Rabu, 29 Juli 2009

Soal Bites KAMMI Koms IAIN SU 2009

MATA UJIAN: BAHASA INGGRIS KODE NASKAH: 21

PETUNJUK UMUM

  1. Sebelum mengerjakan ujian, telitilah terlebih dahulu jumlah dan nomor halaman yang terdapaqt pada naskah ujian.
  2. Tulislah nama, nomor peserta, kode naskah, dan isian lainnya pada lembar jawaban di tempat yang disediakan, sesuai dengan petunjuk yang diberikan Petugas.
  3. Bacalah dengan cermat setiap petunjuk yang menjelaskan cara menjawab soal.
  4. Pilihlah satu jawaban yang paling tepat dari kemungkinan yang tersedia, dan hitamkan () huruf pilihan Saudara pada lembar jawaban.
  5. Sistem penilaian adalah jumlah jawaban yang BENAR DIKALI SATU, jawaban yang SALAH dan TIDAK DIJAWAB TIDAK DINILAI.

READING AND COMPREHENSION

THE FINAL PROPHET

There is not better way to discover Islam than to climb Mount Hira, a few miles from Mecca. Not far from this Holy City is Medina. The ascent provides insights into the nature of Islam and its Prophet. On the bleak top the winds blow with ferocity, creating a sense of elemental power, exactly as it must have been in the seventh century. The place speaks of a man looking for solitude, of a man searching for answers. Here the Prophet suffered the agony of rejecting an old religion, an experience the ecstasy of discovering a new one. There is nothing man –made on the peak. Abruptly loneliness, then awe, and finally exaltation fill the heart. In them most profound sense one is face to face with oneself.

The cave, the Prophet’s refuge, is tiny. It points to Mecca and the haram sharif, containing the Kaaba, is faintly visible. The drop from the cave is sheer, about 2000 feet. The climb itself is steep. When the Prophet received the call of Islam, he was 40.

At the age of 40, in 610 AD, on retreat on Mount Hira he saw a vision. This was the first call. It came in the form of angel ordering him to read.

“Read!” –(iqra!), this is the first word revealed to him.

Read in the name of thy Lord who created, created man out of clot of congealed blood. Read! And thy Lord is the most Bountiful, He who taught (the use of Pen, taught man that which he knew not)”.

The Prophet was the culmination of a long line of prophets –124000 of them– many no more than good, exemplary people. He was the last, the seal, of the prophets, the final messengers of God. The Prophet did not claim divinity. They were humans entrusted by God to spread the word. The Prophet of Islam had brought the Holy Koran which was, like him, final and cumulative. The concept of the Finality of the Prophets is the basic principle and the fundamental of Islam.


For questions number 1 to 20, read the above article carefully and then choose the best answer from the following options!


1.
There is not better way to discover Islam than to climb Mount Hira,…..

A. a few kilometers from Mecca.

B. a few miles from Medina.

C. a few miles from Mecca and Medina.

D. a few miles from Mecca.

E. a few kilometers from Medina.

2. The………provides insights into the nature of Islam and its Prophet.

A. ascend

B. accent

C. action

D. access

E. ascent

3. What are the Holy Cities of Muslim?

A. Mecca

B. Mecca and Medina

C. Medina

D. Mecca and Jerusalem

E. Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem

4. Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him), the Son of Abdullah is…

A. a Prophet and the Messenger of Allah

B. a prophet.

C. a prophetic traditions.

D. a prophet of the Muslims.

E. an Islamic prophet.

5. The Great event was happened in ….century.

A. seven

B. seventeenth

C. seventh

D. seventy

E. the seventh

6. The ….. speaks of a man looking for solitude.

A. Mount Hira

B. Cave of Hira

C. Mountain Hira

D. Palace

E. Policy

7. The small place for the Prophet’s refuge is called a…..

A. café

B. cape

C. camp

D. cavern

E. cave

8. The drop from the cave is sheer, about…..

A. 200 feet

B. 2000 feet

C. 2020 feet

D. 200 feed

E. 2000 feed

9. The Prophet was…..when he received the first call of Islam.

A. 20

B. 25

C. 40

D. 42

E. 63

10. The first revelation to the Prophet was in…..

A. 571 AD

B. 610 AD

C. 615 AD

D. 571 AD

E. 610 AD

11. The revelation came in the form of……

A. angle

B. angel

C. uncle

D. ankle

E. anger

12. Three times the Prophet said he could not read and three times the angel…..him.

A. told

B. insisted on

C. forced

D. spoke to

E. bid

13. Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) is…………of the prophets.

A. the past, the seal

B. the last, the closure

C. the final, the seal

D. the finally, the seal

E. the less, the seal

14. The first revelation is on The Holy Koran, Surah……..Verse 1-5.

A. Al-Baqarah

B. Al-Maun

C. Al-Falaq

D. An-Nahl

E. Al-Alaq

15. A prophet received revelation from Allah for……

A. himself only

B. himself and his community

C. himself and his family

D. his family

E. all humans

16. A messenger received revelation from Allah for…….

A. himself only

B. himself and his community

C. himself and his family

D. his family

E. all humans

17. All prophets……..claim divinity.

A. does not

B. did

C. did not

D. do not

E. do

18. The prophets were humans entrusted by God……

A. to read word.

B. to spread word.

C. to spread reliligion.

D. to prophesy word.

E. to prophesy religion.

19. The angel who thought him the first word is…….

A. Malik

B. Ridwan

C. Israfil

D. Izrail

E. Jibril

20. When Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) returned home after receiving the first word, his wife………reassured him that it was a sign that he had been chosen as a Prophet.

A. Aisha

B. Hafsa

C. Khadija

D. Fathima

E. Zuwairiya

VOCABULARY

For questions number 21 to 40, find the best words from the options that can replace the underlined words.


21.
There is not better way to discover Islam than to climb Mount Hira.

A. invent

B. find out

C. meet

D. get

E. obtain

22. The ascent provides insights into the nature of Islam and its Prophet.

A. opinions

B. ideas

C. understandings

D. thoughts

E. minds

23. The place speaks of a man looking for solitude.

A. loneliness

B. lonely

C. quiet

D. silent

E. silence

24. In the most profound sense one is face to face with onself.

A. the best

B. the strongest

C. the deepest

D. the greatest

E. the most valuable

25. The cave, the Prophet’s refuge, is tiny.

A. little

B. very little

C. small

D. very small

E. too small

26. The angel taught the Prophet, “Read!” three times.

A. recite

B. understand

C. study

D. learn

E. speak

27. The Prophet was the culmination of a long line of prophets -124000 of them- many no more than good, exemplary people.

A. sample

B. model

C. great

D. grand

E. prominent

28. They were humans entrusted by God to spread the word.

A. express

B. read

C. extend

D. distribute

E. write

29. The Prophet did not claim divinity.

A. god

B. deity

C. goddess

D. good

E. theology

30. The concept the Finalty of the Prophet is the basic principle.

A. fundamental

B. base

C. final

D. last

E. end

31. On the bleak top the winds blow with ferocity.

A. cruelty

B. cruel

C. fierceness

D. fierce

E. ferocious

32. Here the Prophet suffered the agony of rejecting an old religion.

A. declining

B. pulling

C. refusing

D. disliking

E. breaking

33. It came in the form of angel ordering him to read.

A. telling

B. speaking

C. saying

D. commanding

E. calling

34. The drop from the cave is sheer, about 2000 feet.

A. approximately

B. exactly

C. extremely

D. rarely

E. actually

35. It came in the form of angel.

A. in front of

B. in the frame of

C. in frame of

D. in the framework of

E. in the shape of

36. …..Al-Munawwarah was the first capital in Islamic state.

A. Mecca

B. Medina

C. Jeddah

D. El Riad

E. Baghdad

37. The Prophet was born in….Al-Mukarramah.

A. Baghdad

B. El Riad

C. Jeddah

D. Mecca

E. Medina

38. “Read in the name of thy Lord who created,

A. on behalf of

B. on the sign of

C. on view of

D. in the interest of

E. in relation to

39. And thy Lord is the most Bountiful.

A. Beautiful

B. Generous

C. Merciful

D. Valuable

E. Charitable

40. He who taught (the use of Pen, taught man that which he knew not)”

A. woman

B. humankind

C. boy

D. people

E. person.

GRAMMAR/STRUCTURE

For questions number 41 to 60, choose the best answer from the following options!


41. The Prophet (Peace be Upon Him) was……with Khadijah when she was 40.

A.
married

B. marry

C. marrying

D. be married

E. get married

42. Some students are very poor……mathematics, but some are good…….English.

A. in, at

B. at, with

C. with, in

D. with, at

E. at, in

43. Many Muslim people can be ……..in Xinjiang, China.

A. founded

B. find

C. finding

D. found

E. finds

44. The Satanic Verses” was……..by Salman Rushdy.

A. wrote

B. writing

C. write

D. writes

E. written

45. When my mother called my father, he…….a newspaper.

A. was read

B. was reading

C. has been reading

D. reads

E. had been reading

46. Yesterday evening, Kasim……a landscape since 12 o’clock.

A. is painting

B. had painted

C. painted

D. was painting

E. had been painting

47. By his coming yesterday, the children……

A. will sleep

B. were sleeping

C. would have been sleeping

D. would have slept

E. slept

48. By next Sunday, you ……with us for five weeks.

A. will have been staying

B. shall have been staying

C. had been staying

D. have been staying

E. will stay

49. Would you mind not…………in my room?

A. to smoke

B. smoke

C. smokes

D. smoked

E. smoking

50. All students of IAIN should………to speak English and Arabic well.

A. can

B. could

C. be able

D. must

E. may

51. I wonder why………me so much.

A. does he hate

B. he hate

C. he hates

D. is he hate

E. he is hate

52. Would you please………the window?

A. to open

B. open

C. opens

D. opening

E. opened

53. My father always enjoys…………football much on television at midnight.

A. to watch

B. watch

C. watches

D. watching

E. watched

54. If I……….you, I would ask her phone number.

A. am

B. was

C. are

D. were

E. will

55. How long have you……here?

A. to be

B. be

C. been

D. are

E. were

56. He’d better…………to school right now.

A. to go

B. go

C. goes

D. going

E. went

57. Malik: How long have you been waiting for him?

Fajar: I’ve been waiting for him………

A. since tomorrow

B. now

C. for two hours

D. for yesterday

E. from yesterday

58. The cake is……….butter, wheat flour, salt, sugar, and eggs.

A. make from

B. make of

C. making from

D. made from

E. made of

59. It is no use………..that naughty boy.

A. to advise

B. advise

C. advises

D. advising

E. advised

60. He said, “I will come here tomorrow”

He said that he…………the day after.

A. should come there

B. would have come there

C. will come there

D. come there

E. would come there

Rabu, 01 Juli 2009

TURTLES CAN FLY; Thousands Thumbs Up!






Liburan kemarin di Tebing, kesempatan buat nonton... ;-) Di Metro TV, setiap malam minggu pkl 21.30 ada world cinema. kebetulan ada film Turtles Can Fly (Bahman Ghobadi). Resensi film ini udah kubaca sekitar 2 tahun yang lalu, tapi baru seminggu yang lalu aku lihat filmnya. Ceritanya tentang suku Kurdi yang jadi korban represif di zaman Saddam Hussein. Ada 2 orang kakak beradik, Hengov (seorang remaja pria yang cacat kedua tangannya namun bisa meramal kejadian di masa depan, termasuk tumbangnya rezim Saddam dan invasi Amerika) dan Agrin yang mengungsi ke kemp pengungsi suku Kurdi yang lain. Di sana mereka bertemu seorang remaja yang biasa dipanggil "Satellite" (seorang remaja 14-15 tahun, yang menjadi bos usaha pembersihan ranjau dan disegani seluruh pengungsi di sana). Satellite jatuh cinta kepada Agrin yang selalu membawa bocah berusia 2 tahun (Riga, anak Agrin hasil perkosaan tentara Irak yang menyerbu kampung mereka). Satellite rela melakukan apa saja demi menarik perhatian Agrin, dari mulai mengambilkan air ke sumber air yang jauh dan menanjak, menyelam ke danau yang dalam untuk mencarikannya ikan, hingga menyelamatkan Riga yang "terjebak" di ladang ranjau (Agrin sengaja mengikatkannya pada sebatang pohon untuk menghabisi nyawanya). Pertentangan batin Agrin yang membenci Riga hingga selalu berupaya menghabisi nyawanya dan nyawa Riga digambarkan dengan dingin namun tanpa membuat jantung berlepasan syarafnya (termasuk penggambaran adegan perkosaan Agrin yang luar biasa tidak ada sama sekali sisi pornografi/pornoaksi, Subhanallah untuk sebuah film yang diproduksi oleh MGM). Ending film ini memang tragis: Hengov terbangun dari mimpinya di mana ia melihat Riga ditenggelamkan ke danau oleh Agrin. Hengov menemukan Satellite menangis tersedu2 di pinggir danau. Dan memang, Riga ditenggelamkan ke danau oleh Agrin, di mana Agrin sendiri juga telah jatuh ke jurang, bunuh diri, mengakhiri konflik batinnya selama ini.


Kisah di film ini membeberkan efek perang (dimana selalu negatif, tentu saja) namun dari sisi anak2, dimana mereka dituntut untuk selalu dewasa dan tegar (bahkan ada cinta monyet di sana!). Sebenarnya aku tidak begitu suka film perang, namun, Turtles Can Fly memberi warna lain. Perang dari sisi anak-anak... Thousands Thumbs Up for this film!!!

Rabu, 13 Mei 2009

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