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 by 06. These are the uses of mobile phones in the
the author? 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 mobile (E) to provide students with language-
phone uses in his classroom (paragraph learning audio tracks.
3 & 4)?
(A) To show his agreement to the sales of 07. Teacher : ” __________”
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 the (A) That’s unthinkable.
classroom. (B) What is your opinion about school uni-
(E) To replace traditional note-taking tools form?
with mobile phones. (C) What is it?
(D) That’s for certain.
04. The followings are TRUE according to the
text, except. ... 08. January : “I think it’s a good idea to let
(A) allowing the use of mobile phones may students enter the class even
promote digital literacy in students. though they are late. Basically it
(B) it Is all right if mobile phones distract can increase the school attendance.
students in class, because they can learn May : “We see eye to eye on this.”
to make their own decision.
(C) if mobile phones are allowed in the The underlined expression shows ____.
classroom, every student will think that (A) May asks for opinion
checking Facebook is more engrossing (B) May’s agreement
than their lessons. (C) May’s disagreement
(D) the author encourages the use of mobile (D) May’s satisfaction
phones both inside and outside the
classroom. 09. A : “Why didn’t you get me the concert tick-
(E) what mobile phones offer is beyond et?”
novelty, fun, and excitement. B : “Sorry. I ... visit a relative at the hospital
last night.”
05. 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 party. B. Complete the dialogues below by choos-
All of you ... come. If not, I will feel both ing the best answers!
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 visit (E) shouldn’t have stayed up
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 sentence B : “I am not sure. She moves around when
above is …. 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
12. A : “Oh no, left my ID card at home.”
junior basketball player, is in my team. We ...
B : “What? We can’t get in without ID.
win the match.
You ...”
(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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