TRY OUT SPENDA - 4 D. She bought them from a fair.
5. Reyna tells Jenna mainly about
The following text is for question 1.
FRAGILE MATERIALS
PLEASE DO NOT DROP
1. Where can we see this warning?
A. On a box.
B. In a room.
C. On a table.
D. On a house roof.
The following text is for questions 2 and 3.
To: Tina
Congratulations! You have won the junior high
cooking competition. I know you are a talented girl.
The food you cooked was delicious. I know you will
become a good chef one day.
Lita
2. The food you cooked was delicious. The
underlined word can be replaced by
A. rough
B. spongy
C. tasty
D. delicate
3. Why does Lita congratulate Tina?
A. Tina has won a cooking competition.
B. Tina has sold the food she cooked.
C. Tina has written a book about cooking.
D. The food Tina cooked was delicious.
The following text is for questions 4 to 6.
From : reyna_cobback@gmail.co.id To :
jennatasarinah@yahoo.com
Dear Jenna,
Hows life? I hope you are well. Are you still
busy with your school work?
I have pets now. Guess what? They are
hamsters! I bought a couple from a fair in my town
last month.
They are so cute. Just like balls rolling when
they walk. I feed them every day. It is enjoyable to
see them eating. Since then, they have had six
babies. You know, I once read about a student who
made money by selling her hamsters. I think I can
do the same. My parents friends who visit our
house say that they like the hamsters.
Ive attached photographs of the hamsters. I
am sure youd like them. My camera is full, with
pictures of my hamsters. You must see my
hamsters one day.
Regards,
Reyna
4. How did Reyna get her hamsters?
A. She bought them from an animal market.
B. Someone gave them to her.
C. She found them on the street.
5. Reyna tells Jenna mainly about ....
A. her hamsters
B. how to take care of hamsters
C. her desire to buy hamsters
D. how to make money from hamsters
6. From the text, we can conclude that
A. Reyna will visit Jenna soon
B. Reyna will give one of her hamsters to Jenna
C. Reyna has made money from her hamsters
D. Reyna attaches photographs of the hamsters
The following text is for questions 7 and 8.
Dear Shinta,
Id like to inform you that Ive finally decided
to join the camping activity next week.
I hope we can be in the same tent. By the way,
you said that you have two backpacks. May I
borrow one, please? Thank you.
Arnita
7. Why does Arnita write the message?
A. To offer her backpack.
B. To borrow Shintas backpack.
C. To ask Shinta to bring her backpack.
D. To ask Shinta to accompany her to buy a
backpack.
8. Which of the following statements is NOTTRUE?
A. Shinta has two backpacks.
B. The camping activity will be next week.
C. Both Shinta and Arnita will join the camping
activity.
D. Arnita is sure that Shinta will be in the same
tent as her.
The following text is for questions 9 and 10.
Having trouble getting up early?
Use our alarm clocks.
There are three choices: chick clock,
duck clock and kitty clock
Besides showing the time, they can also function
as lamps when the electricity is off. So, what are
you waiting for? Order now via:
practicealarmclock@yahoo.com
20% discount for the first 10 buyers.
Pic. sources: http://www.etsy.com, www.123rf.com, www.giftus365.com
9. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To tell the readers how to use an alarm clock.
B. To advertise an alarm clock.
C. To describe an alarm clock.
D. To announce about an alarm clock.
10. What is another function of the clock?
A. As a lamp. C. As a calculator.
B. As a game. D. As a pencil case.
The following text is for questions 11 to 13. 14. What is the purpose of the text?
Attention all students, A. To describe a reunion party for ex-class VI year
There will be another bazaar at our school, next f 2010.
month. The bazaar is going to be held on Sunday, 9th B. To do fund-raising at a reunion party for ex-
June 2013 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. We will exhibit and sell class VI year 2010.
products made by us, for example, snacks, crafts and C. To invite ex-class VI year 2010 members to a
school magazine. All classes are invited to participate. reunion party.
So, start preparing yourselves now. One more thing, D. To ask for suggestions about a reunion party
each class will be marked. The class which can sell the for ex-class VI year 2010.
most products will be judged the winner. Please inform 15. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
of the products you are going to exhibit and sell, to the A. The people are from the same class in
OSIS staff members, before 25th May 2013. Thank you. elementary school.
11. What is the criterion of the class winner? B. The party will be held in the morning.
A. If the products displayed are good. C. The party will be held in a restaurant.
B. If the stand decoration is attractive enough. D. The party is free of charge.
C. If the class can sell the most products.
D. If the job distribution among stand keepers is The following schedule is for questions 16 and 17.
good. Blossoming English Course Test Schedule
12. How many hours will the bazaar be open a day? Monday Tuesday Thursday
8-9 a.m. Beginner A Intermediate B Intermediate A
A. Six hours. Listening Speaking Writing
9-10 a.m. Intermediate B Beginner B Advanced
B. Seven hours.
Listening Reading Writing
C. Eight hours. 10-11 a.m. Intermediate A Beginner B Writing Beginner A
Listening Reading
D. Nine hours. 11 am- Intermediate A Intermediate A Beginner A Writing
12 p.m. Speaking Reading
13. We will exhibit and sell products made by us, for 3-4 p.m. Advanced Advanced Intermediate B

example, snacks, crafts and school magazine. The Listening Speaking Reading
4-5 p.m. Beginner B Beginner A Intermediate B
antonym of exhibit is Listening Speaking Writing
5-6 p.m. Beginner B Advanced -
A. display Speaking Reading

B. buy 16. Which class does NOT have tests on Thursday?

C. conceal A. Beginner A.

D. sell B. Beginner B.

The following text is for questions 14 and 15. C. Intermediate A

D. Intermediate B.
For: Cindy
Dear ex-class VI Year 2010 friends of From the schedule we know that
Pandawa Elementary School,
We have not met for more than 5 years.
A. only one class has a listening test on Tuesday
There must have been changes, since we B. there are six classes which have tests on the
were last together.
Want to know about each others news? days
Lets join our elementary school reunion C. Beginner B has to do two tests in the morning
party on:
Date : Sunday, 9th June 2013 on Tuesday
Tinle : 10 a.m. D. Advanced class has to do two tests in the
Venue : Lezat Resto, Jalan Pahlawan 2
Cost : Rp20,000 morning and two tests in the afternoon
Dont miss the event! The following text is for questions 18 to 20.
Contact persons:
Maya(08122222999) Watching a Flower Drink
Anung (08777711111)
You will need: My uncle who lives in a village has a horse. The
Two tall glasses horse has a mane of long hair on its head and neck and
Craft knife a thick tufted fail. Its long legs, deep chest and
Food colouring powerful muscles allow it to run a long way at great

Carnations or similar cut flowers speed, without tiring. Its eyes are twice as large as a

Tape humans and even bigger than an elephants.

What to do: My cousin Jimmy often talks to the horse. At first

1. Ask an adult to help you slice the flower stem I thought it is silly. However, Jimmy said that horses are

carefully in half lengthways, with a craft intelligent animals and that they quickly begin to

knife.Take care to keep both halves neat and recognize voices and can learn to understand simple

even. Stop when you get to about halfway up words such as no, stop and go.

the stem. My uncle and Jimmy take turns feeding it with

2. Take a piece of tape and wrap it several times hay. My uncle said that hay is dry grass, so although

around the stem at the end of the cut. This will horses enjoy it, they have to be given plenty of fresh

prevent the stem splitting any farther. Lay the water to help them digest it easily.
Adapted from: Camilla de la Bedoyere, 100 Things You Should Know about
flowers gently to one side.
Horses and Ponnies, Essex, Miles Kelly Publishing, 2007.
3. Fill two matching tall glasses with cold water.
21. What does the text tell you about?
Add a few drops of food colouring to one of
A. The writers experience of riding horses.
the glasses. The colour does not matter, but
B. The horse the writer just bought.
preferably blue or red.
C. The writers uncles horse.
4. Carefully put each half of the stem in each
D. Horses in general.
glass. Place the glasses and flowers near a
22. .. so although horses enjoy it...(Paragraph 3). The
sunny window and leave to stand. Within a few
word it here refers to
hours, you might see traces of the food
A. hay
colouring appear in the flowers. After a day,
B. fresh water
the colouring should be very obvious. This
C. fresh grass
shows that the water has been drawn up by
D. a type of plant
the stem and into the flower.
23. What did the writer think as silly?
Adopted from: John Farndon, In Touch with Nature, Flowering Plants,
A. Jimmy never rides the horse.
Farmington Hills, The Gale Group, 2004.

18. What is the purpose of the text? B. Jimmy often talks to the horse.

A. To describe drinking flowers. C. The horses eyes are bigger than a humans.
B. To entertain the readers about drinking D. The horse is given a plenty of fresh water.
flowers.
C. To tell the readers how flowers drink step-by- The following text is for questions 24 to 26.
step. The Himalayas is a vast mountain range formed by
D. To relate an experience of seeing flowers drink.
19. Where should we wrap the tape? the crumplihg of the Earths surface as India moves
A. Near the flower. northwards arffcollides with Asia. They form an arch
B. On the glass surface.
C. At the end of the cut. 2,410 km (1,500 miles) long between India, Pakistan
D. At the bottom of the stem. and China, with Nepal perched among them. The
20. Where should we place the glasses and flowers?
A. Near a sunny window. highest mountains in the world are found in this
B. In a dark room. mountain chain. Of the individual peaks, the best
C. Under the window.
D. Behind the door. known are Everest and Kanchenjunga, as well as K2
The following text is for questions 21 to 23. and Nanga Parbat in the Karakoram range, a
northwestern extension of the Himalayas. The snow of D. It is not mentioned in the text.
29. What is paragraph 3 about?
the Himalayas is vital to people south of the range
A. The writer went to his uncles house.
because it feeds great rivers like the Ganges, Indus and
B. The gambyong dance caused traffic jam.
Brahmaputra.
Adopted from: Anonymous, Tell Me Where, London, Chancellor Press, 2009. C. The writer forgot to inform his aunt.
24. What is the factor that forms The Himalayas? D. The writer wanted to see the dance
A. India moves eastwards.
B. India moves westwards. performance.
C. India moves northwards. The following text is for questions 30 to 32.
D. India moves southwards.
25. ... because it feeds great rivers like the Ganges, Sir Isaac Newton was one of the greatest
Indus and Brahmaputra. (Last sentence). The scientists. His book The Mathematical Principles of
word it here refers to ....
A. the Himalayas Natural Philosophy is the most influential science
B. the snow of the Himalayas book ever written.
C. Karakoram range
D. the peaks of the Himalayas Newton was born on December 25, 1642 in
26. The Himalayas is a vast mountain range (First Woolsthorpe, Lincoln, England. As a boy, he often
sentence). The opposite of vast is
A. large made mechanical devices such as model windmills and
B. broad water clocks.
C. extensive
D. narrow With his theory of gravity, Newton discovered

The following text is for questions 27 to 29. how the Universe is held together. Newton said that

Last Sunday, I went to my uncles house. After the theory was inspired by seeing an apple fall from a

flying for about two hours, I arrived at the town and tree when he left Cambridge, to escape the plague.

hired a taxi to go to my uncles house. However, there Newton invented an entirely new branch of

were traffic jams everywhere. I complained a lot. mathematics called calculus. Besides, he also

Later, I realized that the cause of the traffic jams discovered that sunlight is a mixture of all colours.
Adopted from: John Farndon, 1000 Facts on Science and Technology, Essex,
was a gambyong dance performance on the main
Miles Kelly Publishing, 2001.
street. A thousand girls from various junior high
30. What did Newton discover with his theory of
schools in town did that. I couldnt help wanting to
gravity?
watch the performance, so I got out the taxi to watch
A. How sunlight works.
it.
B. What the Earth is made of.
All the girls danced beautifully. I was hypnotized
C. Earths of energy.
by their gracefulness. I forgot that I had to inform my
D. How the Universe is held together.
uncle about my arrival. Then, my mobile phone rang. It
31. Which of the following statements is NOTTRUE
was from my panicky aunt. She asked me whether I
about Newton?
had arrived in town. She also told me that she was
A. He invented calculus.
worried about me, because I was two hours past the
B. He invented windmills.
scheduled time. I felt guilty.
C. He had the theory of gravity,
27. How did the writer go to the town?
D. He discovered that sunlight is a mixture of all
A. By taxi. C. On foot.
colours.
B. By plane. D. By bus.
32. His book The Mathematical Principles of Natural
28. What did the writer feel about the dance
Philosophy is the most influential science book
performance?
ever written. (Paragraph 1). The synonym of
A. It was common.
influential is ....
B. He was attracted by it.
C. He complained about it. A. informative
 B. significant
C. universal
D. irrelevant
The following text is for questions 33 to 35.
A heron was on its way home carrying a fish it just
caught from a river. It decided to take a walk to the
other side of.the river before eating the fish. As it was
crossing the bridge over the river, it looked over the
rail to the river below. It was surprised to see another
heron just like itself staring back.
It was what the other heron was carrying that
interested it. Its mouth watered at the sight of an
enojrrious, fresh squirming fish. This other fish looked
so much tastier than its own that, without a thought, it
flew .town from the bridge into the water. It tried to
snatch the fish from the other heron, but it
disappeared. It dropped its own fish into the rushing
river. The fish, which was still alive, enjoyed its
freedom, then swam deeper into the river.
Adapted from: Sally Hewitt, S. Parker, P. Riley, P. Steele, J. Walker, Explore
and Learn Volume 2: Science and Technology, Nashville, The Southwestern
Company, 2003.
33. Why did the heron fly down to the river?
A. It saw another heron trying to snatch its fish.
B. It saw a bigger fish swimming in the river.
C. The fish it caught fell from its mouth.
D. It saw another heron carrying a fish.
34. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A. The fish was still alive.
B. The heron failed to eat the fish.
C. The fish was successful in tricking the heron.
D. The heron dropped its fish when it was on the
bridge.
35. What can we learn from the story?
A. We should not be greedy.
B. Freedom is everything.
C. We should not be stingy.
D. We should be honest.
The following text is for questions 36 to 38.
Once upon a time, a simple man named Wang
lived in a village during the early Han times. Only a
narrow, rough path led to this village, so merchants,
officials and travellers rarely visited. To sell his
charcoal, Wang knew he must become a traveller, and
maRelfie journey to the city.
Wang shouldered his long carrying pole. At each
end, swung wide bamboo baskets stacked high with
charcoal.
What present would you like me to bring you?
he asked his pretty young wife.
A comb! she cried. A beautiful comb like those
of the imperial court! The combs they used in the
country at that time were made of wood. A comb like
that! she cried, pointing to the crescent of the golden
moon.
After a long trip, Wang arrived safely at the city
gates. He sold his charcoal for a good price. He looked
around the city for his wifes present. However, he had
forgotten what his wife wanted! It was getting dark.
Suddenly, he noticed the moon. It was round, so very
round. She wanted something round, he thought. He
looked in shop after shop for something to make his
young wife happy.
Suddenly, he spotted the perfect gift. He wrapped
his purchase in a piece of cotton cloth and hurried off,
with only one bow to the shopkeeper. Wang had
bought a mirror. He did not even know what a mirror
was. He only knew that it was round.
Adapted from: http://china.mrdonn.org/wangthepeddler.html (4th May
2012)
36. What happened to Wang?
A. He forgot what gift his wife asked for.
B. He couldnt sell his charcoal.
C. He lost his money for the gift.
D. He forgot to buy his wife a gift.
37. Why did Wang buy a mirror for his wife?
A. His wife liked to see her reflection in the
mirror.
B. His money was just enough to buy a mirror.
C. He thought his wife wanted something round.
D. His wifes mirror had broken.
38. Where did Wang put the mirror?
A. In a piece of cloth.
B. In his shirt pocket.
C. Among his charcoal.
D. In his empty bamboo basket.
The following text is for questions 39 to 42. 45. ...
A walrus is a sea animal with thick fur. It lives A. happy
around coasts. B. tired
A single walrus tusk can measure up to one metre C. satisfied
long and weigh 5.4 kilogrammes. A walrus uses its long D. disappointed
tusks to help it clamber onto ice floes-its scientific
name, Odobenus, means tooth walker. For questions 46 to 48, choose the correct words to
Walruses swim by sweeping their huge rear complete the paragraph.
flippers from side to side, each one opening in turn like Do you know the worlds biggest and heaviest flower?
a 1-m wide fan. Yes, right. It is Rafflesia. In the forest near my house in
In the summer, basking walruses turn a deep pink Sumatra, I often see this flower. This flower . . . (46)
as their blood vessels dilate to radiate heat away from well there. It is a parasite, which means it ... (47) food
the body. from other plants. It has no leaves, stem, or proper
The walrus has approximately 300 whiskers on roots. It is a single flower more than one metre across
each side of its moustache^which are used to help it and weighing more than 7 kilogrammes. The Rafflesia
find food in murky waters. ... (48) just four days a year.
In water, a walrus turns a pale grey colour as Adapted from: John Fardon, In Touch with Nature, Flowering Plants,
Farmington Hills, The Gale Group, 2004.
blood leaves its skin to maintain the temperature of its
46. ...
body
A. has C. keeps
Core.
B. grows D. Stays
A walrus can eat 3000 clams a day.
Adopted from:
47. ...
- Duncan Brewer, 1000 Facts on Mammals, Essex, Miles Kelly Publishing, A. gives C. steals
2002. B. helps D. Looks for
- A.S. Hornby, Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, Oxford, Oxford
University Press, 2002. 48. ...
39. The text is mainly about A. bloom C. bloomed
A. walruses in general B. blooms D. Blooming
B. the description of a special walrus 49. Arrange the following jumbled words to form a
C. the habitat of a walrus meaningful sentence.
D. the walruses physical description Cruel the lady giant the released the prince
40. what is the function of a walruss whiskers? 1 2 3 4 5 6
A. To help it breathe From
B. To help it find food 7
C. To smell A. 6 5 3 4 1 7 2
D. As a protection for its face B. 6 5 2 4 1 3 7
41. Which paragraph states how a walrus turn pink? C. 6 5 2 4 1 7 3
A. Two C. Four D. 6 5 2 7 4 1 3
B. Three D. Five
42. when does a walrus turn pink? 50. Arrange the folllowing sentences to form a
A. After it eats clams meaningful paragraph.
B. When it swims in the water 1. He agreed to let me pay for the food the next
C. When it swims in the winter day.
D. When it swims in the summer 2. After eating, I would pay the cashier.
For questions 43 to 45, choose the correct words to 3. Luckily, the restaurant owner was kind.
complete the paragraph. 4. I then remembered that I had used the money
It was the first time I went to Jakarta. I went to the to buy books.
National Monument, which has become the landmark 5. I felt very hungry yesterday.
of Jakarta. We . . . (43) there at about 11 a.m. After 6. How embarrassingl There was no money in my
taking some photographs, with the monument as the wallet.
background, we decided to buy tickets to enter the 7. So, I went to a nearby restaurant.
monument. However, there were . . . (44) people 8. I ordered a bowl of noodles and a glass of hot
queuing to enter. We decided to queue again later. tea.
So, we visited hawkers selling souvenirs nearby. A. 5 7 6 4 3 2 1 8
Then we queued again for tickets. However, a person B. 5 7 8 1 3 4 2 6
announced that ticket selling had been closed. We C. 5 7 8 2 6 4 3 1
were ... (45). My father promised me to go there D. 5 7 8 4 2 1 3 6
another day, at an earlier time.
43. ...
A. arrive C. arrived
B. arrives D. have arrived
Do The Best To Be The Best
44. ...
A. a C. many
B. the D. much