MATA PELAJARAN

Mata Pelajaran
Jenjang
Program Studi
Pertemuan

: BAHASA INGGRIS
(Reading Comprehension)
: SMA
: IPA / IPS
: 2 Kali

PELAKSANAAN
Hari/Tanggal
Jam

: Selasa, 14 November 2013

: 07.00 08.00

PETUNJUK UMUM
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Isikan identitas Anda ke dalam lembar Jawaban Soal.

Tersedia waktu 60 menit untuk mengerjakan paket tes Reading Comprehension ini.
Jumlah soal sebanyak 30 butir, pada setiap butir terdapat 5 (lima) pilihan jawaban
Periksa dan bacalah soal-soal sebelum Anda menjawabnya.
Laporkan kepada pengawas ujian apabila terdapat lembar soal yang kurang jelas, rusak, atau
tidak lengkap.
Tidak diizinkan menggunakan kalkulator, HP, table matematika atau alat bantu hitung
lainnya.
Periksalah pekerjaan Anda sebelum diserahkan kepada pengawas ujian.

Pilihlah satu jawaban yang paling tepat!

READING COMPREHENSION TEST
TEXT 1 is for questions 1 2.

Announcement
We know that the catastrophic flooding in
Jakarta had collided in 13 districts and claimed
causalities and property. Therefore, let us set aside
our pocket money to help the victims in our school.
We also can provide them with clothes, food, and
books that they really need.
Collect those items to the class captain. This activity
will last for one week starting from today.
Jakarta, 18th January 2013
Principal

1. The announcement tells us about . . . .

A. the announcement about catastrophic flooding
B. an event held by the Principal in Jakarta
C. a fund raising for the flooding victims
D. a great loss of property because of flood
E. the catastrophic flooding occurred in Jakarta

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2. The event was held because . . . .

A. the victims really need our help
B. all the victims have lost all their property
C. the causalities and property must not be changed
D. the principal concerns about the catastrophic flooding
E. a catastrophic flooding had collided around Jakarta
TEXT 2 is for question 3 - 4.

3. The restaurant opening hour on Wednesday is . . . .

A. 11.30 am 9.00 pm
B. 11.30 pm 9.00 am
C. 11.30 pm 10.00 pm
D. 10.00 am 10.00 pm
E. 11.30 pm 10.00 am
4. The statement below is NOT true based on the test, is . . . .
A. the restaurant opens at 11.30 am 9.00 pm on Wednesday
B. we can pay by using a credit card in the restaurant
C. the restaurant serves real oriental Peking food
D. the dishes served have original spices only
E. Peking duck is served everyday
TEXT 3 is for questions 5 7.
JAKARTA: (AP): A strong earthquake struck in the eastern Indonesian waters on Tuesday, a
meteorology agency said. The quake, which had a preliminary magnitude of 6.1, was cantered
beneath the Banda Sea around 188 kilometers (117 miles) southwest of Ambon, the capital of
Maluku province, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site.
The tremor was not felt by residents in the region and there were no reports of damage
and causalities, said Aprilianto, an official at a Jakarta-based local Meteorological and
Geophysics Agency. The quake did not have the potential to cause a destructive tsunami, he
said.
Indonesia, the worlds largest archipelago, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its
location on the so called Pacific Ring of Fire a string of volcanoes and fault lines encircling
the Pacific Basin.

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5. The news informs us about .

A. natural disasters occur in Jakarta
B. a destructive tsunami in Banda Aceh
C. Meteorological and geophysics Agency
D. a strong volcano eruption in the eastern Indonesia
E. an undersea earthquake in the eastern Indonesia waters
6. Indonesia is prone to undersea earthquake because Indonesia . . . .
A. has thousands of islands.
B. is located on the Pacific Ocean.
C. is the world largest archipelago.
D. is located between two large oceans.
E. is situated on the Pacific Ring of Fire.
7. A strong earthquake struck in the eastern Indonesia waters on Tuesday. (Par.1)
The underlined word can be replaced with the word . . . .
A. swept
B. blew
C. hid
D. hit
E. Bit
TEXT 4 is for questions 8 10.
Last week was a hectic week. I have been touring East Java and Bali. There were so many
things that Ive experienced that its difficult to write about all of them.
I arrived in Yogyakarta on Sunday. I stayed in a cheap accommodation, a Wisma. The
room was clean and I could get hot water to bathe. On Monday, I went with a tour group to
visit Borobudur and the Hindu temples in Prambanan. Some of these temples are more than
twelve hundred years old. They date well beyond the churches in my hometown in Europe;
I was so amazed at the enormity of the construction. Im sure they did not have the heavy
machines we have today to raise and lay those huge blocks of stone. The carvings on the walls
were another feature of the construction.
Im getting used to the spicy food served here. I have eaten fresh fish, lamb and beef. I
know you dont eat all this but Ive got used to it. On Tuesday I decided to go for a hike to
Mount Merapi. But I found out that it was a difficult climb. So, I went to the forest park in
Kaliurang. That was a lovely walk that made me hot and tired. But I managed to cool off in a
waterfall in the park then walked up to a hill nearby where I could see the smoky, fiery Mount
Merapi.
8. The writer comes from . . . .
A. Bali
B. Europe
C. Surabaya
D. East Java
E. Yogyakarta
9. The main idea of the second paragraph is . . . .
A. The writer arrived in Yogyakarta and stayed in a cheap Wisma.
B. Borobudur, Prambanan temples and the carvings amazed the writer.
C. The writer visited Borobudur and Prambanan temples with a tour group.
D. The temples are older than the churches in Europe.
E. The writer spent the night in a cheap wisma.
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10. From the text we can conclude that the writer. . . .

A. visited Yogyakarta a week before
B. liked mountain climbing
C. enjoyed the tour
D. had experienced in writing
E. was used to eating spicy food
TEXT 5 is for questions 11 13.
BIRD CAMOUFLAGE
Many birds are brown, green or grey. These colors make a bird harder to see; they
camouflage the bird. Brown is the most common color. Brown birds include sparrows, emus,
thrushes, larks, eagles, falcon and the female birds of many species such as wrens, ducks,
blackbirds and peacocks. When a brown bird is in long grass or among tree trunks or rocks, it
is camouflaged. Birds that live in long grass often have brown feathers streaked with black
which looks like shadows. A bittern is almost invisible in long reeds. Other birds, including
starling and minahs, are quite dark in color, but are flecked with little spots that look like
raindrops on leaves.
Many birds from hot countries are green or have some green feathers, particularly
parrots. Birds that live in green trees often have green backs, even if they have bright-colored
breasts. From the back, the birds are camouflaged. This is very useful when sitting on a nest.
The birds bright-colored breast is hidden. Grey birds include most pigeons and doves,
cranes, storks and herons. Grey birds are often rock-living birds like pigeons, or birds that sit
on dead tree trunks looking like a broken branch. Water birds like herons often have a pale
grey color which makes it harder for a fish to notice that the bird is standing, looking down for
something to catch. Water birds, no matter what color they are on top, are often white
underneath, so that when a fish looks up, the bird looks like part of the sky.
Black birds include crows, ravens and male blackbirds. Some birds that are dark colors
spend quite a lot of time on the ground, hopping around in the shadows under bushes. Among
these birds are the male blackbirds and the Satin Bowe bird which is not black but dark blue.
Crows and ravens often perch high on bare trees in the winter, where their black shape against
the sky looks like the dark bare branches.
11. The main idea of the second paragraph is . . . .
A. How brown feathers camouflage the birds.
B. How green feathers camouflage the birds.
C. How green feathered birds reproduce.
D. Where grey birds live.
E. How water birds live.
12. The black feather of crows camouflages by . . . .
A. their black shape against the sky looks like the dark bare branches
B. the birds sit on dead tree trunks looking like a broken branch
C. the dark color camouflages the birds on the ground
D. the feather makes the birds looks like a shadow
E. the water birds look like part of the sky
13. Other birds, including starlings and minahs, are quite dark color, but are flecked with little
spots that look like raindrops on leaves.
The synonym of the underlined word is . . . .
A.
covered
B.
colored
C.
striped
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E.

dotted
lined

TEXT 6 is for questions 14 16.

Im sure you know what the meaning of corruption is. Well, corruption is common
everywhere in the world, even in the US. Its just a matter of the intensity, however, that
makes Jakarta the most corrupt place in Indonesia.
The survey makes me sad, actually, because I stay and earn a living here in the capital.
As we all know in the Tanjung Priok Port, smuggling is no news at all in this town.
Businessmen who want to minimize their tax payments will bribe the officials.
Well, I think the measures taken to overcome the problem by punishing the corruptors
have been far from enough. We have to prevent the younger generations from the bad
mentality.
I believe we can start at the earliest stage in school and I think everyone should be
involved in an effort to eradicate any distinctions.
14. The main idea of the third paragraph is . . . .
A. corruption makes the writer sad
B. corruptors should give harsher punishment
C. those who bribe officials should be detained
D. the writer was satisfied with the punishment given to corruptors
E. we should prevent the young generations from having bad mentality
15. The first fact which makes the writer sad is . . . .
A. the bribery of the officials to reduce their payments
B. inappropriate punishment for the corruptors
C. the most corrupt place in Indonesia
D. smuggling in Tanjung Priok Port
E. corruption in the world
16. According to the text, the businessmen bribe the officials because they want to . . . .
A. be punished
B. get more profit
C. be free from tax payments
D. maximize their tax payments
E. reduce their tax payments
TEXT 7 is for questions 17 19.
Atmosphere
The atmosphere surrounds earth and protects us by blocking out dangerous rays from
the sun. The atmosphere is a mixture of gases that becomes thinner until it gradually reaches
space. It is composed of nitrogen (78%), oxygen (21%), and other gases (1%).
Oxygen is essential to life because it allows us to breathe. In addition, some of the
oxygen has changed over time forming ozone. The ozone layer filters out the suns harmful
ultraviolet radiation. Recently, there have been many studies on the ozone layer connected to
the greenhouse effect.
The atmosphere is divided into five layers depending on how temperature changes
with height. Most of the weather occurs in the first layer.

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17. The purpose of the writer writes the text is to . . . .

A. describe the atmosphere
B. inform the condition of the atmosphere
C. tell the readers about the formation of the ozone layer
D. put forward a viewpoint about the atmosphere
E. explain how the ozone layer forming
18. People can get the benefit from the ozone layer because . . . .
A. it protects us by blocking out dangerous rays from the sun
B. it filters out the suns harmful ultraviolet radiation
C. the ozone layer connected to the greenhouse effect
D. most of the weather occurs in the first layer
E. the temperature changes with height
19. The ozone layer filters out the suns harmful ultraviolet radiation.
The synonym of the underlined word is . . . .
A. benefit
B. damage
C. dangerous
D. comfortable
E. enjoyable
TEXT 8 is for question20 22.
What is cancer? It is actually a group of more than one hundred separate diseases. Most
of us are fear from cancer. It is reasonable because next to heart disease, cancer is the second
leading cause of death.
Cancer cells come from normal cells because of mutations of DNA. Those mutations
can occur spontaneously. The mutations may be also induced by other factors such as:
nuclear and electromagnetic radiation, viruses, bacteria and fungi, parasites, heat, chemical in
the air, water and food, mechanical cell-level injury, free radicals, evolution and ageing of
DNA, etc. All such factors can produce mutations that may start cancer.
Cancer cells are formed continuously in the organism. It is estimated that there are
about 10,000 cancer cells at any given time in a healthy person. Why do some result in
microscopic- level cancers and some do not? First, not all damaged cells can multiply and
many of them die quickly. Second, those which potentially divide and form cancer are
effectively destroyed by the mechanism available to the immune system. Therefore cancer
develops if the immune system is not working properly or the amount of cells produced is too
great for the immune system to eliminate.
20. People must aware to cancer because . . . .
A. cancer is the second leading cause of death
B. the mutations of DNA can occur spontaneously
C. in the organism forms cancer cells continuously
D. all damaged cells can multiply and die quickly
E. the immune system is working properly
21. First, not all damaged cells can multiply and many of them die quickly. (Paragraph 3)
The underlined word means . . . .
A. decrease
B. reduced
C. develop
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E.

become
shrink

22. The purpose of the text above is to . . . .

A. explain the cause of cancer
B. explain how cancer cell is formed
C. inform the factors that cause cancer
D. tell the cure of cancer
E. describe cancer
TEXT 9 is for questions 23 25.
Everybody likes home sweet home however making office at home is possible and
recommend. Of course office will have both advantage and disadvantage. Therefore it is wise to
consider the strengths and weaknesses to have a home office.
Some people will agree that having office at home will make benefit. It saves time. We
need no commuting which occasionally takes a long time. Besides we are free to set the work
schedule. Having home office will save money as we need not to purchase or lease of office
space from rent companies. What make it more flexible is that we can set part or all parts of our
home just as a real office. Furthermore working at home might reduce stress, effort and time
and divert it to other more productive things because while working, we are close to our
families.
However, making home as office also has some disadvantages. For some people,
keeping the schedule is hard in flexible time. There will no clear border between working and
breaking. Working just from home also reduces the possibility to meet new people. It is true that
computer and Internet connection possibly relate people every time and everywhere but we will
interact with them in a dimension which is not real face.
So
considering carefully what we actually need in running our business is very recommended
before choosing to have office at home or not.
23. The text discusses about . . . .
A. making a house
B. saving money by home office
C. building office near the house
D. the weaknesses of having office
E. working in the own house
24. For some people it is hard to keep schedule in flexible time because . . . .
A. there is no clear border between work time and relax time
B. there is abundance opportunity in meeting new people
C. we are the boss who can control the schedule of work
D. there is no certain rule about the schedule time
E. they may have a lot of money and free time
25. Having home office will save money as we need not to purchase or lease (Par.2)
The synonym of the underlined word is . . . .
A. borrow
B. lend
C. get by
D. buy
E. carry

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TEXT 10 is for questions 26 28.

One day, a young farmer boy named Eragon finds a blue stone while hunting and tries to
sell it for money. Unsuccessfully in his attempts, he takes the stone back to his cabin and lets it
sit there until it hatches into a beautiful blue dragon. Eragon realizes he can talk to this secret
pet dragon with his mind and eventually learns that he and the dragon are part of legacy of
secret heroes called the Riders.
With the help of Brom, a wise man, Eragon matures into his destiny. The challenges he
faces include fighting a long standing war, helping an ethereal elf, and dealing with tragedy and
revenge. Certain details, such as Eragons revelation that he cannot reed, develop this rich work
and blend together to produce a number of plot twists. The story builds suspense steadily until
the end.
Remarkably, author Christopher Paolini began writing Eragon at the age of 15. Now 19
he has already established himself as an exciting new creator whose influence include Tolkien,
McCaffrey, and others. His world is intricate, his characters believable, and his writing
engaging. Both casual readers and hardcore fans of fantasy and science fiction novels will be
enchanted by this well crafted fantasy and unquestionably will look forward to parts two and
three of this exciting trilogy.
26. The topic of the text above is . . . .
A. a dragon pet
B. history of dragon
C. a story of a farm boy
D. the novel of Eragon
E. a biography of Christopher
27. The main idea of paragraph 3 is . . . .
A. Eragon writes his story with his pet.
B. people and dragon can help each other.
C. Paolini has established himself as an exciting creator.
D. the author likes to write their writings with the dragon.
E. the story of Eragon is based on the author himself.
28. Eragon matures into his destiny. (Paragraph 2)
The underlined word means . . . .
A. purpose
B. fate
C. farm
D. house
E. development

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TEXT 11 is for questions 29 30.

Dear Mayor,
Im writing to you about the park across the road from our school (Gallon Park).
Firstly, it is a nice park and if you wreck it and build a mall and a block of units there, there
will be no play areas for children of many ages who live in the South Coast Area.
Secondly, there are lovely trees in the park as well as grass and play ground. Thirdly,
our school is opposite the park and we dont want it to get wrecked. We also do exercises
with one of our infants teachers Mrs. Colley.
After school some people from our school go to the park after three oclock and play
but if you build mall and a block of units there will be no place for playing after school.
Please take this letter very seriously and try to stop the building and make sure you
dont build mall and the block of units.
Your sincerely
Melissa White
29. The text is about . . . .
A. a request to stop building a mall and super block
B. the park across the road from Gallon School
C. a nice park in the South Coast Area
D. Melissas recommendation
E. a complaining letter
30. The writer sends the letter because . . . .
A. she wants to build a mall and a block of units
B. the Mayor will build a mall and a block of units
C. children always play in the park after school time
D. the South Coast Area needs a mall and a block of units
E. the park is needed by children live near the Gallon Park.

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Choose the correct answer in the incomplete sentences. Choose the incorrect word or phrase in the underlined choices.

(Redundancy) Tulis Jawaban yg benar, tulis pula alasan kenapa jawaban tsb benar, kemudian
tulis pembenaran jawabannya.
31. Some international students use a cassette recorder to make tapes of their classes so that they
A
B
C
D
can repeat the lectures again.
E
32. Blood plasma it is the transportation system for all of the widely separated organs in the
A
B
C
D
human body.
E
33. Humans who lived thousands of years ago, long before alphabets were devised, they used
A
B
C
D
pictures to record events and to communicate ideas.
E
34. If one does not pick up the dry cleaning within thirty days, the management is not obligated to
A
B
C
D
return it back.
E
35. The southern part of the United States has ideal conditions for raising cotton because the
A
B
climate is sufficiently warm enough to allow a six-month growing period.
C
D
E
36. International law is made up of the rules and customs that they deal with the relationships
A
B C
between different nations and the citizens of different nations.
D
E
37. It was Isadora Duncan who was responsible for many of the new innovations that have made
A
B
C
D
modern dance different from classical ballet.
E
38. Little House on the Prairie, a successful television programs, was adapted from a series of
A
B
books by a young pioneer woman whose life was similar to that of the character called
C
D
by name Laura
E
39. In recent years great advances forward have been made in the field of genetic research
A
B
C
D
E
40. According to recent geological research, the climate of the states along the Canadian border is
A
B
C
D
changing with rapidity.
E
41. World hunger it is one of the most urgent problems that we face today.
AB
C
D
42. Natural gas often occurs _____petroleum in the minute pores of rocks such as sandstone and
limestone.
A. both together with
B. both together
C. with
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D. both with
43. Today the United States is one of the few countries in the Western Hemisphere that it has
A
B C
laws providing for the death penalty.
D
44. That witches cause disasters and misfortunes _____ among the colonists in Salem,
Massachusetts.
A. it was widely believed
B. was widely believed
C. was believed in a wide way
D. they widely believed
45. Found in and near the Mohave Desert, ______has a limited habitat.
A. is the Joshua tree that it
B. it is the Joshua tree
C. the Joshua tree
D. the Joshua tree it

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46. Although there are approximately 120 intensive language institutes in the United States
a
b
c
in 1970, there are more than four times as many now.
d
e
47. Cartographers can not make an accurate map because the political situation in

many areas changes so

rapidly that they were not able to draw the boundaries correctly.
a
b

e.

48. Although Emily Dickinson publishes only three of her verses before she died, today there
a
b
are more than one thousand of her poems printed in many important collections.
c
d
e
49. Dew usually disappeared by seven oclock in the morning when the sun comes up.
a
b
c
d
e
50. Before the 1800s, when Willian Young made different shoes for right and left feet, shoes
on either foot.
a. can wear
c. could be worn
b. are wearing
d. worn
e. wearing
51. Seven months before the stock market crashed in 1929, President Hoover said that the
a
b
c
economy of the nation is secure.
d e
52. In the Middle Ages, the world masterpiece referred to a work that by a journeyman in
order to qualify as a
master artisan.
a. completed
c. was completed
b. is completed
d. complete
e. is completing
53. Most archaeologists agree that humans are living in the area around Philadelphia for
a
b
c
about twelve thousand years.
d
e
54. Although we once thought that Saturn has only seven rings, we now know that it has
a
b
hundreds of rings extending for thousands of miles.
c
d
e
55. Before his death in 1943, in an effort to encourage less dependence on one crop by the
South, George Washington
Carver for developing hundreds of industrial uses for peanuts and sweet potatoes.

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a. has responsibility
b. were responsibility

c. is responsible
d. was responsible

e. responsible

56. The Greek historian Herodotus reported that one hundred thousand men for twenty years
to build the Great
Pyramid at Gizeh.
a. employ
c. are employed
b. employed
d. were employed
e. to employ
57. In 1975, according to the National Center for health statistics, the average life
a
expectancy for people born during that year is 72.4 years.
b
c
d
e
58. Champlain founded a base at Port Royal in 1605, and builds a fort at Quebec three years
later.
a
b
c
d
e
59. According to the Congressional Record, almost on third of all new laws in 1991 are passed
to celebrate some day,
a
b
c
d
week or month for a special interest groups purposes, such as Music Week.
e
60. The first significant engagement of the American Revolution occurs on June 17, 1775,
a
b
c
and has been referred to as the Battle of Bunker Hill.
d
e
61. Evolutionary changes in the speech organs probably . the development of language in
humanoids.
a. to contribute
c. contribution to
b. contribute to
d. contributed to
e. contributing
62. Originally, the purpose of a sampler is to record complex stitches so that they could be
duplicated later.
a
b
c
d
63. Before he died, Armand Hammer an ordinary business empire, including interest in oil,
livestock, cattle, grain,
and art.
a. established
c. establishes
b. establishing
d. establish
e. to establish
64. Many ancient cultures begin their spiritual life by worshipping the Sun.
a
b
c
d
e
65. People under thirty years old cannot remember when without a computer terminal.
a. they have to work
c. their working
b. they had to work
d. working
e. worked
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