GREETING Good morning. Welcome to St.

Raphael Vocational School and a warm welcome to the new students joining our school community. We are pleased that you have chosen our International Standard School. This is our third year of being an International Standard School with the character of fostering not only a challenging academic environment, but a safe and discipline school concept, where student's individual potential and talents are encouraged. Please review our Handbook to finds some useful information regarding our school procedures and policies. The staff of St. Raphael Vocational School looks forward to sharing another great year in partnership with you. We are happy to have you with us. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Where do you likely read this kind of text? What is the purpose of publishing this text? How long has this institution got the new status? What are the characteristics of this school? How do you get the information about the school regulations?

ANSWER 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The international standards school To promote St.Raphael Vocational School 3rd year International Standard School, Safe and discipline school From my brother

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INTRODUCING Good afternoon, fellows. May I introduce myself? My name is Rafael Romero. Just call me Rafa. I was born in Mexico, but my parents moved to the USA when I was young, so I'm an American. I speak both English and Spanish. I come to Indonesia to learn about the culture because I like dancing traditional dances. I dream to be a professional dancer one day. I live in Bantul, a small town southward Yogyakarta. I'm glad to know you all and hope that I can get help from you especially in speaking Indonesian. Thank you. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Who is introducing himself? Where was he born? Where do his parents live? Does he speak Spanish? What does he do in Indonesia? Is he a student or a teacher? Does he like dancing traditional or modern dances? What does he want to be? Where is Bantul located? What does he expect from his new friends?

ANSWER 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Rafael Romero Mexico United states Yes, he does To learn about culture Student He like Traditional dances Professional dancer Southward Yogyakarta Speaking Indonesian

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DISCOGRAPHY Pratama is a 26 year single man. He comes from Magelang, Central Java. He has just graduated from Law Department of a state university in Semarang. Now he works in a great insurance company in Jakarta. One of his hobbies is traveling. He has visited many regions in Indonesia, such as North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Ujung Kulon, Yogyakarta, Bali, Lombok, North Sulawesi, etc. He also likes watching football matches with a friend in a stadium in his free time. His great dream is visiting Mecca in Saudi Arabia to do the pilgrimage. He hopes that next year his dream will come true. Pratama loves pets. He has three cute cats at home. He loves them very much. He always keeps the cats well by giving them the best food. ther things that Pratama likes to do are getting up early in the morning and going to bed early at night. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Has Pratama got married? Where did he graduate from? Did he study law in Semarang or in Magelang? Where does he work now? Does he have one hobby or more than one hobby? When does he usually watch football matches? What does he really want to do next year? What pets does he have at home, dogs or cats? How does he keep his pets?

ANSWER 1. 2. 3. 4. No, he hasnt Law Departement of a state university in Semarang Semarang In insurance company in Jakarta

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He have more hobby In his free time To do pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia Cat Yes, he does

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LETTER Dear Anissa, Safira and I are having the best holiday in our life. We are in Yogyakarta, one of the loveliest cities in Indonesia. Although it is much smaller than Jakarta, there seems to be more to do in Yogyakarta. Moreover, the people here seem to be friendlier than that on the other place. We are staying in the most comfortable hotel I have ever stayed. Its small and cool, and many people think theyre its the best hotel in Yogyakarta. Its much more interesting than any other hotels, and its even smaller than losmen, but it has a very artistic swimming pool where we can go swimming a lot. Its really good, and I do wish you were here. Love, Fasya 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Who the writer name? Who the receiver name? Are the writer and receiver having the best holiday? What the writer and receiver loveliest cities? Where the writer and receiver stayed in Yogyakarta?

ANSWER 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Fasya Anissa Yes, they are Yogyakarta Hotel

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EXPERIENCE I was on a train the other day, traveling from Jakarta to Surabaya. I was sitting a half-full compartment, and wanted to read the last chapter of Agatha Christies The Orient Express. Suddenly, a woman came in and said. Excuse me. Is this seat taken?. No, I answered briefly. Usually I like to talk with people, but not this time. I wanted to finish reading the book and find out who the murderer was. Do you mind if I smoke? said the woman. At first I wanted to say, Well, I feel sick when people smoke. Can you find another seat?. But of course, I smiled a charming smile and said, Yes, certainly. I still have not finished that last chapter and still dont know who the murderer was. You see, I am unfortunately one of those people who find it difficult to say No to expressions like May I , Do you mind if I , or Is it alright if I . The trouble is that when I hear those magic words, I just dont have the courage to refuse. Well, what do you say to those difficult questions? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Was the writer having a trip by a public transportation? Did he talk much with the woman? Did he refuse permission to sit for the woman? Do you think the writer was friendly enough? Was Agatha Christie a train passenger or a book author? Did the writer like or hate smoking? Where did the writer want to go? What did the woman ask the second permission for?

ANSWER 1. Yes, he was 2. No, he didnt 3. No, he didnt 4. No, he didnt

5. Book author 6. Hate Smoking 7. Surabaya 8. Smoking

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Mr. Jasmanis family Mr. Jasmani is a factory worker and Mrs. Jasmani is a teacher. She teaches English in a vocational school in Semarang. They have been home, and at the moment they are relaxing with their family. Mr. Jasmani is sitting in a sofa, watching some news on TV. Mrs. Jasmani is beside her husband reading a woman magazine. Their son, Rifky, is drawing on the computer. Their daughter, Ayu, is in her bedroom. She is practicing a pop song with her piano. Their other daughter, Susi, is in the kitchen now. She is preparing her favourite instant noodle. Their other son, Rusbad, is in the bathroom. He is taking a bath. Their pet, Meong the cat, is in the yard running after a grasshopper, and Klinchy the rabbit is chewing carrots in its cage.

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What does Mr. Jasmani do? What is Mrs. Jasmans job? What TV program is Mr. Jasmani watching? Is Mrs. Jasmani reading a sport magazine? Is Rifky playing games on the computer? Where is Ayu practicing singing? What is Susi doing in the kitchen? Is Rusbad taking a bath or is he having dinner? Who is running after a grasshopper? Where is Klinchy?

ANSWER 1. Watching TV 2. Teacher 3. News 4. No, she is not 5. No, he is not 6. No, she is not

7. Preparing instant noodles 8. He is taking bath 9. Meong is the cat 10. In its cage

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SPORT Sport is very useful for our health. There are a lot of sports we can do. The popular sports in our country are badminton, football, boxing, volleyball, swimming, tennis, etc. Sometimes we need money to do sports, but sometimes we do not need money to do them. Not all people have enough money to spend for sports. There are some cheap sports such as jogging, running, and walking. All people can do jogging, running, or walking without spending money. These sports are very good for young and old people. Moreover people can do them everywhere and every time they like. If we do jogging, running, or walking regularly, we will be fresh and healthy all the time. There are some sports we can do in a team, such as football, volleyball, basketball, etc. While swimming, high jumping, long jumping are done individually. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Are sports necessary for our body? Why? Is jogging good for old people? Do sports always need money? Give examples of cheap sports. Give examples of expensive sports. When can we do jogging, running, or walking? Where can we do jogging, running, or walking? What sports are done in a team? What sports are done individually? What are the advantages of sports?

ANSWER 1. Yes. Useful for health 2. Yes, it is 3. No, are dont 4. Jogging, running and walking 5. Badminton, surfing and climbing 6. Every time

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Every where Football, volleyball, basket ETC Swimming, long jumping, high jumping ETC Useful for our health

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SIGN When I was a student of elementary school, I went to Malang for the first time. I went there with my family drivingmy fathers car. I wondered to saw many traffic ecausesigns alongthe trip. The first sign which I saw was that drivers must wear their seat belt. My father showed it to me while he was explaining the meaning of it. When passing a school zone, I found the second sign which meant a school crosswalk ahead. Then, the car was running slowly when I saw a sign of road work ahead. Some minutes later, I heard a bell, saw flashing lights ahead and a sign of railway crossing beside the road. Later, I saw a train pass. When we passed a countryside, the road was hilly. There, I saw a sign of steep hill ahead. There was also a sign of narrow bridge ahead so my father drove the car slowly. I was very excited that I could enjoy watching a panorama on the bridge. Unfortunately, the rain fell and my father had to slow down his car. There was a sign of road surface slippery when wet. At the time we passed an arterial road, there was a sign of the heavy trucks should use this roadway. As we would get into a tunnel, there was a sign of underpass ahead. The overhead clearance was 3.1 meters. Our car swayed to left side when we passed a sharp curve to the right. There, I saw a group of arrowhead signs along of the road. As I remembered, the signs were often found in a game of car race. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. When the writer went to malang? When the writer first went to malang? What the writer saw when he went to malang? What the first sign the writer saw? Why the writer remember the sign ?

ANSWER 1. Was he student of elementary school

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Was he student of elementary school Signs Driver must wear their seal belt Because he remember the sign in game

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IVAN MIRSKY Ivan Mirsky was born in Russia but now lives in America with his father, Vadim. They live in a one-room flat in rooklyn.Ivan doesnt go to school and his father doesnt have a job. They practice chess problem all day, every day. Ivan was different from a very young age: he could ride a bike when he was eighteen months old, and read before he was two years old. He could play cards at three and piano at four years old. When he was twelve years old, he was the under-20 chess champion in Russia. His father cant speak English and cant play chess either. Ivan translates for him. Vadim says, I know that I cant play chess, but I can still help Ivan. We dont like playing sports or watching TV. We live for chess. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Where was Ivan born? Does he live in Russia or America? Who is Vadim? Does Ivan go to school? Does Vadim have a job? What do they do every day? Why was Ivan different from a very young age? How old was he when he could read? What was his achievement when he was twelve? Can his father speak English? Can he play chess? What do they live for?

ANSWER 1. Russia 2. America 3. His father 4. No, he doesnt . No,he doesnt 5. Practice chess problem 6. Because he can before someone of the same age can

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Two years old Under -2o chess player No, he cannt. No, he cannt Chess

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1. How many destinations are there? 2. What trains have two alternative classes? 3. How many trains start their trips from Surabaya or Jombang? 4. What executive train will arrives in Jakarta at 9:30 in the evening? 5. Mr. Purnomo is going to be a speaker in a seminar in Jakarta tomorrow morning. He wants to have time to take a rest and prepare the material in the hotel before it. If he wants to arrive in Jakarta at night as late as possible, what train should he take? ANSWER 1. 10 2. KA Gumawang and KA Bangunkarta 3. 5 4. KA Argomuria II 5. KA Argomuria II

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What is the name of Caf? Can someone have all the foods in the menu at once? How many kinds of drink are offered in the menu? What is the available appetizer? How much will someone pay for his meal there?

ANSWER 1. Caf Formidable 2. No 3. 2 4. Green salad

5. $20.00

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1. What is the name of the restaurant? 2. A man has ordered a cup of chicken noodle soup, roast beef, a medium of soda, chocolate cake. How much will he pay later? 3. Mention the available flavors of the ice cream there? 4. What food may someone have for the last time? 5. Is the french fries sold separately? ANSWER 1. Blackcha caf 2. Rp74.000 3. 3 (Chocolate, Vanila or Strawbery) 4. Desserts 5. No

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who wrote the memo? who are the recipients? when was the memo sent? why did Mr. Chavez write the memo? what action should be taken by department managers?

ANSWER 1. Mr. Charles Chavez 2. Department Managers 3. February 8, 2008 4. To remember Departmen manager about monthly managerial meeting 5. Attended montly managerial meeting

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1. Who sends the letter above? 2. What date did she write the letter? 3. According to the letter above, does she accept her friends invitation? 4. Where would they go? 5. When would she be ready to go? ANSWER 1. Etty 2. July 3. Yse, she does 4. Karimunjawa island 5. July 2

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Who extends the invitation? What activity will be held? When will it be held? Where should Mr. And Mrs. Subroto come to? Do you think it is a formal invitation or informal invitation?

ANSWER 1. Mr. and Mrs. Subroto 2. Dinner 3. Wednesday, the third of October 4. Jl. Merapi no. 78 Boyolali 5. Informal invitation

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What event will be held based on the invitation? Who has the party? Is the party held in the afternoon or in the evening? How old is Suci at that time of celebration? If you are invited, what colour of shirt will you wear?

ANSWER 1. Birthday party 2. Suci 3. Afternoon 4. 17th 5. Blue or Black

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BARACK OBAMA Barack Hussein Obama born August 4, 1961 is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election. A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. In foreign policy, Obama gradually withdrew combat troops from Iraq, increased troop levels in Afghanistan, signed the New START arms control treaty with Russia, and ordered enforcement of the United Nations-sanctioned no-fly zone over Libya in early 2011. On May 1, 2011, Obama announced that a small team of American military forces, acting on his direct order, had killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, In April 2011. 1. Who the first African American President in United States? 2. When he was born? 3. Where did he graduate from? 4. Where obama come from? 5. When Ameerican military forces killed Osama? ANSWER

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Barrack Obama Born August 4, 1961 Columbia University and Harvard Law School Honolulu, Hawaii April 2011

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CHEAPEST SPORT Sport help us to become strong and helaty. There are many kind of sports, for example walking, running, hunting, cycling, and so on. It is not important what kind of sport we do as long as we are strong and enough to do them. Healthy people should exercise regulary, no matter how old they are. The simplest sport to do is walking, it is so cheapest one, because we dont need much money. A long walk in the evening may help us to sleep better than any medicine we may take for the same purpose. But people today dont like walking. They prefer to drive car though they are not in a hurry or travelling a long distance. This kind of disease comes from our laziness. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. How does sport help us? How many kind of sport are mentioned in the text? What is the simplest sport? Why walking is the cheapest sport? When the text say disease, what does it mean?

ANSWER 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. It help us become stong and healthy 4 Walking Because it dont need money Many people lazy, they dont to do anything

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BLUNDERED A CAR It was cold and wet afternoon. My friend and I went home from school. It was about 5pm. We felt very cold and hungry. The traffic was very heavy. Here and there a careless driver drove very close to the pavement. We were quite careful. Suddenly, I heard a car from behind, I stepped on the pavement quickly, but it was too late. I feel on the pavement. I tried to grt up, but my lrg hurt very badly. Soon, my friends and other people gathered around me. The a ambulance took me to the hospital. The doctor saidyou have broken your leg in the accident you have to stay here for a week. When my parents heard about the accident, they came to the hospital immediately. First, they asked nurse and doctor at the ICU room. They wanted to know where I was. Later on they found me. My mother asked me about question, but I could not anwer them because I wass still unconscious, amd I stil could not think clearly. Just the hospital bell rang. My parents had to leave hospital. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. What the afternoon like? Why did the writer fall on the pavement? Where did the ambulance take writer to? How long did the writer stay in hospital? What did the doctor say to the writer? Why the writer douldnt think clearly?

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Cold and wet The car blundered him Hospital A week .you have broken your leg in the accident you have to stay here for a week. 6. He was still unconscious

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FILM When you watch the TV, do you think of how film made? Film companies spend a year or more working to produce film which last only an hour and a half. Film making is very complex. It needs a lot of money, technician, crews, and of course actors and actress. What happens when a film company decides to shoot a film? There must be a script. A producer and a director are appointed. They decide the scenes, suitable actor and actresses , the location, and all necessary preparation. The director tells the actor and actresses what to do and show them to act. He also gives some instruction to the crew. A film is not in the order as we see on TV. It consist of hundreds of separated scenes joined together by a film editor. The editor compares all the scenes. If he/she is not satisfied he/she can ask director to shoot the scenes again. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. What does director film to do? What is editors job? Why do film take a long time to produce? Is it easy to make a film? How long a film usually last? How long the film to make a film?

ANSWER 1. Directing the film 2. Editing a film 3. Because making film is very complex, you must prepare the script, actor/actress , monet an ETC 4. No, it isnt 5. 3 hours 6. More year

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