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A geyser is the result of underground water under the combined conditions of high temperatures
and increased pressure beneath the surface of the earth. Since temperature rises approximately 1 F
for every sixty feet under the earth's surface, and pressure increases with depth, the water that
seeps down in crack and fissures until it reaches very hot rock in the earth interior becomes heated
to temperature in excess of 290 F. Because of the greater pressure, the water shoots out of the
surface in the form of steam and hot water. The result is a geyser. In order to function, then a geyser
must have a source of heat, reservoir where water can be stored until the temperature rises to an
unstable point, an opening through which the hot water and steam can escape, and underground
channels for resupplying water after an eruption.

Favorable conditions for geyser exist in some regions of the world including New Zealand, Iceland,
and the Yellowstone National Park area of the United States. The most famous geyser in the world is
Old Faithfull in Yellow Park. Old Faithfull erupts almost every hour, rising to a height of 125 to 170
feet and expelling more than ten thousand gallons during each eruption.

1. How geyser is produced?

A. By the rise of temperature pressure functioning hot steam.
B. From a huge tension of heated water that coming out from the earth crack.
C. From the heated temperature in earth crack that absorbing water.
D. From the temperature and absorbed water that occurs on earth surface.
E. By the hot water and temperature of hot rock that occurs on earth surface.
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2. Steam and hot water shoot out of the surface because of ....
A. hot rock and water
B. temperature and pressure
C. greater pressure
D. high temperature and increased pressure
E. underground temperature and increased pressure

3. Reservoir where the water can be stored will be after eruption and resupplying again .....
A. hot
B. narrow
C. open
D. empty
E. unstable

4. "... and expelling more than ten thousand gallons during each eruption." (Paragraph 2)
The underlined word is closest in meaning to ....
A. heating
B. melting
C. wasting
D. supplying
E. Discharging
The sense of taste is one of a person's five senses. We taste with the help of taste-buds in the
tongue.

There are four main kinds of taste: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. All other tastes are just mixtures of
two or more of these main types.

The surface of the tongue has more than fifteen thousand taste-buds (or cells). These are connected
to the brain by special nerves which send the so-called 'tastes messages.

When the tongue comes into contact with food of any kind, the taste-buds will pick up the taste. The
nerves then send a message to the brain. This will make us aware of the taste. All this happens in
just a few seconds.

There are four kinds of taste-buds, each of which is sensitive to only a particular taste. These four
groups are located in different parts of the tongue.

The taste-buds for salty and sweet tastes are found round the tip of the tongue and along its sides.
Sour tastes can be picked up only at the sides of the tongue. The taste-buds of the bitter taste are
found at the innermost edge of the tongue. There are taste-buds at the centre of the tongue.

The senses of smell and sight can affect taste. The good smell of food increases its taste. Similarly,
attractive colours can make food appear tastier and more delicious. If food does not smell good or is
dull-coloured, it will look tasty and may not taste good at all.

Very hot or cold sensations can make the taste-buds insensitive. Food that is too hot or too cold,
when placed in the mouth, will have no tastes at all.

1. We can taste any kind of food because of ........

A. the good smell of food

B. the four main kinds of taste
C. the taste-buds in the tongue
D. the senses of smell and sight
E. the taste-buds round the tip of the tongue

2. When we eat very hot or cold food ........

A. the food will lose its taste
B. the food won't smell good
C. the taste of the food increases
D. the taste-buds will be sensitive
E. the taste-buds will be very, responsive

3. The senses of smell and sight ........

A. increase the taste of the food

B. affect the taste of the food
C. make food more delicious
D. make the food look good
E. make the food attractive

4. The purpose of the text is ........

A. to explain how we can taste any food in the mouth

B. to give a report about the sense of taste
C. to inform how important the tongue is
D. to describe the use of the tongue
E. to tell the taste of the food

A natural disaster is a terrible accident, e.g. a great flood, a big fire or an earthquake. It usually
causes great suffering and loss of a large sum of money. The casualties are injured or died. Some
people are homeless and need medical care.

Floods occur when the water of rivers, lakes, or streams overflow their banks and pour onto the
surrounding land. Floods are caused by many different things. Often heavy rainstorms that last for a
brief can cause a flood. But not all heavy storms are followed by flooding. If the surrounding land is
flat and can absorb the water, no flooding will occur. If, however, the land is hard and rocky, heavy
rain cannot be absorbed. Where the banks are low, a river may overflow and flood adjacent lowland.

In many part of the world flood are caused by tropical storms called hurricanes or typhoons. They
bring destructive winds of high speed, torrents of rain, and flooding. When a flood occurs, the
destruction to surrounding land can be severe. Whole villages and towns are sometimes swept away
by water pouring swiftly over the land. Railroad track blocked and uprooted from their beds.
Highways are washed away.
When a building caught fire, the firemen pitched in to help battle the blaze. Before the pumps were
invented, people formed bucket brigades to fight fires. Standing side by side, they formed a human
chain from the fire to nearby well or river. They passed buckets of water from to hand to be poured
on the flames.

The damage of the fire did depend a great deal on where it happened. In the country or a small
village, only a single house might burn down. But in crowded cities, fire often destroyed whole
blocks and neighborhoods before being controlled.

(Soal UN SMA/MA IPA 2011/2012)

1. What can possibly prevent rivers and lakes from overflowing?

a. An absorbent bed.

b. A rocky surrounding.

c. A low land.

d. A high bank.

e. A high road.

2. We know from the text that . . . .

a. River can sweep heavy flood

b. People can make money from flood

c. The destruction by flood is always less severe

d. Water flood is absorbed by land

e. Typhoons caused heavy flood

3. We know from the text that . . . .

a. The pump is the only tool used by fire fighters now

b. The pump helps people to fight fires more efficiently

c. Fires in big cities are always very big

d. People no longer use buckets to control fire

e. Only firemen can control fires in crowded cities

Silkworms live for only two or three days after laying eggs. About 36,000 to 50,000 eggs are laid, and
these are carefully stored at the silkworm farm until they are ready to hatch. The eggs hatch into
caterpillars, which feed on mulberry leaves. Soon, the caterpillars are ready to spin their cocoons.
Not all caterpillars can spin silk cocoons. Only the caterpillars of a silkworm moth known as ‘Bombyx
mari’ can do such spinning. This caterpillar has special glands which secrete liquid silk through its
lower lip. The liquid produced later hardens to form tine strands.

The caterpillar makes its cocoons using these strands. The threads on the outside of the cocoon are
rough, while those inside are soft and smooth.

Some fully-spun cocoons are heated. This kills the pupa inside. The cocoons are then put into hot
water to loosen the fine threads. Finally, these threads are reeled off the cocoons.

The length of unbroken thread produced by a single cocoon measures about one-and-a-half
kilometers. Being twisted together several of these threads make single woven materials.

1. What is the purpose of the text ……..

A. To persuade readers to buy silk.
B. To put silk into different categories.
C. To entertain readers with the knowledge.
D. To present some points of view about silk.
E. To describe how silk comes into existence.

2. How are the threads on the outside of the cocoon ……..

A. Fine.
B. Soft.
C. Rough.
D. Strong.
E. Smooth.

3. What are mulberry leaves for ……..

A.Feeding caterpillars.
B. Spinning cocoons.
C. Storing threads.
D. Hatching eggs.
E. Laying eggs.

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All planes need air to presure under their wings to stay up in the air. As they move forward. The
higher air pressure underneath their wings pushes them upward and gives them lift.
The smooth, streamlined shape of the plane allows the air to flows easily over its surface. This
helps to reduce the drag caused by the air pushing against the plane and allows it to move rapidly
through the air.
Planes move forward using engines. This movement is called thrust. Moving forward keeps a
stream of moving air passing over the wings. If the engines fail, theplanes will begin to descend
very quickly.
The air above the wing moves faster, so it is at a lower pressure than the air under the wing.
The air under the wing moves more slowly and is slightly squashed, so it is at a higher pressure
than the air above the wing.

1. What does the text describe?

a. How the wings of a plane work
b. How the plane move forward
c. How the plane is made
d. The engine of a plane
e. How a plane flies

2. The planes stay up in the air when..

a. A stream of moving air passes over their wings
b. There is air pressure under their wings
c. The wings move forward
d. The engines move faster
e. The engines fail

3. “This helps to reduce the drag caused by the air pushing against the plane and allow it to move
more rapidly through the air”(Paragraph 2) the underlined word can be replaced by..
a. Slowly b. Quickly c. Smoothly d. Gradualy e. Immediately

4. What is the use of air pressure under the plane’s wings?

a. To go down
b. To keep moving
c. To squash the wings
d. To stay up in the air
e. To reduce their weights

5. Movement planes forward using engines is called..

a. Trust b. Thurst c. Squash d. Thrust e. Streaming

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A tsunami is a series of waves generated when water in a lake or in the sea is rapidly displaced on
a massive scale. Earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions and large meteorite impacts all have
the potential to generate a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to
devastating.
The term of tsunami comes from the Japanese language meaning harbour (tsu) and wave (nami).
Although in Japanese tsunami is used for both singular and plural, in English “tsunamis” is well-
established as the plural. The term was created by fisherman who returned to port to find the area
surrounding the harbour devastated, although they had not been aware of any wave in the open
water. A tsunami is not a sub-surface event in the deep ocean; it simply has a much smaller
amplitude (wave heights) offshore, a very long wavelength (often hundreds kilometers long),
which is why they generally pass unnoticed at sea, forming only a passing “hump” in the ocean.
Tsunamis have been historically referred to as “tidal waves” because as they approach land they
take on the characteristics of a violent onrushing tide rather than the sort of cresting waves that
are formed by wind action upon the ocean (with which people are more familiar). However, since
they are not related to tides, the term is considered misleading and its usage is discouraged by
oceanographers.

1. The writer wrote the text ……..

A. To entertain readers
B. To describe a tsunami
C. To argue against a tsunami
D. To tell funny things about tsunami
E. To persuade readers to prevent a tsunami

2. Waves which are created by a tsunami are very ……

A. Tiny
B. Long
C. Strong
D. Exciting
E. Peculiar extraordinary

3. “…… it simply has a much smaller amplitude (wave heights) offshore …….” (par.2)
Which is the closest meaning to the underlined word?
A. Only
B. Rarely
C. Really
D. Actually
E. Obviously

4. Which doesn’t have the potential to generate tsunami?

A. Earthquakes
B. Volcanic eruptions
C. Large meteorite impacts
D. Landslides
E. Harbours

5. ….. when water in lake or in the sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale. The underlined word
means …..
A. Fast
B. Continuously
C. Generally
D. Gradually
E. Slowly

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