Soal SPMB Bahasa Inggris Tahun 2004

Scientists have discovered the bones of what may be the largest meat-eating dinosaur ever to walk the earth. The discovery was made by a team of researchers from Argentina and North America in Patagonia, a desert on the eastern slopes of the Andes in South America. Besides the interesting fact that the dinosaur was huge and horrifying, it is even more astounding that the bones of a number of the dinosaurs were found together. This discovery challenges the prior theory that the biggest meat eaters live as loners and instead indicates that they may have lived and hunted in packs. The Tyrannosaurus Rex live in North America and was believed to hunt and live alone.

The newly discovered meat-eater appears to be related to the Giganotosaurus family. being as closely related to it as a fox would be to a dog. It is actually not of the same family at all as the Tyrannosaurus Rex. being as different from it as a cat is from a dog.

The fossilized remains indicate that the animals lived about 100 million years ago. With needle-shaped noses and razor sharp teeth, they were larger than the Tyrannosaurus Rex, although their legs were slightly shorter and their jaws were designed to be better able to cut the body of their prey into pieces quickly and precisely.

1. SPMB 2004

The main information of the text is about __________.
A. the discovery made Patagonia
B. the research on dinosaurs
C. the bones of dinosaurs
D. the types of dinosaurs
E. the meat-eating dinosaur

2. SPMB 2004

The researchers found the bones of a new type of dinosaur in ___________.
A. Argentina
B. North America
C. East Patagonia
D. the Andes forests
E. South America

3. SPMB 2004

From the text we may conclude that ________.
A. the jaws of dinosaurs were shape the same.
B. dinosaurs’ characteristics and way of live are different
C. North America was the origin of all dinosaurs
D. dinosaurs could not live together with their own kind
E. all dinosaurs have the same bones and the same height

4. SPMB 2004

The bones of the dinosaurs discovered recently shows that the newly-discovered dinosaurs _____.
A. are closely related to those living in North America
B. Have the same bone structure as those of foxes and dogs
C. eat their prey in neat pieces due to the shape of their jaws
D. lived a hundred million years earlier than other dinosaurs
E. belong to the same family and origin as the Giganotosaurus

5. SPMB 2004

Which of the following is TRUE about the newly discovered dinosaurs?
A. They are called Tyrannosaurus Rex.
B. They liked living as loners.
C. They are called Giganotosaurus.
D. They used to live in groups.
E. They were not as huge as other dinosaurs

Nutrition message can be very confusing. One minute you’re advised to eat plenty of fruit and vegetables to get your essential vitamins and minerals and next, you’re told that too many vitamins might actually be harmful. But wait! If you take vitamin supplements, you should be aware that very high intakes of some vitamins could be potentially harmful. If you eat a healthy, balanced diet, then there is no need for you to take supplements. Here are some of the effects that excessive intakes of some vitamins can have : too much vitamin A can cause nausea headaches, blurred vision, and orange skin color and possibly even liver damage. Over-consumption of vitamin D can lead to loss of appetite, weakness and excessive thirst and the other fat-soluble vitamins E and K can interfere with some blood clotting medications. We all know how good vitamin C can be for us but did you know that too much of it can form kidney stones? High levels of vitamin B6 can also cause nerve damage.

6. SPMB 2004

Which of the following is the best thing for our health?
A. To eat fruit and vegetables only.
B. Not to consume any supplement.
C. To have a diet balanced in nutrition.
D. Not to take vitamins at all.
E. To take a daily, high dosage of vitamin C.

7. SPMB 2004

The topic of the above paragraph is ___________
A. the effects of vitamin supplements
B. confusing ideas about nutritious food
C. the harm of some vitamins to people
D. diseases caused by consuming vitamins
E. the effects of excessive intake of vitamins

Time is a very important commodity when you are a university student: there simply never seems to be enough of it to go around. You will need to attend classes. study, complete homework assignments, work on research. eat, sleep, perhaps hold down a part-time job, and maybe actually find time to relax for a moment or two. If you manage your time wisely. you will find that there is enough time to do all these things. One valuable tool in time management is to monitor how you spend your time for a week. Then, after you spend a week monitoring your time, you can evaluate what you have done with your time and learn to make the best use of it. During the week of personal time monitoring, you should divide each twentyfour hour day into fifteen minute blocks, so each day has ninety-six blocks of time. Than, write down how you spend each fifteen-minute period. At the end of a week, you will see just how much time you have not.

8. SPMB 2004

The author’s purpose of writing this text is to show _______.
A. how university students utilize their time
B. how to find out whether students know about timemanagement
C. how short time is for a student to complete his tasks
D. how students can manage their time to work productively
E. how to divide our day into fifteen-minute blocks

9. SPMB 2004

University students never seem to have enough time to go around because ________.
A. they have to attend classes and do their homework
B. they have to work part-time to play their tuition fee
C. they are not able to manage their time properly
D. they have regularly monitored and evaluated their time
E. they do not write down how they spend each fifteen-minute period

For several decades, the term “psychosomatic” has been in general use. It means min-body ____(10)___. But the precise way the mind affects the body has not been clearly defined. As the result of recent research. _____(11)_____, it is possible to say that specific changes take place throughout the body as the result of human attitudes. Placebos  a ‘pill’ that contains no medical ingredients but that often ____(12)____ the same effect as genuine medication  provide ample proof that expectations can have an effect on body chemistry. The explanation for his phenomenon is that the human mind can ____(13)____ actual changes in body-chemistry as a result of what it believes. If, for example, a person believes that a certain medication ____(14)_____ a substance that can accomplish a specific need, the body tends to move to that direction.

10. SPMB 2004

A. relate
B. relatively
C. relationship
D. relative
E. related

11. SPMB 2004

A. furthermore
B. however
C. moreover
D. therefore
E. in addition

12. SPMB 2004

A. establishes
B. enhances
C. activates
D. produces
E. concludes

13. SPMB 2004

A. create
B. creation
C. creative
D. created
E. creating

14. SPMB 2004

A. follows
B. contains
C. excludes
D. defines
E. improves

15. SPMB 2004

‘There’s a letter stating that Ina has to leave for the U.S. next week.’
‘Well, she ______ the news right away then.’
A. should tell
B. should have told
C. should be telling
D. should be told
E. should be telling it

16. SPMB 2004

‘Why don’t you want Amir to be the team leader?’
‘Well, I don’t like _______ people arround!’
A. his ordering
B. why he orders
C. he is ordering
D. he orders
E. with his ordering

17. SPMB 2004

This area is not feasible for transmigration because of its infertile soil and _________
A. it has a dry climate
B. the climate is dry
C. because the climate is dry
D. the dryness of the climate
E. dry climate

18. SPMB 2004

‘Even though he has seen a doctor. I can see that his condition is not improving.’
‘________ a specialist then!’
A. Does he have
B. Isn’t he seen
C. Have him see
D. He has see
E. He too has seen

19. SPMB 2004

‘How was your test?’
‘Not very good. I _______ much better if I had not misread the directions for the last section.’
A. might do
B. must have done
C. should do
D. could have done
E. would do

20. SPMB 2004

‘You were supposed to be here ten minute ago. Where were you?’
‘I _______ a specialist then!’
A. am looking
B. looked
C. have looked
D. look
E. was looking

21. SPMB 2004

If Angga had chosen to play football instead of going to Puncak with his friends on their motorbikes, he would not have got that terrible accident.
From the above sentence we may conclude that now Angga is _______
A. enjoying the holiday
B. hospitalized
C. very tired
D. still at the football field
E. in Puncak

22. SPMB 2004

Many people in the world are against the construction of nuclear power plants in their neighbourhood for fear of the accidents that may harm their lives: nevertheless, ________
A. governments insist on using nuclear power as alternative energy
B. most recently established stations are closed
C. there is no future for nuclear power industry
D. people still prefer various traditional kinds of energy
E. nuclear energy has many disadvantages over traditional ones

23. SPMB 2004

All the doctors in our hospital have their own practice room and each of them _____ a nurse to assist him.
A. needs
B. they need
C. he needs
D. need
E. to need

24. SPMB 2004

There tourists, _________ are Japanese, were among the crowd participating in the “dangdut” dance.
A. there are many
B. many of them
C. whose many
D. many of whom
E. they who

25. SPMB 2004

‘Why are your friends writing a petition to the headmaster?’
‘________ our canteen and sport facilities improved’.
A. Get
B. Getting
C. For getting
D. Got
E. To get

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