Soal SPMB Bahasa Inggris Tahun 2007

Text 1

Technology plays an increasingly important part in our daily lives. While many technological developments may be beneficial-in the field of medicine, for instance-there are many others whose effects are less positive. We may find examples of these in the world of work, in the home and in the whole area of freedom and privacy. In the world of work, technological advances have had various negative effects. The development of robotics has meant that in industries, such as car-manufacturing, robots are replacing people. They work faster and more accurately and they don’t need breaks. As a result, industrial workers see work opportunities decreasing further and unemployment levels rising. In addition, more and more people are working from home using personal computers, which means that they lose the stimulus that comes from working in direct contact with other people and may feel isolated.

Finally, there are the implication of information technology for freedom and privacy. More facts about individuals are being stored in data banks, which may be accessed thought networks of computers. This creates an ever-increasing risk of accidental or deliberate leaking of private detail. Every day more information is collected by banks, credit card companies, consumer organization and so on- and who is there to keep an eye on what happens to it? It is certainly convenient to store information in this way, but I feel it could lead to long-ters problems. There may be other hidden danger-theoretically; could a ‘thinking’ computer start to use the data against us? To sum up, I believe that we must be very careful with technology. While it has clear advantages, there is also the danger that it could turn on us and we could find ourselves the victims of our success. Petunjuk A dipergunakan dalam menjawab soal nomor 1 sampai nomor 17.

1. SPMB 2007

The text mainly discusses….
A. the importance of modern technology
B. the benefit of technological developments
C. the advantages and disadvantage of technology
D. the bad effect of technological advantages
E. the influence of modern technology on our life.

2. SPMB 2007

Which is TRUE about the technological modernization in factories?
A. It opens more job opportunities for the unemployed
B. It enables the company to multiply the sales of its products.
C. It solves the problem of a company’s lack of human resources.
D. It always uses robots to manage the activities in factories
E. It increases the number of unemployed people.

3. SPMB 2007

The technological advantages in business also result in…
A. people’s preference to stay away from office work
B. the decrease of socialization among working people.
C. decreasing individualism among working people.
D. the use of more personal computer in offices
E. employs’ working more closely together to achieve greater benefits.

4. SPMB 2007

Information technology for freedom and privacy may hurt computer users because…
A. their personal data can be subject to crime
B. more facts about individuals are stored in banks
C. freedom allows people to use other people’s data
D. individuals leak their private details to computer hackers
E. strict control is performed on the access of private data

5. SPMB 2007

From the text we may conclude that….
A. technology can only be entirely beneficial in the filed of medicine
B. advanced technology is believed to create great problems tp all computers users
C. information technology can berth give benefit and cause trouble to human beings
D. advanced technology has greater negative effects than positive ones
E. freedom and privacy in information technology should be eliminated

Text II

Starvation is widespread in the Third World because of a climate change, natural disasters, political turmoil, and wars-all of which disrupt food production and cause mass migrations of refugees. Refugees are unable to produce food, and poor people cannot afford food. At the other end of the scale, modern industrial societies account for most of the consumption of the world’s resources, although within these societies the resources are distributed unevenly among people of different classes. Both wealthy individuals consumes most good and services, but they also produce most of the world’s hazardous waste. We do not know whether there are enough resources to go around.

6. SPMB 2007

What is the topic of the paragraph?
A. Starvation in the Third World
B. Problems in food production
C. Factors influencing food shortage
D. Consumption of the World resources
E. Effects global food shortage

7. SPMB 2007

With which of the following sentences should the paragraph begin?
A. It is not easy to overcome starvation since it is caused by political turmoil and wars
B. Food cannot be grown in some regions because the soil is too poor.
C. People cannot survive solely on root crops, which are poor in nutrients.
D. Food shortage which in the main causes of starvation is a large and growing problem in the world.
E. The quality of life does not affect the world’s resources es much as others factors do.

TEXT III

(1) In many organizations, perhaps the best way to approach certain new project is to assemble a group of people on team. (2) Having a team of people attack a projects offers several advantages. (3) First of all, a group of people has wider range of knowledge, expertise, and skills than any single individual is likely to possess. (4) A senior manager usually possesses high management skills due to his experience. (5) Also, because of the number of people involved and the greater resources they possess, a group can work more quickly in response to the task assigned to it and can come up with highly creative solution to problem and issues. (6) Sometimes these creative solutions come about because a group is more likely to make a risky decision that and individual might not undertake. (7) This is because the group spreads responsibility for a decision to all the members and thus no single individual can b held accountable if the decision turns out to be wrong.

8. SPMB 2007

What is the topic of the paragraph?
A. The advantages of team work
B. How to choose team members
C. The use of team in organization
D. How to prepare a project
E. The equipment of team work

9. SPMB 2007

The sentence which is irrelevant in the above paragraph is sentence number….
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. 6

TEXT IV

A Little nervousness before an important test is normal. After all, such a test can have an important___ (10)___ on your plans for your education and future carrier. If you were going to participle in a big athletic contest or give an important business presentation, you___ (11)___ The same way. There is___ (12)___ In English that describes this feeling quite well: “ Butterflies in your stomach.” These “butterflies” will mostly___ (13)___ once the best stars. And a little___ (14)___ Can actually help by making you more alert and fussed___ (15)___ it can slow you down and cusses you to make mistakes. One way to avoid stress on the test day is to give yourself plenty of time to get to the test center. If you___ (16)___ rush you’ll be even more nervous during the exam. If you feel extremely anxious during the test, try to take a short break. Close your eyes and put down your pencil. Take a few deep___ (17)___, shake out your hands, roll your head on your neck, relax-then go back to work.

10. SPMB 2007

A. effect
B. situation
C. factor
D. appearance
E. impression

11. SPMB 2007

A. will feel
B. had felt
C. would feel
D. feel
E. felt

12. SPMB 2007

A. a motto
B. an explanation
C. a quotation
D. an expression
E. a proverb

13. SPMB 2007

A. disappear
B. evaporate
C. accumulate
D. disseminate
E. estimate

14. SPMB 2007

A. nerve
B. nerveless
C. nervous
D. nervousness
E. nervously

15. SPMB 2007

A. therefore
B. moreover
C. however
D. In addition
E. Despite

16. SPMB 2007

A. gave to
B. might
C. would
D. could
E. can

17. SPMB 2007

A. breathing
B. breathable
C. breathed
D. breathe
E. breaths

TATA BAHASA

Petunjuk : Soal nomor 18 sampai nomor 25 tidak berhubungan dengan bacaan

18. SPMB 2007

‘How did your sister get a scholarship to study in Japan?’
‘She got it after___ A writing competition.’
A. win
B. winning
C. won
D. to win
E. she won

19. SPMB 2007

As I found out that not all the workshop participants knew about today’s schedule, I got my secretary___ it right away.
A. distributing
B. distributed
C. she distributes
D. to distribute
E. in distributing

20. SPMB 2007

As European artists began flocking to Bali in the 1930s, Western influences…..into Balinese art.
A. were gradually introduce
B. gradually introduce
C. were gradually
D. to be gradually introduced
E. they were gradually introduced

21. SPMB 2007

___ to life imprisonment, the murderer of this wife appealed to the Higher Court Justice.
A. Sentencing
B. He was sentenced
C. To be sentenced
D. Sentenced
E. To be sentence

22. SPMB 2007

“Had there not been a black-out for more than thirty minutes yesterday, the performance of our play would have been a success.”
From the above sentence, we may conclude that___.
A. we received a big applause
B. the lighting was just perfect
C. we were very disappointed
D. the play was too long
E. we were very grateful

23. SPMB 2007

Tari was punished by the teacher only because she forgot to bring her book___.
A. and she didn’t do her homework
B. but she didn’t do her homework either
C. but also for not doing her homework
D. as well as she didn’t do her homework
E. but also because she didn’t do her homework

24.. SPMB 2007

“What about eating out? I don’t feel like cooking dinner.”
“Ok. Just let me know____.”
A. where do you want to go
B. where you want to go
C. whether you want to go
D. how do you want to go
E. why you want to go

25. SPMB 2007

“Would you like to have some coffee?”
“Thanks, but___.
A. I like coffee
B. get me some
C. tea is better
D. coffee is good
E. I prefer tea

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