered

a $3.5 million purse to competitors who could design the fastest and safest vehicles that could traverse a

60-mile urban course in moving traffic in less than six hours. The contestant vehicles were unmanned and

had to complete a simulated military supply mission, manoeuvring through a mock city environment,

avoiding obstacles, merging into moving traffic, navigating traffic circles, and negotiating intersections - all

while conforming to California driving rules. Of the 89 international teams that entered the challenge, only

six finished in the allotted time.

⁵Wende Zhang of General Motors was part of the team that designed the winning vehicle, which

finished with the fastest time - an average speed of approximately 13 miles per hour. The GM team drew

upon existing technology already offered in some of their vehicles that can assist in parking or detect lane

markers and trigger alarms if the drivers are coming too close to the shoulder of the road. For the DARPA

challenge, they developed a more sophisticated package of sensors that included GPS coupled with a

camera and a laser-ranging LIDAR system to guide and correct the vehicle’s route through the city. In

Baltimore, Zhang will present GM’s patented new methods for detecting lanes and correcting a vehicle’s

route, which helped them win the challenge.

⁶Though they won, people should not look for robotic chauffeurs immediately. The technology must

prove reliable in many different road, weather and lighting conditions. Still, says Zhang, a commercially-

viable autonomous driving product may be available in the next decade.

What is stated about autonomous vehicle

navigation in the passage?

• It cannot function if it runs out of

  electricity.

• Bad weather and traffic jam are minor

  problems for autonomous vehicles.

• Sixty teams managed to design

  autonomous vehicles in the DARPA

  competition.

• Autonomous vehicles will be

  equipped with a state-of-the art

  navigating system.

• Robotic chauffeurs will be ready in the

  near future.

¹The thought of a car or truck that can drive itself is at once both exciting and frightening.

Autonomous vehicle navigation, as the technology is known, may make life more convenient if it allows

people to kick back and enjoy a good book or movie while their cars guide themselves through rush-hour

traffic. However, what happens if it starts to rain or if traffic suddenly picks up?

²If the technology is to work at all, it will have to be completely safe on all roads, under all speeds,

and in all weather. Therein lies the challenge: if cars and trucks are to drive autonomously, they will need

futuristic sensors and advanced computing capabilities to respond to ever-changing road conditions.

³Perhaps the most extreme example of ever-changing conditions is a war zone, where roads may

be reduced to rubble and vehicles are natural targets of attack. Rolling out fleets of self-navigating vehicles

for the military is an enticing idea because it could keep thousands of troops out of harm’s way.

Nevertheless, will it be possible for these vehicles to operate in war zones? This question was the

inspiration for a recent Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contest aimed at spurring

the development of such technologies.

⁴Held at a former air force base in Victorville, Calif. In late 2007, the DARPA Urban Challenge offered

a $3.5 million purse to competitors who could design the fastest and safest vehicles that could traverse a

60-mile urban course in moving traffic in less than six hours. The contestant vehicles were unmanned and

had to complete a simulated military supply mission, manoeuvring through a mock city environment,

avoiding obstacles, merging into moving traffic, navigating traffic circles, and negotiating intersections - all

while conforming to California driving rules. Of the 89 international teams that entered the challenge, only

six finished in the allotted time.

⁵Wende Zhang of General Motors was part of the team that designed the winning vehicle, which

finished with the fastest time - an average speed of approximately 13 miles per hour. The GM team drew

upon existing technology already offered in some of their vehicles that can assist in parking or detect lane

markers and trigger alarms if the drivers are coming too close to the shoulder of the road. For the DARPA

challenge, they developed a more sophisticated package of sensors that included GPS coupled with a

camera and a laser-ranging LIDAR system to guide and correct the vehicle’s route through the city. In

Baltimore, Zhang will present GM’s patented new methods for detecting lanes and correcting a vehicle’s

route, which helped them win the challenge.

⁶Though they won, people should not look for robotic chauffeurs immediately. The technology must

prove reliable in many different road, weather and lighting conditions. Still, says Zhang, a commercially-

viable autonomous driving product may be available in the next decade.

It can be inferred from the passage that the

DARPA Urban Challenge _______.

• meant to search for an advanced

  manned navigation system

• was only open for American teams

• gave a trivial prize to the winning

  team

• is to develop self-navigating vehicles

  for all sorts of road conditions

• was not very competitive

¹Young people have put the spotlight on mental health in Mission Australia’s Youth Survey this year,

naming it as one of the top three issues facing Australia. The survey found concerns about mental health

across the country that have doubled alarmingly since 2011. About 22,000 young people aged 15 to 19 took

part in the survey and more than 20 per cent cited mental health as among their top national issues. Alcohol

and drugs were cited as their top concern, followed by equity and discrimination.

²Mission Australia chief executive Catherine Yeomans said concerns about mental health were at

their highest level in the survey’s 15-year history. “If young people are telling us that they think this is one

of the top three concerns facing the nation, then we should sit up and pay attention and we should think

about whether we’ve got the right responses in place,” she said. “Let’s look at the issues and put in programs

that are going to support young people.”

³The results did not surprise 19-year-old Savannah van der Veer, who has managed depression and

obsessive compulsive disorder for more than a decade. “People don’t take you seriously, they just assume

all children are kind of moody and unusual - they do strange things that don’t make sense,” she said. “But I

was really suffering and I didn’t really know how to talk about it and I didn’t really know that what was

happening to me wasn’t normal.” Miss van der Veer said she turned to her mother and counselors for

support.

⁴Youth mental health group Batyr held more than 150 workshops in Australian high schools last year.

The program is facilitated by young people who have experienced mental health issues. “What our

programs are designed to do is to make it OK to not be OK - to show young people that there are people out

there like them who are suffering and going through tough times but that we can talk about it as a group,”

chief executive Sam Refshauge said. The sessions incorporate music and activities to shift negative stigma

around mental health issues.

What topic does the paragraph preceding the passage most likely discuss?

• Alcohol and drugs

• Mental health of adults

• Equity and discrimination

• Mission Australia’s Youth Survey

• Mental problems faced by Australians

¹Young people have put the spotlight on mental health in Mission Australia’s Youth Survey this year,

naming it as one of the top three issues facing Australia. The survey found concerns about mental health

across the country that have doubled alarmingly since 2011. About 22,000 young people aged 15 to 19 took

part in the survey and more than 20 per cent cited mental health as among their top national issues. Alcohol

and drugs were cited as their top concern, followed by equity and discrimination.

²Mission Australia chief executive Catherine Yeomans said concerns about mental health were at

their highest level in the survey’s 15-year history. “If young people are telling us that they think this is one

of the top three concerns facing the nation, then we should sit up and pay attention and we should think

about whether we’ve got the right responses in place,” she said. “Let’s look at the issues and put in programs

that are going to support young people.”

³The results did not surprise 19-year-old Savannah van der Veer, who has managed depression and

obsessive compulsive disorder for more than a decade. “People don’t take you seriously, they just assume

all children are kind of moody and unusual - they do strange things that don’t make sense,” she said. “But I

was really suffering and I didn’t really know how to talk about it and I didn’t really know that what was

happening to me wasn’t normal.” Miss van der Veer said she turned to her mother and counselors for

support.

⁴Youth mental health group Batyr held more than 150 workshops in Australian high schools last year.

The program is facilitated by young people who have experienced mental health issues. “What our

programs are designed to do is to make it OK to not be OK - to show young people that there are people out

there like them who are suffering and going through tough times but that we can talk about it as a group,”

chief executive Sam Refshauge said. The sessions incorporate music and activities to shift negative stigma

around mental health issues.

What is the author’s attitude toward the topic of the passage?

• Concerned

• Ignorant

• Pessimistic

• Doubtful

• Critical

¹Young people have put the spotlight on mental health in Mission Australia’s Youth Survey this year,

naming it as one of the top three issues facing Australia. The survey found concerns about mental health

across the country that have doubled alarmingly since 2011. About 22,000 young people aged 15 to 19 took

part in the survey and more than 20 per cent cited mental health as among their top national issues. Alcohol

and drugs were cited as their top concern, followed by equity and discrimination.

²Mission Australia chief executive Catherine Yeomans said concerns about mental health were at

their highest level in the survey’s 15-year history. “If young people are telling us that they think this is one

of the top three concerns facing the nation, then we should sit up and pay attention and we should think

about whether we’ve got the right responses in place,” she said. “Let’s look at the issues and put in programs

that are going to support young people.”

³The results did not surprise 19-year-old Savannah van der Veer, who has managed depression and

obsessive compulsive disorder for more than a decade. “People don’t take you seriously, they just assume

all children are kind of moody and unusual - they do strange things that don’t make sense,” she said. “But I

was really suffering and I didn’t really know how to talk about it and I didn’t really know that what was

happening to me wasn’t normal.” Miss van der Veer said she turned to her mother and counselors for

support.

⁴Youth mental health group Batyr held more than 150 workshops in Australian high schools last year.

The program is facilitated by young people who have experienced mental health issues. “What our

programs are designed to do is to make it OK to not be OK - to show young people that there are people out

there like them who are suffering and going through tough times but that we can talk about it as a group,”

chief executive Sam Refshauge said. The sessions incorporate music and activities to shift negative stigma

around mental health issues.

Based on the passage, young people will understand their own mental health condition if ....

• High school programs prioritize social welfare

• Workshops on mental health are effectively conducted

• Their family and school consider mental disorder seriously

• More research on mental health reveals the roots

• Mental health becomes a school subject