DINAS PENDIDIKAN DAN KEBUDAYAAN

KABUPATEN TANAH LAUT

SOAL UJIAN SEMESTER GANJIL KELAS XII IPA
DAN IPS
MATA PELAJARAN BAHASA INGGRIS
SMA NEGERI 1 PANYIPATAN
TAHUN PELAJARAN 2012 2013

LISTENING SECTION
In this section of the test, you will have
the chance to show how well you
understand spoken English. There are two
parts to this section, with special direction
for each part.
Part 1 Question 1 to 5
Directions: In this part of test, you will
hear some dialogues or questions spoken
in English. The dialogue or question will be
spoken two times. They will not be printed
in your test book, so you must listen
carefully to understand what the speakers
say.

3
.

After you hear a dialogue and question

about it, read the five possible answers
and decide which one would be the best
answer to the question you have heard.
Now listen to a sample question:
You will hear
:
Man
: Well, Im very glad to have you
with
me. By the way, my names
James
Bond. How do you do?
Woman : How do you do? Im Barbara.
You will also hear:
Narrator : What do we learn from the
dialogue?
You will read in your test book:
Sample answer:
A. The man has never met Barbara
before
B. The man never knows James Bond
C. Barbara has met the man before
D. Barbara met James Bond yesterday
E. Barbara meets James Bond every
day
The best answer to the question is The
man has never met Barbara before.
Therefore, you should choose answer ( A )
1
.

A
.
B
.
C
.
D
.
E
.

She suggested the man to go

swimming
She received the mans suggestion
Swimming is the mans hobby
They dont have any good idea
They are not going anywhere

4
.

5
.

A
.

The man gives the woman a cold

drink

The woman gives the man a cold

drink
The woman wants a cold drink

A
.
B
.
C
.
D
.
E
.

He didnt have an alarm clock

A
.
B
.
C
.
D
.
E
.

She joined the camping

A
.
B
.
C
.
D
.
E
.

Rp 100.000,00

The woman owns the caf

They feel very cold

He overslept and missed the bus

He couldnt sleep well
He slept late at night
He set the alarm clock

She went to the camping

She didnt join the camping
She
didnt
know
about
camping
She didnt like the man

the

Rp 150.000,00
Rp 200.000,00
Rp 300.000,00
Rp 500.000,00

Part 2 Question 6 to 10
Directions: In this part of the test, you will
hear
several
monologues.
Each
monologue will be spoken two times. They
will not be printed in your test book, so
you must listen carefully to understand
what the speakers say.
After you hear a monologue and the
questions about it, read the five possible
answers and decide which one would be
the best answer to the questions you have
heard. Now, lets begin part 2
6.

2
.

B
.
C
.
D
.
E
.

A.
B.
C.

The man never watches TV

The man loves watching Office Boy
The man gives his point of view on
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D.
E.

The man prefers Office Boy to news

Taken
program
from 366 and More Fairy Tales,
The man thinks that the news program is depressing
1990

7.

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Informative
Enjoyable
Boring
Funny
Entertaining

8.

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

11. What is the text about?

A. A young princess and her bonnet
B. A young princess in a cool spring of
water
C. A young princess with a golden ball in
her hand
D. The frog prince
E. A young man

Lukito
The earthquake
Gunung Sitoli in Nias Island
The Meteorology and Geophysies
12. Agency
What type of text is used by the
West Sumatra Province
writer?
A. Narrative.
9.
A.
In Gunung Sitoli, Nias Island B. Argumentative
B.
In North Sumatra
C. Descriptive.
C.
In west Sumatra
D. Hortatory exposition
D.
Under the Indian Ocean
E. Explanation
E.
Under Gunung Sitoli
13. The communicative purpose of this
10.
A.
Insurance
text is
B.
A managing direction
A. To describe a young princess with a
C.
A sales manager
golden ball
D.
A new company car
B. To amuse or to entertain the readers
E.
Shoes manufacturer
C. To tell about our opinion about a young
princess and her bonnet
D. To persuade the readers to do
something
E. To explain a young princess with a
READING SECTION
golden ball
Questions 11 to 14
The Frog Prince
14. Paragraph 1
One fine evening a young princess put on
A. Tells an orientation
her bonnet and clogs, and went out take a
B. Poses a thesis
walk by herself in a wood; and when she
C. Shows an abstract
came to a cool spring of water with a rose
D. Gives a general classification
in the middle of it, she sat herself down to
E. Gives a good describe
rest a while. Now she had a golden ball in
her hand, which was her favorite
plaything; and she was always tossing it
up into the air, and catching it again as it
fell.
Questions 15 to 19
After a time she threw it up so high that
THE CALIPH AND THE CLOWN
she missed catching it as it fell; and the
The caliph of Baghdad hired an intelligent
ball bounded away, and rolled along on
and high spirited man as his court jester,
the ground, until at last it fell down into
and was much amused by his clever, witty
the spring. The princess looked into the
comments. The clown was so well loved
spring after her ball, but it was very deep,
by his master that everyone at court
so deep that she could not see the bottom
showed him great respect. And so the
of it. She began to cry, and said, Alas! If I
caliph was much surprised one day when
could only get my ball again, I would give
he heard his beloved clown crying out in
all my fine clothes and jewels, and
distress from the throne room. The caliph
everything that I have in the world.
hurried there and was astonished to find
Whilst she was speaking, a frog put its
the guards beating the clown badly.
head out of the water, and said, Princess,
''Leave him alone at once!'' he orded.
why do you weep so bitterly? Alas! said
''Why are you beating him?''
she, What can you do for me, you nasty
''We found him sitting on your throne, O
frog? My golden ball has fallen into the
majesty!''
spring. The frog said, I do not want your
the captain of the guards explained.
pearls, and jewels, and ne clothes; but if
''out of my sight!'' commanded the caliph.
you will love me, and let me live with you
''For sure the jester did not do it with the
and eat from your golden plate, and sleep
intention of offending me.''
on your bed, I will bring you your ball
The clown, however, continued to weep
again.
and wail even after the guards had left.
''Stop it! said the irritated caliph.
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''you're still in one piece, aren't you?''

'' i'm not crying for myself, my lord, i weep
for you,'' the clown explained.
''For me?'' exclaimed the caliph in
surprise.
''Certainly! if i get beaten so badly for
having been only a few minutes on the
throne, how many beatings must you have
suffered in all the years that you have
been there?''
15. Who are the main characters of the
story?
A. The caliph and the guards
B. The guards
C. The clown and the guards
D. The caliph and the clown
E. The caliph and the empress
16. What was amusing for the caliph?
A. The clowns attraction
B. The clowns cleaver and witty
comments
C. The clowns attitude
D. The clowns humor
E. The clowns sharp criticize
17. Why did the guards beat the clown?
A. Because he sat on the kings throne
B. Because he insulted the king
C. Because he beaten the guards
D. Because he wanted to escape
E. Because he tried to kill the king
18.What did the clown do after guards
left?
A. Setting on the throne
B. Asking the king to punish the guards
C. Leaving the king
D. Crying
E. Dancing
19. What did the clown say to the king?
A. That he was so angry with the guards
B. That he didnt mean to sit on the throne
C. That he wondered how many beatings
should be
received by the king
D. That the caliph was so wise
E. That the caliph should expel the guards
Questions 20 to 24
ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES
Ali Baba was such a poor man that he had
only had one shoe for his two feet. Even
the mice in his house were hungry. One
day, his wife said, "We have no food in the
house. No rice. No potatoes. Go and
collect leaves in the forest so that I can
make a soup." Ali was a lazy man. He
looked for leaves for about ten minutes
and then he climbed a tree to sleep. He
was afraid of wolves. When he woke up,
he was surprised to see forty thieves on
forty horses. They stopped in front of a big
rock.

"Open Sesame!" shouted the leader.

A door on the rock opened. The thieves
carried sacks full of gold into the cave.
When they had finished, the leader
shouted.
"Close Sesame!" and the door closed. As
soon as the thieves had disappeared Ali
Baba jumped down from the tree, said,
"Open Sesame" and went into the cave.
There were shelves all around the
walls. The shelves were full of sacks. And
the sacks were full of gold. Ali took a sack
home with him.
Unfortunately, one of the thieves saw Ali's
footprints on the sand. He followed them
to Ali's home. He took out his knife and
made a cross on the door.
"Now I shall know which house it is," he
said.
He rode off to get the other thieves. But
Ali had seen the thief. He and his wife took
brooms and swept away the footprints.
Then he made crosses on every door at
the street. When the forty thieves arrived
they had their knives between their teeth.
But they couldn't find either Ali or the
gold. And Ali and his wife lived happily
ever after.
20. Who is the main character of the text?
A. Ali Baba
B. Forty thieves
C. Ali Baba and forty thieves
D. Ali Babas wife
E. Ali Babas wife and forty thieves
21. Why did Ali Baba sleep on the tree?
A. Because he wanted to see the thieves
B. Because he was a lazy man
C. Because he was tired
D. Because he wanted to wake up early
E. Because he was afraid of wolves
22. The type of the text is
A. Explanation
B. Descriptive
C. Discussion
D. Hortatory Exposition
E. Narrative
23. The purpose of the text is
A. to describe persons and characters
B. to tell a sequence of events
C. to entertain the readers
D. to persuade the readers to have many
friends
E. to teach the readers how to make
friends
24. Generic structure of the text is ...
A. Orientation, events, reorientation.
B. General identification, description
C. Orientation, complication, resolution.
D.
General
statement,
explanation,
Conclusion
(optional)
E. Thesis, arguments, reiteration
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Questions 25 to 29
THE LEGEND OF BANYUWANGI
Once upon a time, there was a king
named King Sulahkromo. The king had a
prime Minister named Raden Sidopekso.
The prime minister had a wife named Sri
Tanjung. She was so beautiful, so that the
king wanted her to be his wife.
One day, the king sent his Prime Minister
to a long mission. While the Prime Minister
was away, the king tried to get Sri
Tanjung. However he failed. He was very
angry.
Thus, when Sidopekso went back, the king
told him that his wife was unfaithful to
him.
The Prime Minister was very angry with
his wife. Sri Tanjung said that it was not
true. However, Sidopekso said that he
would kill her. He brought her to the river
bank. Before he kill her and threw her into
the river, she said that her innocence
would be proven.
After Sidopekso killed her, he threw her
dead
body
into
the
dirty
river.
Immediately the river became clean and
began to spread a wonderful fragrance.
Sidopekso said, Banyu ... Wangi ...
Banyuwangi. This means fragrant water
. Banyuwangi was born from the proof of
noble and sacred love.
25. What does the first paragraph tell us
about?
A. The Characteristics of Sulahkromo
B. The Condition of Banyuwangi
C. The incident of Sri Tanjungs execution
D. The characters and sittings of the story
E. The life of Sri Tantung
26. How was the characteristic of the
king?
A. Evil
D. Stupid
B. Stingy
E. Loyal
C. Nice
27. What is the moral lesson of the story?
A. Innocence and loyalty will be revealed
no matter
how we deny it
B. The good will defeat the evil
C. Honesty is the best policy
D. We should be loyal to our spouse
E. The strong rules the weak
28. From the text we know that
A. Sidopekso was a nice person
B. Sidopekso disbelieved on his wifes
loyalty
C. Sri Tanjung had supernatural power
D. Sulahkromo is a good king
E. Sri Tanjung couldnt prove he innocence

The greenhouse effect is a warming

of the air around us. It gets its name from
the greenhouses that people use to grow
plants. These greenhouses let in heat from
sunlight and trap it inside. Earths
atmospherethe layer of air that surrounds
our planetalso traps heat.
Greenhouse
effect
is
raised
temperature at a planets surface as result
of heat energy being trapped by gases in
the atmosphere. Certain gases cause the
atmosphere to act like the glass in a
greenhouse. As a result, the temperature
of a planets surface may be higher than it
otherwise would beon Earth about 33 C
(59F) higher. The main gases that
produce the greenhouse effect on Earth
are water vapour and carbon dioxide.
Scientists
suspect
that
increased
discharge of carbon dioxide from human
activity (notably motor transport and
industry) is contributing to global warming
29. What is the purpose of the text
above?
A. To explain the process of greenhouse
effect
B. To describe the danger of greenhouse
effect
C. To define greenhouse effect
D. To report greenhouse effect
E. To explain the cause of greenhouse
effect
30. What is the type of the text above?
A. Explanation
B. Descriptive
C. Discussion
D. Hortatory Exposition
E. Narrative
31. What is the general structure of the
text above?
A. Orientation, events, reorientation.
B. General identification, description
C. Orientation, complication, resolution.
D.
General
statement,
explanation,
Conclusion
(optional)
E. Thesis, arguments, reiteration
32. What is the earth atmosphere?
A. Earths greenhouse
B. Earth core layer
C. The layer of air that surround our planet
D. Earths shield
E. Earth surface layer
33. What causes the temperature in the
planets
Surface raised?
A. Gases
D. Greenhouse
B. Sunligth
E.
Trapped
heat
energy
C. Atmosphere

Questions 29 to 35
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34. What are the gases which produce

greenhouse
effect?
A. Oxygen
B. Carbon dioxide
C. Nitrogen
D. Carbon dioxide and oxygen
E. Water vapor and carbon dioxide
35. notably motor transport and
industry.
The underline word has the closest
meaning to.
A. Particulary
D. Basically
B. Significantly
E. Principally
C. Terribly
Questions 36 to 40
Attention
All students must join the class meeting
from
15th
December
to
21st
Desember2008
P
rincipal
Aisyah
36. What kind of the text is it ?
A. A letter
D. A postcard
B. A label
E. An announcement
C. A mail
37. What is the text about ?
A. The class meeting in a school.
B. The winner of the class meeting.
C. An invitation to join a class meeting.
D. The plan of having a class meeting.
E. The plan of graduate party
To : All students and teachers

Come and visit our new librabry. Lots of

new books (brand new novels and nonfiction books) are available. You can also
enjoy our newest DVDs collection.
Head of library
38. What are the things offered in the new
library ?
A. Books and DVDs.
B. Old and new books.
C. New books and novels.
D. New DVDs and non-fiction books.
E. A vacancy
39. Why does the writer make the
announcement ?
A. To resume a new novel.
B. To invite the reader to visit the library.
C. To let the reader know about the head
of library.
D. To help the reader know where to find
the
DVDs.
E. To stop the reader invitation
Announcement
English Conversation Club (SCC) is
opening registration for new members join
us and improve your English! Every
Thursday from 16.00 to 17.00 at the
school hall.
For registration, please contact Wayan (XII
IPA) or Anissa (XII IPS B)
40. When do the members have meeting?
A. In the morning.
B. On Thursday afternoon.
C. On Thursday morning.
D. In the afternoon at three oclock.
E. After breakfast

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