Persiapan Penilaian Akhir Semester (PAS) Ganjil

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Don’t ban mobiles in schools, let students use them

The furtive glance down into his or her crotch Is the telltale sign all modern teachers
will recognise as a dead give-away that a student is using a mobile phone in class. It’s
a comical sight, its sheer obviousness apparently lost on most students, but one that
is also serious in its implications - that particular student is probably not paying
attention at that moment, and perhaps hasn’t been for quite some time.
Mobile phones are a distraction in class. There’s no debate about this. But, with the exception
of some schools where strict discipline is the defining characteristic of its ethos, I don’t think
there’s any need to ban them In most schools. In fact, I’d go as far as to say we teachers
should be glad that almost all our students will have a mobile phone with them in school.
Mobile phones today are mini-computers which can be used as internet browsers, cameras,
video and audio recorders, calculators, stop clocks, homework diaries and notebooks. They
can be used as data-loggers in sci-ence lessons, maps in geography lesions and for listening
exercises in language lessons. At a time when few schools can afford to provide every
student with a laptop or tablet computing device, mobile phones can allow us to make the
most of modern information technology in our class-rooms.
In my science lessons, many of my students will use their mobile phones place of
calculators and stop clocks when doing experiments. I also encourage them to use their
phones to take photo-graphs of apparatus and to make videos of the phenomena we

The use of mobile phones offers much more than novelty, fun, and excitement - I believe
there are tangible educational benefits. Students today have grown up in the digital age
and it is surely one of our duties as teachers to create opportunities for them to develop
the skills they will need to succeed in a world driven by new technologies. Just as the
ability to use word processing, simple spreadsheets and presentation software are now
necessary in the modern workplace, it may be just a matter of time before simple digital
video and audio manipulation skills are essential. Using mo-bile phones in class, when
other devices are in short supply, provides one way to address these needs.
I’m not naive - I know that students with permission to use mobile phones in school will not be able to
resist checking their text messages and social media updates. That is, they won’t be able to resist
doing these things unless they are otherwise engaged with whatever it is they’re supposed to be doing
in class. Sure, some students will always find checking their Facebook page more interest-ing than
anything we teachers can offer them in lessons, but the majority of students, like the ma-jority of adults,
can be trusted to make their own decisions about the appropriate time and place to check their email or
send a text message. And here’s a controversial thought - just as you can quickly send a text message
or check your email while doing something else, perhaps students can be trusted to do the same in
school? It cannot be right that schools spend huge amounts of mon-ey investing in technology to
improve and enhance their students’ education whilst ignoring the powerful technological tool that
almost every student brings into school every day.

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01. What is the central argument proposed 6. These are the uses of mobile phones
by the author? in the author’s classroom, except ...
(A) to calculate something.
02. In general is the author the proponent or (B) to film experiments.
opponent of mobile phone ban at schools? (C) to time experiments.
(D) to take pictures of certain instruments.
03. Why would the author illustrate the (E) to provide students with language-
mobile phone uses in his classroom learning audio tracks.
(paragraph 3 & 4)?
(A) To show his agreement to the 7. Teacher : ” __________”
sales of mobile phone. Student : ”I think forcing the students to
(B) To show the readers that mobile phones wear uniform is a violation of
are beneficial in the classroom. human right.”
(C) To persuade parents to buy their
kids mobile phones. What is the best expression to fill the gap?
(D) To limit the mobile phone usage in (A) That’s unthinkable.
the classroom. (B) What is your opinion about school
(E) To replace traditional note-taking uni-form?
tools with mobile phones. (C) What is it?
(D) That’s for certain.
4. The followings are TRUE according to
the text, except. ... 08. January : “I think it’s a good idea to let students
(A) allowing the use of mobile phones may enter the class even though they are
promote digital literacy in students. late. Basically it can increase the
(B) it Is all right if mobile phones distract school attendance.
students in class, because they can May : “We see eye to eye on this.”
learn to make their own decision.
(C) if mobile phones are allowed in the The underlined expression shows ____.
classroom, every student will think (A) May asks for opinion
that checking Facebook is more (B) May’s agreement
engrossing than their lessons.
(C) May’s disagreement
(D) the author encourages the use of (D) May’s satisfaction
mobile phones both inside and
outside the classroom.
09. A : “Why didn’t you get me the concert
(E) what mobile phones offer is beyond tick-et?”
novelty, fun, and excitement.
B : “Sorry. I ... visit a relative at the
hospital last night.”
5. The underlined word “their” (paragraph
6) refers to ... The best answer to complete the sentence
(A) the majority of adults. above is ...
(B) the majority of students.
(A) must.
(C) the teachers.
(B) have to.
(D) the lessons.
(C) don’t have to.
(E) the parents.
(D) had to.
(E) must not.

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10. Tomorrow is my seventeenth birthday B. Complete the dialogues below by

party. All of you ... come. If not, I will choos-ing the best answers!
feel both sad and angry.
(A) must 13.A : “My head hurts.”
(B) must not B : “That is because you stayed up late.
(C) don’t have to You ... late.”
(D) will must
(E) may (A) should stay up
(B) shouldn’t stay up
11. A : “I will wear my new mini skirt tomor- (C) had better stay up
row.” (D) should have stayed up
B : “I don’t think you can do that. We’ll (E) shouldn’t have stayed up
visit a temple tomorrow and you ...
wear a skirt which is too short.” 14. A : “Where does Karen usually sit in the
library?“
The best answer to complete the B : “I am not sure. She moves around
sentence above is …. when she studies. She might be
there on the fifth floor or …”
(A) don’t have to
(B) must not
(A) she could be on the fourth floor.
(C) must
(B) she could not be on the fourth floor.
(D) have to
(C) she might be there.
(E) would rather
(D) she might not be there.
(E) she is not there.
A. Fill in the blank with sentences that
show advice!
15. My class will have a basketball match against
your class. Randy Orwell, a professional junior
12. A : “Oh no, left my ID card at home.”
basketball player, is in my team. We ...
B : “What? We can’t get in without ID.
You ...” win the match.
(A) may
(A) should leave it at home. (B) might
(B) shouldn’t leave it at home. (C) can
(C) should have left it at home. (D) could
(D) shouldn’t have left it at home. (E) should
(E) should left it at home.

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