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e. To give information about Mrs. Richards houseworks

Tugas Latihan Bahasa Inggris
SMA KELAS X Text 2
One of the best known international radio services is
Nama Kelas Hari
: the BBC World Service. The name BBC is short British
Tanggal : Broadcasting Corporation. The world Service started in
: Selasa 1935 in order to provide news for Britain’s colonies
: 30 April 2024 overseas. Its headquarters in Bush House, a large building
in London.
The world service Broadcasting programmes in 37
languages, including English. It broadcasting programmes
Instruction: in English 24 hours a day about 25 million listeners. Its
Answer the following questions correctly programmes focus on news and current affairs, but it also
has programmes on music, science, sports and drama.
Text 1 The BBC gets its now in two ways. Firstly, it has
After her husband had gone to work, Mrs. Richard reporters in most countries of the world. These people
sent her children to school and went upstairs to her report what is happening in these countries. The second
bedroom. She was too excited to do any housework that way, the BBC gets its news is by listening to other radio
morning, for in the evening she would be going to a fancy stations all over the world. The BBC listens to Indonesian
dress party with her husband. She intended to dress up as a radio to find out what is happening in Indonesia. For
ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, example, if there is report of a head quake in Sumatra on
she was impatient to try it on. Though the costume Indonesian radio, the BBC will tell its reporter to go there
consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective. After and collect news.
putting it on, Mrs. Richard went downstairs. She wanted to The world Service is very useful for learners of
find out whether it would be comfortable to wear. English. They can listen to English and practice their
Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dining-room, listening skills. They can also note down the
there was a knock on front door. She knew it must be the pronunciation, of words and even learn new words.
baker. She had told him to come straight in if ever she
failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the 6. How long does BBC World Service
kitchen table. Not wanting to frighten the poor man, Mrs. broadcasting programmes in English?
Richards quickly hid in the small store-room under the It broadcasts ……hours a day.
stair. She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in a. 20 b. 24 c. 28 d. 26 e. 37
the hall. Suddenly the door of the store-room was opened
and a man entered. Mrs. Richards realized that it must be 7. Its programmes focus on news and current affairs, but it
the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read also has programmes on music, science, sports and
the meter. She tried to explain the situation, saying ‘It’s drama..
only me’, but it was too late. The man let out a cry and The word Its in the sentence refers to….
jumped back several paces. When Mrs. Richards walked a. Bush house c. London e. BBC
towards him, he fled, slamming the door behind him. b. Program d. News
1. Who had come to Richard’s house this morning? 8. BBC World Service has programmes ….
a. The baker d. Her husband a. science, music, advertisement, trade, drama
b. The poor man e. The Electricity man b. music, science, sport, movie, drama
c. Her children c. sport, drama, science, music
2. The man let out a cry and jump several paces d. music, advertisement, trade, music
because……. e. drama, culture, science, sport, music
a. He was surprise to see someone coming
b. He was frighten to see something like ghost 9. World Service deals mainly with ….
c. He was surprise of seeing Mr. Richards a. science and drama d. drama and news
d. He was angry with Mrs. Richards b. news and music e. news and current affairs
e. She had finished reading the meter of electricity c. current affairs and music

3. Where did Mrs. Richards hide? 10. If you look at the front of large, modern hospital, you
a. In the kitchen d. In the store-room may notice that there are two separate entrances.
b. In the bed room e. In front of the door The underlined word means……….
c. In the dining-room a. Find out b. See c. Carry d. Hear e. Smell

4. What type of text is used by the writer? Text 3

a. Report b. Procedure c. Narrative One day, Nasreddin was up on the roof of his house,
d. Descriptive e. Recount mending a hole in the tiles. He had nearly finished, and he
was pleased with his work. Suddenly, he heard a voice
5. What is the purpose of the text? below call "Hello!" When he looked down, Nasreddin saw
a. To retell Mrs. Richards experience an old man in dirty clothes standing below. "What do you
b. To describe a ghost under stairs want?" asked Nasreddin. "Come down and I'll tell you,"
c. To tell the story of haunted-house called the man. Nasreddin was annoyed, but he was a
d. To explain how Mrs. Richards daily activities are polite man, so he put down his tools. Carefully, he
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climbed all the way down to the ground. "What do you
want?" he asked, when he reached the ground. "Could you 20. Hamid : John, I’m so bored hearing Mr. Brown
spare a little money for an old beggar?" asked the old man. speech.
Nasreddin thought for a minute. Then he said, "Come with Faiz : Why do you say so?
me." He began climbing the ladder again. The old man Hamid : His speech is too
followed him all the way to the top. When they were both long.
sitting on the roof, Nasreddin turned to the beggar. "No," From the dialogue we know that Hamid expresses
he said his….
a. Happines c. Boredom e. Angry
11. Why was Nasreddin on the roof of his house? b. Sadness d. Disappointed
a. He was looking at the view
b. He was waiting for the old man Essay
c. He was fixing the roof Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and
d. He was resting
sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a
e. He was annoyed to the old man
few words of Italian. Then he lent me a book. I read a
12. Who was the old man? few lines, but I did not understand a word. Everyday I
a. Nasreddin’s father d. A roof-mender thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly,
b. Nasreddin’s friend e. A beggar but I did not send any cards to my friends. On the last
c. A roof seller day I made a big decision. I got up early and bought
thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day in my room
13. Why did Nasreddin go down the ladder? but I did not write a single card.
a. He wanted to get away from his work www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/tutors/lessonplans/spelling
b. Because the beggar asked him to
c. He wanted to speak to the beggar 1. Answer the following questions based on the text
d. He wanted to take some roofs clearly!
e. He wanted to go with the beggar a. What is the type of the text?
b. Where the writer sit when he visited museum?
14.The following sentences are true based on the text
except…….
2. Change words in the bracket ( ) into past (V.2) form!
a. Nasreddin was mending his tiles when a. Mr. Faiz...................(GRADUATE) from SMP 1
someone called him
Sagaranten last year
b. Nasreddin was happy with his work
b. Mrs. Yuli..............(BUY) some books for her son a
c. Nasredin didn’t look down when the old man
week ago
called him
d. The old man asked some money to Nasreddin
3. Translate into English!
e. Nasreddin asked the beggar to climb up the ladder
a. Hamid mengirim surat ke Jakarta kemarin
b. Faiz bukan seorang dokter.
15.Nasreddin saw an old man in dirty clothes standing
below… (line 4)
The antonym of the underlined word (DIRTY) is… 4. Find the synonym of the following words:
a. Bad b. Safe c. Clean d. Bright e. Good a. Sick = ………… b. Pretty = ……………
5. Find the antonym of the following words:
16. Today is Wednesday. 3 days ago was… a. Big  ………… b. Bad  …………….
a. Monday b. Tuesday c. Thursday d. Friday e.
Sunday

17. A : Hi Jhon How do you

do? B : ……….. GOOD LUCK
a. Hi d. Hi, I’m Fine
b. Hi, how are you e. Hi, Very well
c. Hi, how do you do

18. Hamid..........................?
Ahmad : I’m 15 years old.
a. How are you? d. What is your old?
b. How many age are you? e. How’s life?
c. How old are you?

19. Jhon writes a letter to his father.

Past Tense of the sentence above is….
a. Jhon written a letter to his father yesterday
b. Jhon wrote a letter to his father now
c. Jhon wrote a letter to his father tomorrow
d. Jhon wrote a letter to his father last night
e. Jhon is writing a letter to his father now