English National Examination Preparation

For number 1 and 2.

CAUTION

WET FLOOR

1. The caution above means that we should ….

a. make the floor wet
b. dry the floor
c. watch our steps
d. clean the floor

2. Where do we usually find the caution?

a. in a tennis court
b. at home
c. in a supermarket
d. at the bus station

For number 3

From: Kate
2009-01-13
09:00

Just to let you know that I sent the letter

two days ago.

3. From the text we may conclude that Kate sent the letter on January ….
a. 1st
b. 9th
c. 11th
d. 13th

For number 4 and 5

To our beloved mother

HAPPY MOM’S DAY

We love you so much.
Yours
Daddy, Tina, Budi

4. The word ‘beloved’ means ….

a. adored
b. despised
c. unloved
d. hated

5. ‘We love you so much’

The word ‘We’ refers to….

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a. daddy, Tina, and Budi

b. mother, Tina, and Budi
c. daddy, mother, and Budi
d. mother, daddy, Tina, and Budi

Text for number 6, 7, and 8

Sari, don’t forget to come to my house at 3:00

p.m. We’ll study together.
Pick up Ratna and Dewi.
Be on time!
Thanks,
Tiara

6. What is the text about?

a. Picking up Ratna and Dewi
b. Forgetting to study
c. Being on time
d. Reminding to study together

7. What does Tiara ask Sari to do?

a. study at Ratna’s house
b. pick up Ratna and Dewi
c. remind Sari to study
d. forget the appointment

8. ‘Be on time!’ means ….

a. be in a hurry
b. be punctual
c. come late
d. arrive early

Text for number 9, 10, and 11

Dear Hasri,

Hi, friend, here I invite you to come to my 15th birthday party.

Date : Sunday, May 17th 2009
Time : 4 p.m.
Place : My house, Jl. Martadinata no 57 Sukabumi

Please arrive on time. Without you the party will not be fun.

Cheers,
Halimah

9. What is the purpose of the text above?

a. to persuade someone
b. to remind someone
c. to invite someone
d. to inform someone

10.‘Please come on time.’

The underlined word has the same meaning as ….
a. visit
b. arrive
c. leave
d. go

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11. Which statement is true according to the text?

a. Halimah will celebrate her seventeenth birthday.
b. The party will be held in Halimah’s house.
c. The party will be held at four in the morning.
d. The party will be fun if Hasri doesn’t come.

Text for number 12, 13, and 14

ANNOUNCEMENT
To celebrate the Indonesian Independence Day, we would like to inform theat the committee will
hold some competitions:
Tug War
Volleyball
Football
Basketball
The seventh and the eighth grade students must send participants.
The registration will be from 10 – 12 August, 2009
The committee provides prizes such as:
Dictionary, calculator, and sport wear
Contact person: Rudi (08123456789)

Committee.

12. What is the announcement about?

a. Kinds of sport competition
b. The independence day
c. Registration for competition
d. The information for the competitions

13. Which one of the followings is not stated in the text?

a. The students will celebrate the Independence Day.
b. For more information, the students can contact Rudi.
c. The winner will get no prizes.
d. The committee promises prizes.

14.How long will the registration be done?

a. Two days
b. Three days
c. Ten days
d. Twelve days

Text for number 15 to 19

Mr. and Mrs. Charley had a guided tour to five countries in Europe. They were going to travel through
Netherland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, and France for two weeks.
The guide of the tour was a Swiss. On the first day, he told Mr. Mrs. Charley to check the passports
and their foreign cash. He told them to keep them safely.
They travelled on a comfortable coach with a toilet, music and video. They shopped at many famous
places. The guide explained everything about the places. They stayed in a big hotel for the night, and
ate in a restaurant.
On the way, they stopped at a small inn to have lunch. In a big town they went for shopping. They
bought many souvenirs for their friends. They enjoyed the two week tour.

15. The text is about ….

a. Shopping in a big town
b. Staying in a famous place
c. Eating in a big restaurant
d. Travelling for a trip

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16. Where did Mr. and Mrs. Charley go for a tour?

a. Africa
b. Europe
c. Australia
d. America

17. How many people were on the two week tour?

a. Two
b. Three
c. Four
d. Five

18.‘He told them to keep them safely.’ (Paragraph 2)

The underlined word refers to ….
a. The passports
b. Mr. Charley and the guide
c. Mr. and Mrs. Charley
d. Mrs. Charley and the guide

19.‘They enjoyed the two week tour.’

The underlined word has the same meaning as ….
a. became amazed at
b. got bored with
c. became addicted to
d. got pleasure from

Text for number 20 to 23

INGREDIENTS
- 2 cm fresh ginger thinly sliced
- 1 kg oxtail cut in 4 cm long segments
- 3 cloves
- 0.5 nut meg roughly broken
- 1.5 liters water
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 large leek, while part only, thickly sliced
- 1 large carrot, thickly sliced
- 2 medium potatoes, cut in 8 wedges
- 2 teaspoon white pepper
- 2 – 3 stems Chinese celery with leaves, coarsely chopped

METHOD
1. Place the ginger in a large pan of water and bring to the boil. Add the oxtail and cook
uncovered for three minutes. Drain, discard water and ginger.
2. Return oxtail to the pan and add cloves and nutmeg. Add cold water, bring to the boil, cover
and simmer until the meat is tender, 1 to 1.5 hours.
3. Heat the butter in the frying pan and add leek and carrot. Stir-fry over medium heat until
they start to smell fragrant, 3 – 4 minutes. When the beef is tender, add the leek and carrot
to the soup together with potatoes, salt and pepper.
4. Return to the boil and simmer several times until the vegetables are cooked and the meat is
tender, 15 to 20 minutes, serves and garnish with Chinese celery and crisp fried shallots.

Serves :4
Preparation : 15 minutes
Cooking time : 90 – 120 minutes

20. The text is about … soup.

a. ginger
b. vegetables
c. potatoes
d. oxtail

21.It takes … hours to cook the soup.

a. two

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b. three
c. four
d. five

22. How long should you prepare everything to make the soup?
a. Three minutes
b. Four minutes
c. Fifteen minutes
d. Two hours

23.‘Drain and discard water and ginger.’ (Method 1)

The underlined word has similar meaning to ….
a. dry
b. decrease
c. empty
d. add

Text for number 24 to 28

The lion was having a nap when a little mouse wake him up. The lion was annoyed, so he picked the
little mouse up and threatened to eat him up.
“Please release me, oh king of the jungle. If you do so, I will do something for you one day.” Begged
the little mouse. “What? A little thing like you? Ha … ha … ha … this really very funny.” Laughed the
lion. Then he let the little mouse free because he thought that the little mouse would not taste nice.
Several days later, when the lion was walking in the jungle, he got into a trap. He struggled hard to
escape, but he could not free himself. When he was about to give up, the little mouse came. He then
gnawed the ropes of the net. The little mouse said, “Didn’t you once laugh at me for being little? Look
how I have saved your life today.”

24. What does the text tell us about?

a. A lion that got into a trap
b. A lion and a little mouse
c. A little mouse that gnawed the trap
d. A mouse was having a nap

25. What is the main idea of paragraph 4?

a. The lion struggled hard.
b. The lion was walking.
c. The lion could not be freed.
d. The lion got into a trap.

26. From paragraph we know that ….

a. The lion ate the mouse.
b. The mouse was free from the lion.
c. The lion was free from the mouse.
d. The mouse ate the lion.

27. What we learn from the story?

a. Never help your enemies.
b. Weakness is very useless.
c. Strength is always useful in any situation.
d. Never underestimate those who are smaller than you.

28.‘Didn‘t you once laugh at me for being little?” (Paragraph 4)

The underlined refers to ….
a. the lion
b. the writer
c. the mouse
d. the reader

Text for number 29 and 30

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THROW AWAY ANY REMAINING MEDICINE

AFTER ONE MONTH OF USAGE

29. The label tells that ….

a. the medicine must be discarded before a month
b. the bottle contains enough medicine for one month
c. the medicine in the bottle is enough for a month
d. the medicine can be used up to one month after opening it

30.How long may we use the medicine?

a. Whenever we need it
b. Before a month
c. After a month
d. More than one month

Text for number 31 to 35

Television is a system of mass communication. It involves the transmission of images and sound to
distant places. The transmission is done through electromagnetic waves or through cable network
system (TV cable).
Television is an important means of communication. In average, people in America watch TV for 31
hours per week, while the British people watch television for 25 hours per week. Television has the
ability to bring people to know other people from various places on this earth. Television is also the first
medium to present news and current events to all people on the earth.
For many years many international events have been broadcasted through television. Television also
reports various international issues and political conflicts. Though there are many inventions on means
of communications, television is still the most important means of communication up to now.

31. What does the text tell us about?

a. Television
b. Television events
c. Electronic waves
d. Means of communication

32. Paragraph three tells us that ….

a. Television is a system of mass communication.
b. Television is a device of communication.
c. Many international events have ever been broadcasted through TV.
d. Television is the most important means of communication.

33. Which statement is true according to the text?

a. Though there are many inventions on means of communications, television is still the important
means of communication.
b. Television is not important anymore because there are many inventions on means of
communication.
c. Television is the only device of mass communication.
d. The American people watch television less long than British people.

34.‘Television is also the first medium to …’ (Paragraph 2)

The underlined word has similar meaning to ….
a. way
b. tool
c. means
d. middle size

35.‘It involves the transmission …’ (Paragraph 1)

The underlined word refers to ….
a. television
b. transmission
c. system
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d. communication

Text for number 36 to 38

FINE CARTRIDGE
Genuine Canon Product
100
ONLY $20 %
For PIXMA series (iP1200/iP1300/iP1700/MP150/MP450) NEW
Suitable for EPSON Printers.

Install before Feb 2010

Store in a location out of the reach of children.

36. What is the advertisement about?

a. PIXMA series
b. Epson printers
c. Printer cartridge
d. Canon product

37. We can still use the cartridge ….

a. during the year of 2010
b. after year 2010
c. within eleven months
d. before the end of this year

38.‘Store in a location out of reach of children.’

The synonym of the underlined word is ….
a. open
b. take
c. keep
d. remove

Text for number 39 to 41

Jakarta, Februari 17th

2009
Dear Miss Ana

I heard from my classmate, Mila, that you were hospitalized. I’m so sorry to hear your
condition. I really would like to visit you, but I’m still in Jakarta now, and I won’t be back until
the end of this month. I hope you’ll get better soon. I’ll visit you as soon as I arrive in
Surabaya.

Best regards,
Kiki

39. What does the text tell about?

a. Thanking Miss Ana
b. Congratulating Miss Ana
c. Showing sympathy to Miss Ana
d. Greeting Miss Ana

40. Who is Miss Ana? She is Kiki’s ….

a. roommate

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b. teacher
c. friend
d. classmate

41.‘I’ll visit you …’

The closest meaning with the underlined word is ….
a. go to play
b. go to see
c. go to take
d. go to cure

For number 42 to 44
Choose the most suitable words to complete the text.

Rain forests cover about 10% of the earth’s surface, but they contain 90% of the world’s animals and
plants. Rain forests are found in the hottest part of the earth. They are (42) … in the area from the tropic
of Cancer to the tropic of Capricorn. This is the area on both sides of the equator.
These forests are called rain forests because it usually rains there every day. The weather is always
hot and humid. The main rain forests are in America, Africa and Asia. (43) … area of rain forests is
Amazonian in South America. It is three times larger than the whole rain forests in Indonesia.
Indonesia is covered by rain forests, but many of the forests have been cleared. Some fire also
destroyed the forests, (44) … during the dry season. It is hard now to do reforestation.

42. a. situated
b. placed
c. produced
d. created

43. a. the highest

b. the longest
c. the shortest
d. the largest

44. a. especially
b. absolutely
c. commonly
d. generally

Text for number 45 to 47

HOW TO BOIL AN EGG

Things you need

1 egg
1 small saucepan
0.5 liter of water

What to do
1. Fill the saucepan with liter of water
2. Bring water to boil
3. Put egg in water with spoon
4. Boil for 4 minutes
5. Turn off the stove
6. Drain saucepan
7. Serve egg in egg cup
Serving suggestion: Warm buttered toast, cut into slices and dipped into the egg
makes a tasty treat

45. Which of the following is in the correct order?

a. Boil for 4 minutes, place egg in saucepan, bring water to boil, drain saucepan.
b. Bring water to boil, place egg in water, boil for 4 minutes, drain saucepan.
c. Bring water to boil, place egg in saucepan, drain saucepan, boil for 4 minutes.
d. Bring water to boil, place egg in saucepan, boil for 4 minutes, drain saucepan.

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46. To avoid the egg being broken, what should you do?
a. Drop the egg in water as fast as possible.
b. Throw the egg in boiled water.
c. Put the egg in a drain saucepan.
d. Put the egg in water with a spoon.

47.‘ ... makes a tasty treat.’

The underlined word could be best replaced with the word ....
a. decorated
b. delicious
c. hot
d. salty

48. Arrange these words into a good sentence.

the – starts – and – lesson – the – come – have – students – all
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
a. 9-8-7-6-1-3-4-5-2
b. 9-1-8-7-6-3-5-4-2
c. 1-4-8-7-6-3-5-2-9
d. 1-4-7-6-3-5-8-2-9

49. Arrange these sentences into a good paragraph.

1. It has the head and feet of a duck and the body of a mammal.
2. Yesterday, we went to Safari park in Cisarua, Bogor.
3. Have you ever seen a picture of a platypus?
4. What an amazing animal!
5. Well, now I've seen a real live platypus.

a. 2-3-5-4-1
b. 2-5-3-4-1
c. 2-3-5-1-4
d. 1-4-5-2-3

50. Arrange these sentences into a good paragraph.

1. He was transferred to a giant Spanish club, Barcelona 2002.
2. There he enjoyed a big success and popularity.
3. After he was successful, he was brought to Brazil and became the world champion.
4. Then he was transferred to Paris Saint.
5. He has played football since he was 5 years old.
6. He started his professional career when he played for Brazilian football club, Santos.
7. Ronaldinho is a famous football player from Brazil.

a. 7-5-2-6-4-1-3
b. 7-2-4-3-1-6-5
c. 7-3-5-4-1-6-2
d. 7-5-2-6-4-1-3

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