SOAL CPNS 2008 BAHASA INGGRIS

KUMPULAN SOAL DAN PEMBAHASAN UJIAN CPNS
SOAL CPNS 2008
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 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 with networking
b. The role of SMEs of national economy development
c. The important of business networking among SMEs
d. D-8 member countries lack competitive edge
2. According to the passage, do SMEs have great significant role?
a. Yes, the 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 tahan 80.000 units
c. The business which use internet in selling and purchasing comodities
d. Internet business arrangement

Section II
Choose the word or phrase that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence for the
underlined word ( 1 – 10 )
5. Contemporary 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 importance of business networking
a. Explanation
b. Clarification
c. Guide line
d. Comprehensive view
7. Though it is known that SMEs play a very important role in national economic
development they still have weakness
a. Indeed
b. Despite everything
c. In fact
d. While
8. Among that weaknesses are lacking in market access and lacking in technology
and information access
a. Lacking
b. Looking
c. In the absence of
d. Making
9. The weakness are a reflection of their human resource weaknesses
a. Process of thinking
b. Reduction
c. Contribution
d. Process of decreaing

10. The government should empower SMEs to become more competitive both in
domestic and foreign markets
a. Increase of amount
b. Reduce the power
c. Give opportunity
d. Joint closely

Section III
Choose the word or a 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. planend
b. talked
c. maried
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. Everbody 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 a ….. of Indonesia
a. previous indigenous
b. former president
c. father
d. present generation

Section IV
Indentify 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 servant which are involved in service-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
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A B C
Very especially in accident cases
D
21. The level of share holder return are affected by many factors
A B C D
22. Selection is very important to finf 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 sensivity 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 Mollucas 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. Minister 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. have give
b. is given
c. gave
d. 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. expected
c. it expacts
d. expecting
e. to expect
32. Potatoes, now a major of 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 imposible for us to translate the wholw book within 2 weeks, so we….
a. have to translate it all by ourselves
b. have some assistans help us
c. have translated the whole book
d. have been asked to translated it
e. have givin all the translation to the assistans

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 members of her 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 her 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 practice for Badui Dalam people
b. Badui Dalam people walk long distances when they travel
c. People may wonder how Badui Dalam people can walk such long distance
d. Traveling to far away places is usually done by walking
e. It is common for Badui Dalam people to walk 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 fraustated whwn hw learnt of the …. Results of the training
course
a. dissapointment
b. dissapointing
c. dissapoint
d. disappointing
e. disappointingly

43. All new students at the university are required…….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 is 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 didn’t 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