Soal SPMB Bahasa Inggris Tahun 2005

The catastrophe called the Great Dying, which occurred between the Permian and Triassic periods wiped out 90 percent of the planet’s marine life and 70 percent of all plant and animal life. The most recent popular scientific belief about what caused it was the impact of a large object from space, but the examination of sediment and fossils deposited at the time has led two groups of scientists to revise this belief.

Animals and plants both on land and in the sea were dying at the same time and apparently from the same causes- ‘too much beat and too little oxygen,’ said Peter Ward, a University of Washington paleontologist. In their research published in Science Express, the groups found increased levels of sulphur and depleted oxygen in the ancient rock. Ward and his team of researchers from the United States and South Africa thought that the sulphur came from continued volcanic eruptions in an area known as the Siberian Trap. The eruptions warmed the Earth, trapped sunlight, and depleted oxygen in the air.

At the same time, the Earth’s shitting tectonic plates lowered the levels of the ocean, exposing seabeds and releasing methane trapped in the sediment there, further increasing the global warning. The temperatures kept rising so that it got hotter and until it reached a critical point causing everything to die. Temperatures around the world rose 8 degrees, killing off plants which served as food animals, thereby starving them. In addition, oxygen levels dropped to about 16 percent the atmosphere, whereas normal levels today are at 21.

Therefore, it is believed that widespread volcanic eruptions that led to global warning was likely the cause of massive extinction 250 million years ago, not the impact of an asteroid of comet

1. SPMB 2005

Which of the following is NOT the cause of the massive extinction millions of year ago?
A. Increased global warning.
B. Sudden drop of high temperatures.
C. Gradual less of oxygen.
D. Widespread eruptions of volcanoes.
E. High rate of sulphur emissions.

2. SPMB 2005

From the text we may conclude that the writer’s objective is to show the public that
A. the Great Dying occurred two hundred and fifty million years ago
B. there is a now theory about the cause of the Great Dying
C. the enormous extinction on earth was caused by the fall of a comet
D. it was during the Permian and Triassic periods that the earth changed
E. the Great Dying referred to the dying of marine life the world

3. SPMB 2005

The text tells us about
A. the extinction of global life
B. research conducted by scientists
C. the effect of the shifting of tectonic plates
D. Prof. Ward, the anthropologist
E. The cause of the Great Dying

4. SPMB 2005

What was most probably the cause of the Great Dying?
A. Volcanic eruptions in the area called the Siberian Trap
B. The shifting of tectonic plates caused by terrible earthquakes
C. The publication of scientists researches in the United States and in Africa
D. The finding of excessive amounts of sulphur and lack of oxygen in the ancient rock
E. The massive extinction of animal and plant life on the planet

5. SPMB 2005

Marine life in line 2 means the life of ___
A. all life existing in the sea
B. people working for sea-lines
C. creatures living in nature
D. sailors living in nature
E. fisherman living along the beach

TEXT II

(1) ........................................................................................... (2) It often must be distinguished from lack of communication, for the rapid spread of rumor may very well be due to effective communication. (3) The term rumor refers not to a method of its communication, but to its content. (4) Under crowd conditions, it become difficult to check the source and accuracy of the information one receives, and thus to evaluate it, and so rumors are acted on as if they were true information. (5) Rumor often arises because of a lack of information. (6) People want to know what is happening, and so the rumor fills that need. (7) Many TV programs provide gossips specially those about celebrities. (8) Rumor may also be created as a rationalization or justification for emotional excesses and collective behavior.

6. SPMB 2005

The sentence which is irrelevant to the text is sentence number_________
A. three
B. five
C. six
D. seven
E. eight

7. SPMB 2005

Which sentence would best begin the paragraph above?
A. Collective behavior is very much affected by communication
B. The method of communication should be improved to avoid misunderstanding
C. A rumour is a widespread report that is not confirmed as fact
D. The source of rumour is generally very unreliable
E. The people who create rumours do not think rationally

TEXT III

The term ‘primitive art’ has been used in a variety of ways to describe works and styles of art. One way that this term has been used is to describe the early period within the development of a certain style of art. Another way is to describe artists who have received little professional training and who demonstrate a non-traditional naivete in their work. A wonderful example of this second type of primitive artist is Grandma Moses, who spent all her life living on a farm and working at tasks normally associated with farm life. She did not begin painting until she reached the age of seventy-six, when she switched to painting from embroidery because the arthritis in her hands made embroidery to difficult. Totally without formal education art, she began creating panoramic images of everyday life on the farm that have achieved international fame.

8. SPMB 2005

Which of the following does NOT show the characteristic of ‘primitive art’?
A. The artist did not have formal education
B. It shows a particular naivete
C. The artist might not follow traditions
D. It does not have a professional touch
E. The artist started producing works at old age.

9. SPMB 2005

From the text we may conclude that
A. it is difficult to give a definition to primitive art
B. grandma Moses embroidered panoramic images of farm life
C. primitive art is a product of artists centuries ago
D. most primitive artists were people who live on farms
E. there is no difference between primitive and formal art

Scientists have experimented with a new procedure for alleviating the damage caused by strokes. Strokes are frequently caused by a blood clot staying in the tree of arteries in the head, choking the flow of blood. Some brain cells die as a __(10)__ result of the stroke, but others also die over several hours because the proteins spilling out of the first cells that die __(11)__ a chemical chain reaction that kills the __(12)___ cells. The current method of reducing the amount of damage is to give a clot dissolver, ____(13)_____ as TPA, as soon as possible. But generally TPA is not given to the patient until he or she __(14)__ the hospital, and it still does not immediately stop the damage. The new technology, still in the research stage, involves cooling the area or the patient __(15)__. It is already known that when an organ is cooled, damage is showed. This is why sometimes a person who __(16)__ into an icy pond is not significantly harmed __(17)__ being warmed up again.

10. SPMB 2005

A. directly
B. direction
C. directive
D. direct
E. directed

11. SPMB 2005

A. support
B. add
C. trigger
D. involve
E. prevent

12. SPMB 2005

A. neighbor
B. neighboring
C. neighborly
D. neighborhood
E. neighborliness

13. SPMB 2005

A. is known
B. knowing
C. know
D. which knows
E. known

14. SPMB 2005

A. reaches
B. reached
C. is reaching
D. will reach
E. was reaching

15. SPMB 2005

A. wholly
B. accordingly
C. entirely
D. commonly
E. perfectly

16. SPMB 2005

A. is falling
B. falls
C. was falling
D. fell
E. had fallen

17. SPMB 2005

A. as
B. hence
C. while
D. after
E. so that

18. SPMB 2005

In spite of the many vacancies in a neighboring factory, the unemployed in my village cannot get work because___
A. they need money
B. they have jobs
C. they are unfamiliar
D. they work part-time
E. they are unskilled

19. SPMB 2005

‘I haven’t got the report on the seminar held last week’
‘I’m sure it __________ on your desk yesterday’
A. put
B. being put
C. was putting
D. was put
E. putting

20. SPMB 2005

‘What has the donated money been used for?’
“…… a school for the needy”
A. We set up
B. Setting up
C. It is set up
D. In setting up
E. Sets up

21. SPMB 2005

Being lost, the tourist stopped _______ at his map for the place they wanted to visit.
A. looking
B. to look
C. looked
D. he looked
E. was looking

22. SPMB 2005

A : “This is the third time you do not submit your paper on time”
B : “I’m sorry, but there was a virus in my computer.”
A : ‘______”

A. I know it’s true
B. I can’t trust you
C. Don’t say that is the truth
D. Do you really expect me to believe that?
E. Oh yes, I quite agree that’s the case

23. SPMB 2005

‘How can you determine students’ ability in writing?’
‘For a start, ___ a five-hundred-word essay.’

A. the students write
B. the students are writing
C. have the students to write
D. the students have written
E. have the students write

24. SPMB 2005

‘Even though the speaker had been reminded that his time was up,___
A. he kept on talking
B. he stopped his presentation
C. he did not realize it
D. the audience enjoyed it
E. the talk was boring

25. SPMB 2005

‘Until now I haven’t found any decent place to live in.’
‘________________________________

A. Well, I’m very fortunate
B. You have to find a better one
C. I don’t mind sharing my flat with you
D. You shouldn’t stay in your old place
E. I guess, you like the place, don’t you

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