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LATIHAN UAS SEMESTER II - KELAS X

Text 1: This text is for questions no. 1 to 6.

Tornado Wreaks Havoc in Semarang

Residents assess the damage after a tornado damages 150 houses in the district of Tembalag
in Semarang, Central Java late on Saturday afternoon.
Three people were injured and at least five of the houses in the Sendangguwo and
Tandang neighborhoods were destroyed, while many others were seriously damaged as the
tornado ripped off their roofs. Tohirin Jayeng, 40, a resident whose house was leveled at the
Sendang Asri housing complex, said the winds hit about 4 p.m.
I saw this black wind coming and becoming pointed into a funnel. It suddenly
approached and hit my house, he said.
Tohirins wife, two children and mother-in law were in the kitchen at the time when the
tornado known locally as Ulur-ulur passed over their home, destroying the guest and
bedrooms.
It was as if the wind had lifted my home up, Thoirin said.
The disaster also destroyed the walls of four neighboring houses.
Many other homes in the area lost their roofs and residents and neighbors had started
rebuilding on Sunday.
Tembalang district head Dayat said the tornado also damaged a small mosque and felled
power lines and about 50 trees. His office was still collecting data on the damage, he said.
Villagers said the tornado was the worst to hit the district in living memory.
Semarang Mayor Sukawi Sutarip and his wife, Sinto Sukawi, visited the scene on Sunday,
accompanied by senior officials.
We will provide the victims with assistance immediately, the mayoral spokesman
Achyani said.
Taken from The Jakarta Post, December 20, 2004

1. How many houses were destroyed by the tornado in the Sendangguwo and Tandang
neighborhoods?
A. less than five houses
B. more than ten houses
C. five houses or more
D. exactly five houses
E. three houses

2. The tornado hit the district ______.

A. at dawn

B. in the morning

C. in the evening

D. in the afternoon
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 E. at midnight

3. Which parts of Tohirins house were destroyed?

A. the kitchen and guestroom

B. the guest and bedrooms

C. the guest rooms and the bathroom

D. the bedrooms and the kitchen

E. the living room and the bedrooms

4. Who rebuilt the damaged homes?

A. the residents

B. the Tembalang District head

C. the mayor of Semarang

D. the mayoral spokesman

E. the residents and neighbors

5. Who is Sukawi Sutarip?

A. A resident of the District of Tembalang

B. Tohirins neighbor

C. A victim of the disaster

D. The mayor of Semarang

E. a villager of Sendangguwo

6. Who went to see the scene of disaster on Sunday?

A. Sukawi Sutarip, his wife and senior officials

B. Sukawi Sutarip, his parents and junior staff

C. Sukawi Sutarip and his wife

D. Dayat, his wife and senior officials

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 E. Achyani, his family and official

Text 2: This text is for questions no. 7 to 11.

GREEDY DOG

A dog once stood on a bridge. He had a piece of meat in his mouth. When he looked
down, he saw himself in the water. He thought that was another dog, and that dog had a piece
of meat for myself, he said to himself. Then he opened his mouth and tried to get the meat
from that dog. Of course when he did so, his own meat fell into the water.
Now the greedy dog had not a piece of meat at all.

7. What did he see in the water indeed?

A. He saw a piece of meat
B. He saw a bridge
C. He saw himself
D. He saw the cat
E. He saw the water

8. What did he try to do?

A. To open his mouth
B. To see himself
C. To drink the water
D. To stand a bridge
E. To get the meat

9. What is the type of the text?

A. report
B. narrative
C. descriptive
D. news item
E. procedure

10. What did he get at last?

A. He got the meat

B. He got the water

C. He didnt get another dog

D. He didnt get anything

E. He got himself

11. Why did the dog want to get the other meat? Because.
A. He was a great dog
B. He was a kind dog

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 C. He was a honest dog
D. He was a greedy dog
E. He was a happy dog

Text 3: This text is for questions no. 12 to 13.

The Boy who cried Wolf

There was once a shepherd-boy who kept his flock at a little distance from the village.
Once he thought he would play a trick on the villagers and have some fun at their expense. So
he ran toward the village crying out, with all his might.
Wolf! Wolf! Come and help! The wolves are at my lambs!
The kind villagers left their work and ran to the field to help him. But when they got
there the boy laughed at them for their pains; there was no wolf there.
Still another day the boy tried the same trick, and the villagers came running to help
and got laughed at again.
Then one day a wolf did break into the fold and began killing the lambs. In great fright,
the boy ran for help. Wolf! Wolf! he screamed. There is a wolf in the flock! Help!
The villagers heard him, but they thought it was another mean trick; no one paid the
least attention, or went near him. And the shepherd-boy lost all his sheep.

12. What is the moral value of the text?

A. The villagers like to leave their work to help the poor person
B. The person who lies: even when he tells the truth no one believes him.
C. The shepherd-boy always lies in every condition
D. The wolfs really like to eat the lambs
E. The villagers will come running to catch the wolf

13. What is the communicative purpose of the text?

A. To critique the shepherd boy

B. To describe the shepherd boy

C. To persuade the readers to follow the shepherd boy

D. To explain the processes of the shepherd boy lost all his sheep

E. To amuse, entertain an to deal with the story of a shepherd boy

Text 4: This text is for questions no. 15 to 16.

On the banks of the Chao Phraya, Bangkok's "River of Kings", lies a hotel that has already
set new standards of hospitality for this celebrated city.
Set in magnificently landscaped tropical gardens, the Shangri-La Bangkok provides guests
with all the charm and warmth of the Orient and, at the same time, an unsurpassed range of
facilities and leisure activities.

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 There is a choice of 12 superb settings in which to wine and dine, a large free-form
swimming pool that overlooks the river, convention and meeting facilities for up to 2.000
people and a 24-hour business center.
And, from every single guestroom and suite, there is a breathtaking view of all the exotic
hustle and bustle of the fabled "River of Kings".
One might expect such a well-equipped and positioned hotel to be miles away from the
city center but, at the Shangri-La Bangkok, the business district and main shopping areas are
mere minutes away.
For more than 200 years, Bangkok's grandeur has been reflected in the waters of the Chao
Phraya. Today, the Shangri-La Bangkok towers beside this majestic river, offers its guests the
golden promise of the East.

14. The text mainly focuses on .

A. Bangkoks grandeur
B. Bangkoks River Kings
C. Shangri La Bangkok
D. The water of the Chao Praya
E. The majestic river in Bangkok

15. Which statement is TRUE?

A. The convention and the meeting facilities can occupy more than 2.000 people
B. Shangri La Bangkok is set exclusively
C. Shangri La Bangkok is far from business area
D. The large swimming pool overlooks the mountainous area
E. The tower beside the majestic river offers its guests the silver promise of the east.

16. In the second paragraph the writer describes

A. The location of Shangri La
B. The golden promise of the east
C. The reflection of Bangkoks grandeur
D. The parts, the qualities and the character of Shangri La
E. The distance of Shangri La Bangkoks to business district

Text 5: This text is for questions no. 7 to 19.

Snow Maiden
Once upon a time there lived a couple in a village. They had got married for a long
time, but so far they did not have a baby yet. Every single minute they prayed to God, begged
for a baby, but it never came true.
One day, they went to Snow Mountain. They made a girl from snow and they dressed
her beautifully. When it got dark, they decided to go home and left the snow girl alone. The
following morning, someone knocked the door. Any body home? she said. The old woman
inside opened the door and asked, Who are you? The girl said Im Snow Maiden, your
daughter. The old woman was surprised and happy. Oh really? Thanks God! Come in,
please! Since that meeting, they lived happily.
Snow Maiden was beautiful, kind, diligent and helpful. Her parents and all of her
friends loved her very much. One day, Snow Maiden played with her friends. They played
fire. At first, Snow Maiden just looked at their play. Suddenly, her friends asked her to jump
on the fire. Of course she refused it because one thing that made her afraid was the fire. Its

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 because Snow Maiden was made of snow, so she should avoid the fire. But her friends kept
on forcing her to jump on. Finally, she could not do anything then she did it. She jumped on
the fire and she melted. Her friends were so sorry about this, they cried and cried hoping
Snow Maiden could live again, but it was useless. Snow Maiden would not be back anymore
her mother tried to entertain Snow Maidens friends and asked them to make a new Snow
Maiden. They went to a snow mountain and started making it. They expected to have the new
Snow Maiden. Days passed but their dreams never came true.
Poor them!

17. What did the couple do in Snow Mountain?

A. The melted the Snow Maiden D. They made a snow mountain

B. They begged the baby to the God E. They make a girl from snow

C. They jumped to the fire

F.
G. 18. What is the generic structure of the text?

A. Goal > Materials > Steps

B. Orientation > Complication > resolution > Re-orientation

C. Identification > Description

D. Orientation > Events > Re-orientation

E. Newsworthy Events > Background Events > Sources

H. 19. The accident took place in Kemang Pratama Street Yesterday.

I. The right words that correspondent to the underlined words is
J.

A. for the time being D. occurred

B. for good E. doubt

C. look up

F.
G. 20. I dont want to count on you because I can do anything by myself.
H. The right words that correspondent to the underlined words is
I. A. alternated L. D. take place
J. B. for good M. E. took out
K. C. depend on someone
N.
O. 21. The teacher gives me time to consider his offer until tomorrow evening.
P. The right words that correspondent to the underlined words is

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 Q. A. in charge of T. D. took out
R. B. think over U. E. get along
S. C. interesting
V.
W. 22. She always puts her book away after she read them.
X. It means.

A. She escape from home D. She waits on it

B. She burns it to the ground E. She takes after it

C. She sets it aside

F.
G. 23. Mrs. Eris likes to cook very much, she resembles her mother.
H. The right words that correspondent to the underlined words is

A. takes after D. look out

B. looks after E. takes care

C. takes out

F.
G. 24. When I the house this morning, it very hard.
H. Choose the right tense to fill in the blanks
I. A. was leaving rained L. D. left was raining
J. B. left rained M. E. was left was raining
K. C. rained was leaving
N.
O.
P. 25. When their son.. married in 1998, The Smiths.. in Bandung.
Q. Choose the right tense to fill in the blanks
R. A. was living got U. D. rang was taking
S. B. was having saw V. E. got was living
T. C. was getting lived
W.
X. 26. She .......... her new skirt when I . her at the party last night.
Y. Choose the right tense to fill in the blanks?
Z. A. saw was wearing AC. D. was talking were seeing
AA. B. was wearing saw AD. E. was having walked
AB. C. was writing took
AE.
AF. 27. That tourist.. his wallet while he around the city.
AG. Choose the right tense to fill in the blanks?
AH.A. lost was walking AK.D. was lost walked
AI. B. was loosing walked AL. E. was wearing lost
AJ. C. lost were walking
AM.

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 AN.
AO.
AP.
AQ. 28. As we .. the street, the police officer .. at us.
AR. Choose the right tense to fill in the blanks?

A. were living took D. wrote was living

B. were crossing shouted E. talked was looking

C. was ringing left

F.
G. 29. John was sitting in the cafeteria at five oclock yesterday evening
H. The right question for the underlined words is.

A. Who was sitting in the cafeteria at five oclock yesterday evening?

B. Where was John sitting at 5 oclock yesterday evening?

C. What was John doing in the cafeteria at five oclock?

D. What time was John sitting in the cafeteria yesterday evening?

E. When was John sitting in the cafeteria yesterday evening?

I. 30. The truck was going very fast when it hit his car.
J. The right question for the underlined words is.

A. When was the truck going when it hit his car?

B. What did the truck hit when it was going?

C. What was the truck doing when it hit his car?

D. What was going very fast when it hit his car?

E. How was the truck going when it hit his car?

K. 31. I saw very bad accidents yesterday morning.

L. The right question for the underlined words is.

A. Why did you see yesterday morning?

B. What did you saw yesterday morning?

C. Who saw very bad accident yesterday morning?

D. When did you see yesterday morning?

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 E. What did you see yesterday morning?

M. 32. The bag : Rp 87.625,-

N. The watch : Rp 129.999,-
O. Choose the right sentence according to the table above

A. The bag is as expensive as the watch

B. The watch is more expensive than the bag

C. The watch is cheaper than the bag

E. D. The bag is more cheap the watch

F. The bag is the most expensive than the watch

P. 33. Cisadane river : 9.478 m

Q. Citarum river : 6.231 m
R. Choose the right sentence to the table above.
S. A. Cisadane river is deeper than citarum river
T. B. Citarum river is higher than Cisadane river
U. C. Cisadane river is lower than Citarum river
V. D. Citarum river is shorter than Cisadane river
W. E. Cisadane river is faster than Citarum river
X.
Y. 34. Mount Krakatau : 3.471 m
Z. Mount Merapi : 2.834 m
AA. Choose the right sentence according to the table above.

A. Mount Merapi is lower than mount Krakatau

B. Mount Krakatau is taller than mount Merapi

C. Mount Merapi is shorter than mount Merapi

D. Mount Krakatau is bigger than mount Merapi

E. Mount Merapi is more low than mopunt Krakatau

AB. 35. Mr. Boy : Rp. 368.743.900,-

AC. Mr. Rudy : Rp. 134.944.650,-
AD. Mr. Dony : Rp. 276.342.999,-
AE. Choose the right sentence according to the table above.
AF.A. Mr. Rudy is the richest of all
AG. B. Mr. Dony is richer than Mr. Rudy
AH. C. Mr. Boy is the poorest of all
AI. D. Mr. Rudy is richer than Mr. Dony
AJ. E. Mr. Boy is poorer than Mr. Rudy
AK.

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 AL. 36. Jack : 11 04 1993
AM. Hary : 26 07 1991
AN. Rony : 08 12 - 1994
AO. Choose the right sentences according to the table above

A. Jack is the oldest of all

B. Rony is older than Hary

C. Hary is younger than Rony

D. Jack is the youngest of all

E. Hary is the oldest of all

AP. 37. Irvan : 176 cm.

AQ. Jack : 165 cm
AR. Frank : 171 cm
AS. Choose the right sentences according to the table above
AT.A. Irvan is the highest f all
AU. B. Frank is the shortest of all
AV.C. Frank is shorter than Jack
AW. D. Jack is the shortest of all
AX. E. Jack is taller than Irvan
AY.
AZ. 38. Hendry : I think youll like my new girl friend
BA. Yudi : But I like your old girl friend she is
BB. Hendry : Youre right my new girl friend is
BC. The right words to fill in the blank are .
BD.
BE.
BF.A. pretty prettier
BG. B. handsome more handsome
BH. C. cheap cheaper
BI. D. long longer
BJ. E. difficult more difficult
BK.
BL. 39. The weather this winter..than the weather last winter.
BM. The right word to fill in the blanks is.

A. bad D. bader

B. worst E. gooder

C. worse

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 F.
G. 40. Johns car is .. than my car.
H. The right word to fill in the blanks is.

A. most expensive

B. more expensive

C. expensiver

D. expensivest

E. the most expensiver

I.