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Almost half of the earth's population live in a tropical forest which covers an estimated 2000 million hectares, mostly in developing world. The management of these forests is a matter of great .....1...... for the countries in which they are .....2..... For not only do they provide timber for lumber and paper, they also show their unique diversity of plant life serving as a renewable source of food, medicines and fuel ....3..... they are wisely harvested. Forest also help to regulate the quality and flow of water, an .....4.... factor in development. They are the home of farmers and hunters, and yield many ....5.... which are used both by the local people and needed by city dwellers.

1. (a) attraction, (b) intention, (c) initiative, (d) importance, (e) reaction

2. (a) situated, (b) removed, (c) initiative, (d) discovered, (e) placed.

3. (a) as, (b) for, (c) if, (d) so, (e) or

4. (a) enormous, (b) efficient, (c) entire, (d) external, (e) essential

5. (a) producers, (b) products, (c) productively, (d) productivity, (e) productive


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Text 15 for questions 53-56

The average person will say (hat agriculture means farming. He is partly right, for raising crops is a branch of agriculture. So do livestock raising, dairy forming, fruit growing, chicken raising and even fur farming. Agriculture includes the raising of every kind of plants and animals that is useful to man.

With all its many branches, agriculture is the world's most, important industry. It supplies the food we eat and many of the materials from which we make our clothing.

Farms are classified according to the type of farming that is done and kinds of crops and livestock that are raised. They may be classified in several different ways, such as general, specialized, intensive, and extensive farms.

General farming is a farm where a variety of things is raised. On such a farm there may be a herd of dairy cows whose milk the farmer sells. There may also be poultry to pro vide extra income and supply some of the family's needs.

There aft many factors that influence the types of crops and livestock that a farmer raised. The most important one is climate which includes temperature, length of growing season, sunshine, and rainfall, Another is the type of soil. The third is the amount of water available of irrigation. By concentrating on the particular crops or animals that fit best with this situation, the specialized farmer hopes to use his land in the most efficient and profitable way.

When a farmer devotes a great deal of labour to a piece of land, he is practicing intensive agriculture. If
he works in a large area of land with relatively little labour, he is practicing extensive agriculture. Intensive
agriculture usually goes together with small farms. A great deal of careful work is always involved in
intensive agriculture. Often this work must be done by hand. Extensive agriculture is usually practiced on large farms or ranches where most of the work is done by machinery.

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These words are related to farming, EXCEPT ...

E. livestock
E. extensive farming
E. irrigation
E. stock exchange
E. type of soil
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The practice of intensive and extensive agriculture is

the main idea of paragraph ...
.2
.3
.4
.5
.6

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The text tells us about ...
a. intensive agriculture
b. extensive agriculture
c. types of farming
d. the important factors in farming
e. specialized farms


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"They may be classified in several different ways ."
(Paragraph 3).
The underlined word refers to ...
. crops
. plants
. farms
. cows
. animals

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Text 14 for questions 48-52

There are millions of plants and animals living in
the sea. Most of the plants and animals living in the
oceans are extremely small and float near the surface of

Text 13 for questions 46-47

A planet is a body in space that revolves around a
star. There are nine planets in our solar system, and
these nine planets travel around the sun. The names of
the planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.

Text 12 for questions 42-45

Text 12

Uday and Qusay are killed and the delighted
British and American governments suggest that Iraq

Text 11 for questions 38-41

Text 11

Dear Rossa,

I am a guy, twenty-eight years old. I have a
problem with a girl friend. She is twenty five years old.
We have been dating each other for years, since we

Skill 1 example 9

Hurricane generally occur in the North Atlantic from May through November, with the peak of the hurricane season in September; only rarely will they occur from December through April in that part of the ocean. The main reason for occurrence of hurricane during this period is that the temperature on the water's surface is at its warmest and the humidity of the air is at its highest.

Text 10 for questions 33-37

Text 10

Satellite Space-eye does not look like the
satellites of the 1980's. It has large wings that gather
solar power. The power is for the motor. It keeps the
satellite in the same place above the earth. All the big
farmers in the area have paid for the cost of Satellite
Space-eye.

Text 9 for questions 31-32

Text 9

A supporter of the national education bill displays
a sign reading "Endorse the national education* bill
right now" to every motorist passing the back gate of
the House of Representatives compound in Senayan,

Text 8 for questions 26-30

Text 8
Read the following text to answer questions 26 to
30.



Gunung Tujuh Lake is one of the many lakes in
Kabupaten Kerinci in Jambi province. It is an amazing
tourist place to visit. The location of Gunung Tujuh
Lake is in Kecamatan Kayu Aro. It is about 50 km