Introduction
So many slighting remarks have been made of late on the use of teaching grammar as compared with teaching science, that it is plain the fact has been lost sight of that grammar is itself a science. The object we have, or should have, in teaching science, is not to fill a child's mind with a vast number of facts that may or may not prove useful to him hereafter, but to draw out and exercise his powers of observation, and to show him how to make use of what he observes.
The teacher of grammar has a great advantage over the teacher of other sciences, in that the facts he has to call attention to lie ready at hand for every pupil to observe without the use of apparatus of any kind while the use of them also lies within the personal experience of every one.
Task
Answer all the questions correctly. Pay full attention to its instructions and do it as the instructions' told you to. Don't be rush, and Good Luck!
Process
Eka : Are you free today ?
Lidya : Yes, what’s up ?
Eka : Would you like to come with me to see the “Peterpan” show to night ?
Lidya : Thanks, I’d be delighted to. It’s my favourite band.
1. What are the speakers going to do ?
a. To stay at home.
b. To see Peterpan show.
c. To arrange their free time.
d. To watch Peterpan at home.
e. To come to their friend’s house.
Mira : Hi Dad. I will be late because the committee will hold a meet-ing after class.
Fateher : It’s okay but you must go straight after the meeting.
Mira : Don’t worry. Dad
Mother : What did Mira say ?
Father : She said that she would be late home today.
2. What is the most possible place where Mira is talking to her father ?
a. A hall
b. Her home
c. The office
d. Her school
e. A meeting room
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3. In which section would you likely read the ad ?
a. Company for sale
b. Office equipment
c. Job vacancy
d. Entertainment Guide
e. Stationery and office
4. What position is offered in the advertisement ?
a. Salesman
b. Wholesaler
c. Accountant
d. Office staff
e. Director assistant
5. Apply with curriculum vitae to Mrs. Barton.
What information should the applicant include in it ?
a. Experience in managing a company
b. A statement of salary wanted
c. A prove of knowing about stationery
d. A statement of responsibility
e. A statement of education and work experience
6. “The goat did as he was asked ….” (p.3)
What does the above sentence mean?
a. The goat drunk enough and looked around
b. The goat came down to the well and drank
c. The goat called out loudly after the fox got out
d. The goat waited someone who might help him
e. The goat stood on his hind legs and put his forelegs against the side of the well
Text (For questions no 7 – 10 )
Forest are very important to keep the soil fertile and to prevent flood. The fallen leaves and decayed plants become humus which makes the soil rich and holds the rainwater.
For many years, people have not been obeying the government’s regulations. They have been cutting down the trees carelessly. As a result, thousands of hectares of land have become worse and the rivers will be full of mud. In the wet season there will be erosion and floods which will destroy the farm lands and villages.
7. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
a. rivers are full
b. land becomes infertile
c. floods destroy villages
d. erosions have caused floods
e. deforestation has caused a lot of destruction
8. The following statement are the advantages of forests mentioned in the text, EXCEPT ….
a. they keep the soil fertile
b. they prevent flood
c. they produce humus
d. they hold rainwater
e. they produce fresh air
9. Humus is made from ….
a. fertile soil
b. rown leaves
c. the root of tree
d. a kind of artificial fertilizer
e. decayed plants and leaves
10. The soil fertile and to prevent flood. The underlined word is synonymous to ….
a. cause
b. move
c. hinder
d. change
e. produce
11. It is stated that the university has goof relationship with....
a. Educational professionals
b. Specialized technology
c. Large universities
d. Other campuses
e. Industry
12. “The University of Australia has an international educational reputation for....”
The underline word means....
a. Knowledge
b. Prestige
c. Attitude
d. Character
e. Interest
This text is for questions 13 to 16.
The police thought that two burglars start the robbery at 151 Pattimura street on Sunday afternoon. The burglars broke into the students’ room while they are going to a football game. They never thought that while they were away, burglars would break into their boarding house.
13. What happened to the students’ room on Sunday afternoon ?
a. The police broke it.
b. The police ruined it
c. Burglar broke into it.
d. Two burglars broke it.
e. The students started to ruin it.
14. The burglars broke into the room when the students....
a. Were at a party
b. Were taking a rest
c. Were playing football
d. Were at a football game
e. Were watching football on TV
15. “The burglars broke into the students room...”
a. Broke forcefully
b. Entered by force
c. Put into pieces
d. Easily entered
e. Came into
16. The students seem to think that ....
a. They had locked theirs room
b. Their boarding house was not safe
c. Their boarding house was in safe area
d. Thieves would easily break into their room
e. There would be a robbery their boarding house
This text is for questions 17 to 20.
An elephant is the largest and strongest animals. It is a strange looking animal with its thick legs, huge sides and backs, large hanging ears, a small tall, little eyes, long white tusks and above all it has a long noise, the trunk. The trunk is the elephant’s peculiar feature, and it has various uses. The elephant draws up water by its trunk and can squirt it all over its body like a shower bath. It can also lift leaves and puts them into its mouth. In fact the trunk serves the elephant as a long am and hand. An elephant looks very clumsy and heavy and yet it can move very quickly. The elephant is a very intelligent animal. Its intelligence combined with its great strength makes it a very useful servant to man and it can be trained to serve in various ways such as carry heavy loads, hunt for tigers and even fight.
17. The third paragraph is mainly about the fact that....
a. Elephants are strong
b. Elephants can lift logs
c. Elephants are servants
d. Elephant are very useful
e. Elephant must be trained
18. Which of the following is NOT part of the elephant describe in the first paragraph ?
a. It looks strange
b. It is heavy
c. It is wild
d. It has a trunk
e. It has a small tail
19. It is stated in the text that the elephant uses the trunk to do the following, EXCEPT....
a. To eat
b. To push
c. To drink
d. To carry things
e. To squirt water over the body.
20. “The trunk is the elephant’s peculiar feature....(Paragraph2)
The underline word close in meaning to ....
a. Large
b. Strange
c. Tough
d. Smooth
e. King
21. The melted butter is mixed together into ….
a. the mixture of flour, egg and milk
b. the mixture of milk and baking powder
c. the mixture of egg and flour
d. the mixture of baking powder, salt and egg
e. the mixture of egg, flour and salt
Text (For questions no 22 – 23)
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Tom ! I am going to Anula supermarket to get some sugar. Would you like to turn the stove on when you are home? I have put some soup there. Just heat it for about 5 minutes and then take it out from stove before you have dinner |
22. What is the message about ?
a. Telling Tom to eat the soup
b. Asking Tom to buy some sugar
c. Asking Tom to go to supermarket
d. Telling Tom to heat the soup
e. Telling Tom to wait for about 5 minutes
23. I’ve put the soup there. the word there refers to ….
a. home
b. kitchen
c. the stove
d. the supermarket
e. Anula supermarket
Text (For questions no 24 – 26)
Birds belong to a class of warm blooded vertebrate animals with feather covered bodies. Next to the animals, birds are the most important group of land-living vertebrates. All birds have feathers, although in some types, particularly those that cannot fly, the normal structure of the feathers may be much modified and be downy, woolly, or straw like. The forelimbs of birds are modified into wings. The bony part of the tail, except in the very earliest fossil birds is very short, and the visible tail is composed of feathers only. The teeth are absent except in some fossil forms. As in mammals the only other group of warm-blooded animal , the circulation is highly perfected so that there is no mixing of arterial and venous blood, but the arrangement of veins and arteries by which this is accomplished different in the two groups. Birds have keen hearing, although they have no external ears. The sense of sight also is very keen, but the sense of smell is weak or lacking, except few vultures and others birds.
24. The passage is about the …. of birds
a. species
b. definitions
c. clarification
d. classification
e. characteristic
25. From the text we can conclude that both birds and mammals have ….
a. backbones
b. keen sights
c. keen hearing
d. downy feathers
e. weak sense of smell
26. Which of the following is NOT possessed by birds?
a. Feathers
b. Wings
c. Teeth
d. Tails
e. Ears
Evaluation
These are sufficient to suggest several distinct notions about English grammar:
(1) It makes rules to tell us how to use words.
(2) It is a record of usage which we ought to follow.
(3) It is concerned with the forms of the language.
(4) English has no grammar in the sense of forms, or inflections, but takes account merely of the nature and the uses of words in sentences.
Conclusion
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