31. What does the text highlight?
A. Reasons to recycle.
B. Conserving the energy.
C. Protecting the environment.
D. Environmental construction.
E. Saving money through recycling.
Jawaban: A
32. We know from the text that … if we recycle.
A. landfill sites will decrease
B. climate change will continue
C. more new products will be reduced
D. natural habitats will never be affected
E. air and water pollution will be affected
Jawaban: D
33. “Recycling reduces the need for extracting (mining, quarrying and logging), refining and processing raw materials all of which create substantial air and water pollution.”
Based on this quote, we conclude that the writer is telling us that ….
A. recycling saves us money
B. recycling reduce landfill
C. recycling saves energy
D. recycling conserves raw materials
E. recycling helps protects the environment
Jawaban: E
34. Recycling reduces the need for extracting … it reduces pollution.
A. because
B. after
C. where
D. but
E. so
Jawaban: E
The following text is for questions 35 to 38
Ability to speak in public is an asset and it comes with several advantages and benefits. It can not only boost some aspects of your personal life, but your professional life as well.
Public speaking can contribute to the growth of knowledge. It helps you share whatever valuable ideas and thoughts you might have, with a larger group of people. In return, you also learn a lot when those people challenge your ideas and question your opinions. It allows you to develop a clearer picture of the subject.
Public speaking helps you develop the ability to persuade. When you speak confidently and convincingly to a large group of people, persuading an individual to carry out a task becomes much easier.
It can also improve your critical thinking abilities. When you sit and prepare a speech for a seminar or a workshop, you automatically tend to focus on the quality of your work. You will be forced to do a lot of research in order to get the content right. It will help you develop better ways to deliver your content and design it with relevance.
Your personal life also gains a lot from public speaking. The confidence you develop from public speaking can support you with building more personal relationships. It becomes much easier to socialize and make new friends. So, public speaking skills enhance your professional and personal lives. These will boost your personal quality in connecting with people.
35. What is discussed in the text?
A. The use of public speaking skills.
B. The advantages of having public speaking skills.
C. The effect of public speaking in cognitive process.
D. The importance of developing public speaking skills.
E. The relation between public speaking skills and personal life.
