English (PRACTICE READING COMPREHENSION)

PRACTICE READING COMPREHENSION

QUESTIONS 1 – 8

 Carbon tetrachloride is a colorless and inflammable liquid that can be produced by combining carbon disulfide and chlorine. This compound is widely used in industry today because of its effectiveness as a solvent as well as its use in the production of propellants.
 Despite its widespread use in industry, carbon tetrachloride has been banned for home use. In the past, carbon tetrachloride was a common ingredient in cleaning compounds that were used throughout the home, but it was found to be dangerous: when heated, it changes into a poisonous gas that can cause severe illness and even death if it is inhaled. Because of this dangerous characteristic, the United States revoked permission for the home use of carbon tetrachloride in 1970. The United States has taken similar action with various other chemical compounds.

1. The main point of this passage is that

A. carbon tetrachloride can be very dangerous when it is heated
B. the government banned carbon tetrachloride in 1970
C. although carbon tetrachloride can legally be used in industry, it is not allowed in home products.
D. carbon tetrachloride used to be a regular part of cleaning compounds

Answer: C. (although carbon tetrachloride can legally be used in industry, it is not allowed in home products).

2. The word “widely” in line 2 could most easily be replaced by

A. grandly
B. extensively
C. largely
D. hugely

Answer: B. (extensively)

3. The word “banned” in line 4 is closest in meaning to

A. forbidden
B. allowed
C. suggested
D. instituted

Answer: A. (forbidden)


4. According to the passage, before 1970 carbon tetrachloride was

A. used by itself as a cleanser
B. banned in industrial use
C. often used as a component of cleaning products
D. not allowed in home cleaning products

Answer: D. (not allowed in home cleaning products)


5. It is stated in the passage that when carbon tetrachloride is heated, it becomes

A. harmful
B. colorless
C. a cleaning compound
D. inflammable

Answer: A. (harmful)


6. The word “inhaled” in line 7 is closest in meaning to

A. warmed
B. breathed in
C. carelessly used
D. blown

Answer: B. (breathed in)

7. The word “revoked” in line 8 could most easily be replaced by

A. gave
B. granted
C. instituted
D. took away

Answer: D. (took away)

8. It can be inferred from the passage that one role of the U.S. government is to

A. regulate product safety
B. prohibit any use of carbon tetrachloride
C. instruct industry on cleaning methodologies
D. ban the use of any chemicals

Answer: A. (regulate product safety)

Questions 9 – 16

 The next artist in this survey of American artist is James Whistler; he is include in this survey of American artist because he was born in the United States, although the majority of his artwork was completed in Europe. Whistler was born in Massachusetts in 1834, but nine years later his father moved the family to St. Petersburg, Russia, to work on the construction of a railroad. The family returned to the United States in 1849. Two years later Whistler entered the U.S. military academy at West Point, but he was unable to graduate. At the age of twenty-one Whistler went to Europe to study art despite familial objections, and he remained in Europe until his death.
 Whistler worked in various art forms, including etchings and lithographs. However, he is most famous for his paintings, particularly Arrangement in Gray and Black No. 1: Portrait of the Artist’s Mother or Whistler’s Mother, as it is more commonly known. This painting shows a side view of Whistler’s mother, dressed I black and posing against a gray wall. The asymmetrical nature of the portrait, with his mother seated off-center, is highly characteristic of Whistler’s work.


9. The paragraph preceding this passage most likely discusses

A. a survey of eighteenth-century art
B. a different American artist
C. Whistler’s other famous paintings
D. European artists

Answer: B. (a different American Artist)

10. Which of the following best describes the information in the passage?

A. Several artists are presented
B. One artist’s life and works are described
C. Various paintings are contrasted
D. Whistler’s family life is outlined.

Answer: B. (one artist’s other famous painting)

11. Whistler is considered an American artist because

A. he was born in America
B. he spent most of his life in America
C. he served in the U.S. military
D. he created most of his famous art in America

Answer: A. (he was born in America)

12. The world “majority” in line 2 is closest in meaning to

A. seniority
B. maturity
C. large pices
D. high percentage

Answer: D. (high percentage)

13. It is implied in the passage that Whistler’s family was

A. unable to find any work at all in Rusia
B. highly supportive of his desire to pursue art
C. working class
D. military

Answer: C. (working class)

14. The word “objections” in line 7 is closest in meaning to

A. protests
B. goals
C. agreements
D. .battles

Answer: A. (protest)

15. In line 8, the “etchings” are

A. a type of painting
B. the same as a lithograph
C. an art form introduced by Whistler
D. an art form involving engraving

Answer: D. (an art from involving engraving)

16. The word “asymmetrical” in line 11 is closest in meaning to

A. proportionate
B. uneven
C. balanced
D. lyrical

Answer: B. (uneven)


Questions 17 – 23

 The locations of stars in the sky relative to one another, do not appear to the naked eye to change, and as a result stars are often considered to be fixed in position. Many unaware stargazers falsely assume that each star has its own permanent home in the nighttime sky.
 In reality, though, stars are always moving, but because of the tremendous distances between stars themselves and from stars to Earth, the changes are barely perceptible here. An example of a rather fast-moving star demonstrate why this misconception prevails; it takes approximately 200 years for a relatively rapid star like Bernard’s star to move a distance in the skies equal to the diameter of the earth’s moon. When the apparently negligible movement of the stars is contrasted with the movement of the planets, the stars are seemingly unmoving.

17. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

A. What the Eye Can See in the Sky
B. Bernard’s Star
C. Planetary Movement
D. The Ever moving Stars

Answer: D. (The Evermoving Stars)

18. The expression “naked eye” in line 1 most probably refers to

A. .a telescope
B. a scientific method for observing stars
C. unassisted vision
D. a camera with a powerful lens

Answer: C. (unassisted vision)

19. According to the passage, the distance between the stars and Earth are

A. barely perceptible
B. huge
C. fixed
D. moderate

Answer: A. (barely perceptible)


20. The word “perceptible” in line 5 is closest in meaning to which of the following

A. Noticeble
B. Persuasive
C. Conceivable
D. Astonishing

Answer: A. (Noticeble)

21. In line 6, a “misconception” is closest in meaning to a(n)

A. idea
B. proven fact
C. erroneous belief
D. theory

Answer: C. (erroneous belief )

22. The passage states that in 200 years Bernard’s star can move

A. around Earth’s moon
B. next to Earth’s moon
C. a distance equal to the distance from Earth to the Moon
D. a distance seemingly equal to the diameter of the Moon

Answer: d. (a distance seemingly equal to the diameter of the Moon)

23. The passage implies that from Earth it appears that the planets

A. are fixed in the sky
B. move more slowly than the stars
C. show approximately the same amount of movement as the stars
D. travel through the sky considerably more rapidly than the stars.

Answer: D. (travel through the sky considerably more rapidly than the stars) 

General English (5)

UNIT 5

Financia

Page 56-57

Question for comprehension

1. All company, large and small, need money to operate. To make money, they must firs spend money.
2. Inventory and supplies must be bought, equipment and facilities acquired, employees paid. Revenues from sales of the firm’s product should be the chief source of funding.
3. Is the art and science of managing a firm’s money so it can meet the goals
4. They are the ones decide how the available funds 
5. Closely related to accounting
6. To collect and present financial data
7. Financial statement prepared by accountants
8. The ones who keep track of how money is flowing into and out of the firm
9. Staff coordinate information from, such areas as making and production to develop and carry out financial strategies.
10. The accounting development or one or two people
11. Financial managers focus on cash flow an outflow of cash
12. Budgets are a way to control expense and compare the actual performance to the forecast
13. To plan and control their future financial activities 
14. Cash budget, capital budgets and operating budgets

Improve your vocabulary

Page 58

Exercise 1

1. B. financial manager

2. C. budget

3. A. cash budget

4. A. CFO

5. B. budget

Page 58-59

Exercise 2

1. B. the main source of funding
2. H. the act of planning
3. F. hopes
4. K. firm
5. M. assignment
6. L. cost
7. E. role
8. O. segment
9. G. design
10. N. apparatus
11. J. approximate to some value more or less accuracy
12. I. put into practice
13. D. apparatus
14. C. obtainable
15. A. sum of money intended for special purpose

Page 59-60

Exercise 3

1. True

2. False

3. True

4. False

5. True

6. False

7. True

8. False

Exercise 4

Fill in the blanks with noun or verb forms. Use your dictionary if necessary.

 Noun Verb
1. Equipment equip
2. Relation relate
3. Statement sate
4. Preparation prepare
5. Coordination coordinate
6. Information inform
7. Development develop
8. Estimation estimate
9. Combination combine
10. Consideration consider

Page 66-67

Exercise 1

Choose the correct verb in each sentence below.

1. Needs
2. Watch
3. Have
4. Looks
5. Use
6. Was
7. Seems
8. Know
9. Is
10. Causes
Page 66-67

Exercise 2

Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct answer of the following words

1. B. come

2. B. are

3. B. want

4. B. is

5. B. needs

6. A. look

7. A. hopes

8. B. need

9. B. are

10. A. thinks

Grammar: Verb-subject agreement worksheet 1

1. Are 
2. Was
3. Is
4. Has
5. Is
6. Have
7. Were
8. Was
9. Plays and vibrate
10. Does
11. Has
12. Makes and writes

English (5 Paragraph Esay) 11

HALLOWEEN

                Many of the ancient people of Europe marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter by celebrating a holiday in late autumn. The most important of these holidays that influence later Halloween customs was Samhain, a holiday observed by the ancient Celts, a tribal people who inhabited most of Western and Central Europe in the first millennium BC. Among the Celts, Samhain marked the end of one year and the beginning of the next. It was one of four Celtic holidays linked to important transition in the annual cycle of seasons.

                Samhain began at sundown on October 31 and extended into the following day. According to the Celtic pagan religion, known as Druidism, the spirits of those who had died in the preceding year roamed the earth on Samhain evening. The Celts sought to earth off these spirits with offerings of food and drink. The Celts also built bonfires at sacred hilltop sites and performed rituals, often involving human and animal sacrifices, to honor Druid deities.

                In Britain, Romans blended local Samhain customs with their own pagan harvest festival honoring Pomona, goddess of fruit trees. Some scholars have suggested that the game of bobbing for apples derives from this Roman association of the holiday with fruit.

                In British folklore, small magician beings known as fairies became associated with Halloween mischief. The jack-o’-lantern, originally carved from a large turnip rather than a pumpkin, originated in medieval Scotland. Various methods of predicting the future, especially concerning matters of romance and marriage, were also prominent features of Halloween throughout the British Isles.

                Between the 15^th and 17^th centuries, Europe was seized by a hysterical fear of witches, leading to the persecution of thousands of innocent women. Witches were thought to ride flying brooms and to assume the forms of black cats. These images of witches soon joined other European superstitions as symbol of Halloween.

               

English (Application later) 10

Jl. Saturnus Utara No. 44

Margahayu

Bandung 40614

Phone : (022) 7806631

 

October 9^th 2015

 

Human Resource Manager

UG Manufacturing Co Pty Ltd

Quiksilver, Inc.

Torquay, VIC 3228 

P.O. Box 138

 

Dear Sir,

 

BILLABBONG PERSONAL MANAGER

 

I am replying to an advertisement about your need Personal Manager of your company in Daily Prophet Post on October 8^th 2015.

           

  I am a graduate student in Business Administration at Institute of Management Telkom. I am currently looking for a position as a Personal Manager in your company and have a wide range of responsibilities. I believe I am a good fit for your company. I am a natural person with good communication and organizational skills, leadership, and record keeping. These include have thorough knowledge of lab our law and can conduct good co-operation with the government official and fluent in English, as well as the usual managerial duties.

  I am aware that many regional sales managers do an adequate job for their companies, but I'm ready to do an outstanding job in order to help you grow your company and increase the sales calls made in the Eastern region.

  I would welcome the opportunity to meet with you and discuss my qualification for working at Quicksilver. I believe my training has given me the skills to make a valuable contribution. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Fitria Endah Permata Sari

Encs

English (Testimonial) 9

TESTIMONIAL FOR HEAD OF DEPARTMENT

 

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Fitria Endah Permata Sari has been used by the College as a Sales Product Manager from February 2013 until December 2015

Competent and responsibility to handle the overall administration of the department Fitria competent to make financial reports, financial advise neighbors, and responsible in work. Fitria is very competent and professional, always thorough and meticulous. Committed by the administrative ability is balanced with good communication skills.

Fitria has a personality that came out normal. In view of the dedication and ability I am sure that Fitria proved to be a valuable asset to any organization lucky enough to hire him.

 

Candra Adrian

Principal

 

English (Resume) 8

   Fitria Endah Permata Sari

                             Komp. Bumi Panyileukan B4 No 12, Bandung

                                                                   085624025770

 

Objective     : Personal Manager

 

Working Experience

1.       Working at Quicksilver Inc.

As  Sales Product Manager period February 2013-December 2015

 

2.       Working at Bank Prophet

As Teller period January 2012-February 2013

 

Qualification Experience

1.       Administration Skills accounting

2.       Computer Literate ( Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Publisher)

3.       Internet Literate.

 

Education Background

2013-2015      : Magister Institute Management Telkom, Bandung

2009-2013        : Institute Management Telkom, Bandung

2006-2009        : 24 Senior High School, Bandung

2003-2006        : 28 Junior High School, Bandung

1997-2003        : 01 Elementary School, Panyileukan- Bandung

English (Curiculum Vitae) 7

DAFTAR RIWAYAT HIDUP

 

 

Data Pribadi :

 

N a m a                                   :           Fitria Endah Permata Sari

Tempat Tanggal Lahir          :           Bandung, 21 November 1990

A g a m a                               :           I S L A M

Status Pernikahan                :           Belum menikah

Jumlah Tanggungan :           -

KTP                                        :           109

A l a m a t                               :           Komp. Bumi Panyileukan B4 No. 12

Cibiru 40614

                                                            Bandung, Jawa Barat                                              

Telepon Rumah                     :           022-7806631

Telepon Genggam                :           085-624-025-770

Email                                      :           akq_zone@yahoo.co.id

 

Riwayat Pendidikan  :

 

TAHUN KELULUSAN/IJAZAH	BIDANG PENDIDIKAN	KETERANGAN
2015	Pasca Sarjana Magister Management	Institut Manajemen Telkom Bandung
2013	Administrasi Niaga	Institut Manajemen Telkom Bandung
2009	Sekolah Menengah Atas	SMA Negeri 24 Bandung
2006	Sekolah Menengah Pertama	SMP Negeri 28 Bandung
2003	Sekolah Dasar	SD Negeri Panyileukan 1 Bandung

 

 

 

Pengalaman Pekerjaan dan Organisasi :

 

TAHUN BEKERJA	BIDANG / JABATAN	KETERANGAN
Februari 2014 – Desember 2015	Sales Product Manager	Quicksilver.inc
Januari 2012 –Februari 2014	Teller	Bank Prophet Jl Diponogoro No. 32 Denpasar
Desember 2009- November 2013	Anggota MRC (Medical Rescue Committee)	Institut Manajemen Telkom    (IM TELKOM) Jl. Gegerkalong Hilir No. 47 Bandung
Oktober 2007 – Agustus 2008	Anggota OSIS Sekretaris Sekbit I   Anggota PMR	SMA Negeri 24 Bandung Jl. A.H Nasution No.27
Oktober 2004 – Agustus 2005	Anggota OSIS  Sekbit I   Anggota KMR (Kelompok Remaja Mesjid)	SMP Negeri 28 Bandung Jl. Solontongan-  Buah Batu

 

 

 

 

 

Bandung ,  Oktober 2015

 

 

 

 

 

Fitria Endah Permata Sari

English Paragraph (6)

BANDUNG THE INTERESTING CITY

 

One of the most interesting city in Java island is Bandung. Bandung is famous city for its temperate climate. Bandung is cold city. Bandung is well known for its many tourist attraction. Every weekend many people visit to the interesting place. There are Lembang, Tangkuban Perahu Mountain, Kawah Putih, Dago Pakar, and Saung Udjo. Bandung also has great variety of ethnic neighborhoods for example there are Chinese ethnic, Javanese, and some people which come from the other island like Jakarta, Sumatera, Kalimantan, etc. So many thing very interest  from Bandung city, you can find everything. And Bandung can be place for holiday.

 

Topic Sentence                 : One of the most interesting city in Java island is Bandung

Supporting Sentence 1  : Bandung is famous city for its temperate climate

Supporting Sentence 2  : Bandung is well known for its many tourist attraction

Supporting Sentence 3  : Bandung also has great variety of ethnic neighborhoods

Concluding Sentence     : So many thing very interest from Bandung city, you can find everything. And Bandung can be place for holiday.

General English (4)

UNIT 4

TYPE OF SENTENCE

Page 54

83-A: Practice Procedure. Identify following sentences as simple, compound or complex.

1.       Simple Sentence

2.       Simple Sentence

3.       Compound Sentence

4.       Simple Sentence

5.       Simple Sentence

6.       Complex Sentence

7.       Complex Sentence

8.       Simple Sentence

9.       Complex Sentence

10.   Complex Sentence

Practice Procedure. Follow the procedure given for 83-A

1.       Complex Sentence

2.       Compound Sentence

3.        Simple Sentence

4.       Complex Sentence

5.       Simple Sentence

6.       Compound Sentence

7.       Complex Sentence

8.       Compound Sentence

9.       Compound Sentence

10.   Complex Sentence

11.   Complex Sentence

12.   Simple Sentence

13.   Simple Sentence

14.   Simple Sentence

15.   Complex Sentence

General English (3)

Unit 3

Page 26

Exercise 1

1.       Against

2.       Against

3.       For

4.       Against

5.       Against

6.       For

7.       Against

8.       For

 

Page 27

Exercise 2

1.       Against

2.       Against

3.       Against

4.       For

5.       Against

6.       For

7.       Against

8.       For

 

Page 28-29

Exercise 1

1.       Comparison

2.       Comparison

3.       Time-order

4.       Cause-effect

5.       Listing

6.       Comparison

7.       Time-order

8.       Comparison

 

Page 30

Exercise 2

1.       Comparison

2.       Time-order

3.       Comparison

4.       Cause-effect

5.       Comparison

6.       Listing

7.       Time-order

 

Page 41

Ask another student to scan the article for the answer to your question.

Philippines Sands Aid for Typhoon Damage

Paragraph 1: The result of ravaging Typhoon Agnes 515 dead and 400 missing.

Paragraph 2: more than 163 tons of food, medicine and clothing had been sent to Visayan.

Paragraph 3: The spokesman said helicopter were rescuing people standard by floods today in Panay island were 445.000 people were homeless.

Paragraph 4: 90% of the 86.000 house in Capiz Province on Panay were destroyed many of the dead were children.

 

Page 43

Amtrak Derailment Near Secaucus Injures 35

Paragraph 1: On Saturday a mail derailing near Now York at 6;33 am, because of hitting another train and failing feet down into a marsh.

Paragraph 2: No one killing but 35 people injuring because of the two train locomotives hurling.

Paragraph 3: Senator Frank Launtenberg speculating that track may have causing the crash.

Boston Bound Train Derails, 34 Hurt

Paragraph 1: On Yesterday an Amtrak a heading for Boston derailing of Now York City and injuring 34 people, none of them seriously.

Paragraph 3: 15 crew member and 17 passengers suffering only minor injuries

 

Parts of Speech

Page 51

1.       In 1610, Galileo Galilei of Pisa, Italy, used(v) his simple(adj) telescope(n) and pointed(v) it at the moon’s mountains(n) and valley’s(n).

2.       People (N) who make (V) a living(N) by hunting birds(N) can tell(V) you that certain(ADV) birds(N), because of their colour(N) can easily(ADV) deceive you.

3.       A chameleon (N) can easily (ADV) change (V) colour(N) to the it is difficult(ADJ) to distinguish(V) it from its surroundings(N).

4.       The acid(N) which is produced(V) by those gland(ADJ) cells(N) is s strong(ADJ) that it can harm(V) living(ADJ) cells(N).

5.       The officer(N) highest(ADJ) in rank in a foreign(ADJ) agency(N) or an embassy(N) is(V) an ambassador(N) who heads(v) the embassy(N) his government(N) in diplomacy(ADJ) or diplomatic (ADJ) affairs(N).

6.       A legation(N) 

General English (2)

 UNIT 2

Page 17

Review prepositions of time.

Complete the sentence with a preposition.

 

a.       The company expanded in the 80s.

b.      I joined AMT in 1991.

c.       I left in the spring of 1992.

d.      The company was taken over in the end of that month.

e.      I got a new job with CDR on May 1^st .

f.        I was sent to Miami on the beginning of July.

g.       My boss called me at 9 am on Tuesday August 5^th.

h.      He wanted me to go Rome in September.

i.        I called him back at 3 am.

 

P Page 17-18

Review the forms of the Simple Past and Simple Past Passive.

Now put these sentences into the passive.

a.       We bought a factory in Mexico in 1987.

A factory was bought in Mexico in 1987.

b.      We acquired our Japanese subsidiary in 1988.

Our Japanese was acquired subsidiary in 1988.

c.       We closed the Mexican factory in 1989.

It was closed in 1989.

d.      ZRF took us over in 1992.

We were taken over in 1992.

e.      They tore down the original factory.

The original factory was tore down by them.

f.        They built a new one on the same site.

A new one was built on the same site.  

g.       They completed the building work in 1993.

The building work was completed in 1993.

h.      The President opened new factory

The new factory was opened by the President.