PEMERINTAH PROPINSI DAERAH KHUSUS IBUKOTA JAKARTA

DINAS PENDIDIKAN MENENGAH DAN TINGGI

SMA NEGERI 53
Jalan Cipinang Jaya II.B, Jatinegara, Jakarta Timur
Kode Pos : 13410, Telepon : 8194415, Faksimile : 8564345
Website; www.sman 53 jakarta, sch.id;E-mail; sman 53 jkt@yahoo.sch.id

ULANGAN BLOK 3 SEMESTER 1 TAHUN PELAJARAN 2008/2009

MATA PELAJARAN : BAHASA INGGRIS

KELAS : 12.IPA / IPS
HARI, TANGGAL : KAMIS, 4 DESEMBER 2008
WAKTU : 90 MENIT ( 10.30 – 12.00 )

DILARANG MENCORAT - CORET NASKAH SOAL

Text 1 (for no 1-5)

Why Have You Stolen My Rose

The port was very a long way from the merchant’s house. He rode for a week, and
then he reached it. The men in the port said, “doesn’t your ship belongs to us?” The
merchant t talked with them for a long time, but he didn’t get the ship.
After two weeks he left the port and began riding home. Now I am poorer than I
was before this journey, he said.
After a few days the merchant came to forest. It was snowing; it was evening and
it was almost dark. The merchant was afraid.
He stopped and said, where am I? I don’t know this forest. Am I going to see my
daughters again?
Then there was a light and went towards it. He came to a big house. There was a
light in every window, but there was nobody there. The merchant put his horse in the
stable and went into the house. He shouted but nobody came.
There was a room in front of him, and there was a fire in it. The merchant went in.
There was a table I the middle of the room, and there were knives and forks and food on
it. There was one chair at the table.
The merchant waited, but nobody came, and he was hungry. At eleven o’clock he
sat down on the chair and ate a chicken very quickly.
Then he went upstairs. There was a bedroom there, and there was a big bed, and
there was some breakfast on the table.
A good man lives in this house, the merchant said. He ate breakfast and went out.
There was no snow anywhere. He wet to the stable. There was a beautiful white rose on
the wall there. The merchant took it and said, I am going to give the rose to Beauty.
Then someone shouted angrily, and the merchant was afraid. An ugly Beast
looked over the wall. The Beast had black hair on his face, and his teeth were long and
yellow.
“Why have you stolen my rose?” He shouted. “I am going to kill you.”
The merchant was afraid and said” Don’t kill me now. Wait and kill me tomorrow.
My house is not far from here, and I haven’t seen my daughters for a long time. I am
going to go home and say “Good bye” to them, and then I’m going to come straight back
here.”
The Beast said, Bring one of your daughters to me. Take this box of money and
give it for her. The merchant took the box of money and got on his horse.

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1. The followings are the people who are involved in the story, except…………
a. the port d. Beauty
b. the merchant e. the men
c. the Beast

2. Which of the following statements is wrong according to the text?

a. Knowing that he could get any ship, he felt hopeless and sad
b. He found a big house when he was in the forest
c. He continued his journey by riding a motorcycle
d. The Beast was the owner of the big house
e. The Beast was angry because the merchant ate all his food

3. Why did the merchant pick the rose up?

a. because he wanted to give it to his wife
b. because he wanted to sell it
c. because it was rare flower
d. because he was going to give it to his daughter
e. because the merchant liked flower

4. Knowing that the Beast wanted to kill him, what did the merchant promise to the
Beast?
a. To take the Beast to his family
b. To take the rose back to the Beast
c. To give the box to his daughter
d. To bring one of his daughters to the Beast
e. To come straight back to the Beast’s house after saying “good bye” to his daughters

5. From the text we know that the merchant ………

a. was a responsible person d. was an ambitious person
b. was a mean person e. was a stubborn person
c. was a selfish person

Text 2.
What causes weather?
Weather is the physical condition of the atmosphere at a particular time. It
includes temperature, air pressure and water content.
Weather is produced when air moves from place to place. This moving air is
known as wind. Winds are caused by warm air rising and cooler air moving to replace it.
Warm air is usually less dense than cool air; therefore, it creates low air pressure. Cool air
is more dense and creates high air pressure.
Usually we have fine weather when the air pressure is high, and we will have
clouds, rain or snow when air pressure drops.

6. The text above mainly discussed about ……

a. the process of the formation of weather
b. the steps of the formation of wind
c. the description of the weather
d. the weather at a particular time
e. the process of the formation clouds

7. Which statement is not true according to the text?

a. The moving air is called wind
b. when air pressure drops we usually have clouds
c. warm air is usually more dense than cool air
d. Air movement from place to place causes weather
e. A physical condition of the atmosphere at a particular time is called weather.

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8. “Cool air is more dense and creates high pressure.”
The antonym of the underlined word “dense” is ………………
a. crowded b. rare c. thick d. low e. slow

9. From the text above which is the sentence in the passive form?
a. It includes temperature, air pressure and water content
b. Weather is produced when air moves from place to place
c. Cool air is denser and creates high air pressure
d. We have fine weather when air pressure is high
e. we will have clouds, rain or snow when air pressure drops

10. What is wind? Wind is ……….

a. air pressure c. cool air
b. high air pressure d. moving air e. low air pressure

Text 3
The Best Remedy
Cheating was one of the bad habits that I couldn’t get rid of. One day, during the
test, I finished faster than my friend who sat next to me. Amazingly, I didn’t cheat on that
exam because I had really studied the night before and I could answer all the questions
quite easily. Seeing that I had finished, my friend signaled me asking me to cheat for her!
She indicated that she didn’t have the nerve to do it herself. I told her to look out of the
teacher while I took a peek at my note book while I was doing that. Suddenly, out of
nowhere someone pinched my ear and I heard that whole class laughed at me. Yap, the
teacher was standing behind us and had watched the whole scene. Needless to say, I
never cheated again.

11. What is the writer’s bad habit according to the text above?
a. cheating b. studying c. helping d. robbing e. playing

12. According to the text the following sentences are true, except …….
a. The writer could do the test because3 he3 had studied hard before
b. The writer wanted to help his/her friend in that test
c. The writer’s friend asked him/her to cheat for her
d. The teacher let them cheat in that test in order to get good mark
e. The writer felt embarrassed knowing that the teacher had watched the whole scene

13. What happened to the writer after the embarrassing incident?

a. He/She laughed at all of his/her friends
b. He/ She never cheated again
c. He/ She promised not to be lazy anymore
d. He was angry to the teacher
e. He/She felt disappointed because he/she couldn’t help his/her friend

14. She indicated she didn’t have the nerve to do it herself.

What does the underlined word mean?
a. will b. scary c. bravery d. ambition e. decision

15. The information we can get from the text above is ……

a. The writer’s hobby is cheating
b. Cheating is a bad habit
c. The writer got good mark by cheating
d. The writer’s friend is a good person
e. helping friend in the condition above is a good idea

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Text 4.
The Magic Box

Once upon a time there was a poor farmer who lived with his wife. One day he
dug up his field and found a big box. He took it home with him and showed it to his wife.
His wife cleaned the box and kept it in their house.
One sunny morning his wife dropped an apple into it. Suddenly the box began fill
up with apples. No matter how many the apples were taken out. More apples took their
place. So the farmer and his wife decide to sell the apples and in short time they were
able to live quite comfortably.
One day, the farmer dropped a gold coin into the box. At once, apples disappeared
and the box began to fill itself with coins. Every day the farmer and his wife collected
hundreds of gold coins from the box. Soon, they became very rich.
Having heard that his son had gone rich, the farmer’s father visited the couple. He
was not very strong and he could not go out to work anymore. So the farmer asked the
old man to help him to take the money out of the box. When his father told his son that he
was tired and wanted to have a rest, the farmer shouted at him, “why are you so lazy?
Why can’t you work harder?”
The old man didn’t say anything, and continued to work until he fell into the box
and suddenly died. At once, the money disappeared and the box began to fill up with dead
fathers.
The farmer had to pull them out and bury them. To do this, he had to spend all the
money he had collected. When he had used up all the money, the box broke and the
farmer was just as poor as he was before.

16. What did he find in his field?

a. The money c. The box
b. The coin d. the gold coins e. the apples

17. According to the text there was an old man. Who was he?
a. the farmer c. The farmer’s neighbor
b. the writer d. The farmer’s father e. The father of the farmer’s wife

18. The farmer became rich however he treated his father …………………
a. meanly b. kindly c. well d. politely e. carefully

19. At once the money disappeared and the box began to fill up with dead fathers.
The antonym of the underlined word is …………
a. lost b .left c .vanished d. vomited e. emerged

20. “The farmer had to pull them out and …..” (paragraph 6)
them refers to ……………..
a. the magic box c. the gold coins
b. the apples d. the money e. the dead fathers

21. According to the text the following sentences are correct except …………
a. The farmer treated his father well
b. They became rich because of the box
c. The farmer and his wife were happy to find a box in his field
d. The apples appeared when the box was dropped an apple by his wife
e. At the end of the story, the couple became poor again

22. What can we learn from the text?

a. Being rich is not always good d. We must respect our parents
b. greediness can make you rich e. It is good to be honest in life
c. All that glitters is not gold

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Text 5
Spiders are predatory invertebrate animals. They are not classified in the class of
insecta. A spider has eight legs while an insect never has more than six legs.
Spiders have a body with main divisions, four pairs of walking legs and two other
pairs of abdominal spinnerets for spinning threads of silk. This silk can be used to aid in
climbing, build egg sacs and catch prey.
Spiders kill so many insects, but they never do the least harm to man’s
belongings. Spiders are busy for at least half of the year killing insects. It is impossible
to find out how many insects they kill. Since they are hungry creatures which cannot be
content with only three meals a day.

23. The spiders can’t be classified in the class of insecta because …….
a. spiders kill many insects
b. it doesn’t like insects
c. spiders has more than six legs
d it’s body has two main divisions
e spiders are predatory invertebrate

24. This silk can be used to aid in climbing, build egg sac …….
The synonym of the underlined word is ………
a. help b. call c. keep d. catch e. get

25. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?

a. Spiders have more 8 legs
b. They can’t climb by using the silk
c. The silk can be used to catch prey
d. Spiders are dangerous for people
e. They don’t eat more that 3 meals a day

26. What is the main idea of the second paragraph ?

a. The main divisions of the spiders body
b . The use of spiders’ silk
c. How do the spiders catch their prey
d. The spiders build egg sacs in the silk
e. the spiders use all of their legs for walking

Text 6
Health food is a general term applied to all kinds of foods that are considered
more healthful than the types of foods widely sold in supermarkets for example, whole
grains, dried beans and corn oil are health foods. A narrower classification of health food
is natural food. This term is used to distinguish between types of the same food. Fresh
food is natural food, but canned fruit, with sugar and other additives, is not. The most
precise term of all and the narrowest classification within health foods is organic food,
used to describe food that has been grown on a particular kind of farm. Fruits and
vegetables that are grown in gardens treated only with organic fertilizer are organic
foods. They are neither sprayed with poisonous insecticides nor refined after harvest.
In choosing the type of food you eat, you have basically two choices: inorganic
processed foods or organic unprocessed foods. A wise decision should include
consideration of allegations that processed foods containing chemicals are proven to be
toxic. It also states that the vitamin content is greatly reduced in processed foods.

27. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

a. There are two choices in choosing the types of food we eat
b. Processed foods containing chemicals are proven to be toxic
c. The vitamin content is greatly reduced in processed food
d. In organic processed food is healthier than organic unprocessed food
e. Health food can be found in supermarkets

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28. What is the text about?
a. Natural food d. Health food
b. Canned food e. Organic food
c. Choosing food

29. “ A wise decision should include consideration of allegation that……….”

The underlined word has the same meaning as ……..
a. assurance d. decision
b. association e. option
c. assumption

30. What is organic food?

Organic food is ………………..
a. a canned food
b. natural food
c. fruits and vegetables that are in the garden
d. fruits and vegetables that are treated only with organic fertilizer
e. food that the vitamin content is greatly reduced in processed food

31. Which of the following statements is not true according to the text?
a. Organic fertilizer is used for organic foods
b. Canned food with sugars and other additives is not health food
c. There are two choices in choosing the type of food you are consumed
d. Organic foods are sprayed with poisonous insecticides
e. The content of the vitamin can be reduced in processed food

Text 7
Taj Mahal is one of the seven wonders of the world. It impresses many people
because it is the symbol of love from a husband to his wife.
Taj Mahal stands in the city of Agra, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh,
on the banks of Yamuna River. It was built in the memory of the beautiful Mumtaz
Mahal, who won the heart of a Mughal prince, Shah Jahar. Mumtaz Mahal died during
the birth of their child. Gauhara Begum. The construction of Taj Mahal was bergun soon
after Mumtaz’s death.
The focus of Taj Mahal is the white marble tomb. Four minarets frame the tomb.
Meanwhile, the main chamber houses the cenotaphs of Mumtaz Mahal and her husband,
with their graves located on lower level.

32. The name of Taj mahal was taken from the name of ……..
a. Mumtaz Mahal’s husband
b. Shah Jahar’s wife
c. Gauhara’s wife
d. Uttar Pradesh’s wife
e. Mumtaz’s child

33. Why does Taj Mahal impress many people?

Because ………….
a. It is one of the seven wonders of the world
b. It has the white marble tomb
c. It was built in the memory of the beautiful Mumtaz mahal
d. It is the place to show a man’s love
e. It is the symbol of love from a husband to his wife

34. Which statement is not true based on the text?

a. One of the seven wonders of the world is Taj Mahal
b. Taj Mahal was the name of a beautiful woman in India
c, Mumtaz Mahal died after her baby was born

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 d. Mughal Prince was Taj Mahal’s husband
e. There are four minarets in Taj Mahal

35. “ Meanwhile, the main chamber houses……….” (last paragraph)

The underlined word has the same meaning as ………
a. grave b. room c. tomb d. marble e. building

36. what is the focus of Taj Mahal?

a. four minarets d. a beautiful woman
b. marble tomb e. the cenotaphs
c. the main chamber

Text 8
Elephants are the largest land animals alive today. These animals have special
body characteristics, among them are tusks and trunk.
Elephants’ tusks are made of a hard, white substance like bone. When an elephant
is angry. Its tusk can be very dangerous. The tusks of an elephant are actually its front
teeth. People pay a lot of money for the ivory of an elephant’s tusk. The ivory from the
tusks is made into many beautiful things.
The trunk of the elephant is a fusion of the nose and upper lip. An elephant uses
its trunk in many ways. It pulls up trees with its trunk when it wants to make a path
through the jungle. It also uses its trunk to get water. The trunk can hold a lot of water, as
an elephant needs to drink three hundreds pints of water every day.
37. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
a. Elephant needs to drink
b. The position of the trunk
c. The usage of the elephant’s trunk
d. There are many ways to have a trunk
e. The elephant can pull up the trees using its trunk

38. According to the text which of the following sentences is not correct?
a. Elephants are not very weak animals
b. The tusks are the elephant’s front teeth
c. The ivory of an elephant’s tusk is very expensive
d. Elephants are not the largest animal in the world
e. The elephants use their trunk to drink and eat

39. “ The trunk of an elephant is a fusion of the nose and upper lip”.
The underlined word has the same meaning with………
a. Connection c. combination e. renovation
b. Election d. mission

40. Which of the following sentences is passive sentence?

a. The elephant’s tusk can be very dangerous
b. The trunk can hold a lot of water
c. The elephants pull up the trees with their trunk
d. An elephant uses its trunk in many ways
e. The ivory from the tusks is made into beautiful things

41. The people had the trees …….. by the elephants

a. pull up c. pulls – up e. pulling up
b. pulled- up d. are pulled up

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Text 9
Australia has three levels of government, federal, state, and local.
All level work together to govern Australia but each level has different responsibilities.
The Federal government is necessary for the big things. This government is
responsible for enacting laws, defense, taxation, telecommunications, and external affairs.
The State government looks after the middle-sized things. For example, they look
after industrial relations and preventing things like vandalism in school.
Local government looks after the small things. They look after things like garbage
collection, local parks and reserves.
Thus, we can conclude that three levels of government above are necessary.

42. What is the topic of the text above?

a. Vandalism in Australia School d. Three levels of government in Australia
b. The federal Government is necessary e. The differences in responsibility
c. The government’s responsibilities in enacting laws

43. “They look after industrial relations and preventing things like vandalism in school”
The underlined word has the closest meaning with ……..
a. destruction b. damage c. violence d. obedience e. regulation

44. The following sentences are true except …………..

a. There are federal, state and local government in Australia.
b. Each level of the government has the same responsibilities.
c. It is necessary for Australia to have 3 levels of government
d. Preventing vandalism in school is one of the State government’s duties
e. The Federal government is responsible for the big things

45. “ Thus, we can conclude that the three levels of government above are necessary”
we refers to ………..
a. Federal government c. State government e. writer and readers
b. Australian government d. local government

Text 10.

To Whom it may concern,

“Indonesian Idol” is annual Indonesian televised singing competition which has

been airing on RCTI. Part of the Idol franchise, it originated from the British reality
program “Pop Idol”. “Indonesian Idol” is a combination of a reality show and a talent
search show. Unfortunately, instead of giving the opportunity to anyone who has talent
and capable to be promoted as an idol, I find some weakness in this program.
Sometimes, the winner is not guaranteed to have a quality of a good singer
because the winner is merely determined by public voting by phone and sms. Most of
these voters do not consider the jury’s comments on the contestant’s performance because
they would prefer focusing on the contestant’s physical appearance and personality rather
than his/her singing quality.
As a consequence, after the competition is over, only few of the winners get the
chance to be professional singers. Why is it so? Because they don’t have great skills to be
professional singers. Furthermore, most of them only have little experience in the show
business, while being professional singer need a long process and time.
My suggestion is that “Indonesian Idol” should not determine the winner based on
the contestant’s popularity. The singing quality of each contestant should be the first
priority.

Yours truly

Pinky – Semarang

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46. According to the text, how often does Indonesian idol hold?
a. once a year c. three times a year e. every month
b. twice a year d. once a month

47. What is an Indonesian Idol?

a. Indonesian Idol is singing competition in Televisions
b. Indonesian Idol is British reality program
c. Indonesian is a combination of a reality program and a talent search
d. Indonesian Idol is contestants’ performance on TV
e. Indonesian Idol is the show business to look for a famous singer in Television

48. Which of the following sentences is not true according to the text?
a. Indonesian Idol is a part of the Idol franchise
b. The writer finds some weakness in Indonesian Idol program on RCTI
c. The voters of Indonesian Idol don’t consider the jury’s comment
d. The voters prefer focusing on the appearance of the contestant physically
e. All the winners of the Indonesian Idol have the quality in singing skill and
much experience in the show business

49. “As the consequence after the competition is over, only few of winners get the chance
to be professional singers”
The underlined word has the same meaning with………
a. change b. movement c. opportunity d. possibility e. popularity

50 .Only few of the winners get the chance to be professional singers… their low quality
in singing.
a. and b. because c. although d in spite of e. because of

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