Tape Script for Listening Section

This dialog is for question 1.

Widi
Heidy
Widi

: Hi, Heidy. How are you?

: Hi, Widi. Pretty well, thanks. What about you?
: Im O.K., thanks. Its nice to see you again after long holiday.

Question : What does Widi say when he greets Heidy?

This dialog is for question 2.
Kate
Sean
Jessy
Sean

:
:
:
:

Sean, please meet Jessy. Jes, this is Sean, my old friend.

Pleased to meet you, Jes.
Pleased to meet you too, Sean.
Kate has told me a lot about you.

Question : What is Kate doing?

This dialog is for question 3.
Girl
Boy
Girl
Boy

:
:
:
:

Its 1:30 now. I have to go now.

O.K. Anyway its nice to chat with you, Winda.
You too. Goodbye.
Goodbye.

Question : What does the girl say when she leaves he friend?
This text is for questions 4 and 5.
On Saturday morning at 9:30, I was walking down Sunda Street, looking for a record store. A man stopped me
and asked me the way to the Hyatt Hotel. I wasnt sure exactly where it was, but I walked with him to the end of Sunda
Street. He was very friendly, and his face looked so familiar. Then I remembered where the Hyatt was and told him how to
get there. He thanked me and tried to give me something. I thought it was money. I said no at first, but he really wanted
me to have it, so I took it.
I found the record store and listened to a few records. D Masive had a new record that was number two in the top
twenty. I decided to buy it. I looked in my bag for my wallet and found a piece of paper the man gave me. It was a photo. I
was very surprised! He was a singer in D Masive!
Source : Achmad Doddy, Ahmad Sugeng, Effendi, Developing English Competencies for Senior High School (SMA/MA) Grade X, Jakarta, Pusat
Perbukuan Depdiknas, 2008.

Questions:
4.
What is the text about?
5.
What did the man give to the speaker?

Name

I.

:______________________

Grade/Semester: ________________

Choose A, B, C, D, or E for the correct answer.

A.

Listening Section

1.

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Hi, Heidy. How do you do?

Hi, Heidy. Im fine.
Hi, Heidy. Im O.K., thanks.
Hi, Heidy. How are you?
Is that you, Heidy?

2.

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Shes introducing herself to Sean.

Shes glad knowing Sean is back.
Shes introducing Sean to Jessy.
Shes inviting Jessy to drop in.
Shes asking Jessy and Sean to accompany
her.

3.

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Nice to see you.

Goodbye.
Hows life?
How do you do?
Glad to meet you here.

4.

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

D Masives singer.
Someone who asked for help.
Someone who lost his way.
The writer who met his/her favorite star.
Someone who gave the writer an invitation
letter.

5.

A.
C.
E.

A sum of money.
A photograph.
A CD.

B.
D.

A letter.
A name card.

very cold, and the temperature could go as minus 5 degrees

Celcius, but it never snows. That was the reason why we
liked going to Snow Mountains.
Our first trip to Snow Mountains was very exciting.
We went with a group of foreign students from different parts
of the world. We went by bus to Canberra, and then we went
up to the mountain. And believe me, you need to be an
expert driver because the road was rough and wet. We had
to go very slowly and cautiously.
Luckily, our driver was a real professional.
He did a great job taking us to the mountains, but I saw many
good cars sliding off the roads. The police were made busy
by those accidents, but the police seemed to have
anticipated the situations. They had all kinds of equipment to
help the poor cars.
When we reached the resort area, a nice warm meal
was waiting in a nice and warm dining room. It was a relief.
Then, we had to hire the Snow-Mountain gear like caps,
scarves, thick jackets and snow boots. We simply had to do
that or we would have been freezing to death. I felt really big
and fat in that outfit and I had to learn how to walk in snow.
The most exciting part was the toboggan ride.
Toboggan is basically a fiberglass board designed to slide
down the snowy slopes.
So I climbed up the hill, and then I sat down on the toboggan.
I held on to ropes used to steer and slid down the hill. It
turned out that my steering ropes werent tied on correctly, so
I could not control my toboggan properly. I slid down really
fast without being able to control where I was going. So I
ended up plugging into a freezing cold creek!
6.

This is the end of the listening section.

B.

Reading Section

This text is for questions 6 to 8.

A Trip to Snow Mountains
When my family was living in Sydney, we used to
go to a place called Snow Mountains because Sydney
never has snow in winter. Well, the weather can get very,

Why was an expert driver needed to drive to Snow

Mountains? Because ________.
A. the roads were snowy
B. the roads were slippery
C. it was a comfortable trip
D. there were a lot of accidents there
E. it was the trip to the snowy mountains
(Ujian Nasional 2008/2009)

7. We had to go very slowly and cautiously. (P. 2)

2

The synonym of the underlined word is ________.

A. dangerously
B. clumsil
C. carefully
D. anxiously
E. patiently
(Ujian Nasional 2008/2009)

8.

Why did the writer love to go to the snow

mountains?
A. He was living in Sydney.
B. Sydney never has snow in winter.
C. The weather is very cold.
D. The temperature could go as minus 5 degrees.
E. The way to the mountains was very challenging.
(Ujian Nasional 2008/2009)

This text is for questions 9 and 10.

Thursday, August 26, 2010.
1 p.m. I was unfortunate today. I had waited for the bus
for more than half an hour, but not even one appeared.
Suddenly, it rained hard. I had to run to find a place to
shelter. Unluckily, I slipped and fell down. My shirt, shoes
and the school bag were dirty. People who saw it
laughed at me. I was very ashamed.
9.

The writer tells us about ________.

E. a boring day
C. her bad feeling
A. her daily routine
B. her fortunate day
D. a bad day when the writer went home

10. I was unfortunate today. The opposite

meaning of the underlined word is ________.
A. unhappy
B. angry
C. lucky
D. shame
E. bad luck
For questions 11 to 14, choose the correct words to
complete the following text.
Yesterday Boyke (11) ________ with his friends
in the veranda when two men (12) ________ the gate.
They asked where Boykes father was. Boyke
(13) ________, My father is in the backyard. Let me tell
him that you are here. Any way, may I know your name,
please? Those two men said nothing and
(14) ________ Boykes house.
11. A. play
C.
playing
E.

B. played
is playing D.

12. A.

B.

opens

was playing

C.
E.
13. A.
C.
E.

opening
were opening

D. will open

reply
replied
was replying

B. is replying
D. were replying

14. A.
C.
E.

left B.
leave
leave

is leaving
D.
were leaving

This text is for questions 15 and 16.

Good morning, audience. May I have your attention, please?
This time we will draw the lottery prize.
We will announce twenty winners of the door prizes.
So please get your number.
Please go to the stage when your names are mentioned.
Lets get started.
15. What is the text about?
A. Lottery prize winners.
B. A dance performer on the stage.
C. Someone who wins a lottery prize.
D. The winners of a dance competition.
E. An announcement about lottery prizes.
16. What should someone do when he/she gets the prize?
A. Go to the stage.
B. Prepared his/her number.
C. Show his/her number to the announcer.
D. Buy any articles with certain amount of money in the
store.
E. Get certain number from the announcer.
For questions 17 and 18, choose the correct words to
complete the paragraph.
Hi. Im Alivia Hardiman. Please call me Via. Im
a new neighbor of yours. I moved here last week, (17)
________ August 22. I have known some of you (18)
________ I was a kid. May I join you?
17. A.
C.
E.

at
on
since

B. in
D. for

18. A.
C.
E.

at
on
since

B. in
D. for

This text is for questions 19 and 20.

were

Last month my family and I went to Toraja to attend

Grandpas funeral. It was my first time to go to such a
ceremony. We gathered there with our kin in the ceremony.

opened
3

Overall, the ceremony was quite elaborate. It

took about a week. Several days before the ceremony
was done, grandpas body was kept in a series of houses
arranged in a circular row around an open field called
tongkonan. His corpse was dressed in fine clothes.
The funeral was performed in two phases. First,
we slaughtered the pigs and buffaloes, and then moved
the corpse to face north. In this ceremony we wore black
clothes. After that, the corpse was placed in a sandal
wood coffin. Then, it was brought out of the house and
placed on an open platform beneath the granary.
Meanwhile, my uncle, my brother, and
I prepared the wooden puppet and a funeral tower called
lakian. The next phase of the ceremony was held in this
place. The coffin was borne from the house and placed
in the lakian. During the day, there were also buffalo
matches. They were great matches. On the night, we
were feasting, chanting, and dancing. On the last day,
the grandpas coffin were lowered from the funeral tower
and brought up to the mountain side family graveyard. It
was followed by great shouting and excitement from the
relatives and the guests. Finally, we installed the wooden
puppet
on a high balcony where other puppets representing the
members of a whole family were already there.
The funeral ceremonies made my family and me
tired. However, we were grateful because it ran smoothly.

Kunci Jawaban
I.

Pilihan Ganda

A.

Listening Section

1.

20. What is the text about?

A. The writers trip in Toraja.
B. The writers holiday experience.
C. The writers opinion on a traditional ceremony in
Toraja.
D. The writers experience attending his grandpas
funeral in Toraja.
E. The writers experience attending his relatives
wedding ceremony in Toraja.
II.

Pada saat bertemu Heidy, Widi mengucapkan

Hi, Heidy. How are you? yang artinya Hi, Heidy. Apa
kabar?. Pilihan jawaban (A) diucapkan pada saat
pertama kali berkenalan, (B) dan (C) diucapkan pada saat
ditanya keadaan, dan (E) diucapkan untuk meminta
klarifikasi.
2.

C.
Kate mengucapkan, Sean, please meet Jessy.
Jes, this is Sean, my old friend. yang artinya Sean,
kenalkan ini Jessy. Jes, ini Sean, teman lamaku.. Ucapan
itu digunakan untuk memperkenalkan seseorang dengan
orang lain. Jadi, Kate mengucapkan itu untuk
memperkenalkan Sean kepada Jessy (introducing Sean
to Jessy).

3.

B.
Pada saat pergi, Winda mengucapkan
Goodbye.. Respons Gina yang sesuai dengan ucapan
Winda adalah Goodbye. (pilihan jawaban B). Pilihan
jawaban yang lain bukanlah hal yang diucapkan anak
perempuan itu.

4.

D.
Gagasan utama teks tersebut terletak pada
kalimat A man stopped me and asked me the way to the
Hyatt Hotel. dan kalimat
He was a singer in D Masive!. Jadi, bacaan itu tentang
penulis yang bertemu dengan bintang idolanya, penyanyi
D Masive.

5.

C.
Jawaban ini sesuai dengan kalimat I looked in
my bag for my wallet and found a piece of paper the man
gave me. It was a photo. yang artinya Saya mencari
dompet saya di dalam tas dan menemukan secarik kertas
yang diberikan oleh laki-laki tadi. Itu adalah sebuah foto..
Jadi, pembicara itu menerima sebuah foto dari laki-laki itu.

B.

Reading Section

Source: Jaka Priyana, Arnys Rahayu Irjayanti, Virga Renitasari,

Interlanguage: English for Senior High School Students X, Pusat
Perbukuan Depdiknas, 2008.

19. It took about a week. (Paragraph 2)

The underlined word refers to ________.
A. the funeral ceremony
B. the trip
C. the grandpas coffin
D. Toraja
E. the tongkonan

D.

6.

Write your memorable experience.

4

B.
Jawaban disimpulkan dari kalimat keempat
paragraf tiga And believe me, you need to be an expert
driver because the road was rough and wet. yang artinya
Dan percayalah, Anda perlu menjadi seorang supir yang
cakap karena jalannya buruk dan licin.. Pilihan jawaban
yang lain salah. Pilihan jawaban (A) artinya jalannya

bersalju, (C) artinya itu adalah perjalanan yang

nyaman, (D) artinya ada banyak kecelakaan terjadi di
sana, dan (E) artinya itu adalah perjalanan ke gunung
bersalju.
7.

8.

9.

lottery prize. We will announce twenty winners of the door

prizes. yang artinya Saat ini kami akan mengundi hadiah.
Kami akan mengumumkan dua puluh pemenang undian ini..
16.

C.
Kata cautiously artinya berhati-hati. Kata ini
artinya sama dengan carefully. Pilihan jawaban yang
lain salah. Pilihan jawaban (A) artinya dengan
17
berbahaya, (B) artinya dengan kikuk, (D) artinya
dengan perasaan was-was, dan (E) artinya dengan
18.
sabar.
B.

Jawaban disimpulkan dari kalimat When my

family was living in Sydney, we used to go to a place called
Snow Mountains because Sydney never has snow in winter.
yang artinya Ketika keluarga saya tinggal di Sydney, kami
biasa pergi ke tempat yang disebut Snow Mountains karena
Sydney tidak pernah bersalju saat musim dingin.. Pilihan
jawaban yang lain salah karena bukan merupakan alasan
penulis suka mengunjungi tempat itu. Pilihan jawaban
(A) artinya dia tinggal di Sydney, (C) artinya cuaca di sana
sangat dingin, (D) artinya suhu di sana bisa sampai minus 5
derajat, dan (E) artinya jalan ke gunung itu menantang.

Baju, sepatu dan tas sekolahnya kotor. Orang-orang yang ada

di situ justru menertawakannya. Jadi, teks itu tentang hari

yang buruk ketika penulis pulang

(a bad day when the writer went home).
10.

C.
Kata unfortunate artinya sial atau tidak
beruntung. Lawan katanya adalah lucky yang artinya
beruntung. Pilihan jawaban
(A) artinya tidak senang, (B) artinya marah, (D) artinya
rasa malu, dan
(E) artinya sial.

11.

E.
Kalimat pertama teks tersebut menjelaskan
bahwa ada dua kegiatan yang dilakukan bersamaan.
Kegiatan pertama adalah Boyke bermain dengan
teman-temannya, yang kemudian disusul oleh kegiatan
kedua, dua laki-laki membuka pintu gerbang. Pilihan
jawaban (E) benar karena kegiatan pertama yang
dilakukan lebih dulu dan memakan waktu lebih lama
daripada kegiatan kedua menggunakan bentuk the past
continuous tense .

12.

B.
Soal nomor 11 merupakan kegiatan kedua.
Pilihan jawaban (B) benar karena kegiatan kedua
dilakukan dalam waktu lebih singkat sehingga
menggunakan bentuk the simple past tense.

13.

C.
Pilihan jawaban (C) benar karena peristiwa
itu terjadi pada masa lampau sehingga digunakan
bentuk the simple past tense.

14.

A.
Pilihan jawaban (A) benar karena peristiwa
itu terjadi pada masa lampau sehingga digunakan
bentuk the simple past tense.

15.

E.
Jawaban ini sesuai dengan baris kedua dan
ketiga pengumuman tersebut This time we will draw the

C.
Kata depan (preposition) penunjuk waktu yang
tepat yang diikuti oleh bulan dan tanggal adalah on.
E.
Kalimat soal artinya Saya sudah mengenal
beberapa dari kalian . . . saya masih kanak-kanak.. Kata
depan yang tepat untuk melengkapi kalimat ini adalah since
yang artinya sejak.

19.

A.
Kata it merupakan kata ganti benda dari kata
benda yang telah disebutkan pada kalimat sebelumnya.
Kalimat sebelumnya adalah Overall, the ceremony was
quite elaborate.. Jadi, kata it tersebut mengacu pada the
ceremony (the funeral ceremony).

20.

D.
Pilihan jawaban ini benar sesuai dengan kalimat
pertama Last month my family and
I went to Toraja to attend Grandpas
funeral..

D.

Teks itu menjelaskan peristiwa yang dialami

penulis, yaitu ketika dia jatuh karena terburu-buru berteduh.

A.
Jawaban ini sesuai dengan kalimat Please go to
the stage when your names are mentioned. yang artinya
Silakan datang ke panggung ketika nama Anda dipanggil..

II.

Esai

Contoh jawaban:
When I was a kid, I liked swimming very much. Each year my two
brothers and I spent the holiday with our uncle and aunt in their house by the
sea. It was only twenty yards from the water. The water was warm, the sun
shone brightly, and most days there were no waves. In the middle of the day
a wind always began to blow, but it was not strong and did not make the sea
rough.
One day, we put on our swimming-shorts before breakfast. Then,
we ran down to the sea across the sand and jumped in. We were in the sea
or on the beach until late at night. When our aunt rang a bell, we went back
to the house for food, but we ate it in our swimming-shorts and soon went
back in the sea again. We were all very good swimmers. We dived through
the waves or rode towards the beach on top of them until we were tired and
hungry.
Source: Jaka Priyana, Arnys Rahayu Irjayanti, Virga Renitasari, Interlanguage: English
for Senior High School Students X, Jakarta, Pusat Perbukuan Depdiknas, 2008.