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16. What is the announcement about?
A. Serious power shortage in the city
B. The high demand for electrical power
C. The extremely cold weather in the city
D. The need to turn off all unnecessary appliances
E. The demand to postpone energy-consuming tasks
The following text is for questions no. 17 and 18.
Burnt toast, chunks of crumpet stuck in the grill or excess crumbs can cause dangerous carbon and become a fire hazard. Prevention is key and can be achieved in minutes:
1. Unplug the toaster and make sure it feels cool to touch.
2. Cover a pencil with paper towel, and work the pencil in between the hot irons to remove any lodged debris. Replace the towel if it starts to tear.
3. Simply pull out the crumb drawer and empty the contents, then wipe clean before reinstalling. For your information, there is a tray in all toasters, making it super easy to discard excess waste, which is usually located on the bottom of the toaster.
4. Use a hairdryer (set to cool air) to blow through the toaster-blasting out any remaining crumbs. Best to do this one outside or over the sink.
5. Give the outside some shimmer and shine: Cut half a lemon and rub a little salt across the top which will act as a light abrasive. Swirl the lemon gently over the external surface, then wipe dry with a paper towel.
6. Dab some vinegar onto a microfiber cloth then polish the surface, revealing an instant shine especially on silver features.
It really is that easy, and you will also enjoy a fresh lemon aroma throughout your kitchen.
17. What does the text tell us about?
A. Explanation of part of a toaster.
B. Manual to use a toaster properly.
C. Directions to treat a toaster well.
D. Effective ways to clean a toaster.
E. Steps to keep a toaster long lasting.
18. What we use to make a toaster shiny?
A. Vinegar.
B. A lemon.
C. A paper towel.
D. Lemon and salt.
E. A pencil and paper towel.
The following text is for questions no. 19 and 20.
A quick and easy cheese cake recipe
Yield : 5 servings
Prep. Time :5 minutes
Cook Time : 40 minutes
Total Time : 45 minutes
Ingredients:
16 ounces cream cheese, 2 packages, softened
½ cup sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla
2 large eggs
4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 prepared Graham cracker crust
Directions:
Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla at medium speed until well-blended. Blend in 2 eggs. Stir in chocolate chips then pour batter into Graham cracker chust. (you may sprinkle ¼ cup mini semi sweet chocolate chips on top if you desire).
Bake at 35calcius for 40 minutes, or until certer is almost set. Cool.
For best results refrigerate for 3 hours.
19. What is the writer’s purpose with the text?
A. How to beat cream cheese
B. How to blend sugar and vanilla
C. How make chocolate cheese cake
D. How to serve chocolate cheese and cake
E. How to make mini sweet chocolate chips
20. ‘’ …… making it super easy to discard excess waste,…’’
The bold word is closest in meaning to……..
A. repel
B. collect
C. absorb
D. release
E. remove
The following text is for questions no. 21 and 22.
A cell phone is a great gadget in this modern world. What is a cell phone? A cell phone is actually a radio in certain way. Like a radio, by a cell phone we can communicate to other people in real time. Million people use cell phone for their communication. Even nowadays, people use cell phones to communicate in voice, written and data. Alexander Graham Bell is the person who make great change in the way people communicate to each other. He invented a telephone in 1876. While wireless radio was formally known in 1894 presented by Guglielmo Marconi. By these two technologies, then a cell phone was born. However do you know how actually cell phones work?
This short explanation on how a cell phone work is really wonderful. A cell phone or in long term “cellular telephone’ works by transmitting signals of radio to towers of cellular. The towers are networked to a central switching station. The connection usually uses wire, fiber optic-cables, or microwave.
Then the central switching station which handles calls in certain given area is directed connected to the wire-based telephone system. Cellulars are pick up by the towers and relayed to another cellular telephone user or the user of wire-based telephone network.
The towers vary in the capacity and capability to receive signals. Some can receive the signal from short distance and the others can receive more distance. However, there are usually more than one tower in certain given area so that the system can handle the increasing telephone traffic.
