Materi 7-UTBK-XI IPS 3-2122

Text 1

_.... (1) Every culture interprets body language, gestures, posture and carriage, vocal
noises, and degree of eye contact differently. (2) A poor traveler might have expected that
nodding his or her head up and down or giving a thumbs-up would indicate yes. (3)
However, in the Middle East. nodding the Read down indicates agreement while nodding it
up is a sign Of disagreement. (4) In Japan, an up-and-down nod might just be a signal that
someone is listening. (5) Yet, saying 'thank you' to appreciate someone signals the same
meaning. (6) The thumbs-up signal is vulgar in Iran. (7) Point with the wrong finger or
with anything less than your entire hand and you risk offending somebody. (8) while some
cultures value eye contact di a sign of respect, averting your eyes may be the sign of
respect in others. (9) In some places, people value a certain degree of personal space in
conversation, while those from the Middle East might get right up in your face when they
want to converse. (10) Restrain the desire to pat a child on the head in Asia, there's a belief
that such a touch would damage the child's soul. (11) Clearly, body language expresses
different things in other countries.

1. The paragraph should begin with ....

A. Non-verbal communication can be picked up easily in a foreign land
B. Non-verbal communication will be a Start in learning a culture
C. Natives welcome good intention shown through non-verbal communication
D. Contrary to popular beliefs. nonverbal communication is not universal
E. Basic non-verbal communication is the same wherever you go

2. Which of the following sentence is irrelevant?

A. Sentences (3)
B. Sentences (5)
C. Sentences (7)
D. Sentences (8)
E. Sentences (10)
Text 2

_Wood plays a part in more activities of the modern economy than does any other
commodity. There is (3) ... any industry that does not use wood or wood products
somewhere in its manufacturing and marketing processes. Think about the (4) ... of junk
mail, newspapers, photocopies and other paper products that each of us handles, stores, and
disposes of in a single day_ Total annual world wood consumption is about 3.7 billion
metric tons or about 3.7 billion m3.
_This is more than steel and plastic consumption together. International trade In wood and
wood products amounts to more than $100 billion each year. Developed countries produce
less than half of all (5) ... wood but account for about 80 percent of its consumption. Less-
developed countries, mainly in the tropics produce more than half of all wood used by
industries but use only 20 per-cent. The largest producers of this kind of wood and paper
pulp are the United States, the former Soviet Union, and Canada. Much of the logging In
North America and Europe occurs in (6) ... forests, where cut trees are grown as
crop. (7) ... tropical hardwoods in Southeast Asia. Africa, and Latin America are being cut
at an unsus-tainable rate, mostly from old-growth forests.

3. .…
A. almost
B. nearly
C. hardly
D. never
E. ever
4. .…
A. accumulation
B. number
C. total
D. amount
E. figure

5. ....

A. industrial
B. industrially
C. industrious
D. industrallized
E. industry
 6. ....
A. manage
B. managing
C. management
D. managerial
E. manageable

7. .…
A. for example
B. similiarly
C. in addition
D. in contrast
E. therefore

Text 3
_Alligators, which often engage in violent fights over territories and mates, have made
scientists puzzled why their wounds rarely get infected. Now researchers think the secret
lies in the reptiles` blood. Chemists in Louisiana found that blood from the American
alligator can successfully destroy 23 strains of bacteria, including strains known to be
resistant to antibiotics. In addition, the blood was able to deplete and destroy a significant
amount of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

_Study co-author Lances Darville at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge believes
that peptides – fragments of proteins – within alligator blood help the animals stop fatal
infections. Such peptides are also found in the skin of frogs and toads, as well as Komodo,
dragons, and crocodiles. The scientists think that these peptides could one day lead to
medicines that would provide humans with the same antibiotic protection. 'We are in the
process of separating and identifying the specific peptides in alligator blood,' said Darville.
'Once we sequence these peptides, we can obtain their chemical structure to potentially
create new where bacteria thrive, alligators that suffered frequent scratches and bruises
rarely developed fatal infections. Merchant the created human and alligator serum-protein-
rich blood plasma that has been able to remove clotting agents, and exposed each of them
to 23 strains of bacteria. Human serum destroyed only eight of the bacterial strains while
the alligator serum killed all 23. When the alligator was exposed to HIV, the researchers
found that a good amount of the virus was destroyed.

_The study team thinks that pills and creams containing alligator peptides could be
available at level pharmacies within seven to ten years. Such products would be a solution
to patients that need extra help preventing infections, such as diabetes patients with foot
ulcers, burn victims and people suffering from auto-immune diseases. However, there may
be potential problems before alligator-based medicines can reach drugstore shelves. For
example, initial tests have revealed that higher concentrations of the alligator serum tend to
be toxic to human cells.

8. This passage would probably be found in a (n) ....

A. academic journal
B. lifestyle magazine
C. medical journal
D. health magazine
E. men magazine

9. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about peptides within alligators’
blood?
A. they are fragments of proteins
B. they may stop fatal infections
C. they are injected in the human body
D. they are within the blood of reptiles
E. they are the same function as antibiotics

10. The word ‘clotting’ in line 10 is closest in meaning to ....

A. setting
B. accumulating
C. thickening
D. dotting
E. (E) softening.

11. The following are what Merchant, the biochemist, experienced except that he ....
A. developed two kinds of serum, each can destroy 23 strains of bacteria
B. learned why alligators can survive in bacterial environments
C. became interested in alligators resistance to infections
D. created a serum which can remove things that cause clotting
E. found out that crocodiles can decrease infection caused by HIV

12. The writer concludes his essay by saying that ....

A. scientists are now searching for a medicine against HIV
B. alligator have contributed a lot to stop human life
C. reptiles have peptides which can be used as serum
D. peptides in the blood are only found in America alligators
E. alligator serum has the possibility to harm human beings
 13. This sentence “another theory, therefore, seemed necessary.” Should be put as ....
A. the last sentence of paragraph 1
B. the fist sentence of paragraph 2
C. the last sentence of paragraph 2
D. the first sentence of paragraph 3
E. the last sentence of paragraph 3

Text 4

_Two French researchers have recently proposed the first ever model explaining how the
great majority of regular satellites in our solar system were formed out of planet rings. The
model, the only one of its kind, (14) ... in 2010 on Saturn’s moons. It seems to account for
the present distribution of “giant” planets and also explains how the satellites of the
“terrestrial” planets such as Earth or Pluto came into being. These results are a major step
forward in understanding and (15) ...  the formation of planetary systems across the
universe.

_There is a (16) ... such as Jupiter and Saturn, and the terrestrial plants, such as Earth or
Pluto. Whereas the giants are surrounded by rings and a myriad of small natural satellites,
the terrestrial planets have few moons, or just one and no rings. Until now, two
models (17) ... to explain the presence of regular satellites in our solar system. These
indicate that the satellites of the terrestrial planets like Earth or Pluto were formed
following a giant collision. They also indicate that the satellites of the giant planets were
formed in a nebula (18) ... the planet. They do not, account for the specific distribution and
chemical composition of the satellites orbiting the giant planets.

_In 2010 and 2011, a French research team developed a new model to describe how
Saturn's moons came into being based on numerical simulations and Cassini probe data.
The researchers discovered that Saturn's rings, (19) ... are very thin disks made up of small
blocks of ice surrounding the planet, in turn, gave birth to ice satellites. This is due to the
fact that the rings spread over time and when they reach a certain distance from the planet
(known as the Roche limit or Roche radius), (20) ... ends agglomerate and form small
bodies that break off and move away. This is how rings give birth to satellites orbiting the
planet.
14. ....
A. first tested
B. to first test
C. first testing
D. was first tested
E. had first tested

15. ....
A. explain
B. explains
C. explained
D. to explain
E. explaining

16. ....
A. fundamental difference between giant planet systems
B. difference between giant planet fundamental systems
C. giant fundamental systems between difference planets
D. planet systems difference between giant fundamental difference
E. giant planet difference between fundamental systems

17. ....
A. have been commonly used
B. had been commonly used
C. will be commonly used
D. were commonly used
E. are commonly used

18. ....
A. surrounding
B. surrounded
C. will surround
D. which surround
E. which surrounded

19. ....
A. that
B. which
C. who
 D. when
E. where

20. ....
A. it
B. its
C. It’s
D. they
E. their