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this is a English test taken from UMPTN 1997
Text I

Measles, a childhood disease, has caused
sufferings to mankind for thousands of years. However,
the search for an effective measles vaccine, lasted two
hundred years and has finally ended in success. Now,
for the first time, easels is a preventable disease. You
may ask, ‘How is this important to children?
Every year measles kills twice as many
Americans as polio now does. More children die from
measles than from any other common childhood
disease. Also complications of some degree occur in
about one child out of six. Most complications include
pneumonia and ear disorders. Another after effect of
measles - brain damage is less common, but it can have
such serious consequences that it deserves special
attention.
Brain damage due to easels sounds like
something far away from our experience. In reality, it is
no. Like any other injury, damage to the brain can be
very slight or very severe. It is quite possible that we
have never seen or heard a child who has severe brain
damage - the child would either have died or would be
in an institution. However, in medical research a
relation has been found between measles and such
things as behavior problems, personality changes and
dulling of mental ability. For example, a child may be
bad-tempered or a little slow to learn after he has
recovered from measles.

Petunjuk I dipergunakan dalam menjawab soal nomor
61 sampai ke nomor 74.

UMPTN-97-61
The main information of the text is that….
A. measles has been a disease for thousands of years
B. after 200 years of research an effective measles
vaccine was found
C. measles is a serious disease greatly neglected in the
past
D. a lot of research was done on the complications of
measles
E. measles may have bad effects on children who get
the disease

UMPTN-97-62
Which of the following statements is TRUE about
measles?
A. The number of children in the USA killed by
measles is smaller than that killed by polio
B. Medical research revealed that measles may cause
brain damage
C. In the USA children with brain damage have all
been measles patients,
D. Research findings show that pneumonia and ear
disorders may cause measles
E. Children who get measles will have pneumonia
and ear disorders at the sometime
UMPTN-97-63
One of the important findings of the research on
measles is that….
A. children who have got measles may become
difficult to handle because of their behaviour
B. in reality, there are no measles patients who get
brain damage
C. personality changes already occur at the time a
child has measles
D. measles can cause children to become physically
handicapped
E. measles is the first killer of childhood diseases in
the world

UMPTN-97-64
“Which of the following in NOT an after-effect of
measles?
A. Polio
B. Ear disorders
C. Personality changes
D. Slow learning
E. Pneumonia

UMPTN-97-65
‘or would be in an institution’ (paragraph 3).
The underlined word means
A. an orphanage
B. a rehabilitation centre
C. a hospital
D. a company
E. a public school

UMPTN-97-63
One of the important findings of the research on
measles is that….
A. children who have got measles may become
difficult to handle because of their behaviour
B. in reality, there are no measles patients who get
brain damage
C. personality changes already occur at the time a
child has measles
D. measles can cause children to become physically
handicapped
E. measles is the first killer of childhood diseases in
the world

UMPTN-97-64
“Which of the following in NOT an after-effect of
measles?
A. Polio
B. Ear disorders
C. Personality changes
D. Slow learning
E. Pneumonia

UMPTN-97-65
‘or would be in an institution’ (paragraph 3).
The underlined word means
A. an orphanage
B. a rehabilitation centre
C. a hospital
D. a company
E. a public school

Text II

Alternative energy sources are becoming
increasingly attractive as the energy crisis becomes
more severe. Solar heating systems, which use the sun’s
radiation as a source of energy, are a promising
alternative energy source- Nuclear power plants are
already in operation in several parts of the country.
Government and private industry are even investigating
the possibility of capturing the power of ocean waves
and tides for conversion into usable energy. Coal is
once again becoming an acceptable fuel as the nation
searches for solutions to the energy shortage. Even
garbage is seen as a potential source of energy. In some
communities, garbage is burned to heat buildings and
light-city streets.

UMPTN-97-66
The main information of the text is about….
A. the interest in alternative energy sources
B. potential solar heating systems
C. the operation of nuclear power plants
D. the search for energy from the sea
E. the use of coal to replace oil

UMPTN-97-67
Which of the following statements is TRUE about
alternative sources of energy?
A. Garbage can be recycled into energy to run
factories
B. The crisis of alternative energy sources becomes
more severe
C. Energy from the sun seems to be potentially the
best alternative
D. Coal is considered not suitable to replace oil
E. Private industries have succeeded in producing
energy from ocean wave and tides.

Text III

Often people who hold higher positions in #
given group overestimate their performance, while
people in the lower levels of the group underestimate
theirs. While this may not always be true, it does
indicate that often the actual position in the group has
much, to do with the feeling of personal confidence a
person may have; Thus, members who hold high
positions in a group or feel that they have an important
part to play in the group will probably have more
confidence in their own performance.

UMPTN-97-68
The topic of the text is….
A. the role of leaders in a group
B. self-confidence of group members
C. different positions in a group
D. the relation between high positions and self-
confidence
E. the attitudes of group members

UMPTN-97-69
From the text we may conclude that….
A. if we let people know that they are an important
part of the group, they will become ore self-
confident
B. people will get a higher position if they have great self-confidence
C. if people have high positions, they are confident that they perform better than others
D. people who hold low positions in a group often overestimate their performance
E. if people are given high positions, they will underestimate people of low positions

at his post you will be learn in Molecule name, what is molecule ? In science, a molecule is a group of atoms in a definite arrangement held together by chemical bonds. Chemical substances are not infinitely divisible into smaller fractions of the same substance: a molecule is generally considered the smallest particle of a pure substance that still retains its composition and chemical properties.Certain pure substances (e.g., metals, molten salts, crystals, etc.) are best understood as being composed of networks or aggregates of atoms or ions instead of molecular units.(www.wikipedia.org)

this a brief table of molecule (Tabel Nama Unsur)

Text I

Whales are the largest animals on earth. Bigger than elephants, they may grow 95 feet long, and weigh 150 tons. A baby blue whale, just born, can be 23 feet long and weigh 3 tons.
Although whales live in the oceans and swim like fish, they are not fish. They are mammals, like cows and elephants. Unlike fish they bear young live, not as eggs. Their babies live on their mother’s milk. They breathe through their lungs and hold their breath when they go under water. If they cannot come to the surface to breathe fresh air, they will drown. They are warm-blooded. Fish, however, lay eggs, breathe oxygen in the water, and are cold-blooded.
Whales live in all the oceans. In the winter some of them go to warm waters to breed and in the summer most of them go to cold waters to feed. There are two kinds of whales, whales with teeth (too-thed whales) and whales without teeth (baleen whales). The toothed whales eat fish and squid, which they can catch with their teeth, although they swallow their food without chewing it. The baleen whales eat plankton (small sea animals and plants). When they find plankton, they open their mouths and swim into the plankton. When they close their mouths they squeeze out the water and swallow the plankton.
Whales have few enemies. Only human beings and the killer whales attack whales. And whales do not seem to fight among themselves. They usually live from 20 to 30 years.

Beirikut adalah pertanyaan dari bacaan diatas
UMPTN-98-66
The difference between whales and fish is that
whales….
A. do not have to come to the surface to get fresh air
B. deliver their young like elephants do
C. will die if they cannot get oxygen in the water
D. are mammals that are cold blooded
E. can easily breathe when they are under water

UMPTN-98-67
A sitable title for the text is ….
A. Large animals on earth
B. Difference between whales and elephants
C. Whales, the biggest animals on earth
D. Similarity between fish and whales
E. The life of whales in the oceans
UMPTN-98-68
Which of the following is TRUE about whales?
A. Whales are generally 95 feet long and weigh 150 tons.
B. Big animals living in the ocean tend to be their enemies.
C. Like fish, whales can live in all kinds of waters.
D. Their life-span is usually longer than human beings’.
E. A new-born baby whale may weigh one-fifteth of its mother.

UMPTN-98-69
Whales occasionally live in warm waters ….
A. to act more food
B. for reproduction
C. to avoid water
D. for fresh air
E. to feed their babies
UMPTN-98-70
From the text we may conclude that….
A. a whales can eat both squid and plankton
B. toothed whales chew their food before swallowing it
C. the two types of whales live in different waters
D. baleen whales swallow the water containing plankton
E. each type of whale eats a specific kind of food
Text II

People manage to count even when they do not have names for numbers. Early men demonstrated numbers to each other by counting on their fingers, and some primitive tribes still do this. In fact, some tribes have names for only the numbers “one” and “two” and can only indicate higher numbers by pointing to a particular finger. In other tribes, the numbers do have names, but these names are directly connected with finger counting.
UMPTN-98-71
The text tells us about….
A. early demonstrations of numbers
B. the use of fingers in counting
C. the importance of numbers
D. primitive tries
E. various names for numbers

UMPTN-98-72
Which of the following statements is TRUE according
to the text?
A. It was not necessary to have names for numbers in counting.
B. Only in earlier days did people use their fingers in counting.
C. There are tribes who only consider “one” and “two” important.
D. For some tribes., it is unusual to use fingers when counting.
E. The words “one” and “two” were unpopular among many tribes.
Text III

The United States and Mexico signed a peace treaty on February 2, 1848. Mexico had to give up much of its land to the U.S. Te land included Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California. The treaty signers did not know that James Marshall had just discovered gold in California 10 days earlier, obod knew this outside of the area near the Sacramento River. One year later, everybody knew. In 1849 the world heard about the gold discovery. Gold fever brought thousands of people to
California, We call the people who joined the gold rush “forty-niners”. They all though they could become rich quickly. They thought they could stay in California a short time and return home as wealthy people.
UMPTN-98-73
The main information of the text is abou t….
A. a peace treaty between the U.S. and Mexico
B. James Marshall, the gold miner
C. the discovery of gold in California
D. the gold rush in the United States
E. the dream of the forty-niners to get rich quickly

UMPTN-98-74
Fro the text we may conclude that….
A. Mexico regretted that it had to give up California to the U.S.
B. James Marshall did not publicly announced his discovery
C. a log of “forty-niners” became rich within a very short time
D. California became a place where many foreigners lived
E. Mexico made great efforts to win California back

soal selanjutnya yaitu soal UMPTN tahun 1998 mulai nomer 75 dan seterusnya dapat dilihat di Soal tahun 1998 B

Text IV

In an age of supersonic airliners, it is difficult to imagine mat at the beginning of the twentieth century no one had ever flown in an aeroplane. (70), people were flying in balloons and airships. The airship Was (71) on the principle of the semi-rigid structure. In 1900 Ferdinand Von Zeppelin fitted a petrol engine to a rigid balloon. The craft was the first really
(72) airship. In 1919 an airship first carried passengers across the Atlantic, and in 1929 one travelled round the world.
During this tie the design of airships was constantly being (73) and up to 1937 they (74) thousands of passengers on regular trans Atlantic services for millions of miles.
berikut adalah soal UMPTN pada tahun 1997, silahkan dipelajari
UMPTN-97-70
A. In addition
B. Next
C. However
D. Furthermore
E. Consequently

UMPTN-97-71
A. located
B. based
C. supported
D. decided
E. originated

UMPTN-97-72
A. success
B. succeed
C. succeeded
D. successful
E. successfully

UMPTN-97-73
A. Repaired
B. Encouraged
C. Recovered
D. Established
E. improved

UMPTN-97-74
A. applied
B. lifted
C. sent
D. delivered
E. carried

UMPTN-97-75
My brother, who was not used to… a room with: one else, was quite unhappy when he couldn’t have his own room in the dormitory.
A. sharing
B. share
C. be sharing
D. be shared
E. being shared

UMPTN-97-76
My uncle doesn’t ear much;…, he can send his children
to college.
A. however
B. and
C. therefore
D. so
E. hence

UMPTN-97-77
If he…. more confident during the interview, he might have got the of he wanted,
A. were
B. would be
C. could have been
D. had .been
E. was being

UMPTN-97-78
‘I visited the University of California last year. That’s the place…. my brother is studying

now.
A. which
B. when
C. whose
D. shorn
E. where

UMPTN-97-79
‘I wonder how old he is.
‘He was Asti’s classmate in 1985, so he …

at least
twenty-five now.
A. will be
B. should be
C. must have been
D. should have been
E. shall be

UMPTN-97-80
The crowd has been waiting outside the hotel for hours
just…. a glimpse of the famous singer.
A. getting
B. they get
C. get
D. forgetting
E. to get

UMPTN-97-81
Farmers in this are Jack means of transport to over their
products to the market. .
…. vital role in the regions development has been neglected by the local government.
A. Their
B. The market’s
C. The farmers’
D. Its
E. The government’s

UMPTN-97-82
‘When did you realize you had lost your purse? .
‘When I…. money to pay the bus fare.
A. have delivered it
B. have it to be delivered
C. deliver it
D. have to deliver it
E. have it delivered

UMPTN-97-83
‘Ted, are you going to Tia’s birthday party tomorrow evening?’
‘I don’t think so. I …the dentist. ‘
A. am having to see
B. have seen
C. have to see
D. had to see
E. would have to see

UMPTN-97-84
…. Michael Douglas a good actor is his ability to play the role of different characters so well
A. That makes
B. Whether making
C. What make as
D. This is made
E. In order to make

UMPTN-97-85
‘Bambang looks very happy today.’
‘Don’t you know he … to General Manager? ‘
A. has promoted
B. to be proved
C. being proved
D. has to promote
E. has been promoted

UMPTN-97-86
The young mother cautiously tiptoed into the bedroom
in order not to wake up ….
A. the sleeping children
B. the children slept
C. the children were sleeping
D. the children sleeping
E. the sleeping of the children

UMPTN-97-87
This English text on Biology is to difficult for me to read.
‘Well, you’d better….. ‘
A. translate it
B. have it translated
C. have to translate it
D. have translated it
E. to translate it

UMPTN-97-88
Having switched off the lights, ….
A. it was the door he lock
B. the door was locked
C. this locked the door
D. the door was locked behind him
E. he locked the door

UMPTN-97-89
There was such a long applause at the end of the play that the performers repeatedly appeared on the stage,
bowing.’ From the above sentence we may conclude that….
A. the players did not perform well
B. the play was a great success
C. the viewers got bored of the play
D. the play was a popular drama
E. the players should have rehearsed beatte

UMPTN-97-90
The airline should have accepted the application of Agus, an experienced pilot. This means that: ….
A. the airline hired Agus
B. Agus refused to. work for the airline
C. the airline did not receive Agus application
D. Agus was rejected by the airline ‘
E. the airline offered Agus a job

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