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Teks 1

Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and ornament manufacturer. He was the inventor of dynamite. He also owned Bofors, which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannons and other ornaments. He held 355 different patents, dynamite being the most famous. In his last will, he used his enormous fortune to institute the Nobel Prizes. The synthetic element nobelium was named after him. He was the third son of Immanuel Nobel and Andriette Ahlsell Nobel. Born in Stckholm on 21 October 1833, he went with my family to Saint Petersburg in 1842, where his father invented modern plywood. He studied chemistry with Professor Nikolay Nickolaevich Zinin. When he was 18, he went to the United States to study chemistry for four years and worked for a short period under John Ericsson, who designed the American Civil War ironclad USS Monitor.

Returning to Sweden, with his father after bankruptcy of his family business, he then devoted himself to the study of explosives, and especially to the save manufacture and use of nitroglycerine (discovered in 1847 by Acanio Sobrero, one of his fellow students under Theophile-Jules Pelouze at the University of Turin). A big explosion occurred on 2 September 1864 at his factory in Heleneborg in Stockholm, killing five people. Among them was his younger brother, Emil.

The foundations of the Nobel Prize were laid in 1895 when Alfred Nobel wrote his last will, leaving much of his wealth for its establishment. Since 1901, the prize has honoured men and women for outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and for work in peace.

1. Where did Alfred Nobel work with John Ericsson?

a. In Sweden

b. In the USA 

c. In Stockholm

d. In Heleneborg

e. In Saint Petersburg

Ans:b

2. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

a. Alfred Nobel devoted himself to the study of chemistry

b. His success with explosive finally led to the 1864 tragedy 

c. A big explosion in Heleneborg in Stockholm killed many people

d. A big explosion destroyed his factory in Heleneborg Stockholm

e. Alfred Nobel planned the safe manufacture and use of nitroglycerine

Ans:b

3. What was Bofor’s main business under Alfred Nobel?

a. It manufactured cannons and other ornaments 

b. It designed the ironclad monitor

c. It produced iron and steel

d. It produced dynamite

e. It invented nobelium

Ans:a

Teks 2

Faraday studied the magnetic field around a conductor carrying a DC electric current. While conducting these studies, Faraday established the basis for the electromagnetic field concept in physics, subsequently enlarged upon by James Maxwell. He similarly discovered electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism, and laws of electrolysis. He established that magnetism could affect rays of light and that there was an underlying relationship between the two phenomenA. His inventions of electromagnetic rotary devices formed the foundation of electric motor technology, and it was largely due to his efforts that electricity became viable for use in technology.

As a chemist, Michael Faraday discovered benzene, investigated the clathrate hydrate of chlorine, invented an early form of the Bunsen burner and the system of oxidation numbers, and popularized terminology such as anode, cathode, electrode, and ion.

Although Faraday received little formal education and knew little of higher mathematics, such as calculus, he was one of the most influential scientists in history. Historians of science refer to him as the best experimentalist in the history of sciencE. The SI unit of capacitance, the farad, is named after him, as is the Faraday constant, the charge on a mole of electrons (about 96,485 coulombs). Faraday’s law of induction states that magnetic flux changing in time creates a proportional electromotive force.

Faraday was the first and foremost Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, a position to which he was appointed for life.

Albert Einstein kept a photograph of Faraday on his study wall alongside pictures of Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell.

Faraday was highly religious. He was a member of the Sandemanian Church, a Christian sect founded in 1730 that demanded total faith and commitment. Biographers have noted that a strong sense of the unity of God and nature pervaded Faraday’s life and  work.

4.What was Michael Faraday expert?

A. science, history and religion

B. chemistry, electricity and calculus

C. electronic, technology and religion

D. chemistry, physic and mathematics

E. physic, technology and photography

Ans :D

5. Which of the following statements closely relates to Michael Faraday?

A. Michael Faraday dedicated his life in science and religion.

B. Michael Faraday was downhearted his life in science.

C. Michael Faraday concentrated his life in technology.

D. Michael Faraday was one of successful scientists.

E. Michael Faraday poured his science in technology.

Ans : A

RECOUNT TEXT FAMOUS PERSON 

Teks 1

Kang Chol Hwan was born into a loyal family that had once lived in the large Korean community of Japan. In Kyoto, his grandfather had been supporter of Kim II Sung, North Korean’s Great Leader since 1945. In 1961 the grandfather returned with his family to North Korea and had important government post.

Within months, however, he was complaining to friends that North Korea was not the country he had expected. He was shocked to see so much poverty, which he eventually came to blame on the government’s stifl ing left for work and never returned. One morning in July 1977, when Kang was nine, his grandfather left for work and never returned.

A few weeks later, seven plain clothes security guard stormed into Kang’s house “Your grandfather betrayed the fatherland,” one of them stated” You must be punished.”

Kang’s parents and grandmother sobbed as they forced to pack their belongings into two army trucks. The family was driven off, but Kang’s mother was left behind, “spared” because her own father was regarded as a revolutationary hero. That was the last Kang ever saw her.

1. What was a reason for Kang’s grandfather never returned to Kang’s house?

     A. A supporter of Kim II Sung

     B. Accused of betraying North Korea

     C. Regarded as a hero

     D. As an important person in Korea

     E. Force Kang’s family to leave their homeland

Ans:B

2. What is mainly discussed in the last paragraph?

     A. The last minutes Kang gathered together with his mother

     B. The day Kang ever saw his grandma and grandpa

     C. The moment Kang’s father was regarded as a hero

     D. The last day Kang’s parents and his grandma sobbed

     E. The sad moment when Kang’s parents meet grandma

Answer:A

3. Why did Kang’s grandfather disappear?

     A. He left for work and went somewhere else

     B. He returned to North Korea

     C. He was supporter of Kim II Sung

     D. He went to the government’s office

     E. He was kidnapped and punished by the security guards

Answer :E

4. A few weeks later, seven plain clothes security guards stormed into Kang’s house.

The underlined word has the same meaning as ....

     A. Destroyed

     B. Attacked

     C. Knocked

     D. Involved

     E. Knotted

Answer: B

Teks 2

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) — Astronomer and Scientist. Galileo developed a superior telescope and made many significant discoveries in astronomy. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by the inquisition for his support for the Copernican theory that the sun was at the centre of the solar system.

Galileo was born in Florence, Italy in 1564 to a poor but noble family His parents recognized their child's innate intelligence and talents and so made sacrifices to have him educated. At his father's insistence, Galileo studied the profitable career of medicine. But, at the University of Pisa, Galileo became fascinated in a wide range of subjects. He was also critical of many of Aristotle's teaching which had dominated education for the past 2,000 years.

Galileo was appointed to be a mathematics professor at the University of Pisa, but his strident criticisms of Aristotle left him isolated among his contemporaries. After three years of persecution, he resigned and went to the University of Padua, where he taught maths. His entertaining lectures attracted a large following and he was able to spend the next 18 years pursuing his interests in astronomy and mechanics.

11. Something that we can learn from Galileo Galilei's biography is ...

     A. We must always believe whatever the society believes to avoid getting persecuted.

     B. We must never go against the believe of the society to avoid getting imprisoned.

     C. We should believe in something and stay faithful to it no matter how hard.

     D. We must sacrifice everything to get ourselves educated.

     E. We should spend 18 years to pursue our interests.

Answer :C

12. From the fact that Galileo Galilei was imprisoned for supporting the Copernican theory, which later was proven to be true, we know that Galileo Galilei was ...

     A. Reckless

     B. Stubborn

     C. Tenacious

     D. Arrogant

     E.. Foolish

Answer: C