Kelas X mid semester 2

Text 1
Instruction:
Answer the following questions correctly

After her husband had gone to work, Mrs. Richard sent her children to school and went upstairs to her
bedroom. She was too excited to do any housework that morning, for in the evening she would be going to
a fancy dress party with her husband. She intended to dress up as a
ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try it on. Though the
costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective. After putting it on, Mrs. Richard went downstairs.
She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.

Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dining-room, there was a knock on front door. She knew it must be
the baker. She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on
the kitchen table. Not wanting to frighten the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly hid in the small store-room
under the stair. She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door of the
store-room was opened and a man entered. Mrs. Richards realized that it must be the man from the
Electricity Board who had come to read
the meter. She tried to explain the situation, saying ‘It’s only me’, but it was too late. The man let out a cry
and jumped back several paces. When Mrs. Richards walked towards him, he fled, slamming the door
behind him.

1) Who had come to Richard’s house this morning?

a. The baker d. Her husband
b. The poor man e. The Electricity man
c. Her children

2) The man let out a cry and jump several paces

because…….
a. He was surprise to see someone coming
b. He was frighten to see something like ghost
c. He was surprise of seeing Mr. Richards
d. He was angry with Mrs. Richards
e. She had finished reading the meter of electricity

3) Where did Mrs. Richards hide?

a. In the kitchen d. In the store-room
b. In the bed room e. In front of the door
c. In the dining-room

4) What type of text is used by the writer?

a. Report
b. Procedure
c. Narrative
d. Descriptive
e. Recount
5. What is the purpose of the text?
a. To retell Mrs. Richards experience
b. To describe a ghost under stairs
c. To tell the story of haunted-house
d. To explain how Mrs. Richards daily activities are
e. To give information about Mrs. Richards houseworks

Text 2

One of the best known international radio services is the BBC World Service. The name BBC is short
British Broadcasting Corporation. The world Service started in 1935 in order to provide news for Britain’s
colonies overseas. Its headquarters in Bush House, a large building
in London. The world service Broadcasting programmes in 37 languages, including English. It
broadcasting programmes in English 24 hours a day about 25 million listeners. Its programmes focus on
news and current affairs, but it also has programmes on music, science, sports and drama. The BBC gets its
now in two ways. Firstly, it has reporters in most countries of the world.

These people report what is happening in these countries. The second way, the BBC gets its news is by
listening to other radio stations all over the world. The BBC listens to Indonesian
radio to find out what is happening in Indonesia. For example, if there is report of a head quake in Sumatra
on Indonesian radio, the BBC will tell its reporter to go there
and collect news. The world Service is very useful for learners of English. They can listen to English and
practice their listening skills. They can also note down the pronunciation, of words and even learn new
words.

6. How long does BBC World Service broadcasting programmes in English?

It broadcasts ……hours a day.
a. 20
b. 24
c. 28
d. 26
e. 37

7. Its programmes focus on news and current affairs, but it also has programmes on music, science, sports
and drama..
The word Its in the sentence refers to….
a. Bush house
b. BBC
c. Program
d. London
e. News

8. BBC World Service has programmes ….

a. science, music, advertisement, trade, drama
b. music, science, sport, movie, drama
c. sport, drama, science, music
d. music, advertisement, trade, music
e. drama, culture, science, sport, music

9. World Service deals mainly with ….

a. science and drama d. drama and news
b. news and music e. news and current affairs
c. current affairs and music

10. If you look at the front of large, modern hospital, you may notice that there are two separate entrances.

The underlined word means……….

a. Find out
b. See
c. Carry
d. Hear
e. Smell

Text 3

One day, Nasreddin was up on the roof of his house, mending a hole in the tiles. He had nearly finished,
and he was pleased with his work. Suddenly, he heard a voice below call “Hello!” When he looked down,
Nasreddin saw an old man in dirty clothes standing below. “What do you want?” asked Nasreddin. “Come
down and I’ll tell you,” called the man. Nasreddin was annoyed, but he was a polite man, so he put down
his tools. Carefully, he climbed all the way down to the ground.

“What do you want?” he asked, when he reached the ground. “Could you spare a little money for an old
beggar?” asked the old man. Nasreddin thought for a minute. Then he said, “Come with me.” He began
climbing the ladder again. The old man followed him all the way to the top. When they were both sitting
on the roof, Nasreddin turned to the beggar. “No,” he said

11. Why was Nasreddin on the roof of his house?

a. He was looking at the view
b. He was waiting for the old man
c. He was fixing the roof
d. He was resting
e. He was annoyed to the old man

12. Who was the old man?

a. Nasreddin’s father
b. Nasreddin’s friend
c. A roof seller
d. A roof-mender
e. A beggar

13. Why did Nasreddin go down the ladder?

a. He wanted to get away from his work
b. Because the beggar asked him to
c. He wanted to speak to the beggar
d. He wanted to take some roofs
e. He wanted to go with the beggar

14. The following sentences are true based on the text except…….
a. Nasreddin was mending his tiles when someone
called him
b. Nasreddin was happy with his work
c. Nasredin didn’t look down when the old man called
him
d. The old man asked some money to Nasreddin
e. Nasreddin asked the beggar to climb up the ladder

15. Nasreddin saw an old man in dirty clothes standing below… (line 4). The antonym of the underlined
word (DIRTY) is…

a. Bad
b. Safe
c. Clean
d. Bright
e. Good

16. Today is Wednesday. 3 days ago was…

a. Monday
b. Tuesday
c. Thursday
d. Friday
e. Sunday

17. A : Hi Jhon How do you do? B : ………..

a. Hi
b. Hi, how are you
c. Hi, how do you do
d. Hi, I’m Fine
e. Hi, Very well

18. Hamid : ……………..?

Ahmad : I’m 15 years old.
a. How are you?
b. How many age are you?
c.How old are you?
d. What is your old?
e. How’s life?

19. Jhon writes a letter to his father.

Past Tense of the sentence above is….

a. Jhon written a letter to his father yesterday

b. Jhon wrote a letter to his father now
c. Jhon wrote a letter to his father tomorrow
d. Jhon wrote a letter to his father last night
e. Jhon is writing a letter to his father now

20. Hamid : John, I’m so bored hearing Mr. Brown speech.

Faiz : Why do you say so?

Hamid : His speech is too long.

From the dialogue we know that Hamid expresses

his….
a. Happiness
b. Sadness
c. Boredom
d. Disappointed
e. Angry

A. Choose the correct answer by crossing a, b, c, d or e!

The following text is for number 1-5.

Barbecue in the park

Last Sunday, my friend and I went to the park because David’s family invited us a barbecue party
in the park. We lived nearby so we just walked there.

When we got to the park, there were not many people. David’s family was already there. They
arrived there early to get the best picnic spot with an electronic barbecue grill nearby. When we
arrived, they were cleaning the barbecue. After making sure the barbecue was clean, they turned
the barbecue on by pushing the button. The electric stove turned on and the metal plate became
hot.

David’s mother put some cooking oil on the metal plate, and after that she put some sausages,
beef steaks, and some onions on the barbecue. Meanwhile, David’s father was preparing the
bread, butter and the drinks.

While waiting for the meat to cook, David and I joined other boys playing football. When we got
tired, we stopped and enjoyed the sausages, steaks, and some cold soft drinks.

The food was delicious. I think David’s mother is one of the best chef in the world.

1. When did the writer have a picnic?

a. Last Sunday
b. Last Saturday
c. Last Friday
d. Last Wednesday
e. Last Monday
Answer: a

2. Who invited the writer to the park?

a. Brandon
b. Alex
c. David
d. Kumar
e. Neni
Answer: c

3. What tense do we find mostly in the text above?

a. Present tense
b. Past tense
c. Perfect tense
d. Future tense
e. Adverbial tense
Answer: b

4. What did the writer and his friends do while they are waiting for the cook?
a. Played football
b. Slept
c. Read
d. Studied
e. Climbed a tree
Answer: a

5. What is the purpose of the text?

a. Retell the picnic experience
b. To amuse the reader about the legend of picnic
c. To urge people the importance of picnic
d. To discuss the positive and negative side of picnic
Answer: a

The following text is for number 6-10

Holiday in Jakarta

Last holiday, I went to my brother’s home in Jakarta. I went to Jakarta with my father. We went to
Jakarta city by the train. Jakarta it was very interesting, but the atmosphere was too hot for me. A
few days later, my brother and I went to the zoo in Jakarta. We went to be zoo by taxi. The zoo
was very crowded. There were many traders. After bought the ticket, we went to see the animal
in the zoo.

First, I saw many pelican birds. They were very hungry, so the zoo keeper fed the bird. Then I
saw many deer eaten many hay. In the same cage, I saw ostrich. It was very big. It couldn’t fly
but could run very fast. Its stomach was very big too. After that, we went to take the boat which
was pictured with the image of goose.

Before went back home, we bought some drink and food. We rested in a restroom. I was very
happy it this holiday. I hoped the next holiday would be good too.

6. Where did the writer go?

a. Surabaya
b. Semarang
c. Bandung
d. Surakarta
e. Jakarta
Answer: e

7. How did the writer go in vacations?

a. By foot
b. By motorcycle
c. By train
d. By car
e. By cart
Answer: c

8. How did the writer go to the zoo?

a. By train
b. By cart
c. By foot
d. By taxi
e. By motorcycle
Answer: d

9. What did the writer do before went home?

a. Slept in the zoo
b. Argued with his father
c. Bought food and drink
d. Went around
e. Watched the movie
Answer: c

10. What kind of the text is that?

a. Narrative text
b. Recount text
c. Discussion text
d. Hortatory exposition
e. Analytical exposition
Answer: b

The following text is for number 11-15.

Traveling By Air

I really hate flying. Once something happen to me. When I was on board, the plane started taking
off. It seemed that everything was all right. But suddenly I saw smoke coming from engine of the
plane. The engine was on fire and the plane started to rattle. Suddenly the captain said to us in a
very calm voice. “Ladies and gentleman, we are having a little problem with one of the engines.
There is no need to panic. Keep your seat belts fastened. We are going to return the airport.”

You can imagine how frightened I was, but the crew was fantastic. The flight attendants were
really calm and told us not to worry. One of them told me to relax and said that everything would
be all right.

A few minutes later, we were coming in to land, the pilot made a smooth landing on the runway.
It was over, and we were safe.

I took a taxi and went home. From that day on, I decided not to fly anymore.

11. What does the writer hate?

a. Flying
b. Walking
c. Running
d. Sleeping
e. Studying
Answer: a

12. What happened to the engine after it took off?

a. Smoking
b. Off
c. Landed
d. Flew
e. Fine
Answer: a

13. What did the writer feel about the experience written at the text?
a. Happy
b. Frightened
c. Relax
d. Sad
e. Contemplative
Answer: b

14. What was the flight attendant’s expression when explaining the situation within the plane?
a. Calm
b. Happy
c. Sad
d. Cry
e. Hysteric
Answer: a

15. How did the writer go home after the plane incident?
a. By bus
b. On foot
c. By taxi
d. By plane
e. By car
Answer: c

The following text is for number 16-19.

One day I went to Bandung with my friend for a vacation. We went there on night bus. When
arrived in Cianjur, the bus stopped for a rest. I got off the bus to get a cup of coffee, but my friend
didn’t. He went to a mosque to pray. It took only a few minutes to pray, but went I came out again
the bus was not there. It had gone! Shocked and confused. I asked the shopkeeper about the
bus. She said that the bus had departed about five minutes ago.

I tried to call my friend on my cell phone, but the battery was running low. I couldn’t do anything
but hope and pray. After several minutes, my wish came true. The bus came back! Got on the
bus and walked to my seat. I was so ashamed when everybody on the looked at me. I could feel
my face turned red.

I asked my friend why she didn’t tell the driver that I was still outside. “I did, I told him several
times that you were outside, but he said that you were in the bus toilet because he saw a man
going into the toilet,” my friend replied, laughing. The other passengers smiled at me. I was so
embarrassed.

16. What did the story tell us about?

a. The writer was left by the bus on his trip to Bandung
b. The writer arrived in Cianjur to visit his relatives
c. The writer could contact his friend with the cell phone
d. the writer got off the bus to get a cup a coffee
e. The writer and his friend enjoyed their trip to Bandung
Answer: a

17. What did the writer do when the bus stop for a rest in Cianjur?
a. Drink a cup of coffee and prayed
b. Bought souvenir and went to the toilet
c. Drank a cup of coffee
d. Drunk a cup of milk and bought souvenir
e. Drunk a cup of coffee and went to the toilet
Answer: a

18. Why couldn’t the writer call his friend?

a. He didn’t bring his cell phone
b. The battery was running low
c. The writer’s cell phone was stolen
d. The writer’s cell phone was broken
e. There was not any signal in his cell phone
Answer: b

19. How did the writer feel?

a. He felt happy
b. He felt awful
c. He felt sad
d. He felt angry
e. He felt shy
Answer: b

The following text is for number 20-24

Tessie

We were moving house and dad asked me to help him sort out all the boxes in the storeroom. I
hadn’t been in the storeroom for aged and wondered what we would find. One wall was line with
shelves, stacked with boxes almost to the ceiling there where many other wrapped up objects of
different shafts and sizes. Dad opened the boxes and rummage through them. I moved over to a
wooden box and was just about to lift the lid when it toppled over. Everything fell out into a heap.

Be careful!’ shouted dad, There may be something fragile in there

Then I saw it! My heart began to pound and many knees began to shake. It was a rubber ring. It
had belonged to my beloved dog. Tessie. She died two years ago.

I was only four when we got Tessie. I chose her from among other puppies. She was my best
friend. Although she had a basket in the kitchen she would creep up to my room at night and
sleep in the bottom of the bed. If I was cold she would snuggle up next to me.

Tessie could do anything. She could beg and sit and shake a paw. I taught her to fetch things.
One Christmas, I bought her rubber ring. I wrapped it up in shiny paper and place it under
Christmas tree. She played with it every day. Tessie would wait at the front door went she knew it
was time for me to come home from school. She would howl the painting with the rubber ring in
front of her. If didn’t play, she would howl and wouldn’t stop until did. In the weekend we would
take the ring to the playground and play four hours and hours until neither of us could run
anymore.

Then one day Tessie fell ill. She didn’t wait for me by the front door anymore and she didn’t want
to play with the ring. I tried to encourage her, “Come on, Tessie. Come and play.”

Seemed out of breath she couldn’t walk very well and she wasn’t eating properly. Mum and I took
her to the vet. The vet shook her head and told us that Tessie was really sick.

There, nothing they can do for her, ‘mum whispered to me.

I went to the room where Tessie was waiting and said my goodbyes I felt her warm fur for the last
time on my face and then I ran outside and cried…..
“What’s the matter, son?” asked Dad.
He put an arm around my shoulder. We all miss her, ‘said Dad sadly, ‘She was a good dog, a
really good dog. I nodded and put the ring hack in the box.

20. What kind of the text is that?

a. Recount
b. Narrative
c. Procedure
d. Report
e. News item
Answer: a

21. What is the generic structure of the text?

a. Orientation > Event > Re-orientation
b. Orientation > Evaluation > Complication > Resolution > Re-orientation
c. Goal > Material > Step
d. Newsworthy event > Background event > Source
e. Orientation > Event > Complication
Answer: a

22. What is the form of the text?

a. Diary
b. Personal recount
c. Letters
d. Factual recount
e. Imaginative recount
Answer: a

23. What caused the boy had the flashback?

a. He was moving house
b. He found a rubber ring
c. He found a dog
d. He found Christmas tree
e. He met a vet
Answer: a

24. Which statement is true based on the text?

a. the writer was moving home
b. the writer bought Tessie a rubber ring
c. Tessie had an accident
d. Tessie was the writer’s best friend
e. Tessie died two years ago
Answer: a

The following text is for number 25-28.

Once upon a time, there was a man who was living in north Sumatra. He lived in a simple hut in
a farming field. He did some gardening and fishing for his daily life.

One day, while the man was do fishing, he caught a big golden fish in his trap. It was the biggest
catch which he ever had in his life. Surprisingly, this fish turned into a beautiful princess. He felt
in love with her and proposed her to be his wife. She said; “Yes, but you have to promise not to
tell anymore about the secret that I was once a fish, otherwise there will be a huge disaster”. The
man made the deal and they got married, lived happily and had daughter.

Few years later, his daughter would help bringing lunch to her father out in the fields. One day,
his daughter was so hungry and she ate his father’s lunch. Unfortunately, he found out and got
furious, and shouted; “You damned daughter of a fish”. The daughter ran home and asked her
mother. The mother started crying, felt sad that her husband had broken his promise.

Then she told her daughter to run up the hills because a huge disaster was about to come. When
her daughter left, she prayed. Soon there was a big earthquake followed by non-stop pouring
rain. The whole area got flooded and became Toba Lake. She turned into a fish again and the
man became the island of Samosir.

25. What is the complication in paragraph 3?

a. The mother started crying, felt sad that her husband had broken his promise.
b. His daughter would help bringing lunch to her father out of in fields.
c. His daughter was so hungry and she ate his father’s lunch.
d. The daughter ran home and asked her mother.
e. The man shouted and be furious
Answer: c

26. Finally, what did happen to the man?

a. He sunk
b. He turned into a lake
c. He turned into a fish
d. He turned into an island
e. He attacked by earthquake
Answer: d

27. What kind we learn from the text above?

a. We must obey our parents
b. We must not break our promise
c. We must not eat our father’s meal
d. We must go fishing to find a golden fish
e. We must run to the hill if there is earthquake
Answer: b

28. What is the best title of the text above?

a. Toba Lake and Samosir in North Sumatra
b. The man, the fish and their daughter
c. The story of Samosir Island
d. The man and the goldfish
e. The story of Toba Lake
Answer: e

The following text is for number 29-31.

The hunters were after Freddie the fox. He flew across the fields in terror, until he saw a wood-
cutter returning from woods. “Please help me!” Freddie gasped. “Go and hide in my hut there,”
replied the wood-cutter. Freddie looked out of the hut. He saw the hunters stop and ask the
woodsman if they had seen a fox.

“No,” said the tree-cutter loud enough for Freddie to hear, but as he spoke he pointed his finger
towards the hut.

Luckily for Freddie, the hunters didn’t notice this and rode away. The fox slipped out of the hut to
run home. “Aren’t you even going to say thank you to me for saving you?” Asked the wood-cutter
as Freddie went past him. “I would have done,” replied Freddie. “but I saw how you tried to
betray me.”

29. Who chased after Freddie?

a. The wood-cutter
b. The lion
c. The other fox
d. The tree-cutter
e. The hunters
Answer: e

30. Where did Freddie hide?

a. In the wood-cutter’s hut
b. In the woods
c. In his house
d. In a farmer’s hut
e. In the hunter’s home
Answer: a

31. What is the moral of the story?

a. Too clever is not good
b. Trouble test your friends
c. Unity is strength
d. You can’t please anyone
e. Be careful who you trust
Answer: e

The following text is for number 32-35.

In the olden times there was a king who was so cruel and unjust toward his subjects that he was
always called the Tyrant. So heartless was he that his people used to pray night and day that
they might have a new king.

One day, much to their surprise, he called his people together and said to them, “My dear
subjects, the days of my tyranny are over. Henceforth, you shall live in peace’s and happiness,
for I have decided to try my rule henceforth justly and well.”

The king kept his word so well that soon he was known throughout the land as The Just King. By
and by one of his favorites came to him said, “Your Majesty, I beg you to tell me how it was that
you had this change of heart towards your people.

And the king replied, “As I was galloping through my forest one afternoon, I caught a sight of a
hound chasing a fox. The fox escaped into his hole, but not until he had bitten by the dog so
badly that he would be lame for life. The hound, returning home, met a man who threw a stone at
him, which broke his leg. And the horse, starting to run, fell into a hole and broke his leg. Here I
came to my senses, and resolved to change my rule. ‘For surely,’ I said to myself, he’s who does
evil will sooner or later be overtaken by evil.”

32. Which of the statement is TRUE?

a. The king was chased by a fox.
b. The king’s behavior never changed
c. The man was thrown with a stone by a hound.
d. The king’s subjects hated him when he was a tyrant.
e. In the olden times the king was loved by his subjects.
Answer: d

33. Paragraph two tells us that the king….

a. never ended the day of his tyranny
b. showed his surprise to his subjects
c. decided to rule his subjects unjustly
d. warned this subjects to obey his rules
e. changed his behavior and became a just ruler
Answer: e
34. The communicative purpose of this text is….
a. to criticize a work of art
b. to describe particular person
c. to describe how something is accomplished
d. to entertain and deal with actual or vicarious experience
e. to share an account of unusual or amusing incident with others
Answer: d

35. The organization of the text above is….

a. Goal, Material, Steps.
b. Identification, Description
c. Newsworthy event, Background Event, Sources
d. Orientation, Crisis, Reaction, Coda, Reflection
e. Orientation, Evaluation, Complication, Resolution, Reorientation
Answer: e
B. Fill in the blanks with the correct possessive adjective!

1. I have a new bag. All friends like …. bag.

Answer: my.

2. She is a rich girl. …. car is very expensive.

Answer: her.

3. The students are in the classroom. …. Teacher is teaching.

Answer: their.

4. This is Anton. Do you know …. house?

Answer: his.

5. You like eating very much. What is … favorite food?

Answer: your.

6. This is my cat …. tail is very long.

Answer: its.

7. Father and I are very happy. We live in … new house.

Answer: our.

8. Budi and Fitri live with …. Grandparents.

Answer: their.

9. Nanda’s bag is beautiful …. bag costs. 450.000,00

Answer: Her.

10. Jamila has a cat …. Cat is cute.

Answer: Her.
C. Read the following text and then fill in the blank!

My Day

I had a terrible day yesterday. First, I woke up an hour late because my alarm clock didn’t go off.
Then, I was in such a hurry that I burned my hand when I was making breakfast. After breakfast,
I got dressed so quickly that I forgot to wear socks.

Next, I ran out of the house trying to get the 9:30 bus, but of course I missed it. I wanted to take a
taxi, but I didn’t have enough money.

Finally, I walked the three miles to my school only to discover that it was Sunday! I hope I never
have a day as the I had yesterday.

Questions:
1. What happened to the writer yesterday?
Answer: He had a terrible day.

2. Why did he wake up an hour late?

Answer: Because his alarm clock didn’t go off.

3. What did he do after having breakfast?

Answer: He got dressed so quickly that he forgot to wear socks.

4. How far did the writer walk?

Answer: He walked for three miles.

5. What does the writer hope?

Answer: the writer hopes he will never have a day like yesterday.