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TRY OUT NASIONAL USM STIS 2015

SECTION 1 : STRUCTURE (1– 40) Direction : Choose the correct

answer.

1. We (wait) for you when you

get back tomorrow.

a. Will wait

b. Had wait

c. Will be waiting

d. Had been waiting

e. Are waiting

2. If they had not helped us, we

would still be in despair.

This sentence means …

a. They had helped us, so we

were not in despair

anymore

b. Although they helped us,

we were still in despair

c. They helped us, so we are

not in despair anymore

d. They had helped us, so we

are in despair any more

e. They had been helped us,

so we were not in despair

anymore

3. “I wish I could see my

brother’s performance on the

cafe.” This means that _______.

a. I can see his performance

b. I liked to see his

performance

c. I planned to see his

performance

d. I like his performance very

much

e. I can’t see his performance

4. When Maria went shopping,

she found a jacket that she

really liked. After she had the

sleeves , it fit perfectly.

a. to shorten

b. shortened

c. is shortened

d. shortening

e. shorten

5. Besides the fact that it can

walk, the crayfish has another

_______, by swimming.

a. Different means of quite

locomotion

b. Different locomotion of

quite means

c. Locomotion of different

quite means

d. Quite of means different

locomotion

e. Quite different means of

locomotion

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6. Arif sometimes takes a swim.

Arif often read an article.

We can also say …

a. Arif likes reading an

article than take a swim

b. Arif would rather reading

an article than taking a

swim

c. Arif prefers reading an

article than taking a swim

d. Arif prefers reading an

article to taking a swim

e. Arif prefers to reading an

article to take a swim

7. Aldi : “This Japanese text

on morning newspaper is too

difficult to read”.

Andre : “Oh well, you’d

better _________.

a. To translate

b. Be translating it

c. Have it translated

d. Have translated it

e. Translate it

8. Teacher : ”Do you have any

hobbies Sam?”

Sammy : ”I don’t really have

any hobbies, Sir.”

Teacher: “Well, what do you

do in your spare time?

Writing a poetry?”

Sammy : “ ."

What should Sammy say?

a. I prefer to writing a short

story than write a poetry

b. I prefers writing a short

story than writing poetry

c. I like writing a short story

to writing poetry

d. I like writing a short story

better than writing a

poetry

e. I would rather write a

short story to write a

poetry

9. If only he _______ more skillful,

he would make a good

football player.

a. Being d. Be

b. Had been e. Were

c. Was

10. In 1791, Quebec was divided

into two sections, Upper

Canada and Lower Canada,

_____________ were ruled by

elected assemblies.

a. they both

b. in which both

c. which them

d. both of which

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e. both of them

11. Threatened with prison for

debt_______, Peale fled to

Boston in 1765 on horseback.

a. Of some three hundred

dollars

b. Some of three hundred

dollars

c. Some three hundred of

dollars

d. Three hundred some of

dollars

e. Three dollars of some

hundred

12. Your sister used to visit you

quite often, ?

a. wouldn’t she

b. doesn’t she

c. didn’t she

d. hadn’t she

e. haven’t she

13. Endi will give Alifa your

message when he (see) her.

a. Sees d. Had seen

b. Saw e. Has seen

c. Is seeing

14. All of these applicants

________ by the executive of

the company.

a. have been highly

recommended

b. has been highly

recommended

c. is commended highly

d. it is recommended

e. they have been

recommended highly

15. Because of its tropical

climate, Hawai________subzero

temperatures.

a. Almost experiences never

b. Never experiences almost

c. Almost never experiences

d. Experiences almost never

e. Never almost experiences

16. I will be interested in going

to cinema of Grand Indonesia

this weekend, and .

a. do my best friend

b. my best friend will too

c. so my best friend did too

d. my best friend didn’t

either

e. also my best friend too

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17. “Hasn’t Alifa submitted her

report yet?”

“I don’t think so. It_______.”

a. Be printing

b. Is printing

c. To be printing

d. Is being printed

e. Being printed

18. Having developed a new

method in medicine, the

doctor was invited to give a

speech in a seminar. The

underline words mean …

a. because the doctor was

developing a new method

in medicine

b. after the doctor had

developed a new method

in medicine

c. although the doctor had


in medicine

d. the doctor was developing

a new method in medicine

e. whenever the doctor had


in medicine

19. Mom : “What are you

doing tomorrow afternoon,

Faishal?”

Faishal : “I have an English

exam, mom.”

Mom : “Then, you _______.”

a. Should turn off your

gadget

b. Would rather put off your

gadget

c. Should have your gadget

turned off

d. Should rather put off your

gadget

e. Would have your gadget

turned off

20. A waterway should be made

of 14 cm diameter pipe so

that no water capacity is

smaller than desired. How

many pieces of pipe with a

diameter of 3.5 cm to replace

a pipe with of a diameter 14

cm?

a. 4 b. 8 c. 32 d. 16 e. 6

21. Rainbows/ the/ appear/

always/ the/ when/ directly/

sun/ they/ part/ sky/ of/

opposite/ are/ in/ the

a. When rainbows appear,

they are always in the part

of the sky directly

opposite the sun

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b. When the sun appear, they

rainbows are always in the

part of the sky opposite

directly

c. Rainbows are always in

the part of the sky

opposite directly the sun

when they appear

d. When rainbows appear,

they are directly opposite

the sun always in the part

of the sky

e. When rainbows appear,

they are always in the part

of the sky opposite

directly the sun

22. The oldest known bison

fossils have been found in

China and the Himalaya

Foothills animals

with all the essential features

of the genus lived a million

years ago.

a. Where d. which

b. to which e. whose

c. from whom

23. We have delivered the

packages.

The passive form of the above

sentence is: the packages

_______ by us.

a. To be delivered

b. Have been delivering

c. Delivered

d. Have been delivered

e. Have to be delivered

24. “Which shoes shall I buy?”

“In my opinion the red shoes

___ the grey one.”

a. most style than

b. much stylish than

c. more stylish than

d. stylish than

e. most stylish from

25. Despite the appearance of

being merely pests, ants can

serve the garden by

eliminating other bother

some insect, and_______.

a. To aerate the soil

b. That can aerate the soil

c. Aerating the soil

d. They can aerate the soil

e. Aerate the soil

26. Almost everyone (leave) for

home by the time we arrived.

a. Left d. Leaves

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b. Had left e. Had been

c. Is leaving leaving

27. He told me he _______ be here

by three o’clock at the latest

and it’s half past already.

a. Will d. Was

b. Would e. Either could

c. Is be used here

28. We must remember what

happened in the past so that

it will never happen again. It

means _______.

a. Since we all tend to forget

what happened in the past

we do the same mistakes

again

b. Those who couldn’t

remember what happened

in the past were more

likely to repeat it

c. We couldn’t remember

what happened in the past

so we did it again

d. In order not to repeat the

past, we should certainly

not forget what happened

then.

e. If we could remember the

past, it would not happen

again.

29. Ummah : “I can’t finish my

task alone, _____________.”

a. I have someone finish my

homework

b. I would have someone to

finish my homework

c. I should had my task

finished by someone

d. I could have asked

someone to help finish my

homework

e. I had someone finish my

homework

30. I always work late. The

sentence means _______.

a. I come home on time

b. I never go home late

c. I always go home early

d. I never go home early

e. I always go to work late

31. If Fadli (have) the money, he

would have lent it to me.

a. Had d. Will have

b. Had had e. Will be

c. Is having having

32. _________my mother________my

father is English. Both of

them are America.

a. Both-of d. With-and

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b. So-that e. Either-or

c. Neither-nor

33. “Profita and Tutik get a very

good score in English, _______.”

a. They should have studied

hard last night

b. They could have studied

hard last night

c. They must have studied

hard last night

d. They should be study hard

last night

e. They could have study

hard last night

34. The hotel provides facilities,

yet_______.

a. It is advertised in the

yellow pages

b. Job training is provided

for the employee

c. It is located on a beautiful

beach

d. Foreign tourist like to stay

there

e. The occupancy rate is very

low

35. If I (have) the day off

tomorrow, I would go to the

beach.

a. Had d. Will have

b. Had had e. Will be

c. are having having

36. Mom : “Go to the market

and buy a sachet of tea,

Dina.”

Dina : “Yes, Mom.”

Dika : “What did Mom tell

you to do, Dina?”

Dina : “Mom told me ____.”

a. Buy a sachet of tea

b. To buy a sachet of tea

c. Buying a sachet of tea

d. Bought a sachet of tea

e. Be buying a sachet of tea

37. Kiki and Wira _______ in Batam

for three years now.

a. Have living

b. Is living

c. Have been living

d. Live

e. Will be living

38. The Guatemala is a

detrimental city in Central

America because of crime.

People can’t leave their

homes at night, and the

police cannot provide

their____ .

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a. Savagely d. Saver

b. Safety e. Safely

c. Safe

39. The lecturer asked Saputri,

“Which way did you go?”

The lecturer wondered_______.

a. Which way she had gone

b. Which way she has gone

c. Which way she had go

d. Which way she went

e. Which way she had went

40. When I was in rural area in

China, the indigenous people

always told me that the more

we drink the dragon water,

________.

a. then we become more

beautiful

b. the more beautiful we

become

c. we are becoming more

beautiful

d. of course we become

beautiful

e. and we will more beautiful

SECTION 2 : VOCABULARY (41

– 50)

Direction : In question 41 – 50

each sentence has an underlined

word or phrase. Below each

sentence are five other words or

phrases, marked A, B, C, D, and E.

you choose one word or phrase

that keeps the meaning of the

original sentences if it substitutes

for the underlined word or phrase.

41. The two girls take after their

mother very much in

appearance.

a. Care d. Greet

b. Resemble e. Demand

c. Ignore

42. That company is going to put

up a new building on this

corner.

a. Sell d. Close

b. Open e. Demolish

c. Erect

43. We had to call off the picnic

because of the bad weather.

a. Change d. Consider

b. Cancel e. Examine

c. Postpone

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44. Ms. Rahmah taught a class of

uncontrollable children.

a. Obedient d. Willing

b. Very ugly to work

c. Intractable e. Stable

45. Mala need to abbreviate her

sentence to make her idea

clearer.

a. Lengthen d. Draw out

b. Shorten e. Change

c. Extend

46. The classroom is very roomy

and big.

a. Vacant d. Modern

b. Lavish e. Small

c. Spacious

47. Lecturer is a noble profession

for some people.

a. Promotion d. Skill

b. Appointment e. Task

c. Vocation

48. Mary’s doctor said she was

obese and had to take

immediate measures to

correct the problem.

a. Captious d. Tired

b. Petulant e. Corpulent

c. Anemic

49. Febry has an infectious smile

that makes everybody loves

her.

a. Contagious d. Skeptical

b. Cynical e. Happy

c. Mocking

50. When you make up that list

for me, and don’t omit any

name.

a. Add d. Select

b. Change e. Make up

c. Leave out

SECTION 3 : READING

COMPREHENSION (51 – 60)

Direction : Question 51-54

based on the following reading.

The oldest living things

on Earth are trees. Some of

California's sequoias have for

four thousand years looked

down on the changes in the

landscape and the comings

and goings of humans. They

sprouted from tiny seeds

about the time the Egyptian

pyramids were being built.

Today these giant patriarchs

seem as remote and

inaccessible as the rocks and

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mountain cliffs on which they

grow, like cathedral columns

holding up the sky. It is hard to

imagine them playing any part

in the lives of mere humans or

being in any way affected by

the creatures that pass at their

feet.

Lesser trees, however,

have played an intimate role in

the lives of people since they

first appeared on Earth. Trees

fed the fires that warmed

humans: they provided

shelter, food and medicine and

even clothing. They also

shaped people's spiritual

horizons. Trees expressed the

grandeur and mystery of life,

as they moved through the

cycle of seasons, from life to

death and back to life again.

Trees were the largest living

things around humans and

they knew that some trees had

been standing on the same

spot in their parent's and

grandparents' time, and would

continue to stand long after

they were gone. No wonder

these trees became symbols of

strength, fruitfulness, and

everlasting life.

51. What is the main idea of the

passage?

a. Trees grow to great

heights.

b. Trees have been

important to people

throughout history.

c. Trees make humans seem

superior.

d. Trees that grow in

California are very old.

e. Tress expressed the

grandeur and mystery of

life.

52. Which of the following is NOT

mentioned in the passage as a

way in which people have

used trees?

a. For furniture

b. For housing

c. For shelter

d. For fuel

e. For nourishment

53. In line 29, the word "they"

refers to which of the

following?

a. Trees

b. Grandeur and mystery

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c. Fires

d. Seasons

e. People's spiritual horizons

54. The author implies that,

compared with sequoias,

other trees have

a. Been in existence longer

b. Adapted more readily to

their environments

c. Been affected more by

animals

d. Had a closer relationship

with people

e. Not playing any part in the

lives of mere humans

Question 55 through 59 based on

the following reading.

The work of the railroad

pioneers in America became the

basis for a great surge of railroad

building halfway through the

nineteenth century that linked the

nation together as never before.

Railroads eventually became the

nation’s number one

transportation system, and

remained so until the construction

of the interstate highway system

halfway through the twentieth

century. They were of crucial

importance in stimulating

economic expansion, but their

influence reached beyond the

economy and was pervasive in

American society at large.

By 1804, English as well as

American inventors had

experimented with steam engines

for moving land vehicles. In 1920,

John Stevens ran a locomotive and

cars around in a circular track on

his New Jersey estate, which the

public saw as an amusing toy. And

in 1825, after opening a short

length of track, the Stockton to

Darlington Railroad in England

became the first line to carry

general traffic. American

businesspeople, especially those in

the Atlantic coastal region who

looked for better communication

with the West, quickly became

interested in the English

experiment. The first company in

America to begin actual operations

was the Baltimore and Ohio, which

opened a thirteen- mile length of

track in 1830. It used a team of

horses to pull a train of passenger

carriages and freight wagons along

the track. Steam locomotive power

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didn’t come into regular service

until two years later.

However, for the first decade

or more, there was not yet a true

railroad system. Even the longest

of the lines was relatively short in

the 1830’s, and most of them

served simply to connect water

routes to each other, not to link

one railroad to another. Even

when two lines did connect, the

tracks often differed in width, so

cars from one line couldn’t fit onto

tracks of the next line. Schedules

were unreliable and wrecks were

frequent. Significantly, however,

some important developments

during the 1830’s and 1840’s

included the introduction of

heavier iron rails, more flexible

and powerful locomotives, and

passenger cars were redesigned to

become more stable, comfortable,

and larger. By the end of 1830 only

23 miles of track had been laid in

the country. But by 1836, more

than 1,000 miles of track had been

laid in eleven States, and within

the decade, almost 3,000 miles had

been constructed. By that early

age, the United States had already

surpassed Great Britain in railroad

construction, and particularly from

the mid-1860’s, the late nineteenth

century belonged to the railroads.

55. Which of the following is NOT

true about the 1830’s and

1840’s (line 63).

a. Passenger cars became

larger

b. Schedules were reliable

c. Locomotives became more

powerful

d. Tracks were heavier

e. Schedules were wrecked

56. Why does the author include

details about Great Britain in

the passage?

a. To compare developments

in both the United States

and Great Britain

b. To inform the reader the

details about Great Britain

c. To show where Americans

got their ideas and

technology from

d. To provide a more

complete historical

context

e. To illustrate the

competitiveness between

the two countries

57. Where in the passage does

the author outline the main

conclusions about the

importance of railroads in

America?

a. Lines 7-18

b. Lines 31-41

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c. Lines 49-60

d. Lines 41-46

e. Lines 68-74

58. By what time had almost

3,000 miles of track been

laid?

a. 1830

b. 1840

c. 1836

d. 1846

e. Mid-1860s

59. Which of the following can be

inferred from the passage?

a. The United States

regarded Great Britain as a

competitor in developing

the most efficient railroad

system

b. American businessmen

saw railroads as a threat

to established businesses

c. Steam locomotive power

was first used in 1832

d. The first company in

America to begin actual

operations was the

Californian

e. Steam locomotives

replaced horses because of

the distances across the

country

Question number 60 based on the

following reading.

Water is one of the most important substances in life. By drinking pure water continuously, we’ll get a lot of benefits. First, water can

moisturizes our skin, keeps it fresh and gets rid of wrinkles. Then, pure water helps maintenance our body temperature since our body is 70% composed by water. Third, Pure water helps relieve and prevent headaches which are commonly caused by dehydration.

60. From the text, we can infer

that the text message us to

________________.

a. Purify the water

b. Save water

c. Start drinking pure water

continuously

d. Find another better

substance than water

e. Start a new research about

water

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