Mata Kuliah : Bahasa Inggris 1

Dosen : Grantino Abdullah, S.Kom

Bentuk Ujian : Ujian Akhir Semester
Sifat Ujian : Tutup Buku dan Kamus

This text is for questions no 1-7. 3. … in the shape of chemical granules are popular …
Fertilizer is any substance that can be added (paragraph 3). The word “granule” is closest in
to the soil to provide chemical elements essential for meaning with?
plant nutrition. Natural substances such as animal a. Dust
droppings and straw have been used as fertilizers for b. Grain
thousands of years. It was not until the nineteenth c. Powder
century, in fact, that chemical fertilizer become d. Liquid
popular. Today, both natural and synthetic fertilizers e. Gases
are available in a variety of forms.
Synthetic fertilizers are available in either 4. According to the text 1, too much chemicals on
solid or liquid form. Solid, in the shape of chemical grass resulted to …
granules are popular because they are easy to store a. Infants and live stocks’ death
and apply. Recently, liquids have shown an increase in b. Better growing condition of plants
popularity, accounting for about 20 percent of the c. Water contamination
nitrogen fertilizer use throughout the world. Formerly d. Digestive disorder on cattle
powders were also used, but these were found to be e. Digestive disorder on babies
less convenient than either solids or liquids.
Fertilizers have no harmful effect on the soil, 5. Which of the following sentences is NOT the result
the crop, or the consumer as long they are used of using fertilizers too much?
according to recommendations based on the result of a. Water creatures may die
local research. Sometimes, however, farmers may use b. The soil can yield the good crop
more fertilizer than necessary, damaging not only c. Human and animal may be intoxicated
crop but also animals or humans that eat it. d. The growth of algae in water may increase
Accumulations of fertilizer in the water supply e. Cow’s milk may harm consumers
accelerate the growth of algae and, consequently,
may disturb the natural cycle of life, contributing to 6. What does “It” refer to in line 5?
the death of fish. Too much fertilizer on grass can a. Fertilizers
cause digestive in cattle and in infants who drink b. Natural substances
cow’s milk. c. Thousands of years
d. Plant nutrition
1. Which of these tittles is the most suitable for the e. Soil
text above?
7. What does “It” refer to in line 6 on paragraph 3?
a. Substance
a. Animals
b. Natural Substance
b. Damaging
c. Fertilizer
c. Farmers
d. Synthetic Fertilizer
d. Consumer
e. Chemical Elements
e. Crop
2. The topic of the text is…
Choose the correct answer!
a. The formula of complete fertilizer
b. Effects of fertilizers on the soil
8. He may come to see me in the office today ___ the
c. The solid and liquid forms of synthetic fertilizer
day after tomorrow.
d. Natural and synthetic fertilizer
a. after d. or
e. The damage caused by using excessive
b. but e. so
fertilizers
c. for
9. I could not get a ticket, ____ I had to cancel my departure.
a. If d. because
b. Or e. that
c. So

10. The rich man invited him to lunch ____ gave him some money.
a. So d. Or
b. If e. And
c. Because

11. Mother didn’t get any oranges, ____ she bought some apples instead.
a. So d. Or
b. If e. And
c. Because

12. A friend of hers ____ me a good dictionary for my birthday last summer.
a. Give d. Gived
b. Is giving e. Given
c. Gave

13. Where shall we ____ this evening?

a. Be d. Is
b. Were c. Are
c. Was

14. The two men ____ for a bus to go to office now.

a. Wait d. Is waiting
b. Waiting e. Are waiting
c. Waited

15. Adele ____ her clothes twice a week.

a. Wash d. Washing
b. Washes e. Was Washing
c. Is Washing

This text is for questions no 16-20. Choose the suitable pronoun.

Sudirman bought a ticket to soccer game. He put (16. it – them) in this pocket and forgot about (17. it – them).
The next day, he put his shirt in the wash. The ticket came out of the washing machine dryer crumple and nearly
illegible. But when Sudirman took (18. it – them) to the game, the ticket taker accepted (19. it – them) and let (20. it
– them) in.