Soal Bernard

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Text 1

The piranha is a little fish found in the

rivers of South America. It is considered to be

more dangerous than the shark and it can rip

fish, reptiles, and human belongs with its

needle-like teeth. On one occasion I was goingup the Amazon River with two natives. We

landed on a n island one day and when we

came back to the spot where the canoe had

been tied up, we found it had disappeared.

After a while we saw the canoe drifting

along about three hundred yards downstream.

It was necessary to swim for it but the Indians

were rather hesitant about going into the

water. I was puzzled as there were no

alligators in that part of the river. At last one of

the men slipped into the water and swamrapidly off. After he had gone about a quarter

of the distance, to my surprise he turned back.

I was just asking to the other man about it

when the swimmer gave a how and I saw a

look of agony come into his face. At the same

time I noticed that the water about him was

rippling with fish. The poor man lifted an arm

to which I saw a crowd of little piranhas

clinging by their teeth. Then he went down

and I never saw him again. His companion

explained to me what must have happened.

While swimming he must have scratched a

limb against a sharp rock, causing a slight

wound. Knowing his danger he had at once

turned back but it was too late. Even a tiny

drop of blood turns the piranha into a fierce

demon.

1. Which one of the following is the most

suitable title for the passage?

A.Adventure in South America

B. The Lost Canoe

C. The Deadly Piranhas

D. Terror Strikes in the River

E. The Deadly Swimmer and the Piranhas

2. All of the following statements about

the piranhas are true except

A.its teeth are very sharp

B. it is a small-sized fish

C. it is attracted by blood

D. it is found in the seas as well as rivers

E. it is very dangerous

3. The swimmer began to fear thatA. he would be drowned

B. he would be attacked

C. he would bleed to death

D. the river current was too swim

E. he was unable to swim

4. “I was just asking the other man about

it” (Paragraph 2) suggests that the author wondered

A. if there were dangers in the river

B. if the man had forgotten something

C. why the man was returning

D. if the man had understood the author’s

order

E. if the man was brave enough

5. The author had witnessed

A. a test of strength

B. an exciting episode

C. a fearful

D. a horrifying scene

E. a thrilling fight

Text 2

The threat to our health from

environmental poisons, and specifically heavy

metal; is increasing every day. Lead, mercury,

cadmium, arsenic, and copper poisoning are

becoming epidemic. Lead and Mercury come

mostly from polluted air plus industrial and

medical uses, such as lead-containing

amalgam dental fillings. Contaminated fish are

also a common source of mercury poisoning.



Copper enters our bodies usually from copper

water pipes, commonly used in plumbing.

Heavy metal poisoning is difficult to

threat. Chelation treatment is the only known

medical treatment that is effective in

detoxifying the body of heavy metal. Now, theJapanese study conducted by Dr. Ikezoe and

Kitahera, shows that Kyolic, a raw garlic

extract developed in Japan, is effective in

protecting the body from the toxic effects of

heavy metal poisoning.

Dr. Kitahara and hisco-workers, Ikozoe

and Yamada, conducted controlled studies on

animal (rabbits) and human. The method of

the study was: observation of release of

potassium and hemoglobin by heavy metals

from erythrocyte membrane. The conclusionof the study was that garlic preparation

prevented the poisoning effect arising from

heavy metals and protected the erythrocyte

membrane. The conclusion of the study was

preparation prevented the poisoning effect

arising from heavy metals and protected the

erythrocyte membrane from destruction.

In another study, conducted in Russia,

a drug made from garlic extract was given to

workers in industrial plant who were suffering

from chronic lead poisoning. The daily doses

of garlic improved the symptoms of chronic

lead poisoning and lowered in the high

potphytin levels in the urine. The preparation

also normalized the elevated blood pressure in

the majority of workers. Russian researchers

believe that efficacy of garlic preparation is

due to garlic’s high content of sulfur

compounds.

6. The passage tells us about which of thefollowing?

A. The problem of heavy metals in

everyday life

B. The increasing number of heavy metals

C. The threat of heavy metals to our

health

D. Heavy metal poisoning and garlic

E. Environmental poisoning

7. It can be inferred that motorbike riders

without masks may inhale

A. Copper

B. Cadmium

C. Lead

D. Etal Arsenic

E. Amalgam

8. Which of the following is TRUE according

to the passage?

A. Chelation treatment is not the only

possible method to protect our bodyfrom heavy metal poisoning

B. The only thing we can do to protect

our body from metal poisoning is by

way of chelation treatment

C. Chelation treatment is the only

possible medical treatment to detoxify

the body of heavy metal

D.We can do nothing to protect our bodyfrom heavy poisoning

E. Kyolic is the only possible treatment to

detoxify our body from heavy metal

poisoning

9. The word “contaminated” in paragraph 1

can best be replaced by

A. Poisoned

B. Polluted

C. Rotten

D. Dead

E. Unhealthy


to the passage?

A. Dr. Ikezoe and Kitahara developed a

raw garlic extract

B. Dr. Ikezoe and Kitahara were probablynot the person who developed Kyolic



C. It was Dr. Kitahara and his co-workers

who developed Kyolic

D. Chelation treatment was developed by

Dr. Ikozoe and Kitahara

E. Both Chelation treatment and Kyolic

originated from Japan


to the passage?

A. The erythrocyte membrane is

important to protect us from heavy

metal poisoning

B. Heavy metal may harm the erythrocyte

membrane

C. The damage of erythrocyte membrane

is harmful to human beings

D. The erythrocyte membrane is immune

to heavy metals

E. The erythrocyte membrane is

indestructible

12. Who reported the use of garlic to help

workers in industrial plants suffering from

chronic lead poisoning?A. The Japanese government

B. Dr. Ikezoe and Kitahara

C. Dr. Kitahara, Ikezoe, and Yamada

D. The Russian Government

E. Russian researchers

13. According to the passage, the use of Garlic

A. may increase blood pressure

B. may decrease high blood pressure

C. regulates blood pressure

D. maintain normal blood pressure

E. is good to elevate blood pressure

14. The word “efficacy” in last sentence in

paragraph 4 is the closest meaning to which of

the following?A. Effectiveness

B. Use

C. Consumption

D. Result

E. Strength

15. What make Russian researchers

recommend the use of garlic is that it

A. is inexpensive

B. is available everywhere

C. is suitable

D. contains certain chemical compounds

E. has a lot of functions

Text 3

There’s growing agreement among

exercise that the intense physical activities

offered by most health cubs is not the only- or

even necessarily the best- path to better life. In

fact, the best thing most of us can do, say

experts, may be to walk.

Yes, walk. Not run or jog or sprint. Just

walk, at a reasonably energetic speed (3

m.p.h.- 4 m.p.h) for half an hour or so, maybe

five or six times a week. You may not feel the

benefits all at once, but the evidence suggests

that over the long term, a regular walking

routine can do a world of preventive good,

from lowering your risk of stroke, diabetes

and osteoporosis to treating arthritis, high

blood pressure and even depression.

Walking, in fact, may be the perfect

exercise. For starters, it’s one of the safest

things you can do with your body. It’s much



easier on the knees than running and, beyond

an occasional stitch in the side, doesn’t trigger

unpleasant side effects. “Regular physical

activity is probably as close to a magic bullets

as we will come in modern medicine,” says

Dr. Joann Manson, chief of preventivemedicine at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s

Hospital. “If everyone in the U.S were to walk

briskly 30 minutes a day, we could cut the

incidence of many chronic diseases 30% to

40%.

If Americans want to do that, they have

a long way to go. Fewer than a third of adults

in th U.S get the recommended amount of

exercise each day, and 40% are almost

completely inactive. The result, as reported bythe Surgeon General last month: a nation in

which obesity may soon overtake cigarette

smoking as the leading cause of preventable

death.

16. The best title of the text above is

A. Walking: The Finest Exercise

B. A Good Way to Prevent Diseases

C. Walking is Better than Running

D. Preventing is Better than Curing

E. Walking: The Least Risking Exercise

17. The word “path” (paragraph 1) means

A. Action

B. Line

C. Lesson

D. Course

E. Way

18. All of the following statement are true

about Americans today, EXCEPT that...

A. Obesity is the second highest cause of

death

B. They do not walk regularly every day

C. Less than a third of adults

D. Almost half of the adults do not do

any exercises

E. They do not prevent themselves from

diseases

19. The phrase “If everyone in the U.S. were

to walk briskly 30 minutes a day...” (Last

sentence of paragraph 3) means that...

A. Americans are used to running

B. Americans are used to walking

C. Americans walk slowly

D. Americans do not walk regularly

E.Americans run too fast

20. The kind of text can usually be found in

a....

A. youth tabloid

B. scientific journal

C. newspaper

D. medical textbook

E. socioeconomic report

Text 4

The real reasons why bombs were dropped on

two heavily populated cities, Hiroshima and

Nagasaki, are not altogether clear. A number

of people in 1944 and early 1945 argued that

the use of nuclear weapons would be

unecessary, since American Intelligence was

aware that some of the most powerful andinfluential people in Japan had already

realized that the war was lost, and wanted to

negotiate a Japanese surrender. It was also

argued that, since Japan has few natural

resources, blocade by the American navy

would force it to surrender within five weeks,

and the use of nuclear weapons would thus

prove unnecesary. If a demonstration of force

was required to end the war, a bomb could be

dropped over an unpopulated area like a

desert, in front of Japanese observers, or over an area of low population inside Japan, such as



forest. Opting for this course of the action

might minimize the loss of further lives on all

sides, while the power of nuclear weapons

would still be adequately demonstrated.

21. The topic of the passage is ...

A. The unnecesary use of the nuclear

bombs in Japan by American

B. The reasons why American dropped

nuclear bombs in Japan

C. Minimizing the loss of life when

Americans used nuclear weapons

D. Nuclear demonstration by the

American Navy to end World War II

E. Japanese loss and American victory in

Asia during World War II

22. The preceding paragraph discusses...

A. The creation of nuclear weapon

B. Loss and gain in war

C. The demonstration of force in Japan

D. The bombing of Japan

E. The reasons why Americans were

involved in war

Text 5

Vitamin B6 is one of our hardest working

nutrients, being involved in over 100 chemical

reactions which take place in our bodies.However, it has been found that early one

third of people do not have as much vitamin

B6 as their bodies need. This is because it is

very easily broken down during food

processing, storage, and cooking, and it cannot

be stored in our bodies. Among its many

functions are; manufacturing amino acids, the

building blocks which make proteins;

producing neurotransmitters, the chemicals

which send nerve messages around our bodies,

helping to release anargy from the we eat;

keeping our harmones in balance and helping

to maintain our immune system.

23. The topic of the texts is.......

A. The usefulness of vitamin B6

B. The effect of a lack of vitamin B6

C. The manufacture of vitamin B6

D. The nutrients needed by our body

E. The chemical reaction in our body

24. Which of the following is not the function

of vitamin B6?

A. To help maintain the immune systems

B. to help produce protein in the body

C. to break down foods stored in our body

D. to keep the harmones in our body in

balance

E. to help release energy from the food

Text 6

Scientists have discovered the bones of

what may be the largest meat-eating dinosaur

ever to walk the earth. The discovery was

made by a team of researchers from Argentina

and North America in Patagonia, a desert on

the eastern slopes of the Andes in SouthAmerica. Beside the interesting fact that the

dinosaurs was huge and borrifying, it is even

more astounding that the bones of a number of

the dinosaurs were found togather. This

discovery challenges the prior theory that the

biggest meat-eaters lived as loners and instead

indicates that they may have lived and hunted

in packs. The Tyrannosaurus Rex live in North

America and was believed to hunt and live

alone.



The newly discovered meat-eater

appears to be related to the Giganotosaurus

family, being as closely related to it as a fox

would be to a dog it is actually not of the same

famaly at all as the Tyrannosaurus Rex, being

as different from it as a cat is from a dog.

The fossilized remind indicate that the

animals lived about 100 milion years ago.

With needle-shape noses and razor sharp teeth,

they were larger than the Tyrannosaurus Rex,

although their legs were slightly shorter, and

their jaws were designed to be better able to

cut the body of their prey into pieces quickly

and precisely.

25. The main information of the text is

about.....

A. The discovery made in Patagonia

B. The research in dinousaurs

C. The bones of dinosaurs

D. The types of dinosaurs

E. The meat-cating dinosaur

26. The rescarchers found the bones of a new

type of dinosaur in....

A. Argentina

B. North America

C. East Patagonia

D. The Andes forests

E. South America

277. Which of the following is TRUE about

the newly discovered dinosaurs?

A. They are called Tyrannosaurus Rex

B.They liked living as loners

C. They are called Giganotasaurus

D. They used to live in groups

E. They were not as huge as other

dinosaurs

28. The bones of the dinosaurs discovered

recently shows that the newly-discoreved

dinosaurs...

A. Are closely related to those living in

North America

B. Have the same bone structure as those

of foxes and dogs

C.Eat their prey in neat pieces due to theshape of their jaws

D. Lived a hundred million years earlier

than other dinosaurs

E. Belong to the same famaly and origin

as the Giganotosaurus

Text 7

To be good consumers it is necessary

for us to understand why prices and

productions of goods are always changing.

This following information is simple law to

help us understand it. When prices are low

people will buy more, and when prices are

high they will buy less. Every one knows this.

But at they same time, producers want higher

prices for their goods when they make more

goods. How can we find the best price for the

good? The law low supply and demand is theanswer to this question.

According to the law changes in the

prices of good causes change in supply and

demand. And increase in the price of goods

causes an increase supply the number of goods

that producers make. Producers will make

more good when they can have higher prices

for the goods. At the same time an increase i

the prices of the goods causes a decrease in

demand-the number of good the consumer buy. This is because people buy less when the



price is high. Convensely, a decrease in the

price causes an increase in demand and a

decrease in supply.

Business firms at both supply and

demand when they make decisions about prices and production. They look for the

equilibrum point where supply equals demand.

The equilibrum point where the supply curve

and the demand curve intersect. At this point

the number of good produced will all be

bought by the consumers at a certain price.

This is called the equilibrum price. If the

producers increase the price or if they produce

more, the consumers will not buy all of the

goods. The producers will have a surplus more

supply than demand – so they must decreasethe price in order to sell all of the goods. On

the other hand, if they make fewer goods,

there will be a shortage – more demand than

supply – and the price will go up.

According to the Law of Supply and

Demand, the equilibrum price is the best price

for the goods. The consumers and the

producers will agree on this price because it is

only price that help them both equally.

29. Why does an increase in price cause an

increase in supply ?

A. Consumers buy more good when

prices are high.

B. Producers make more good when

prices are high.

C. Producers want to sell all of their goods.

D. Consumers will not buy all the goods.

E. Consumers will buy all of the goods.

30. Why does a decrease in prices cause an

increase in demand ?

A.Consumer buy fewer goods when prices are low

B. Producers make fewer goods when

prices are low

C. Producers make more goods when

prices are high

D. Consumers buy more goods when

prices are low

E. Consumers buy goods even if the price

is high

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