Pemantapan PAT

Bahasa Inggris Februari 2020 M

9 SMP Jumadil Akhir 1441 H
90 Menit
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The following text is for questions 1 and 2.

NOTICE
The lift is out of action due to electrical damage.
Please use stairs beside the lift.
We apologize for this inconvenience.

1. What is the writer’s intention to write the notice 2. Where do you probably read the notice?
above? A. In a park area.
A. To ask people to use stairs. B. In a storey building.
B. To show the stairs’ location. C. In a private house.
C. To apologize for the lift’s condition. D. In a skyscraper.
D. To inform people about electrical damage.
The following text is for questions 3 and 4.

Dear Ahmad,
I just want to remind you to bring tape, scissors, paperboard, and rules tomorrow. I will bring glue and paper plates.
Let’s finish our assignment to make a paperboard car after school. The following day is the due date.
Ridwan

3. Why does Ridwan send the message above? He
wants to ….
A. inform Ahmad about their task
B. suggest her opinion about their task
C. remind Ahmad about their task
D. invite Ahmad to meet after school
4. Why do the boys want to complete their task
tomorrow?
A. They still have much time to finish it.
B. The due date is at around the corner.
C. The craft is difficult to be finished.
D. They need many paper boards.

The following text is for questions 5 to 7.

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The menu is always fresh and delicious. Also available various juice: guava, tomato, grapes, orange, grapes, and
many more.
The delicacy and cleanliness of the dishes is guaranteed!
Affordable price.
We open at 10 a.m. up to 8 p.m. every day. We don’t have holidays!
Just contact 081210915842 OR Available on:

5. Why do people like to eat at the meatball stall? C. The meatball stall is open 24 hours.
A. It is clean and spacious. D. The meatball stall is open every day.
B. They love juice.
C. It serves delicious food and drink. 7. “Affordable price.”
D. It only serves meatballs.
What does the underlined word above mean?
A. Costly.
6. “We don’t have holidays!”
B. Various.
What does the statement mean? C. Countless.
A. They stop working on holidays. D. Inexpensive.
B. They enjoy the holidays.

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The following text is for questions 8 to 10.

The 2019 National Examination is coming soon. There are more questions which require you to think critically.
In that case, I want all ninth grade students to prepare themselves very well. Use your time efficiently and
effectively. Your future merely depends on your efforts.
Remember! Only doing the best is counting!
Regard,
Headmaster
8. Why does the school issue this text? 9. What must the students do in regard to the text?
A. To tell the students about the 2019 national A. Answer questions. C. Just be calm.
examination. B. Read the notice. D. Study hard.
B. To inform the students about the examination
preparation. 10. What will happen to the students if they neglect the
C. To ask ninth grade students to face the national notice?
exam seriously. A. Fail in the exam.
D. To ask ninth grade students to take national B. Get flying colors.
examination tryouts. C. Need special efforts.
D. Have to meet the principal.
The following text is for questions 11 and 12.

Dear Firman,
Congratulation on your winning at the Speech Contest competition!
Your hard work has been paid off.
Wishing you get the best result in the higher competition.
Good luck!
Ismail

11. Why does Ismail send the greeting card? 12. How does Firman probably feel when getting the
A. To compliment Firman on his success. greeting card from Ismail?
B. To congratulate Firman on his winning. A. Arrogant.
C. To encourage Firman to be successful. B. Anxious.
D. To wish Firman win in the higher competition. C. Curious.
D. Delighted.
The following text is for questions 13 to 15.

YOU ARE INVITED!

In the celebration of Education Day, our school will hold poetry recitation conducted by Taufiq Ismail, the best author
in Indonesia. There will also be a drama performance played by Tombo Ati as the winner of the 2018 National Drama
Competition.
We invite all students to watch the performance which will be held at the school hall on Saturday, 21st May 2018 at
7 p.m.
Please contact your class captain to get the tickets. Each ticket will include in a lucky draw.
Supriyana
OSIS Chairperson

13. Why does the school publish the invitation?

A. To learn how to recite poems.
B. To meet and greet Tombo Ati.
C. To participate in a drama performance.
D. To enjoy a poetry recitation and drama performance.

14. The students are interested in attending the event because they ….
A. want to talk with Supriyana
B. like art show
C. need to contact Supriyana
D. get tickets for free

15. “We invite all students to watch the performances …”

The underlined word is closest in meaning to ….
A. game C. show
B. act D. production

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The following text is for questions 16 to 18.

Dear Aunt Tia
Aunty, I have some good news for you. Last month I passed my final examination. A week ago I succeeded to join
in a senior high school English competition. Last night my parents promised to send me to a famous English course
in my town. They also promised me if my scores in English are good, they'll send me to a foreign university. Great,
isn't it? I'll work hard. I want to be a great pediatrician like you, Aunty.
Well, that's all for now. Looking forward to having your news.
Love
Debby

16. What is the purpose of the text? C. To send her to a senior high school.
A. To inform some good news. D. To make her pass the final examination.
B. To describe the writer's school.
C. To retell the writer's experience. 18. How does Debby feel?
D. To entertain the reader with a joke. A. Glad.
B. Scared.
17. What did Debby's parents promise her? C. Anxious.
A. To make her a pediatrician. D. Thoughtful.
B. To send her to an English course.

The following text is for questions 19 to 22.

What you need :

From the grocery story
• Vanilla pudding mix (the large box)
• Bananas
• Vanilla Wafers
• Milk
From the kitchen
• A medium sized sauce pan
• A large Bowl
• A long Handled Spoon
• A paring knife
How to make:
1) Add three cups of milk into the saucepan.
2) Add the pudding mix.
3) Stir it up well. Stir until the pudding thickens. It is not quite custard like but close.
4) Set you stove to medium.
5) Meanwhile, cut bananas into some pieces, and then put them into a bowl.
6) Add vanilla wafers into the bowl. Just make sure you don't put more than you have pudding mix for.
7) Pour the pudding mixture over the vanilla wafer/banana layers. When pouring it, make sure to pour it over all
the layers. This will blend everything together as the heated pudding softens the wafers and releases the sugars
in the bananas.
8) Serve it immediately.
19. The text is written …. 21. What should we pour on pieces of bananas and
A. to describe what banana pudding is vanilla wafers?
B. to give instructions on how to make banana A. Vanilla cream.
C. to give instructions on how to make banana B. Water.
pudding C. Fresh milk.
D. to tell readers how to make banana split toppings D. Pudding mixture.

20. What will probably happen if you don’t pour the 22. Which of the following has similar communicative
mixture over the entire wafers? purpose as the text?
A. The pudding will be sweeter. A. My banana trees.
B. The wafers won’t be soft entirely. B. My holiday experience.
C. The pudding won’t be edible. C. The story of Cinderella.
D. The wafers will be more useful. D. How to make banana split.

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The following text is for questions 23 to 26.

I have a tablemate named Kirana. She is beautiful, tall and slim. She is so smart and friendly that she has many
friends. She is older than me. She is wise and patient. I often share problems with her to find good solutions. She
often amuses and cheers me when I am in bad mood.
Kirana likes physics and math very much. She has ability to understand both of those subjects very fast. She
always participates in physics competitions. She tells me that she want to invent important tools for human like
Einstein or Isaac Newton.

23. What is the writer’s purpose to write to write the 25. The writer can tell readers about Kirana’s characters
text? precisely because ….
A. To get attention from her roommate. A. they share one room together
B. To show her gratitude to her roommate. B. Kirana is the writer’s classmate
C. To make readers impressed by her roommate. C. She is fond of Kirana’s characters
D. To make readers know her tablemate’s D. They always meet almost every day.
characters.
26. We can infer that Chintya wants to be a … when she
24. Why does the write like to share her problem with grows up.
Kirana? A. biologist
A. Kirana has a good personality. B. scientist
B. Kirana understands her well. C. astronaut
C. Kirana always gives her a good solution. D. actress
D. She doesn’t have a good friend like Kirana.
The following text is for questions 27 to 30.
Three large fish lived very happily in a pond which few people ever passed.
One day two men who were passing by the pond saw the fish. One of them said, “Let us hurry home and get out
nets. Those fish are too fine to lose.”
The three fish were very much frightened. The fist one thought a moment, then swam through the outlet of the
pond into the river.
When the men came back with their nets, there were only two fish to be seen. They found the outlet of the pond
and made a dam across it.
The second fish now began to think. It came to the top of the water and floated on its back. One of the men picked
it up in his net, but is seemed dead, so he threw it back into the water.
The fish that never thought sank to the bottom of the pond and was easily caught.

27. What is the main idea of paragraph five? 29. How could you describe the first fish?
A. A man picked the second fish. A. Smart.
B. The second fish could finally save itself. B. Honest.
C. The second fish pretended of being dead. C. Patient.
D. A man threw the second fish back to the pond. D. Humble.

28. What was the main problem of the story?
A. The fish not escape from the men.
B. Two men were going to catch the three fish.
C. The third fish didn’t think about how to save
itself.
D. The fish looked for ways to escape themselves
from the men.
30. From the text we can learn that ….
A. a good man is hard to find
B. two heads are better than one
C. no one succeeds without efforts
D. a good beginning makes a good ending

The following text is for questions 31 to 34.

Last month I went to Kupang with my brother to visit our aunt. On the first day, our cousin took us to Rote. From
Kupang, it took us 1 ½ hours on the fast ferry. The waves there were very strong. We visited a fishing village there.
After that, we went on a small boat to see a seaweed farming project. Finally, we came back home in the evening.
That was one of our great holidays in Kupang and we were happy.

31. What is the topic of the text above? 32. The writer went to Kupang because …..
A. A visit to a fishing village. A. his brother wanted to see a seaweed farming
B. Seaweed farming project. project
C. A long trip from Kupang. B. he longed to see his aunt
D. Great Holiday in Kupang. C. he had never gone to Kupang before
D. he wanted to spend his holiday there

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33. What did they do before coming home? 34. “That was one of our great holiday in Kupang
A. Visited a seaweed farming project. and….”
B. Sailed to Rote with his cousin. The underlined word is closest in meaning to …..
C. Visiting a fishing village there. A. sad C. lucky
D. Went to Rote by fast Ferry. B. bad D. fantastic
The following text is for questions 35 to 38.

The pronghorn is a mammal. It has a deer-like body. It has a tan to reddish brown body. Its cheeks, belly, rump,
chest, and inner legs are white.
The pronghorn has horns, not antlers. Its horns are made of two parts: a bony core that is covered by a sheath
made of a still hair-like material. It is the only animal that has branched horns and sheds its horns each year. The
outer sheath falls of every year in the fall and then grows back in the summer.
The pronghorn is the second fastest land animal in the world. It can run at speeds of up to 60 miles per hour and
run long distances at speeds of 30-40 miles per hour. It can make bounds of up to 20 feet when it is running. When
the pronghorn runs, its mouth is open so it can breathe in extra oxygen. Speed is important because the pronghorn
lives in open areas where there is no place to hide from a predator.
The pronghorn is active all day long. It has excellent eyesight and can spot a treat up to four miles away. When
the pronghorn is threatened, it may attack with its sharp hooves.

35. What is the main idea of paragraph three? 37. From the text we can infer that the pronghorn ….
A. Speed is very important for a pronghorn. A. lives on a free
B. The pronghorn is the second fastest land animal. B. has a tan belly
C. A pronghorn can breathe in extra oxygen when C. has a slim body
running. D. notices closed objects only
D. A pronghorn can dun at speeds of up to 60 miles
per hour. 38. The pronghorn’s horns are unique because they ….
A. are straight
36. What would happen if a pronghorn closes its mouth B. consist of three parts
when running? C. can shed each month
A. It would not reach its most speed. D. can remove and grow back
B. A predator would not catch it.
C. A predator would not realize its existence.
D. It would not get much oxygen for energy.

There are over 700 different species of eucalyptus; two of more common eucalyptus species include lemon-
scented eucalyptus (Eucalyptus citriodora) and broad-leaved peppermint eucalyptus (Eucalyptus dives var. Type).
The lemon-scented eucalyptus tree is a tall, evergreen tree with a smooth gray, cream or pink bark: the leaves
begin as oval shaped and mature to narrow, tapered leaves. The trunk is used for timber but is also cultivated as an
ornamental tree.
Traditionally, it has been used as an insect repellent for use with cockroaches and silverfish. An essential oil is
distilled from the leaves and twigs and used in aromatherapy. Lemon-scented eucalyptus is also used as a fragrance
component in soaps, perfumes and detergents and in room sprays and insect repellents; additionally, it is used for
the isolation of natural citronellal.

39. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

A. Eucalyptus can be used for repelling insect.
B. Eucalyptus is used in many things.
C. Eucalyptus is evergreen.
D. Many products are used to make eucalyptus.

40. Who is probably interested to read the text above?

A. A botanist.
B. A biologist.
C. A geologist.
D. A zoologist.

41. Why do cockroach and silverfish not like eucalyptus? Because ….

A. eucalyptus is danger for them
B. eucalyptus has colorful leaves
C. they hate the fragrance of the eucalyptus
D. cockroach prefers eucalyptus to others

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Mangosteen is a tropical fruit that is grown primarily in hot, humid climates of southeast Asia such as Thailand,
Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Mangosteen is a dark purple fruit …. (42) 2 to 3 inches in diameter – the
size of a small peach or apple. Mangosteens are unrelated to mangos.
Instead of peeling it like an orange, a mangosteen is typically opened by pressing firmly ….(43) twisting the outside
until it breaks apart. The hard rind can be nearly one in thick. At the center is soft opaque white fruit, which resembles a
head of garlic but tastes ….. (44) sweet and tart. Its flavor is like combination of strawberry and peach.

42. …. 43. …. 44. ….

A. over A. or A. deeply
B. under B. but B. greatly
C. above C. and C. slightly
D. about D. then D. completely

Since we had a long holiday weekend, Ali, Meril and I decided to visit 2 cities. … (45) flew from Paris to Venice on
Friday night. As we got off the plane, Meril …(46) a call telling her our hostel had been upgraded to a room right on the
Grand Canal! On our walk to the hostel, I felt a wave of happiness come over me and couldn’t stop smiling. I only
remember feeling that way a few times in my life. Once was when Roxanne was born. Another was at midnight on my
21st birthday. I have been trying to focus on being present in the moment and not thinking about the future too much while
I’m here. I need to appreciate these ….(47) moments! And for a while I need to forget all about work.

45. …. 46. …. 47. …..

A. I A. dialed A. usual
B. We B. called B. special
C. She C. phoned C. ordinary
D. They D. received D. common

48. Arrange the following word into the correct sentence.

love – but – to live – my town – I – small – is – here
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
The correct arrangement is ….
A. 4 – 5 – 7 – 1 – 6 – 2 – 8 – 3 C. 4 – 6 – 1 – 3 – 5 – 2 – 7 – 8
B. 4 – 7 – 6 – 2 – 5 – 1 – 3 – 8 D. 4 – 7 – 1 – 6 – 2 – 8 – 5 – 3

49. (1) Finally, place a small bundle of mint leaves on the yogurt for garnish.
(2) After that, combine all the fruit in an individual bowl and mix.
(3) Then, using the knife, trim the green off the strawberries and cut them in half or into slices if they are very
large.
(4) Next, slice the banana into chunks.
(5) Salad is my favorite fruit.
(6) First, wash the fruit and let it dry on paper towel.
(7) Add a bit yoghurt on top of the fruit salad.
(8) Making the fruit salad is easy.
A good arrangement is ....
A. (8) – (5) – (6) – (3) – (4) – (2) – (7) – (1)
B. (5) – (8) – (6) – (3) – (4) – (2) – (7) – (1)
C. (8) – (6) – (3) – (2) – (4) – (7) – (5) – (1)
D. (5) – (6) – (8) – (2) – (7) – (4) – (3) – (1)

50. Read the text below and answer the following question.

Jenny : What are you doing with those books, Ahsan?

Ikhsan : Well, I have to give these to the library. Do you mind helping me to bring these books?
Jenny : Of course, I don’t. Just wait for a moment.

From the dialogues we know that Jenny …. his friend.

A. refuses to help
B. accepted the invitation of
C. is going to help
D. doesn’t like

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