Soal Test Bahasa Inggris PKN STAN 2016

TES BAHASA INGGRIS
PART ONE: READING COMPREHENSION
Soal no. 151 s.d. 155 mengacu kepada bacaan berikut.
    There are basically two kinds of printer worth considering these days for use with a small home or business computer, both of them of the impact variety, that is, those which strike through an inked ribbon in order to deposit the impression on the paper. The first, and by far the most popular, is the dot matrix variety, which is cheaper and faster than the second type, the formed character printer. This latter type, characterized by its use of a “daisywheel” arrangement, while suffering from the disadvantages mentioned, as well as from a lack of ability to reproduce graphics, is the only kind so far which can offer quick changes of type style or size and which gives professional quality printing.


151.    What is the impact printer?
A.    the only printers available for home computers
B.    printer which use business computers
C.    a printer which uses an inked ribbon
D.    a printer which makes impressionable deposits

152.    It may be inferred from the passage that
A.    some computer printers are not impact printers
B.    all impact printers are cheap
C.    dot-matrix printers were the first impact printers
D.    impact printers can only be used with small computers

153.    Formed-character printers have the advantage over dot-matrix printers of
A.    graphics production
B.    printing excellence
C.    cost
D.    speed

154.    With a “daisywheel” arrangement, the user can
A.    use a dot-matrix printer
B.    do without a formed-character printer
C.    reproduce graphics
D.    vary his typeface

155.    What would be the most suitable title for this passage?
A.    Small Computer Printers: Some Consideration
B.    The Impact Of Printers On Computer Sales
C.    Small Home And Business Computers
D.    Dot-Matrix Printers Superior To Formed-Character Printers


soal no 156 s.d. 160 mengacu pada bacaan berikut

    Recent research into whether people who are good at solving brain twisters are more intelligent than those who are not suggest that the ‘experts’ make use of a special type of insight. However, not only do they appear to be good at this (choosing with the elements to process, to combine, or to compare from the information given), but they are also clever at making use of ‘general’ or prior knowledge and at monitoring their own progress wit a particular problem. In addition, they appear capable of adopting an appropriate cognitive style consisting of combination of impulse and reflection. Just what this combination is still mystifies the researchers, and so does the original question , to which their answer is a somewhat frustrating ‘possibly’.

156.    What is the best title of this passage?
A.    the nature of intelligence
B.    are brain twisters tests of intelligence? Doubt lingers 
C.    brain twisters: how everyone can solve them
D.    the cognitive style of brain-twister writers

157.    which of the following may not be inferred from the passage?
A.    experts at brain twisters use different talents from non-experts
B.    There are several factors affecting success with brain twisters
C.    Both impulsive and reflective thinking play a role in solving brain twisters
D.    The researchers were frustrated by brain twisters

158.    According to the passage, the expert insight involves
A.    a selection process
B.    making use of general knowledge
C.    monitoring their own progress
D.    a combination of impulse and reflection

159.    How does the author seem to feel about the research?
A.    selectively interested
B.    interested but in partial disagreement
C.    interested but somewhat dissatisfied
D.    interested but rather mystified

160.    What was the researchers main purpose?
A.    to prove that brain-twister experts are unusually intelligent
B.    to seek a correlation between solving brain twisters and intelligence
C.    to identify the experts’ monitoring process
D.    to describe the process of solving brain twisters

PART TWO: STRUCTURS

Soal no 161 s.d 175 pilih satu jawaban yang benar untuk mengisi titik-titik

161.    He has blond hair, …?
A.    Has he?
B.    Hasn’t he?
C.    Does he?
D.    Doesn’t he?

162.    In fife years time Ginting … his degree
A.    will have taken
B.    shall have taken
C.    will take
D.    has taken

163.    I remember … in this city when the traffic wasn’t too heavy
A.    driving
B.    drive
C.    to drive
D.    drove

164.    The grass are still wet, it …
A.    should have rained
B.    must have rained
C.    must be rained
D.    was rained

165.    Were I rich, I … around the world
A.    will travel
B.    would travel
C.    travel
D.    would be travel

166.    You look so awful with your performance; you should go to barber to have your hair...
A.    cut
B.    to cut
C.    to be cut
D.    cutting

167.    “What did the cashier of the bookstore tell you?”
“ …… with a credit card”
A.    Not paying
B.    Not pay
C.    Let’s not pay
D.    Not to pay

168.    A period of eight hours … not enough to finish this assignment
A.    are
B.    is
C.    to be
D.    being

169.    … her mistake, the stewardess immediately apologized to the passengers.
A.    Realized
B.    Realizing
C.    Realizes
D.    She realized

170.    You should check your answer sheet before
A.    Hand it in
B.    To hand it in
C.    Handing it in
D.    Handed it in

171.    I … down the street when it began to rain
A.    am walking
B.    would walk
C.    have walked
D.    had been walking

172.    Could you please tell me …
A.    where is the toilet?
B.    Where the toilet?
C.    Where the toilet is?
D.    Where did the toilet?

173.    Rather than … the homework I’d prefer to watch TV
A.    to
B.    to do
C.    doing
D.    did

174.    In order to accommodate bigger air crafts they need to … the runway
A.    lengthen
B.    length
C.    prolong
D.    longer

175.    Almost all of the students fail … on the first try
A.    in passing the TOEFL test
B.    to pass the TOEFL test
C.    to have pass the TOEFL test
D.    pass the TOEFL test

Soal no. 176 s.d.180 pilihlah kata yang memiliki   arti sama dengan kata yang digarisbawahi

176.    The function of refrigerator is to maintain the vegetables stay fresh
A.    obtain
B.    make
C.    elaborate
D.    preserve

177.    The requirement must be completed two days later
A.    fulfilled
B.    respond
C.    encourage
D.    enlist

178.    I support you to be the leader of our team
A.    enrich
B.    enrage
C.    encourage
D.    enlist

179.    The detective have imitated the beggar to catch the criminal
A.    insinuate
B.    impersonated
C.    inspect
D.    install

180.    She’s so vulnerable so that she can’t accept if somebody yell at her
A.    weak
B.    bitter
C.    numb
D.    insult

soal no 181 s.d 185 pilihlah kata yang mempunyai arti beelawanan dengan kata yang digarisbawahi.

181.    Spain surrender to the US of it’s control of guam
A.    stand up
B.    hold on
C.    gave up
D.    detain

182.    Coffee consumption by American coffee drinkers diminished
A.    perished
B.    shrink age
C.    appear
D.    increase

183.    The conquest of the war by the USA had been predicted by many countries
A.    success
B.    gain
C.    defeat
D.    strike

184.    Panther is peculiar tiger because it looks more like a big cat
A.    odd
B.    normal
C.    weird
D.    strange

185.    She locks the door after she close it
A.    untidy
B.    untie
C.    unsung
D.    unlock

Untuk soal no. 186 s.d. 190, anda diberi kalimat yang secara gramatikal salah atau yang menurut standar bahasa Inggris tidak dapat diterima. Pilihlah kata atau frase yang menyebabkan kalimat tersebut salah.

186.    A soccer match start with the ball being kicked forwards from a spot in a center of the field.
A.    A (soccer)
B.    The (ball)
C.    Kicked
D.    The (field)

187.    The popularity of “E.T” grew so fast and unexpected that stores swiftly ran out of E.T dolls.
A.    fast
B.    unexpected
C.    swiftly
D.    ran out of

188.    The deep of the ocean is measured using sophisticated sonar equipment.
A.    deep
B.    ocean
C.    sophisticated
D.    equipment

189.    Nowadays the most sophisticated chess computers are as better as all but the best human players in the world.
A.    most sophisticated
B.    as better
C.    all
D.    the best

190.    When Alaska became the forty-ninth state, the forty-eight, Arizona, was a state for forty-seven years.
A.    became
B.    forty-eight
C.    was
D.    for

PART THREE: VOCABULARY

Untuk soal no 191 s.d 200, pilihlah jawaban yang tepat untuk mengisi titik-titik.

191.    I try not to … any mistake in typing the letter
A.    leave out
B.    leave off
C.    leave alone
D.    leave about

192.    The angry boss … his employee tha t he would fire him
A.    Scolded
B.    Blamed
C.    Accused
D.    Suspected

193.    Although Retno  is the smartest student in the class, she is … about her achievment
A.    motivated
B.    modest
C.    elaborated
D.    detained

194.    The bird couldn’t fly because its wings were
A.    destroyed
B.    hurt
C.    damaged
D.    injured

195.    Retno and Maruti are from the same village, but they are not …
A.    related
B.    relative
C.    relation
D.    relationship

196.    … guys! We will win this game in the next tournament. Remember, failure is just a cancelled victory!
A.    take your shoes off
B.    be calm
C.    cheer up
D.    get up

197.    The collection of poems written by Chairil Anwar has been … few years ago
A.    edited
B.    issued
C.    promoted
D.    reported

198.    She’s a though girl, and she will able to … the problem soon
A.    get out
B.    get rid of
C.    clear out
D.    get into

199.    You have … our family name by stealing those cheap things
A.    disgraced
B.    extended
C.    coddled
D.    cleaned

200.    The magazine only published …, so in one month it’s only twice
A.    weekly
B.    yearly
C.    fortnightly
D.    monthly