PEMERINTAH KABUPATEN TANAH DATAR

DINAS PENDIDIKAN DAN TENAGA KERJA

MKKS SMA KABUPATEN TANAH DATAR
PANITIA ULANGAN UMUM BERSAMA SEMESTER GENAP TP. 2012/2013
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Rabu, 19 Juni 2013
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Listening Section
In this section of the test, you will have the
chance to show how well you understand
spoken English. There are three parts to this
section with special directions for each part.
Part I (Questions 1 to 5)
Direction :
In this part of the test, you will hear some
dialogues or questions spoken in English. The
dialogues or questions 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 dialogue and the 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
sample question.
You will hear
Man
: how about exercising
tomorrow . morning?
Woman : alright. Pick me up at six
You will also hear:
Narrator : what will the man do?
You will read in your test book
a. Do exercise at 6
b. Go with six women

c. Take exercise alone

d. Leave the woman alone
e. Come to the womans house
The best answer to the question is come to
the womans house therefore, you should
choose answer (e)
1.
A. congratulation
B. thank you
C. compliment
D. surprise
E. believe
2.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

about mans show

about womans show
about mans performance
about womans performance
about their performance

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

. express his apologize

express his gratitude
express his compliment
express his surprise
express his congratulation

3.

4.
A. the man
B. Jhon
C. the woman
D. the man and Jhon
E. the woman and Jhon
Part II
Questions: 5 to 7
Directions:
In this part of the test, you will hear some
dialogues and questions spoken in English,
followed by four responses, also spoken in
English. The dialogues and the responses 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. You have
to choose the best response to each question.
Now listen to the sample question:
You will hear :
Woman : Well, Im glad to meet you. By the
way my names Lucy . How do you do?
Man
: .
You will also hear:
A. How do you do? Im Rifki.
B. Fine thank you.
C. Let me introduce myself.
D. How do you know me?
The best response to the question How do
you do? is choice (a). How do you do? Im
Rifky. Therefore you should choose answer
(a).
5. Mark your answer on your answer sheet.
6. Mark your answer on your answer sheet.
7. Mark your answer on your answer sheet.
PART III
Questions number 8 to 11
Directions :
In this part of the test, you will hear some
dialogues or monologues spoken in English.
The dialogues or monologues will be spoken
twice. They will not be printed in your tets
book, so you must listen carefully to
understand what the speakers are saying. After
you listen to the dialogue or monologue, look
at the five pictures provided in your test book,
and decide which one would be the most
suitable with the dialogue or monologue.

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9.

8.
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10.

Part IV
Question number 12 to 15
Direction:
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 question about it,
read the five possible answers and decide
which one would be the best answer to the
question you have heard.
12.
A. To enjoy living forever.
B. To give poison to the people.
C. To meet the dragons people.
D. To live forever with the people there.
E. To show how living forever feels.
13.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

E
11.

14.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

A poison.
A passion.
A dragon.
A living.
A lesson.
The saddlebacked roof
The Minangkabau house
The divisions of a family house
The material used to build a house
The horns used in a Minangkabau
house

15.
A

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

To hide the abutmentsof the beams

To cover the floral motifs
To divide the rooms
To give the space beneath the floor
To build with wood and bamboo

This is the end of listening section.

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Text for questions 16-18

Announcement
A Class meeting will be coming
Soon
So, prepare yourselves from now on!
Some competitions have been
arranged for you who are keen in
sports, such as football, volleyball,
basketball and batminton. You can
also show your skill and talent is
speech and singing contest as well as
cooking and painting competitions.
Remember: all classes should
participate in each event
Many prizes are waiting for all
the winners.
For further information, please ask
your class captain to contact the

16. The announcement is mainly about?

A. Sports competition
B. A class meeting
C. Talent competition
D. Prizes for the competition
E. The competitions for students
17. Who can be contacted to get detail
information?
A. An OSIS chairman
B. A class captain
C. The committee
D. The judicators
E. The teachers
18. Some competition have been arranged
for you.... The synonym of the
underlined word is....
A. Hold
B. joined
C. Waited
D. waited
E. Participated
Text 2 : for questios number 19 22
The great wall of china (simplified Chinese:
traditional
Chinese.
Pinyin:
Wanli
Chanhcheng;Litterally10.000 Li long wall)
is as Chinese fortification built from 3 rd
century BC until the beginning of the 17 th
century, in order to protect the various
dynasties from raids by Mongol, Turkish, and
other nomadic tribes coming from areas in
modern-day Mongolia and Manchuria. Several
walls were built since the 3rd century BC, the
most famous being the great wall built
between 200 BC and 220 BC by the First
Emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi (this was located
much further north than the current Great Wall
of China built during the Ming Dynasty, and

little of it remains)
The Wall stretches over a formidable
6.352 km (3.948 miles),from Shanhai Pass on
the Bohai Sea in the east, at the limit between
China proper and Manchria, to Lop Nur in the
southeastern portion of Xinjiang Uygur
Aoutomous Region Along most of its arc, it
roughly delineates the border between North
China and inner Mongolia. The wall is
complemented by defensive fighting station,
to which wall defenders may retreat it
overwhelmed.
Each tower has unique and restricted
stairway and entries to confuse attackers.
Barracks and administrative centers are
located at larger intervals.
The materials used are those available
near the site of conduction. Near Beijing the
wall is constructed from quarried limestone
blocks. in other location it may be quarried
granite of fired brick. Where suck materials
are used, two finished walls are erected with
packed earth and rubble fill placed in between
with and egg whites.
In the extreme western desert
locations, where good materials are scarce, the
wall was constructed from dirt rammed
between rough wood tied together with woven
mats.
19. Whats the best title for the text?
A. China heritage
B. The great wall of China
C. The condition about Great wall of
China
D. The Description about the Great
Wall of China
E. The materials used to build Great
wall of China
20. How far is the wall streches over?
A. 6.352 km
B. 3940 miles
C. 200 km
B. 3.948 km
C. 200 miles
21. The reason of Chinese to built the great
wall of China is....
A. To join some Nomadic tribes
B. to protect the various Dinastys
from raids by Mongol
C. to show the world that china is
great strong country
D. in order to prevent war with other
tribes
E. to built a great strong dynasty

22. The most famous Great wall is the one

that..
A. built from 4 century BC
B. built before 200 century BC
C. built at 17 century BC
D. built after 200 century BC
E. built by the First Emperor

A. The three bears came and they got very

surprised
B. The three bear was very happy to find
her
C. She smelled the porridge in the
kitchens

Text 3 : for questios number 23 27

D. She dreams about her mother
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Once there were three bears that lived
in a house in the woods: a papa bear, a mama
bear, and a baby bear. One morning they
decided to take a walk before breakfast to let
their porridge cool.
A little girl named Goldilocks lived
with her mother nearby. Goldilocks took a
walk through the woods and found the bears
house. She smelled the porridge in the
kitchens and went inside. Goldilocks tasted the
porridge in each bowl and finally ate up the
porridge in the small bowl. Then she sat on a
big chair, but she didnt like it, because it was
hard. Afterwards she sat on the small chair,
and it was just right. But while she was sitting
on it she broke it. After eating the porridge,
Goldilocks felt full and sleepy, and then she
went upstairs. There she found a small bed.
She lay down on it and fell asleep.
While she was sleeping, the three bears
came home. When they went into the kitchen,
they got very surprised. Someone had tasted
their porridge, even eaten up baby bears
porridge, while they were taking a walk.
Moreover the poor baby bear was upset when
he found that his little chair broke into pieces.
When they went upstairs, they found out that
Goldilocks was sleeping. Baby bear cried out,
Someone has been sleeping in my bed and
here she is!
Goldilocks woke up when she saw the
three bears; she jumped out of bed and ran out
of the house to her home. Never again did she
make herself at home in anyone elses house.
23. What did Goldilocks find in the bears
house?
A. Her mother
B. Papa bear
C. Porridge
D. small bowl
E. Baby bear
24. What happened when Goldilocks was
sleeping?

E. She tasted the porridge

25. Who is the major character in that story?
A. Papa bear
B. Mama bear
C. Goldilocks mother
D. Baby Bear
E. Goldilocks
26. Once there were three bears that lived in
a house in the woods.... (P.1,L.1) the
underlined wor has the same meaning
with....
A. Sea
B. Land
C. Jungle
D. River
E. pouridge
27. Why were the three bears surprised?
A. Because they found Someone had
tasted their porridge.
B. Because they found a little girl was
sleeping in their house.
C. Because they found that their little
chair broke into pieces.
D. Because they were very tired after
working whole day.
E. Because they came home very late.
Text 4 : questions number 28 30
Bahrain slaughters Indonesia 10-0
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 03/01/2012
8:48 AM
Host Bahrain humiliated Indonesia in
the worst defeat in the latter soccer teams
history with a 10-0 wipe-out in a 2014 World
Cup qualifying match in Manama on
Wednesday.
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Indonesia started their dismal

performance with goalkeeper Samsidar being
handed a red card by the referee after fouling
Ismael Abdullatif in the penalty box in the
third minute. Ismael successfully converted
the penalty.
Indonesias coach Aji Santoso, who
recently took over from Rahmad Darmawan,
had to replace Samsidar with substitute goalie
Andi Muhammad Guntur and withdraw
midfielder Slamet Nurcahyo. Playing with
only 10 men, it was difficult for the
Indonesians to fend off the Bahraini offensive
and in the 15th minute Mohamed Tayeb
managed to score a second goal.
Dhiya scored the final goal in stoppage
time completing Bahrains no-consequence
10-0 victory as both teams were eliminated
from the race to Brazil in Group E.
28. What is the text about?
A. World Cup qualifying match
B. The goalkeeper Samsidar
C. Bahrain slaugters Indonesia
D. Dhiya scored the final goal
E. The scores 10-0
29. Host Bahrain humiliated Indonesia....
(Paragraph 1). The underlined word has
the similar meaning with.
A. defeat
B. ashamed
C. succeed
D. shy
E. failure
30. What information can be found in
paragraph 3?
A. The goalkeeper handed red card
B. The dissmal performance of Indonesia
C. The first penalty for Bahrain
D. Aji Santoso has to replace Samsidar
E. The success of Bahrain first goal
Text 5 : questions number 31 33
A cabbage belongs to vegetable. The
word cabbage derives from the French word
caboche, a colloquial term for "head": The
cabbage family is wide and varied such as Brussels
sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower and kale.
The cabbage itself comes in many
forms. The shapes can be flat, conical or round.
The heads are compact or loose. The leaves are
curly or plain.
In the United States, the most widely used
cabbage comes in compact heads of waxy, tightly
wrapped leaves that range in color from almost

white to green to red.

Savoy cabbage and Chinese cabbage are
considered culinary superior but are less readily
available.
The cabbage may be refrigerated and
tightly wrapped for a week. It can be cooked in
a variety of ways or eaten raw, as in salads. The
cabbage, a cruciferous vegetable, contains a good
amount of vitamin C and some vitamin A.
31. The Text is mainly talk about.....
A. Vegetables
B. cauliflower
C. Brussels sprouts
D. cabbage
E. broccoli
32. Which of the following statements is
NOT CORRECT?
A. The word cabbage in French means
"head"
B. There are many kinds of cabbages.
C. You can keep cabbages in the
refrigerator.
D. Cabbages contain vitamin A and C.
E. Cabbages must be well-cooked before
it is eaten.
33. What vitamins are contained in cabbage?
A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin C
C. Vitamin E
D. Vitamin A and C
E. Vitamin A and E
34. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
A. The flat of cabbage.
B. The form of cabbage
C. The leaves of cabbage
D. The used of cabbage
E. The vitamins contained in cabbage

Text 6 is for questions 35 37

Get free Barbeque Party!!!
During your meeting at Gold
Peak.
Meeting package includes:
Room based on twin share at
standard or superior
Meeting facilities standard
Complimentary LCD projector
Welcome drink
Breakfast, lunch, drink and 2
x coffee break
Surprise gift from Gold Peak
1 x complimentary barbeque
party
Gold Peak
Jl. Ahmad Yani No 99
Bukittinggi
Phone 07527577226
www.goldpeak.com1.
35. Where can you get free barbeque party?
A. At the meeting room
B. In Meeting package
C. At Gold Peak
D. When have free meeting in Gold
Peak
E. When stay at Gold Peak
36.

37.

What will you do to get free Barbeque

party?
A. Make a reservation in Gold Peak for
two days.
B. Buy breakfast and lunch in Gold
Peak
C. Get surprise gift from Gold Peak
D. Have a meeting in Gold Peak
E. Stay in Gold Peak all night.
Get free Barbeque Party!!!
The underlined sentence has the
opposite meaning with the barbeque
party is .
A. Free of charge
B. Without charge
C. No charge
D. At no cost
E. Costly

Text 8 : questions number 38 40

Pirate Ringleader Admits to Murder
JAMBI: A pirate leader admitted,
Wednesday, that his gang had been involved in
six robberies and killed two police officers.
Itham Guntur, 27, told police

investigators that the gang consister of six

people, all former members of ship crews.
Because we are all ex-crew members, we
know the major shipping lanes, such as Sunda
Strait and the East Jambi coast very well, he
said.
Itham identified the murdered officers
as Brigadier General Mulyadi from the South
Sumatra Police and Brigadier General
Kennedy from the Jakarta Police.
The pirates targeted cargo ships,
fishing boats and oil tankers.
38. According to text 1, which statement is
true?
A. The pirate ringleader had been
accused of murders.
B. The members of the pirate were
murderers.
C. The murders happened in Jambi last
Wednesday.
D. Two police officers had been
involved in six robberies.
E. Itham Guntur was one of two
police officers who was involved in
the robbery.
39.

The pronoun he in the second

paragraph refers to
A. Itham Guntur
B. Police officer
C. One of the ship crews
D. Ex-crew members
E. Brigadier General Mulyadi

40.

The communicative purpose of text 1 is

A. to tell readers what really happened

B. to explain sequences of events
C. to amuse the readers with
problematic events
D. to inform the readers about
newsworthy events
E. to describe the murderers in South
Sumatra

Text 9 : questions number 41 44

One day a fox was out walking when
suddenly he heard a loud snapping noise and
felt a sharp pain in his rear. Ooooow!!!!
howled the fox, tears coming to his eyes.
That hurts. Ooooow!!! The fox looked behind
him and saw his tail was caught in a trap. He
struggled and struggled to get free but his tail
was firmly stuck in the jaws of the trap. With
one last frantic effort the fox used all his
strength and broke free.
Ooooow!!!! howled the fox as he looked
behind him and saw his tail still stuck in the
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trap. All he had left was a little stump on his

backside.
My tail, my beautiful fluffy tail. What
will I do? he cried. How will I face all the
other foxes without my beautiful tail? It will
be so embarrassing. The fox thought and
thought and finally came up with a plan. He
called all the other foxes together for a
meeting.
When the other foxes saw the little stump
on his backside they began to laugh. I've cut
off my tail on purpose and I want you all to do
the same he yelled over the laughter.
A large tail is more trouble than it's
worth, he shouted. When we're being chased
by dogs it gets in the way, and when we get
together for a talk you never know what to do
with it. Do you wrap it around your feet, do
you sit on it, or do you leave it out for
someone to trip over? asked the fox.
So now is the time to free yourself from
your tail and join me in a tailless society.
41. Where was the foxs tail stuck?
A. In the way
D. In the jaws of
B. On his
trap
backside
E. In a tailless
C. On the trip
society
42. My tail, my beautiful fluffy tail. (P.3)
what is the antonym of the underlined
word?
A. ugly
D. interesting
B. pleasant
E. eye catching
C. wonderful

kerosene for households at Rp 700 per liter

and at Rp 2.200 per liter for industry.
Ahmad said many agents licensed to
sell, kerosene to household took advantage of
the price gap by selling most of their stock to
factories.
Many housewives, especially in greater
Jakarta, have complained that the price of
kerosene was too high for them and they had
to use firewood for cooking.
On February 22, police arrested two
agents for illegally selling and hoarding fuel.
On February 28, police arrested two other
people for hoarding 20 tons of kerosene. On
March 3, police detained a man only identified
as SH in Jaka Sampurna, Bekasi, with more
than 80 tons of kerosene, and another man in
Cilincing
44. How many people have been arrested for
hoarding and selling fuel on February?
A.
2
D. 7
B.
4
E. 8
C.
6
45. On March 3, police detained a man
only identified as SH in Jaka Sampurna,
.
The underlined word means .
A. Complained
B. Followed
C. Arrested
D. Shouted
E. Called
47.

43. The following statements are true based

on the story, EXCEPT.
A. The fox felt hurt when his tail was
caught in a trap
B. The fox was successful to free his tail
from the trap
C. The fox was not successful to free his
tail from the trap
D. The fox did not tell the truth to other
foxes
E. The fox was embarrassed without his
tail
Text 4 is for questions 25 27
At least seven people have been
arrested for hoarding and selling fuel at higher
prices than that set by the government.
City police natural resources crime unit
chief Adj. Sr.Comr. Ahmad Haydar said many
fuel agents who were supposed to sell
kerosene to household had chosen to sell the
product to factories for a higher profit.
The government has set the price of

1. It has excellent quality of agriculture

outputs and beautiful tourist spots and
more..
2. The bridge has made peoples mobility
from and to the two areas easier and
faster.
3. Madura Island is situated at the north
of Surabaya, the capital of East Java
Province.
4. One of the most famous attractions at
this island is bull-racing or Karapan
Sapi
5. Madura Island consisting of four
regencies has a lot of offer.
6. Between the island and Surabaya is
now connected by Suramadu Bridge
The best arrangement of the sentences above
is ....
A.

3-6-14-2-5

D. 3-6-4-2-1-5
E. 3-6-5-2-1-4
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B.

3-6-24-1-5

C.

3-6-25-1-4

Questions number 48 to 50 based on the

following cloze test.
One day, a fox saw a bird sitting on the
branch of the tree. In its mouth the bird had
some food . the fox wanted this food (48)... he
was very hungry.
You are a beautiful bird, the fox said,
but can you sing?
Of course I can sing, though the bird,
this is a very stupid fox. He opened his
mouth to sing and (49)... the food. The fox
caught the food and said, Yes, you can sing
and you are beautiful but you are not very
(50).... And the fox run away with the food.
48.
....
A. in order
B. because
C. so that
49.

50.

D. even
though
E. despite

....
A. dropped
B. threw
C. bounced

D. picked
E. shot

A. stupid
B. good
C. obidient

D. smart
E. diligent

....