This text is for questions number 16 and 17.
Text 1
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16. The message tells about ….
A. apologizing for broken windows
- apologizing for hurting someone
- apologizing for not knowing anything
- apologizing for not being able to repay the bill
- apologizing for not accompanying her daughter
17. ‘ I assure you that this will not happen again.’
The underlined word refers to ….
A. my daughter
B. the repair bill
- the accident
- reimbursement
- damaging the window
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This text is for questions number 18 to 21.
Text 2
18. The announcement is mainly about ….
A. Dani as OSIS chairman
B. how to be the best student
- coming final examination
- Dani’s motivation post final examination
- Dani’s motivation due to face final examination
19. The word your in the text above refers to ….
A. teacher
B. reader
C. Dani
D. student
E. friend
20. What is the meaning of “flying colour score”?
A. colourful scores
B. lower score
C. higher score
D. good score
E. flying score
21. What must the students do to face coming final examination?
- keep on the laziness
- dream to be the best one
- waste whole time
- study harder than before
- be diligent
This text is for question number 22 to 24.
Text 3
22. …
22. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?
A. The Fonda and a Buick are hard to handle
B. The Fonda drives more quickly than a Jaguar
C. The Fonda is more carefully built than a Toyota
D. The Fonda has the cheapest price of all the other cars
E. The Fonda is the most expensive car
23. “……… as carefully as a Volvo”. The underlined word has similar meaning to ….
A. carelessly
B. thoroughly
C. exclusively
D. efficiently
E. hopefully
24. What feature is compared between the Fonda and Mazda?
A. Comfort of riding
B. Ease of handling
C. Acceleration
D. Appearance
E. Exclusiveness
This text is for question number 25 to 29.
Text 4
GUNTUR, INDIA (Reuters): Cotton farmers in some Indians villagers are flocking to buy Coca-Cola and Pepsi, believing that the sugar in the fizzy drinks kills pests.
Farmers say scientists advised them to mix pesticides with a sugary syrup to control pests, and found the mixture cheaper and more effective than pure chemicals - though softdrink makers and scientists dismiss the claims.
N. Hamunayya, who has become a celebrity in his village in the state of Andhara Pradesh, said his crop survived an attack of pests which had resisted other remedies.
“We found that all the colas had a uniform effect in pests. The pests became humb and fell to the ground, “ he said.
He said the drinks had all the elements they needed: they were cheaper, sticky, fizzy and attracted ants, which devoured the larvae of the pests.
25. What is the headline of the news?
A. N. Hamunayya has become a celebrity in Andhara Pradesh
B. Cotton farmers in Indian villagers buy fizzy drinks to kill pests
C. Softdrink makers and scientists dismissthe cotton farmer’s claims
D. Coca-cola and Pepsi contain elements which can attack pests
E. Coca-cola and Pepsi contain sugar
26. What do the cotton farmers think about fizzy drinks?
A. They are fresh
B. They are expensive
C. They belong to softdrinks
D. They are effective to kill pests
E. They fail to kill pests
27. What do they think ants could do in their farm?
A. They spray the larvae of the pests
B. They keep the larvae of the pests
C. They get along with the larvae of the pests
D. They resemble the larvae of the pests
E. They eat up the larvae of the pests
28. What is the communicative purpose of the text?
A. To persuade readers that something should or should not be the case
B. To share a usual event
C. To describe a particular thing
D. To deal with actual vicarious event
E. To inform readers about an event which is considered newsworthy
29. ... believing that the sugar in fizzy drinks kills pests. The underlined word means ... .
A. make a hissing sound
B. make a sweet taste
C. make died pests
D. make a sugary syrup
E. make a cheaper mixture
This text is for questions number 30 to 32.
Text 5
It was a stormy night. My parents and my sister were away at a friend’s house. I hoped they would return home soon. The lights kept flickering. I did not like being alone.
The lighting and thunder were getting worse. Suddenly, my worst fear came true. The house became pitch dark. I remembered that my brother kept candles in a cupboard in the living room. I groped around for my way downstairs, stumbling down the steps. I could hardly see anything.
Finally, I found the candles in a drawer. Now, I had to go to the kitchen for a matchbox. I knocked against things. But, at last, I found a matchbox and lit a candle. Suddenly, I heard sounds coming from the porch. I froze. Someone was trying to get in! I grabbed my hockey stick and waited.
I heard voices. The front door slowly opened. I held the hockey stick upright. Fear made my hands shake.
Then, a voice cried out, “Dullah! Dullah! Where are you?” It was my neighbour and his son. They brought candles for me.
30. On that night, it was ….
- very windy
- calm and quiet
- raining heavily
- very snowy
- bright and clear
31. 1. Dullah groped around for his way downstairs.
2. Dullah found the candles in the drawer.
3. Dullah stambled down the steps.
4. Dullah knocked against things on his way to the kitchen.
5. Dullah went to the kitchen to find matches.
6. Dullah got the matches and lit the candle.
The best arrangement according to the events is:
A. 1-2-3-4-5-6
B. 1-3-2-5-4-6
C. 1-2-3-5-4-6
D. 2-3-1-4-5-6
E. 2-1-3-5-4-6
32. “I groped my way downstairs, stumbling down the steps.”
The sentence above means that ….
- after I was groping for my way downstairs, I stumbled down the steps
- after I had groped around for my way downstairs, I stumbled down the steps
- before I groped around for my way downstairs, I stumbled down the steps
- as I was groping around for my way downstairs, I stumbled down the steps
- I groped around for my way downstairs as I was stumbling down the steps
This text is for questions number 33 to 35
Text 6
How a Spider’s Web Forms
A spider web looks delicate but it is very strong. It can hold 4000 times a spider’s weight. But how does it form?
First, the spider spins a thread of silk. The thread gets blown over to a branch by the wind. Then, she makes another two threads and makes a Y shape. Next, she makes more threads and they look like spokes off a Wheel. Then, the spider goes in a spiral, out and back in, sit in the middle and waits for food.
This i show a web is formed.
33. What is the communicative purpose of the text?
A. to tell the reader the formation of a spider’s web
B. to explain the reader how to make spider’s web
C. to persuade reader to conserve spider
D. to entertain reader with a story of a spider
E. to retell the activities of a spider
34. What make the thread gets blown over to a branch?
A. The spider
B. Human’s influence
C. A Wheel
D. The wind
E. Its weight
35. “ A spider’s web looks delicate but it is very strong”.
The underlined Word has the similar meaning with ….
A. Ferocious
B. Fragile
C. Big
D. Thin
E. Complicated
This text is for questions number 36 to 40
Text 7
Why are people poor? If you ask yourself that question and try to understand it, everything looks different.
In Indonesia, more Money goes for fuel subsidies than for education. Legislation is passed forcing companies to engage in corporate social responsibility. But, in reality, it turns out to be just amount of Money or aid given to por people.
As long as large middle class is out of poverty, we will continue to see a charity mentality, where poor people are fed in the hopes the donor will secure ticket to heaven.
People needs job, a means to earn their living and support themselves. You don’t give poor people a fish to eat, you give them a fishing rod and the education to use it.
It’s time for Indonesia to be realistic and stop feeling sorry for poor people. Employ them instead. Let them earn their own Money and get their pride back.
36. The speaker is mainly talking about ….
A. poor people need money
B. why people are poor
C. what the money are for
D. what poor people should do
E. how to stop pitying poor people
37. From the text, it is implied that education is ….
A. primirily prioritized
B. less prioritized
C. very useful
D. completely useless
E. free for people
38. The speaker said, “You don’t give poor people a fish toe at, you give them a fishing rod and the education to use it.” It means that we should ….
A. give them money for education
B. stop giving them aid
C. give them jobs to make money
D. give them both money and jobs
E. stop giving them eduaction
39. According to the spaeaker, recently the poor people ….
A. have much pride
B. are respected enough
C. have equal right t olive
D. can do many thing
E. are objects of charity show
40. In the last paragraph, the writer gives ….
A. reiteration
B. reorientation
C. recommendation
D. resolution
E. definition
This text is for questions number 41 to 45
Text 8
Do We Still Need Zoos?
Zoos were originally set up so that people could see and learn about wild animals from distand lands. As more people become city-dwellers, never seeing animal in the wild, zoos began to house local creatures too. However, in today’s world, are zoos really necessary?
Since people can now see any sort of wild animals in its natural hábitat, simply by tuning it to a TV programo r buying a video, some animals right activists claim the zoos are are out of date. They argue that it is cruel to capture animals, transport them long distances, and then keep them caged up, simply for the entertainment of the human beings. Captive animals often develop ‘zoochosis’ abnormal behaviour like rocking or swaying-which indicates that they are bored and unhappy in their prison-like conditions.
On the other hand, there is a huge difference between watching animals on screen and seeing it in real life. It could be argued that visiting zoo is educational, often increasing people’s concern for wildlife and conservation, which is of great importance in today’s developing and overdeveloped-word. Indeed, sometimes the only way to save endangered species may be to arrange for it to breed in captivity. Behind the scene, zoos also provide scientists with opportunities to research into animal behaviour. Modern zoos can also be better planed than old-fashioned ones, providing animals with carefully designed enclosures appropriate to their needs.
It seems then, that there are still arguments for retaining zoos. These should, however, be carefully planed with animals’ welfare in mind: in the modern worlds, there is no excuse for keeping the animals in cramped or cruel conditions.
41. What does the passage mainly tell about?
A. the advantages of the zoos
B. the disadvantages of the zoos
C. the reasons for forbidding the zoos
D. the reasons for the existence of the zoos
E. the different viewpoints about zoos
42. What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage?
A. to show that zoos are no longer needed nowadays
B. to show how important the zoos are
C. to show that there are two different points of views about whether or not zoos are still needed nowadays
D. to entertain readers with the zoos
E. to expalin the advantages of the zoos nowadays
43. According to some animals’ rights activists, zoos are no longer necessary because ….
A. nowadays to see wild animals are not as difficult as before
B. there is an increase in the number of animals which die in the zoo
C. animals in the zoos are no longer interesting to see
D. there is no adequate food for the animals living in the zoos
E. watching animals in the zoos can increase people’s concern for wild life
44. How do we know that animals living caged up start to get bored?
A. Some of them died or hunger
B. Some of them cannot breed well
C. Some of them behave abnormally
D. Some of them get thinner and thinner
E. Some of them spend the time sleeping too much
45. “It seems, then, that there are still arguments for retaining zoos.” (paragraph 4)
The underlined word is closest in meaning to ….
A. keeping
B. prohibiting
C. dispelling
D. abolishing
E. building
This text is for questions number 46 to 50
Text 9
Laskar Pelangi
Author: Andrea Hirata
A Book Review
Laskar Pelangi is the first novel of Andrea Hirata. The story takes place in a tin island named Pulau Belitong, the place where the author was born. It is told in the story that the island is very beautiful and rich of tins. When the rain falls, you will easily find a rainbow from the sun that shines through the rain.
Laskar Pelangi is a great writing that tells about a boy with curly hair named “Ikal” who lives in a very poor condition. Nevertheles, Ikal’s father sends him to a village school which is very poor as well.
Guided by Bu Muslimah, Ikal and his nine classmates (Mahar, Lintang, Trapani, Sahara, Samson, Kucai, Syahdan, Harun, and A Kiong) have to work hard, both for school and for life. Not only learn about school subjects, but they also learn about goal-seeking from Bu Muslimah. They do a lot of unthinkable things and enjoy their daily school life through in very limited facilities. You will find these all described in the most part of this novel.
Ikal and his school friends makes a strong friendship in passing the hard but beautiful and meaningful days. Bu Muslimah calls them Laskar Pelangi which is the same as the rainbow warriors in meaning.
46. What does ‘Laskar Pelangi’ tell us about?
A. the struggle of teacher in far away village
B. a big sucrifice of parents to edúcate their children
C. the struggle of students in an isolated area
D. students craziness at school
E. the difference between the rich and the poor
47. What is the writer’s judgement toward this book?
A. the novel is of great value
B. the novel isn’t worthy
C. the novel is common
D. the novel makes us laugh
E. the novel is not so good
48. Who is NOT the member of Laskar Pelangi?
A. Lintang
B. Muslimah
C. Sahara
D. Ikal
E. Kucai
49. What is Bu Muslimah in Laskar Pelangi?
A. Ikal’s mother
B. Ikal’s father
C. Ikal’s teacher
D. An author
E. Member of Laskar Pelangi
50. In “Not only learn about school subjects, but they also learn about goal seeking …”
What does the italized Word refer to?
A. Ikal and his friends
B. Bu Muslimah and her friends
C. Andrea and his friends
D. School and life
E. School subjects