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BAHASA
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2015
Question 1 - 3 are based on the following
text.
Parents send their children to school
with the best of intentions, believing that
formal education is what kids need to
become productive, happy adults. Many
parents do have qualms about how well
schools are performing, but the
conventional wisdom is that these issues
can be resolved with more money, better
teachers, more challenging curricula, or
more rigorous tests. But what ¡f the real
problem is school itself? The unfortunate
fact is that one of our most cherished
institutions ¡s, bý its very nature, failing our
children and our society.
Children are required to be in school,
where their freedom is greatly restricted,
far more than most adults would tolerate
in their workspaces. ¡n recent decades, we
have been compelling them to spend ever
more time in this kind of setting, and there
is strong evidence that this is causing
psychological damage to many of them.
And as scientists have investigated how
children naturally learn, they have realized
that kids do so most deeply and fully, and
with greatest enthusiasm, in conditions
that are almost opposite to those of
school.
Compulsory education has been a
fixture of our culture now for several
generations. President Obama and
Secretary of Education Ame Duncan are so
enamored of it that they want even longer
school days and years. Most people
assume that the basic design of today’s
schools emerged from scientific evidence
about how children learn. But nothing
could be further from the truth.
Schools are we know them today are
products of history, not of research. The
blueprint for them was developed during
the Protestant Reformation, when schools
were created to teach children to read the
Bible, to believe Scripture without
questioning it, and to obey authority
figures without questioning them. When
schools were taken over by the state, made
compulsory, and directed toward secular
ends, the basic structure and methods of
leaching remained unchanged.
Subsequent attempts at reform have failed
because they have not altered basic
blueprint. The top down, teach-and-test
method, in which learning is motivated by
a system of rewards and punishments
rather than by curiosity or by any real
desire to know, is well designed for
indoctrination and obedience training but
not much else. It is no wonder (that many
of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs and
innovators either left school early, like
Thomas Edison) or said they hated school
and learned despite it, not because of it
(like Albert Einstein).
(15 Soal SBMPTN Bahasa Inggris by Stefani Kristina)
1. What is the topic of the text above?
A. Restrictions on children’s freedom
at the US schools.
B. Parents’ expectation on
reformation in American school
system.
C. Restrictions on children’s freedom
at the US schools.
D. Doubts on the effectiveness of
American school systems.
E. Absence of a research-based
schoól system in the USA.
2. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To discuss if the American school
system is truly effective to educate
children.
B. To remind American parents that
the formal school is basically a
product of culture
 C. To tell the readers that formal in
the USA have been constantly
developed for a long time.
D. To review how compulsory
education in the USA has met
parents’ expectation.
E. To describe how American children
school and in the real-life settings.
3. Which of the following is closest in
meanin word “qualms” (line 2)?
A. Beliefs
B. Requests
C. Remarks
D. Views
E. Doubts
Question 4 – 7 are based on the following
text.
U.S. pop and soul music legend
Stevie Wonder told diplomats from nearly
200 nations on Monday to stop squabbling
over copyright and agree on a pact
bringing "hope and light" to blind people
around the globe.
And the singer-musician, himself
sightless since just after birth, warned
negotiators at the United Nations
intellectual property and copyright agency
WIPO that he would write a sad song about
them if they didn't act on his appeal.
"We must declare a state of
emergency and end the information
deprivation that continues to keep the
visually impaired in the dark," said Wonder,
whose music has won dozens of top
awards in his 50-year career.
He told delegates on the opening day
of WIPO's annual assembly that they
should agree on an action plan that would
empower the blind and near-blind by side-
stepping copyright rules and giving them
access to books and learning.
(UM UGM 2015)
4. It can be inferred from the passage
that the word “light” in the phrase
“hope and light” in paragraph 1 refers to
...
A. vision
B. intellectual property
C. Braille audio
D. provision of information
E. illumination
5. From the term “a state of emergency”
in paragraph 3, it can be inferred that it
refers to a state where ...
A. WIPO members are unable to come
up with a solution
B. diplomats squabble over copyright
C. the blinds are kept in the dark
D. copyright rules are side-stepped
E. Cross-border copyright rules
cannot be overcome
6. The passage mentions that Stevie
Wonder pleaded that the delegates of
WIPO’s annual assembly should ...
A. agree on a pact
B. declare a state of emergency
C. finance translation of books in
Braille
D. evede copyright rules
E. empower the blind
7. According to the passage, the World
Blind Union ...
A. argues that piracy of texts is
intolerable
B. came up with a practical solution
C. Totally agrees to free rights of
transla- tion
D. publishes works in Brailler or audio
E. advocates acces to books and
learning for the visually impaired
Questions 8 - 9 are based on the following
text
The information and communication
technology revolution can be easily
recognized as the latest revo1utjo in the
history of mankind, impacting every facet
of business, society, and life worldwide
with a speed beyond imagination. The last
centuries have seen a continuous
evolution process, which started with
industrial revolution at the end of 18th
century. This revolution has its roots in the
invention of the first electronic computers
in the 1940s, continued with the
development of information technology
during following decades and exploded in
the early 1990s, in the 1960s and 1970s,
computer technology was mainly utilized
in business data processing and scientific
applications of a mostly number crunching
nature. As a result, the use of this
technology was limited to those who had a
good command of these systems and
computer programming languages. With
the, invention of microprocessors a new
idea of distributed information established
itself and computers became available on
a personal basis. The, contemporary
development of networking both on a local
and a wide area (LAN and WAN) merged
computer and information technology with
telecommunication. In 1980s, the
matching of the two technologies led to the
information communication technology,
with a strong focus on the management
and dissemination of information by both
providers and users.
The most noticeable explosion in the
information and communication
technology revolution was the creation of
the World Wide Web (WWW) and its
potential in the early 1990 s., During the
past two decades, WWW technologies have
become the driving force ¡n allowing
people worldwide to communicate and
exchange information in ways that have
created a totally new dimension for
mankind, at such a point that “global
villages” are the words today better
describing our planet. In recent years,
through the use of web-enabled,
technologies, organizations of all types and
sizes around the world have managed to
utilize these technologies to conduct both
information processing and dissemination
with their prospective customers,
suppliers, students, and governments.
These technologies, now allowing readily
available information for everyone
regardless of their geographic location,
bring the true meaning of the information
age to its full realization and prepare a new
era for mankind: the knowledge society.
In recent years, the science of
understanding the nature of information
processing and management combined
with computer and telecommunication
technologies to process, disseminate, and
manag information has become known as
information and communication science
and technology.” it has many resources
and components and originated many new
disciplines but, what is more, it intervenes
in changing mankind’s habits and lifestyle.
(15 Soal SBMPTN Bahasa Inggris by Stefani Kristina)
8. It can be inferred from paragraph 2
that ...
A. information explosion occurred in
the I 990s
B. information is avülable depending
on geographical location
C. in the information age, people are
networked together through
technology
D. information is processed and
distributed widely by organizations
to create global villages
E. World Wide. Web was created to.
answer the information and
communication demand
9. Which of the following is true
according to the text? .
A. The computer was only employed
by those who understood the
 systems and programming
languages in its early development.
B. Computers are primarily used for
individuals.
C. In global villages every, individual is
connected via World Wide Web.
D. An individual’s habit and lifestyle
determine the way in the use of
information and communication
technology.
E. Everyone should always be aware
of the future of information
technology. . .
Question 10 - 12 are based on the
following text.
One of the most important decisions
that most people make is choosing the
type of employment for which they are
best suited and which best suits them. If a
job seeker has a clear idea of his abilities,
interests, limitations, and aims, he will be
able to narrow his choice of employment
and to try to match himself and an
occupation.
There is a wide sources of job
information, that includes advertisements
in newspapers and periodicals, public and
private employment services, professional
organizations, labor unions, and civil
service commisions. ….. (14)….. one or
more of these sources allows the
prospective employee to assess the
opportunities available, the training and
experience necessary, and the income that
can be expected.
When a job seeker has chosen a field of
employment and has located information
about specific openings, he is ready to
make approaches through the most
promising sources. If the prospective
employer is to be contacted directly, the
approach may be made in person through
a company’s personnel office, by letter, or
by making a telephone appointment for an
interview. Employers often ask job
applicants to send a resume, which is a
summary of the applicant’s employment
experience, personal data, and education.
The education and training of the job
seeker have an important bearing on the
types of employment that are open to him.
As a general rule, occupations are
becoming more specialized and technical.
Many jobs demand apprenticeship or on-
the-job training, while others require a
professional academic degree. About 75%
of the people working in …(15)… and
technical fields have at least some college
education, and only about 5% have less
than a high-school education. Although
education is not a guarantee of
employment, unemployment rates decline
as the level of education rises.
(SIMAK UI 2015)
10. ....
A. Investigate
B. Investigated
C. Investigating
D. Be investigated
E. To investigating
11. ....
A. professional
B. professed
C. professing
D. profession
E. professor
12. The sentence “Also, personal income
generally increases in relation to the
individual’s educational level.” should
be the ....
A. first sentence of paragraph 4
B. second sentence of paragraph 4
C. third sentence of paragraph 4
D. fourth sentence of paragraph 4
E. last sentence of paragraph 4
Question 13- 16 are based on the introduction of fluoride in 1956 caused a
following text dramatic drop in cavities.
(UM UGM 2015)
Historians have traced the first
toothbrushes to the 11TH-century China. 13. …
They were made of bristles from Siberian A. which were raised
hogs, …(13)…. in cold climates to B. who were raised
increase their bristles. The bristles were C. whom they were raised
attached to the handles made of bamboo D. which raised
or wood. E. which were raising

During the Dark Ages in Europe, dental 14. ….

hygiene consisted of using the tip of a knife A. for
as a toothpick. After hogbristle B. since
toothbrushes came to Europe in the 15TH C. nonetheless
century, many people found the bristles D. besides
too stiff, and preferred toothpicks. Other E. moreover
people used horsehair or badger hair
brushes, which were too soft to do much 15. ….
good. A. for
B. since
…(14)… , in England by the late 19TH C. nonetheless
century, mass production of hogbristle D. besides
toothbrushes was underway. ….(15)… E. moreover
1938, in the United States, toothbrushes
that was made from synthetic nylon were 16. ….
introduced. Again, people found them too A. good as much as harm
stiff. B. doing so good as much harm
C. doing so good as much as doing
good
Finally in the 1950s, softer nylon brushes
D. Doing as much harm as good
arrived. As for toothpaste, its earliest
E. Doing so good as much as doing
recorded recipe was found in an Egyptian
no harm
tomb dating back 4000 years. Since it
contained strong vinegar along with
Questions 17-20 are based on the
powdered pumice stone, it actually wore
following passage.
down tooth enamel, causing decay.

Gardeners and homeowners might

The Romans had similar recipes, with
sometimes need to add nitrogen fertilizers
similar results, but one of their ingredients
to their gardens and lawns to provide just
was urine. The ammonia found in urine
the right food for their plants. The amount
may offer protection from decay, and
used typically depends on plant and seed
ammonia compounds are still used in
instructions as well as on the other sources
some tooth- pastes today.
of nitrogen, such as manure, already
applied to the soil. While an addition of
Up until the 19TH century, toothpastes
nitrogen to the lawn and garden may be
were …(16)… . But they continued to
necessary, homeowners often use more
evolve, and after World War II modern
than what is recommended, and over time
toothpaste were already produced. The
this excess nitrogen pollutes water and air.
Nitrogen at higher levels causes a loss of
certain plant species, depletion of soil
nutrients, death of fish and aquatic
organisms, and contamination of drinking
water.
Though nitrogen serves to aid plants in
their growth, weeds and nonnative plants
tend to grow more readily with additional
nitrogen supplies. Other plants that have
lower nitrogen needs end up dying,
causing a decline in native species,
according to the Ecological Society of
America (ESA). In California, for example, it
is reported that too much nitrogen
encourages the growth of nonnative
grasses and kills off lichens on trees. In the
coastal areas of the western United States,
soils have higher levels of nitrogen, which
feed nonnative grasses. The shift in plant
species increases the chances of wildfires
because these new grasses are flammable.
In the soil, too much nitrogen also
creates an imbalance of nutrients that
causes a depletion of other important
minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, and
magnesium. While fertilizer overuse
causes this change, nitrogen-polluted air,
caused by nitrates from automobiles and
industrial plants, also results in this
acidifica- tion of the soil when acid rain
falls. When the nitrogen abundance
reduces important minerals, toxic
elements such as aluminum can
proliferate and harm plants as well as fish
in rivers.
When nitrogen levels in rivers and
streams increase, they aid in algae
overgrowth. As algae dies and
decomposes, organic matter in the water
increases. This process uses up oxygen,
causing its levels to drop. With limited
oxygen, fish, crabs and other aquatic life
drops in quantity. In the San Francisco Bay
Delta, for example, blue-green algae
blooms occur in numbers during the
warmer months, especially when the
conditions such as increased nitrogen
occur. Researchers at the Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution say these algae
blooms, which can appear in different
colors, produce toxins that can be harmful.
A soluble substance, nitrogen soaks
deeply into the soil after a rainstorm or
after irrigation, reaching ground water and
nearby wells. When babies under a year
old and elderly people ingest water with
high nitrogen levels, they can develop
symptoms such as gastrointestinal
swelling and irritation, diarrhea, and
protein digestion problems, according to
the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Extension. Because nitrogen is odorless
and colorless, only testing can determine
whether contamination has occurred.
(Adapted from SFGATE)
(SBMPTN 2015)
17. According to the passage, which of
the following best shows the author’s
bias?
A. The need of fertilizer to increase
agricultural production.
B. Blooms of algae in spring but
leaving polluted waters afterwards.
C. Change of plants in the forest and
forest fire because of nitrogen.
D. Growing of unwanted plants and
plants extinction caused by
nitrogen.
E. Nitrogen as a useful supplement
for plants, be it in the air, water, or
soil.
18. Based on the passage, it can be
hypothesized that the more ....
A. houses, the more nitrogen
excesses
B. polluted soil, the more crop
problems
C. fertilizers, the more agricultural
products
 D. nitrogen, the more acid rains and
plant shifts
E. industrial areas, the more polluted
air and soil
Problems 19 and 20 are based on the
following passage. Choose one option that
best completes the blank spaces in the
passage.
B. In addition, a battery of processing
measures was administered.
C. However, standard measurement
was applied to test the subjects.
D. Consequently, the assessment was
used to evaluate the reading skills.
E. Instead, an interview consisting of
many different tasks was
conducted

The present study sought to document

the word reading and comprehension
levels attained by children who were im-
planted by 5 year of age. It was
hypothesized that the improved speech
perception abilities acquired with cochlear
implantation would promote phonological
coding skills. (1) ...

Three subtests of diagnostic reading

assessment batteries standardized on
hearing children were administered to 181
children between 8 year 0 month and 9
year 11 month of age who had 4 to 6 years
of im- plant experience. (2) ... It included a
lexical decision task, a rhyme task, and the
digit span subtest of the Wechsler
Intelligence Scale for Children.
(Adapted from Journal of Ear and Hearing)

(SBMPTN 2015)

19. Which option best completes (1)?

A. The finding showed that the
hypothesis was accepted.
B. The implantation was eventually
shown to be successful.
C. The following paragraph would
discuss the findings of the study.
The objective of the study was to
see the subjects’ reading skills.
D. It would also facilitate the
acquisition of beginning reading
skills.

20. Which option best completes (2)?

A. Likewise, the children were obliged
to take a reading test.