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Soal Penilaian Tengah Semester 2

Tahun Pelajaran 2019 / 2020

Pelajaran : Bahasa Inggris Hari,Tanggal : Senin, 13 April 2020

Kelas/Program : XI IPA 1,2,3 Waktu : 07.00– 08.30 WIB

Choose the correct answer by crossing (X) A, B, C, D or E.

The text is for questions no 1 to 2. The text is for questions no 3 to 5.

2nd April 2020 Jl. Jambu 129 Bima

Dear liza,
I have received you letter asking me to
meet you at your house this Sunday to
discuss the urgent matter you have. I
regret however to say that it will not be
possible for me to see you on Sunday as I
already have a previous appointment. I
shall see you on Monday next week at 5
p.m.
Hoping the change of date will be
convenient to you.
Your sincerely
Daisy
1. What does the letter tell about….
A. Liza’s problem
B. Liza’s appointment
C. Daisy’s previous letter to Liza
D. Daisy’s regret for not being able to
come
E. A meeting held at Liza’s house
2. Why did Liza ask Daisy to come to her
house ….
A. Liza wanted Daisy to solve her
problem
B. Daisy would discuss her problem
with Liza
C. Liza persuaded Daisy to go
somewhere
D. Daisy wanted to meet Liza’s family
E. Liza wanted to chat with Daisy
30th January 2020
Dear Ferdy,
It was a real sorrow that I heard this
morning of your great loss. I knew your
mother was ill, for your brother told me
several weeks ago. However, as he at
that time did not seem to think the
illness was very serious, the news of
your mother’s death came to me as a
shock. You have my sincere and
heartfelt sympathy, my dear fellow, in
your sorrow. I know you will feel it
deeply, for you always thought so much
of your mother and loved her so truly. I
feel it also as a personal loss to myself,
for your mother was always very kind
to me. Her death must be a terrible grief
to your father, too. Please assure him of
my sincere sympathy. Words, I know,
are poor comforters. “The heart knows
its own sorrow”, and in such sorrows
we are always alone. However, it is not
mere words when I say that I feel with
you in your sorrow.
Your sincere friend,
Jean
3. What is the possible relation between the
sender and the recipient?
A. relative
B. employer
C. friend
D. sibling
E. employe
4. From the letter we know that ….
A. Ferdy’s mother was not ill before
her death
B. Jean sent letter to Ferdy several
weeks ago
C. Jean was ver sorrowful to send the
letter to his mother
D. Jean had known Ferdy’s mother
before
E. Ferdy is the only child in his family
5. “You have my sincere and heartfelt
sympathy, my dear fellow, in your
sorrow.” What is the closest meaning of
word “sincere”?
A. real
B. caring
C. generous
D. honest
E. curious
The text is for questions no 6 to 8.
Dear Ima,
Let me introduce myself. My name is
Adiba Salma Zakiya, just call me Salma.
I’m from Bima, Nusa Tenggara Barat. I
read your profile in NONA magazine and
would like to be one of your friends. It’s a
bit hard to find internet connection here,
so I decided to write a letter instead of an
e-mail to you. I hope you don’t mind.
I’m the first child in my family, my
parents have four children. I go to SMA 3
Bima. Now, I’m in the elevent grade.
My hobby is cooking, that’s why I can
cook many kinds of Bimanese traditional
dishes. Besides, I also like to play Kareku
Kandei. It’s a traditional music
performance from Bima. Girls pound their
pestles to a mortar to create harmonious
sound. Kareku Kandei is usually
performed on special events such as
Independence Day, Kartini’s Day, etc.
I would love to know you better, would
you tell me more about yourself too?
Regards,
Salma
6. How did Salma know about Ima’s
profile?
A. By writing a letter to Ima.
B. By sending an e-mail to Ima.
C. By reading her profile in a
magazine.
D. By being one of her friends.
E. By listening to her profile on the
radio.
7. What is the main idea of paragraph one?
A. Salma described her hometown.
B. Both Salma and Ima liked NONA
magazine.
C. Salma found Ima’s profile in NONA
magazine.
D. Salma complained about the internet
connection.
E. Salma decribed her family.
8. The text mainly tells us about ….
A. The description of Salma’s
hometown
B. Salma’s introduction to Ima
C. Salma’s family and her hobbies
D. The condition of a remote area in
Bima
E. The description of her expensive
The text is for questions no 9 to 12.
Recycling is a collection, processing,
and reuse of materials that would otherwise
be thrown away. Materials ranging from
precious metals to broken glass, from old
newspapers to plastic spoons, can be
recycled. The recycling process reclaims the
original material and uses it in new products.
In general, using recycled materials to
make new products costs less and requires
less energy than using new materials.
Recycling can also reduce pollution, either
by reducing the demand for high-pollution
alternatives or by minimizing the amount of
pollution produced during the manufacturing
process.
Paper products that can be recycled
include cardboard containers, wrapping
paper, and office paper. The most commonly
recycled paper product is newspprint. In
newspaper recycling, old newspapers are
collected and searched for contaminants such
as plastic bags and aluminum foil. The paper
goes to a processing plant where it is mixed
with hot water and turned into pulp in a
machine that works much like a big kitchen
blender. The pulp is screened and filtered to
remove smaller contaminants. The pulp then
goes to a large vat where the ink separates
from the paper fibers and floats to the
surface. The ink is skimed off, dried and
reused as ink or burned as boiler fuel. The
cleaned pulp is mixed with new wood fibers
to be made into paper again.
Experts estimate the average office
worker generates about 5 kg of wastepaper
per month. Every ton of paper that is
recycled saves about 1.4 cu m (about 50 cu
ft) of landfill space. One ton of recycled
paper saves 17 pulpwood trees (trees used to
produce paper).
9. The following things can be recycled,
EXCEPT ….
A. Precious metals
B. Broken glass
C. Old newspapers
D. Plastic spoons
E. Fresh vegetables and fruits
10. Which of the following is not the benefit
of recycling?
A. It costs much money for the process
of recycling
B. It costs less to make new products
C. It requires less energy
D. It can reduce pollution
E. It reduces the demand for high-
pollution alternatives
11. What is the third step of recycling paper
product?
A. Collect and search for contaminants
such as plastic bags and aluminium
foil.
B. Mix the paper with hot water in a
blender which turns it into pulp.
C. Screen and filter the pulp to remove
smaller contaminants.
D. Put the pulp to a large vat to
separate the link from the paper
fibres.
E. Mix the pulp with new wood fibres
to be made into paper again
12. We can make use of the ink after being
separated from the paper fibres by doing
the followings, EXCEPT….
A. Skim it off
B. Dry it
C. Reuse as ink
D. Burn as boiler fuel
E. Mix it with the pulp
The text is for questions no 13 to 15.
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 invited 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
ransmitting 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 a
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.
13. What is the main idea of paragraph
three?
A. How to use the telephone
B. The founder of telephone
C. The part of telephone
D. Function of telephone
E. How to make the telephone
14. How telephone cellular work ….
A. By signal radio
B. By battery
C. By user
D. By GPS signal
E. By transmitting signal
15. What is the text about?
A. The telephone founder
B. The part of telephone
C. The history of telephone
D. How telephone work
E. How much the telephone
The text is for questions no 16 to 20.
The greenhouse effect is a warming of
the air around us. It gets its name from the
greenhouses that people use to grow plants.
These greenhouses let in heat from sunlight
and trap it inside. Earth’s atmosphere–the
layer of air that surrounds our planet–also
traps heat.
Greenhouse effect is raised temperature
at a planet’s surface as result of heat energy
being trapped by gases in the atmosphere.
Certain gases cause the atmosphere to act
like the glass in a greenhouse. As a result,
the temperature of a planet’s surface may
be higher than it otherwise would be–on
Earth about 33º C (59ºF) higher. The main
gases that produce the greenhouse effect on
Earth are water vapour and carbon dioxide.
Scientists suspect that increased discharge
of carbon dioxide from human activity
(notably motor transport and industry) is
contributing to global warming.
16. The text mainly tells ….
A. the green house
B. the green house gas
C. the green house effect
D. the raised temperature of the earth
E. the heat trapped in the atmosphere
17. What happened in the greenhouse? It ….
A. discharges green house gases
B. increases carbon dioxide
C. produces much heat
D. blocks the sunlight
E. traps heat inside
18. The following statement is not
mentioned in the second paragraph ….
A. the Earth temperature is increasing
B. the greenhouse lets in heat and traps
it
C. human activities contributes to
global warming
D. our atmosphere can be like the glass
of a greenhouse
A. the water vapour and carbon
dioxides causes greenhouse effect
19. These greenhouses let in heat from
sunlight and trap it inside. It refers to ….
A. heat
B. plant
C. people
D. sunlight
E. greenhouse
20. From the text we know that a greenhouse
….
A. is a large building on the
atmosphere
B. is a house to grow plants
C. is a green painted house
D. produces water vapour
E. reduces global warming
The text is for questions no 21 to 25.
Do you know what a volcano is? I guess
you all know volcano is a mountain with
magma inside it. Most volcanoes are formed
on land, but there are volcanoes that are on
the ocean floor. You know the famous
volcanoes in Indonesia, right? Yes, there are
Mount Merapi and Mount Krakatau. Mount
Merapi erupted on October 2010 and Mount
Krakatau erupted in 1883. The eruptions
were really massive and destructive. Do you
want to know how is the volcano erupting?
Well, let me explain to you.
At first, the eruption begins when
pressure on a magma chamber inside the
volcano forces magma up through the
conduit and out the volcano’s vents. Then,
when the magma chamber completely filled,
the pressure is getting higher. Finally, the
magma reaches up to the surface. When
magma reaches eartth’s surface it is called
lava. It may pour out in gentle streams called
lava flows or erupt violently into the air.
Rocks ripped loose from the inside of the
volcano or torn apart by the gas, may be shot
into the air with the lava. The lava destroys
everything in its path because it is very hot.
The big rocks can destroy everything because
the sizes are super big. The thick black
smoke can burn everything slowly and it’s
suffocating.
 There’s no doubt that volcano eruption
is really dangerous. Many people were dead
because of it. A big number of people had to
abandon their homes and land forever. Even
the whole world’s climate was changed for a
while as a result of an eruption. But volcano
eruptions bring good effects too, because
after a long time it can make the land fertile 25. What can burn everything and it
is suffocating?
A. Big rock
21. What is the purpose of the text?
B. Magma
A. To explain how eruption
C. Thick black smoke
happens
D. Gas
B. To describe Mount Merapi
E. Earth surface
and Mount Krakatau in detail
C. To retell Mount Merapi
erupted on October 2010 26. . . . the school holiday, the
D. To entertain the reader with students had a picnic on the
the volcano eruption beach.
E. To inform that eruption is A. Due to
very dangerous B. Because
C. Although
D. Whenever
22. Why do the big rocks destroy
E. As a matter of fact
everything?
A. Because they burn
everything slowly 27. He seems to be too lazy to study
B. Because they are covered … he often fails the tests.
the thick black smoke A. However
C. Because they get pressure B. Because of
which is higher C. Whenever
D. Because they contain very D. As a matter of fact
hot lave E. Consequently
E. Because they have super big
size 28. Rosa enjoyed studying sciences
in high school . . . she decided
to major in biology in college.
23. Which one is the result of the
A. However
eruption?
B. In spite of
A. The change of climate is in
C. In accordance
the whole world.
D. Therefore
B. Eruption is really dangerous.
E. Because
C. Many people live freely.
D. Many people get donation to
29. Denia spends too much time on
build a new house.
her gadget . . . she has to wear
E. The victims are cared by the
glasses.
government.
A. Consequently
B. For
24. What is the good effect of
C. Because of
eruption?
D. So
A. Many people die.
E. Due to
B. People must leave their
house.
30. Complete the dialogue below.
C. People lose their land
Wita : This is not usual.
forever.
Rosy : Why?
D. The change of climate for a
Wita : You are already at
while.
school at 6:30
E. It makes the land fertile.
Rosy : I do it for purpose. I
come early . . . I can
prepare for my
presentation.
A. So
B. For
C. Because
D. In order to
E. Although