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TAHUN PELAJARAN 2010 / 2011

Mata Pelajaran : Bahasa Inggris Hari / Tanggal : Senin, 21 Februari 2011

Satuan Pendidikan : SMA Alokasi Waktu : 60 Menit
Kelas / Program : XII IPA/IPS Dimulai Pukul : 13.00 s.d 14.00 WIB

Text 1 for question 1 to 6

LILI MASOEM
YEAR END SPECIAL
30 % OFF
ONLY
FRAMES & SUNGLASSES
MAL CIPUTTRA Semarang
1st Floor No. 18 (024) 841577
1. The text is best in the from of ....
a. banner
b. card
c. invoice
2. What is LILI MASOEM?
a. Mal Ciputra’s owner
b. A women who sells frames
c. Someone who buy sunglasses
d. A women who sells a glass
e. The name of an optic shop
3. Who will mostly come to LILI MASOEM?
a. Someone who needs a new glass
b. LILI MASOEM’s family
c. Nobody will come there
d. Mal Ciputra visitors
e. Someone who needs new glasses
4. Which of following statement is NOT TRUE
according to text above?
a. Lili Marsoem sells glasses
b. Lili Marsoem is in Mal Ciputra
c. Lili Marsoem has a special discount
program
d. The discount is 30% for one year
e. We can contact it at 924 841577
5. Suppose you will buy a pair of sunglasses at
Lili Masoem. The price is Rp250,000. How
much shoule you pay?
a. Rp250,000 d. Rp275,000
b. Rp75,000 e. Rp30,000
c. Rp175,000
6. You will also buy a tube of glasses cleaner.
The orice is Rp10,000. How much should you
pay?
a. Rp3,000 d. Rp13,000
b. Rp10,000 e. Rp7,5000
c. Rp7,000
d. poster Text 2 for question 7 to 10
e. memo Once upon a time, there was a rich king.
He was very rich. He wanted to become the
richest king in the world. A genie gave him a
magic power, he turned anything he touched into
gold.
Surprisingly, when he touched her
daughter, she turned to gold, too. The king was
very sad.
Then, he asked the genie to take his magic
power back.
Finally, the king got his daughter back and
promised to be a better man.
7. Which of the following is not true according
to the text ?
a. A king was very rich
b. A king had a daughter
c. A king got a magic power from a genie
 d. A king didn’t want to become the richest
king
e. A king asked the genic to take jis daughter
back
8. The comunicative purpose of the text is to ....
a. persuade the readers to read the story
b. describe how the king got a magic power
c. entertain the reader with a fairy tale
d. retell an event with a humorous twist
e. inform the readers about the king’s
daughter
9. “... he was very rich ...”( line 2 ). The
underlined word means ...
a. Better d. Wealthy
b. Magic e. powerful
c. Generous
10. The type of the text above is ....
a. Spoof d. Descriprive
b. Recount e. explanation
c. Narrative
Text 3 for question 11 to 18
Woodchipping is a process used to
obtained pulp and paper products from forest
trees.
The woodchipping process begins when
the trees are cut down in a selected area of the
forest called a coupe.
Next the tops and branches of the trees are
cut out and then the logs are taken to the mill.
At the mill the bark of the logs are taken to
a chipper which cuts them into small pieces called
woodchips.
The woodchips are then screened to
remove dirt and other impurities. At this stage
they are either exported in this form or changed
into pulp by chemicals and heat.
The pulp is then blanched and the water
content is removed.
Finally the pulp is rolled out to make
paper.
11. What type of text is used by the writer?
a. Explanation d. News Item
b. Report e.
Descriptive
c. Narrative
12. The communicative purpose of this text is ...
a. To entertain the readers
b. To describe natural products
c. To explain how to make paper from
woodchips
d. To retell events about paper
e. To present two points of view about an
issue
13. Woodchipping is a process used to obtain
pulp. The underlined word means ...
a. Make d. Have
b. Give e. Get
c. Receive
14. Which of the following statements is NOT
STATED in the text?
a. Paper can be made from forest trees
b. Forest trees can also prevent flood
c. Before being sent to the mill the trees are
cut down
d. Woodchips are small pieces of bark of logs
e. Woodchips can be changed into pulp
15. At this stage they are either exported in this
form or ... (paragraph 5).
The underlined word refers to ....
a. Impurities d. Woodchips
b. Chemicals e. Small pieces
c. Forest trees
16. What is a coupe?
a. A selected area of the forest
b. The process of the woodchipping
c. The beginning of woodchipping process
d. The cutting down of the trees
e. The tops and branches of the trees
17. Why are the woodchips screened ?
a. To be clean from dirt
b. To be exported to other countries
c. To be changed into pulp
d. In order to be dirty
e. Because they are free from impurities
18. What is the best and most appropriate title for
the text above?
a. How to obtain pulp and paper products
from forest trees
b. The beginning of woodchipping process
c. The tops and branches of trees
d. Making paper from woodchips
e. The pulp is rolled out to make paper
Text 4 for question 19 to 25
Some people think transport is very
helfpul.
People think it is good because it moves us
around. It takes us to places we can’t reach on
foot. It helps people to meet and say ‘hi’ to each
other.
Transport can move people quickly.
Transport is more comfortable than walking.
It will carry object and people at the same
time. It can help by saving our own energy.
Some people think transport is bad because
it can pollute the air or have oil leaks. It can easily
kill people in accidents.
 Transport is sometimes it cause stress,
frustration and road rage. It also uses up our
natural resource.
Transport will be perfectly good if we are
careful.
19. What does the text mainly talk about?
a. The oponions of some people
b. The advantages and disadvantages of
transport.
c. Transport can move people quickly
d. Transport can pollute the air
e. Transport can cause traffic jams
20. The purpose of the text is to ...
a. Tell a past event
b. Entertain readers
c. Report a phenomenon
d. Describe transport
e. Discuss something
21.Which of the following is NOT TRUE
according to the text?
a. Transport is very helful
b. Transport moves people around
c. People can kill transport in
accidents
d. People still need transport
e. Transport can cause air pollution
22. The type of text above is a/an ...
a. Anecdote d. Discussion
b. Report e. Explanation
c. Narrative
23. The organization of the text above is ...
a. Orientation, complication, resolution
b. Statement, explanation, evaluation
c. Identification, description
d. Newsworthy event, background event,
sources
e. Statement, arguments for, arguments
against, recomendation
24. How can transport make people frustrated?
They will be frustrated if ...
a. There is a traffic jam
b. They are very careful
c. Transport saves their energy
d. Transport is comfortable
e. Transport pollute the air
25. Transport is more comfortable than walking.
The underlined word has the same meaning
with ...
a. Noisy d. Exhausted
b. Relaxe e. Capable
c. Helpful
Text 5 for question 26 to 31
TEMPO KORAN TEMPO
PUBLIC DISCUSSION :
INDONESIAN ECONOMIC
AND
POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE 2007
Wednesday, 13 December 2006
8 AM to 2 PM at Golden Ballroom,
The Sultan Hotel, Jakarta
GEORGE SOROS
Well-Renowned Entrepreneur &
Philanthropist
Chairman of Soros Fund Management and Open
Society Institute
Topics of Discussion
-Economic & political projections for 2007
-Democracy, economics & politics in Indonesia
-Business, industry and investment policies
Dialogue Partner:
-Juwono Sudarsono – Coordinating Minister
-Boediono – Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs
-Ignas Kleden – Chairman Indonesian for Democracy
And a Book Lunch:
The Age Fallibility: the Consequences of The War on Terror by
George Soros
Investment: US$ 250
For information and reservation please contact Customer Services
(021) 536 0409
Sponsored by: Procon
26. The text is most properly in the form of ....
a. banner d. memo
b. invoice e. discussion
c. pamphlet
27. What does the text mainly talk about?
a. The information about public discussion
b. The main speaker of the public discussion
c. The organizer of the public discussion
d. The speakers of the event
e. The time and place of the public discussion
28. The event is organized by ...
a. Tempo and Koran Tempo d. Boediono
b. Customer Service e. Procon
c. George Soros
29. Which of the following is TRUE according to
the text?
a. The event is free of charge
b. The main speaker is Ignas
c. There is no foreign speaker
d. The event will proceed for 12 hours
e. There will be a book launch at the event
30. George Soros is a well-renowned
entreprenuer and philanthropist . The
underlined word means ....
a. Very rich d. Wealthy
b. Famous e. Generous
c. Notorious
31. George Soros is a well-renowned entreprenuer
as well as a/an_______, judging from his
best-seller books.
a. Interpreter d. Author
b. Translator e. Book seller
c. Perfomer
Text 6 for question 32 to 35
The Shepherd’s Boy
A long time ago there was a young
shepherd boy who tended his sheep in the stepped
near a dark forest. It was rather lonely from him
all day, so thought upon a plan by which he could
get a little company ans some excitment. He
cheated the villagers. He rushed down towards the
village calling out :Wolf,Wolf,” and the villagers
came out to meet him and some of them stopped
with him for considerable time. This pleased the
boy so much. It made all of the villagers angry.
On the other day he did the same trick, and
again the villagers came to help him but there was
nothing happened.
But shortly after this a wolf actually came
out from the forest, and began to worry the sheep,
the boy of course cried out, “Wolf,Wolf,” louder
than before. But this time no one of the villagers
went out to help him.
32. We know the caracters, time and place of the
story in ....
a. Orientation d. Reorientation
b. Complictation e. Events
c. Resolustion
33. Why didn’t the villagerscome and help him
when the wolp come out from the forest ?
Because they ...
a. Believed that he cheated them
b. didn’t want to help him
c. Didn’t hear him
d. Were naughty
e. Were sleeping
34. The word steppe means a large area of ...
a. land with trees only
b. land without grass and trees
c. land with grass but few trees
d. water with a few trees
e. water with a lot of trees
35. Wht do we learn from the story?
a. people would help us if we often told a lie.
b. people wourd help us if we really needed
it.
c. people would not help us although we
asked them.
d. people would not listen to us if we often
told a lie.
e. people would not listen to us if we were
not polite
Text 7 for qustion 36 to 40
A widow loved her own ugly and
unpleasant daughter just as much as she dislike
her lovely, kind stepdaughter. She made the
stepdaughter do all the hardestwork in the house,
and the girl obeyed her without complaint.
One day, the step mother sent her out to the
well to get water, and there she met an old
womanwho asked her for a drink. The kind young
girl served the old woman as if she were a queen.
In truth, that old woman was a fairy in disguise,
and she was so moved by the young girl’s
kindness that she rewardedher with an
extraordinary gift; every time she spoke, from her
lips, along with the words, fell flowers and
diamonds.
The step mother was furious when she
heard what had happened to her stepdaughter.
Immediatly she sent her own daughter to the well,
so that she could come back with the same gift.
This time, the fairy appeared in the form of a
queen. But when she asked for a drink, the young
woman said rudely,’“if you want a drink, get it
yourself.’
‘You are most unkind, ‘said the fairy, ‘and
for that I will give you a very different reward.’
And thereafter, whenever the unkind girl
began to speak, her rude word could actually be
seen in the snakes and toads that fell from her lips.
36. The purposed of the text is to ...
a. entertain readers
b. discuss something
c. report a stepdaughter
d. tell a past event
e. describe a stepmother
37. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?
a. A widow who loved her daughter
b. A stepmother who had a beautiful daughter
c. A stepmother who loved her beautiful
daughter
d. An obedience of a stepdaughter to her
stepmother
e. A widow who hated her ugly and unkind
stepdaughter
38. What type of text is the text above?
 a. Discussion d. Explanation
b. Description e. Naration
c. Procedure
39. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. There was a widow who loved her
stepdaughter very much
b. The widow’s daughter was a kind young
girl
c. The stepdaughter got a wonderful present
from a fairy
d. The old woman gave an extraordinary gift
to the widow’s daughter
e. The widow’s daughter spoke kindly to the
fairy
40. Paragraph three tells us that the stepmother ...
a. was very happy with what happened to her
daugghter
b. was extremely angry with what happened
to her stepdaughter
c. did not ask her daughter to get water from
the well
d. wanted to meet the queen
e. wanted a gift from the queen

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