READING

Reading merupakan suatu kumpulan cerita yang mempunyai tema. Sesi ini biasanya
terdiri dari 50 pertanyaan dengan waktu menjawab 55 menit.
Strategi umum dalam mengerjakan soal membaca.

1. Jangan terlalu lama membaca soal.

Anda jangan terlalu untuk mengerti dari cerita dalam soal tersebut. Ini
dimungkinkan untuk menjawab pertanyaan.
2. Jangan panik bila tidak mengetahui topic dari cerita.
Seluruh informasi untuk menjawab TELAH tersedia dalam cerita tersebut. Tidak
dibutuhkan latar belakang pengetahuan untuk menjawab setiap cerita.
3. Jangan menggunakan waktu lama dalam menganalisa jawaban.
Jika tidak yakin…..tebaklah…..atau kembali ke pertanyaan setelah seluruh
pertanyaan selesai.
Berikut jurus-jurus yang harus anda lakukan:

JURUS 1: PERTANYAAN IDE UTAMA

Hampir seluruh pertanyaan dalam soal cerita menanyakan ide utama dari cerita
tersebut. Bentuk pertanyaan antara topic, subject, tittle, primary idea atau main idea.

PERTAYAAN IDE UTAMA

Jenis pertanyaan  What is the topic of the passage?

 What is the subject of the passage?
 What is the main idea of the passage?
 What is the author’s main point the passage?
 With what is the author primarily concerned?
 Which of the following would be the best title?
Lokasi kemungkinan Terletak di awal kalimat setiap paragraf
Jawaban
Bagaimana 1. Baca garis pertama setiap paragraph
Menjawab 2. Mencari tema atau ide pada baris pertama
Pertanyaan 3. Membaca dengan cepat seluruh cerita untuk mengecek

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Contoh soal :

Basketball was invented in 1891 by a physical education instructor in

Springfield, Massahusetts by the name of James Naismith. Because of the terrible
weather in winter, his physical education students were indoors rather than outdoors.
They really did not like the idea of boring, repetitive exercises and preferred the
excitement and challenge of a game. Naismith figured out a team sport that could be
played indoors on a gymnasium floor; that involved, and that did not allow the
tacking and physical contact of American style football

Pertanyaan :
What is the topic of this passage?
(A) The life of James Naismith
(B) The history of sports
(C) Physical education and exercise
(D) The origin of basketball

Cara menjawab:
1. Baris pertama tertulis Basketball was invented
2. Kata invented kemungkinan topic dari cerita tersebut
3. Membaca dengan cepat secara keseluruhan cerita
4. Memilih jawaban yang benar yaitu (D)

Latihan Jurus 1:

In the first half of the nineteenth century, a New York newspaper, the
New York Sun, successfully carried out a hoax on the American public. Because
of this trick, readership of the paper rose substantially.
On August 25, 1835, the sun published reports that some wonderful new
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(5) discoveries had been made on the moon. The article described strange, never-
before-seen animals and temples covered in shining jewel. Many members of
the American public were fooled by the story, even some prominent members
of the scientific community.

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 The effect of the false story on sales of the paper was dramatic .paper sales
(10) increased considerably as people eagerly searched out details of the new
discoveries. Later, the newspaper company announced that it had not been
trying to trick the public; instead the company explained the moon stories as a
type of literary satire.

1. Which of the following best states
the Topic of the passage?
(A) A Nineteenth-century
discovery on the moon
(B) The New York sun.
(C) A hoax and its effect
(D) The succes of a newspaper.
(D) In 1835 some amazing new
Discoveries were made about
the moon.
3. Click on the paragraph that
describes what happened on a
specific date.

2. The main point of the passage is 4. Click on the paragraph that

that explains what happened as a result
(A) The New York Sun was one of the actions of new York sun
of the Earliest American
newspapers
(B) The Sun increased sales when
it tricked the public with a
false story.
(C) A newspaper achieved
success by Writing about the
moon

JURUS 2: PERTANYAAN “STATED” DETAIL

Pertanyaan detail yaitu suatu informasi yang terdapat dalam paragraph.

Jawaban dari jenis pertanyaan ini secara umum telah tersedia di dalam cerita tersebut.
Jawaban merupakan pengulangan dari kalimat dengan tema atau ide yang sama tetapi
tidak sama dalam kata-kata.

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 PERTANYAAN DETAIL

Jenis pertanyaan  According to the passage……..

 it is stated in the passage……..
 the passage indicates that
 which of the following is true…..?

Lokasi kemungkinan
jawaban Ditemukan secara berurutan dalam bagian cerita

Bagaimana Menjawab 1. Cari kata kunci dari pertanyaan tersebut

Pertanyaan 2. Baca cepat kemungkinan bagian dari cerita
tersebut yang sesuai dengan kata kunci atau ide
3. Baca kalimat yang mengandung kata kunci atau
ide secara hati-hati
4. Buang jawaban yang anda perkirakan salah.

Contoh soal:
Flutes have been for quite some time, in all sorts of shapes and sizes and made
from a variety materials. The oldest known flutes are about 20.000 years old; they
were made from hollowed-out bones with holes cut in them. In addition to bone,
older flutes were often constructed from bamboo or hollowed-out wood.
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Today’s flutes are generally made of metal, and in addition to the holes they
(5)
have a complicated system of keys, levels, and pads. The instrument belonging to
well- known flautist Galway or not just made of any metal, it is made of gold.

Pertanyaan:
According to the passage, the oldest flutes
(A) had holes cut in them
(B) were made of metal

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(D) had a complicated set of levers and pads

Jawaban :
1. Kata kunci the oldest flutes
2. Berdasarkan cerita terdapat dalam kalimat kedua.
3. Kalimat menyatakan the oldest known were bones with holes cut in them.
4. Jawaban yang tepat yaitu A .
- Jawaban B dan D benar bila diceritakan today’s flute
- Jawaban C salah karena oldest flutes are 20.000 years old, bukan 200.000
years old

Latihan Jurus 2:

PASSAGE ONE (Questions 1-3)

Ice ages, those periods when ice covered extensive areas of the Earth, are
known to have occurred at least six times. Past ice ages can be recognized from rock
strata that show evidence of foreign materials deposited by moving walls of ice or
melting glaciers. Ice ages can also be recognized from land formations that have been
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(5)
produced from moving walls of ice, such as U-shaped valleys, sculptured landscapes,
and polished rock faces.

1. According to the passage, what (D) Four

happens during an ice age? 3. According to the passage, what in
the rock strata is a clue to geologists
(A) Rock strata are recognized by of a past ice age?
geologists.
(B) Evidence of foreign materials is (A) Ice
found. (B) Melting glaciers
(C) Ice covers a large portion of the (C) U-shaped valleys
Earth’s surface. (D) Substances from other areas
(D) Ice melts six times.

2. The passage covers how many

different methods of recognizing past
ice ages?

(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three

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 PASSAGE TWO (Questions 4-6)

The human heart is divided into four chambers, each of which serves
its own function in the cycle of pumping blood. The atria are the thin-walled
upper chambers that gather blood as it flows from the veins between
Line heartbeats. The ventricles are the thick-walled lower chambers that receive
(5)
blood from the atria and push it into the arteries with each contraction of the
heart. The left atrium and ventricle work separately from those on the right.
The role of the chambers on the right side of the heart is to receive oxygen-
depleted blood from the body tissues and send it on to the lungs; the chambers
on the left side of the heart then receive the oxygen-enriched blood from the
lungs and send it back out to the body tissues.
(10)

4. The passage indicates that the (C)Before each contraction of the

ventricles
(A) have relatively thin walls
(B) send blood to the atria
(C) are above the atria
(D) force blood into the arteries
heart
(D) Before it is received by the atria
6. According to the passage, which
part of the heart gets blood from the
body tissues and passes it on to the
lungs?

5. According to the passage, when is (A) The atria

blood pushed into the arteries from (B) The ventricles
the ventricles? (C) The right atrium and ventricle
(D) The left atrium and ventricle
(A) As the heart beats
(B) Between heartbeats

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 PASSAGE THREE (Questions 7-9)

(8) The Golden Age of Railroads refers to the period from the end of the Civil
War to the beginning of World War I when railroads flourished and, in fact,
maintained a near monopoly in mass transportation in the United States. (9) One of
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(5) particularly through the standardization of track gauge and time.
At the end of the Civil War, only about half of the nation's railroad track was
laid at what is now the standard gauge of 1.4 meters; much of the rest, particularly in
the southern states, had a 1.5-meter gauge. During the postwar years, tracks were
converted to the 1.4-meter gauge, and by June 1, 1886, the standardization of tracks
(10) was completed, resulting in increased efficiency and economy in the rail system (b)
A further boon to railroad efficiency was the implementation of standard time
in 1883. With the adoption of standard time, four time zones were established across
the country, thus simplifying railroad scheduling and improving the efficiency of
(15) railroad service

(D) Railroad schedules

7. According to the passage, the
Golden Age of Railroads
9. The passage indicates that
(A) occurred prior to the Civil War standard time was implemented
(B) was a result of World War 1
(C) was a period when most of U.S. (A) before the Civil War
mass transportation was (B) on June 1,1886
controlled by the railroads (C) after World War I
(D) resulted in a decrease in (D) before standardized track
uniformity of track gauge. gauge was established
throughout the United States
8. The passage mentions that which of
the following occurred as a result of
uniformity of track gauge?
(A) The Civil War
(B) Improved economy in the
transportation system
(C) Standardization of time zones

JURUS 3: CARI “UNSTATED” DETAIL

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 Jurus ini untuk mengetahui jenis-jenis pertanyaan antara lain not stated atau
not mentioned atau not true dalam cerita tersebut. Jawaban untuk jenis soal ini
merupakan bukan bagian dari cerita dalam soal tersebut.

PERTANYAAN “UNSTATED” DETAIL

Jenis pertanyaan  Which of the following is not stated….?
 Which of the following in not mentioned..?
 Which of the following is not discussed?
 All of the following are true except
Lokasi kemungkinan Ditemukan secara berurutan dalam bagian cerita
jawaban
Bagaimana 1. Cari kata kunci dari pertanyaan tersebut.
Menjawab 2. Baca cepat kemungkinan
pertanyaan Bagian dari cerita tersebut yang sesuai dengan
kata kunci atau ide yang terkait.
3. Baca kalimat yang mengandung kata kunci atau
ide secara hati-hati.
4. Buang jawaban yang anda perkirakan salah
5. Pilih jawaban yang tidak dibicarakan dalam
cerita.

Latihan Jurus 3 :

PASSAGE ONE (Questions 1-2)

Blood plasma is a clear, almost colorless liquid. It consists of blood from

which the red and white blood cells have been removed. It is often used in
transfusions because a patient generally needs the plasma portion of the blood more
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(5) Plasma differs in several important ways from whole blood. First of all,
plasma can be mixed for all donors and does not have to be from the right blood
group, as whole blood does. In addition, plasma can be dried and stored, while whole
blood cannot.

1. All of the following are true about
blood plasma EXCEPT
(A) It is a deeply colored liquid
(B) Blood cells have been taken out of
it
(C) Patients are often transfused with it
(D) It is generally more important to
the patient than other parts of
whole blood
2. Which of the following is NOT
stated about whole blood?

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(A) It is different from plasma. storage for a long time.
(B) It cannot be dried. (D) It is a clear, colorless liquid.

PASSAGE TWO (Questions 3-4)

Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman was an American journalist at the turn of

the century who wrote for the newspaper New York World under the pen name
Nellie Bly, a name which was taken from the Stephen Foster song Nelly Bly.
Line She achieved fame for her exposes and in particular for the bold and
(5) adventure some way that she obtained her stories.
She felt that the best way to get the real story was from the inside
rather than as an outside observer who could be treated to a prettified version
of reality. On one occasion she pretended to be a thief so that she would get
arrested and see for herself how female prisoners were really treated. On
another occasion she faked mental illness in order to be admitted to a mental
(10)
hospital to get the real picture on the treatment of mental patients.

3. Which of the following is NOT true

about Nellie Bly?
(A) Nellie Bly’s real name was
Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman.
(B) Nellie Bly was mentally ill.
(C) The name Nellie Bly came
from a song.
(D) The name Nellie Bly was used
on articles that Seaman wrote.
4. Which of the following is NOT
mentioned as something that Nellie
Bly did to get a good story?
(A) She acted like a thief.
(B) She got arrested by the police.
(C) She pretended to be ill.
(D) She worked as a doctor in a
Mental hospital

PASSAGE THREE (Questions 5-6)

Dekanawida’s role as a supreme lawgiver in the Iroquois tribe has given him
the status of demigod within the Indian nation. Born into the Huron tribe,
Dekanawida caused great fear in his parents, who tried to drown him in his youth
after a prophecy was made indicating that he would bring great sorrow to the Huron
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nation. Dekanawida was to survive this attempted drowning but later left his parents'
(5)
home and tribe to live among the Iroquois.
One of his achievements with the Iroquois was the institution of a law among
the Iroquois that virtually ended blood feuds among the nation's families. Wampum,

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culture; according to policies established by Dekanawida, wampum had to be paid to
the family of a murder victim by the family of the killer. Since the killer was also put
to death, the family of the killer had to pay the victim's family in wampum for two
deaths, the death of the murder victim and the death of the killer. These strict policies
implemented by Dekanawida helped to establish him as a wise lawgiver and leader of
the
Iroquois nation.

5. According to the passage, 6 . Which of the following is NOT

Dekanawida was NOT mentioned in the passage about
wampum?
(A) a lawmaker
(B) a Huron by birth (A) It was used extensively by the
(C) a near deity Huron.
(D) drowned when he was young (B) It had a high value to the
Iroquois.
(C) It was given to a murder
victim's family.
(D) It was made of polished
shells.

Latihan Jurus 1-3

PASSAGE ONE (Questions 1-4)
The United States does not have a national university, but the idea has
been around for quite some time. George Washington first recommended the
idea to Congress; he even selected an actual site in Washington, D.C., and
then left an endowment for the proposed national university in his will.
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(5)
During the century following the Revolution, the idea of a national university
continued to receive the support of various U.S. presidents, and philanthropist
Andrew Carnegie pursued the cause at the beginning of the present century.
Although the original idea has not yet been acted upon, it continues to be
proposed in bills before Congress.

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 1. According to the passage, the 3. Which of the following is NOT
national university of the United mentioned in the passage about
States. Andrew Carnegie?

(A) has been around for a while
(B) does not exist
(C) is a very recent idea
(D) is an idea that developed during
the present century
2.The passage indicates that George
Washington did NOT do which of
the following?
(A) He was interested in doing
charity work and good deeds
for the public.
(B) He was a member of Congress.
(C) He was interested in the idea of
a national university.
(D) He was active in the early
twentiety century

(A) He suggested the concept for a

national university to Congress.
(B) He chose a location for the
national university.
(C) He left money in his will for a
national university.
(D) He succeeded in establishing a
national university.

PASSAGE TWO (Questions 4 -9)

The La Brea tarpits, located in Hancock Park in the Los Angeles area, have
proven to be an extremely fertile source of Ice Age fossils. Apparently, during the
period of the Ice Age, the tarpits
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(5) caught in the sticky tar and perished. The tar not only trapped the animals, leading to
their death, but also served as a remarkably effective preservant, allowing near-
perfect skeletons to remain hidden until the present era.
In 1906, the remains of a huge prehistoric bear discovered in the tarpits
(10)) alerted archeologists to the potential treasure lying within the tar. Since then
thousands and thousands of well-preserved skeletons have been uncovered, including
the skeletons of camels, horses, wolves, tigers, sloths, and dinosaurs.

5. Which of the following is NOT true (B) They are found in Hancock
about the La Brea tarpits? Park.
(C) They have existed since the Ice
(A) They contain fossils that are Age.
quite old.

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swimming pool. 8. When did archeologists become
aware of the possible value of the
6. The pronoun "they" in line 3 refers contents of the tarpits?
to 9.
(A) the La Brea tarpits (A) During the Ice Age
(B) Ice Age fossils (B) Thousands and thousands of
(C) shallow pools of water years ago
(D) animals (C) Early in the twentieth century
(D) Within the past decade
7. According to the passage, how did
the Ice Age animals die? 9. Which of the following is NOT
mentioned as an example of a
skeleton found in the tarpits?
(A) A bear
(B) A sloth
(A) The water poisoned them. (C) A horse
(B) They got stuck in the tar. (D) A snake
(C) They were attacked by other
animals.
(D) They were killed by hunters.
PASSAGE THREE (Questions 10-14)
When the president of the United States wants to get away from the hectic
pace in Washington, D.C., Camp David is the place to go. Camp David, in a wooded
mountain area about 70 miles from Washington, D.C., is the official retreat of the
Line president of the United States. It consists of living space for the president, the first
(5) family, and the presidential staff as well as sporting and recreational facilities.
Camp David was established by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1942.
He found the site particularly appealing in that its mountain air provided relief from
the summer heat of Washington and its remote location offered a more relaxing
(10) environment than could be achieved in the capital city.
When Roosevelt first established the retreat, he called it Shangri-La, which
evoked the blissful mountain kingdom in James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon. Later,
President Dwight David Eisenhower renamed the location Camp David after his
grandson David Eisenhower.
(15)
Camp David has been used for a number of significant meetings. In 1943
during World War II, President Roosevelt met there with Great Britain's Prime
Minister Winston Churchill. In 1959 at the height of the Cold War, President
Eisenhower met there with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev; in 1978 President
Jimmy Carter sponsored peace talks between Israel’s Prime Minister Menachem
Begin and Egypt’s President Anwar el-Sadat at the retreat at Camp David.
(20)

10. Which of the following is NOT (A) Its location

discussed about Camp David? (B) Its cost

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(D) Its uses true about President Eisenhower?

11. According to the passage, who

founded Camp David?
(A) George W ashington (A) He had a grandson named David.
(B) The first family (B) He attended a conference with
(C) Franklin Delano Roosevelt Nikita Khrushchev.
(D) Dwight David Eisenhower (C) He named the presidential retreat
Shangri-La.
(D) He visited Camp David.
12. The pronoun "he” in line 11 refers
to
(A) Camp David
(B) Roosevelt 14. Khrushchev was at Camp David in
(C) James Hilton (A) 1942
(D) President Dwight David (B) 1943
Eisenhower (C) 1959
(D) 1978

JURUS 4 : PERTANYAAN TERSIRAT

Jurus ini merupakan sekumpulan dari petujuk dalam cerita yang harus dapat
anda ambil kesimpulan dari cerita tersebut .jenis pertanyaan ini tidak secara langsung
jawabannya dapat dicari dalam cerita tersebut.

Pertanyaan Tersirat

Jenis pertanyaan  It is implied in the passage that......

 It can be inferred from the passage that.....
 It is most likely that.....
 What probably happened....?
Lokasi kemungkinan Ditemukan secara berurutan dalam bagian
jawaban cerita
Bagaimana menjawab 1. Cari kata kunci dari pertanyaan tersebut.
pertanyaan 2. Baca cepat kemungkinan bagian dari
cerita tersebut dan sesuai dengan kata
kunci atau ide.

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 3. Baca kalimat yang mengandung kata
kunci atau ide secara hati-hati.
4. Buang jawaban yang perkirakan salah.

Latihan Jurus 4:

PASSAGE ONE (Qitestions 1-2)

Eskimos need efficient and adequate means to travel across water in

that the areas where they live are surrounded by oceans, bays, and inlets and
dotted with lakes and seas. Two different types of boats have been developed
by the Eskimos, each constructed to meet specific needs.
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The kayak is something like a canoe that has been covered by a deck.
(5)
A kayak is generally constructed with one opening in the deck for one rider;
however, some kayaks are made for two. Because the deck of a kayak is
covered over except for the hole (or holes) for its rider (or riders), a kayak can
tip over in the water and roll back up without filling with water and sinking.
(10) One of the primary uses of the kayak is for hunting.
The umiak is not closed over, as is the kayak. Instead, it is an open
boat that is built to hold ten to twelve passengers. Eskimos have numerous
uses for the umiak which reflect the size of the boat; e.g., the umiak is used to
haul belongings from campsite to campsite, and it is used for hunting larger
(15) animals that are too big to be hunted in a kayak.

1. It is implied in the passage that if a 2. It can be inferred from the passage

kayak has two holes, then that an example of the animal
mentioned in lines 11-12 might be
(A) it accommodates two riders
(B) it is less stable than a kayak (A) a kangaroo
with one hole (B) a snake
(C) it is as large as an umiak (C) a whale
(D) it cannot be used on the ocean (D) a salmon

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 PASSAGE TWO (Questions 3-5)

Two types of trees from the same family of trees share honors in certain
respects as the most impressive of trees. Both evergreen conifers, the California
redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and the giant sequoia (Sequoiandendron giganteum)
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(5) The California redwood is the tallest living tree and is in fact the tallest living
thing on the face of the Earth; the height of the tallest redwood on record is 385 feet
(120 meters). Though not quite as tall as the California redwood, with a height of 320
feet (100 meters), the giant sequoia is nonetheless the largest and most massive of
(10) living things; giant sequoias have been measured at more than 100 feet (30 meters)
around the base, with weights of more than 6,000 tons.

3. It is implied in the passage that 5. Which of the following is implied in

(A) the leaves of only the California
redwood turn brown in the
autumn.
(B) the leaves of only the giant sequoia
turn brown in the winter
(C) the leaves of both types of trees in
the passage turn brown in the
winter.
(D) the leaves of neither type of tree in
the passage turn brown in the
winter
the passage?
(A) The giant sequoia is taller than the
California redwood.
(B) The California redwood is not as
big around as the giant sequoia.
(C) The California redwood weighs
more than the giant sequoia.
(D) Other living things are larger than
the giant sequoia.

4. It can be inferred from the passage

that the Sierra Nevadas are

(A) a type of giant redwood

(B) a coastal community
(C) a group of lakes
(D) a mountain range

PASSAGE THREE (Questions 6-8)

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 Probably the most recognized boardgame around the world is the game of
Monopoly. In this game, players vie for wealth by buying, selling, and renting
properties; the key to success in the game, in addition to a bit of luck, is for a player
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(5) exorbitant rents and fees.
Although the game is now published in countless languages and versions,
with foreign locations and place names appropriate to the target language adorning its
board, the beginnings of the game were considerably m ore humble. The game was
invented in 1933 by Charles Darrow, during the height of the Great Depression.
Darrow, who lived in Germantown, Pennsylvania, was himself unemployed during
(10)
those difficult financial times. He set the original game not as might be expected in
his hometown of Germantown, but in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the site of numerous
pre-Depression vacations, where he walked along the Boardwalk and visited at Park
Place. Darrow made the first games by hand and sold them locally until Parker
Brothers purchased the rights to Monopoly in 1935 and took the first steps toward the
(10) mass production of today.

6. The French version of Monopoly
might possibly include a piece of
property entitled
(A) Atlantic City, New Jersey
(B) a game manufacturing company
(C) Boardwalk
(D) the Eiffel Tower
7. It is implied that Darrow selected
Atlantic City as the setting for
Monopoly because
(D) Atlantic City was larger than
Germantown
8. Parker Brothers is probably
(A) a real estate company
(B) a game manufacturing
company
(C) a group of Charles Darrow’s
friends
(D) a toy design company

(A) it brought back good memories

(B) his family came from Atlantic
City
(C) the people of Germantown might
have been angered if he had used
Germantown

Latihan Jurus 1-4 :

PASSAGE ONE (Question 1-4)

Before ballpoint pens or fountain pens, pens were made from goose
feathers.these goose feathers,called quillis,were sharpened and dipped into

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 inkwells,were they absorbed enough ink to write a few words.it was necessary to
keep an inkwell verry close
by, as frequent dipping was necessary.
These quill pens were one of the earliest products”designed”specifically for
left and right-handed people.feathers from the left wing of the goose worked best for
right-handers because of the way that the Feathers arched. feathers from the right
wing were preferred by left-hunders.

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righties
(C) Where quill pens came from
(D) Various uses for goose feathers
2. The passage indicates that a quill
pen could hold enough ink to write
(A) One or two pages
(B) For about one hour
(C) A couple of world
(D) Numerous sentences
4. It can be inferred from the passage
3. Which of the following is NOT true
about quill pens according to the
passage?
(A) Left-handers were unabel to
use quill pens
(B) Left-handers people generelly
preferred quills from the right
wing.
(C) Right-handers people could use
quill pens.
(D) Right-handers people generally
preferred quills from the left
wing.
that quill pens
(A) Are still used regulry today
(B) Are preferred over ballpoint
pens
(C) Are the best pens for left-
hunders
(D) Are no longer used much

PASSAGE TWO (Question 4-9)

The english names of the last four month of the gregorian calender ( september,
october, november, december) have rather interesting histories. The gregorian
calebder is a twelve-month calendar, so these months are the ninth, tenth, eleventh,
and twelfth months respectively however, their names do not reflect their positioning
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in the calender. the name september comes from the latin world septum,which means
(5)
seven.this month was originally the name of the seventh rather than the ninth month
similarly, the name october comes from the Latin octo (eight) : the name november
comes from the Latin decem (ten).

5. The main topic of this passage is

(A) The origin of certain month 6. This first month on the gregorian
names calendar is probably
(B) The gregorian calender (A) MARCH
(C) The numbers in latin (B) May
(D) Ten and twelve-month (C) January
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7. The passage states that in the month
original version of the (D) Was not part of the original
calendar,september was the name gregorian calendar
of.
(A) The sixth month 9. Which of the following is NOT
(B) The seventh month mentined in the passage about
(C) The eighth month december
(D) The ninth mounth
8. It can be inferred from the passage
(A) It is twelfth month on the
the november gregorian calendar
(A) Ased to be the ninth month of
(B) Its name is derived from a latin
the year word.
(B) Is the longer part of the (C) Its meaning comes from the
gregorian calendar number ten
(D) It has thirty-one days.
JURUSAN 5 : PERBENDAHARAAN KATA (VOCABULARY)

Jurus ini memerlukan perbendaharaan kata yang mempunyai arti sama dengan
kata-kata dalam cerita soal.

PERBENDAHARAAN KATA
Jenis Pertanyaan  What is the meaning of”X”in line Y?
 The word “X”in line Y could best be replaced
by...
Lokasi kemungkinan Informasi untuk membantu mengerti kata dalam
jawaban soal yaitu pada konteks dari kalimat sekitar kata
tersebut.
Bagaimana menjawab 1. Cari kata dari pertanyaan tersebut
pertanyaan 2. Baca secara hati-hati kalimat yang mengandung
kata dari pertanyaan
3. Cari petunjuk penjelasan untuk mengetahui arti
dari kata tersebut
4. Buang jawaban yang anda perkiraan salah.

LATIHAN JURUS 5 :

PASSAGE ONE (QUESTION 1-5)

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 When babies are born, they alwasy have blue eyes.this is becauce the melanin,
the pigment that colors the eyes,is not on the surface og the iris instead, it is within
the creases of the iris.because there is little melanin on the surface of the iris. The
eyes appear blue.
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After a few months the melanin moves to the surface of the iris. it is the
(5)
amounth of melanin on the surface that determines a person’s permanent eye color
they will have for a lifetime.

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i (A) Skin
n (B) Muscle
e (C) Tissue
(D) Color
2 2. Look at the word surface in
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inside (D) Possible
back 5. Look at the word point in
bottom paragraph 2. This word could best
3. Click on the word in paragraph 1 be replaced by
that is closest in meaning Dot
to”foulds”. Era
Time
4. The word”permanent”in line 6 Place
could best be replaced by
(A) Changeable
(B) Lasting

PASSAGE TWO (Question 6-10)

The chili peper is native to the Americas,but nowadays it is found all over the
world.it is an extremely popular spice in many cultures and is,in fect,the world’s
second favorite spice,after salt. There are more than a hundred species of chili
peppers, some of which era quite mild and others of which are incredibly hot and
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(5) spicy.
Today chili peppers are used to spice a variety of food’s,e.g.,salsa,meta and rice
dishes,and even jam and jelly.i the past,chili peppers are had some othr, more
unusual, uses. in ancient mexico, for exsample,chilies could be used to pay taxes. In
addition, in panama, these pempers were used to protect against shark.

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o e
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e 7. Click on the world in paragraph 1
that is closest in maening to
3 “kinds”.

i 8. Look all the expression hot and

s spicy in paragraph 1. click on the
world in paragraph 1 that is
c opposite in meaning to hot and
l spicy
o 9. Look at the world jam in
s paragraph 2. jam is probably
e
s A type of chili
t Someting to eat
Someting to wear
i A container for chilies
n 10. The expression” protect against”
in line 9 could best be replaced by
m (A) Lean agains
e (B) Hunt for
a (C) Flirt with
n (D) Defend against
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n
g

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o
(A) Most popular
(B) Most delicious
(C) Best known
(D) Most recognized

PASSAGE THREE (Question 11-17)

At the and of the revolutionary war, America was no longer a colony, instead,
america was a new, young country that needed to set up its own government. there
was whether there should be a strong federal government with little power in the
hands of the invidual states or a weak central government and powerful states.
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 It is interesting to note that it was many of the revolutionary war veterans who
were in favor of a strong central government.because of their efforts in winning the
war over the british.after the war they became a powerful political force, and as a
whole day were exremely nationalistic.

(10) The were also finalcial reasons why veterans supported a strong national
government. The revolutionaary congress had ended the war with a large amount of
debt,and a large portion of this debt was in back pay and pensions to soldiers.many
soldiers believed that wiht a strong federal government they had a better chance of
collecting the money owed to them.

11. A”colony” in line 1 is paragraph 1 that is opposite in

meaning to strong.
(A) An indenpendent country
(B) A type of government 15. In line 6, ”veterans” refers to
(C) A dependent area
(D) A continent (A) Government official
(B) Former soldier
(C) Voters
(D) Current members of the
12. Look at the expression set up in armed forces
paragraph 1. This expression 16. Look at the word finalcial in
could best be replaced by which of paragraph 3.this word is closest in
the following? meaning to.
Defend
Organize Monetary
Argue about Important
Protect Military
National

13. The word ”federal” in line 3 is 17. The word ”back” in line 12 could
closest in meaning to best be replaced by which of the
following?
(A) State
(B) Weak (A) Reverse
(C) Central (B) Low-income
(D) New (C) Returnable
(D) Already earned
14. Look at the word strong in
paragraph 1.click on the word in

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 LATIHAN JURUS 1-5 :

PASSAGE ONE (Question 1-9)

Geografically, california’s diversity is breathtaking, and the states’s coastline

from north to sounth is no exception. measuring 840 miles length, the coast consists
of the rugged cliffs of the goast ranges in the north and wide sandy beaches in the
sounth. Along the coastline there are two major harbors, one in the other in the south
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at san diego. Near humboldt and monterey are smaller natural ports.
(5)

1. The topic of this passage is (D) The exceptional part of

(A) How the state of california is
divided into north and south
(B) The variations in california’s
coastal geography
(C) The brethtaking beauty of
california
(D) The excepions in coastal
geography.
northern california
4. The coast ranges are probably
(A) Flat,sandy areas on the coast of
califonia
(B) Found in southern california
(C) A series of mountains
(D) Hundreds of miles north of the
cliffs.

2. The word “breathtaking” in line 1 5. Look at the word harbors in the

probably means passage.click on another word in
(A) Breathing the passage that is close in meaning
(B) Amazing to harbors.
(C) Stolen
(D) Usual 6. It is implied in the passage that
northern california
3. According to the passage,what (A) Has more beaches than
measures 840 mile in length? southern california
(A) The california coastline (B) Has the same type of coastline
(B) The coast ranges as southern california
(C) The rugged cliffs (C) Has fever major harbors than
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 (D) Has a different coastline from
souther california. 9. Which of the following
geographical features is NOT
7. According to the passage,where are mentioned in the passage?
the major harbors located in
california? (A) Cliffs
(A) In san diego (B) Canyons
(B) Only in northern california (C) Beaches
(C) Near humboldt and monterey (D) Harbors
(D) In the north and in the south.

8. In line 6,”natural ports”are

(A) Not human-made

(B) Always small in size
(C) Evenly shaped
(D) Constructed of natural
materials

PASSAGE TWO (Question 10-18)

Among some groups of people, cats have a reputationas rather silly animals that
are always getting themselves stuck in tress. cats have often been known to become
frightened of something, to run up a tree,and then to cry sadly until they are rescued.
There is, in reality, a reasonable explanation for this type of behavior,and it has
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to do with the shape of the cat’s claws,a cat’s claws are hooked in a direction that
(5)
makes climbing up a tree a rather easy lask. However,when it comes to climbing back
down the tree,these claws are not very helpful.
Thus, if you happen to see a meowing cat stuck in a tree,have some sympathy
(10) for the cat.the cat managed to get up in the tree quite easily,but the shape of its claws
make it quite impossible for the cat to climb down with the same ease.

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a 11. The passage indicates that some
i people think that cats are silly
n because the cats
(A) Have funny-looking claws
i (B) frighten other cats
d (C) limb trees and cannot get down
e (D) are unable to rescue other cats
a
12. Click on the word in paragraph 1
o that is closests in meaning
f to”saved”

t 13. The expression “in reality” in line

h 5 could best be replaced by
e (A)in contrast
(B) in fact
p (C) in agreement
a (D)in all probability
s
s 14. Look at the word hooked in
a paragraph 2. This word is closests
g in meaning to
e o Curved
o Straightened
i o Sharpened
s o Shortened

t
15. According to the passage, a cat
h
CANNOT
a
(A)climb up a tree
t
(B) get stuck in a tree
(A) Cats really are silly animals (C) cry easily
(B) Cats have good reason for (D)climb down easily
their behavior
(C) Cats enjoy climbing tree 16. It is implied in the passage that,if
(D) Cats sharp claws are a cat tries to climb down a tree,it
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 (A) Be able to do it easily (D) Sincere
(B) Move very quickly 18. Click on the paragraph that
(C) Cry to other cats describes cat behavior that some
(D) Perhaps fall find foolish.

17. The word “helpful” in line 8

could best be replaced by
(A) Friendly
(B) Useful
(C) Nice

PASSAGE THREE (Question 20-29)

In the 1890s, bicyles became quits popular in the United States as the
new”safety” bicyles replaced the older penny-farthing bicycles.on the penny-
farthing bicycles,one wheel was much large than the other, and these bicycles
were not very stable; they were always falling over. on the new “safety”
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(5) bicycles, both wheels were equal in size, and they were much easier to
control.

Many women also enjoyed these new “safety” bicycles, but they had to
take measures to deal with their clothing while riding the bicycles, some
woman put lead weights in their skirts to keep their skirts from blowing up.
Other woman changed from long skirts to bloomers, which were long, full
wide pants, but some people felt that blomers were inappropriate for women
(10)
to wear; in fact, some new papers and magazines of the day criticized the new
bicycle fashion as a danger to ladies morals.

19. The passage is (D) The lack of stability of the

mainly about
(A) The popularity of safety
bicycles, even among women
(B) The differences between
safety and penny-farthing
bicycles
(C) Women’s fashions in the
ninesteenth century
penny-farthing bicycles
20. The word “stable” in line 4 is
closest in meaning to
(A) Dangerous
(B) Expensive
(C) Big
(D) Steady
21. Which of the following is NOT
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 (A) It had equal wheels. (A) Heavy
(B) It was fairly simple to (B) Soft
control. (C) Delicate
(C) It preceded the panny- (D) Light
farthing bicycle. 26. In line 10,”bloomers” are
(D) It became popular in the (A) Shirts
1890s. (B) Skirts
22. Click on the word in paragraph 1 (C) Hats
that could best be replaced by (D) Pants
“handle” 27. It is implied in the passage that
23. Look at the word measures in newspapers expressed the opinion
paragraph 2. this word could best that women
be replaced by (A) Should wear bloomers
o Counts (B) Should not ride bicycles
o Numbers (C) Should not wear long, full
o Steps skirts
o Problems (D) Should always follow the
24. The passage indicates that it was fashion
fashionable in the 1890s for
women to wear
(A) Long skirts
(B) Short pants
(C) Small hats
(D) Men’s clothing
25. It is implied in the passage that
lead is

JURUS 6: PERTANYAAN “WHERE”

Pertanyaan ini biasanya untuk menunjukkan terletak dimana kata atau kalimat
berdasarkan soal. Kata atau kalimat tersebut ditunjukkan melalui informasi yang
terdapat dalam cerita.

PERNYATAAN “WHERE”
Jenis Pernyataan WHERE in the passage.?

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 Lokasi Jawaban dapat ditemukan ditemukan disetiap
kemungkin baris dari cerita
jawaban
Bagaimana menjawab 1. Cari kata kunci dari pertanyaan tersebut
pertanyaan 2. Baca cepat kemungkinan bagian cerita
tersebut yang sesuai dengan kata kunci
atau ide
3. Pilih jawaban yang mengandung kata
kunci atau ide

Latihan Jurus 6 :
PASSAGE ONE (Question 1-3)

A geyser occurs when rainwater seeps into the ground and volcanic magma
beneath the sureface heats it.the rainwater then turns into steam.the pressurized stem
rises to the surface and bursts out as a geyser.
Line Yellowstone national park has more geysers than all of the rest of the word
(5) together. The most famous of these geysers is old faithful, which erupts in a high are
of steam about once an hour.
There have not been any volcanic eruptions in the yellowstone area for 70.000
years. however, the existence of the geysers is proof that the area is volcanically
active.

2. Click on the sentece in the passage

1. Where in the passage does the that indicates how often old faithful
auther mention what heats the water erupts.
in a geysers? 3. Where in the passage does the
(A) Lines 1-2 author state how long it has been
(B) Line 4 since a volcano erupted at
(C) Line 5-6 yellowstone?
(D) Line 7 (A) Line 2
(B) Line 4
(C) Lines 5-6
(D) Lines 7-8

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 PASSAGE TWO (Question 4-7)

By 1963 the one-man space flights of project mercury had successfully taken
place,and NASA (the National Acronautics and space administration) was ready for
a new challenge.that new challange was to send two man into space at the same
time,rather than one, so that it wold be possible to conduct a wide variaty of new
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maneuver and tests.
(5)

An appropriate name was found for that new project: the new project was
called project gemini. The name “Gemini” might seem appropriate because it is the
name of one of the constellations of stars in the sky,but that is not the real reason for
the choice constellation Gemini received its name because it consists of two very
bright stars with no other bright stars close by, and those stars seem like twins. THE
(10)
NASA project recevied its name because of the number of men who would be
together in the space capsule orbiting the earth.

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n h
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a A
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s
s t
t a
a n
t d
e
s f
o
w r
h .
a 5. Where in the passage does the
t author describe NASA’s new
challenge after project mercury?
t (A) Lines 3-4
h (B) Lines 5-6
e (C) Line 9
(D) Lines 10-12
i
n 6. Click on the sentence in the
i passage that explains the
t derivation of the word ”Gemini”.
i 7. Where in the passage does the
a composition of the gemini
l constellation?
s (A) Lines 3-4
(B) Lines 6-8
N (C) Lines 8-10
A (D) Lines 10-12

PASSAGE THREE (Question 8-12)

One of the best-known stories in american history - that betsy ross created the
first.flag of the United States- is believed by a number of scholars to be somewhat
questionable.
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 seamstess; they brought a drawing of a flag with stars and stripes on it and asked if
besty could make it.
The flag with the stars and stripes was devinitely adopted by congress on june
14,1777.in the minutes on that day there is a resolution accepting a flag with
(10) thirteen stars and thirteen stripes as the official flag of the nation. however, there is
no mention of betsy ross as the one who had made the flag.
The first time that there is a documented reference to betsy ross as the one
who made the flag came more than a century later.when her grandson gave a speech
to the philadelphia historical Society indicating that the family had passed down the
story for a hundred years that grandmother betsy had made the first
(15)
flag.philadelphians enthusiastically supported the story. bety ross’s house was
restored and renamed flag house and it was opened to the public as a memorial to
betsy ross.
Many historians dispute this story,and certainly no one has been able to come
(20) up with indisputable proof that it was betsy who made the first flag.this much is
known about betsy ross.she did exist, and she was made a seamstress,and she did
sometimes make flag for the ships of the pennslvania state navy. If the story about the
first flag is not completely true- and who is to know at this point - at least it makes a
good story.

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t o
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n ?
(A) Lines 4-5
a (B) Lines 6-7
(C) Lines 10-11
g (D) Lines 12-15
r 9. Click on the sentence in the passage
o that states when the flag was
u adopted by congress.
p 10. The author describes the first
historical reference to betsy ross
t as the creator of the first U.S. flag
h in
a (A) Lines 4-5
t (B) Lines 6-7
(C) Lines 10-11
c (D) Lines 12-15
a 11. Click on the sentence in the
m passage that explains how
e philadelphians responded to the
betsy ross story?
t 12. Where in the passage does the
o author state how long it has been
since a volcano erupted at
v Yellowstone?
i (A) Lines 8-9
s (B) Lines 10-11
i (C) Lines 15-17
t (D) Lines 18-19

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 LATIHAN JURUS 1- 6 :

PASSAGE ONE (Question 1-9)

The deer is a distinctive animals easily

recognized by the antlers that adorn most species of male deer. these antlers
are used by the males primarily to fight, either for mates or of leadership of
the herd. deer generally lose their antlert each winter and begin growing new
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ones in late spring. The new antlers are soft knobs covered with velvety hairs.
(5)
later in the year as the year as the seasons progress, the antlers grow and
harden into solid branches. In the middle og winter,yhe full-grown antlers fall
off and decay on the ground. The following spring the process begins again.

1. This passage mainly discusses 4. Click on the word in the passage

(A) The lifestyle of the deer that is closests in meaning to
(B) The seasons of the year “mainly”.
(C) The antlers of the dear 5. It is NOT mentioned in the passage
(D) How andlers are used that the the deer uses its antlers
2. The deer is called a distinctive (A) To battle other door
animals because it (B) To get a mate
(A) Uses its antlers to recgnize (C) To become a leader
others (D) To climb branches
(B) Has many species 6. In which mounth would a deer
(C) Has antlers probably have short,velvety antlers?
(D) Has to fight for its mates (A) May
3. The word “adorn” in line 1 is (B) December
closests in meaning to which of the (C) October
following? (D) January
(A) Cover 7. The word “solid” in line 6 could
(B) Decorate best be replaced by which of the
(C) Bother following?
(D) Hide (A) Firm
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 (C) Leafy (D) Line 7
(D) Tiny 9. Click on the sentencer in the
8. Where in the passage does the passage that describes what happens
author explain how a deer uses its to a deer’s antlers halfway through
antlers? winter.
(A) Lines 2-3
(B) Lines 4-5
(C) Line 6

PASSAGE TWO (Question 11-21)

REM (rapid eye movement) sleep is a type of sleep that is important to

humans. This type of sleep generally occurs four or five times during one night of
sleep. The duration of each of these occurrences ranges from five minutes to forty
minutes. The periods of REM sleep become longer and longer as the night progresses.
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(5) Physical changes occur in the body to show that a person has transitioned from
NREM ( non-rapid eye movement) sleep to REM sleep. Breathing becomes faster,
the heart rate increases, and, as the name implies,the eyes begin to move quickly.
Accompanying these physical changes in the body is a very important
10 characteristic of REM sleep. It is during REM sleep that dreams occur.

10. The subject of this passage is 12. A REM sleep period of forty
(A) The human need for REM minutes would most likely be
sleep which period of REM sleep?
(B) Physical changes in the (A) The first period
humsn body (B) The second period
(C) The caracteristics of REM (C) The third perod
sleep (D) The fourth period
(D) Why people sleep 13. The word “proggreses” in line 5 is
11. According to the passage, how closests in meaning to
often does REM sleep occur in (A) Continues
one night? (B) Darkens
(A) Once (C) Falls
(B) Twice (D) Sleeps
(C) Four of five times 14. Look at the word transitioned in
(D) Forty times paragraph 1. This word could best
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 o Breadhed (B) In spite of
o Increased (C) In contrast to
o Fallen (D) Because of
o Moved 18. Click on the sentence in tne
15. The “N” in NREM probably passage where the author
stands for which of the following mentions the number of
words? occurrences per night of REM
(A) Nine sleep.
(B) Non 19. Where in the passage does to the
(C) Name author discuss the length of
(D) Night periods of REM sleep?
(A) Line 1
16. According to the passage, all of (B) Line 3
the following occur during REM (C) Lines 6-7
sleep EXCEPT that (D) Lines 8-9
(A) The rate of breathing 20. Click on the paragraph where the
increases author discusses a nonphysical
(B) The heart rate speeds up occurrence during REM sleep.
(C) The eyes remain steady
(D) Dreams take place
17. The word “accompanying” in line
9 could best be replaced by which
of the following?
(A) Along with

PASSAGE THREE (Question 21-31)

In the 1930s, chester F, calson was working in the patents department of a

largeelectronics firm in New york city.one of the major problems in his work was the
length of time and expense involved in getting patents copied; patents were lengthy
legal documents, an the only ways to get them copied were to take them to to typist or
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(5) to take them to photographer. Either way of copying patents took a lot of time and
cost a lot of money.
He came up with the idea for a machine that would copy documents quickly
and efficiently.he reearched the idea in the library and then worked over a three-year
period on developing a machine that used a light, an electrostatically charged plate,
(10 and powder to duolicate images on paper.the result of this work was a machine that
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 produced the first xorographis copy on october 22, 1938. He named the process
“Xerox”. which means “dry writing”.
Carlson felt that he had a good idea, one that would be extremely helpful in the
business world. He tried to sell his idea to a number of large corporations, but they
(15) were not terribly interested in his machine. A few years later he sold the process to a
small family-owned company. this small company grew into the giant xerox
corporation, and both Carlson and xerox became rather wealthy in the process.

21. This passage is mainly 24. Click on the word in paragraph 2

about that is closests in meating to
(A) Carlson’s job in a patent “looked for information about”.
office
(B) How the Xerox machine 25. The following are components of
works carlson’s machine EXCEPT
(C) Carlson’s success in business (A) A light
(D) The development of the (B) A charged plate
Xerox machine (C) Powder
22. Which of the following is NOT (D) A typewriter
mentined as a problem that 26. Carlson most likely began work
Carlson encountered in getting on the machine in
patents copied? (A) 1930
(A) The time needed for copying (B) 1935
(B) Expense of the copying (C) 1938
(C) The length of the patents (D) 1941
(D) Dependabilityof 27. The passage indicates that the
photographers large corporations that carlson
tried to sell his process to
(A) Were family owned
(B) Were nonprofit institutions
23. The word “expense” in line 3 is (C) Helped the develop the
closest in meaning to process
(A) Cost (D) Did not want to buy his
(B) Difficully machine
(C) Legality
(D) Payment
28. The word “giant” in line 17 could
best be replaced by

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 (A) Monster
(B) Tiny
(C) Familiar
(D) Huge
29. Where in the passage does the
author indicate what a patent is?
(A) Lines 1-2
(B) Line 3
(C) Lines 6-7
(D) Lines 9-10

30. Click on the sentence in paragraph

3 that describes what happened to
the company that eventually
bought carlson’s process.

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