LEMBAGA PENGEMBANGAN ISLAM AN-NUR

SEKOLAH MENENGAH ATAS ISLAM (SMA I) AN-NUR

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ULANGAN UMUM BERSAMA SEMESTER GANJIL TAHUN AJARAN 2017 / 2018

NAME : DATE :
CLASS : XI (SEBELAS) SUBJECT : ENGLISH

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

Dialogue for question text no 1 – 5
Son : Mom, I want to play outside with my friends
Mother : No, honey. You should take rest at home.
Son : I’m okay, Mom. I’m fine. Don’t worry about me.
Mother : Look at outside! It’s so cloudy. You are still unwell.
Son : I can wear my raincoat to protect my body, Mom.
Mother : You will have an examination next week. You should keep your health.
Son : I do really want to play outside ,Mom.
Mother : I warn you not to play outside. If you keep playing, I will give you a punishment.
Son : Okay, Mom. I know.

1. Where does the dialogue happened?

a. In a hospital b. In an office c. In a temple d. In a house e. At school

2. Why doesn’t the mother allow her son to go?

a. because she is worried of crowded road d. because the weather so bright
b. because the son is still sick e. because she doesn’t have a raincoat
c. because she wants her son to stay with her

3. What does the son want to do?

a. Hanging around in a mall d. Seeing the rainbow in a garden
b. Reading books in a library e. Playing outside with friends
c. Watching movies in a cinema

4. The underlined expression in the text above is an expression of …..

a. giving opinion c. asking for suggestion e. warning
b. asking for advice d. giving suggestion

5. What does the mother do if the son does not obey her?
a. she will give applause to her d. she will scream out loud
b. she will give her son a present e. she will lock her son in the room
c. she will punish her son

Dialogue for question text no 6 – 9

Opal : Hi, Ipul! Why do you look so confused? What’s wrong with you?
Ipul : Tomorrow is my mother’s birthday. I want to buy something to her, but I don’t have any idea.
Do you have any idea?
Opal : You should buy your mother’s favourite. What is your mother’s favorite?
Ipul : My mother likes reading a novel. So, should I buy a novel for her?
Opal : Do you know who her favorite author is?
Ipul : She likes Jane Austin
Opal : You’d better buy Jane Austin’s novel for your mother. I heard that Cakrawala Bookstore gives
a big sale. Maybe you can get a low price there.
Ipul : That’s good idea. Thank you very much. I am going to go there soon.

6. Who will have birthday tomorrow?

a. Ipul’s mother b. Opal c. Opal’s mother d. Ipul’s father e. Ipul

7. What will Ipul buy for her mother?

a. Novel b. Dress c. Bag d. Flower e. Book

8. Where will Ipul buy novel for his mother?

a. At the hypermart c. at Cakrawala bookstore e. In a supermarket
b. In a market d. In a mall

9. The underlined expression in the text above is an expression of … .

a. giving opinion c. asking for suggestion e. warning
b. asking for advice d. giving suggestion

10. Toni : You always make the same mistake

Nano : I am so sorry.
Toni : I am fed up with your attitude.
The underlined expression is an expression of … .
a. feeling displeased b. feeling pleased c. granting request d. like e. painful

11. Mirna : What are you listening to?

Sasa : Oh it’s jazz. Jazz music makes me relax.
Mirna : Are you fond of jazz music?
Sasa :Yes, … .
a. I hate it so much c. I am fond of jazz e. what a relief
b. I don’t believable d. I feel painful

12. Lily : What is the effective way you think the best to reduce global warming?
Jojo : … planting trees is one of the effective ways to reduce global warming.
a. I don’t know c. I’m not sure e. are you certain that
b. how do you see d. In my opinion

text for questions no 13 -17

The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree. It is one of the most widely cultivated tree
fruits. The tree is small, 3 to 12 meters tall. The flowers are white they have five petals with 2.5 to
3.5 centimeters in diameter.
The fruit is 5 to 9 centimeters in diameter. The apple tree comes from central Asia. There are
more than 7.500 known cultivars of apples.
Research shows that apples may reduce the risk of colon cancer, prostate cancer and lung
cancer. Apples contain relatively low amounts of vitamin C as well as several other antioxidant
compounds the fiber contents in apples may reduce the risk of colon cancer. They may also help
coping with heart disease, weight loss, and controlling cholesterol. They are rich with caloric content
like most fruits and vegetables.

13. What are the composition of apple

a. Beta-carothen and vitamin D c. Insulin and vitamin A e. Antioxidant and Vitamin C
b. Omega 3 and Vitamin E d. Fiber and Vitamin B complex

14. How many petals does the apple’s flowers have?

 a. 3 b. 9 c. 5 d. 2 e. 12

15. How is the apple tree’s flower?

a. Orange b. White c. Purple d. Blue e. Black

16. What is the special quality of apple?

a. Helping recover the wounds c. reducing the risk of cancer e. reducing the joint pain
b. for the outer medication d. recovering the fever

17. Where is the origin of apple?

a. North America b. South America c. West Java d. Central Asia e. East Canada

Text for questions no 18 – 22

One day, Turtle stopped to rest at the house of Anansi, the Spider. Turtle was tired and
hungry. It was dinner time, but Anansi didn’t want to share his food. Anansi saw that Turtle had
dirty feet, so he sent him to the lake to wash before dinner. Anansi then ate all the food.
When turtle returned, there was no food left for him. Turtle was hungry as he left. But he
invited Anansi to visited him someday.
Months later, Anansi came to see turtle as turtle invited Anansi to dinner. He, then went to
his underwater home to make the meal.
Anansi put rocks in his coat to make himself heavier. He jumped into the water and swam
down to turtle’s house. Turtled Anansi to take off his coat before he ate. When Anansi took off his
coat, he floated up to the top of the lake. Turtled smile and ate all the food.

18. What kind of text is it?

a. Fairy tale b. Folklore c, Legends d. Fable e. Myth

19. Why didn’t Anansi share his foods?

a. Because he wanted to eat them all d. Because Turtle hated Anansi
b. because turtle brought his own food e. Because Turtle dislike Anansi
c. because Anansi and Turtle didn’t have good relationship

20. Why did Turtle smile?

a. Because Anansi was funny d. because Anansi gave him food
b. Because Anansi made up a joke e. Because Turtled like smiling
c. Because Anansi floated up to the top of the lake

21. How did Anansi manage to follow the Turtle underwater?

a. He swam c. He took off his coat e. he kept his food for himself
b. He washed his feet d. He put rocks in his coat

22. “He jumped into the water and swam down to turtle’s house”. The word ‘he” refers to … .
a. Turtle b. Anansi c. Spiders d. Turtle’s house e. his coat

Text for question no 23-27

Is Smoking Good for Us?
Before we are going to smoke, it is better to look at the fact. About 50 thousand people die
every year in Britain as direct result of smoking. This is seven times as many as die in road accidents.
Nearly a quarter of smokers die because of diseases caused by smoking.
Ninety percent of lung cancers are caused by smoking. If we smoke five cigarettes a day, we
are six times more likely to die of lung cancer than a non smoker. If we smoke twenty cigarettes a
day, the risk is nineteen greater. Ninety five percent of people who suffer of bronchitis are people
 who are smoking. Smokers are two and half times more likely to die of heart disease than non-
smokers.
Additionally, children of smoker are more likely to develop bronchitis and pneumonia. In one
hour in smoky room, non smoker breathes as much as substance causing cancer as if he had smoked
fifteen cigarettes.
Smoking is really good for tobacco companies because they do make much money from
smoking habit. Smoking however is not good for every body else.

23. The purpose of the text is … .

a. to entertain the readers d. to inform about smoke
b. to present how dangerous the smoke is e. to describe smoke
c. to retell that children are likely develop bronchitis and pneumonia

24. How are the children of smoker?

a. very healthy c. very smart e. die
b. becoming a smoker also d. they are likely develop bronchitis and pneumonia

25. How many people in retain dies every year because of smoking?
a. fifty thousand people c. fifty five thousand people e. five thousand people
b. fifteen thousand people d. five hundred thousand people

26. “ … they do make much money from smoking habit”

The word “habit” has similar meaning with … .
a. hobby b. habitat c. behavior d. custom e. attitude

27. “… they do make much money from smoking habit”

What does the word “they” refers to?
a. smokers b. children c. Tobacco companies d. smokes e. non smokers

text for question no 28-32

Library
A library is the place which collects many kind of books.
Commonly, you can find libraries at school, in offices, and public places in the middle of the
city. Its function is to provide books so that we can learn about a lot of things. We can also entertain
ourselves, teach ourselves and be inspired by the ideas from the books.
A library has many section such as a reading room , a catalogue section, a magazine and
newspaper section, books section, kids section and a librarian desk. The books are arranged in
bookshelves and classified based on the subject. There are many subjects in the library such as fiction,
science, law and politics, religion, language, economics, education and psychology. The fiction is the
most favorite section cause many people like to read novels and short stories.

28. What is library?

a. A place to buy foods and drinks d. A place to colouring the wall
b. A place to pay school administration fee e. A place to punish naughty students
c. A place which has many books in the shelves

29. What is the function of library?

a. to burn the books d. to accommodate students who are sick
b. to save and provide books for people e. to practice sport
c. as a place to listen to music

30. How does the librarian classify the books collected in the library?
a. by title c. by publication number e. by author
 b. by year of publication d. by subject

31. There are several rooms in the library, except ….

a. watching room c. kids room e. newspaper room
b. reading room d. catalogue room

32. We can find a library in following place, except ….

a. At school c. in the public places e. In offices
b. In a plateau d. in the university

text for questions no 33-37

The Importance of Education
I personally think that Education is very important for us as Indonesian teenagers who will
take over value, good morals, culture, and knowledge. We also bring the future of Indonesia nation
in the middle of world global civilization.
The condition of education in Indonesia is terrible. Why do I say that? In fact, there are many
regions that have not been reached by good education. If the condition is going like this, I am sure it
is difficult for Indonesia to be a prosperous country. How can it be? As well as I know, a prosperous
country must have a good basic education, because by having good education, people will get job
easily, good life. Due to this reason, it makes the country prosperous.
To improve education system in Indonesia, the government has tried to provide education
evenly to all part of Indonesian and to apply suitable education system that can make people clever
and civilized. So, Indonesian can life better in this modern and sophisticated era. By the existence of
education in our country, we well be able to reach the degree of knowledge or science. Besides, the
Indonesian human resources will be equal with people in all around the world.
In short, it is obvious that as young Indonesian generation, education is very important.

33. What is the text tell you about?’

a. Culture b. Civilization c. Population d. Education e. National wealth

34. How is the condition of education in Indonesia?

a. Terrible b. Development c. Increase d. Decrease e. Great

35. What will happen if many regions are reached by good education?
a. It will be difficult for Indonesia to be a prosperous country
b. It will be difficult for Indonesia to be a development country
c. It will be difficult for Indonesia to get admitted by other countries
d. It will be easy for Indonesia to be a prosperous country
e. Indonesia will get good generation

36. “ … education is very important” the underlined word has similar meaning with … .
a. good b. great c. significant d. well e. development

37. What has the government do to improve education system in Indonesia?

a. The government has done students exchange
b. The government has given free education
c. the government has tried to provide education evenly to all part of Indonesian
d. The government has given education subsidization
e. the government has sent goo quality teachers in some regions

Text for question no 38-43

There was a traveler.going to a distant town. When he reached the town, it was almost
midnight. He come to an inn but he found it was lock from inside. He knocked on the door.
 “who are you?’ asked the voice from inside the inn. “what do you want?” the door cannot be
unlocked at such an old hour. The traveler needed a rest, food and shelter. He said,” please, innkeeper,
unlocked the door. See how cold is outside!”
“It’s a strange lock and only can be opened by a silver key”, replied the innkeeper. The traveler
passed a silver coin through a slit in the door, got the door unlocked and entered into the inn.
“ I have left one of my two bags outside,” said the traveler. “will you please bring it in?” no
sooner had the innkeeper gone out than the traveler locked the door from inside. The greedy innkeeper
was now shout out. He requested the traveler to unlock the door.
“I’m helpless”, replied the traveler, it’s a strange lock and can be opened only by a silver
key.” The innkeeper was obliged to push a silver coin through the slit. The traveler got back his silver
coin and unlocked the door.

38. What does the story tell you about?

a. a lost traveler d. silver coin replaced the silver key
b. smart traveler and greedy innkeeper e. helpless innkeeper and wicked traveler
c. traveler from a distant town

39. What does the purpose of the text?

a. to describe something c. to discuss something e. to amuse the readers
b. to retell past events d. to present the know

40. How many people are in the story?

a. one b. two c.three d. four e. five

41. What kind of text is it?

a. recount b. descriptive c. review d. report e. narrative

42. The traveler asked the innkeeper to unlock the door … it is so cold outside.
a. although b. so c. since d. and e. but

43. The word “passed” in paragraph 3 means … .

a. threw b. got back c. took out d. inserted e. entered

44. My shirt size is medium. Your shirt size is medium. It means my shirt is as … yours.
a. good b. tall c. expensive d. fat e. big

45. Now days … people learning Computer.

a. more b. more and more c. most d. as e. than

46. Fany’s sister is … than my sister.

a. beautiful b. most beautiful c.as beautiful d. more beautiful e. beauty

47. Mr. Rifky has much money … he goes to Netherland

a. however b. because c. therefore d. nevertheless e. consequently

48. My mother … before sewed my new dress.

a. design b. designed c. had designed d. has designed e. designing

49. We cancel to go for shopping … rain

a. because b. because of c. however d. nevertheless e. therefore

50. The girl … before she slept.

a. studied b. had study c. has studied d. had studied e. studies