Text 1 for questions 1 to 4
The Foolish Neighbour
One fine morning Pak Adi went into his garden. He started digging. He wanted to dig a well. He wanted to get water from the well. He wanted the water for his flowers.
He dug for several hours. Soon there was a large pile of earth. His wife saw the pile of the earth and came out of the house. “I don’t want that pile of earth in the garden,” she said. “You must move it.” “I can’t put it in the street, can I? Where can I put it?” Pak Adi asked. “I don’t know,” his wife said. “You must find a place.”
Pak Adi put down his spade and went to the next house. His neighbour and friend, Pak Joyo, lived in the next house. “Good morning,” Pak Adi said. “You have a very big garden. It’s much bigger than mine.” “Yes, it is,” Pak Joyo said. “Can I put some of my earth in it?” Pak Adi asked. “I don’t want a pile of earth in my garden,” Pak Joyo said. “Then I‘ll dig a deep hole and put the earth in the hole.” “Very well,” Pak Joyo said. “You can do that.”
Pak Adi dug a deep hole in his neighbour’s garden. Then he filled the hole with earth from his garden. Pak Joyo came out of his house. He saw a pile of earth in his garden. “I don’t want your pile of earth in my garden,” he said. “Oh, that’s not my earth,” Pak Adi said. “That’s your earth. My earth is in that hole.”
1. Why did Pak Adi go into the garden?
a. to plant some flowers
b.to dig a well
c. to water his flowers
d.to move a pile of earth into a hole
e. to get water for his flowers
2. What did Pak Adi’s wife not like to see?
a. Many flowers d. The pile of earth
b.Her neighbour’s garden e. The well
c. Her neighbour’s flowers
3. What kind of a garden did Pak Joyo have?
a. a bigger garden than Pak Adi’s
b. a garden half as big as Pak Adi’s
c. a smaller garden than Pak Adi’s
d. a garden as small as Pak Adi’s
e. a garden as big as Pak Adi’s
4. What did Pak Joyo not want to see?
a. a hole in his neighbour’s garden
b. a hole in his own garden
c. flowers in his neighbour’s garden
d. a pile of earth in his own garden
e. flowers in his own garden
Text 2 for questions 5 to 7
Thailand campaigns against bird flu
THAILAND : In an effort to prevent another deadly bird flu outbreak, Thai official Monday began visiting every home in 29 provinces to pass on information about oreventing the virus.
Officials started knocking on doors in what the authorities call “the red zpne” to explain to locals how to protect themselves if they discover dead poultry, Charal Trinvuthipong, assistant to Adricultural Minister, told AFP .
Thailand on Saturday reported its 16th bird flu death. It was the kingdom`s second fatality this year and followed by new that 300,000 chickens were slaughtered to stem a new outbreak in the nortilast—AFP .
5. How did the Tahi officials prevent another deadly bird flu outbreak ?
a. By knocking on doors of the local people
b. By discovering dead poultry
c. By reporting the 16th bird flu death
d. By slaughtering 300,000 chickens
e. By visiting every home and giving explanations about preventing the virus.
6. "300,000 chickens were slaughtered to stem a new outbreak in the north east."
The underlined word is similar to ……..
a. to continue d. to begin
b. to stop e. to protect
c. to keep
7. The background event of the news item can be found in paragraph …….
a. one d. two and three
b. one and two e. three
c. two
Text 3 for questions 8 to 10
The bomb, in the resort of Kuta, destroyed the Sari Club and crowded night spot. Many people have fallen victims to this blast. Many of the were foreign tourist, especially from Australia. They were burned beyond recognition. Some tourist who were at the scene of the blast said there were to explosions around the night club. One bomb had exploded outside paddy’s Bar before a car bomb hit the Sari Club which was located some metres away Hundreds were injured in the explosions and about 220 Australians remain unaccounted for the UK Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, said that 33 Britons were among those killed in the Bali attack. The Australian Prime Minister, John Howard called on Indonesia to do more to fight terrorism within its borders, saying it had been a problem for a long time.
Lists of missing people have been posted in Bali and officials said that it could take days to identify all the victims, some of whom were trapped in the Sari Club by a wall of flames. A notice board at the hospital in Bali includes a section called a “Unknown Identity” and detailed lists on victims such as : “Young girl in intensive care, 11-14 years old face burned, income, Caucasian, “or” GIRL in intensive care, about 5 years old, 130 cm, fair skin, Caucasian with reddish brown hair. She has a purplish belly button ring.”
Many embassies, including the British and the American, are advising their people to cancel spending their planned holidays in Indonesia and all U.S. citizens in the country have been told to leave including diplomats and non-essential government staff.
8. The topic of paragraph two is about . . . . .
a. The effect of the explosions on the people
b. some foreigners who were injured
c. Australians as the main target of the explosion
d. the large number of victims in the accident
e. a lists of the injured people
9. Which of the statement is TRUE about the bomb ?
a. The bomb caused one explosions.
b. The bomb damaged the Sari Club and a crowded nightspot.
c. The explosion injured mostly domestic tourist
d. The bomb made the victims identified
e. were huge homemade bombs.
10. The following statements are true, except ………
a. there were two bars destroyed
b. many victims’ identities were “Unknown Identity”
c. many people were injured and killed
d. The Indonesian government forbade its people to go to Bali
e. some foreign embassies advised their people to cancel going to Bali
Text 4 for questions 11 to 13
Elephants
Elephants are the largest land animals alive today. These animals have special body characteristics, among them are tusks and trunk.
Elephant’s tusks are made of a hard, white substance like bone. When an elephant is angry, its trunk can be very dangerous. The tusks of elephants are actually its front teeth. People pay a lot of money for the ivory of an elephant’s tusk. The ivory from the tusks is made into many beautiful things.
The trunk of an elephant is s fusion of the nose and upper lip. An elephant uses its trunk in many ways. It pulls up trees with trunk when it wants to make a path through the jungle. It also uses its trunk to get water. The trunk can hold a lot of water, as an elephant needs to drink three hundreds pints of water every day.
11. The main topic of the text about is .............
a. an elephant’s habits
b.training an elephant
c. hunting an elephant
d.how an elephant uses its trunk
e. elephant’s tusks and trunks
12. According to the text, elephants................
a. are very weak animals
b. are the only animals with tusks
c. are the largest land animals in the world
d. are ancient animals
e. all are correct
13. Which statement is NOT TRUE according to the text?
a. the elephants are tame animal
b. an elephant drinks three hundreds pints of water every day
c. many people don’t want the ivory of elephants’ tusks
d. the ivory from the tusks are used as art things
e. the trunk is a fusion
Text 5 for questions 14 to 17
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy, the capital of region Venote. Together with Padua, the city is included in the Padua-venice Metropolitan area. Venice is also nicknamed as “Queen of the Adriatic”, “City of water”, “City of Bridges”, and “The City of Light.”
With the population of 271,251, the city etretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Benetian ogoon along the Adriatic Sea in north-ast Italy. Around 62,000 people inhabit the historic city of Venice (centro storico), 176,000 people live in firm land (Terraferma), mostly live in the large frazione of Mestre and Marghera, and 31,000 live on other islands in the logoon.
The Venetian Republic was a major maritime power and a very important center of commerce, especially silk, grain and spice trade. It was also the center of Renaissance art up to the end of the 17th century.
14. Which of the following is not the nickname of Venice ?
a. Centro Storico d. City of Bridges
b. Queen of the Adriatic e. The City of Light
c. City of Water
15. The Venetians live in this area, except …….
a. in the city of Venice
b. in Terraferma
c. in the large frazione of Mestre and Marghera
d. on other Islands in the Venetian Lagoon
e. in the metropolitan area
16. The second paragraph tells us about ……….
a. the population d. the culture
b. the geography e. the crops
c. the location
17. "The Venetian Republic was a major maritime power." This means that ….
a. The country had a powerful navy.
b. The country had a powerful army.
c. The country had a powerfulair force.
d. The country had powerful warriors.
e. The country had many powerful leaders.
Text 6 for questions 18 to 21
In Australia there are three levels of government, the federal government, state governments and local governments. All of these levels of government are necessary. This is so for a number of reasons.
First, the federal government is necessary for the big things. They keep the economy in order and look after things like defense.
Similarly, the state governments look after the middle-sized things. For example they look after law and order, preventing things like vandalism in schools.
Finally, local governments look after the small things. They look after things like collecting rubbish otherwise everyone would have diseases.
Thus, for the reasons above we can conclude that the three levels of government are necessary.
18. What is the text about? It is about ………
a. the things done by the governments
b. the definition of three levels of government
c. the logic of applying the three levels of government
d. the reasons of implementing the governments
e. the duties of the three levels of government
19. What is the purpose of the text?
a. to present to the readers that the governments should be like that
b. to describe to the readers about the process of founding the governments
c. to persuade the readers that the three levels of government are logical
d. to inform the readers about the differences among the governments
e. to explain to the readers why state and local governments are needed
20. Which statement is true according to the text?
a. Maintaining the economy in order is the federal government’s duty
b. Collecting rubbish is the example of the middlesized thing done by the government
c. State governments shouldn’t pay attention to vandalism in schools
d. One of the things done by the local governments is making the legislation related to defence
e. Looking after law and order is the duty of local governments
21. ‘Finally, local government look after the small things.’
The closest in meaning to the underlined word is …..
a. care for d. deal with
b. think about e. examine
c. consider
Text 7 for questions 22 to 25
Is X-ray examination necessary?
Students, do you know that there are many opinions concerning the use of x-ray and others don’t agree to the use of x-ray.
Well, some people agree that x-ray examination is beneficial. They say that doctors should use x-ray in examining a severe illness. If doctors don’t use the x-ray, they will miss some important information which is very useful in making a diagnose on the patient’s disease. And this will sometimes cause the doctor inaccurate in prescribing the medicine to cure the illness.
Not all patients agree with the use of x-ray examination, however. They think that using x-ray examination will cost them a lot of money. That’s really true. Another reason is the radiation of x-ray has some risk to the body tissues.
Well, as a result of this controversy, many people are planning a traditional health cure to avoid the high cost of hospital care. Whereas hospitals insist on having x-ray examinations on patients to get an accurate diagnose although the cost is very high.
22. The text mainly discusses about…
a. the controversy of using x-ray examination
b. the use of a traditional health cure
c. some opinions to avoid the use of x-ray
d. reasons why agree to use x-ray examination
e. illness cured by x-ray examination
23. The communicative purpose of the text is…
a. to criticize the current issues
b. to describe an important issue
c. to explain why something occurs
d. to share an account of unusual or amusing incidents
e. to present information and opinions about more than one side of an issue.
24. They will miss some important information which is very useful in making a diagnose on the patient’s disease. The word ‘they’ refers to ……….
a. Patients d. tissues
b. Doctors e. people
c. medicines
Text 8 for questions 25
One mystery about elephant that seems to have been solved is how elephants communicate with each other. Humans have heard a whole variety of sounds coming from elephants, but these sounds are not the only way that elephants communicate.
A new explanation about elephant communication is being proposed. Elephants vibrate the air in their trunks and foreheads. The sound that is created during this vibration has an extremely low pitch; the pitch, in fact, is so low that humans cannot hear it. However, it seems that other elephants can and do hear and understand these low rumblings.
Adapted from: Introductory course for the toefl test.
25. The passage mainly discusses?
a. The answer to a question about how elephants communicate.
b. How elephants vibrate the air in their trunks.
c. Communication between animals and humans.
d. The sounds that elephants make.
e. The interactive sound between animals and humans.
