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UJIAN TENGAH SEMESTER (UTS) GANJIL

TAHUN AKADEMIK 2014/2015
PROGRAM DIPLOMA III KEUANGAN SPESIALISASI PAJAK

Mata Kuliah : BAHASA INGGRIS

Tingkat/Semester : I/1
Hari/Tanggal : Kamis, 27 November 2014
Waktu : 11.00 s.d. 13.00 WIB
Sifat : Tutup Buku
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INSTRUCTION:

1. Before start doing the test, do not forget to pray!

2. Be honest and trust your own ability in doing the test!

3. Check again all the answers before submitting your answer sheet!

READING SECTION

READING TEXT 1

The use of computers is probably the most interesting inovation in modern

automobiles. In the 1970s, minicomputers were first introduced to monitor the ____ (1) of
fuel automobiles used. Today, computers do far more than that. Many new ears have
computers which monitor the engine and ____ (2) make any changes that are necessary.
Other computers aactually Speak to the driver, warning of _____ (3) and safety problems
with messages such as, Your engine oil pressure is low. Prompt service is required. When
the driver corrects the problem, the computer may even say thank you. Drivers do not need
to know English _____ (4) the computer can be programmed to speak several _____ (5)
languages.

Choose the best answer for number 1-5 among the choices given!

1. A. number C. amount

B. size D. total

2. A. especially C. manually

B. automatically D. eventually

3. A. mechanic C. mechanised

B. mechanism D. mechanical

4. A. since C. although

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 B. in order that D. as if

5. A. differ C. difference

B. different D. differential

READING TEXT 2

Islam first arrive in the Indonesia archipeelago not through a series of holy wars or ____ (6)
rebellions, but rather on the coattails of peaceful economic expansion along the major trade
routes of the East. ____ (7) Muslim traders _____ (8) the region for centuries, it was not until
the important Indian trading center of Gujarat fell into Muslim hands in the mid 13th century
that Indonesia rulers began to ____ (9) to the new faith. The trading ports of Samudra, Perlak
and Pasai on the northeastern coast of Sumatra-ports that guarded the entrance to the _____
(10) strategic Strait of Malaca became the first Islamic kingdom in Indonesia. Marco Polo
mentions that Porlak was already Muslim at the time of his visit in 1299, and the tombstone
of the first Islamic ruler of Samudra, Sultan Malik al Shaleh, bears the date 1297.

Choose the best answer for number 6-10 among the choices given!

6. A. arms C. armies

B. army D. arm

7. A. Although C. Since

B. Therefore D. Unless

8. A. visited C. had visited

B. have visited D. would visit

9. A. persuade C. convert

B. hug D. change

10. A. economy C. economize

B. economic D. economical

READING TEXT 3: For questionn 11-20 you are to choose the one best answer (A), (B),
(C) or (D) based on the information from the text.

Mount Rushmore is a well-known monument in the Black Hills of South Dakota that
features the countenances of four United States presidents: Washington, Jefferson,
Rorosevelt, and Lincoln. What is not so well known is that the process of creating this
national treasure was not exactly an uneventful one.

Mount Rushmore was the project of the visionary sculptor John Gutzen de la Mothe
Borglum, who was born in Idaho but studied sculpture in Paris in his youth and befriended
the famous French sculptor Auguste Rodin. In 1927 Borglum was granted a commission by
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the federal government to create the sculpture on Mount Rushmore. Though he was nearly
sixty years old when he started, he was undaunted by the enormity of the project and the
obstacles that is engengered. He optimistically assetted that the project would be completed
within five years, not caring to recognize the potential problems that such a massive project
would involve, the problems of dealing with financing, with government bureucracy, and
with Mother Nature herself. An example of what Mother Nature had to throw at the project
was the fissure _ or large crack _ that developed in the granite where Jefferson was being
carved. Jefferson had to be moved to the other side of Washington, next to Roosevelt because
of the break in the stone. The work that had been started on the first Jefferson had to be
dynamited away.

Mount Rushmore was not completed within the five years predicted by Borglum and
was in fact not actually completed within Borglums lifetime, although it was almost
finished. Borglum died on March 6, 1941, at the age of seventy-four, after fourteen yers of
work on the presidents. His son, Lincoln Borglum, who had worked with his father
throughout the project, completed the monument within eight months of his fathers death.

11. Which of the following best express the main idea of the passage?
A. Mount Rushmore was a huge project filled with numerous obstacles.
B. Mount Rushmore is a famous American monument.
C. Mount Rushmore has sculptures of four United States presidents on it.
D. John Gutzen de la Mothe Borglum created Mount Rushmore.
12. Which of the following best describes the relationship between Borglum and Rodin in
Borglums early years?
A. Borglum studied about Rodin in Paris.
B. Borglum was far more famaous than Rodin as a sculptor.
C. Borglum and Rodin were born and raised in the same place.
D. Borglum and Rodin were friends.
13. The word nearly in line 9 could best be replaced by which of the following.
A. over
B. closely
C. almost
D. barely
14. Which of the following is NOT true about Borglum?
A. He began Mount Rushmore around the age of sixty.
B. He predicted that Mount Rushmore would be finished around 1932.
C. Mount Rushmore was finished when Borglum predicted it would be.
D. Borglum worked on Mount Rushmore for more than a decade.
15. It can be inferred from the passage that Borglum was someone who ......
A. expected the best to happen
B. set realistic goals
C. never tried anything too challenging
D. was always afraid that bad things were going to happen
16. A fissure in line 15 is a ......
A. discoloration
B. break
C. unevenness
D. softness
17. The pronoun it in line 21 refers to which of the following
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 A. The first Jefferson
B. Mount Rushmor
C. Borglums lifetime
D. Fourteen years of work
18. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the expression within eight months of
his fathers death in line 23-24?
A. More than eight months before his fathers deathrted
B. Less than eight month before his fathers death
C. Less than eight months after his fathers death
D. More than eight months after his fathers death
19. Where in the passage does the author mention when Mount Rushmore project got
started?
A. Line 1-4
B. Line 7-9
C. Line 9-12
D. Line 17-18
20. Which of the following is NOT true about Borglum?
A. He began Mount Rushmore around the age of sixty.
B. He prdicted that Mount Rushmor would be finished around 1932
C. Mount Rushmore was finished when Borglum predicted it would be.
D. Borglum worked on Mount Rushmore for more than a decade.
PART II: STRUCTURE & WRITTEN EXPRESSION

INSTRUCTION: Choose the best answer among the choices given!

21. What can we do to improve our employees skills?

........ them more training is the first what we can do.

A. Giving C. To give
B. We give D. To be given
22. What is annoying your mother so much?
..... in the bedroom.
A. My father is smoking
B. It is my father who smokes
C. The smoking of my father
D. My fathers smoking
23. What has made him so busy these days?
..... for the Bazaar that will be held next month.
A. To prepare C. In preparing
B. She prepares D. Preparing
24. It has been found that for every hour of sleep lost in a night our IQ ... one point the next
day.
A. drops C. is dropping
B. has dropped D. will have dropped
25. Is no one living with your grandmother in the house?
No, and she .... anyone do anything for her for years.
A. never had C. has never had
B. does not have D. never has
26. Where is my dictionary? It was on my desk.
Perhaps somebody ...it.
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 A. takes C. is taking
B. has taken D. had taken
27. Mother: Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
Ratna: Romeo and Juliet .... by Shakespeare.
A. will be written C. was written
B. has been written D. is written
28. Have you already decided where to go for holidays?
Certainly, we ... to Italy.
A. go C. will have gone
B. have gone D. are going
29. Sasa: Can I borrow your laptop?
Rico: Certainly, but whats wrong with yours?
Sasa: It .... now.
A. is being repaired C. is repairing
B. repaired D. has repaired
30. Fika looks very happy today.
Dont you know she ... to General Manager?
A. has promoted C. has to promote
B. being promoted D. has been promoted
31. I became quite nervous when I knew that my speech ....
A. was to record C. to be recording
B. being recorder D. was being recorded
32. They had just been living in that house for two years when it ... by fire.
A. destroyed C. was destroyed
B. had destroyed D. was destroying
33. Mother: Clean your room, Arga!
Arga : Yes, Mom.
Aska : What did your mother tell you, Arga?
Arga : She told me ...
A. cleaned my room C. to clean your room
B. to clean my room D. clean your room
34. The secretary asked me ... with Mr. Yudi.
A. did I have an appointment C. whether I had an appointment
B. that I had an appointment D. when is my appointment
35. The tourist asked me ...
A. where the nearest bank is C. which the nearest bank is
B. the nearest bank D. that is the nearest bank
36. Lets visit the Robins tomorrow, ... ?
A. wont we C. shall we
B. do we D. arent we
37. You seldom has your hair cut, ...
A. do you C. did you
B. dont you D. didnt you
38. There was never any talk of such a thing, ... ?
A. was it C. was there
B. was it not D. was not there
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39. Trias is an intelligent student, but her youngest brother is even ...
A. the most intelligent C. more intelligent
B. the same intelligent D. much intelligent
40. Ive just met ... girl you can imagine.
A. very pretiest C. the prettiest
B. the most prettiest D. a prettier
41. Any possible academic assistance from taking stimulants ... marginal at best.
A. it is C. there is
B. is D. are
42. Jokowi, the seventh president of Indonesia, ... famous since he was the Mayor of Kota
Solo.
A. is C. has been
B. will be D. had been
43. The building will be quite vulnerable to damage until the storm windows ....
A. install C. are installing
B. installed D. are installed
44. The new president of Indonesia appointed the cabinet members, ____ appointments are
subject to KPK.
A. but they C. with their
B. but their D. they
45. ... sucked groundwater from below, some parts of the city have begun to sink as much as
ten inches annually.
A. Pumps have C. As pumps have
B. So pumps have D. With pumps
46. Without the proper card ____ inside the computer, it is impossible to run a graphical
program.
A. is installed C. installed
B. instals D. installing
47. The growth of hair is a ____ process, with phases of activity and inactivity.
A. cycling C. cycle
B. cyclical D. cycled
48. The legal systems of most countries can be ____ either as common law or civil law.
A. classifies C. classified
B. classification D. classifying
49. The speed of light is ____ the speed of sound.
A. faster C. much faster than
B. the fastest D. as fast
50. The use of detail is ____ method of developing a controlling idea, and almost all students
employ this method.
A. more common C. common
B. most common D. the most common
51. The superintendent postponed the budget to renew the school facilities.
A. use
B. to use
C. using
D. in using
52. Exercise makes me strong. I exercise, I get.
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 A. the more, the stronger
B. more, strong
C. the more, stronger
D. more, stronger
53. When we stayed at the hotel, we were surprised as the receptionist told us that the bill
before.
A. has been paid
B. was paid
C. been paid
D. had been paid
54. Telegraph service across the At55. The bus is about to leave. Lets get into the bus, .?
A. dont we
B. will we
C. wont we
D. shall we
55. In partnership with John D. Rockefeller, Henry Flagger the standar Oil Company.
A. Helped forming
B. Helped from
C. He helped from
D. Helping to form
56. No one who has studied the Battle of Little Bighorn the exact route that Custer and
his detachment took.
A. know
B. knowing
C. knows
D. knowingly
57. The newest graphic presented by Jill shows that the sales in November is slightly than
sales in October.
A. low
B. lowest
C. the lowest
D. lower
58. It is easy for anyone how to cook an egg.
A. learning
B. to learn
C. learn
D. learn
59. Although Margaret Mead had several assistants during her long investigations of Samoa,
the bulk of the research was done by alone.
A. herself
B. she
C. her
D. hers
60. In many languages, the forms of a word to express such contrast as gender, number
and tense.
A. varies
B. vary
C. variety
D. variable
Choose the letter of the underlined word or group of words that is not correct!

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61. In July of 1861, Pat Garrett killed Billy the Kid in a house close Fort Summer.
A B C D

62. Many comfort heating systems using steam as a working fluid operate at the
A B C D

Convection principle.

63. Mars two small moons are irregularly shaped and covered for craters.
A B C D

64. The body depends in food as its primary source of energy.

A B C D

65. Regular programming was interrupted to broadcast a special news bulletins.

A B C D

66. Sulfa drugs had been used to treat bacterial infection until penicillin becomes widely
A B C D

available.

67. Plans for both the International Monetary Fund or the World Bank were drawn up at
A B C D

The Bretton Woods Conference.

68. Seldom Antarctic icebergs will move far enough north to disturb South Pacific shipping
A B C D

lanes.

69. In 1958, a largest recorded wave, with a height of 500 meters, occured in Lituya Bay,
A B C D

Alaska.

70. Exercise in swimming pools is particularly helpful because of the buoyant

A B C
effect water.

71. Buying clothes are often a very time-consuming practice because those
A B C

clothes that a person likes are rarely the ones that fit him/her.

72. These televisions are all too expensive for we to buy at this time, but perhaps we
A B C D
will return later.
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73. After she had bought herself a new automobile, she sells her bicycle.
A B C D

74. George has not completed the assignment yet, is she?.

A B C D

75. Some of the plants in this store require very little care, but this one needs much
A B C

more sunlight than the others ones.

76. After Dave had returned to his house, he was reading a book.
A B C D

77. Many theories on conserving the purity of water has been proposed, but
A B

no one has been as widely accepted as this one.

C D

78. John ate dinner before he wrote several letters and went to bed.
A B C D

79. The manager has finished working on the report last night, and now she will
A B C

begin to do the other work.

80. Because Sam and Dave had done all of the work theirselves, they were unwilling
A B C

to give the results to John.

**** GOOD LUCK ***