READING COMPREHENSION

A. BUSINESS LETTERS

Oxford Travel Agency MULTI LOGISTIK

59/60 HIGH STREET OXFORD OX14AT 0856241141 Headquarters:
Ms R Volpe Jln. A.P. Pettarani 5 Makassar Tlp. 62411-425501
Oxford University Press
17 June 2007
Walton Street
Oxford OX@6DP The Manager
3 April 1991 Hotel Panakkukang
Jln Boulevard 29-30
Dear Ms Volpe Makassar
We have pleasure in enclosing your tickets covering the following
reservations: Reservation Confirmation

Wednesday Dear Mr. Mappangara,

10 April London (Heathrow) MA Depart 1245 I would like to confirm our booking in this morning for a single
Budapest Arrive 1610 presidential room with bath, shower, private wireless telephone,
Thursday internet network and small kitchen, for one of our executive, Mr.
18 April Budapest MA Depart 1015 Welirangan.
The reservation is for full board from 1-5 July 2007. I am also
London (Heathrow) Arrive 1145
confirming the reservation for a small conference room to be available
For the outward flight on 10 April, please check in at Terminal on 3 July, when Mr. Welirangan will be holding a meeting with our
2, Heathrow not later than 1145. international clients.
Please find enclosed our bank draft (No. 921094234431) for Rp 10
We hope you will have a pleasant flight. millions as a deposit. The balance will be paid as soon as we receive
the confirmation from you.
Yours sincerely We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Jeanet MD
Sincerely yours,
1. What is the letter about?
a. Notification of Tickets Purchasing Melina Latuihamallo
b. Tickets Confirmation for flight Personnel Secretary to Mr. Welirangan
Encl. City Bank Draft
c. Ticket Reservation in the airport
d. Buying Tickets for flight schedule
e. Ordering flight tickets for return flight. 7. Who is Melina?
2. What tickets did Ms Volpe buy? a. The hotel Manager
a. One way d. Around way b. The Hotel Secretary
b. Two ways e. Single way c. Mr. Welirangan’s Secretary
c. Double Stereo d. Mr. Mappangara’s Secretary
e. The Manager’s Secretary
3. How many tickets did Ms Volpe buy?
a. One d. Four 8. What is this letter for?
b. Two e. Five a. for reserving hotel
c. Three b. for confirming the booking
4. What is Ms Volpe’s destination? c. for paying the hotel booking
a. Oxford Travel Agency d. Budapest d. for booking the manager’s hotel room
b. Walton Street e. Jeanet, MD e. for asking the information about reserving
c. Heathrow
5. What time is Ms Volpe leaving for Budapest?
a. At 1245 d. 1145 9. What did Melina reserve at Hotel Panakkukang?
b. At 1610 e. Not later than 1145 a. A single presidential room and small kitchen.
c. At 1015 b. A small conference room.
c. A meeting room for executives.
d. A single presidential and small conference room.
6. “We hope you will have a pleasant flight.” What e. A small conference room for holding executives
does the underlined word refer to? meeting.
a. Ms Volpe and her family
b. The ticket purchaser 10. When did Melina make a hotel reservation?
c. Oxford Travel President a. On 17 June 2007 d. On 1 July 2007
d. Jeanet MD and the Company b. On 1-5 July 2007 e. In the morning
e. Reservations c. On 3 July 2007
11. Who will stay in the reserved room at Hotel
Panakkukang?
a. Melina d. The executives
b. Mr. Mappangara e. The Managers
c. Mr. Welirangan

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12. What paper did Melina attach with the letter 19. How many times did they arrange the delivery date?
before sending it? a. Once c. second
a. A deposit d. The balance pay b. Twice d. three times e. fourth
b. A cash payment e. A meeting schedule 20. What is the possible reason that Gunawan wanted the
c. City Bank Draft sofa delivered on Saturday morning?
a. He had to take time off work
13. How did Melina pay the hotel rooms reservation? b. He had to work
a. Cash d. Bank withdrawing c. He was bored waiting
b. A deposit e. Bank account d. He was already unhappy
c. Credit e. He had ordered
14. “The balance will be paid as soon as …” 21. “I am writing to complain about your delivery service.”
What does the underlined word means? What does the underlined word refer to?
a. Stability of the money a. Sutinem and the service
b. The rest of the money b. Gunawan and his family
c. The equilibrium of the money c. The manager confirmation
d. The other prices d. The employees’ complain
e. The stock of the money e. Sutinem and Gunawan
15. What does the reservation cost? B. PROCEDURE TEXT
a. 10 Millions
b. More than 10 millions 1. After finishing taking a picture, close the lens cover to
c. Less than 10 millions avoid accidental exposure.
d. Nearly 10 millions 2. Never use alcohol or chemical solvents on camera body
e. Equal to 10 millions and especially on the lens.
16. “We look forward to hearing fro you soon” 3. Avoid shock, vibrate or extreme heat to the camera
What is the synonym of the underlined words? body.
a. Advance d. Stay 4. Avoid loading or unloading the film under direct
b. Retreat e. Expect sunlight.
c. Move on 5. When not using the camera for extended period of
time, keep it in a cool and dry place.
Ujungpangkah 55 Kemed
16 July 2011
The Manager 22. What does the text talk about?
Toko Jaya abadi a. How to use a camera in a very safe way
Jln Bunga 30 b. How to clean a camera after taking a picture
Dukun-Gresik c. How to keep a camera in a good condition
d. The procedure to make a camera
Dear Mrs. Sutinem e. Cautions on using a camera
I am writing to complain about your delivery service. 23. What should we do after taking a picture?
I ordered a sofa from your company and agreed a delivery date of a. No cleaning with alcohol or chemical solvents
the 14th of June. I took the morning off work to wait for the b. No dropping or shaking
delivery, but it did not come. At one o’clock I had to return to work. I
phoned your customer service department and arranged a new c. Close the lens
delivery date. The sofa did not arrive again. I am very unhappy with d. Must be kept back as it was
your service. e. Don’t expose to the heat
It is not possible for me to take time off work again, so I would
like to have the delivery next Saturday morning. Please can you 24. What will happen if we don’t follow the steps?
contact me about this immediately?
a. The picture we took will not be in a good condition
b. The camera can be in malfunction.
Yours sincerely c. The lens gets hot and melted
d. The vibration will still be on
Gunawan e. The power gets weaker and weaker

17. What is the letter talking about? If you elect to make a room reservation through websites
a. Delivery service complain and do not have an established user profile, you will need to
b. Sofa Delivery service furnish your name, telephone number, billing address and
c. Customer service department credit card type, number and expiration date, in addition to
d. Unhappy service customer the dates of your stay, the number of rooms you will require
e. Delayed service and the number of adults and children in your party.

18. Why did Gunawan write the letter? 25. What is the text about?
a. to order a sofa a. How to make a hotel websites.
b. to buy a sofa b. How to make an online hotel reservation.
c. to complain the service c. How to run a business on a hotel.
d. to confirm the manager service d. How to inform about hotel reservation.
e. to take the morning off e. How to talk about reserving a hotel.

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26. How many requirements do we need to fulfill if
we want to book a room based on the text?
a. Ten d. Seven
b. Nine e. Six
c. Eight
27. Why do we need to follow the steps in making a
room reservation?
a. It will be easier for us to get the order right
away.
b. We don’t have a user profile
c. In order to make our reservation safe
d. To avoid from extended period
e. We can confirm the order any time we want
Furniture in portable classroom shall be transferred
with the trailer. (The sending school should prepare a
C-50 for the furniture in the trailer and the receiving
school should complete the C-50 form when trailer
and furniture are transferred). In the event the
furniture is not adequate for the grade/program, then
an R-40 should be submitted requesting the
appropriate furniture. The R-40 should include a
statement of justification of why the furniture
received with the trailer is not usable.
28. What is the text trying to explain? It explains
about…
a. how to send school with portable furniture.
b. how to transfer furniture to other school.
c. how to use trailer to transfer portable
classroom.
d. filling forms of using other school furniture.
e. what must be done to transfer other furniture.
29. What will be done if the furniture arrives in the
receiving school?
a. The sending school should complete a C-50
b. The receiving school should fill a C-50
c. The sending school should submit R-40
d. The receiving school should complete R-40
e. The R-40 should include a statement.
30. Who should submit the R-40?
a. The sending school
b. The receiving school
c. The committee of school
d. The trailer which sends the furniture
e. Any of these schools.
31. When is a R-40 used?
a. If the furniture is not appropriate for the
receiving school.
b. If the furniture is not adequate for the sending
school.
c. When the receiving school has completed C-50.
d. When the sending school has transferred the
furniture.
e. If there are no problems in transferring the
furniture.
1) Set up the motor temporarily.
2) The belt can be installed on many sewing
machines without removing the balance wheel.
3) The belt should be neither too tight nor too loose.
4) Install the controller. Insert the controller plug
connector (female) into the motor plug connector
(Male).
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5) The motor installation is finished.
32. This text is talking about…
a. how to install motor
b. how to buy a good sewing machine
c. the sewing machine operation
d. the steps to install the sewing machine
e. how to maintain the sewing machine
33. ‘The belt should be neither too tight nor too loose’
What does the sentence mean?
a. We should install the belt tightly
b. The belt should be too tight
c. We must install the belt loosely
d. The belt should be in medium tension
e. We can install the belt tightly or loosely
34. In the text, how many main actions will you take?
a. Four d. Two
b. Five e. One
c. Three
35. Which of the statements is TRUE?
a. The motor should be installed permanently.
b. The belt can be used only in certain sewing machine.
c. There are two controllers
d. The belt should not be installed too tight.
e. The belt installation needs to remove the balance
wheel.
C. READING TABEL OR DIAGRAM
Cotton Production in the United State 1790-1840
Bales 1,400,000.00
1,200,000.00
1,000,000.00
800,000.00
600,000.00
400,000.00
200,000.00
0.00
Year 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840
(Description of cotton production after the cotton gin
came into use)
36. What is this graph about?
a. The increase of the cotton production
b. The decrease of the cotton production
c. The gin came into use
d. The number of cotton use
e. The number of bales and years
37. What time period is depicted on this graph?
a. 10 years d. 40 years
b. 20 years e. 50 years
c. 30 years
38. What does the vertical axis represent?
a. The use of cotton lines
b. The amount of money
c. The number of cotton use
d. Time of cotton use
e. The years of cotton production
39. What does the horizontal axis represent?
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 a. The use of cotton lines Immigration to United State 1900-1970
b. The amount of money

Number in millions
c. The number of cotton use 10
8
d. Time of cotton use 6
4
e. The years of cotton production 2
0
10 20 -3 0 0-4 0 0-5 0 0-6 0 0-7 0
40. What was the trend in cotton production over the -1 9 0-1 9 9 20 3 4 5 6
00 1 1 19 19 19 19
19 19
years represented? Years
a. The cotton consumption increased
b. The cotton import increased
c. The years of cotton production
d. The decrease of cotton use
e. The cotton bales decreased every 10 years
41. What does “bales” mean? 47. What is the topic of the bar graph?
a. A number of money a. The immigration seasons in United State
b. The cotton price b. The people population in America
c. The measurement of cotton c. The number of immigration out of America
d. The probabilities of cotton sales d. America as the favorite place for foreign people
e. A large number of cotton transactions e. The number of immigrating people to America
48. How many people immigrated during the years 1910-20?
Monthly Budget a. 49 millions d. 5.9 millions
housing -
b. 4.9 millions e. 5.8 billions
Food
loan
payments,
c. 5 millions
20% maintenance,
household,
Clothing goods, etc 49. During what ten-year span did the largest number of
15%
Recreation
40%
people immigrate?
15%
Miscellanous
a. 8.8 millions d. every ten year
Savings
5%
5% b. 1900 e. 1910
c. 1900-1910
50. During what ten-year span did the smallest number of
people immigrate?
a. 1.3 millions d. the least ten year
b. 1930 e. 1940
42. What kind of information does this chart contain? c. 1930-1940
a. The description of spending money
b. The money earning monthly 51. What is the closest meaning with “immigration”?
c. Planning for having holiday a. Movement d. Outsider
d. The percentage for monthly payment b. Emigration e. Colonization
e. The every month expenditure c. Migrane
P erc en t of V o te r s fo r S a m b ar i
43. What budget item consumes the most money?
a. Housing d. Recreation B unga
b. Miscellaneous e. Food
Town Polled

D ukun
c. Savings S idayu
Uj.P angkah
44. What budget item consumes the least money?
0 20 40 60 80 100
a. Housing d. Recreation
b. Miscellaneous e. Clothing
c. Savings
45. What does the “Miscellaneous” category contain?
a. Buying tooth paste d. Pay for shoes
b. Emergency needs e. Monthly bank deposit 52. What percentage of the voters from Bunga were for
c. Weekend traveling Sambari?
a. 80 thousands d. The biggest place
46. What is the synonym of “Miscellaneous”? b. Number one e. Before Uj. Pangkah
a. Certain classification d. Dangerous c. 80%
types
b. Various categories e. Special kinds 53. In which of the four towns was Sambari least popular?
c. Common mistakes a. Bunga d. Uj. Pangkah
b. Dukun e. 40%
c. Sidayu
54. In which of the four towns did Sambari have the most
popular?

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 a. Bunga d. Uj. Pangkah d. August
b. Dukun e. 80% e. July
c. Sidayu
63. What is the unit of measurement used in this table?
a. Month d. Average
55. In which town were only 40 percent of the voters b. Degree e. Within one year
for Sambari? c. Town
a. Bunga d. Uj. Pangkah
b. Dukun e. Most favourite 64. What is the similar meaning of “Average”?
c. Sidayu a. Medium d. Total number
b. Highest e. Summary
56. What is the synonym of “voters”? c. Lowest
a. Pollers d. Supporters
b. Elections e. Viewers Computers Generations
c. General First Second Third Fourth
1946-1960 1960-1964 1964-1970s 1970s-1980s
Average Temperature in Surabaya and Vacuum Transistors Integrated Large-scale
Gresik for June-December 1990 in Tubes Circuits Integrated
degree circuits
Towns Months Hundreds Thousands Tens of Millions of
Jun Jul Augu Sep Oc No of of thousands of computers in
e y st t t v computers computers computers in use
Surabaya 70 0 72 0 75 0 74 0 65 65 in use in use use
0 0 1000 100,000 10 million Billions of
Gresik 68 0
69 0
71 0
70 0
65 64 circuits circuits circuits per circuits per
0 0 per cubic per cubic cubic foot cubic foot
foot foot
57. What type of information is located in the table? ENIAC, Minicomputers Microcomputers
a. The comparison place every month EDSAC, developed developed
b. The average temperature in two towns UNIVAC
c. The season temperature in two big towns 10 times 100 times 10 times faster
d. The months in the year in two towns faster than faster than than third
e. The degree of temperature first second generation
generation generation
58. What are the column and row headings? Magnetic- Disk storage Floppy disks
a. Towns and Months tape
b. Temperature and Towns storage
c. Months and Temperature
d. Number of temperature and Towns 65. What type of information is located in this table?
e. Number of towns and Number of temperature a. Components of computers
b. Generations of computers
59. What time period is covered by the table? c. Different Generations of Computers
a. One year d. Two towns d. The increasing number of computer components
b. One season e. Every seven months e. The latest generation of computer
c. Seven months
66. Which the first column heading is suitable?
60. Which of the two towns had the lowest average a. 14 years Computers Development
temperatures over the time period represented? b. First Computer Generation
a. October and November c. Components of Computer
b. September and November d. The Simple Producer of Computer
c. Juny and July e. The Previous Generation
d. December
e. August 67. What would be a good heading for the fourth row?
a. Component Development
61. What was the average temperature for Surabya in b. The Number of Computer in Use
October? c. The Development Computer Development
a. The highest after December d. The Increasing Number of Using Computer
b. The lowest after December e. The Computer Expenditure History
c. 650
d. The same as Gresik 68. In what time period were second-generation computers
e. One month only manufactured?
a. 10 times faster d. 1960-1964
62. In what month did Surabaya and Gresik have the b. 100,000 circuits e. 1960
same average temperature? c. 1964
a. October and November
b. October 69. How many fourth-generation computers are in use?
c. December and August a. 10 years d. Billions

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 b. Large-scale e. Computer in use
c. Millions
70. To what generation of computers did UNIVAC
belong?
a. 1946 d. Latest generation
b. 1946-1960 e. Premier production
c. First-generation
71. How fast were fourth-generation computers in
relation to second-generation computers?
a. 10 times d. 1100 times
b. 110 times e. 1200 times
c. 1000 times
72. What kind of memory board did second-
generation computers use?
a. Transistor d. None of
b. Magnetic-tape e. 100,000 cubic
c. Thousands memory
73. What does the word “generation” mean?
a. A stage of computer development
b. A history of computer development
c. A group of computer development
d. The progress of technological
e. The phase of development
D. READING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
Jatim Park
For people in East Java, Jatim Park may have
been heard many times as it is one of the famous
tourism objects in East Java province. Jatim Park
offers a recreation place as well as a study center.
Jatim Park is located at Jl. Kartika 2 Batu,
East Java. To reach the location is not too difficult
because the object is only 2, 5 kilos meters from Batu
city. This Jatim Park tourism object is about 22
hectares width.
Visitor can enjoy at least 36 kinds of facilities
which can attract them as well as give new
knowledge. Just after the pass gate, the visitors will
find an interesting view of ‘Galeri Nusantara’ area.
This study offering continues to step on ‘Taman
Sejarah’ area, which contains of miniature temple in
East Java like Sumberawan temple, customhouse of
Kiai Hasan Besari Ponorogo and Sumberawan Statue.
The other facility which is able to be enjoyed
is ‘Agro Park’ area. It presents crop and rareness
fruits, animal diorama which consists of unique
animals that have been conserved, and supporting
games like bowling, throw ball, scooter disco, etc.
Jatim Park is suitable for family and school
recreation. The recreation area sites offer precious
tour and can used as alternative media of study.
74. What is the text about?
a. People in East Java heard about the famous Jatim
Park.
b. The recreation place in East Java.
c. The beautiful object of Jatim Park
d. Jatim Park, the famous tourism object.
75. How is the location to reach?
a. It takes time from Batu city
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b. The distance is not too short from Batu city
c. It does not take great effort to reach from Batu city.
d. From Batu city you need a special guide to reach the
place
76. “It presents crop and rareness fruits..” What does the
underlined word refer to?
a. Facility c. Jatim Park
b. Agro Park d. Plant
The Moon
Moon is the earth's satellite which we often see in the
night. The Moon is the one place in our solar system where
humans have visited. For the firs time on July 20, 1969,
astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin landed the Lunar
Module of Apollo 11 on the surface of the Moon. Neil
Armstrong was the first man to walk on the Moon. However
do you know what descriptive facts about the Moon are?
The moon rises in the east and sets in the west. It
moves toward the east in our sky by about 12 degrees each
day. The Moon is about 384,400 kilometers from Earth. The
Moon has a diameter of 2,000 miles which is like to 3,476
kilometers.
The surface of the Moon has many things, such as
craters, lava plains, mountains, and valleys. Scientists believe
the craters were formed around 3.5 to 4.5 billion years ago
by meteors hitting the moon's surface. The Moon does not
have atmosphere, wind and weather that is why the
footprints left there on the Moon by the Apollo astronauts
will remain there for millions of years.
The Moon is not a light source. It means that Moon does
not make its own light. It reflects light from the sun. All of us
can see the Moon especially in the night because light from
the Sun bounces off it back to the Earth. If the Sun wasn't
there, we can not see the Moon.
The moon influences many of the tides in the oceans.
This is because of the gravity force between the Earth and
Moon. At full Moon and new Moon, the Sun, Earth and Moon
are lined up, producing the higher than normal tides. When
the Moon is at first or last quarter, it forms smaller neap
tides.
77. What is the passage talking about?
a. The moon as the earth’s satellite and solar system
b. The first man landed on the moon surface
c. The history of the pioneer man, Neil Armstrong
d. The descriptive facts about the moon.
78. Why is the moon so easily hit by meteors? Because…
a. the moon is the closest planet with the earth
b. the moon does not have atmosphere
c. there are so many meteors around the moon
d. the surface of the moon is craters.
79. “It reflects light from the sun.” What does the underlined
word refer to?
a. The moon c. The sun
b. Light d. A light source
Cleopatra
One of the most famous women in world history was
Cleopatra VII. She was the brilliant and beautiful last Pharaoh
of Egypt. Historically, she became queen of Egypt in 51 B.C. at
the age of eighteen. She was a Ptolemy, descended from one
of Alexander the Great's generals. When she was twenty-
one, Julius Caesar became her lover. Seven years later she
met Antony. The romantic tragic relationship continued until
they died by suicide in 30 B.C.
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 Cleopatra was legendary. She was famous not
only for her breathtaking beauty but also for her great
intellect. She had brown eyes and they were shaped
like cat eyes. Her skin was in fact an olive shade,
darker than Hollywood actress Liz Taylor who
potrayed her in the film 'Cleopatra' in 1963. She had
medium dark brown hair, about to the middle of her
shoulder blades. She had a reputation as an
extraordinarily sensuous woman.
Cleopatra was a woman of remarkable poise and
unusual intelligence. She was highly educated. She
spoke proficiently in nine languages and also skilled in
mathematics. She is often considered to be a stunning
seductress though she was studying to be a nun.
Cleopatra was a very intelligent queen and a
politician with a great charisma.
80. The text is describing about….
a. the beautiful Cleopatra
b. the brilliant and beautiful Cleopatra
c. the history of the famous woman
d. The famous intelligent queen
81. How old was Cleopatra when she met Anthony?
a. 21 years old c. 26 years old
b. 24 years old d. 28 years old
82. “…until they died by suicide in 30 B.C.” What does
they refer to?
a. The Great's generals
b. Julius Caesar and Cleopatra
c. Julius Caesar and Anthony
d. Anthony and Cleopatra
What am I?
I inhabit a small area in south-western Western
Australia. My species was quite widespread in
Australia before European settlement but now we are
endangered.
I prefer areas of open woodland. I forage for my
food in the mornings and afternoons. At night I sleep
in hollow logs or under fallen timber.
My body is about 25 centimeters long. My bushy tail
is nearly as long as my body. I am covered in a
reddish-brown coat with white stripes. My front legs
are shorter then my back legs and I have small claws.
My ears are short but my snout is long I have a
very long, sticky tongue for eating termites I can eat
over 10000 termites in one day.
I am a marsupial mammal. What animal am I?
83. The text is trying to ….
a. describe the life of marsupial mammal
b. describe what kangaroo is
c. let us know the real life of kangaroo
d. make us guess what animal it is
84. Where does the animal sleep at night?
a. under the tree
b. next to the hollow logs
c. inside the hole of the wood
d. beside the wood
85. “I prefer areas of open woodland”
What does “I” refer to?
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The writer c. Kangaroo
The mammal d. Marsupial
F. READING TEXT ON WORKING EXPERIENCE
In 1592, Galileo was appointed professor of mathematics
at the University of Padua. While teaching there, he
frequently visited a place called the Arsenal, where Venetian
ships were docked and loaded. Galileo had always been
interested in mechanical devices. Naturally, during his visits
to the Arsenal, he became fascinated by nautical
technologies, such as the sector and shipbuilding. In 1593, he
was presented with the problem involving the placement of
oars in galleys. He treated the oar as a lever and correctly
made the water the fulcrum. A year later, he patented a
model for a pump. His pump was a device that raised water
by using only one horse.
86. What is the main idea of the text?
a. Galileo was the professor of mathematic
b. Galileo had always been interested in mechanical
device.
c. Galileo became fascinated by nautical technologies.
d. Galileo patented a model for a pump.
87. What inspired Galileo in his invention of pump?
a. The placement of oars in galleys
b. The nautical technologies
c. Mechanical devices
d. The sector and shipbuilding
88. “A year later, he patented a model for a pump.”
What is the synonym of the underlined word?
Discovered c. Granting a right
Invented d. Claiming temporarily
Born in Cambridge, England in 1948, the youngest
child of Professor Brin Newton-John and Irene, daughter of
Nobel Prize winning physicist, Max Born, Olivia moved to
Melbourne, Australia with her family when she was five. By
the age of fifteen, she had formed an all-girl group called Sol
Four. Later that year she won a talent contest on the
popular TV show, “Sing, Sing, Sing,” which earned her a trip
to London. By 1963, Olivia was appearing on local daytime TV
shows and weekly pop music programs in Australia. Olivia
cut her first single for Decca Records in 1966, a version of
Jackie DeShannon’s "Till You Say You’ll Be Mine." In 1971, she
recorded a cover of Bob Dylan’s "If Not For You," co-produced
by John Farrar, who she continues to collaborate with today.
89. What is the text about?
a. The youngest child of Professor Brin Newton-John.
b. A daughter of Nobel Prize winning physicist, Max Born.
c. Olivia career
d. The history Olivia’s songs
90. When did she win a talent contest?
a. 1948 c. 1966
b. 1963 d. Unknown
91. “Olivia cut her first single for Decca Records in 1966”
What is the synonym of the underlined word?
a. Issued c. Slice
b. Into pieces d. Break into two parts
Meghan Nuttall Sayres is a writer and tapestry weaver
from Washington State who raises sheep, spins and colors
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the yarn for her tapestries with natural plant dyes. b. Before playing percussion instrument
She has traveled in Iran, Turkey, Qatar, and c. When playing drums in rhythm
Uzbekistan, where she has met with scholars, carpet d. In his early ages
weavers, dyemasters and merchants to study the age-
old techniques, symbolism, and Sufi poetry that infuse 99. What kind of music did he produce?
many rugs woven throughout the Middle East. While in a. Rock c. Orchestral
Iran, she attended their First International Children’s b. Jazz d. Uncategorized
Book Festival to speak about her debut novel,
Anahita’s Woven Riddle, a story about an Iranian 100. “...He was a self-taught composer and performer,...”
nomadic carpet weaver (Harry N. Abrams, Amulet What is the meaning of the underlined phrase?
Books, 2006) This book is an ALA Top Ten Best Books Diligent c. Learning by himself
YA 2006, An Indie Pick Winter 2006/2007, and an Serious d. Taught by someone else
ALA Amelia Bloomer Project Feminist Book Selection
2008.

92. What is Meghan Nuttal Sayres?

a. A writer and tapestry weaver
b. Sheep Rancher and Yarn coloring
c. Planter dye
d. A carpet weaver
93. Where was she from?
a. somewhere in Middle East
b. United States
c. Iran
d. Turkey
94. Why did she travel around Middle East countries?
a. to meet masters of carpet weavers and dye
b. to study old-technique poetry
c. to attend book festival
d. to promote her novel
95. “...from Washington State who raises sheep,...”
What is the similar meaning to the underlined
word?
Grows c. Lifts
Brings d. Takes

Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 –

December 4, 1993) was an American composer,
singer, electric guitarist, record producer, and
film director. In a career spanning more than 30
years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic,
orchestral, and musique concrète works. He also
directed feature-length films and music videos,
and designed album covers. Zappa produced
almost all of the more than 60 albums he
released with the band Mothers of Invention and
as a solo artist. While in his teens, he acquired a
taste for percussion-based avant-garde
composers such as Edgard Varèse and 1950s
rhythm and blues music. He began writing
classical music in high school, while at the same
time playing drums in rhythm and blues bands he
later switched to electric guitar. He was a self-
taught composer and performer, and his diverse
musical influences led him to create music that
was often impossible to categorize.

97. What can you infer about Zappa from the text?
a. He is a music producer
b. His talent is only focused on music
c. He is a good singer and guitarist
d. He is a multi talented in music
98. When did he play electric guitar?
a. In 1993

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