THE HIGHLIGHT OF ENGLISH TEST 1, GRADE VIII-1,2,3 & 4 SMP N 255

The Highlight of English Test 1
 Reading Comprehension:
 Recount texts: Let’s Talk page 84, 107
 Other resources, such as English in Mind, English in Focus.

 Grammar: Past simple form: Power point slides, hand outs
 Functional Texts: advertisement, regulation/rule, schedule: power point slides
 Language Expressions: giving, asking, accepting, rejecting/refusing/ denying something
Example: May I have some?,Could I borrow another book?, Can I have this cake?
Accepting/Agreeing: Yes, of course, why not, absolutely yes, yes you can, yes you may
Rejecting/refusing/ denying: No, you can’t, No you may not, absolutely no,

 Writing: Essay of recount “ MY Last Holiday”

SAMPLES OF THE TEST 1
Last Sunday, my friend and I went to park because Arman’s family invited us to a barbeque party in the park. We lived nearby so we just walked there.
When we got to the park, there were not many people. There were only Arman’s and some other people. They arrived early to get the best picnic spot with an electrical barbeque grill nearby. When we arrived, they were cleaning the barbeque device. After making sure the barbeque device was clean, they turned on and the metal plate became hot.
Arman’s mother put some cooking oil on the metal plate, and after that she put some sausages, beef steaks, and some onions on the barbeque. Meanwhile Arman’s father was preparing the bread, butter, and drinks.
While waiting for the meat to cook, Arman and I joined other boys playing football. When we got tired, we stopped and enjoyed the sausages, steaks, and some cold soft drinks.
The food was delicious. I think Arman’s mother could be the one of the best chef in the world.
1. What does the passage tell us about?
a. Holiday Time
b. Barbeque in the Park
c. Party in the Park
d. Picnic Spot

2. What does the word “chef” mean? (underlined word)
a. servant
b. shop keeper
c. cook
d. food tester
Last Saturday night, my friends and I camped on a hill nearby. We chose a flat land to set up a 3________. It was on the bank of 4__________. We found that it was not 5______ there.
5.a. depth c. deepen
b. deepened d. deep

6. Q : __________ He arrived there?
A : He arrived there two months later.
a. When did
b. When
c. How long
d. How long did

 All students are requested to wait for their turn to be served.
 Students are prohibited to loiter in the Canteen during class hours.
 The Canteen must be used as eating area. Thus, students are not allowed to use it as study or meeting areas.
 The Customers are not allowed to smoke inside the Canteen.
 The students should avoid littering in the Canteen. Garbage bins are strategically located around the area.

7. Students are prohibited ______
a. to eat in the canteen.
b. to wait for their turn.
c. to throw the rubbish.
d. to go to canteen during class hours.

ENGLISH TASK 1: GRADE VIII-1,2,3,& 4 SMP N 255

Now, I really like studying English because:
1. __________________________ (3-4 sentences)
2. __________________________ (3-4 sentences)
3. __________________________
At least you mention 2 reasons!

PRACTICE OF ENGLISH FINAL TEST, 1ST SEMESTER, GRADE X ABCDEF, 2011

PRACTICE 1

Britain’s Solo Sailor
Ellen MacArthur started sailing when she was eight, going out on sailing trips with her aunt. She loved it so much that she saved her money for three years to buy her first small sailing boat. When she was 18, she sailed alone around Britain and won the ‘Young Sailor of the Year’ award.

But Ellen really became famous in 2001. Aged only 24, she was one of only two women who entered the Vendre Globe round the world sole race, which lasts 100 days. Despite many problems, she came second I the race out of 24 competitors and she was given a heroine’s welcome when she returned.

Ambition and determination have always been a big part of Ellen’s personality. When she was younger, she lived in a kind of hut for three years while she was trying to get sponsorship to compete in a transatlantic race. Then she took a one-way ticket to France, bought a tiny seven metre Class Mini Yacth, slept under it while she was repairing it, and then she raced it 4,000 kilometres across the Atlantic in 1997 alone for 33 days.

Ellen has had learn many things, because sailing single-handed means that she has to be her own captain, electrician, sailmaker, engineer, doctor, journalist, cameraman and cook. She also has to be very fit, and because of the dangers of sleeping for long periods of time when she’s in the middle of the ocean, she has trained herself to sleep for about 20 minutes at a time.

And she need courage. Once, in the middle of ocean, she had to climb the mast of her boat to repair the sails – at four o’clock in the morning, and with 100 kph winds blowing around her. It took her many hours to make the repairs; Ellen says: ‘ I was exhausted when I came down. It’s hard to describe how it feels to be up there. It’s like trying to hold onto a big pole, which for me is just too big to get my arms around, with someone kicking you all the time and trying to shake you off.

But in her diary, Ellen also describes moments which make it all worthwhile: A beautiful sunrise started the day, with black clouds slowly lit by the bright yellow sun. I have a very strong feeling of pleasure, being out here on the ocean and having the chance to live this. I just feel lucky to be here.

1. Where did Ellen live for three years?
A. She lived in a small boat.
B. She lived in a hut.
C. She lived in a mini yacht
D. She lived in a small house near to harbor.
E. She lived in her a new big boat.

2. Why does she have to be her own electrician, sailmaker, etc.?
A. Because she is sailing her automatic boat.
B. Because she made her own sailing boat.
C. Because there was no one to help her.
D. Because her sailing boat is automatically operated for one person.
E. Because her sailing boat is broken.

3. Why does she only sleep for about twenty minutes at a time?
A. Because she doesn’t feel exhausted.
B. Because wind blows very hard at the sea.
C. Because she feels lonely at the sea.
D. Because she spend the time to observe many things at the sea.
E. Because it’s dangerous to sleep for a long time while at the sea.

4. And she needs courage. “Courage means _________.
A. motivation from other persons
B. the quality of being brave
C. working hard
D. patience of doing something
E. curiosity to know
Saturday 28 April 2001: Dennis Tito was setting off on his holiday. “So what? you might think. Well, Mr Tito’s journey was certainly unusual! So was the transport he chose, and the price of his trip.
The 60 years-old multi-millionaire from New York was sitting on board a Russian spaceship. He was on a journey to the International Space Station. It might have been a routine trip for the two cosmonauts who were travelling with him, but for him it was certainly no ordinary journey. Dennis Tito was the first tourist ever in space, and he had paid the sum of $20 million to go there. As the spacecraft left the earth’s atmosphere, Tito drank a glass of fruit juice to celebrate and looked down at the earth’s blue-green surface. Two minutes later, he was sick. Luckily it was only a minor problem. He soon recovered, and from then on enjoyed a smooth journey. When he arrived at the space station, there was a big smile on his face. ‘A great trip!’ he commented. ‘I love space.’
For a long time space travel was something for heroes. But if some people are right, all this is going to change. One of them is Charles Miller, Director of a company called ProSpace. They are investing large amounts of money in space travel. Tito’s adventure was just the beginning. We’re going to see exciting new things in the next twenty years!’ Charles Miller says.
Companies like ProSpace want space and space travel to belong to the public, not just governments. There are other plans, like cruises through space from one side of the world to the other. Maybe we will be able to depart from New York at nine hour later – in Tokyo! Such a schedule would allow the business traveler to return to New York on the same day, and still have eight hours for a meeting! How’s that for speed?

5. What is the main subject of the text?
A. The first tourist in space was sick when he drank a glass of fruit juice.
B. Dennis Tito is a hero because he flew into space when he was 60.
C. For the first time in history, a tourist made a trip into space.
D. The first trip to the outer space.
E. Tito was the richest man in the world

6. ‘He soon recovered and from then on enjoyed a smooth journey. Recovered means ______.
A. started journey
B. got better
C. felt nervous
D. felt asleep
E. got inspired

7. Tito’s journey was no ordinary because _____.
A. he was an astronaut
B. he had a flight company
C. he was the first tourist to the space.
D. he drank fruit juice to go to space.
E. he worked with ProSpace company

8. We _________ late but luckily the film ______.
A. arrive, didn’t start
B. arrived, hadn’t started
C. arrived, not been started
D. had arrived, hadn’t started
E. arrived, didn’t started

9. In 2099, it ________to tell the difference between people and robots.
A. will be impossible
B. will impossible
C. is going impossible
D. is going to be impossible
E. is impossible

10. Q : Where are you going for holidays next year?
A : We _____to South Africa. We haven’t really decided yet, though.
A. might not go
B. might going
C. might go
D. will go
E. will going

11. Q : I am going to Bali next week.
A : Oh, you ________it. I went there last week and it was beautiful.
A. will not love
B. would not love
C. will love
D. might love
E. will loving

12. The sky is getting darker – I think _________.
A. It’s raining
B. it’s going to rain
C. it might rain
D. it will have rained
E. it rains

13. People say that in 2020, computer _______ really more sophisticated than nowadays.
A. might be
B. might to be
C. will be
D. is going to be
E. is to be

14. I got into trouble at home yesterday. Perhaps it wasn’t good idea to _______the parents.
A. arguing with
B. arguing to
C. argue with
D. argue to
E. argue for

15. There’s a test tomorrow and I need to _______ it.
A. revised of
B. revise of
C. revise for
D. revising for
E. revise on

PRACTICE 2
After graduating in tourism from the University of Texas, Pat Crown was unemployed for almost a year. During that period, she visited many countries around the world and took notes of special attractions, traditions, cultures, and environments of those counties.
When an advertisement was published by a leading local newspaper looking for a journalist, she applied for the post and was employed by the company. With her travelling experience, she was assigned to the Tour and Travel Department.
Needless to say, her new job required that she travel extensively from one country to another. Her degree I Tourism and her recent trips to various countries helped her get along well with the job. She has written many remarkable articles and short stories about tour and travel ever since she started working there.
Within two years, Pat was promoted from journalist to deputy editor. At this new post, she no longer traveled as much as another journalist took over her position. Pat focused more on planning as well as consolidating activities and writing at the request of the heads of state.
Under her leadership, the Tour and Travel Department has expanded tremendously, from a one-room office to a half floor and from three staff to thirty.

1. What did Pat do after graduation?
A. She continued her studies for a master’s degree.
B. She took a job as a sales supervisor in a large company.
C. She took a job as a part time teacher in her neighborhood.
D. She went on many trips to gain experience on tourism.
E. She joined her father’s firm.

2. Where did she get the information about the job?
A. She read about the vacancy on her campus.
B. She obtained the information from a flyer.
C. She was told about the vacancy by her brother.
D. She saw it advertised for the job on TV.
E. She read about the vacancy in a newspaper.

3. Why was she selected to join the Tour and Travel Department?
A. Because she had a degree in tourism.
B. Because of her friend’s strong recommendation.
C. Because she was the only candidate.
D. Because her father owned the company.
E. Because she was very experienced in traveling.

4. What was the scope of her job at the beginning?
A. She had to cover crime scenes.
B. She had to travel extensively to write about tourism.
C. She had to cover entertainment matters.
D. She had to cover war zones.
E. She had to write about politics.

5. Within two years, Pat was promoted ___________ in the company.
A. from clerk to manager
B. from typist to supervisor
C. from manager to director
D. from journalist to deputy editor
E. from reporter to chief editor

6. How do you know that Pat has succeeded?
A. She showed off her car to signify her success.
B. She showed off her new house to prove her success.
C. She was provided with her own office and secretary by her employer to demonstrate her success.
D. Moving from a one-room office to half a floor and from three staff to thirty.
E. She finally took over the company.

A Helping Hand
Lita, Jessie and I were on our way to school. As we were crossing the road, we saw an old woman carrying a big basket of fruits. The old woman looked like she was in pain. She dropped her basket of fruits and squatted down.
We ran towards her and asked, “Are you all right? The old woman could not reply. She just shook her head. “I’ll call an ambulance, “said Jessie. Then, she ran to a public telephone at nearby coffee shop and called for an ambulance.
A few minutes later, the ambulance arrived and took the old woman to the nearest hospital. That day, we visited the old woman in the hospital after school.
The Old woman was very happy to see us and she thanked us for helping her.

7. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A. Lita met Jessie in school
B. The writer and Jessie were on their way to hospital.
C. Jessie called for an ambulance in the coffee shop.
D. The writer and Jessie were on their way to Library.
E. The old woman was carrying a basket of fruits.

8. Why did the two girls run towards the old woman?
A. Because the old woman fell down while crossing the road.
B. Because the old woman wanted the two girls to go to her.
C. Because the old woman was knocked down by a car.
D. Because the old woman looked as if in pain, and she almost fainted.
E. Because the old woman was rushing across the road.

Cultural Influences
Britain has a long history of influence from foreign cultures. The Romans started the trend 2000 years ago, when they invaded the country. More recently, immigrants have come from war torn countries such as Iraq, Afganistan and Bosnia. Some people in Britain are worried that immigrant levels are too high, but for each of the last forty years more people have left the country than have immigrated there. Most immigrant these days come from Europe, North America and Australasia, not the poorer countries of Africa and Asia. Theblack and Asian population of Britain is only 6% of the total population, and over half of these were born in Britain – they are not immigrants.
Many immigrants in the UK live in London, where over 300 different languages are spoken in schools. You might be surprised to learn that there are more people living in London who were born in Germany, Italy, France or Spain than people who were born in Bangladesh or Pakistan.
Bend it Like Beckham is the story of an Asian girl living in suburban Britain who wants to play football, not cook traditional Indian food. She joins in with the boys, until she bonds with a girl who plays football for a girls’ team. But for young British people, this film is not only about fitting in to a different culture, but also about what it’s like to be young, to have parents who don’t understand your dreams. East Is East is another British film comedy about British Pakistani family in the North of England. People loved it for its accurate representation of life in Britain in the 1970s.
Benyamin Zephaniah is one of Britain’s most popular contemporary poets. His parents were from Jamaica but he was born in Birmingham, England in 1958. At his first school, he felt left out because he was the only black boy. He settled in better at his next school, where she started performing his rhyme, rap and poetry in public. Nowadays, he is not afraid to talk about serious issues such as race and animal rights – he calls his poetry ‘street politics-but his poems are often very funny. They are very rhythmical, influenced by Jamaican music and dialect.
The immigrant population has had a big influence on the British music scene. West Indian and music inspired a number of British reggae bands such as UB40 in the 1980s, and in the 1990s Asian artists began to stand out. Cornershop’s Brimful of Asha was a huge hit, and Talvin Singh became the first Asian to win the Mercury Music Prize. More recently artists such as Rishi Rich and Panjabi MC have successfully mixed traditional Asian Bhangra music with modern dance beats.

9. Which of the following places have people emigrated from because of war?
A. Iran, Afghanistan and Serbia
B. Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia
C. Iraq, Palestine and Bosnia
D. Iran, Bosnia, Iraq
E. Pakistan, Iraq, Bosnia

10. How many languages are spoken in London schools?
A. 300 languages
B. less than 300 languages
C. more than 300 languages
D. 298 languages
E. 200 languages

11. Benjamin Zephaniah is _______.
A. a street politician
B. a popular singer
C. a famous poet
D. a famous actor
E. a popular athlete

12. What is the topic discussed in the third paragraph?
A. Bend it Like Beckham
B. East is East
C. Box office Films in Britain
D. Films about different cultures in Britain
E. The most popular films in Britain

She remembered the day they’d met. I had been late on a Friday afternoon. She’d only been working there for a few weeks and she was still feeling unsure of herself. She was entering numbers on the computer for a sales program. But the results looked wrong. She took a deep breath and went up to Mr. Honma’s desk to tell him. Mr Honma hadn’t been very helpful, but he’d arranged for one of the programmers to have a look.
Half an hour later Ikuko had looked up to see a tall man, young and with rather untidy hair, coming across the room towards her. He stopped and introduced himself.
I’m Hiroshi Masuda. I hear your have some problems with the sales program, ‘he said.
Ikuko explained and Hiroshi listened carefully, the sat down and did some work on the computer. Suddenly he stopped and looked up at her, brushing his hair out of his eyes. He was excited. ‘You’re absolutely right. There’s a mistake in the program. I knew there was something we wrong with the numbers we were getting. Now we can change it. Thanks! ‘He stood up. ‘Anyway, it’s probably time you got off home. Do you live far away?’
In Ome. It’s an hour away on the train, ‘said Ikuko.
‘Oh yes, I know. In fact I go through Ome on my way home. SO we’ve been travelling on the same train. I’m surprised we haven’t seen one another before.
‘Well, the trains are so crowded, ‘Ikuko said. ‘ Yes, ‘he said, but I’d notice you, even in a crowd.’
And that was how it had begun. Sitting in the train, two years later, Ikuko remembered the early day of their friendship: meals in small restaurants, walks in the park – slowly getting to know each other. They discovered that they’d both gone to the same Junior High school, although Hiroshi had been four years ahead of Ikuko. After leaving university, he’d gone to do a computing course in America. He’d done very well,but hadn’t enjoyed life in America and decided instead to return to Tokyo.
In those first days of new love, Ikuko and Hiroshi had spent almost all their free time together. Ikuko liked his gentleness and understanding. It was the perfect relationship. No arguments or bad surprises. Wasn’t that what she wanted?
‘Ome… Ome.’Ikuko heard the name of her station and woke suddenly from her thoughts. She got off and walked out of the crowded station. On her way home, she stopped at a deparment store – she still had to by a suitcase for her trip.

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A few days later Ikuko was sitting in Narita International Airport with Hiroshi. The blue suitcase had already been checked in on the London flight, and they were having one last coffee together.
The two of them had hardly spoken on the way to the airport. Ikuko wondered if she was making a terrible mistake. It’s only for six months, ‘she said to Hiroshi, trying to persuade herself as much as him.
A lot can happen in six months, ‘he said, ‘I don’t want to lose you. Remember you promised to come back.”

13. Ikuko first realized that Hiroshi was attracted to her_________.
A. after he tried to fix her computer
B. when he saw her on his train
C. after their first meal together
D. when he met the first time at the airport
E. after he got back from America

14. We discover that Ikuko and Hiroshi went to the same _____.
A. computing course
B. high school
C. university
D. work
E. school organization

15. Ikuko liked Hiroshi because he _______.
A. was kind and considerate
B. was funny
C. gave her lots surprise
D. was good looking
E. was sociable

16. A the airport, they probably felt _______.
A. happy about Ikuko’s trip
B. angry with each other
C. worried and unsure
D. nervous about Ikuko’s trip
E. surprised for the meeting

Money Isn’t Everything
Does money make people happier? Studies show that it does – when people at the poverty level are suddenly paid more. Other studies also show that people who lose the money very unhappy. But the most important thing seems to be that people are happiest when they make more than other people. Perhaps one secret of happiness is just to think about people who don’t have as much money as you. Sadly, however, the opposite is also true. When you compare yourself to friends and neighbors who have greater incomes, you may become unhappy.
People in poverty need enough food to be healthy but what happens when people suddenly become prosperous? This is the case in China right now where people have become wealthy, but can only have one child. The result is an army of “ little emperors”: far, spoiled children. A child measures happiness in love, not food, and there’s nothing good about over-feeding a child.
Richard Layard, director of the London School of Economics, says, “The six key factors now scientifically established to affect happiness most are: mental health, satisfying, and secure work, a secure and loving private life, a safe community, freedom, and moral values. “ It is quite interesting that only one of these has to do with making money. People who realize this think that it is better to be paid in something other than money, for example, time.
Many people are now starting to take time off in different ways. Rather than saving up their vacation for a rushed trip once a year, people are taking a day or so here and there to have smaller, quieter vacations. In some cases, people are going in other direction and taking vacations of several months or even a year, On these vacations, they don’t generally just lie on a beach. Instead, they might volunteer in another country or learn a new skill like a foreign language.

17. The passage is based on ________.
A. newspaper reports
B. studies by experts
C. neighbors and friends]
D. unhappy people
E. Journalists’ reports in China

18. Richard Layard _______.
A. probably makes a lot of money
B. studies people and money
C. lives in London
D. compares himself to friends and neighbors
E. is probably a volunteer

19. Sudden wealth can ______.
A. create social problems
B. make people only have one child
C. lead to smaller emperors
D. spoil grandparents
E. make people become selfish

20. The passage suggests ________.
A. wealth isn’t the most important thing in life
B. no one should try to become rich
C. being wealthy is only good for rich people
D. poverty brings much happiness
E. taking vacation rather than working harder

21. I _________ in a music shop at the moment
A. work
B. working
C. ‘m working
D. has worked
E. had worked

22. How long __________she ___________that piercing? It looks new.
A. is, having
B. has, has
C. had, had
D. had, has
E. has, had

23. Not Titanic again! I_________it for times.
A. saw
B. had seen
C. seen
D. was seen
E. have seen

24. __________ you ___________to the cinema last night?
A. Did, went
B. Have, gone
C. Had, gone
D. Did, go
E. Had, went

25. Wait! I ___________ eating my dessert _________!
A. hadn’t finished, yet
B. haven’t finish, yet
C. hadn’t finish, yet
D. had been finished, yet
E. haven’t finished, yet

26. _________he _________swimming every morning?
A. Is, going
B. Does, going
C. Is, go
D. Has, gone
E. Does, go

27. Somebody _______out of the window, when the police _________.
A. was climbed, arrived
B. is climbing, arrived
C. was climbing, arrived
D. was climbing, arrive
E. climbs, arriving

28. Everyone ________to bed when I _______ home.
A. have gone, got
B. had gone, had got
C. gone, got
D. was gone, got
E. had gone, got

29. Why ___________everyone__________about me when I ________to school?
A. is, talking, got
B. was, talked, got
C. had, talk, got
D. has been, talked, got
E. was, talking, got

30. We _________ late but luckily the film ______.
A. arrive, didn’t start
B. arrived, hadn’t started
C. arrived, not been started
D. had arrived, hadn’t started
E. arrived, didn’t started

Listening

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PRACTICE 3

Medical research has shown that mothers are right when they tell children to eat their vegetables. Fruits and vegetables have been shown to contain beneficial compounds that may encourage the body to stay healthy. Experts think that some of these compound may even help fight off diseases such as cancer. They recommend that people consume a minimum of five servings of fruits and vegetables each day. Of course, for maximum benefit this should be combined with an overall reduction of dietary fat (including meats and cheeses) and a regular program of physical activity.
1. How many servings of fruits and vegetables should people eat?
A. Two per day
B. Five per day
C. Five per week
D. Ten per week
E. Two per week

2. What else should people do to stay healthy?
A. Cut down of fat
B. See the doctor
C. Eat meat
D. Drink water
E. Do an extra job
Survival is an international organization which helps endangered tribes. It was founded in 1969, and today has supporters in 82 countries. Here is one of the success stories.

The Jarawa are a tribe of 200-300 people, and they live on the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean. They look very different from their Indian neighbours. Most probably their closest relatives are African. No one outside the tribe really speaks their language, and so not much is known about them.

But we do know how the Jarawa live. They are nomadic people, moving from place to place to find food. They hunt small animals and fish, they find berries, honey and they are self-sufficient – they do everything themselves.

The threats to the Jarawa started in 1970, a road was built through the forest where they live, and the Indian authorities decided to build town and settlers were brought from other places to live in them. They also wanted the Jarawa to live in the towns. This policy is called force settlement, ant it has been a disaster for tribal peoples in places all over the world. It’s clear why: because of force settlement, tribes are no longer self-sufficient and they can easily get new diseases. A tribe’s sense of identity can easily be destroyed.

But in the case of the Jarawa, it seems that the fight against these dangers has been successful thanks to Survival and the campaigns that they’ve organized. For a number of years, Survival asked the Indian government to respect the Jarawa’s rights to live on their land. As a result of the campaign, there was a court case and eventually the authorities closed the road through the Jarawa’s land. They also had the settlers removed. Now Survival is fighting for the Jarawa’s right to own their land and to make their own choices about how they live.

3. Possible results can forced settlement have on tribes, except:
A. They become more likely to catch new diseases.
B. They are exposed to alcohol
C. Their culture is easily destroyed.
D. Their sense of identity is easily destroyed
E. They prefer to use new technologies.

4. What is the suitable topic of the last paragraph?
A. A successful fight
B. The Jarawa’s lifestyle
C. The effects of forced settlement on tribes
D. Who the Jarawa are
E. The rights of Jarawa

Medical scientists are already putting computer chips directly into the brain to help people who have Parkinson’s disease, but in what other ways might computer technology be able to help us? Ray Kurzweil is author of the successful book The Age of Intelligent Machines and is one of the world’s best computer research scientists. He is researching the possibilities.
Kurzweil gets computers to recognise voices. An example of this is Ramona, the virtual hostess of Kurzweil’s homepage, who is programmed to understand what you say. Visitors to the site can have their own conversations with her, and Ramona also dances and sings.
Kurzweil uses this technology to help people with physical disabilities. One of his ideas is a ‘seeing machine’. This will be like a friend that could describe what is going on in the visible world’, he explains. Blind people will use a visual sensor which will probably be built into a pair of sunglasses. This sensor will describe to the person everything it sees.
Another idea, which is likely to help deaf people,is the ‘listening machine’. This invention will recognise millions of words and understand any speaker. The listening machine will also be able to translate into other languages, so even people without hearing problems are likely to be interested in using it.
But it is not just about helping people with disabilities. Looking further into the future, Kurzweil sees a time when we will be able to download our entire consciousness onto a computer. This technology probably won’t be ready for at least 50 years, but when it arrives, it means our minds will be able to live forever.

5. Ray Kurzweil works in the following fields of job, Except:
A. writing books
B. designing games
C. doing research
D. helping people who have disabilities
E. composing music

6. What is the topic discussed in fifth paragraph?
A. A new pair of ears
B. Electronic immortality
C. An author and researcher
D. A new pair of eyes
E. People minds

7. ‘ Listening Machine’ is also useful for normal people because ______.
A. It’s able to recognize millions of words
B. It’s able to translate into other languages
C. It is able for normal people to communicate with deaf people
D. this device is sophisticated

8. Q : I am going to Bali next week.
A : Oh, you ________it. I went there last week and it was beautiful.
A. will love
B. will not love
C. would not love
D. might love
E. will loving

9. People say that in 2020, computer _______ really more sophisticated than nowadays.
A. might be
B. might to be
C. will be
D. is going to be
E. is to be

10. Last year, a number of unknown tribes __________ in various parts of the world.
A. had been discovered
B. had discovered
C. has been discovered
D. were discovered
E. discovered

11. Let’s all _____ to stop people destroying the town.
A. make a big effort
B. do a big effort
C. get a big effort
D. give a big effort
E. have a big effort

SAMPLES OF ESSAY

Exams are a fair way of testing students. Do you agree?

Every year thousands of students take important exams which can decide their future. For example, students have to pass exams with satisfactory grades in order to get a place in a university. However, are exams a fair way of judging a student’s ability?
On the one hand, exams seem fair. The questions are the same for all students. Also, the exams are marked according to a strict scheme and usually by more than one examiner. Furthermore, students do the exams at the same time and under the same conditions.
On the other hand, there are some drawbacks with exams. Despite some students deserving to pass, the might be so nervous on the big day that they make a mess of the exam. Moreover, there may be other reasons, such as illness, which affect a student’s performance in an exam. An alternative to exams would be a system of continuous assessment of course work by teachers during the year although this would mean more regular testing and more work for teachers. There would be a greater opportunity for students to copy work, too.
To sum up, exams are not the ideal way of testing students and the idea of assessing students’ work over a longer period is becoming more popular. In my opinion, the best system would be a mixture of the two – 50% exams and 50% course work.

Is Tourism Bad for the Environment?

Most people feel that their jobs are becoming more and more stressful. They work extremely hard, and don’t have enough time to relax. It’s no surprise that people want their holidays to be perfect. Many people look for continuous sunshine on the most luxurious beaches.
As a result, more people than ever travel to far-away countries to get that all-day sun. Moreover, travelling has also become safer and more comfortable. All of this has brought business and opportunities to many tourist destinations. The extra money this is bringing in can be used to develop health and education in these countries.
However, tourism has not been good news for the environment. First of all, transporting millions of tourists to their holiday resorts every year pollutes the air and the seas. Secondly, more and more hotels are built, and some of the world’s most beautiful landscapes are destroyed forever. And finally, fresh water supplies are running low because of the extra demands for water.
To conclude, I think that tourism has a lot of negative consequences on nature. If we want our planet to be healthy place, we need to travel less.

Should Politicians Become Media Stars?

In the past, nobody would have known what the British prime minister had for breakfast, or what the name of the American president’s dog was. Many politicians these days, however, are trying to become media stars, and we learn details of their private lives from chat shows and glossy magazines. Is this a development we should be happy with?
Of course, there are people who think it is perfectly acceptable that politicians are media stars. They might argue that society has changed, and entertainment is part of our daily lives. If politicians want to be accepted by a large number of people, they need to adapt to our life styles and appear on chat shows, and not just on news programmes. They could also argue that the better we get to know our politicians as humans, and not just as representatives of a political party, the easier it is to decide who to vote for. In addition, politicis is about gaining power, and, in a democracy, a politician’s ambition must be to gain as much power as possible so that they can have a greater influence on how society is run. If a good politician gets more public support by turning up on chat shows, so be it!
On the other hand, there are lots of arguments against politician becoming media stars. Although entertainment is certainly part of our daily lives, politics should not be about fun. Politicians need to be serious and professional, and they should focus on their important work, and not be distracted by seeking fame and celebrity status. In the same way, one might argue that people switch on the TV because they want to get away from politics and the problems of their daily lives, and they don’t want to see politicians spoiling their favourite TV shows. And last, but not least it can be harmful for the development of a political system if politics becomes mixed up with entertainment. Politics should be about truth and reality, not entertainment, and so there should be strict rules to keep them apart.
All things considered, I personally am not really against politicians becoming media stars because I am not affected by their celebrity personas. In order to decide who to vote for, I try to be well informed by reading newspapers and through discussions with friends who are also seriously interested in politics. I will definitely never be influenced in my decisions by superficial TV programmes.

GIVING AND RECEIVING FEEDBACK

PEER FEEDBACK CHECKLIST
What do you like best about the paragraphs?
Is the format (title, indenting, and double spacing correct?
Topic sentence: is there a clear topic sentence? Does it have a controlling idea?
Supporting sentences: is the main idea clear? Does the writer need to add more details to explain it?
Concluding sentence: Is there a concluding sentence? Does it begin with an appropriate end-of-paragraph signal?
Are there any unclear sentences? Can you suggest a way to improve them?
Are there any errors in grammar and mechanics (spelling, punctuation, and capitalization)?

Model of giving feedback

Vocabulary is good but grammar is not accurate and of ten make your ideas difficult to understand. Example: after modals (could, should, shall, will, can) must not be followed by to infinitive; I can swim, I shall go, you should know, etc.

Good movement from general to specific , but you need to make a clearer reason.

Some of the material seemed a little long-winded and I wonder if it could have been compressed a little.

I’m sorry, but when reading this essay I couldn’t see any evidence of this really . Perhaps, you should have given me your outline to look at with the essay.
I find it hard to know what the main point of each paragraph is

Many careless mistakes. Better proofreading needed.

The first two –paragraph – do they need joining?

Did you check your spelling carefully? Why not make a spelling checklist of words you often get wrong and use this before handing in your final?

TIMETABLE OF PEER FEEDBACK

ASSIGNMENT FOR 10TH GRADERS OF LABSKY

1. Design your blog in a group in the domain of blogspot.com or wordpress.com
2. Send the username, password and blog link to my email: arifinfn74@gmail.com
3. Make a simple survey/interview to some of your classmates about: food/movie/music/gadget/ students of Labsky life style.
4. Make/write in some paragraphs the result of your survey/interview in the form of report about 120 – 200 words.
5. You have to submit by posting/publishing your report before August 3, 20011.
6. For your referance: “ENGLISH IN MIND, page 6 & 11 part 11

How to speak English fluently

How to Speak English Fluently – Tip 1
First and foremost, to learn how to speak English fluently, you need to learn English. Realize that conversational English and written English do vary from each other to quite an extent. Nonetheless, just like any other language, you need to master it’s syntax and grammar first. To that end, it is most essential to read the language and learn it in written style first. Read the newspaper everyday. This will help you learn the regular conversational words as well. Read books and articles. They will introduce you to creative usage of the language. Make sure that you have a dictionary with you at all points of time. Preferably one that will give you the meanings of English words in your mother tongue, to help you out. More on Rules of English grammar.

However, since you are already reading this article in English, I can presume that you know the language. So, lets get down to the brass tacks now and answer your question “how can I speak English fluently?”.

How to Speak English Fluently – Tip 2
Once you have started to get a grasp on the English language in general, you can proceed to speaking it. It does not matter if it is not fluent at the beginning. But you need to start making the attempt. Tell your English speaking friends to talk to you in English and respond to them in English as far as possible. Fluency is a matter of habit. You need to build that habit. Watch English movies and programs on TV and try to follow them as far as possible. Yes, it will take time for the familiarity to build up, but you need to start somewhere. So, start now, so that results will be visible soon. Many people find watching talk shows in English helpful. This is because there is a response time in your mind and since you have been listening to English, your mind starts responding in English as well.

How to Speak English Fluently – Tip 3
There are several softwares available online that can help you out in this task as well. These softwares come with audio tutorials for pronunciations and intonations. They will help you speaking English fluently. You can get accent specific tutorials as well. Many people migrating to USA often feel the need to know how to speak American English fluently, so these softwares help them out as well. More so, some of these software have a facility wherein you can test your fluency by recording a certain passage on the software itself. This can really help those who plan on working in a completely English language-centric atmosphere.

These three tips are the secrets to knowing how to speak English fluently. But, even if it is some other language that you need to learn, understanding these tips will help you learn that language and speak it fluently as well. This is where I sign off, do feel free to ask me for more on English language! Take care!

REVIEW OF ENGLISH FINAL TEST, 2ND SEMESTER, XI IPA, 2011

Planet Bollywood

Bollywood is the nickname given to the Indian film industry – it’s a play on the word Hollywood. The B comes from Bombay (now known as Mumbai). Bollywood is massive. It makes up to 800 films a year – twice a many as Hollywood –and about 14 million Indian people go to the cinema every day. Films are made so quickly that sometimes actors on set shoot scenes for four different films at a time, using the same actors and the same backgrounds. And sometimes the scripts are even hand-written!
In 1998 the first Indian short film was screened, and Bollywood was born. Just like in Hollywood, the films were silent to begin with; then in the 1930s the films became talkies’. Many Indians came to live and work in Britain in the 1950s, and they brought their culture with them. Now, Bollywood’s biggest audience outside India is in Britain.
2002 was the year Bollywood took off Britain. A season of Indian films was shown on TV when England played Indian in a big cricket tournament. A department store devoted a summer to Indian fashion, and shops everywhere were full of colourful Indian clothes, jewellery and henna. Bombay Dreams, a new West End musical, was a sell-out. Special cinemas also showed Bollywood film poster. Lagaan, a huge Bollywood hit, was nominated for an Oscar. The music charts were full of Bhangra music, with TImbaland, Dr Dre the Neptunes producing Indian beats, and Punjabi MC having big hits. India was even featured in cool car adverts. Now it’s not only Indian families who watch the films made in Bollywood-they’re shown in big cinemas across the country, while recent films like Devdas, Veer-Zaara and Asoka have been huge box-office successes in the UK.
Bollywood films are really colourful and full of singing, dancing and lots of costume changes. They also stick to a formula of: boy meets girl, they fall in love and they struggle for family approval. There’s nearly always a love triangle with a hero, a heroine and another woman who’s after the hero. Then there’s a friend who’s a bit of a comedy character. Romance is big, but there’s no kissing on screen!
Bollywood’s biggest problem is piracy-where people copy the films and either sell them or show them to other people for free. As a result, not all films produced make a profit, even though they can be seen by close to one billion people. If everyone paid to see films legally, the industry would make lots more money, and Bollywood film producers are working hard to try and find a way to prevent piracy.
Another problem is that younger generation are beginning to find the stories predictable and are bored with the similar story lines. Film makers are trying to solve this by changing plots to reflect the changes in modern Indian society-like the tendency of children in Indian families to go and study abroad, for example.
1. What is the plots of most Bollywood film?
A. Boy and girl, they fall in love and they struggle for family approval.
B. A heroine to struggle the freedom.
C. Romance with some thriller action
D. Triangle love with a happy ending
E. Triangle love with assassination ending

2. Problems faced by Bollywood films nowadays are ________.
A. Lack of studios and lack of films stars
B. Piracy and boring predictable story line
C. Lack of professional film makers and illegal films-copied
D. Piracy and Hollywood films
E. Hollywood bombing and Information and technology development
It’s the latest trend in therapy. In a new move, psychotherapists are using feature films in order to encourage their patients to talk more freely about their problems. The scheme is backed by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Supporters of movie therapy’ claim that discussing characters and plot line from an appropriate film can help people to understand their feelings better. ………………………………………………
One of those using the method is Bernie Wooder, a psychotherapist form Elstree, who charges £45 for a one-hour movie therapy session. He said: ‘I was counseling a woman who had been badly let down in a relationship, and who was experiencing such strong emotions that it was difficult for her to articulate them. I told her that her situation reminded me of On the Waterfront, when Marlon Brandon’s character realizes his brother is corrupt and he feels enormous betrayal. My client identified so easily with him that a catalyst for unlocking all the feelings she had repressed. Each time she watched and cried, she felt better.’
Mr Wooder admits that film therapy does not work for everyone, but claims he has used it successfully with about a third of his clients. It also works well with the young, who seem happier to relate to fictional characters than to real people. Films are something that offer them some distance from their immediate situation. ‘Freud said that images are the language of the unconscious and I believe films are too. Through their characters, plots and even music, films can bring to the surface the most deeply buried emotions. He said that and unemployed man who is so frustrated that he lashes out, was 6) an example of the dangerous implications of not releasing anger. I used this film with a client who was depressed because he held on to a lot of the anger he felt towards people who had frustrated him, ‘ said Mr Wooder. The client watched the film and it had such an impact on him that he wanted to talk immediately. We talked about Michael Douglas’s character and disastrous path he takes, and my client then realized that he needed to let go of his emotions more regularly so as not to erupt like a time bomb. It was very therapeutic for him.’

3. A film therapy is good with young people because ________.
A. Young people like to imitate in a film character.
B. Young people watch movies more often than adults.
C. Young people like to relate to fictional characters than to real people.
D. Young people like to talk about personal identities
E. Young people tend to be sensitive when they are watching a film.

4. Which of the following sentence is suitable to fill the blank (paragraph 1)
A. It allows them to confront psychological issues like anger, boredom, jealousy and depression.
B. It can be beneficial for users to succeed in their life.
C. However, this trend is still debatable to be applied as a sort of therapy.
D. It cannot be used to release someone suffering from depression.
E. It also allows them to reduce someone’s physical problem.

5. With what percentage of clients has he been successful with film therapy?
A. 25%
B. 33%
C. 50%
D. 75%
E. 45%

Young People Leading the Way on Fair Trade
1) ‘Fair Trade’ is a movement to ensure that producers in developing countries receive a minimum price for their goods which covers the cost of production and an extra amount to invest into the local community. This means that when a company sells a Fair Trade Product, it must give between a quarter and a third of the selling price back to the producer. Fair Trade labeling was created in the Netherlands in the late 1980s as a way of trying to combat poverty in developing countries. Now there are 19 organisations involved in the running and controlling of Fair Trade, and there are more than five hundred producers from over 49 countries operating in the Fair Trade system. Sales of Fair Trade products have really taken off in Britain where consumers spend more money on them than in any other country. More importantly, it is a philosophy that is proving extremely popular with the young, which means the future is looking good for the Fair Trade movement.

2) A recent survey, which looked into British people’s attitudes towards ‘Fair Trade’., found that school and university students in the UK are particularly enthusiastic about the subject. Indeed, nine out of ten students said they wanted to see their schools and universities offer Fair Trade products, such a chocolate, coffee, tea and bananas, in their shops and canteens. Moreover, seven out of ten young people said they would be willing to buy a Fair Trade Product even if the price was slightly higher. Although the enthusiasm is there, however, educational establishments are proving slow to accommodate their students’ wishes. In fact, the survey suggests that only 8 per cent of schools and universities offer Fair Trade products.

3) It seems that it is the desire to make different to the lives of the poor which is driving young people’s consumer choices. Approximately 80 per cent said the main reason they buy Fair Trade goods is to help out the poor. They think it is important that the people who produce the food they eat are paid a fair wage. And it is not just the issue of Fair Trade that interests the young: more than 90 per cent of the said that they wanted to find out what else they could do to change their life style to benefit the poor. Fair Trade products often cost more than no-slightly higher prices if it improves the lives of workers in developing countries, many of whom find it difficult to get by.

4) One student at Birmingham University told us: ‘When I buy a 60 percent Fair Trade chocolate bar, I know that the money is helping somebody in the developing world to get the wage they deserve. Maybe they’ll be able to save up this extra money and send their children to university. The feeling I’m doing something positive makes up for the extra money I spend.’

5) Unfortunately, the survey showed that far more young people care about Fair Trade that the rest of the public, with roughly 60 per cent of young people recognizing the ‘Fair Trade’ label compared to 20 per cent of the general population. In addition, almost 50 per cent of young people say they buy Fair Trade products on a regular basis, compared to only 5 per cent of the general population. Many adults express the worry that if Fair Trade is not controlled, it might become just another fashion. Big companies might take advantage of consumers’ concern and try to get away with selling their ‘normal’ products under a trendy label. Some older people said they wanted to see new rules and regulations to guarantee real Fair Trade products. For now, at least, it seems to be more difficult to bring older people round to the idea of buying Fair Trade.

6. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?
A. A minimum income received by producers
B. Fair Trade products
C. Fair Trade system
D. Fair Trade movement
E. Fair Trade: Its meaning and purpose

7. The Fair Trade means _________.
A. that consumers spend less money on the Fair Trade products.
B. that producers in developing countries receive a minimum price for their goods.
C. combating poverty in developing countries.
D. the Fair Trade products’ price are cheaper.
E. that most schools and universities have offered the products in Britain.

8. What is the main topic of the last paragraph?
A. Only 20 people in public who know the Fair Trade labels
B. The worrying facts of existence of Fair Trade
C. Fair Trade is not controlled
D. Big companies take advantages of Fair Trade system.
E. Fair Trade products guarantee

9. And it is not just the issue… more than 90 per cent of them said that… find out what else they could do …(par. 3). The underlined word means ______.
A. investigate
B. survive
C. keep
D. clarify
E. discover

Near: Extinct Language Returns
Juan Cabelllo takes pride in not using a mobile phone or the internet to communicate. Instead, he whistles. Cabello, 50, is a silbador, until recently a dying breed on tiny, mountainous La Gomera, one of Spain’s Canary Islands off West Africa. Like his father and grandfather before him, he knows ‘Silbo Gomero’, a language that is whistled, not spoken, and can be heard more than two miles away. This unusual way of communicating is said to have arrived with early African settlers 2,500 years ago. Now, educators are working hard to save it from extinction by making school children study the language up to the age of fourteen.
Silbo, which comes from the Spanish sibar (meaning to whistle), features four ‘vowels’ and four consonants’ that can be used to form more than 4,000 words. ‘I use it for everything: to talk to my wife, to tell my kids something, to find a friend if we get lost in a crowd, ’Cabello says. In fact, he makes a living from Silbo, performing daily exhibitions at a restaurant o this island of 220 square kilometers and 19,000 people.
People throughout La Gomero are known to have used Silbo in the past as a way of communicating over long distances. A strong whistle saved farmers from trekking over the hills to give messages or news to neighbours. Then came the phone. Nowadays, it’s hard to know how many people still use Silbo. In 1999, it was introduced as a compulsory subject in La Gomera’s primary schools, in an effort to prevent the language from becoming extinct. Now 3,000 students are studying it, but only a few people are believed to be able to communicate fully in the whistling language. ‘Silbo is said to be the most important cultural heritage we have, ‘said MOises Plasencia, the director of the Canary Islands’ governments’ historical heritage department.
It might seem appropriate for a language that sounds like birdsong to exist in the Canary Islands, but there is thought to be no connections between the islands’ name and the birdsong-like way of communicating. In fact, little is known about ‘Silbo’s origins. Silbo-like whistling has been found in parts of Greece, Turkey, China and Mexico, but none is as developed as Silbo Gomero. One study is looking for signs of Silbo in Venezuela, Cuba and Texas, all places to which Gomerans have emigrated in the past during hard economic times.
Now, Plasencia is heading an effort to get UNESCO to declare it a ‘cultural heritage’ and to support many historical and linguistic values, ‘he said. And, as Cabello explains, ‘ it’s good for just about anything except for romance: everyone on the island would hear what you’re saying.
10. What do people not use Silbo for, and why?
A. Talking to their wives
B. Telling their kids something
C. Finding a friend if they got lost in a crowd.
D. Having a romantic moment
E. Talking to others

11. Where is La Gomera?
A. in Spain
B. in West Africa
C. in one of the Canary islands, off West Africa
D. in a Canary Island
E. in a Span island

12. Why do some people think they might find Silbo in Venezuela, Cuba and Texas?
A. Because people from La Gomera emigrated there in past.
B. Because people from those countries learned Silbo in La Gomera.
C. Because people from those countries sent their children to learn Silbo in La Gomera.
D. Because people from those countries originally came from the same ancient.
E. Because their language are originated from Silbo.

The Fox in Disguise

Once upon a time, there was a hungry fox which was trying desperately to hunt a sheep for dinner. He had been watching a herd of sheep in the field which was being guide by a shepherd and his fierce dogs. There was no way for the fox to get near enough to strike at the victim without being undetected.
After circulating the area for several times, he found a sheep’s skin left behind by the shepherd. So, the fox wore the sheep’s skin to disguise himself as a sheep and mingle with the herd of sheep unnoticed.
As he was trying to get a little lamb to stray away from the herd, a big Rottweiler noticed something unusual. The dog could not figure out why there was one sheep which had a long bushy tail. As he was approaching the unusual sheep, he sensed something was amiss. Before the fox could strike at the victim, the Rottweiler gave the fox a big bite on his back that sent him springing up in mid air and quickly ran away from the scene. (Adapted from Creative English, 2007)
This text is for question 5 to 10.

13. Why was there no way for the fox to strike at the victim undetected?
A. Because it is heavily guarded
B. Because it was being securely fenced by steel
C. Because it was closely guarded by the shepherd and his fierce dogs
D. Because it was protected by the armed police
E. Because it was protected by the high-tech censors

14. What did the fox find, and what did he do with it?
A. The fox found a dead sheep, and he ate it.
B. The fox found a lamb, and he killed it.
C. The fox found the shepherd and his dogs fast asleep, and he stole a lamb.
D. The fox found a sheep’s skin, and he disguised himself as a sheep to mingle with the herd.
E. The fox found the shepherd’s shirt, and he wore it to disguise as a shepherd so that he could get close to the herd of sheep.

15. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?
A. The wolf was looking for a lamb for dinner.
B. The fox was looking for a lamb for dinner.
C. The shepherd was looking for a lamb for dinner.
D. The hunter was looking for a lamb for dinner.
E. The fierce dog was looking for a lamb for dinner.

DEFORESTATION
The jungle and rainforests of tropical countries are home to millions of different species. There are so many species living in these habitats, and lots of unknown species are yet to be discovered. Unfortunately, deforestation has killed some of these species before they are even discovered. Deforestation has not only given negative impacts to the living things but also to the environment.
Since ancient times, men have cleared forests for timber, agriculture and housing. What once used to be lush greenery can be transformed into cities and farms in just a matter of years or even months. With heavy machinery, clearing trees is just like taking a broom to sweep the floor. What takes decades to grow a tree to that size takes only a few minutes to take it down. In fact, for every tree destroyed, hundreds of species who made their homes on that tree are also displaced or destroyed. Moreover, deforestation comprising illegal and uncontrolled loggings as well as forest fires have caused adverse environmental consequences to mankind, such as global warming, pollutions, landslide and flood.
Deforestation along with its negative impacts is a global problem that affects the whole world. Therefore, it is the international community to resolve these problems swiftly before it is too late. Until deforestation is reversed, we are living in a world threatened by disasters caused by irresponsible people.

16. Two reasons why men clear forest ________.
A. they clear forest for money and employment.
B. they clear forest for improvement.
C. they clear forest for exploration and research
D. they clear forest for science and experiment.
E. they clear forest for timber and agriculture.

17. What do people use to clear tress?
A. They use the axe and elephant.
B. They use the saw and winch
C. They use a chisel and hammer
D. They use heavy machineries
E. They use the crane

18. Who makes the jungles and rainforests their home?
A. Millions of different species
B. The tigers and lions
C. The birds and monkeys
D. The snakes and wild cats
E. The dogs and cats

19. What makes some species become extinct before they are even discovered?
A. Negative impact
B. Environment
C. Deforestation
D. Rainforest
E. Tropical countries

Once upon a time, a man hand a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it. The parrot could say every word, except one word. The parrot would not say the name of the place where it was born. The name of the place was Catano.
The man felt excited having the smartest parrot, but he could not understand why the parrot would not say Catano. The man tried to teach the bird to say Catano. However, the bird kept not saying the word. At the first, the man was very nice to the bird, but then he got very angry. “You stupid bird” pointed the man to the parrot. “Why can’t say the word? Say Catano! Or I’ll kill you!” the mad said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say it. Then the man got so angry and shouted to the bird over and over, ‘Say Catano or I’ll kill you. “The bird kept no saying the word of Catano.
One day, after he had been trying so many times to make the bird say Catano, the man really got very angry. He could not bear it. He picked the parrot and threw in into the chicken house. There were four old chickens for next dinner. “ You are as so stupid as the chickens. Just stay with me, “said the man angrily. Then he continued to humble, “You know, I will cut the chicken for my meal. Next it will be your turn. I will eat you too, stupid parrot.” After that he left the chickens house.
The next day, the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and was very surprised. He could not believe what he saw at the chicken house. There were three death chickens on the floor. At the moment, the parrot was standing proudly and screaming at the last old chicken, say Catano or I’ll kill you!

20. What is the story about?
A. The parrot
B. The parrot and 4 chickens
C. The killing of parrot
D. The man and his parrot
E. The killing of the four chickens.

21. Why did the man get angry? Because _____.
A. The parrot could not say every word.
B. The parrot underestimated the man.
C. The parrot could not say “Catano”
D. The parrot killed the chickens
E. The parrot didn’t like the man

Public-Spirited Old Man
In a quiet town in California, there lived a man who liked to sidewalks near his house to be clean and tidy. Although the streets were regularly cleaned by a street sweeper, the results did not meet his satisfaction. Consequently, every morning the old man carried a big broom and started to re-sweep the sidewalk until it was incredibly clean. He had been doing this for the past five years.
Unfortunately, one day a new policewoman was on duty. She saw him dangerously standing on the road while sweeping the leaves into the scupper drain. She immediately served him a notice for jaywalking, a punishable offence in the United States of America, As a consequence, the seventy-year old man landed himself in court.
When the judge heard the complete story from the old man, he was touched by the old man’s public spirit. The judge said to himself: Public spirited men are getting fewer and fewer and I don’t want to see another one disappear tomorrow morning. “ Finally, the judge directed the jury to acquit the old man of the offence.

22. What does the word to acquit mean in paragraph 3?
A. Declaring someone is not guilty
B. Sweeping the sidewalk carefully
C. Standing on the road
D. Touching the heart of the judge
E. Giving a plea to the court

23. Walking through the valley, __________.
A. the sun is shining brightly
B. she felt at one with nature
C. she had felt at one with nature
D. the sun shines brightly
E. she had been felt at one with nature

24. ____________________, she thought about her father.
A. She looked out of the window
B. Looking out of the window
C. She is looking out of the window
D. Looked out of the window
E. Looks out of the window

25. He wore his best clothes, _______________.
A. in order impressing her
B. in order to impressing her
C. in order impress her
D. in order to impressed her
E. in order to impress her

26. It was _____________ that I couldn’t stop eating.
A. such delicious food
B. such a delicious food
C. a such delicious food
D. a so delicious food
E. so a delicious food

27. What did they want to know? Can you tell me?
A. Can you tell me what did they want to know?
B. Can you tell me what they want to know?
C. Can you tell me they did want to know?
D. Can you tell me did they want to know?
E. Can you tell me what they wanted to know?

1.A 2.A 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. E 7. B 8. B 9. E 10. D

The Practice of Final Test, 1st smt XI IPA, 2010

THE PRACTICE OF FINAL ENGLISH TEST

When Danny Wallace, 26, got bored, he put an advert on the worldwide web reading simply: ‘Join Me. Send a passport photo. ‘A year and a half later his east London flat is the headquarters for a global internet-based ‘club’ whose members carry out good deeds for strangers every Friday.

It’s not common for people in London to talk to strangers. If you see someone struggling with something, part of your brain goes “I want to help”. But the trained part of the brain says: “They will think you are mad or going to mug them”, so you walk way.

‘Join Me’ now has about 3,000 members around the world who do an act of kindness every Friday. For example, I’m usually out on a Friday so I go for one of the standard acts – the unexpected cup of coffee. You might be sitting in a café and see an old man in the corner drinking coffee or tea, and you walk up with another cup of whatever they are drinking, and say: “I’ve bought you a coffee” and walk away. It’s pleasure to see the look of surprise on their faces. There can be some suspicion, but I think that was mostly in the early days when I didn’t know how to do it properly. I would walk up quite nervously like I was doing something wrong and I didn’t know when to leave. In the end, I learned through trial and error. Sometimes it worked other times it didn’t. I discovered that you have to walk up with confidence and humor and not “get in their faces.” You say: “This is for you”, then you go. It’s hit – and – run kindness. And there is no point in doing it half-heartedly. You’ve got to do it because you really mean it.

‘Join Me is without geographical boundaries, but there are quite a few members in London, and I get quite a log of stories about things they have done on the Underground of on the buses. One lady got on the bus and put a £ 10 note down and said: “That’s for me and the next nine was paid for. A lot of people were doing this sort of thing out of it; for them it’s an excuse or reason to do. Something nice for a complete stranger, and it gives them the confidence to walk up and start chatting. I think in London it is too easy to keep your head down. If people step on your foot on the Underground, they are an inch away but they won’t say sorry because they don’t want to speak out. Join Me helps you be a bit more confident and then you find it easy to ignore that social barrier.’
1. Where in the world can one find people who belong to Join Me?
A. London
B. All over the world
C. All over the Britain
D. Parts of Britain
E. Parts of London
2. Join Me: giving people more confidence is discussed in _____.
A. Paragraph 1
B. Paragraph 2
C. Paragraph 3
D. Paragraph 4
E. Paragraphs 2&3

Alfred Nobel Rests in Peace
People like Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi, Kofi Annan, Lech Walase, and Mother Teresa have become famous all around the world. ____________________They are all winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. But none of them would have received their prize and the recognition it brings if it had not been for one Swedish man, Alfred Nobel.
When Alfred joined the Nobel family company, it had been developing explosives for many years. Alfred’s father, Immanuel, had started the family fortune by working for the Russian army to produce landmines and seamines, which are bombs that are put under the ground or in the sea, and explode when people move over them. But the family made even more money by manufacturing nitro-glycerin, which was an effective but very dangerous explosive.
One day Alfred arrived home to find that his 20-year-old brother Emil had been killed in a nitro-glycerin explosion. Alfred became determined to invent a safer explosive. The result was dynamite, which became an immediate success all over the world.
Alfred Nobel always wanted dynamite to be used for peaceful means. And when it was used to blast a path for the Panama Canal in 1914 he couldn’t have been happier. Unfortunately, in the same year, the First World War started, and, when it ended four years later, dynamite had been used to take away the lives of thousands of young men. Alfred had always hated war and considered it to be ‘the horror of horrors and the greatest of all crimes. To see his invention being used in this way made him very sad.
Sometime later Alfred’s older brother Ludwig died. One newspaper accidentally printed Alfred’s obituary instead of his brother. The obituary described Alfred as a man who had become rich by inventing a weapon of mass destruction. When Alfred read this review of his life, he was very unhappy and decided to do something about it. He decided that he would use the great fortune that he had made to reward people who had been working to promote good society. The five awards he created were for physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and, most significantly, peace.
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the person who had done the most, or the best work to promote friendship between countries to abolish armies and to hold and promote peace conference.
In 1997 the Nobel Peace Prize went to an American called Jody Williams for her efforts to get landmines banned. Ironically, of course, the Nobel family fortunes had been built on mines. Perhaps now, Alfred Nobel will rest more easily in his grave.

3. Which of the following sentences is suitable to complete the gap in the first paragraph?
A. The five awards Alfred created were for Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, and most significantly peace.
B. Alfred became determined to invent a safer explosive.
C. Ironically, of course, the Nobel family fortunes had been built on mines.
D. Alfred had always hated war and considered it to be the horror of horror and the greatest of all crimes.
E. What do they have in common?

4. What is the main idea of the sixth paragraph?
A. The award of Nobel Peace Prize for
B. The promotion of Nobel Peace Prize
C. The efforts of Jody Williams
D. The American peacemaker
E. The peace conference

A Strange Beginning to a Courtship
Ben finally found a maintenance job at a prestigious hotel. A few days later, he was instructed to check out a problem in the ladies’ toilet. At first, he thought it might be a choked basin. Having inspected it, he found the basins were perfect working condition.
Suddenly, he heard a woman screaming, ‘I can’t get out. I’m stuck, please help me!’
Ben took out a screwdriver and twisted the licking mechanism to the open position from outside. The door swung open onward, and he saw the hotel receptionist stuck in the toilet cubical. She was very embarrassed, and both left the ladies’ toilet quietly.
A few days later, they happened to walk along the same corridor and accidentally bumped into each other – still very embarrassed of what happened at the toilet on that fateful day.
Six months after the incident they finally overcame their embarrassed and ultimately got married. The first thing they did before they moved into their new house was to replace the bathroom door with one without a lock of latch.

5. What was Ben’s job?
A. He was a driver
B. He is an instructor
C. He is receptionist
D. He is a maintenance man
E. He is a plumber
6. What eventually happened to Ben and the receptionist?
A. They felt very embarrassed.
B. They avoided one another.
C. They finally became friends.
D. Ben and the receptionist got promoted.
E, Ben and the receptionist finally got married.

Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi is an opposition leader from Myanmar (formerly Burma) and the 1991 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
When she was two years old, her father, who was likely to become prime minister of independent Burma, was assassinated. She went to school in Burma until 1960, when her mother became ambassador to India. After studying in India, she attended the University of Oxford, where she met her future husband. She had two children and lived a rather quite life until 1988, when she returned to Myanmar to look after her mother.
When Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in her country, people were protesting against the rule of the military government. On one occasion, hundreds of protesters were killed by the army, and this was the reason that Aung San Suu Kyi began to speak out. She began a non-violent struggle for democracy and human right. She joined the National League for Democracy, which won more than 80 per cent of the parliamentary seats in 1990, but the military government ignored the results. Aung San Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest from July 1989. The military offered to free her if she agreed to leave Myanmar, but she refused to do so until the country was returned to civilian government and political prisoners were freed. She was freed from house arrest in July 1995.

7. How many years had Aung San Suu Kyi been arrested by the military government?
A. One year
B. Three years
C. Four years
D. Two years
E. Six year

Singapore is beautiful country just off the coast of the Malay Penisula. What is strange is that the capital city is also called Singapore. It is a lovely city built on a pretty harbor. Over 40.000 ships pass through Singapore each year. Approximately 3 million people live on this tiny island which is only 616 square kilometers in area. Most of these people are Chinese; however, Indians, Malays, Portuguese, and Europeans also make up population. The main income for Singapore comes from commerce and manufacturing. Tourism is also very important to the economy and there are some really good hotels to stay in.

8. Most of the population in Singapore is ________.
A. Malay
B. India
C. Portugal
D. Chinese
E. European
9. The main income of Singapore is _________.
A. Farming and commerce
B. Commerce and manufacturing
C. Farming
D. Commerce
E. Tourism and commerce
10. He is doing a science project ________.
A. on enthusiasm
B. in enthusiasm
C. at enthusiasm
D. for enthusiasm
E. with enthusiasm
11. He _______ go away this holiday but I’m not sure.
A. can
B. would
C. must
D. might
E. could
12. We always try to avoid_________ preserved food.
A. consuming
B. to consume
C. consumed
D. we consumed
E. being consumed
13. Before ________ as a college student, Dhani always studies diligently.
A. accepting
B. to accept
C. to be accepted
D. being accepted
E. be accepted

14. ‘John is playing football right, ‘said Jenny.
A. Jenny said that John is playing football right now.
B. Jenny said that John was playing football right now.
C. Jenny said that John had been playing football right now.
D. Jenny said that John has been playing football right now.
E. Jenny said that John had played football right now.
15. You need to do some exercise to stay fit. ‘Have you considered ______ for an hour every day.
A. walking
B. you walk
C. to walk
D. to be walking
E. walk

Krakatau
The eruption of Krakatau is one of the best example of volcanic activity in modern time. In May of 1883 the volcano erupted into life and began to send a cloud of smoke and fire 25 kilometers into the sky. The eruption continued like this for some months. Then 1 pm on Sunday, 26t August, the end of Krakatau began.
A number of extremely powerful explosion sent too much sand and stone into the sky that day was turned into night. For three days the sun couldn’t shine on the straits of Sunda. The volcanic eruption was so powerful that they caused part of Australia to shake, over 30.000 kilometers away.
The end of Krakatau came at 10 am on Monday, 27th August. The force of the explosion was so great that most of the island disappeared into the sea. As it disappeared, it created huge tidal waves, Tsunami, which quickly moved toward the coastline of Java and Sumatera. At Merak, people climbed to the top of two hundred meters hill to escape the Tsunami. But there was no escape. Altogether 36.000 people died.

16. Krakatau erupted ________.
A. at the end of eighteen century
B. at the end of the nineteenth century
C. at the beginning of the twentieth century
D. at the middle of the nineteenth century
E. in the twentieth century

17. ‘Shake’ in paragraph 2 means _________.
A. great by holding somebody’s hand
B. move up and down, or from side to side
C. disappear into the sea
D. to cover with sand and rocks.
E. to run

Answer Key: 1. B 2. D 3. E 4. A 5. D 6. E 7. E 8. D 9. B 10. E 11. D 12. A 13. D 14. B 15. A 16. B 17. B

LISTENING
Conversation 6
1. A. He’s single, and has never been married.
B. He’s currently married.
C. He was married before.
C. He doesn’t say.
2. A. someone who likes quiet evenings together
B. someone who likes dancing.
C. someone who likes body building.
D. someone he can trust.

Conversation 7
3. A. She’s having health problems
B. She works too much in the yard.
C. She’s retired
D. She feels her home is like a zoo.
4. A. the more people there are, the happier he is.
B. He’s glad Gloria is there to help.
C. He doesn’t care.
D. It’s Ok, as long as they do the yard work.
Conversation 8
5. A. She likes the restaurants in Costa Rica better.
B. She thinks American backpacks are safer.
C. She thinks Costa Rica is more secure than the US
D. She thinks it’s easier to have a lot of money in the US
6. A. She likes the variety of restaurants.
B. She doesn’t worry about things being stolen.
C. She worries about walking around with twenty dollars.
D. She thinks that everything is too expensive.
Conversation 9
7. A. It does your driving for you.
B. it fastens your seatbelt for you.
C. It keeps you awake while you drive
D. It reads the newspaper to you.
8. A. study
B. read
C. talk on the phone
D. drive
Conversation 10

9. A. He thinks it’s a small amount of money, so he doesn’t care.
B. He thinks his friend has been gambling way too much.
C. He wants his friend to play another game and win the money back
D. He’s worried about something bad happening to his friend.
10. A. He wants to pay someone he owes money to.
B. He wants to play cards again and win back what he lost.
C. He’s worried that might get hurt if he doesn’t have extra money.
D. If he has enough money, he can stop gambling.

Conversation 6:

11. A. getting new bedroom furniture
B. getting a new desk
C. getting a new portable
D. getting a desktop computer

12. A. she thinks they really need a new computer and desk
B. she wants to keep a computer in the bedroom
C. she thinks their apartment needs new furniture
D. she thinks a small computer is better

Conversation 7:
13. A. Tim’s mother didn’t say
B. he died in his sleep
C. he fell out of his bed
D. he’s asleep and can’t wake up

14. A. go home to his family
B. try to go back to sleep
C. call his grandfather
D. call for help

Conversation 8:
15. A. the air conditioner doesn’t work
B. the heater doesn’t work
C. the air conditioner is too cold
D. the heater doesn’t have a guarantee

16. A. he wants it back as soon as possible
B. he wants it back in a couple of days
C. he wants it back the next day
D. he doesn’t care, as long as the car fixed

Conversation 9:
17. A. fixing a salad
B. making some rice
C. barbecuing some chicken
D. getting some take-out food

18. A. some take-out food
B. some chicken legs
C. the salad ingredients
D. more rice

Conversation 10:
19. A. a way to trace the cause of cancer
B. a new hospital for cancer patients
C. a drug that seems to eliminate cancer
D. a way to replace parts of the body that have cancer

20. A. it’s very difficult to cure cancer
B. cancer patients felt better after 300 days
C. the patients have not had any cancer for two years
D. cancer victims can live for two extra years

Answer Key: 1. C 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. D 9. D 10. B 11. A 12. D 13. B 14. A 15. A 16. A 17. D 18. B 19. C 20. C

The Highlight of Third English Test XI IPA

Once upon a time, a man hand a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it. The parrot could say every word, except one word. The parrot would not say the name of the place where it was born. The name of the place was Catano.
The man felt excited having the smartest parrot, but he could not understand why the parrot would not say Catano. The man tried to teach the bird to say Catano. However, the bird kept not saying the word. At the first, the man was very nice to the bird, but then he got very angry. “You stupid bird” pointed the man to the parrot. “Why can’t say the word? Say Catano! Or I’ll kill you!” the mad said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say it. Then the man got so angry and shouted to the bird over and over, ‘Say Catano or I’ll kill you. “The bird kept no saying the word of Catano.
One day, after he had been trying so many times to make the bird say Catano, the man really got very angry. He could not bear it. He picked the parrot and threw in into the chicken house. There were four old chickens for next dinner. “ You are as so stupid as the chickens. Just stay with me, “said the man angrily. Then he continued to humble, “You know, I will cut the chicken for my meal. Next it will be your turn. I will eat you too, stupid parrot.” After that he left the chickens house.
The next day, the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and was very surprised. He could not believe what he saw at the chicken house. There were three death chickens on the floor. At the moment, the parrot was standing proudly and screaming at the last old chicken, say Catano or I’ll kill you!
1. What does the paragraph 4 inform?
A. What the parrot had done the chickens
B. The condition of the chicken house
C. The parrot could not say “Catano”
D. The coming back of the man to the chicken house
E. How surprise was the man

2. What did the man get angry? Because _____.
A. the parrot could not say every word.
B. the parrot underestimated the man.
C. the parrot could not say “Catano”
D. the parrot killed the chickens
E. the parrot didn’t like the man

Public-Spirited Old Man
In a quiet town in California, there lived an lid man who liked to sidewalks near his house to be clean and tidy. Although the streets were regularly cleaned by a street sweeper, the results did not meet his satisfaction. Consequently, every morning the old man carried a big broom and started to re-sweep the sidewalk until it was incredibly clean. He had been doing this for the past five years.
Unfortunately, one day a new policewoman was on duty. She saw him dangerously standing on the road while sweeping the leaves into the scupper drain. She immediately served him a notice for jaywalking, a punishable offence in the United States of America, As a consequence, the seventy-year old man landed himself in court.
When the judge heard the complete story from the old man, he was touched by the old man’s public spirit. The judge said to himself: Public spirited men are getting fewer and fewer and I don’t want to see another one disappear tomorrow morning. “ Finally, the judge directed the jury to acquit the old man of the offence.
3. What is the story about?
A. An old man who insults a new policewoman
B. An old man who lived near the sidewalk
C. An old man who wanted a clean environment
D. An old man who worked in a court
E. An old man who liked sweeping the sidewalk
4. The writer mainly uses the ____.
A. simple present tense
B. present perfect tense
C. simple past tense
D. present continuous tense
E. Passive sentence
5. Could you go away, please Jack? I want to talk to Sol _____.
A. private
B. in privately
C. privacy
D. in private
E. on private
6. ‘Give me time to think about it, ‘she asked me.
A. She asked me to give her time to think about it.
B. She asked me to gave her time to think about it.
C. She asked me that give her time to think about it.
D. She asked me if I give her time to think about it.
E. She asked me to give her time to think about it.
7. Susie O’nell preferred ______for team events.
A. not chosen
B. not being choose
C. not to be chosen
D. not choose
E. not be chosen

Writing: Description a Person (130 – 200 words)