CLASS : X PEMINATAN 1,2,3 Subject : English peminatan

Time: 90 minutes.
The reading text for question 1 – 13
On Saturday night, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd
of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes’ time.
Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not
move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted,”It’s two minutes
past twelve! The clock has stopped!”
I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that
moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.
1. When did the clock stopped?
A. At 5.12
B. At 11.55
C. At 12.00
D. At 12.02
E. At 15.05
2. Why did the people gather under the Town Hall clock?
A. To welcome the New Year
B. To see the newly bought clock
C. To strike the laughing people
D. To stop people who shouted
E. To sing a sing together
3. Based on the text, where was the writer?
A. At the hall
B. At the town hall
C. At home
D. At the beach
E. At the market
4. When did the event happen?
A. in the middle of the year
B. the end of the year
C. in last Friday night
D. Christmas celebration
E. at the weekend as usual
5. Which of the following is not true according to the text?
A. The writer brought a watch.
B. The writer held a birthday party.
C. The writer was very happy.
D. The writer celebrated the New Year with his family.
E. The writer was waiting to celebrate the New Year

6. What probably happened when someone shouted that the clock stopped?
A. Everybody directly celebrated the New Year
B. Everybody sings and laugh.
C. Everybody looked for a watch.
D. Every body igneted a fireworkd
E. Everybody shouted too.
7. “It would strike twelve in twenty minutes’ time.”
The underlined word refers to …
A. the clock
B. author’s watch
C. the town
D. the fireworks
E. the place

8. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall
clock.
What is the closest meaning of the underlined word?
A. Big
B. Much
C. Many
D. Lots of
E. Mass
9. “The big clock refused to welcome the New Year”
What is the synonym of the word ….
A. Reject
B. Accept
C. Admit
D. Hate
E. Like

10. “At that moment, everybodybegan to laugh and sing”.

The antonym of the underlined word is .....
A. Start C. Stop D. Enough E. Continue
B. Finish

11. The type of the text is …

A. Spoof
B. Newsitem
C. Recount
D. Narrative
E. Report

12. What is the communicative purpose of the text?

A. To tell you about past event
B. To describe a place
C. To tell you a joke
D. To tell you a story
E. To persuade the readers to do something

13. Which step does the writer use to write the text?
A. Thesis - argument - recommendation
B. Orientation - events - re-orientation
C. Orientation - complication - resulution
D. Orientation - evaluation - complication
E. Newsworthy events - background events – sources

Vasco da Gama is best remembered as the first European to sail from European to India. The
sea route he found helped Portugal build a rich empire overseas.
Vasco da gama was born is Sines, Portugal, around 1469. As young man, da gama studied
navigation an astronomy. He went on the serve as an officer in the Portuguese navy. In 1497, the
king of Portugal asked da Gama to find the sea route to india by sailling around Africa. This would
allow Portugal to control the rich Indian spice trade. Could da Gama do it? Earlier Portuguese
expedition had rounded the southern trips of Africa. But these trip were long, difficult, and
dangerous. Was it possible to travel from europe to india in a single voyage?
In July 1497, da gama set sail from lisbon, portugal, with four ships. By january 1498, the
expedition reached mozambique on africa’s southeastern coast. But arab traders in mozambique
disslike the portuguese. They drove da gama away, farther north, on the coast of kenya, da gama
calicut on india’s coast. In calicut, da gama found pearls, jewels, and wonderful spices for sale. But
the king and local merchents refused to trade with portuguise. Furious, da gama siled away. He
arrived in portugal 1499 and was honored as hero.
In 1502, da gama made a second voyage to india. he returned to calicut with warships and
soldiers. Da gama sank merchant vessels and killed many civilians. The king of calicut surrended.
Da gama sailed home to portugal carrying a rich cargo of spice. Portugal soon built a valuable trading
empire in India.
In 1524, da gama made his last voyage to india. The portuguese king had named da gama the
governor of portugal’s possesions there. Da gama died three months after reahing India.

14. Which of the following statements is TRUE ?

A. Vasco da Gama is the king of Portugal
B. Vasco da gama studied navigation an astronomy to be a sailor
C. Vasco da Gama sailling around Africa to find the sea route to india
D. Arab traders like da gama so they drove him away
E. The king and local merchents accepted to trade with portuguise.

15. “Earlier Portuguese expedition had rounded the southern tip of africa” (paragraph 2)
The meaning of the underline word is...
A. Presently
B. Shortly
C. Before
D. Soon
E. Later

16. Portugal built a valuable trading empire in india soon after da gama defeated the king and the
people of calicut in....
A. 1497
B. 1498
C. 1499
D. 1502
E. 1524

17. What did the king do while da gama successful in helping his country to build a rich empire
overseas? Giving him as....
A. As an empire
B. The best civilian
C. A good soldier
D. One of Portugal’s merchants
E. One of portugal’s governors

The reading text is for number 18 – 20

June, 3th 2014
Dear Rio
Hi Rio how are you? I hope you are OK.
By the way now I have a laptop. My brother bought is last week for me. I usually play games in
the laptop.
I take those picture of cars with the laptop. First, I click window explorer. Second, I click
word program. Finally, I click paste. Those picture, then, move to my letter as you see now. Of
course I need learn more about how to use the laptop because I only know a little about it. I don’t
know how to refill it. Write to me as soon as you can.

See you letter. Bye. Yours

Andy

18. According to the letter ….

A. Rio has more knowledge then Andy
B. Andy is cleverer than Rio
C. Andy and Rio in the same class
D. Rio is as clever as Andy
E. Rio more clever than Andy

19. “Finally I click paste.”

The similarity of the underlined word is ….
A. At the beginning
B. Formally
C. the end of the word
D. at last
E. at first

20. “Do you know how to refill it?”

The underlined word refers to ….
A. Central processing unit
B. Window explorer
C. Catridge
D. laptop
E. picture