This text is for question 1 and 2
All students are required to attend the Indonesia Independence day ceremony on Wednesday 17
august 2016, at 7 A.M in the school yard. Please wear your white-blue uniform complete with all
attributes.
Regards,
Vice Principle
1. What does the school issue is notice?
a. To ask students to attend the independence day ceremony
b. To inform about indonesia independence day
c. To tell students when the indonesia independence day is
d. To invite students to contribute in the indonesia independence day
2. What must students do in regard to the notice?
a. Pay attention to the notice
b. Fill all the requirements
c. Wear tie and cap
d. Send regard to the vice principle
Read the text to answer questions 3 and 4
Dear hanifah,
I congratulate you for getting your bachelor’s degree this spring. Your accomplishing this while
maintaining a home and raising three children is a marvelous achievement. Your determination to
reach your goal has been admirable. I’m sure your husband must be very proud of you. You are a
good role model.
Your friend,
Charly
3. Based on the text the writer writes the text in order to
a. Express her proudness to her friend
b. Pray for her achievement to reach the goal
c. Show her feeling pleased and satisfied to her
d. Praise her friend’s success in academic and family
4. The sentence “you are a good role model”, in the text can be replaced by....
a. You are a hero
b. You play very well
c. You are a good example
d. You have a good character
The following text for question 5 to 7
ANNOUNCEMENT
The school district prides itself in making more than 80 extracurricular options available to
interested students. Among these are some very popular larger clubs, as well as some smaller, less
well-known activity groups. Please also check the state college high school web page for more
information on the various clubs. (click “select a school” in the upper left corner and choose State
College Area High School)
5. What should the students do to get more information on the various clubs?
a. Choose one o very popular larger clubs
b. Click “select a school” in the upper left corner
c. Check the state college high school web page
d. Choose the extracurricular at state college are high school
6. “... 80 extracurricular options available to ...”
The underlined word is closest meaning to....
a. Given
b. Offered
c. Prepared
d. Mentioned
7. What is the announcement written for?
a. To inform how to register some extracurricular
b. To ask the students to join some extracurricular
c. To inform famous clubs and the activity in the groups
d. To tell how to get information about extracurricular
Read the text and answer questions 8 and 9
Look Whoooooo’s
Turning One!
Please join us for
Amelia 1st birthday
Saturday, April 5th at 02.00 P.M
Amelia’s house
623 W. Orchard Lane
Tampa, Florida
Please RSVP:
[email protected] We hope you can join us for
food and fun!
8. What is the writer’s purpose to write the text?
a. To tell how to join Amelia’s party
b. To announce Amelia’s bithday party
c. To ask the adressee to come to the party
d. To inform how to come to the birthday party
9. What should you do first on before going to the party?
a. Buy a present and some foods
b. Write a greeting card for Amelia
c. Prepare some foods and cheeriness
d. Confirm the attendance by email
Read the text to answer questions 10 to 12
Al Mubarak Hotel
Located in the suburban area of Pekalongan. Al Mubarak hotel offers well furnished rooms in the
calm and peaces atmosphere. It features a cozy restaurant which provide many kind of Indonesian
and International cuisine, a large ball room, meeting room, and art gallery.
Featuring spacious and elegant interiors, each air-conditioned room is provided with a cable TV, a
bathroom, a wardrobe, a tea or coffee maker, and minibar are also available. Guest can excercise at
the fitness centre or enjoy a refreshing dip in the indoor swimming pool.
To make reservation, please call Al Mubarak hotel at (0285) 7507 475
10. The text is adressed to travellers who want...
a. Eat international and traditional cuisine
b. Spend holiday in cheerful environment
c. Do activities at a cozy minibar
d. Relax in a quiet atmosphere
11. What additional facilities can be adored by the guest?
a. Outdoor sport arena
b. Indoor sport activities
c. A spacious meeting room
d. Local and international foods
12. “featuring spacious and elegant interiors...” the underlined word has closest meaning with...
a. Big
b. Large
c. Wide
d. Luxurious
Your input and participation are strongly
encouraged as the city embarks on the
Read the text to answer questions number 13 to 14 Monroeville Comprehensive Plan
13. What will the reader do after reading the announce
ment?
a. Prepare the vision for Monroeville TOWN MEETING
b. Make some public places at the downtown
c. Open the blogspotto get some information TUESDAY, March 6th
d. Discuss withthe citizens about the town meeting 6:00 PM
at City Hall
what is important to you?
14. Where can probably we find such announcement? Land use and development•community
a. At the announcement board of the city hall design•traffic and access•economic
opportunities•conservation•parking•downtown
b. At the monroevilleplan.blogspot.com revitalization•public services•small town
c. At the parking area of the downtown character•recreation•pedestian
accessibility•wayfinding
d. At the public services of the town
More information at
www.Monroevilleplan.bogspot.com
Share your vision for
Monroeville
The text is for questions no 15 to 18
Mr. Tucker is my math teacher at school. He teaches us at clas IX. He is a smart teacher. He can
teach us very well. He is a strict teacher.he doesn’t like his students came late at class. He will be
very angry.besides that he doesn’t like us cheating in the test.he always tell us to be honest.his
student must be pay attention to his explanation.
Besides that, Mr. Tucker always do the same things everyday. Entering the classroom,he will
wash his hands in the basin.in the corner of the class.after that he will walk over his desk. Sitting
in her desk, he will look at and greet us formally.then he will put on his glasses, open his
textbook and ask us what lesson we discussed the previous meeting.And then he start teaching.I
was really amazed by his habit.
15. What is the writer purpose to write the text?
a. To show his dislike of his teacher
b. To get attention of his teacher
c. To make the readers know the character of his teacher
d. To make the readers impressed by his teacher
16. The writer describes Mr. Tucker as a ....
a. Serious man
b. Humorous man
c. Easy going man
d. Friendly man
17. The writer can tell Mr. Tucker habit precisely because...
a. He always come to school early
b. He admires Mr. Tucker character
c. He sees Mr. Tucker does the same thing everyday
d. He pays attention to Mr. Tucker explanation
18. “I was really amazed by his habit”
The underlined word is closest in meaning to...
a. Scared
b. Surprised
c. Ashamed
d. Nervous
Read the text to answer questions 19 to 21
Mrs. Jane,
My son just told me that you came to our home yesterday. I am so sorry i was not at home. I had
medical check-up at the central hospital. I would like to ask you to have lunch next Sunday so we can
have a chat. I will be glad if you could come.
Mrs. Sarah
19. What is the writer’s intention to write the text?
a. To ask her to accompany her to the hospital
b. To apologize and invite her for lunch on sunday
c. To meet her son and ask for forgiveness for being sick
d. To inform her to come to her house and have medical check-up
20. What will mrs. Jane do on receiving the message?
a. Forgive all mrs. Sarah’s mistakes
b. Come to mrs. Sarah’s house for lunch
c. Inform to mrs. Sarah’s that she will come soon
d. Tell mrs. Sarah’s weather she could come or not
21. Based on the text, mrs. Sarah... medical check-up at the hospital
a. Will have
b. Had done
c. Is having
d. Has done
Read the text to answer questions 22 to 25
I make friends easily, so i have a lot of friends. I can’t imagine my life without them. There is
one, who will always be the first place in my heart, her name is utami. Utami is a very beautiful and
charming girl. She is taller than me and has straight brown hair and deep chesnut brown eyes. Like
most teenagers she pays a lot of attention to her appearance and like dressing the latest and most
extravagant fashion.
By nature utami is communicative and outgoing. Her biggest dream is to become a singer
and I believe that her hope will come true as she has won many prizes in many concers she sings
really incredibly.
However, utami also has her shortcomings. She never goes goes on time to her dates.
Sometimes she is absent-minded and inconsiderate, that makes people think she never takes things
seriously. But this is not true.
Another thing about her is that she like to look after people. Once she ever saved my life!
We went swimming in a pool. Suddenly, my left leg went dead i couldn’t go on swimming. I lost
consciousness. When I opened my eyes I found myself lying and utami held my hand. She, herself
had pulled me out of the water. If she weren’t there, I would have drowned.
For me, friendship is the most important thing in the world. I am proud to say that I have
suchloyal and helpful friend – one in a million.
22. “.... utami also has her shortcomings” the underlined word is the closest in meaning...
a. Faults
b. Strengths
c. Confidence
d. Selfishness
23. From the text above we can say that...
a. Utami also has weaknesses
b. Utami can make friends easily
c. The writeris a fashionable girl
d. The writer could not swim well
24. The writer writes the text in order to...
a. Tell the characteristic of her closest friend
b. Show her pride having utami as her closest friend
c. Express her feeling being utami’s closest friend
d. Share her experience how to keep a good friendship
25. After reading the text, the writer wants the reader have to...
a. Loyal to their friends
b. Receive one’s goodness and weakness
c. Help each others to keep communication
d. Greet among us to maintain relationship
The following text is for questions 26 to 29
The shard is an 87-storey skyscraper, which sits in the heart of london. It is known as the
shard of glass. Construction began in 2009 and was completed three years later in 2012, making it
western european’s tallest building.
Designed by architect renzo piano, the shard is the second tallest free standing structure in
the UK. Its exterior boasts 11,000 glass panels – that’s equivalent in area to eight football pitches or
two-and-a-half trafalgar squares.
The building was developed to have multiple uses, describes on the website as a ‘vertical
city’ where people can live, work and relax. This motto was clearly taken on board that was found on
the 72nd flor towards the end of construction.
26. What is the text about?
a. The architect renzo piano
b. The shard glass panels
c. The shard, building in london
d. The tallest building in london
27. In europe, the shard gains popularity on its....
a. Location
b. Function
c. Height
d. Age
28. What probably makes people interested to stay in the shard?
a. It has multiple uses
b. It is the tallest building in UK
c. It was built by famous architect
d. It is located in the heart of london
29. “..., making it western european’s tallest building.”
What does the underlined word refer to?
a. The shard
b. The glass
c. London
d. Skyscraper
Read the text to answer questions 30 to 32
A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia. It has a smaller relative, called a wallaby,
which lives on the Australian island of Tasmania and in New Guinea.
Kangaroos eat grass and plants. They have short front legs, but very long and strongback legs
and a tail.these are used for sitting up and for jumping. Kangaroos have been known to make
forward jumps of over eight meters, and leap across fences more than three meters high. They can
also run at speeds of over 45 kilometers per hour.
These largest kangaroos are the great grey kangaroo and the red kangaroo. Adult grows to a
length of 1”60 meters and weights over 90 kilos.
Kangaroos are marsupials. The female kangaroo has an external pouch on the front of her
body. A baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born, and it crawls at once onto this pouch where it
spends its first five months of life.
30. Based on the text, the writer writes the text in order to...
a. Inform where a kangaroo lives
b. Explain the characteristics of a kangaroo
c. Give information about kinds of kangaroo
d. Persuade people to see a kangaroo in Australia
31. The writer describes the kangaroo that it can...
a. Run faster than a car
b. Grow as tall as a man
c. Walk as soon as it is born
d. Live in a puch during its life
32. Based on the text, kangaroos are marsupials. It means that...
a. The female kangaroos have an external pouch on the front of their body
b. The kangaroos keep their baby in their external pouch
c. All of kangaroos have thir own external pouches
d. Their babies were born in their external pouches
Read the text to answer questions 33 to 36
Once upon a time, there was a young man called Ma Liang. He was very poor. He helped a
rich bad man to ted cattle. He liked drawing and drew pictures everywhere. One night, he dreamed
that an old man gave him a magic paint brush and asked him to use it to help poor people. When he
woke up, he found the magic paint brush in his desk.
From that day on, he used the paint brush to help people. Whenever he drew pictures, they
became real. But a few days later, his master heard about the magic paintbrush and stole it. He drew
a lot of pictures, but they could not become real. He was angry and asked some people to get Ma
Liang.
When Ma Liang came, he said to him “if you draw some pictures for me and turn them to
live I will set you free!” The young man said “I can help you but you should obey your words.” The
bad men felt very happy and said, “I want a golden mountain. I will go there to gather gold.” The
young man drew a sea first. Then the young man drew a golden maountain which was far away from
the sea. After that he drew a big ship. The bad man jumped into the ship. When the ship sailed to
the middle of the sea, the young man drew a large wave and it destroyed the ship.
Finally, the young man lived with his family happily and kept on helping the poor people. So the
magic paint brush was known by everyone.
33. How was Ma Liang like?
a. Smart and helpful
b. Smart but greedy
c. Clever but cunning
d. Humble and helpful
34. What is the topic of the story?
a. A young man and the king
b. A clever painter and a wise king
c. A good painter and a greedy king
d. A magic paint brush and a helpful man
35. What would happen if Ma Liang didn’t kill the king?
a. The king would kill him
b. The king would get a lot of gold
c. He would get prize from the king
d. He wouldn’t be able to help poor people
36. If Ma Liang didn’t do what the king asked, he would ...
a. Be poor
b. Loose in the sea
c. Stayed in the jail
d. Live in the mountain
This is for questions 37 to 40
How to download music from youtube:
1. Find the artist whose song’s you want to download. In the adress bar at
your browser, search the video’s adress
2. Pop along to www.cljp conrortercc and use Ctrl+V to paste the clip’s
adress into the media URL to download box
3. Check on the kind of file you want to create MP3 offer the widest comp
ability
4. Click on to continue and clip converter will check the URL and detect the
video clip. Give the song a file name and then click on start
5. Clip converter will now do a thing and present you with a download link.
Simply click on that, find the song in your download folder and open it to
hear the song.
37. The text is written to....
a. Make us know what happen if the download process do
b. Allow us to read the download process
c. Guide us step by step to download music from youtube
d. Give information the final result of downloading
38. What should we put in the media URL?
a. The adress of the song
b. The title of the song
c. The name of the file
d. The download link
39. What will happen if the download process is successful?
a. The video clip will be detected on the URL
b. The file name will be found on the folder
c. We will find the song in the download folder
d. Clip converter will open easily
40. ....”and open it to hear the song”
The underlined word refers to.....
a. The song
b. The download folder
c. The download link
d. The clip converter
Read the text to answer questions 41 to 43
Lightning is one of nature’s most dangerous phenomenon. The average lightning flash could
light a 100 watt light bulb for more than three months. The temperature of a lightning bolt may
reach 277600C which is hotter than the surface of the sun.
Lightning is not only an outdoor hazard. In house without adequate lightning protection, it
can be dangerous to take a bath or shower. The electric shock could be delivered along the water
pipes. There is also the risk of lightning shocks being transmitted via telephone or plugged in
electronics in houses without protection.
Thus, people who live in these houses should unplug telephones, computers, and televisions
during storms, protection them from damage in case of lightning strike. If that is too much work, it’s
much safer to at least install special socket inserts that protect against surges.
41. To whom probably the writes the text?
a. A student
b. A reporter
c. A scientist
d. A historian
42. The text is mainly about...of lightning
a. The power
b. The danger
c. The process
d. The definition
43. Which of the following is prohibited to do when there is lightning in a house without lightning
protection?
a. Sweep the floor
b. Turn the torch
c. Turn on gas stove
d. Vacuum the carpet
Penguins are torpedo-shaped, flightless birds that lives in the southern regions of the
earth. Though many people imagine a small, black-and-white animal when they think of
penguins, these birds actually come in a variety of sizes, and some are very colourful.
For example, crested penguins spot a crown of yellow feathers. Blushes of orange and
yellow mark the necks of emperor and king penguins. What look like bright yellow,
bushy eyebrows adorn the heads of some species, such as the foirdland, royal, snares
and rock hopper penguins. The macaroni penguin’s name comes from the crest of
yellow featherson its head, which looks like the 18th century hats of the same name. A
light yellow mask covers the face of the yellow-eyed penguin around the eyes.
44. What is the purpose of the text above?
a. To describe about penguin
b. To tell readers how penguins live
c. To inform the readres the kinds of penguins
d. To tell facts about penguin
45. Paragraph 2 describe penguins in terms of its...
a. Shape
b. Habitat
c. Sizes
d. Colour
46. “Penguins are torpedo-shaped, flightless birds that lives in the southern regions of the earth.”
What can we infer from the sentence?
a. Penguins have strong body
b. Penguins cannot fly
c. Penguins live on the ocean
d. Penguins live on the north pole
Read the text to answer questions 47 to 50
Ginger drink
What you’ll need
3 cups of boiling water
½ cup peeled and grated fresh ginger root
½ cup agave nectar
1 teaspoon whole cloves
2 cinnamon sticks
¼ cup lime juice
½ cup orange or tangerine juice
4 cups filtered water
How to make it
Place ginger, agave, cloves and cinnnamon in a stainles steel,
porcelain or heatproof glass container
Pour boiling water over the spices and let steep for at least one hour
Add lime, orange, and filtered water, stir and allow the mixture to sit
for at least one more hour
Strain the brew through cheesecloth or a very fine slevee, and store
in a non-reactive container (preferably glass)
47. After reading the text we know ....
a. The information that ginger can be made into a drink
b. The difficulty in making a ginger drink
c. The steps in enjoying the ginger drink
d. The ways to make ginger drink
48. It is suggested to keep the drink in a non-reactive container because it is considered...
a. Safe
b. Useful
c. Effective
d. Important
49. “Strain the brew through cheesecloth or a very fine sleve” from this instruction we know that...
a. The ginger will disolve in the brew
b. We will eat all the ingredients
c. We have to separate the water and the ingredients
d. The taste of the drink will change
50. “stir and allow the mixture to sit for at least one more hour”
the underlined word is the closest meaning to.....
a. Liquid
b. Drink
c. Combination
d. Juice
