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SOAL OLIMPIADE GURU BAHASA INGGRIS SMP/MTS 2018

WAKTU: 60 MENIT
JUMLAH SOAL: 60 BUTIR SOAL

I. Choose the correct answer!

1. You can find the meaning of any new words in your dictionary.
A. You look at the meaning of any new words in your dictionary.
B. You look up the meaning of any new words in your dictionary.
C. You look through the meaning of any new words in your dictionary.
D. You look into the meaning of any new words in your dictionary.

2. I tried to phone her but I couldn’t get a connection.

A. I tried to phone her but I couldn’t get through.
B. I tried to phone her but I couldn’t get into.
C. I tried to phone her but I couldn’t pull through.
D. I tried to phone her but I couldn’t put across.

3. She seems to ----------------------- people who are less intelligent than her.
A. look down B. be looked down on
C. look down on D. be looking down upon

4. How can some students --------------------------------------- and yet pass the exams?
A. get away with done no work B. get along with doing all work
C. get away with doing no work D. get down with doing no work

5. Danny is so horrible. I don’t know how people ------------------- him.

A. put up with B. put through with
C. come up with D. come up against

6. Michael intervened to stop the argument from becoming more serious. The
most appropriate phrasal verbs to replace the underlined word is:
A. stepped up B. stepped on
C. stepped off D. stepped in

7. As the rain didn’t stop, the football game was cancelled. The most appropriate
phrasal verbs to replace the underlined words are:
A. let up – called off B. let down – called off
C. put up – called off D. put through – called off

8. Which is the correct sentence?

A. It always feels nice to get together with people you get on with.
B. It always feels nice to get together on people you get on with.
C. It always feels nice to get together to people you get on to.

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D. It always feels nice to get together about people you get on to.

9. As soon as Sue and I met, we knew we were going to get---------- well.

A. round B. over C. on D. by

10. My friend couldn’t get ------------- the cost of restaurants in Sydney.

A. up B. round C. by D. over

11. Bob: Are you free tonight? The NBA playoffs are on TV at nine.
Tom: I have to study first, but I ------------- by then.
A. finished B. will have finished
C. will have been finished D. will have been finishing

12. Bob: Do you think Leo should take the IELTS in June?
Tom: Sure. by that time, he -------------- for more than five months.
A. will prepare B. had prepared
C. ‘will have been preparing D. would have been preparing

13. It says in this article that by the year 2020, scientists ------------------- electric
cars.
A. will have perfected B. would have perfected
C. will have perfecting D. would have been perfecting

14. The doctor told me to quit smoking, but so far all I’ve been able to do is --------
cigarettes.
A. cut down B. cut up on
C. cut down on D. cut up with

15. They don’t feel like ------------- a real dinner, so they ------------------- the
microwave.
A. preparation – pop something in B. preparing – pop something on
C. to prepare – pop something D. preparing – pop something in
with

16. Which sentence is correct?

A. I’ll never stops riding until I’m in my grave.
B. Hours later, having fallen asleep, they wake up and stumble off to bed.
C. They sit down on the couch for an evening of mesmerized by the TV set.
D. Many Americans seem to enjoy being couch potatoes.

17. I hate ----------- by an alarm clock.

A. being woken up B. to being woken up
C. to woken up D. being woke up

18. The committee is ------------------------the bridge.

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A. in favor of build B. in favor of to build

C. in favor of having built D. in favor of building

19. The report was supposed ---------------------- completed by June 23. What
happened?
A. being B. to being
C. having been D. to have been

20. When the teacher asked the students ------------------------, they kept making
noise.
A. stop talking B. to stop to talk
C. stopped to talk D. to stop talking

II. Read the text and decide which option (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.

Starting your own business could be the way to achieving financial

independence. (21) ----------------- it could just as well land you in debt for the
rest of your life. (22) ----------------, that is the view of Charles and Brenda Leggat,
a Scottish couple, who last week saw their first farm business put into the hands
of the receiver. ‘We started the business at a time when everyone was being
encouraged by the banks to borrow money. (23) -------------- we fell into the same
trap, and asked for a big loan. (24) ---------------, at the same time we were sure
that we could make it into a going concern,’ said Charles Leggat, a farmer from
the highlands. ‘The bank analysed the proposals we put forward and they agreed
that it would be a highly profitable business.’ Sure enough, the Leggats were
exporting trout and salmon products to hotels all over Europe, and (25) -----------
they took on over fifty staff. (26) ------------------, with the advent of the recession,
they began to lose ground as orders dried up. ‘(27) ---------------, said Brenda
Leggat, ‘the business has now been valued by the bank at the fraction of its true
worth. If they had left us to work our way out of difficulties, (28) -----------
virtually bankrupting us, I am sure that we could have gone back into profit. As it
is, we have been left without a livelihood, and the bank has not recovered what it
lent us.’ The Leggats both felt that their banks had not treated them fairly. ‘(29) --
-----------------, they were falling over themselves to lend us the money initially,
(30) -------------- now they are doing very little to keep the business going, and
fifty local people in work.’ A spokesman for the bank refused to comment.

21. A. Moreover B. On the other hand

C. As well as D. In addition

22. A. At least B. On the other hand

C. Nevertheless D. To make matters worse

23. A. Incidentally B. At any rate

C. As a result D. As well as

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24. A. To put in another way B. Nevertheless

C. In contrast D. Consequently

25. A. what’s more B. on the other hand

C. to tell the truth D. at any rate

26. A. Hence B. Consequently

C. However D. At least

27. A. In contrast B. Whereas

C. To make matters worse D. Consequently

28. A. as opposed to B. as well as

C. in addition to D. moreover

29. A. However B. to tell the truth

C. As a result D. Hence

30. A. as well as B. whereas

C. on the other hand D. hence

III. Read the text and decide which option (A, B, C or D) best completes each
collocation or fixed phrase.

Very few popular (31) ------------ sports today remain amateur in any sense of
the word. In the past, even in cases where payment to players or athletes was
forbidden, many (32) ------------- tolerated what became known as
‘shamateurism’, and even the sports governing (33) ----------- turned a blind eye
to such (34) ----------- as the paying of ‘expenses.’ More recently, sport has
become, in effect, a (35) ------------- of the entertainment industry, and the elite
(36) -------------in sports such as swimming, tennis, football and track (37) ---------
-- can expect to become very rich. This worries some people, who complain that
the old Olympic ideal has been lost, but the fact is, sport has become more and
more (38) -------------- in the wider sense, not only requiring total dedication
from (39) -------------champions, but also expensive facilities, training and
nutritional advice. As it is simply no longer possible to combine a career in sport
with one elsewhere, shouldn’t (40) -------- sportsmen and women be able to earn
as much as they can from sport?

31. A. audience B. watching

C. spectator D. viewing

32. A. contest B. matches

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C. games D. sports

33. A. associate B. confederated

C. authority D. bodies

34. A. practices B. occurrences

C. acts D. operations

35. A. branch B. divisive

C. wing D. limb

36. A. doers B. players

C. makers D. performers

37. A. running B. athletics

C. activities D. racing

38. A. scientific B. part-time

C. trained D. professional

39. A. hopeful B. aspiring

C. striving D. wishful

40. A. faithful B. loyal

C. dedicated D. whole hearted

IV. Read the text and decide which option (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
Ours is a vanishing world, one in which the familiar is constantly disappearing
and technological change is often difficult to cope with. So it should come (41) ---
--------- no surprise to most of us to hear that yet another part of everyday life is
about to go for ever. Apparently, within the next decade, money as we (42) -------
---- it will probably (43) ------------- to exist in technologically advanced countries.
(44) ---------------- Professor Gerry Montague of the institute for (45) -------------
Reform, the familiar coins and banknotes will soon be replaced entirely by credit
cards of various kinds. And the shop of the future will be (46) ------------- directly
to the network of banking computers. The assistant will simply key in your bank
account code number and the amount you have spent, and thank you politely.
You won’t have to dig (47) ---------- in your pockets for change. You may not even
have a number for your account as such, as computers may by then be able to
read your handprint. So no more instances of credit card (48) ------------. But I am
afraid that I shall miss money. I have felt (49) ------------ attached to it, ever since
I received my first pocket (50) ------------- when I was five, and kept it in a money-
box. Even if my credit card of the future will be able to tell me exactly how much
spending (51) -------------- I have left, even if it lights up and plays a happy (or

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sad) tune at the same time, nothing will be able to replace the (52) -----------
pleasure I gained from rattling the coins in my money-box.

41. A. with B. as C. to D. in
42. A. have B. see C. know D. believe
43. A. cease B. stop C. fail D. conclude
44. A. with reference to B. Further to
C. According to D. Owing to
45. A. Economical B. Economics
C. Economic D. Economy
46. A. united B. fixed C. combined D. linked
47. A. far B. long C. tall D. deep
48. A. deceit B. trickery C. pretense D. fraud
49. A. heavily B. strongly C. widely D. largely
50. A. cash B. coins C. money D. gold
51. A. capacity B. potential C. capability D. power
52. A. sheer B. complete C. entire D. downright

V. Read the text and decide which option (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.

It is generally recognized that stress is a major (53) ----------- of heart disease,

and contributes to many other illnesses. Stress is increased by (54) ---------- such
as worry, overwork and lack of exercise and relaxation. For it is just as important
from a psychological point of (55)---------to relax as it is to (56) ---------- physical
exercise. Relaxing does not necessarily mean just lazing about doing nothing.
The benefits of a weekend away or the diversion of sporting activities are
considerable. If you are suffering from high stress (57) ---------, or wish to (58) ---
------ after a trying day, it is generally advisable to have a change of (59) ----------.
Although there are some individuals who (60) --------- on stress, for most of us, it
can lead to exhaustion, mood swings and even severe depression.

53. A. reason B. motive C. cause D. purpose

54. A. factors B. aspest C. elements D. items
55. A. fact B. departure C. view D. return
56. A. make B. have C. undergone D. take
57. A. rates B. layers C. ratios D. levels
58. A. hold up B. wind down C. draw back D. peter out
59. A. scene B. location C. sight D. place
60. A. bloom B. proper C. thrive D. flourish

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ANSWER KEY
SOAL OLIMPIADE GURU BAHASA INGGRIS SMP/MTS 2018

1 B 16 D 31 C 46 D
2 A 17 A 32 D 47 D
3 C 18 D 33 D 48 D
4 C 19 D 34 A 49 B
5 A 20 D 35 A 50 C
6 D 21 B 36 D 51 D
7 A 22 A 37 B 52 A
8 A 23 C 38 D 53 C
9 C 24 B 39 B 54 A
10 D 25 A 40 C 55 C
11 B 26 C 41 B 56 D
12 C 27 C 42 C 57 D
13 A 28 A 43 A 58 B
14 C 29 B 44 C 59 A
15 D 30 B 45 C 60 C

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