Soal UMPTN Bahasa Inggris Tahun 2001

Text I 

During the 1980s unemployment and underemployment in some countries have been as high as 90%. Some countries do not produce enough food; basic needs in housing and clothing are unmet. Many of these countries look to the industrial processes of the developed nations for solutions to these problems.

But the problems are not always solved this way. The industries of the developed nations is highly automated and very expensive. It provides fewer jobs than no automated industrial processes, and highly skilled workers are needed maintain and repair the equipment. These workers must be trained, but many nations do not have necessary training institutions. Thus, the cost of importing industry becomes higher. Students must be sent abroad to receive vocational and professional training. Often, just to begin training, the students must first learn English, French, German, or Japanese. The students their spend many years abroad, and some do not return home.

All nations agree that science and technology should be shared. However, countries adopting the industrial processes of the developed nations need to look carefully at the costs. Many of these costs are hidden. Students from these nations should study the problems of the industrialized countries closely. With care, they will take home not the problems of science and technology, but they benefits.

1. UMPTN 2001

The topic of the text is _________
A. the reasons why some countries do not produce enough food
B. industrialization of countries with a high rate of employment
C. the economic condition of less developed countries
D. problems in transferring advanced technology to developing countries
E. the efforts made by developed countries to eliminate unemployment in developing countries

2. UMPTN 2001

Some developing countries want to take over industrial processes of developed countries because they _________
A. look for financial aid to develop their economies
B. cannot meet their people’s basic needs
C. need more people who master foreign languages
D. want to establish training institutions for their people
E. have to overcome problems caused by industrializations

3. UMPTN 2001

The following are problems faced by developing countries in transferring advanced technology EXCEPT _________
A. the lack of highly skilled labor
B. the development of human resources
C. the no automated industrial processes
D. the maintenance and repair of equipment
E. the high cost of industrialization

4. UMPTN 2001

Which of the following is TRUE about developing the countries’ adoption of advanced technology ?
A. Not every developing country has the means to adopt advanced technology.
B. Vocational and professional training should be done domestically.
C. More job opportunities will be created when adopting advanced technology.
D. The problem of poverty can be solved by adopting industrial processes.
E. Advanced technology decreases the rate of unemployment in developing countries.

5. UMPTN 2001

It is important for people who get training in developed countries to study the problems of industrialized countries in order _________
A. be able to overcome those problems in their countries
B. take home the problems of science and technology
C. reveal all hidden costs which may cause problems
D. reduce the high cost of science and technology transfer
E. get the real advantages from the adopted technology

Text II

Children love cartoons, and they can sit for hours watching them. For this reason, Sunday morning television offers one cartoon program after another. However, given the age of the viewing audience, these programs communicate a disturbing message : they suggest that the world in one big battlefield with ware fare which is the primary activity of human and aliens alike. In cartoon after cartoon, animated characters shoot, boom, and blow one another up. The message is that warfare is fun, without any serious or damaging effects. And that message is further reinforced by the commercial interruptions which are designed to sell everything from play thanks to toy grenades.

6. UMPTN 2001

The main idea of this paragraph is ______
A. children love cartoon on Sunday morning
B. cartoons give children a mistaken view of the world
C. children spend too much time watching cartoon
D. television offers the children too many cartoons
E. children love the animated characters in cartoons

7. UMPTN 2001

From the paragraph we can conclude that the writer _________
A. is concerned about the effect of all TV programs on children
B. objects to the violence shown in cartoon films
C. thinks that too many commercials interrupt television programs
D. is worried about the warfare that is going on in the world
E. suggests that children should not be allowed to watch television

Text III

As there is not enough land, food or work for all the people on earth, living underwater will help solve these problems. But how will we breathe underwater ? Just as our lungs take in oxygen from the water. However, it is dangerous for man to breathe in ordinary sea-water because there not enough oxygen for him. Scientists have then come up with some solutions. One is to set up large tents on the sea-bed and then to pump in enough oxygen which will not be able to escape to other part of the sea. Another is to wear diving gear equipped with a tank of oxygen. In fact, American scientists have already invented artificial gills–an organ with which a fish breathes – which enable man to stay underwater for sometime.

8. UMPTN 2001

The text tells us about how to _________
A. live underwater
B. wear diving gear
C. invent artificial gills
D. set up tents on the sea-bed
E. design oxygen tanks

9. UMPTN 2001

There should be supporting devices to enable people to stay underwater because _________
A. people underwater need a place to live
B. it is the task of the scientists to invent them
C. people will have to protect themselves from danger
D. there is not enough oxygen underwater
E. they will make people breathe like a fish

Text IV

At least one-quarter of the medicines we buy in the developed world have their ___(10)___ in tropical forest plants. Many such medicines are still ___(11)___ much more cheaply by isolation from the plant than by synthetic processes, and in fact, many cannot be synthesized at all. Morphine, quinine, ipecac, atropine, caffeine, and nicotine are all well-known derivatives of tropical forest plants. Over a thousand ___(12)___ of tropical forest plants are believed to be potentially effective ___(13)___ cancer. One such plant, Rosy Periwinkle, a herb of the tropical forest edge, has already provided two drugs that have ___(14)___ the chances of recovery for children with leukemia.

10. UMPTN 2001

A. origin
B. original
C. originate
D. originality
E. originating

11. UMPTN 2001

A. bought
B. received
C. produced
D. invented
E. created

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A. species
B. system
C. quantities
D. series
E. cluster

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A. toward
B. on
C. over
D. againts
E. with

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A. heightened
B. increased
C. stretched
D. extended
E. enlarged

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‘Do you really want to buy this old crumbling house ?’
‘Yes, we know the house needs ________, but we love the surrounding.’
A. to repair
B. to be repairing
C. repairing
D. repaired
E. be repaired

16. UMPTN 2001

The news on the local radio stations as well as in the newspapers ________ that the riots have spread to other places in the city.
A. to be confirmed
B. is confirmed
C. confirm
D. are confirmed
E. confirms

17. UMPTN 2001

‘While living in Bogor, we always went to school on foot.’
This means that we ________ on foot while we were living in Bogor.
A. go to school
B. are going to school
C. used to go to school
D. are used to going to school
E. liked going to school

18. UMPTN 2001

‘When I arrived at his office at 3.00, Indra was not there.’
‘Well, he ________ early.’
A. should go home
B. must have gone home
C. might go home
D. would have gone home
E. had better go home

19. UMPTN 2001

‘People are concerned about the depletion of energy sources. However, they should not forget another important thing.'
‘You mean ________ our environment ?’
A. should go home
B. it is protecting
C. they protect
D. having to protect
E. protected

20. UMPTN 2001

I ________ all over the place for my dictionary when I suddenly rembered that my sister had borrowed it.
A. have looked
B. was looking
C. looked
D. am looking
E. have been looking

21. UMPTN 2001

‘I can’t find my hand phone in my bag !’
‘Well, you ______ in the car. Let’s take a look!’
A. may have to leave it
B. had to leave it
C. should have left it
D. may have left it
E. must leave it

22. UMPTN 2001

‘I’ve heard that your daughter is going to climb Mount Semeru for the second time.’ ‘That’s right. I don’t understand ________ to do it.’
A. why does she want
B. that she wants
C. why she wants
D. does she want
E. what she wants

23. UMPTN 2001

Trying to smuggle drugs into the country, the criminals were caught by customs officials at the airport. The underlined words mean : ‘________ to smuggle drugs into country.’
A. When the criminals were trying
B. Although the customs officials have tried
C. Before the smuggle tried
D. Because the customs officials were trying
E. Until the criminals were trying

24. UMPTN 2001

This is the latest news about the kidnapping of the richest businessman in town _____ we received a few minute ago
A. whom
B. of which
C. where
D. whose
E. which

25. UMPTN 2001

‘I don’t think you can translate the whole book by yourself.’
‘You’re right. I’d like to ________ a part of it for me.’
A. have your translate
B. you have translated
C. have translated for you
D. you have to translate
E. have been translating

26. UMPTN 2001

Now that he has moved to my town, we can see each other regularly.
The underlined words mean : ‘_______ to my town, we can see each other regularly.’
A. Before he has moved
B. Because he has moved
C. Although he has moved
D. Provided that he has moved
E. In the meantime he has moved

27. UMPTN 2001

Smoking can be the cause of many illnesses and respiratory disordes; ______, it may harm non- smokers.
A. consequently
B. however
C. in addition
D. nevertheless
E. otherwise

28. UMPTN 2001

‘If I hadn’t booked in advance, I would have had difficulties in getting good accommodation at a reasonable price.’
This sentence means: ________.
A. It was difficult to get a room although I had a reservation
B. I found a room in advance but it wasn’t comfortable
C. The room I got was good but rather expensive
D. I was lucky to get a good room without reservation
E. I got a good room and I didn’t have to pay much

29. UMPTN 2001

‘What do you think about the location of our new restaurant ?’
‘Excellent, ____ in the center of the town.’
A. which location is strategical
B. locating it strategically
C. it is strategically located
D. that is a strategical location
E. the strategical location

30. UMPTN 2001

Parliament members were troubled not only by the present political condition ____
A. but the current socio-economic condition is also bad
B. and so is the current socio-economic condition
C. besides the current socio-economic condition is bad
D. but also by the current socio-economic condition
E. as well as the current socio-economic condition

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