Awal- awal semester kedua ini, saya akan membagikan kumpulan soal- soal untuk menghadapi ujian tengah semester semester kedua tingkat SMA khususnya kelas X. Materi sampai dengan tengah semester nanti akan berkisar seputar teks recount termasuk biography. Ditambah dengan materi grammar seperti penggunaan tenses simple present tense dan bentuk present perfect tense.
Jumlah soal ada dua puluh lima butir soal bentuk pilihan ganda. setiap soal dilengkapi dengan jawaban dibawahnya.
Oke langsung saja, berikut latihan soal- soalnya.
Jumlah soal ada dua puluh lima butir soal bentuk pilihan ganda. setiap soal dilengkapi dengan jawaban dibawahnya.
Oke langsung saja, berikut latihan soal- soalnya.
The text is for question 1 - 3
In the summer of 1981 I worked for the Army Corps of Engineers on the Warm Springs Dam Project. The project was located 7 miles southwest of Cloverdale, Ca., in an area which is essentially agricultural. Housing in the area was very scarce and the lodging which could be found was either too expensive or unsuitable. By my own preference, I decided it would be nice to camp out in the woods for the entire duration of the summer.
At first the evenings after work were hot but beautifully peaceful. It didn't take long though until I found my self bored to death looking for something to do besides play solitaire. How did the people in the early days of our world stand life without television. I was forced to find some other means of entertainment which just happened to be reading. The only reading material which was at my camp was a book left there by my wife on her last visit entitled "The Stix Complex." It was the greatest entertainment I had ever found. I realized that in the reading of a book, ones own imagination can bring out much more detail in a story than television ever could.
I don't feel that it was the specific book that struck me so much that summer, and it probably could have been any book. I realized that we expect to be entertained by television and movies so much that we forget that we can entertain ourselves to a much higher degree. I still watch television, but I now read much more for enjoyment.
(adapted from http://www2.humboldt.edu)
1. What is the writer's intention to write the text?
A. to tell his past experience during working on a project
B. to persuade the readers that reading is better than watching TV
C. to share about how to kill boredom by reading some books
D. to explain his life in a remote place during summer
E. to entertain the readers
2. Why did the writer feel extreme boredom?
A. He lived in a lodging himself.
B. He did not have television as in his house.
C. The only thing he did was playing solitaire.
D. His wife’s book seemed not interesting.
E. There was no internet connectivity.
3. Why does the writer state that reading is a higher degree of entertainment?
A. People can broaden their knowledge by reading.
B. Reading is much better than watching television.
C. People may have higher achievement by reading.
D. Reading is able to generate more detail in a story.
E. Books can be one solution to kill one’s boredom,
The text is for question 4 - 5
During the last school holidays, we spent one whole week in Penang. My parents, two sisters and I left Kuala Lumpur by car.
It was a long journey and so we started off at 6.00 a.m. and drove along quiet roads. It was still dark and chilly. On the way, we passed rubber plantations and tin mines. I was interested in the scenery as we study about these industries in our Geography lessons in school.
Finally, we crossed over to Penang by ferry and reached our seaside bungalow at Batu Ferringhi. I loved the blue sea with its gentle waves sparkling in the sun. The coconut palms swayed gracefully in the breeze as though to welcome us. The sea was so inviting that, before long, we changed into our swim-suits and jumped into the cool water. I enjoyed swimming with my family.
We spent the whole week swimming, playing on the sandy beach and picking pretty shells to take home besides catching tiny crabs. We also drove around the island and visited tourist spots like the Snake Temple, the Pagoda and the Butterfly Farm. I enjoyed the cable train ride up Penang Hill which I found most fascinating. After a week in Penang, we returned home.
4. What is the topic of the second paragraph?
A. The beautiful scenery during the trip to Penang
B. The long land trip before crossing to Penang
C. The condition of the road to the ferry port
D. The lesson the writer had in his/her class
E. The best time to start a trip to Penang
5. When did the writer and the family reach the seaside bungalow?
A. After driving along quiet roads
B. After crossing over to Penang by ferry
C. Before they visited the Butterfly Farm
D. As soon as they passed rubber plantation
E. Before they passed the abandoned tin mines
The text is for question 6 - 8
Last holiday my friends and I went to Bali for a field trip. We went there by bus. When we arrived in Tuban, the bus stopped at a restaurant for a rest. My friends and I got off the bus to have meal for lunch. Then, I went to the toilet. It took only a few minutes.
When I came out again, the bus I rode was not there. It had left! I looked for my friends around the restaurant but they were not there too. I felt shocked and confused. I didn’t know what I had to do. Then I asked the security of the restaurant about the bus and he said that the bus had left about ten minutes ago. I thought that the bus had left when I was in the toilet.
I tried to call my friends one by one but none was answer my phone. I couldn’t do anything but pray and hope. After several minutes, the bus came back. One of my friends knew that I was not in the bus and told the bus driver that I was left in the restaurant.
Then I got on the bus and walked to my seat. I was so embarrassed when all of my friends looked and laughed at me. I thought it was my unforgettable experience in my life.
6. What does the story mainly tell us about?
A. The writer and his friends enjoyed their trip to Bali
B. The writer was left by the bus on his trip
C. The writer went for a field trip by bus in his holiday
D. The writer called his friends but none of them answered
E. The writer arrived in Tuban for a rest
7. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the text?
A. The writer need a few minutes when he was in the toilet
B. The writer could not stop thinking about the incident
C. Finally The bus came back again to the restaurant
D. The writer did nothing when he knew that the bus left him
E. The waitress gave clear explanation to the writer
8. .."I was so embarrassed when all of my friends looked and laughed at me"..
The underlined word has the same meaning with ….
A. ashamed
B. composed
C. separated
D. forced
E. flushed
The text is for question 9 - 11
Last holiday, my school held a trip to Yogyakarta. We went there with all my school friends by bus. We spent three days and visited some tourist places around that city.
First day, we went to a beautiful village near yogyakarta. We stayed in the villagers’ home. In the village, we had many experience that we never got before. We learnt many traditional arts and culture, such as playing javanese orchestra using gamelan, making batik, and tasting traditional food. We also tried many traditional games like Congklak, Betengan, Gobak Sodor, and Dakon.
The next day after leaving the village, we went to Yogyakarta. We went to many interesting places in Yogya. We visited Nglambor beach to see the beautiful of its wave and sands. After that, we went to Sultan Palace of Yogyakarta, and shopped in Malioboro. At night, we saw Ramayana play in Prambanan temple. After watching the play, we ate at the restaurant near the temple. It served us Seafood menu and we ordered fresh crabs and lobster. It was very delicious.
I have to say that it was a great holiday. I can learnt many things about arts and culture that I never knew before.
9. What is the most suitable title of the text above?
A. A trip to Yogyakarta
B. School holiday
C. Unforgettable moment
D. School trip
E. Great holiday in Yogyakarta
10. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?
A. How long the trip was
B. The detailed schedule of the trip
C. The things the writer did on the trip
D. The experience the writer got in the trip
E. The reason why the trip was held
11. Where did the writer and his friends watch Ramayana play?
A. Nglambor beach
B. Sultan Palace
C. The Prambanan Temple
D. The Sukuh Temple
E. Malioboro
The text is for question 12 - 14
Charles Dickens is much loved for his great contribution to classic English literature. He was the quintessential Victorian author. His epic stories, vivid characters and exhaustive depiction of contemporary life are unforgettable.
He was born in Portsmouth on 7 February 1812, to John and Elizabeth Dickens. The good fortune of being sent to school at the age of nine was short-lived because his father was imprisoned for bad debt. Charles was sent to work in Warren's blacking factory and endured appalling conditions as well as loneliness and despair. After three years he was returned to school, but the experience was never forgotten and became fictionalized in two of his better-known novels 'David Copperfield' and 'Great Expectations'.
Like many others, he began his literary career as a journalist. His own father became a reporter and Charles began with the journals 'The Mirror of Parliament' and 'The True Sun'. Then in 1833 he became parliamentary journalist for The Morning Chronicle. With new contacts in the press he was able to publish a series of sketches under the pseudonym 'Boz'. In April 1836, he married Catherine Hogarth.
As well as a huge list of novels he published autobiography, edited weekly periodicals including 'Household Words' and 'All Year Round', wrote travel books and administered charitable organisations. He was also a theater enthusiast, wrote plays and performed before Queen Victoria in 1851. He died of a stroke in 1870. He is buried at Westminster Abbey.
Taken from : http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ dickens_charles.shtml
12. What is the purpose of the text above?
A. To give information about Charles Dicken’s personal life
B. To entertain the readers with Charles Dicken’s story
C. To amuse the readers with the Charles Dicken’s story
D. To persuade the readers to have Charles Dicken’s spirit
E. To identify Charles Dicken’s life
13. Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the text above?
A. Charles Dickens was a quintessential Victorian author
B. Charles Dickens felt lonely and desperate when he worked at Warren's blacking factory
C. Charles Dickens wrote his novels, 'David Copperfield' and 'Great Expectations', based on his experience
D. Charles Dickens began his literacy career as a reporter
E. Besides writing novels, Charles Dickens wrote for plays, too
14. “Charles was sent to work in Warren's blacking factory and endured appalling conditions as well as loneliness and despair”
What does the underlined word mean?
A. Horrifying
B. Fascinating
C. Interesting
D. Enthralling
E. Compelling
The text is for question 15 - 17
Pramoedya Ananta Toer, also spelled Pramudya Ananta Tur (born February 20, 1925, Blora, Java, Dutch East Indies [now in Indonesia]—died April 30, 2006, Jakarta, Indonesia), Javanese novelist and short-story writer, the preeminent prose writer of postindependence Indonesia.
Pramoedya, the son of a schoolteacher, went to Jakarta while a teenager and worked as a typist there under the Japanese occupation during World War II. In 1945, at the end of the war, when Indonesia declared its independence and revolted against renewed Dutch colonial rule, he joined the nationalists, working in radio and producing an Indonesian-language magazine before he was arrested by the Dutch authorities in 1947. He wrote his first published novel, Perburuan (1950; The Fugitive), during a two-year term in a Dutch prison camp (1947–49). That work describes the flight of an anti-Japanese rebel back to his home in Java.
After Indonesian independence was recognized by the Netherlands in 1949, Pramoedya produced a stream of novels and short stories that established his reputation. The novel Keluarga gerilja (1950; “Guerrilla Family”) chronicles the tragic consequences of divided political sympathies in a Javanese family during the Indonesian Revolution against Dutch rule, while Mereka jang dilumpuhkan (1951; “The Paralyzed”) depicts the odd assortment of inmates Pramoedya became acquainted with in the Dutch prison camp. The short stories collected in Subuh (1950; “Dawn”) and Pertjikan revolusi (1950; “Sparks of Revolution”) are set during the Indonesian Revolution, while those in Tjerita dari Blora (1952; “Tales of Bora”) depict Javanese provincial life in the period of Dutch rule. The sketches in Tjerita dari Djakarta (1957; “Tales of Jakarta”) examine the strains and injustices Pramoedya perceived within Indonesian society after independence had been achieved. In these early works Pramoedya evolved a rich prose style that incorporated Javanese everyday speech and images from classical Javanese culture.
By the late 1950s Pramoedya had become sympathetic toward the Indonesian Communist Party, and after 1958 he abandoned fiction for essays and cultural criticism that reflect a left-wing viewpoint. By 1962 he had become closely aligned with communist-sponsored cultural groups. As a result, he was jailed by the army in the course of its bloody suppression of a communist coup in 1965. During his imprisonment he wrote a series of four historical novels that further enhanced his reputation. Two of these, Bumi manusia (1980; This Earth of Mankind) and Anak semua bangsa (1980; Child of All Nations), met with great critical and popular acclaim in Indonesia after their publication, but the government subsequently banned them from circulation, and the last two volumes of the tetralogy, Jejak langkah (1985; Footsteps) and Rumah kaca (1988; House of Glass), had to be published abroad. These late works comprehensively depict Javanese society under Dutch colonial rule in the early 20th century. In contrast to Pramoedya’s earlier works, they were written in a plain, fast-paced narrative style.
source : https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pramoedya-Ananta-Toer
15. What is the writer’s intent in the text above?
A. To persuade the readers to write novels like Pramoedya Ananta Toer
B. To amuse the readers with Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s story
C. To entertain the readers about Pramoedya Ananta Toer
D. To give information about Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s personal life
E. To identify Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s life
16. Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE based on the text above ?
A. Pramoedya Ananta Toer was one of the greatest novelist in Indonesia
B. He published his first novel during his life in a Dutch prison camp
C. He was jailed by the army in 1965 because of his sympathy to communist party
D. All of his masterpiece novels and short stories had been published abroad
E. His late works represented Javanese society under Dutch colonial
17. “…and popular acclaim in Indonesia after their publication, but the government subsequently banned them from circulation, and the last two volumes of the tetra logy, …” (paragraph 4)
The underlined word refers to ….
A. A series of four historical novels
B. Essays and cultural criticism
C. Short stories
D. Bumi Manusia and Anak Semua Bangsa
E. Pramoedya’s early works
The text is for question 19 - 25
Since computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980's, technology ...(18) a great deal. The first computers ... (19) simple machines designed for basic tasks. They did not have much memory and they weren't very powerful. Early computers were often quite expensive and customers often paid thousands of dollars for machines which actually ... (20) very little. Most computers were separate, individual machines used mostly as expensive typewriters or for playing games.
Times ... (21). Computers ... (22) powerful machines with very practical applications. Programmers have created a large selection of useful programs which do everything from teaching foreign languages to bookkeeping. We are still playing video games, but today's games have become faster, more exciting interactive adventures. Many computer users have also got on the Internet and ... (23) communicating with other computer users around the world. We ... (24) to create international communities online. In short, the simple, individual machines of the past ... (25) into an international World Wide Web of knowledge.
18. A. change
B. changed
C. changes
D. has changed
E. have changed
19. A. is
B. was
C. has been
D. have been
E. were
20. A. do
B. does
C. did
D. have been done
E. have done
21. A. change
B. changed
C. changes
D. has changed
E. have changed
22. A. become
B. became
C. becomes
D. has become
E. have become
23. A. begin
B. began
C. begun
D. has begun
E. have begun
24. A. start
B. started
C. starts
D. has started
E. have started
25. A. evolve
B. evolves
C. evolved
D. has evolved
E. have evolved
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