Soal SPMB Bahasa Inggris Tahun 2002

Fertilizer is any substance that can be added to soil to provide chemical elements essential for plant nutrition. Natural substances such as animal droppings and straw have been used as fertilizers for thousands of years, and lime has been used since the Romans introduced it during the Empire. It was not until the nineteenth century, in fact, that chemical fertilizers became popular. Today, both natural and synthetic fertilizers are available in a variety of forms. A complete fertilizer is usually marked with a formula consisting of three numbers, such as 4-8-2 or 3-6-4, which designate the percentage content of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash in the order stated.

Synthetic fertilizer are available in either solid or liquid form. Solids, in the shape of chemical granules are popular because they are easy to store and apply. Recently, liquids have shown an increase in popularity, accounting for about 20 percent of the nitrogen fertilizer used throughout the world. Formerly powders were also used, but these were found to be less convenient than either solids or liquids.

Fertilizer have no harmful effects on the soil, the crop, or the consumer as long they are used according to recommendations based on the results of local research. Occasionally, however, farmers may use move fertilizer than necessary, damaging not only the crop but also the animals of humans that eat it. Accumulations of fertilizer in the water supply accelerate the growth of algae and, consequently, may disturb the natural cycle of life, contributing to the death of fish. Too much fertilizer or grass can cause digestive disorders in cattle and in infants who drink cow’s milk.

1. SPMB 2002

The topic of the text is ….
A. natural and synthetic fertilizer
B. the formula of complete fertilizers
C. effects of fertilizers on the soil
D. the solid and liquid forms of synthetic fertilizers
E. the damage caused by using excessive fertilizers

2. SPMB 2002

The function of any fertilizer is ….
A. to produce natural substances for plants
B. to make chemical granules easy to store and apply
C. to prevent the crop from being damaged
D. to replace animal droppings and lime
E. to provide rich nutrients to plants

3. SPMB 2002

In the formula 4-8-2, the content of ….
A. phosphoric acid is twice as much as that of nitrogen
B. nitrogen is much less than that of potash
C. potash is greater than of nitrogen
D. nitrogen is equal to that of potash and phosphoric acid
E. phosphoric acid is half of that nitrogen

4. SPMB 2002

According to the text, which of the following statements is true about fertilizers?
A. Today, farmers do not use animal dung to fertilize their plants.
B. Throughout the world liquid fertilizers are more popular than solids.
C. Using fertilizers in farming is a modern phenomenon.
D. Farmers were introduced to synthetic fertilizers in the 1800 s.
E. Powders are used as an alternative of solids and liquids.

5. SPMB 2002

Which of the following is not the result of using excessive fertilizers?
A. Water creatures may die.
B. The soil can yield the expected crop.
C. Humans and animals may be intoxicated.
D. The growth of algae in water may increase.
E. Cow’s milk may harm consumers.

The YHA (Youth Hostels Association) welcomes quests – young or old, individuals or groups. who need a wheelchair to get around or who have visual, hearing or other handicaps. We have many positive advantages to offer – above all friendly companionship and inexpensive accommodation at hostels throughout England and Wales, in the country-side, in cities, towns and on the coast.
Of course there have to be some ‘ifs’. We must be realistic. Only one of our hostels – Broad Haven on the Pembroke shire coast – is specially designed to cater for handicapped people. Other hostels (castles, old mills, mansions, former schools, town houses and country cottages) vary greatly in such things as accessibility (particularly for wheelchair), the amount of ground floor accommodation available, the with of doorway and the number of downstairs toilets.

6. SPMB 2002

The topic of the text is ….
A. the best youth hostels in the world
B. the hostels operated by the YHA
C. a special hostel for YHA staff members
D. the types of buildings used as hostels
E. the importance of hostels for the handicapped

7. SPMB 2002

What is ‘unusual’ about the YHA is that it ….
A. provides inexpensive accommodation
B. is owned by a group of youngsters
C. particularly locates its hostels on the coast.
D. has a hostel for handicapped people
E. has hostel with different types of architecture

About one hundred eighty million years ago, strange flying reptiles called pterosaurs first appeared on Earth. Some were smaller than sparrows but others may have been large than planes. Their wings, which were somewhat like the wings of bats, were made of thin, leathery skin stretched across slender bones. Of all, the dinosaurs, pterosaurs were the only ones that could fly.

When pterosaurs died, some of them fell into lakes, marshes, or seas where their bodies were covered by layers of mud and earth. Slowly, over thousands of years, the earth around the bones and the space inside them filled with minerals and became hard, or fossilized. Scientists can now tell what pterosaurs looked like by examining these preserved skeletons. Because scientists can determine the age rocks in which fossils are found, they know when different types of pterosaurs lived.

8. SPMB 2002

The main information of the paragraph is about ….
A. scientific methods in examining fossils
B. the history of flying reptiles
C. the unique size and ability of pterosaurs
D. the importance of scientific study
E. the only flying reptiles of the dinosaur family

9. SPMB 2002

Scientists can determine the age in which pterosaurs lived by ….
A. examining layers of mud and earth
B. comparing pterosaurs with animals alive today
C. measuring the wingspans of pterosaurs
D. studying the rocks around the pterosaur fossils
E. analyzing the minerals that let to fossilization

The term placebo is used to describe a pill that contains no medical ingredients but that often produces the same effect as real medicine. Placebos …(10)… ample proof that expectations can have an effect on body chemistry. Studies conducted over the past 25 years have shown that placebos …(11)… relieved symptoms in an average of 35 percent of patients tested. There symptoms …(12)… fever, severe post-operative pain, anginal plain, headache, and anxiety. The …(13)… for this strange phenomenon is that the human mind can create actual change in body chemistry as a result of what it believes. If, ….(14)…. a person believes that a certain medication contains a substance that can accomplish a specific need, the body tends to move in that direction.

10. SPMB 2002

A. discover
B. contain
C. establish
D. maintain
E. provide

11. SPMB 2002

A. satisfy
B. satisfaction
C. satisfying
D. satisfactory
E. satisfactorily

12. SPMB 2002

A. include
B. inclusion
C. inclusive
D. included
E. including

13. SPMB 2002

A. solution
B. discussion
C. intention
D. explanation
E. addition

14. SPMB 2002

A. for example
B. in addition
C. such as
D. in turn
E. as well as

15. SPMB 2002

“What is a pediatrician?”
“Oh, it’s a doctor …. specialization is treating children.”
A. whom
B. which
C. who
D. that
E. whose

16. SPMB 2002

The expensive treatment had been well researched, however, ….
A. it cured the patient effectively
B. it could comfort the patient
C. it was not very effective
D. it made the patient feel well
E. it did not cause discomfort

17. SPMB 2002

“Does Anto know that Myrna had an accident yesterday?”
“I don’t thing so. We …. as soon as we were informed.”
A. may have told him
B. should have told him
C. had to tell him
D. must have told him
E. had better tell him

18. SPMB 2002

They have worked hard to prevent excessive government spending protect environment, and ….
A. provide quality education
B. the provision of quality education
C. providing quality education
D. quality education is provided
E. for providing quality education

19. SPMB 2002

“I wonder where my reading glasses are. Have you seen them?’
“No, I haven’t. You …. left them in the office.”
A. should have
B. must be having
C. must be having
D. could have
E. ought to have

20. SPMB 2002

…. she was able to achieve what she had dreamed of.
A. Carefully did she plan her future
B. She planned her future carefully
C. Her future was planned with care
D. Her future was carefully planned
E. Having planned her future carefully

21. SPMB 2002

“When are you going to tell your sister the good news?”
“When she …. from her business trip.
A. will be returning
B. is gong to return
C. returns
D. was returning
E. had returned

22. SPMB 2002

“If I had known you needed a camera for your project, I could have lent you mine”. ‘Oh …..
A. thanks a lot for the camera
B. I didn’t know you had a camera
C. I’ll borrow it from you then
D. thanks, it’s an excellent camera
E. I’ ll. soon return it.

23. SPMB 2002

The Amazon valley is extremely important to the ecology of the earth. Forty percent of the world’s oxygen …. there.
A. are being produced
B. are produced
C. is being produced
D. is produced
E. was produced

24. SPMB 2002

“I need to do some exercise to stay fit.”
“Have you considered …. for one hour everyday?”
A. walking
B. you walk
C. to walk
D. to be walking
E. walk

25. SPMB 2002

‘Hari started learning to play chess when he was only five years old won his first national chess competition when he was ten’.
This means that Hari … to play chess very well by the time he was 10 years old.
A. had learned
B. was learning
C. will have learned
D. would learn
E. has learned

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