Contoh Soal SPMB UNESA

SOAL SPMB UNESA Tahun 2010 – Bhs. Inggris

Petunjuk A: dipergunakan dalam menjawab soal nomor 41 sampai nomor 60

BACAAN 1 (untuk mengerjakan soal nomor 41 dan 42)

(1)………………………………………..( First sentence).

(2) Their inventions were ridiculed. John Fitch, who invented the steamboat, became so discouraged that he took his own life. (3) Charles Goodyear’s family lived in poverty while he conducted his experiments. (4) When Charles Newbold’s cast-iron plow first appeared, farmers refused to use it. (5) They had a lot of rice field. (6) They said it would poison the soil. (7) In both England and America, the canal companies objected to railroads because they feared the competition. (8) Horse breeders fought the introduction of the automobile. (9) In France, tailors destroyed sewing machines that were being used to make uniforms for the army. (10) Weavers wrecked the home of Richard Arkwright, the inventor of the power loom. Everywhere resistance to invention was strong.

01. With which of the following sentences should the paragraph begin? A. Inventions have changed our lives. B. Farmers refused C. Inventors like The Tomas E.Edition were called crazy D. Resistance to inventions was Strong. E. Inventors have lived in poverty

02. The sentence which is irrelevant to the text in sentence number…. A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6 E. 7

BACAAN 2 (untuk mengerjakan soal nomor 43 dan 44)

Only fools follow fashion. Wise men know that fashion changes with the weather and what is popular today may be out of favor tomorrow. The poetry of Rudyard Kipling was admired forty years ago, today it is considered stale and old-fashioned. In the late fifties fins appeared on new cars, and were hailed as the style of the future, the cars of the sixties are finless and have smooth lines. Our parents danced the fox-trot, lindy and black-bottom, we do the frug, jerk and Philly dog. They wore suits with wide trousers and dresses with padded shoulders, our trousers are trim and tapered and our dresses…. Well, the styles change so quickly one never knows if a particular dress is chic or unfashionable. So if you like the clothes you’re wearing and the fashion changes – don’t worry about it! You probably couldn’t catch up anyway.

03. What is the topic of the paragraph? A. Why fashions change B. The fashions of today C. How fools behave D. The secret of wisdom E. The folly of fashion 04. The main idea of the passage is that... Fashions never really change

B. It is foolish to try to keep up with fashion C. The fashions of our parents’ generation are out of favor today. D. Clothes worn thirty years ago are no longer worn. E. Dress styles change so quickly one never knows if a particular dress is fashionable or not

BACAAN 3 (untuk mengerjakan soal nomor 44 sampai dengan nomor 48)

We are all condition by the way we are brought up. Our values are determined by our parents, and in a larger sense, by the culture in which we live. The Chinese, for example, forbid the drinking of milk, and may actually become sick if they are compelled to drinking a glassful of beverage. Americans, on the other hand, thrive on milk, although they have many taboos of their own.

Some year ago I gave a dinner party during which I served a delicious hors d’oeuvre filled with a meat that tasted somewhat like chicken. My guests wondered what the meat was, but I refused to tell them until they had eaten their fill. I then explained that they had just dined of the flesh of freshly killed rattlesnake. The reaction was nausea—and in some cases violent vomiting. If I had served rattlesnake to a Chinese, he would doubtless have requested a second helping, for in China the dish is considered a delicacy.

Another interesting case in the young man I met recently in New York City. An American by birth, he had been removed from his native state of Oregon at the age of six months when his parents went to Japan as missionaries. Orphaned before his first birthday, he was reared by a Japanese family in a remote village. The young man was unmistakably American in appearance, with blond hair and blue eyes. But he had a Japanese style of walking, Japanese facial expressions, and he thought like a Japanese. Thought he had learned to speak English fluently, he felt uncomfortable and out of place in an American city. He soon returned to Japan.

05. The best title for this passage is…. A. Cultural Conditioning B. Our parents Values C. American Customs. D. Taboos among the Chinese E. Pattern of Behavior 06. The main idea of this passage is that…. A. We inherit our values from our parents B. The way we are brought up determines what profession we will choose C. What is taboo in one culture may be perfectly acceptable in another one. D. All cultural values are the same E. Our values are determined by the culture in which we are brought up. 07. The author says that cooked rattlesnake is…..

A. Tasty B. Sickening C. Healthful D. Unappetizing E. Bitter 08. The young man could not live happily in an America city because… A. He could not speak English B. He had been reared in Japan by American missionaries. C. He looked Japanese. D. His parents were Japanese E. His outlook was Japanese. 09. This passage suggests that… A. We can select out values B. Our values are inborn C. Our values are learned D. Our values change as we mature E. Some values are correct, while others are wrong

BACAAN 4 (untuk mengerjakan soal nomor 49 sampai dengan nomor 53)

An insect is not afraid of gravity, but it is in deadly fear of another force of nature. This force is called surface tension. A man …. (49)…. of a bath carries with him a film of water about one fiftieth of an inch in thickness. This weighs about pond. A wet mouse has to carry its own…(50)… in water. A wet fly has to lift many times its own weight, and as everyone knows, a fly once wetted by water or any other … (51)… is in a very serious position indeed. An insect going for a drink is in a great danger as a man leaning over the edge of a cliff in search of food. If it once falls into the grip of the surface tension of the water—that is to say, gets wet—it is …(52)… to remain so until it drowns. A few insects … (53)…. To be unwettable, the majority keep away from their drink by means of a long proboscis.

10. (A) coming at (B) coming away (C) coming out (D) coming off (E) coming on 11. (A) weight (B) weigh (C) weighting (D) weighed (E) weighty 12. (A) liquid (B) solid (C) wet

(D) dry (E) moisture 13. (A) alike (B) like (C) liking (D) liked (E) likely 14. (A) contrive (B) contribute (C) condense (D) contradict (E) conserve

TATA BAHASA

15. ……. Who earn money are subject to income tax is a federal law.

(A) Children

(B) The Children

(C) That Children

(D) Because Children

(E) Those Children

16. “I can carry the suitcase for you”.

“……………………..”

(A) Well done

(B) Cheers

(C) You’re welcome

(D) Certainly

(E) That’s very kind of you

17. “Did you meet Ann here at the university”.

“No, we ……… when I started college”.

(A) Already met

(B) Have already met

(C) Had already been meeting

(D) Had already met

(E) Were meeting

18. “Betty told me that you have a cottage on Lake Superior”.

“Yes, we……. There since we first moved to Michigan”.

(A) Have been going

(B) Had gone

(C) Had been going

(D) Would go

(E) Would have gone

19. “Do you need more drinks for the party.”

“No, the drinks……..”

(A) Have already bought

(B) Have been bought yet

(C) Have bought yet

(D) Have already been thought

(E) Bought

20. “How did you get such good tickets to the concert?”

“We got there two hours early so we could be the first people……”

(A) To arriving

(B) To be arriving

(C) To arrive

(D) Arrive

(E) Be arriving

21. “The company finances seem to be in trouble.”

“I Hope …… from California will help the situation”.

(A) George comes

(B) George’s come

(C) George to come

(D) George’s coming

(E) George coming