For Completing 12 Tasks Of Your Blog

QUESTIONS 1 – 8

Carbon tetrachloride is a colorless and inflammable liquid that can be produced by combining carbon disulfide and chlorine. This compound is widely used in industry today because of its effectiveness as a solvent as well as its use in the production of propellants.

Despite its widespread use in industry, carbon tetrachloride has been banned for home use. In the past, carbon tetrachloride was a common ingredient in cleaning compounds that were used throughout the home, but it was found to be dangerous: when heated, it changes into a poisonous gas that can cause severe illness and even death if it is inhaled. Because of this dangerous characteristic, the United States revoked permission for the home use of carbon tetrachloride in 1970. The United States has taken similar action with various other chemical compounds.

1. The main point of this passage is that

1. carbon tetrachloride can be very dangerous when it is heated
2. the government banned carbon tetrachloride in 1970
3. although carbon tetrachloride can legally be used in industry, it is not allowed in home products.
4. carbon tetrachloride used to be a regular part of cleaning compounds

Answer : 3. although carbon tetrachloride can legally be used in industry, it is not allowed in home products.

2. The word “widely” in line 2 could most easily be replaced by

1. grandly
2. extensively
3. largely
4. hugely

Answer : 2. extensively

3. The word “banned” in line 4 is closest in meaning to

1. forbidden
2. allowed
3. suggested
4. instituted

Answer : 1. forbidden

4. According to the passage, before 1970 carbon tetrachloride was

1. used by itself as a cleanser
2. banned in industrial use
3. often used as a component of cleaning products
4. not allowed in home cleaning products

Answer : 4. not allowed in home cleaning products

5. It is stated in the passage that when carbon tetrachloride is heated, it becomes

1. harmful
2. colorless
3. a cleaning compound
4. inflammable

Answer : 1. harmful

6. The word “inhaled” in line 7 is closest in meaning to

1. warmed
2. breathed in
3. carelessly used
4. blown

Answer : 2. breathed in

7. The word “revoked” in line 8 could most easily be replaced by

1. gave
2. granted
3. instituted
4. took away

Answer : 4. took away

8. It can be inferred from the passage that one role of the U.S. government is to

1. regulate product safety
2. prohibit any use of carbon tetrachloride
3. instruct industry on cleaning methodologies
4. ban the use of any chemicals

Answer : 4. regulate product safety

Questions 9 – 16

The next artist in this survey of American artist is James Whistler; he is include in this survey of American artist because he was born in the United States, although the majority of his artwork was completed in Europe. Whistler was born in Massachusetts in 1834, but nine years later his father moved the family to St. Petersburg, Russia, to work on the construction of a railroad. The family returned to the United States in 1849. Two years later Whistler entered the U.S. military academy at West Point, but he was unable to graduate. At the age of twenty-one Whistler went to Europe to study art despite familial objections, and he remained in Europe until his death.

Whistler worked in various art forms, including etchings and lithographs. However, he is most famous for his paintings, particularly Arrangement in Gray and Black No. 1: Portrait of the Artist’s Mother or Whistler’s Mother, as it is more commonly known. This painting shows a side view of Whistler’s mother, dressed I black and posing against a gray wall. The asymmetrical nature of the portrait, with his mother seated off-center, is highly characteristic of Whistler’s work.

9. The paragraph preceding this passage most likely discusses

1. a survey of eighteenth-century art
2. a different American artist
3. Whistler’s other famous paintings
4. European artists

Answer : 2. a different American artist

10. Which of the following best describes the information in the passage?

1. Several artists are presented
2. One artist’s life and works are described
3. Various paintings are contrasted
4. Whistler’s family life is outlined.

Answer : 2. One artist’s life and works are described

11. Whistler is considered an American artis because

1. he was born in America
2. he spent most of his life in America
3. he served in the U.S. military
4. he created most of his famous art in America

Answer : 1. he was born in America

12. The world “majority” in line 2 is closest in meaning to

1. seniority
2. maturity
3. large pices
4. high percentage

Answer : 4. high percentage

13. It is implied in the passage that Whistler’s family was

1. unable to find any work at all in Rusia
2. highly supportive of his desire to pursue art
3. working class
4. military

Answer : 3. working class

14. The word “objections” in line 7 is closest in meaning to

1. protests
2. goals
3. agreements
4. battles

Answer : 1. protests

15. In line 8, the “etchings” are

1. a type of painting
2. the same as a lithograph
3. an art form introduced by Whistler
4. an art form involving engraving

Answer : 4. an art form involving engraving

16. The word “asymmetrical” in line 11 is closest in meaning to

1. proportionate
2. uneven
3. balanced
4. lyrical

Answer : 2. uneven

Questions 17 – 23

The locations of stars in the sky relative to one another, do not appear to the naked eye to change, and as a result stars are often considered to be fixed in position. Many unaware stargazers falsely assume that each star has its own permanent home in the nighttime sky.

In reality, though, stars are always moving, but because of the tremendous distances between stars themselves and from stars to Earth, the changes are barely perceptible here. An example of a rather fast-moving star demonstrate why this misconception prevails; it takes approximately 200 years for a relatively rapid star like Bernard’s star to move a distance in the skies equal to the diameter of the earth’s moon. When the apparently negligible movement of the stars is contrasted with the movement of the planets, the stars are seemingly unmoving.

17. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

1. What the Eye Can See in the Sky
2. Bernard’s Star
3. Planetary Movement
4. The Evermoving Stars

Answer : 4. The Evermoving Stars

18. The expression “naked eye” in line 1 most probably refers to

1. a telescope
2. a scientific method for observing stars
3. unassisted vision
4. a camera with a powerful lens

Answer : 3. unassisted vision

19. According to the passage, the distance between the stars and Earth are

1. barely perceptible
2. huge
3. fixed
4. moderate

Answer : 1. barely perceptible

20. The word “perceptible” in line 5 is closest in meaning to which of the following

1. Noticeble
2. Persuasive
3. Conceivable
4. Astonishing

Answer : 1. Noticeble

21. In line 6, a “misconception” is closest in meaning to a(n)

1. idea
2. proven fact
3. erroneous belief
4. theory

Answer : 3. erroneous belief

22. The passage states that in 200 years Bernard’s star can move

1. around Earths’s moon
2. next to Earth’s moon
3. a distance equal to the distance from Earth to the Moon
4. a distance seemingly equal to the diameter of the Moon

Answer : 4. a distance seemingly equal to the diameter of the Moon

23. The passage implies that from Earth it appears that the planets

1. are fixed in the sky
2. move more slowly than the stars
3. show approximately the same amount of movement as the stars
4. travel through the sky considerably more rapidly than the stars.

Answer : 4. travel through the sky considerably more rapidly than the stars.

COHEREN (GENERAL ENGLISH PAGE 94)

COHEREN (General English Page 94)

(1)The Golden Gate Bridge separates San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. (2) She went to Japan Center, where the buildings and restaurants looked familiar. (3) But San Francisco did not look anything like New York. (4) It crosses from San Francisco to Oakland. (5) Many homes have views of the bay and ocean. (6) Here she was able to talk with people in her native language. (7) She expected to find the tall skyscrapers she had seen on postcards of New York. (8) The Bay Bridge is majestic. (9) Miyoko’s first stop on her flight from Tokyo to the United States was San Francisco. (10) Miyoko especially liked the two bridges that cross San Francisco Bay. (11) From them she learned that San Francisco is a most hospitable city for people from the Orient. (12) After seeing the many hills and bridges, Miyoko was surprised to learn that San Francisco has a very large Japanese population. (13) Even more beautiful is the Golden Gate Bridge, stretching from San Francisco to Marin Country. (14) For one thing, it is all built on hill.

Answer:

1. (9)
2. (7)
3. (3)
4. (14)
5. (5)
6. (10)
7. (8)
8. (4)
9. (13)
10. (1)
11. (12)
12. (2)
13. (6)
14. (11)

Miyoko’s first stop on her flight from Tokyo to the United States was San Francisco. She expected to find the tall skyscrapers she had seen on postcards of New York. But San Francisco did not look anything like New York. For one thing, it is all built on hill. Many homes have views of the bay and ocean. Miyoko especially liked the two bridges that cross San Francisco Bay. The Bay Bridge is majestic. It crosses from San Francisco to Oakland. Even more beautiful is the Golden Gate Bridge, stretching from San Francisco to Marin Country. The Golden Gate Bridge separates San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. After seeing the many hills and bridges, Miyoko was surprised to learn that San Francisco has a very large Japanese population. She went to Japan Center, where the buildings and restaurants looked familiar. Here she was able to talk with people in her native language. From them she learned that San Francisco is a most hospitable city for people from the Orient.

how to save a life ??

I feel tired with what have been happening this recent weeks. I don't know. I just dont feel it right. something wrong or something missed --I just can't found the difference between 'em-- happened unconsciously. Yeaa, I'm talk about everything that've been surrounding me, friends - boyfriend - parents - siblings - pedestrians - the user of trans jakarta bus and everyone, it was unexceptable.

I'm totally sick of this maze, or should I say it trouble ?? I think it could be yes, because I got trouble in my own life.

Friends : I just don't have any besties now. Because I don't know, when would they're becoming a TRUE friends and when they're taking their masks and turn into a FAKE friends. No, no I don't mean to have a negative thinking about friends, but I'm serious, I just scared being cheated by someone - which - I - call - him/her/them - friends. I've been there before, and it did hurt. They always spending time with me, going wild together, laughing out with me, but at the time when I face a problem, voila! they're absolutely gone.!! they just left me here alone with having no idea how to deal with this problem, when I need someone to rely on, when I need someone to share with, I just lose them.

it was sounds like a lyric of The Fray's song :
where did I go wrong I lost a friend
somewhere along in the bitterness
and I would have stayed up with you all night
had I known how to save a life ??

So now I pretend myself not to get along too close with someone as my besties. I'll make friendship with everyone, well, I always do that, but I mean, umm.. for now, I'm in an open friendship and I'm not in a good mood for having a close friends. I'm open with you, whether you are a true friends as yoursefls say or a fake friends.

Boyfriend : I still cant get the feel with him. I can't fit his rythm. he isn't my type too much. he wasn't what I wanted what I thought, NO. he wouldn't even open up the door. he isn't really what I'm looking for because he never made me feel like I was special, cause I was special. lol.
Well, it could be my fault because, I always comparing him with my ex. they're extremely different!!

Parents : They just never trust me. (full stop) That is the best sentence how I feel for them.

Siblings : Are they care of me ?? am I important for them ??. I lost them too these recent weeks. They just too busy to get along with me. Everyone had their own business. but hey, are they really that busy so they dont even have a space time to call me ? at least to say 'hi' to me ??. well, hell yeaahh, because everyone have their own business.

10 reasons why we love our boys

10 reasons why we love our boys :



1. they have their litle name for us, and we love that name which given by them



2. they always laugh when we try to make a jokes, even we know that it isn't that funny actualy.



3. they know how to treat us like a queen



4. the way they stare at our eyes make us believe that they love us faithfully



5. they always know the right way and moment whenever they have to flirt us.



6. the way they hold our hands feels like they don't want us to leave them.



7. when they tell us that we were beautiful no matter how mess we are.



8. when they rub our back or just stroke our hair while we were on unstable emotion



9. their impatience to deal with us when we were on pra-menstruation.



10. and of course when they give their chest and shoulder for us while we were crying, and their warmth smile always make us safe in every situation.

SQ4R

Survey

Question

Read

Recite

Relate

Review

SQ4R method improves both comprehension and grades.

Before you read, Survey the chapter	· The title, headings, and subheadings. · Captions under pictures, charts, graphs or maps. · Review questions or teacher-made study guides. · Introductory and concluding paragraphs. · Summary. · Try to get an overview of what lies ahead.
Question while you are surveying	· Turn the title, headings, and/or subheadings into questions. · Read questions at the end of the chapters or after each subheading. · Ask yourself, "What did my instructor say about this chapter or subject when it was assigned?" · Ask yourself, "What do I already know about this subject?" · Example, the heading "Stages of Sleep" might lead you to ask: "Is there more than one stage of sleep?" What are they and how do they differ?" Asking questions helps you read with a purpose. Note: If it is helpful to you, write out these questions for consideration. This variation is called SQW4R
When you begin to Read	· Look for answers to the questions you first raised. · Answer questions at the beginning or end of chapters or study guides. · Reread captions under pictures, graphs, etc. · Note all the underlined, italicized, bold printed words or phrases. · Study graphic aids. · Reduce your speed for difficult passages. · Stop and reread parts which are not clear. · Read only a section at a time and recite after each section.
Recite after you've read a section:	· Orally ask yourself questions about what you have just read and/or summarize, in your own words, what you read. · Take notes from the text but write the information in your own words. · Underline/highlight important points you've just read. · Use the method of recitation which best suits your particular learning style. · Remember to look for answers as you read and to recite or take notes before moving on. · Recite key terms and concepts.
Relate	· It is easier to remember ideas that are personally meaningful. · When you study a chapter, try to link new facts, terms, and concepts with information you already know.
Review an ongoing process.	· When you’re done reading, skim back over the chapter, or read your notes. Then check your memory by reciting and quizzing yourself again. · Make frequent review a key part of your study habits.

The Role of Finance

task number 1 (Page 56-57)
1. To make money, they must first spend money.
2. Revenues from sales of the firm’s products.
3. Financial managers are the ones who keep track of how money is flowing into and out of the firm.
4. decide how the available funds will be used, how much money is needed, and where to get it.
5. the art and science of managing a firm’s money so it can meet the goals.
6. to collect and present financial data.
7. financial managers use financial statement prepared by accountants to make financial decisions.
8. analyzed financial data, and prepare and implement financial plans.
9. coordinate information from such areas marketing and production to develop and carry out financial strategies.
10. handled by either the accounting department or one or two people.
11. financial planning, investment, and financing.
12. budgets are a way to control expenses and compare the actual performance to the forecast.
13. to plan and control the firm’s financial activities.
14. cash budgets, capital budgets, and operating budgets.

Exercise 4 (page 74)
Forests
1. a. Parks in California too general
(b.) Redwood trees in California
c. The age of redwoods too specific
2. a. The land in Scotland too general
b. How trees hold earth in place too specific
(c.) Forests in Scotland
3.(a.) the importance of forests
b. Taking vacations in forests too specific
c. large forest too general

Exercise 5 (page 75)
Some Facts about Weather
1. topic : The Discover of Lightning
2. topic : Kind of Clouds

Exercise 6 (page 76)
The Use of Water
1. topic : Where drinking water comes from
2. topic : Water problems
3. topic : How to use water carefully

Exercise 7 (page 77)
Galileo Galilei
1. topic : Galileo’s interest in science
2. topic : Galileo’s first experiment about gravitation
3. topic : The disagree of Galileo’s scientific ideas

Exercise 8 (page 78)
Popular Drinks
1. Topic : How to make a tea.
2. Topic : The dissemination of coffee.
3. Topic : Orange juice is one of the most popular cold drinks.

Exercise 9 (page 80)
Some Ideas about Clothes
1. (b) Clothes can tell a lot about a person.
2. (b) Clothes have to be chosen carefully when you travel.
3. (c) Clothes today are different from clothes of the 1800s.

Exercise 10 (page 81)
Chemistry in the Past
1. (b) Chemistry lived before the 1700s.
2. (a) Robert Boyle helped build the science of alchemy.
3. (b) Antoine Lavoisier studied the size and weight of water.

Mobile Phones: Good or Bad?

Everywhere you go nowadays, you see people using mobile phones. From school children to the people, you see them talking in the supermarket , on trains , in the street , everywhere !

So what are the advantages of mobile phones ? First of all, they are very convenient because you can phone from nearly anywhere. Another advantage is that they are really useful in emergency situations.

For example, if you are alone in your car and it breaks down, you can get help quickly. In addition, you can also use your mobile to text your friends or connect to the net.

However, there are disadvantages such as the cost. Mobile phone calls cost more than normal calls. Furthermore, it can be annoying if you are on a train or a bus and you have to listen to someone else's boring conversation. It happens because people can contact you anywhere, at any time, unless you switch your phone off !

In conclusion, there are both advantages and disadvantages. Personally, i feel mobile phones are a good thing because they give us more freedom and make communication easier.