DEPARTEMEN PENDIDIKAN NASIONAL

LEMBAGA MKU - SOSIOTEKNOLOGI

FAKULTAS SENI RUPA DAN DESAIN – ITB
JALAN GANESA NO.10 TELP. 2508145-BANDUNG

TPB MID TEST

SECOND SEMESTER 2016/2017
SUBJECT : ENGLISH / KU-1021 CRITICAL READING
DATE : THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016
TIME : 90 MINUTES
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NIM : ………………………………..
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DEPARTEMEN PENDIDIKAN NASIONAL
LEMBAGA MKU SOSIOTEKNOLOGI
FAKULTAS SENI RUPA DAN DESAIN – ITB
JALAN GANESA NO.10 TELP. 2508145-BANDUNG

TPB MID TEST

SECOND SEMESTER 2016/2017
SUBJECT : ENGLISH
DATE : THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016
TIME : 90 MINUTES

Instruction: Answer the following questions based on the instruction given ineach question.

Questions 1-5

Arrange the sentences in order to make a coherent paragraph and write the order on the answer sheet

1.

A But in the industrial era destroying the enemy's productive capacity means bombing the factories
which are located in the cities.
B So in the agrarian era, if you need to destroy the enemy's productive capacity, what you want to do
is bum his fields, or if you're really vicious, salt them.
C Now in the information era, destroying the enemy's productive capacity means destroying the
information infrastructure.
D How do you do battle with your enemy?
E The idea is to destroy the enemy's productive capacity, and depending upon the economic
foundation, that productive capacity is different in each case.
F With regard to defence, the purpose of the military is to defend the nation and be prepared to do
battle with its enemy.

2.

A Changes are most dangerous when it is brought forth not because it is necessary but
B becausesomeone simply has the power to initiate it and wishes to exercise this power.
It is important to note that world-class institutions are not build based on the decisions of
politicians, but by those within the institution.
C World-class institutions are not built by politicians, but by those working within them.
D Those who spend a lifetime in their respective fields and make important decisions concerning
the functioning of the institution.
E This seems to be the reason for the human resource development Ministry’s proposal for an
Indian Institutes of management Bill 2015.
F The proposed IIM Bill not only curbs the freedom of the 13 IIM, but also dilutes their quality.

3.
1 A kangaroo uses its heavy tail for balance and to prop itself up when sitting or fighting, when
it kicks the enemy with both hind feet!
2 Kangaroos are the largest marsupials.
3 Normally kangaroos are quadrupeds—they use all four feet to walk.
4 Even their short front limbs, like arms, help them move.
5 What does the average kangaroo look like?
6 They have large hind feet, strong hind legs, and a tail measuring 3 feet (.9 m) or longer.
7 Males are called boomers, females does, and all babies are called joeys.
8 They can hop up to 40 miles (64 km) per hour over short distances and leap over 30 feet
(9.2 m) in a single bound.
9 Most adults are about 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weigh about 100 pounds (45 kg).
10 But the animals stand on two feet when they want to move quickly.

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1 The first step we took in solving this problem was taping the kitty door open.
2 We tried pushing her through, and that caused her to be even more afraid.
3 Our cat was afraid to use the kitty door.
4 Unfortunately, we ran into a problem.
5 Last week we installed a kitty door so that our cat could come and go as she pleases.
6 We would sit next to the kitty door with a can of wet food and click the top of the can.
7 When kitty came through the closed door, we would open the can and feed her.
8 After a couple of days, she was confidently coming and going through the open door.
9 However, when we removed the tape and closed the door, once again, she would not go
10 through.
Therefore, we decided to use food as bait.

5.

1 Backpackers and students on a budget can reserve a one-star room with shared bathrooms.
2 But what if the hotel was the work space, and put entrepreneurs from all walks of life under one
3 roof?
4 It also has a variety of room options: from one to five stars.
5 That’s the idea at The Lloyd Hotel and Cultural Embassy in Amsterdam.
For most business travelers, a hotel is a place to get some sleep, nurse a nightcap, or polish a
6 presentation.
The Lloyd, situated in the once-run-down Docklands area, was built in 1920 as a hotel for
7 emigrants heading to Dutch colonies to build new lives.
But it was also a prison during World War II, a reform school for wayward teenage boys, and
8 artists’ squats during the 1980s.
For those with deeper pockets can opt for high-end suites in the eaves with deep baths, pianos,
9 and hammocks.
10 It’s a unique place for many reasons, including its digital publishing program, art galleries,
library of monographs, meeting areas, and a salon for cultural events.
Finally, after an investment from the city, it was transformed into The Lloyd.

Questions 6 – 9

Choose the best option to complete the paragraph

6. Food Expiration Date

Best before is sometimes indicated on food and drink wrappers, followed by a date, and is intended to
indicate the date before which the food should be consumed. ------------. In this case, a term like best
before see bottom or best before see lid might be printed on the label and the date marked in a different
location as indicated.
A. Sometimes the packaging process involves using pre-printed labels,making it impractical to write
the best before date in a clearlyvisible location
B. The term "use by" is similarly used to indicate the date by which theitem will have outlived its shell
life
C. With this term, it is intended to ensure that customers will notunwittingly purchase or eat stale food
D. Generally, food that has a use by date written on the packagingmust not be eaten after it has expired
E. This is because such foods usually go off quickly and may be injuriousto health if spoiled

7. Characters are also part of deep structure. Characters tie events in a story together and provide a thread
of continuity and meaning. Stories can be about individuals, groups, projects or whole organizations,
so from an organizational studies perspective, the focal actor(s) determine the level and unit of analysis
used in a study. Stories of mergers and acquisitions, for example, are common place. In these stories
whole organizations are personified as actors. But these macro-level stories usually are not told from
the perspective of the macro-level participants, because whole organizations cannot narrate their
experiences in the first person.______________

A. More generally, data concerning the identities and relationships of the characters in the story
are required, if one is to understand role structure and social networks in which that process is
embedded.
B. The personification of a whole organization is important because stories differ depending on
who is enacting various events.
C. Every story is told from a particular point of view, with a particular narrative voice, which is
not regarded as part of the deep structure.
D. The personification of a whole organization is a textual device we use to make macro-level
theories more comprehensible.

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 8. Holistic health is a non-medical philosophy of well-being that considers the physical, mental, and
spiritual aspects of life as closely interconnected and balanced. ----. The most common of them include
acupuncture, yoga and aromatherapy

A. We have to control such illness-related factors as poor diet, smoking,alcohol intake, and stress
B. Surgery and prescription drugs are generally avoided in holistic medicine
C. Holistic medicine does not ignore mainstream Western medical practicesbut does not see them as
the only effective therapies
D. Advocates of the holistic health philosophy typically seek or use a widevariety of alternative
practices
E. It is an approach to medical care that emphasizes the study of allaspects of a person's health

9. One of the most difficult wastes to recycle is mixed plastic,often used in wrappers and containers.
Plastics manufacturers turn their own offcuts into granules that are melted down for reuse. They can
also reuse any single, pure thermo- most advanced, 'Bennet', was produced plastic materials ____9
The British firm Meyer-Newman of Gwent recycles complete telephones into new ones. But mixed
plastics have unpredictable properties and low structural strengths. So, it is difficult to make a material
with good and predictable properties from mixed plastics waste.

A. is characteristic of a different plastic.

B. developed their own compatibilisers.
C. which has never been achieved despite substantial government investment in research.
D. they could be used in high-grade, high-cost applications such as car bumpers.
E. it does not have sufficient rigidity.

10. Look for irrelevant sentence!

(1) In recent years we have all been exposed to dire media reports concerning the impending demise
of global coal and oil reserves, but the depletion of another key nonrenewable resource continues
without receiving much press at all.1) Helium – an inert, odorless, monatomic element known to lay
people as the substance that makes balloons float and voices squeak when inhaled – could be gone from
this planet within a generation. But helium is also instrumental in deep-sea diving, where it is blended
(5)
with nitrogen to mitigate the dangers of inhaling ordinary air under high pressure; as a cleaning agent
for rocket engines; and, in its most prevalent use, as a coolant for superconducting magnets in hospital
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanners. Helium itself is not rare; there is actually a plentiful
supply of it in the cosmos. In fact, 24 per cent of our galaxy’s elemental mass consists of helium, which
makes it the second most abundant element in our universe. Because of its lightness, however, most
(10) helium vanished from our own planet many years ago. Consequently, only a miniscule proportion –
0) 0.00052%, to be exact – remains in earth’s atmosphere.

The irrelevant sentence(s) is found in line…

A. 1
B. 3
C. 6
D. 10

Questions 11 – 13

Choose the best answer

Psychologists say that a sigh can express satisfaction and contentment. Frequent sighing can suggest despair
and depression. It can also express disgust or frustration. It can express several emotions, but there is no one
correct way to interpret its meaning.

11. The topic of this paragraph is:

A. Psychologists B.A sigh; sighing. C.Despair and depression.D. Interpreting emotions.

12. The implied main idea is:

A. Psychologists say that a sigh can express satisfaction and contentment, and frequent sighing can
suggest despair and depression.
B. Sighing can express several emotions.
C. A sign can express emotions, such as disgust or frustration.
D. A sigh can express several emotions, but there is no one correct way to interpret its mean.

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13. Find the implied main idea of the following paragraph:

A recent survey revealed some shocking results. One in five teens does not know that if you take out
a loan, you must pay interest in addition to repaying the loan. One teen in four has the mistaken
notion that financial aid will take care of all their college expenses. And one teen in three thinks that
Social Security payments will provide all the money they need when they retire.

A. A recent survey revealed some shocking results: one in five teens does not know that ifyou take out a
loan, you must pay interest in addition to repaying the loan.
B. Teenagers do not know anything about money matters.
C. A recent survey revealed some shocking results about how little understanding teenshave about
money matters.
D. One teen in four has the mistaken notion that financial aid will take care of all college expenses. And
one teen in three thinks that Social Security payments willprovide all the money they need when they
retire.

Questions 14 - 15

14. Complete the paragraph (1-8) with the conjuctions a-j

a. for example f. such as
b. therefore g. or
c. and h. due to
d. although i. while
e. either j. Because

Geoengineers believe that it may be possible to counteract the effects of global warming by large scale
engineering projects, (1)…………………….. the 'solar umbrella' designed to reflect sunlight back into
space. (2) ………… no major schemes have yet been attempted, there is already controversy about the
risks
involved.

Two different approaches are suggested: (3)…………….to block incoming sunlight, (4)
………………….. alternatively to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. One proposal, (5)
…………………, consists of putting iron into the sea in order to encourage the growth of the tiny sea
creatures which absorb carbon dioxide. (6) ……………….this second approach is unlikely to create
major problems, blocking sunlight is potentially dangerous, (7)………………….. the risk of affecting
rainfall patterns or even ocean currents. (8)…………………. bioengineers are anxious to establish clear
guidelines before any large-scale experiments are carried out.

15. Fill in the blank with the approriate word in the box.


in other words examines polluting consequently beneficial although revision up to date meanwhile

Newly published research (1) ...........some important questions about the growing use of biofuels, such as
ethanol made from maize. The production of these has increased sharply recently, but the replacement of
food crops with fuel crops has been heavily criticised. (2) ..........initially seen as a more environmentally-
friendly type of fuel, the research shows that producing some biofuels, for instance biodiesel palm oil, is
more (3) .......... than using conventional oil. The ethanol produced from sugar cane, however, can have
negative emissions, (4) ............ taking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere instead of adding it. (5) ..........., it
can be seen that the situation is rather confused, and that biofuels are neither a magic solution to the energy
problem, nor are they the environmental disaster sometimes suggested.

as a result unlike biodegradable because encourage prevent meanwhile precautious

Paper is different from other waste produce (6)......... it comes from a sustainable resource: trees. (7) …....the
minerals and oil used to make plastics and metals, trees are replaceable. Paper is also (8)......., so it does not
pose as much threat to the environment when it is discarded. While 45 out of every 100 tonnes of wood fibre
used to make paper in Australia comes from waste paper, the rest comes directly from virgin fibre from
forests and plantations. By world standards this is a good performance since the world-wide average is 33 per
cent waste paper. Governments have (9).........waste paper collection and sorting schemes and at the same
time, the paper industry has responded by developing new recycling technologies that have paved the way for
even greater utilisation of used fibre. (10)............, industry’s use of recycled fibres is expected to increase at
twice the rate of virgin fibre over the coming years.