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USM STAN 2017 Bahasa Inggris
Soal USM STAN 2017 - Bahasa Inggris

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01. The … accountant feels exhausted when he 07. Winona could not explain why … to a
gets home. convent school.
(A) overwork (A) her parents sent her
(B) overworks (B) did her parents send her
(C) overworking (C) were her parents sending her
(D) overworked (D) her parents were sending her
02. Mr. Clarke has … a big house that it takes a 08. If we see how the new manager treats us, it
long time to paint the wall and decorate it. is very clear that he is … than the previous
(A) so one.
(B) very (A) kind
(C) such (B) kinder
(D) such as (C) kindest
(D) more kind
03. Based on the research, as soon as a person
…, he will immediately check their phone. 09. The surrounding grew … after the
(A) will wake up submarine descended to the deepest part of
(B) wakes up the ocean.
(C) wake up (A) darken
(D) woke up (B) darkly
(C) darkening
04. No sooner … at the education fair than the (D) darkened
presentation from University of Harvard
was over. 10. The parents should not risk … the children
(A) had we come in the pool without surveillance.
(B) we had come (A) to leave
(C) did we come (B) leave
(D) we come (C) leaving
(D) for leaving
05. James Dawson, …, finally became vice
president of the company in 1989. 11. Just because I once got a speeding ticket,
(A) was an administration officer in 1972 my parents object to … taking the car for
(B) he was an administration officer in 1972 even short drives.
(C) an administration officer in 1972 (A) I
(D) whose an administration officer in 1972 (B) my
(C) me
06. The study found that many … are (D) mine
unresponsive to socio-economic and
technological changes in the rural sector. 12. By the time Judy finishes her breakfast, we
(A) curricula … at her apartment.
(B) curricular (A) will have arrived
(C) curriculas (B) would have finished
(D) curriculum (C) will arrive
(D) arrive
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13. … between Limpopo and Luvuvhu Rivers, 19. All people … in the event are given
Kruger National Park is the ancestral home notebooks for souvenirs.
of the Makulele people. (A) that participated
(A) Situating (B) which participating
(B) Situated (C) participate
(C) To situate (D) participating
(D) Having been
20. Indonesia palm oil production … if the
14. We were going to watch …, but the review government prolonged the forest
said that it was a flop. moratorium.
(A) the movie frightening (A) will be hampered
(B) the frightened movie (B) would be hampered
(C) the frightening movie (C) would have been hampered
(D) the frighten movie (D) was hampered
15. My sister attends two subjects this semester, 21. This ... statue was made about 100 years ago
one is Public Administration and … is by an Italian sculptor.
Statistics. (A) brown wooden interesting
(A) the other (B) wooden interesting brown
(B) other (C) interesting wooden brown
(C) another (D) interesting brown wooden
(D) the others
22. ... marijuana is known as an illegal substance
16. Susan was self-reliant and hardly ever … any in Indonesia, The White Union has been
assistance from others. trying to eradicate that misconception.
(A) she accepted (A) Although
(B) was she accepted (B) In spite of
(C) she did accept (C) Despite
(D) did she accept (D) Because
17. Kate and her children … when the police 23. ... the world is round is still debatable.
told her that her husband had died of car (A) That
crash. (B) If
(A) broke down (C) Whether
(B) broke out (D) What
(C) broke up
(D) broke in 24. As soon as the midfielder ... the ball, the
striker will shoot it to the goal.
18. … about Mr. Ron‟s behaviour sooner, I (A) passed
would have fired him immediately. (B) passes
(A) Had been known (C) will pass
(B) Had I known (D) have passed
(C) Knowing
(D) If I knew 25. The bus is about to leave, thus, let‟s get into
the bus, ...?
(A) are we
(B) aren‟t we
(C) shan‟t we
(D) shall we
26. The airline requires that the passenger ... his 32. My brother told us that he once hiked a
seat belt fastened at all times during take-off Mount
and landing. A B C
(A) kept Lawu on the East and Central Java border.
(B) keep D
(C) keeps
(D) keeping 33. Natalie Portman was proud of her when she
won
27. The professor got the absentee ... three A B
chapters of management book. C
an Oscar award for the Best Actress in 2011.
(A) to summarize
D
(B) summarized
(C) summarizes
34. Only few people in that meeting agreed that
(D) summarize
A B C
Nancy deserved getting the appreciation.
28. No sooner ... the train station than she
D
changed her mind to go by bus.
(A) she reached 35. On March, the public was shocked by a
(B) did she reach A B
(C) she had reached video of female students mixing prayer
(D) had she reached movements with
C
29. Madam Levin requires that her employee ... D
more cooperative in the next meeting. dancing.
(A) is
(B) are 36. According to the survey, the number of
(C) be A
(D) being Indonesians people studying overseas are
very
30. Daniel, accompanied by her parents, ... B C D
going to attend his college graduation big.
ceremony.
(A) are 37. Neither of those students have a clue to
(B) is solve the
(C) were A
(D) was B
mathematics problem assigned by the
Find the wrong word in the following teacher.
sentence! C D
31. The survey found that the more people use

social 38. Chinese people adore cats much because of
A their
media, the least likely they will concern A
about ability to kill mice, their bravery, and have
B C smooth
D B C D
privacy. fur.
39. Tr ustworthy legislators must be Acute episodes of local inflammation

accountability for involving skin, lymph nodes and lymphatic
A vessels often accompany the chronic
B C lymphoedema or elephantiasis. Some of these
the promises they made to their voters. episodes are caused by the body's immune
D response to the parasite. However most are the
result of bacterial skin infection where normal
40. West countries always support the principal defences have been partially lost due to
that underlying lymphatic damage.
A When lymphatic filariasis develops into
all citizens have the equal right regardless chronic conditions, it leads to lymphoedema
B (tissue swelling) or elephantiasis (skin/tissue
gender, religion, race or skin color. thickening) of limbs and hydrocele (fluid
C D accumulation). Involvement of breasts and
genital organs is common.
Lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as (Adapted from various sources - PTT BPPK)
elephantiasis, is a neglected tropical disease.
Infection occurs when filarial parasites are 41. The pronoun its in paragraph 2 refers to ....
transmitted to humans through mosquitoes. (A) prevalence
When a mosquito with infective stage larvae (B) intensity
bites a person, the parasites are deposited on the (C) infection
person‟s skin from where they enter the body. (D) poverty
The larvae then migrate to the lymphatic vessels
where they develop into adult worms forming 42. How many people from other tropical areas
'nests' in the human lymphatic system. Infection were moreless infected with Lymphatic
is usually acquired in childhood, but the painful Filariasis?
and profoundly disfiguring visible manifestations
(A) 1,3 billions
of the disease occur later in life. Whereas acute
(B) 845 millions
episodes of the disease cause temporary
(C) 390 millions
disability, lymphatic filariasis leads to permanent
(D) 65 millions
disability.
Currently, more than 1.3 billion people in 81
43. The majority of the acute local
countries are at risk. Approximately 65% of
inflammation is caused by ....
those infected live in the WHO South-East Asia
Region, 30% in the African Region, and the (A) body's immune's response
remainder in other tropical areas. Lymphatic (B) underlying lymphatic damage
filariasis afflicts over 25 million men with genital (C) bacterial skin infection
disease and over 15 million people with (D) fluid accumulation
lymphoedema. Since the prevalence and
intensity of infection are linked to poverty, its 44. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about
elimination can contribute to achieving the Lymphatic Filariasis?
United Nation Millennium Development Goals. (A) It transmitted to human by filarial
Lymphatic filariasis infection involves parasites.
asymptomatic, acute, and chronic conditions. (B) Its infections are mostly asymptomatic.
The majority of infections are asymptomatic, (C) Its chronic episodes can influence genital
showing no external signs of infection. These organs.
asymptomatic infections still cause damage to (D) It commonly affects people living in
the lymphatic system and the kidneys as well as poor condition.
alter the body's immune system.
45. The word prevalence in paragraph 2 can Edison's least favorite of Tesla's
best be replaced by .... “impractical” ideas was the concept of using
(A) delivery alternating current (AC) technology to bring
(B) distribution electricity to the people. Edison insisted that his
(C) influence own direct current (DC) system was superior, in
(D) occurrence that it maintained a lower voltage from power
station to consumer, and was, therefore, safer.
46. Where in the passage does the author But AC technology, which allows the flow of
discuss the spread of Lymphatic Filariasis? energy to periodically change direction, is more
practical for transmitting massive quantities of
(A) paragraph 1
energy, as is required by a large city, or hub of
(B) paragraph 2
industry, say. At the time, DC technology only
(C) paragraph 3
allowed for a power grid with a one-mile radius
(D) paragraph 4
from the power source. The conflict between the
two methods and their masters came to be
47. What is the main idea of the passage?
known as the War of Currents. In the end, AC
(A) the development of Lymphatic Filariasis won out. George Westinghouse, an inventor,
(B) the expansion of Lymphatic Filariasis entrepreneur, and engineer who had himself
(C) the symptoms of Lymphatic Filariasis been feuding with Edison for years, fulfilled
(D) the episodes of Lymphatic Filariasis Tesla's dream of building a power plant at
Niagara Falls to power New York City, and built
Nikola Tesla, a Serbian by parentage, began upon its principles the same system of local
working for the phone company in Budapest. In power grids we use today.
1882, he headed for Paris, where he took a job (Adapted from various sources - PTT BPPK)
with the Continental Edison Company. He was
invited to work stateside after his supervisor 48. Which one is NOT TRUE about Nikola
wrote a recommendation praising the young man Tesla?
as a genius on par with Thomas Alfa Edison
(A) he worked for Edison's company
himself. While he hired Tesla, Edison thought
(B) he built a power plant at Niagara Falls
the man's ideas were “splendid” but “utterly
(C) he had a better educational background
impractical.” Edison relied heavily on tedious
than Edison
experimentation for most of his discoveries, a
(D) he worked out theories before physically
commitment which some historians attribute
implementing them
partially to his lack of formal education. Tesla, in
contrast, was an emotionally driven dreamer
49. The rivalry between Tesla and Edison took
with years of engineering training, which allowed
place in ....
him to work out theories before physically
implementing them. (A) 17th century
At some point, Tesla insisted that he could (B) 18th century
increase the efficiency of Edison's prototypical (C) 19th century
dynamos, and eventually wore down Edison (D) 20th century
enough to let him try. Edison, Tesla later
claimed, even promised him $50,000 if he 50. What is the main idea of the passage?
succeeded. Tesla worked around the clock for (A) the rivalry between Tesla and Edison
several months and made a great deal of (B) the superiority of AC system
progress. When he demanded his reward, Edison (C) the invention of AC and DC system
claimed the offer was a joke, saying, “When you (D) the biography of Nikola Tesla
become a full-fledged American, you will
appreciate an American joke." Edison offered a
$10/week raise, instead. Ever prideful, Tesla quit,
and spent the next few months picking up odd
jobs across New York City.
51. The word its in paragraph 3 refers to .... There is no cure for this disease. The exact
(A) New York City cause is unknown, but it is believed due to a
(B) power plant single abnormal (mutant) gene. Normally for
(C) AC system each gene there are two copies, one from each
(D) the combination of AC and DC parent. Progeria is considered to be the result of
principles a dominant mutation because the gene in
question has one normal copy and one abnormal
52. Which one is the advantage of DC system? copy, as opposed to a recessive mutation in
which both copies are abnormal. Because neither
(A) it maintains a lower voltage from power
parent carries or expresses the mutation, each
station to consumer
case is believed to represent a sporadic new
(B) it allows for a power grid with a one mile
mutation which happens at the time of
radius from the power source
conception.
(C) it is more practical for transmitting
Progeria affects between 1 in 8 million
massive quantities of energy
(approx.) children, with a total reported
(D) it is more economical to be applied
incidence of just over 100 in the century since it
has been identified. There are currently between
53. What can be inferred from the passage?
30 and 40 known cases worldwide of Progeria.
(A) George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla Children from all races and cultures from around
were best friend the world have been affected.
(B) George Westinghouse has invented the Because of the lack of a specific laboratory
generator that we use today test at this time, the diagnosis must be based on
(C) George Westinghouse admired Edison‟s the physical appearance of the individual. The
work diagnosis is usually made in the first or second
(D) George Westinghouse rarely agreed with year of life when skin changes and failure to gain
Edison weight become apparent.
Research indicates that a chemical
54. The word tedious in paragraph 1 is closest (hyaluronic acid) may be found in greatly
in meaning to .... elevated levels in the urine of Hutchinson-
(A) diverse Gilford Progeria Syndrome patients. The same
(B) dull abnormality has been found in Werner
(C) dynamic Syndrome, which is sometimes called „progeria
(D) tenacious of the adult‟.
(Adapted from various sources - PTT BPPK)
Also known as Hutchinson-Gilford
Syndrome, Progeria Syndrome is an extremely 55 The pronoun it in paragraph 3 refers to ....
rare genetic disease. In this disease the aging (A) century
process of the body accelerates much faster than (B) mutation
what it does in normal humans. This process of (C) progeria
aging gallops to about seven times the normal (D) incidence
rate. Because of this, a child of ten years would
have a look of 70 years old. He or she may also 56. The following paragraph will most likely
have similar respiratory, cardiovascular, and talk about ....
arthritic conditions that a 70-year-old would
(A) the symptoms of Progeria of the adult
have.
(B) the research about Werner Syndrome
(C) the process of level of urine elevation
(D) the chemical found in Progeria patients
57. The author's main purpose in the passage is

to ....
(A) show the cause of Progeria syndrome
(B) state the result of Progeria syndrome
research
(C) give examples about the spread of
Progeria syndrome
(D) give explanation about Progeria
syndrome
58. The word apparent in paragraph 4 is

closest in meaning to ....
(A) worse
(B) obvious
(C) severe
(D) dominant
59. According to the passage, which of the

following is NOT TRUE about Progeria?
(A) it is believed to be the result of recessive
mutation.
(B) it shares similar abnormality with Werner
Syndrome.
(C) it can be diagnosed from the patient's
skin changes.
(D) it is a genetic disease which affects the
aging process.
60. The word gallops in paragraph 1 can best

be replaced by ....
(A) develops
(B) expanses
(C) accelerates
(D) continues

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31. The survey found that the more people use

39. Tr ustworthy legislators must be Acute episodes of local inflammation

57. The author's main purpose in the passage is

58. The word apparent in paragraph 4 is

59. According to the passage, which of the

60. The word gallops in paragraph 1 can best

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