2. It has destroyed hundreds of other structures and scorched more than 70,000 acres of land. (paragraph 4). The word ‘it’ refers to:

3. Late Saturday, many of the other current fires burning in California were nearly 100% contained. The word ‘contained’ has the closest meaning with:

Questions 4 – 7 are about the following text.

A tornado can do a lot of damage. The wind of tornado rushes at great speed around a funnel-shaped cloud. It travels in a path a few hundred feet wide and about twenty-five miles long. As the wind circles counterclockwise, the funnel spirals higher and higher. The force of the wind sucks tip water, dirt, and objects, and carries them along with it. It may drop them again many miles away. Houses and huge trees have been drawn into tornado funnels. At sea, ships have been nearly sunk by tornadoes dropping water on them.

East of Australia people talk about a rain of blood. This is caused by a tornado picking up red dust and mixing it with water to make red rain. There are even stories about a rain of fish and frogs caused by a tornado sucking them up and then dropping them.

4. A tornado is a …

5. The path of tornado is usually…

6. The wind in a tornado usually travels…

7.The “rain of blood” east of Australia made of…

Questions 8 – 12 are about the following text.

Ki Hadjar Dewantoro, original name Raden Mas (Lord) Suwardi Surjaningrat (born May 2, 1889, Yogyakarta, Java-died April 26, 1959, Yogyakarta), founder of the Taman Siswa school system, an influential and widespread network of schools that encouraged modernization but also promoted indigenous Indonesian culture.

Dewantoro was born into a noble family of Yogyakarta and attended a Dutch-sponsored medical school but failed to complete the course. Active in the nationalist cause, he belonged to a faction favouring direct action and the use of Western methods to destroy the power of the Dutch. He was also a member of the Bandung chapter of Sarekat Islām (“Islamic Association”) and a founder of the Socialist Indische Partij (“Indies Party”). An article he wrote during this period, “If I Were a Netherlander,” published in the Indische Partij‟s De Express, led to his exile to the Netherlands between 1913 and 1918.

In the Netherlands he became converted to the idea of using Indonesian cultural traditions to cope with the problems posed by Dutch colonial rule. He felt that education was the best means to strengthen Indonesians, and he was deeply influenced by the progressive theories of the Italian educational reformer Maria Montessori and by the Indian poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore.

The first Taman Siswa schools were established in Java in July 1922. Instruction, carried on informally, emphasized traditional skills and values of Javanese life, particularly music and dance. Western subjects were taught, too, in order to help students cope with the demands of modern life. Overcoming initial official hostility, the Taman Siswa schools had spread throughout the archipelago and were by the late 1930s subsidized by the Dutch colonial government. Based on traditional Javanese concepts, the Taman Siswa schools appealed primarily to those segments of Indonesian society termed abangan, in which the Islamic faith is less deeply entrenched. Dewantoro continued his leadership of Taman Siswa after the war and upon his death was acclaimed a national hero.

8. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

9. What is the purpose of Taman Siswa?

10. Why was Ki Hadjar Dewantoro exiled to the Netherlands?

11. What IS NOT TRUE about Taman Siswa?

12. Dewantoro continued his leadership of Taman Siswa after the war and upon his death was acclaimed a national hero. What is the closest meaning from the underlined word?

Questions 13 – 17 are about the following text.

Why Children Should Be Encouraged to Play Outside

About twenty years ago, when the Internet was not so easily accessible, and daily life was not spammed with all kinds of gadgets and electronic toys, children used to spend much more time outdoors. Nowadays, however, children prefer to spend free time at home, as this way they can watch more TV, play XBox or Playstation, play games on their parents‟ tablets, and so on. Although this may also be more comfortable for parents, as they can watch and control their child easier when at home, for a child‟s sake, it is better to encourage him or her to play outdoors.

According to a new study held in Australia, teenagers who are regularly engaged in moderate-to-vigorous outdoor activity tend to have better health and easier social interactions than their peers who prefer to stay at home and play games. On average, the difference in time spent outdoors for these two groups was about 2.5 hours

Indeed, as it has been discovered, outdoor activity does not just generally improve the way a child feels; there are a number of specific benefits a child or teenager receives from playing outdoors. Spending a lot of time outdoors helps teenagers avoid or reduce stress and feel more relaxed, have more confidence in themselves, boosts self-esteem and allows them to keep in touch with old friends and also make new ones.

What is also important, spending time outdoors helps children to develop skills connected to creativity and invention. According to Robin Moore, an expert in the design of play and learning environments, the objects of the outdoors grant children with limitless possibilities for playing, and each time a child steps outside, these games change, or new ones are invented. Creative skills that a child develops when playing outside can help him or her in the future – for example, when there is a need to solve a non-standard task, or come up with a new idea.

Although the popularity of gadgets and gaming consoles is beneficial for parents (since it is easier for them to control and watch their children when they are at home), for children‟s sake, it is better that they spend more time outdoors. Playing outside not only improves a child‟s general physical and psycho-emotional condition, but makes him or her physically stronger, more flexible, and self-confident. Playing outdoors positively affects self-esteem, helps a child to maintain a healthy weight, and develop social contacts. Moreover, playing outdoors contributes to the development of creative thinking and imagination. Therefore, parents should encourage their children to spend much more time outdoors.

13. What does the text tell us about?

14. The followings are some advantages for children playing outdoors, except:

15. How can playing outdoors help children in the future?

16. What is the thesis of this essay?

17. “…..the objects of the outdoors grant children with limitless possibilities…(Paragraph 4)” the underlined word has the closest meaning with?

18. Rearrange the following sentences into the correct and meaningful paragraph!

1) If you don‟t have an account yet, create one.

2) Sign in to get into your account in your mail provider

3) Click compose message button to start writing your email.

4) Type the message you want to send just like typing a letter

5) You may add a title for your email by typing it in the subject bar below the address.

6) When you finish typing, click send button. Your email will be sent to the desired address

7) Prior to writing, decide the receiving mail address by typing it on the address bar or browsing it in your contact database.

The best arrangement of sentences above is ....

19. What is factual report text?

20. The purpose of factual report text is,?

The text for number 21 to 23

Whales are sea-living mammals. They therefore breathe air but cannot survive or land. Some species are very large indeed and the blue whale, which can exceed 30 meter length, is the largest animal which lives on earth. Superficially, the whale looks rather like a fish, but there are important difference in its external structure; its tail consists of a pair of broad, flat horizontal paddles (the tail of a fish is vertical) and it has a single nostril on top of its breadth, broad head. The skin is smooth and shiny and beneath it lies a layer of flat (blubber). This is up to 30 meter in thickness and serves to conserve heat and body fluids.

21. What is the text about?

22. The purpose of sentence 1 is………….

23. What type of text is used by the writer?

24. The example from Zero conditional is….

25. Change to passive voice.” She has written five poems”