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I. Choose the correct answer! D.

to invite someone to a New Year


Celebration
Read the text and answer question No 1
From : Mum
1. To : All

Dear folks,
PARKING
Mum‘ll be home at seven because I have
BY
PERMIT to chair the staff meeting. Please don’t
ONLY forget to do all your chores. Water the
garden, feed the pets, and make your own
beds after the naps.

Please remind Daddy to prepare dinner


The notice means that…. for us as he promised to fix us grilled
A. the parking lot is only meant for snapper and chicken soup. He’ll be home
visitors early at two today.
B. only people having permission can Thanks a million and see you all soon.
park their car at the parking lot Much love,
C. the visitors are permitted to leave Mom
their vehicle at the parking lot
D. people must take the parking 4. The text is about … to her children.
tickets before entering the parking
A. a mom’s love expression
lot
B. folks’ willingness
Read the text and answer question No 2.
C. father’s information
Bandung, January 1st, 2010
D. a mother’s message
Dear Nabila,
This card comes with living wishes
especially for you. To wish you lots of
happiness today and all year through. 5. What does the second paragraph tell
Happy New Year 2010! you about?
A.Children’s task to remind their father’s
Love
promise.
2. The word “wish” in the text nearly B.Father’s job to cook for dinner for his
means …. family at home.
A. see
B. look C.Mother’s chores to do at home for her
C. hope
family
D. want
D.The time when father returns from the
3. The purpose of the text above is….
A. to remind someone about New office on that day.
Year
6. The writer writes the text because she
B. to greet someone for the New

Year
A. needs her children’s help
C. to inform everyone about New
cannot cook for her family
Year
C. will come home late
D. has to go with her husband
7. The text shows that the writer’s husband A. 4 – 6 – 8 – 5 – 3 – 7 – 2 – 1
….… cook well. B. 4 – 2 – 1 – 6 – 8 – 5 – 3 – 7
A. can C. 2 – 1 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 5 – 7 – 3
B. won’t D. 2 – 1 – 8 – 5 – 3 – 7 – 6 – 4
C. can’t
D. has to
13 Arrange the following jumble words
PLATYPUS to make a good sentence.
Many people call platypus duckbill Not to use – with – for water – be careful –
because this animal has a bill like duckbill. 1 2 3 4
Platypus …(8) a native Tasmania and the pump – except – other liquid
southern and eastern Australia. 5 6 7
Platypus … (9) a flat tail and webbed feet. A. 5 – 4 – 1 – 7 – 2 – 3 – 6
Its body length is 30 to 45 cm and covered B. 4 – 1 – 5 – 2 – 7 – 6 – 3
with a thick and woolly layer of fur. Its C. 7 – 4 – 6 – 5 – 2 –1 – 3
bill is detecting prey and stirring up mud. D. 4 – 1 – 7 – 2 – 5 – 3 – 6
Platypus' eyes and head are small. It has
no ears but has ability to sense sound and 14. Arrange the following sentences to
light. make a good paragraph .
Platypus … (10) in streams, rivers, and 1. Totok had an accident a few days ago.
lakes. Female platypus usually dig 2. Retno went to the hospital to visit him.
burrows in the streams or river banks. The 3. He is still in the hospital now.
burrows are blocked with soil to …(11) it 4. She is at the hospital now.
from intruders and flooding. In the other 5. He had to go to hospital.
hand, male platypus does not need any
burrow to stay. A. 1-4-3-5-2
B. 1-3-5-4-2
8. A. is C. 1-2-3-4-5
B. are D. 1-5-3-2-4
C. was
D. were 15. Arrange the following sentences to
make a good paragraph.
9. A. has 1. Some of Lavisher’s other ideas were
B. had important too.
C. have 2 He learned some very important facts
D. having about chemistry.
3 .These are the same names we use today.
10. A. live 4 .He also worked on a way to improve
B. lives France's banks and government.
C. lived 5 .He used science to improve farming.
D. living 6 .And he gave names to many chemicals
7 .Lavisher was a great man in many
11 A. protecting ways.
B. protected 8 .He helped to make taxes and money the
C. protects same all over France.
D. protec

A. 7-1-4-8-2-6-5-3
12. Arrange the following jumbled words B. 7-2-6-3-1-5-4-8
to make a good sentence. C. 7-8-4-1-2-6-5-3
her class – in – diligent – Fadiah – very – D. 7-5-6-3-1-4-8-2
1 2 3 4 5
is – student – a
6 7 8
C. tell people to congratulate Kartika.

D. invite people to come to the


Moonlight publisher

Tom …. I just got a bad news. As you know


ARTICLES ARE CONSIDERED
Bobi’s father is hospitalized. He passed away
SOLD last night. Please forward this message to our
IF YOU BROKE THEM friends.

Sender
16. What does the caution mean?
Jack
A. The shop sells special broken articles.
081899734670
B. You don't have to buy articles that are
broken.
C. In this section you will only find
broken articles.
D. If you break any of the articles, you 20. Who just passed away?
should pay for it. A. Jack’s father.

B. Tom’s friend.
17. Where do you usually find this
caution? C. Bobi’s father.
A. Library.
B. Bookstore. D. Writer’s father
C. Greengrocer.
D. Department store. E.
Dear Kartika
21. “As you know Nita’s father is
Our sincere Congratulations on your
hospitalized.”
success as The Best Washington City The underlined word refers to … .
Journalist 2009. A. Jack
This will support you to write more articles.
B. Bram
The manager and staff of
C. Reader
Moonlight Publisher
D. Nita’s father

18. What does Kartika do? She is a …


A. staff ANNOUNCEMENT
To : All Department Managers
B. manager The meeting will be held to discuss the customer’s
complaints.
C. journalist This afternoon Oct , 4th 2010 at 01 p.m. in the
meeting room.
D. publisher
Please bring the documents needed.
Thank You
Secretary Director
19. The text is written in order to …
A. congratulate Kartika on her
success. 22. What will be discussed in the
meeting?
B. inform people about the best A. The customer’s order.
journalist.
B. The customer’s needed. cooked their lunch. The boys were busy
working. The lunch was ready at 03.00
C. The customer’s documents. and they immediately started to eat. After
that, they took a little rest.
D. The customer’s complaints. At 04.30 PM the leader blew his
whistle and all the girl scouts and the boy
scouts gathered around to start their fun
23. Who will attend the meeting? camping programs.
A. Customers.
25. When did the scouts begin their fun
B. All managers. camping programs?
A. At night.
C. Secretary director and all
managers. B. In the evening.

D. Director, secretary and all C. In the morning.


managers.
D. In the afternoon.

24.“… the meeting to discuss the


customer’s complaints.” 26. The scouts set their tents up.…
The underlined word means … . A. on the mountain
A. to speak with
B. beside the road
B. to say something
C. at the garden
C. to talk about D. in the valley

D. to tell somebody 27. “… and some others cooked their


lunch.” (paragraph 3 line 5)
What does the underlined phrase refer to?
A. The teachers.

B. The girl scouts.

C. The boy scouts

D. The leader of scouts.

28. What’s the main idea of the third


paragraph?
A. The scouts set up their tents.
Read the text and answer question
B. The scouts came to the
No 25-28!
camping site.
Last weekend the girl scouts and the
C. The scouts prepared
boy scouts of my school had their first fun
everything for camping.
camping outside the school.
D. The scouts started their
They left for Moronyamplung at 05. 00
activities in camping site.
AM. After a long and thrilling drive they
arrived at the village and found a good
Read the text and answer question
camping site.
No 29-32!
“Let’s set up our tents there,” said the
leader while pointing at a garden. Then,
SCOTLAND
they started to work. In a short time the
tents were ready and they put a small flag
A lot of people think that Scotland is
on the top of each tent. After that, some
a part of England but this is untrue.
girl scouts made a fire while some others
Scotland is, in fact, a part of Great Britain. C. Highlands
It is governed from London but in many
ways it is a separate nation. It has its own D. Great Britain
capital city, Edinburgh, its own laws and
its own stamps. It even has its own Read the text and answer question No
language, Gaelic, spoken now by only a 29-32!
few people on the islands. Little Brother, Little Sister
There are only about five million Maltreated by their stepmother, who was a
Scots, and most of them live in the witch, a little brother and sister fled into
southern half of country called the woods. After running for a while,
‘Lowlands’, where the major cities are the brother said: 'I'm so thirsty. Let's find a
situated. spring and have a drink.'
But most holiday visitors to Scotland As the young boy bent down to
go to the Highlands because of the high drink, his sister heard a voice which said:
mountains and deep valleys, clean rivers 'Who drinks from me will turn into a
and cold ‘lochs’. The Highlands are home fawn.' it was the witch! Too late, the sister
to many rare birds and animals, like the tried to prevent her brother from drinking.
golden eagle and the wildcat, which are The young boy changed at once into a
found nowhere else in Britain. It is a fawn. In tears, the little girl made a lead
lonely, wild and empty land. Only two per and collar out of her belt, and led the fawn
cent of the British population live there off into the woods. There they found an
and the population is getting smaller all abandoned cottage and lived together, far
the time. There is very little work so most from any danger.
of the young people who are born there One day, however, the king was
have to move south to find a job. Perhaps hunting in the woods, and he spied the
the Highlands of Scotland will become the fawn, which could not resist the urge to
last great wilderness of Europe. wander away from the cottage. The king
and his hunters chased the fawn all the
29. The text tells us about … . way back home. There, the king followed
A.Scotland as a nation it into the cottage, where he found a young
B.Highlanders in Scotland girl stroking the frightened animal. She
C.Rare animals in Scotland was so beautiful and gentle that the king
D.The population in Scotland fell in love with her at once. He asked her
to be his wife, and his words caused the
30. Why is the Highland going to be the maiden to cry for joy. When one of her
last of the great wilderness of Europe? tears fell on the fawn, it changed back to
A.It’s a favorite place in Scotland. her brother once more. Their goodness and
B.It’s home to rare birds and animals. love had overcome the witch's evil spell,
C. It’s a lonely, wild, and empty land. and they lived safely and happily with the
D.It ‘s high mountain and deep valley. king for ever after.
Taken from 366 and More Fairy Tales, 1990
31.“… and deep valleys, clean rivers and
cold lochs.” 33. Why did the brother and sister flee
What does the underlined word mean? into the woods? Because ….
A. Lake A. they had been maltreated by their
B. River stepmother
C. Valley
B. they had been treated well by their
D. Island
stepmother
32. “…the young people who are born
there have to move south to find a job.” C. they wanted to leave home
The word underlined refers to … .
A. Europe D.they felt very happy
B. Scotland
34. “There, the king followed it into the
cottage..” The word it refers to ….
A. cottage
B. fawn
C. wood

D. home

35. What caused the young boy turn into


a fawn?
A.He left home into the woods.

B.He found an abandoned cottage.

C.He drank something and got cursed.


D.He said something bad to his mother.

36. How did the fawn change back to be a


young boy?
A. When the King asked for his sister to
marry with him.
B. When one of his sister’s tear fell on the
fawn. 37. The text tells us about the queen ….
C. When the king chased the fawn back
home. A. was the most
D. When his sister cried for joy. powerful queen in
Arabia.
Read the text and answer question No
37-40! B. was very proud
of her beauty and
Maura, who liked to be thought of as the riches.
most beautiful and powerful queen of Arabia,
had many suitors. One by one she had C. was very careful
discarded them, until her list was reduced to in deciding whom
just three sheiks, all equally young and she would marry.
handsome, rich and strong. It was very hard to
decide who would be the best of them. D. was very satisfied
One evening, Maura disguised herself and with the food
went to the camp of three sheiks, as they were given by the
about to have dinner, and asked them for
something to eat.
sheiks.
The first gave her some leftover food; the
second gave her some unappetizing camel’s
tails; the third sheik, who was called Hakim, 38. The queen ordered her servants to give
offered her some of the most tender and tasty the sheiks the same kind of food as that
meat. After dinner, the disguised queen left the she got from them because she wanted
sheiks’ camp. ….
The following day the queen invited the to entertain her guest
three sheiks to dinner at her palace. She
ordered her servants to give each one exactly to test the sheik’s food
what they had given her the evening before.
Hakim, who received a plate of delicious to see the sheik’s reactions
meat, refused to eat it if the other two could
not share it with him, and this act finally D. to repay the sheik’s kindness
convinced Queen Maura that he was the man
for her.
“Without question, Hakim is the most
generous of you,” she announced her choice to
the sheiks. “So it is Hakim I will marry.”
Candy Wright

39. What’s the moral value that you can


learn from the story?
A. Don’t look at someone from the
appearance.

B. We should make a party to 41. What is the sender’s e-mail


decide something address?
C. Don’t trust easily to someone
who has given a valuable thing.
A. customerservice@nbdc.com
D. We have to be careful in B. candywright@canadamail.ca
choosing the person to chase our life C. deliverystatus@nbdc.com
with.
D. delivery@canadamail.ca

42. Why does Wright require the


40. “One by one she had discarded brochures today?
them,…” The word ‘them’ refers to … . A. She needs to fly to Canada.
A. three sheiks B. The career fair has already
started.
B. servants C. Her colleagues need the
brochures for the next day.
C. Arabians D. Her colleagues are leaving at
12:00 a.m. tomorrow.
D. suitors
43.. “…and they need the package that
contains … .” (paragraph 2).

Read the text and answer question No


41-44! The word ‘they ‘ refers to … .

To : customerservice@nbdc.com
From: candywright@canadamail.ca my colleagues
RE : Delivery status your colleagues
Wright’s colleagues
Date: January 6, 2010 customer’s colleagues
On January 4, I sent a package from the
U.S. to Canada. Your firm promises 44. “Can you please investigate and …”
overnight delivery but the package sent on (paragraph 3). The underlined word can be
January 5 in the morning has still not replaced by … .
arrived. A. ask
Our trade fair takes place tomorrow B. find
morning at 9:10 a.m. My colleagues are C. examine
setting up our booth this afternoon, and D. look for
they need the package that contains our
brochures and pricing information.
Can you please investigate and get us our
package on time (within 24-hours) as your
advertisements promise?

Thank you,
Read the text and answer questions 45- 4. Pour remaining 2 tablespoons of
47! oil into the skillet and turn heat to
medium-high.
5. Add potato cubes, salt, paprika
and black pepper. Cook, stirring
occasionally, until potatoes are
browned about 10 minutes.
6. Stir in the onions, green peppers
and parsley and cook for another
minute. Serve hot.

45. The text tells you about….


A.The potatoes and their use
B.How to make fried potatoes
C.Boiling potatoes in good ways
Ingredients D.Someone’s experience in cooking
• 4 red potatoes
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
46. “Transfer to a plate and set aside.”
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, seeded and The word “transfer” in the sentence nearly
chopped means…
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
A.bring C. drain
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon paprika B.move D. take
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black
pepper
47. “ Drain the potatoes and cut …
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley when they are already cool.”
Equipment What does the word “they” in the
• Large skillet sentence refer to?
• Plate A. The potatoes.
• Pot B. The cubes.
Method C. The utensils.
D. The ingredients.
1. Bring a large pot of salted water
to a boil. Add potatoes and cook
until tender but still firm, about
15 minutes.
2. Drain the potatoes and cut them
into 1/2 inch cubes when they are
already cool.
3. In a large skillet, heat 1
tablespoon olive oil over medium
high heat. Add onion and green
pepper. Cook about 5 minutes
stirring often, until soft. Transfer
to a plate and set aside.
Read the text and answer questions 48-
50!

REALLY NEW A.Really New For You.


FOR YOU!
B.Fresh Wardrobes.
Dahlia Closet
Freshener emits C.Dahlia Closet Freshener.
fresh fragrance
throughout the D.Cellophane Wrapper
room.
How to use:
Take out the 49. The text shows that the cellophane
camphor from wrapper of camphor must be … before
plastic case, using.
remove A. taken away
transparent B. wrapped
cellophane C. crushed
wrapper and put
into the plastic D. cut
case again. Hang
it in the
wardrobes, toilet
or any other 50. “Keep out of reach of children.”
necessary place. The sentence is meant … users.

Caution: A. to warn
Keep out of reach
of children. B. to stop

C. to offer

D. to help

48.What is the text about?

***goodLuck***
KUNCI JAWABAN

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