Saturday 21 November 2009

SOAL UJIAN CPNS BAHASA INGGRIS TAHUN 2009


BAHASA INGGRIS

Please read the following passage carefully !

It has been noted that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play
very important roles in the national economic development.
Though having a predominant role, most of SMEs D – 8 member
countries (developing countries) are usually lacking in their
competitive edge. This has influenced their ability to access
markets or improve market share, to access fund sources (credit)
to access information and technology, and caused many other
weaknesses.
One solution to cope with this problem is developing business
networking trough trading house will provide business development
service for SMEs to join in SME business networking among SMEs in
D – 8 member countries.

Section I

Question related to the passage (1 – 4)
1. What is the main topic of the passage ?
A. Coping the problem with business networking.
B. The role of SMEs in national economy development.
C. The important of business networking amongst SMEs.
D. D – 8 member countries lack competitive edge.

2. According to the passage, do SMEs have great significant role ?
A. Yes, they play important role in the national economic
development
B. No, they are lacking in their competitive edge
C. Yes, they have an access to improve market share
D. No, they have a predominant role

3. How to overcome the problem faced by SMEs ?
A. Improve market share
B. Develop business networking
C. Provide business development service
D. Dacilities each member country

4. What do you define about business networking ?
A. Formal cooperation arrangements between at least three
business institutions.
B. Indonesian cooperatives which are now more than 80.000
units
C. The business which use internet in selling and purchasing
commodities
D. Internet business arrangement

Section II

Choose the word or phrase that best keeps the meaning of the
original sentence for the underlined word (5 – 10).

5. Comtemporary hearing aids can be so minuscule that they fit
within the frame of a pair of eyeglasse
A. tiny
B. light
C. decorative
D. flexible

6. This paper gives a brief overview of the impoertance of business
networking
A. explanation
B. clarification
C. guideline
D. comprehensive view

7. Though it is known that SMEs play a very important role in
national economic development the still have weakness
A. Indeed
B. Despite everything
C. In fact
D. While

8. Among those weaknesses are lacking in market access and
lacking in technology and information access
A. leaking
B. looking
C. in the absence of
D. making

9. The weaknesses are a reflection of their human resource
weaknesses
A. process of thinking
B. reduction
C. contribution
D. process of decreasing

10. The government should empower SMEs to become more
competitive both in domestic and foreign markets
A. Increase in amount
B. Reduce the power
C. Give opportunity
D. Joint closely

Section III

Choose the word or phrase to complete the sentence
(11 – 17)

11. The minister of Religion Affairs ….
A. declared
B. stipulated
C. engaged
D. wrote

12. Maria is my spouse We …. last year
A. planned
B. talked
C. married
D. ceased living

13. Civil servant may not …. any of government’s property
A. steal
B. steel
C. style
D. stack

14. Few people …. pray five times a day
A. nearby
B. seldom
C. at most
D. almost

15. Everybody is …. the shall to have a party
A. sitting
B. looking
C. using
D. entering

16. Ali is the …. of my sister. He is my nephew
A. son
B. family
C. uncle
D. brother – in – law

17. Gusdur is the …. of Indonesia.
A. previous indigenous
B. former president
C. father
D. present generation

Section IV

Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed
order for the sentence to be correct (18 – 25)

18. All the blood in the body passes through the heart at least
twice the minute.
A B C
D

19. Civil servants which are involved inservice-training will
improve their work
A B
C
performance.
D

20. It is stressed that knowing what to do in an emergency can
often save a life
A B C
very especially in accident cases.
C

21. The level of share holder return are affected by many factors.
A B C D

22. Selection is very important to find good employees in all
departments.
A B C
D

23. It need an analysis about the relation between them.
A B C D

24. This is to analysis the sensitivity relation among leverage
factor financial risk
A B
C
and the shareholder’s return.
D

25. The US government maintained its opposition to separatism in
Moluccas and
A B
warning Indonesia about human rights.
C D

Section V

Choose the one word of phrase that best completes the sentence
(26 – 30)

26. If I …. you, I would go home.
A. am
B. were
C. was
D. be

27. Ministers are people … for the ministries
A. who responsible
B. which are responsible
C. who are responsible
D. who give responsible

28. School principals …. at schools
A. is working
B. work
C. going to work
D. may be working

29. Who …. you information about this test ?
A. previous indigenous
B. have give
C. is given
D. gave
E. giving

30. I …. the advertisement at local newspaper
A. reading
B. would reading
C. have reading
D. read

Section VI

Choose the one word of phrase that best completes the sentence
(31 – 45)

31. The importance of the Iser lies in the great varety of its use
and the great number of benefits …. in the field of medicine.
A. is expected
B. ecpected
C. it expacts
D. expecting
E. To expect

32. Potatoes, now a major source of food worldwide …. to Europe
by the Spanish in the 16th century.
A. were brought
B. had been brought
C. were being brought
D. brought
E. had brought

33. While living in Bogor, we always went to school on foot.
This mean that we …. on foot while we were living in Bogor.
A. go to school
B. are going to school
C. used to go to school
D. are used to going to school
E. liked going to school

34. “Can I see you tomorrow, about the Seminar?“
“All right, come at 10 o’clock, and I …. teaching by then
A. will have finished
B. have finished
C. am finishing
D. will be finishing
E. will have been finishing

35. It impossible for us to translate the whole book within 2
weeks, so we ….
A. have to translate it all by ourselves
B. have some assistants help us
C. have translated the whole book
D. have been asked to translated it
E. have givin all the translation to the assistants

36. “I called him several times yesterday but …. there was no
answer”.
“He …. out of town”.
A. should have been
B. would rather be
C. might have been
D. had better be
E. would have been

37. The teacher had students who didn’t bring their identification
cards …. the auditorium were the exams were held.
A. left
B. leave
C. to leave
D. leaving
E. leaves

38. “I’d like to book three standard rooms for next week, please”
“I’m sorry, sir, our hotel …. until the end of the month”
A. fully booked
B. being fully booked
C. is fully booked
D. be fully booked
E. to be fully booked

39. “I wonder hoe Laura will ever manage the business after her
father died in that car accident”.
“She has both the expertise in running the business and ….
A. the strong support from all the members of her family
B. all the membes of the family strongly support her too
C. she is also supported by all the members of her family
D. there is the strong support from all the members of ther
family
E. she has the strong support from all the members of her
Family

40. Not allowed to use any kind of transportation ….
A. walking to far away places is common practise for Badui
Dalam people.
B. Badui Daam people walk long distances when they travel.
C. People may wonder how Badui Dalam people can walk such
long distance
D. Travelling to far away places is usually done by walking
E. It is common for Badui Dalam people to wolk long distance.

41. The work …. Computers required well trained personel.
A. involved
B. involve
C. to be involve
D. involved
E. involving

42. The manager was frustated when he learnt of the …. results of
the training course.
A. disappointment
B. disappointing
C. disappoint
D. dissappointed
E. disappointingly

43. All new students at this university are requred … an English
proficiency test.
A. taking
B. having to take
C. take
D. will take
E. to take
44. “Who is Ismail Marzuki?”
”Well, he’s the composer …. people consider one of the greatest
in Indonesia.
A. whom
B. to whom
C. with whom
D. who
E. of whom

45. “After she had already signed a years rent for the house, she
found another that she liked much better”.
A. She had to stay in the house for which she had paid the rent.
B. She found it more profitable to stay in the house she liked
better
C. She signed a year’s rent for the house although she did not
like it.
D. She decided to cancel the house which she had already
rented
E. She signed a year’s rent the house she liked much better.

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