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Many young people have difficulty deciding where they will live when the time comes to leave home and make their own way in the world. Among the more common alternatives are sharing a house or flat with other young people, and finding full board and lodgings in someone else's home. Renting a house with other young people offers the advantage of a high degree of freedom and independence. On the down side, renting involves a variety of responsibilities that may be more than you wish to take on. This would mean you would be responsible for making large rental payments if one or more of the people you are sharing with should move out of the house or flat. t might also mean that you are held financially responsible if they damage the dwelling. !inding board and lodgings, on the other hand, has significant advantages. "enerally you have no responsibility for the cleaning or maintenance of the dwelling or its gardens, other than to take reasonable care of your room. #owever, living in board and lodging circumstances has its drawbacks too. $ou have less freedom and fle%ibility in your lifestyle. n the end, the decision each person makes will depend on their own personal valuing of independence and of convenience, as well as their feeling of readiness for taking on the considerable financial and other responsibilities of house or flat rental. &. The te%t mainly discusses about ' C. supply of materials A. sharing a house (. cleaning a house ). deciding where to live *. renting a house +. finding full board .. The writer/s purpose of writing the te%t is ' A. to present two points of view about deciding where to live ,. -!inding board and lodgings, on the other hand, has significant advantages. The underlined word means ' A. gained position B. rooms rented to live (. to persuade readers to rent a house with other young people ). to describe how to decide to find a rented house *. to inform readers how to decide where to live D. work of cutting down tree E. ability to convince

+. to e%plain how to find board and lodgings

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1hat do you think about home schooling2 *o you think it's a good idea concerning sociali3ation and all2 (elieved to be first introduced in the 4.0. decades ago, home schooling is now mushrooming in the country. This phenomenon seems to be in response to the fact that children's rights are sidelined in

the arena of formal education. As an alternative education system, home schooling could become a popular choice for children of school age. #ome schooling provides kids with educational opportunities that traditional public schooling has not provided. t offers a refreshing system by which students are encouraged to be creative and e%press themselves. 0tudents will discover the thrill and sense of accomplishment that self5initiated learning can bring. On the other hand, some people believe that home schooling can be inefficient and e%pensive. 0tudents/ social life is, indeed, something to be concerned about in home schooling education. Most school districts make sincere attempts to keep their home schooled students active participants in the social, athletic, and e%tracurricular life of the school. t is strongly recommended that parents contact home schooling resource that may be able to put them in touch with kids who have gone through home schooling and those who are currently being home schooled. Talking with them would be a great way for parents to make a more informed decision about their kids/ education. 6. The te%t mainly discusses about ' A. kids/ education (. students/ sociali3ation problem ). education problem *. an alternative education system +. popular public schooling 7. 1hat does the writer suggest that parents do before making decision to provide home schooling for their kids2 A. t's a good idea concerning sociali3ation and all. (. 8arents provide home schooling for their children. ). 8ublic schooling education offers refreshment system. *. 8arents seek home schooling resource/s information. +. 8arents always keep their home schooled kids active. 9. -' parents contact home schooling resource that may be able to put them in touch with kids who have gone through home schooling:

The underlined phrase means '. A. connected B. known Text 3

C. concerned D. informed E. hang out

THE ISSUE OF PO !"#$! 8olygamy has still become an actual topic to discuss. 8eople react this issue in different opinions. Today in the ,&st )entury polygamy persists and is legally permitted in Muslim ma;ority ndonesia. The &<=6 Marriage Act in Article . states that a husband may have up to four wives on condition that the wife consents. !urther Article 7 cites three instances where a husband may practise polygamy> the wife is unable to e%ecute the obligation of a wife? the wife has ac@uired a bodily handicap or incurable disease? the wife is unable to bear children. 1oman/s rights advocates re;ect this provision of the law as it works against women. They perceive the conditions that allow a husband to practise polygamy are from perspective of the husband/s interests.

slam allows a man to have up to four wives in the conte%t of caring for orphans, and it emphasi3es that the women must be treated e@ually. f the man is unable to do this, the man may only have one wife. The Aoran does not issue a recommendation or a command to commit polygamy. Thus the principle marriage in slam is monogamy, not polygamy. (ecause of this polygamy should be banned. =. !rom the te%t we infer that ' A. 8olygamy can be accepted by all people. (. 8olygamy is the women/s rights. ). All religions let men do polygamy. *. Men are let perform polygamy by strict re@uirements. +. ndonesian laws ban polygamy. B. 1hat makes most women disagree with 8olygamy2 A. the husband/s une@ual treatment (. the husband/s interest ). the husband/s attention *. the money condition +. the daily needs fulfilment <. #usbands are let practise polygamy when ' , except ' A. his wife approves it (. his wife refuses it ). his wife cannot give birth to a child *. his wife suffers from incurable diseases +. his wife cannot perform her obligation

Text % "enetic research has produced both e%citing and frightening possibilities. 0cientists are now able to create new forms of life in the laboratory due to the development of gene splicing. On the other hand, the ability to create life in the laboratory could greatly benefit mankind. !or e%ample, because it is very e%pensive to obtain insulin from natural sources, scientists have developed a method to manufacture it ine%pensively in the laboratory. Another beneficial application of gene splicing is in agriculture. 0cientists foresee the day when new plants will be developed using nitrogen from the air instead of from fertili3er. Therefore food production could be increased. n addition, entirely new plants could be developed to feed the world/s hungry people. Cot everyone is e%cited about gene splicing, however. 0ome people feel that it could have terrible conse@uences. A laboratory accident, for e%ample, might cause an epidemic of an unknown disease that could wipe out humanity. As a result of this controversy, the government has made rules to control genetic e%periments. 1hile some members of the scientific community feel that these are too strict, many other people feel that are still not strict enough. &D. The te%t above implies that ' A. "enetic research always have bad effects on human development (. The government ignores the genetic research implementation ). All scientists approve of the application of genetic research *. "enetic research creates controversy among the scientists +. +veryone is satisfied with the development of genetic research &&. 1hich of the following is the beneficial use of gene splicing2 ). the insulin development *. the fertili3er production +. the plant growing in laboratory

A. the laboratory accident (. the epidemic of an disease

unknown

&,. 1hat can endanger the e%istence of human life relating to genetic splicing2 A. the discovery of insulin from natural source (. the ability to create life in laboratory ). the insulin manufacturing in laboratory *. the development of gene splicing +. the epidemic of an unknown disease

Text & Television has certainly changed our lives. Today, most people watching TE to going to the cinema. 1ithout it, nobody would have paid much attention to national or international5

historical, political, sports, sport, etc. +ven, television proved that pictures of suffering can move a nation to pity. (esides, many things can be learnt from TE. Are there any disadvantages of TE2 Many parents admitted that they found difficulties to stop their children/s bad habit, for e%ample, they spend their leisure time for watching TE more than reading. )hildren become very la3y and irresponsible for their main tasks. This is of course denied by TE producers of people whose work is related to TE. They are very sure that there are a lot of benefits of TE for viewers, especially children or students. On the other hand, they honestly admit that some TE programs can endanger children/s mental. They regret because parents sometimes don/t have much time to watch TE together with their children. They suggest parents to have more discussion with their children on any programs they have seen.

&.. The communicative purpose of this te%t is ' A. to describe the general information about TE (. to persuade the readers not to watch TE ). to present two points of view about TE *. to inform the reader about the effect of TE +. to retell events about the history of TE

&7. The main idea of the first paragraph is ' A. TE has become the part of modern people/s life. (. TE has turned the modern people/s life. ). TE has given some en;oyments to the viewers. *. TE has provided viewers some information. +. TE has played the important role in modern people/s life.

&6. The part of the te%t which contains statement and preview is ' A. point (. elaboration ). conclusion *. argument +. issue &9. 1ho is persuaded to consider the effect of TE2 A. TE producers (. )hildren ). 8arents *. "overnment

+. TE programmers

Text ' " O(# I)#TION "lobali3ation is a social change formed by the increase of interrelation among society and its elements and happens because of acculturation and technology development. "lobali3ation gives new

nuance and wide impact to the immigrants in different culture. 1orld becomes more various in aspect of ethnics, race and skin colour. Cowadays social growth brings about the cultural changes which have pluralistic and cultural characters. "lobali3ation has positive effect if we can adapt better, by improving the self @uality and selective attitude to the foreign cultural adoption. The positive of globali3ation can be seen in the change of the development system. n this case, national development has given wide opportunity for ndonesian society to get proper education. n the change of life view, globali3ation e%pands the concept of the balance between material and immaterial development. Cevertheless, globali3ation results in some negative effects as well. The society e%periences cultural shock because they are not ready to accept the foreign culture immediately. "lobali3ation makes the value in social life not ready to anticipate the changes happened in the community. t may bring about cultural value destruction having been adopted by the local society. "ood or bad, the changes that caused by the globali3ation must be faced with selective attitude to receive the new culture and strong self5ability to fight for it. A. 1e must accept the globali3ation &=. 1hat is the main idea of the te%t2 blindly. A. "lobali3ation only creates bad (. 1e must refuse the globali3ation effect. strictly. (. "lobali3ation causes the life style ). 1e must throw away the change. globali3ation. ). "lobali3ation destroys the social *. 1e must prevent the spread of values. globali3ation. *. "lobali3ation has good and bad +. 1e must face the globali3ation influence. wisely. +. "lobali3ation cannot be avoided. &<. -It may bring about cultural value &B. 1hat does the writer recommend us to destruction having been adopted by face the globali3ation2

the local society.: F8aragraph 6G. 1hat does it refer to2 A. 0ociety (. )ulture Text *

). "lobali3ation *. )ommunity +. Ealue

SHOU D T+ FOOD CO$$E,CI# S T#,"ETTIN" CHI D,EN (E (#NNED)hildren in developed countries are facing serious health ha3ards, such as obesity, that are thought to be directly linked to their pattern on consumption influenced by ;unk food commercials during children/s TE programs. Cew Healand is considering a ban following a finding that 97 percent of all the commercials during children/s TE programs promote food that is high in fat, sugar, and salt content such as sweets, snacks, drinks and ice cream. )hild diabetes and dental problems have been attributed to such foodstuffs. Most +uropean 4nion members have also launched strict regulations against children/s TE commercials, but only 0weden and Corway have seriously attempted to a complete ban. Responses to the policy have varied? some have protested against it, while others have ad;usted their approaches to marketing their snack products.

A study of Ofcom, a media regulating body in the 4A, found that commercials do not have a direct impact on children/s eating habits. A commercials ban would therefore not mean much in reducing the childhood obesity rate. 1hat has been found to have direct impact is the change in the eating habits of the community, whose access to instant meals is increasing all the time. More people have less time to prepare food, so variations of instant food are increasingly becoming a choice, despite the fact that most of these meals are fatty, calorie5laden and high in slat and sugar content. Another argument against the ban is that child obesity has more to do with a sedentary lifestyle than with TE commercials. Today/s children spend more hours before the television or computer than on active play, leading to the calories piling on and turning into fat. n short, proponents of the ban base are that child obesity their argument on the health risks facing obese children who will likely grow up obese and prone to disease. They believe that banning the commercials, children will be less likely to consume ;unk food. ,D. 1hat is the view of commercials ban protesters2 A. Iunk food commercials threat the children/s health. (. The commercials ban makes the children obese. ). The commercials would decrease the childhood obesity rate.

*. The commercials have no direct impact on children/s eating habit. +. The commercials have changed the lifestyle of the community. ,&. 0ome countries have launched the TE commercials ban in order to ' A. abolish the broadcasts of commercials on TE at all (. protect the children from consuming ;unk food ). promote the health risk of suffering obesity *. reduce the childhood obesity +. regulate the broadcast of food commercials ,,. !rom the last paragraph we infer that ' A. the children/s obesity is prone to fatal disease Text /

(. the commercials ban will completely reduce the children/s obesity ). the commercials ban will reduce ;unk food consumption *. the children will likely to grow up obese +. the proponents will keep on fighting to ban the commercials ,.. ' ,such as obesity, that are thought to be directly lin.ed to their pattern on consumption ' 1hat is the synonym of the underlined word2 A. dialled (. glued ). lined *. nstalled +. Relate

THE CONT,O+E,S! OF H#,NESSIN" SO #, ENE,"! 1e often hear about solar car, solar heating or solar batteries. (ut will solar energy ever be a ma;or source of energy for industrial societies2 The solar energy F,6G JJJJJJJ cheaper than any other fossil fuels because we can F,7G JJJJJJJJ the abundant source from the sun.

n sunny desert areas, 7DK of the sun/s radiation that reaches the ground could be used to F,9G JJJJJJJJJJ electricity of business and industry to provide heat, light and hot water for homes. +%perimental solar ponds can produce hot water to drive generators. 4nfortunately, we can/t yet power our homes entirely on sunlight. 0olar energy can only be e%ploited in bright light. ts great potential, therefore, is in F,=G JJJJJJJJ countries that have clear skies for most of the year, while most houses are not always in the sunniest part of the world. F,BG JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ, to harness to solar power, solar cells are needed to convert the sunlight directly into electricity. 0olar cells F,<G JJJJJJJJ very cheap to run, but relatively to buy and many people can/t afford it.

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