PEMERINTAH KABUPATEN BINTAN

DINAS PENDIDIKAN PEMUDA DAN OLAHRAGA

SMP NEGERI 3 BINTAN
Jl.Nusantara Km.18 Gunung Lengkuas-Kijang

UJIAN SEMESTER GANJIL T.P. 2015/2016

MATA PELAJARAN : BAHASA INGGRIS
KELAS : IX (SEMBILAN)
WAKTU : 90 MENIT

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Read the text carefully and answer question No. 1 and 2!

To: Devi
I’ve got news that my grandmother is sick and hospitalized, so my family and I have to visit
her immediately. Therefore, I cannot attend the class tomorrow. Would you mind
submitting my report to Mr. Johan? ( It will due to tomorrow).
Thank you for your kindness.

Arief

1. Why does Arief cannot attend the class? Because he is ...

A. sick C. visit his grandmother in the hospital
B. hospitalized D. go to Devi’s house

2. From the text we know that Mr Johan is.....

A. Devi’s father C. Devi and Arief’s teacher
B. Arief’s friend D. Arief’s grandfather

The text is for questions No. 3 and 4!

From : +6281364668
Just to inform you that the meeting will be cancelled for tomorrow
Mon, November 28th13 at 10a.m. as the principal will arrive from Tanjungpinang
tonight.
Riyu

3. The short message is written to ....

A. tell what had happened at the meeting.
B. inform the cancelation to a meeting
C. say that the principal won’t come to the meeting
D. inform that the sender has just arrived from Tanjungpinang

4. ”Just to inform you that the meeting….” The underlined word refers to ….
A. Riyu C.The principal
B. The meeting D. Riyu’s friend

The following text is for questions No. 5 – 6!

ANNOUNCEMENT
COMMITTEE SCHOOL TRIP TO ANYER YOUTH CENTER
On 3-4 January 2015, the school will hold a school trip to Anyer Youth Center.
Departure : 7 a.m
Program : Leadership Training
Fee : Rp150.000
Contact Person : Vita, Zaskia
Chair person
5. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To inform the school trip to Anyer Youth Centre
B. To tell someone about Anyer Youth Center
C. To Invite someone to join the trip
D. To coin the commitee of the school trip
6. How long will the School trip spend?
A. Four days C.Two days
B. Three days D.One day

Read the text and answer questions No. 7 and 9!

7. What is the announcement tell us about?

A. The travelling by Bus C. The school weekend
B. The camping equipment D. The camping weekend

8. What will the school provide?

A. A coat and a pair of boots. C. Sleeping bags.
B. Tents and mats. D. Spare clothes.

9. “it is only for emergencies”. What does the word it refer to ?

A. The main road. C. The camping ground.
B. The nearby shop. D. The public telephone.

The text is for questions no. 10 – 11!

ANNOUNCEMENT
The school holds a story telling competition on 28 November at the
school hall
For more information and registration, contact Laila at the student’s
association office.

10. Where will the competition be held?

A. An office C. At school hall
B. At class D. At association office

11. “…contact Laila at the student’s association office.”

A. send C. call
B. report D. come

Read the text and answer question no. 12 – 13!

Putri, we are going to celebrate our success in the examination. Would you like
to watch a film together at Studio 7 at 7.30 pm? I read there’s a good film there.
Let’s meet at Grandy bookstore an hour before the film
See you there.

Tika and Tiara

 12. What are they going to do at Studio 7 ?
A. Attend the premiere C.Buy books
B. Have an exam D. Watch a film.

13. “…. Success in the examination…”

The word “examination” has similar meaning to ….
A. Contest B. test C. experiment D. collect

Look at the picture and answer the questions No. 14 to 16!

14. What is the advertisement about?

A. The promotion of touching the screen. C. The promotion of handphone.
B. How to use a handphone. D. The best handphone for communication.

15. How do you operate this thing?

A. Touching the screen. C. We touch the keypad.
B. Typing on the screen. D. By pressing the red button

16. “Type it. Touch it. Done.” The underlined word refers to ….
A. handphone B. monitor C. screen D. keypad

Read the letter carefully and answer question No. 17 and 18!

17. What is the communicative function of the text?

A. To show how to get to the Jogja Inn. C. To describe the Jogya Inn.
B. To inform about a hotel in general. D. To advertise the hotel.

18. How far is the Jogja Inn from Jogjakarta?

A. One mile. C. Two miles.
B. One-half mile. D. Two and a half miles.
The following text is for question No. 17 to 20!

INGREDIENTS
1 Small chicken, cut into pieces
2 cups fresh coconut milk (or 200 ml thick coconut milk and 200 ml water)

GRINDED SPICES
Shallots, garlic, galangal, lemongrass, cumin, salt, pepper, coriander

COOKING DIRECTIONS
Boil chicken. Allow 2 cups of broth to remain in the pot.
Fry the grinded spices with 2 spoons of vegetable oil.
Add the spices into the boiled chicken; turn to low heat until it is tender.
Add the coconut milk, stir, continue simmer to enhance flavour.
Serve your white chicken curry while hot.
19. The writer wrote the text to …white chicken curry.
A. describe what to do for C. explain how to operate
B. explain how to cook D. tell where we can make

20. What should you do after boiling the chicken?

A. Fry the grinded spices with 2 spoons of vegetable oil.
B. Put 2 cups of broth to remain in the pot.
C. Add the spices into the boiled chicken.
D. Add the coconut milk.

21. How many steps are there in the text?

A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D.7

22. Why is the recipe called “white chicken curry”?

A. The main ingredient is from chicken. C. It needs much water cooking it.
B. very It has coconut milk in the recipe D. There is milk on the chicken

23. “… turn to low heat until it is tender.” The word it refers to…
A. Heat B. spice C. chicken D. vegetable oil

The text is for question No. 24 to 27!

There was once an old man. He was, very old. Some people said he was a thousand years
old. He was also very wise and he knows many things. Many people came to visit him in his cave
near the sea. They always asked him to help them.

One day, a young man came to see this wise old man. “ O, wise father,” said the young
man,”I want to be useful to people. I want to serve them all my life. How can I do this?

“that’s very good.” Said the old man. “here is a magic box.do not open it until you reach
home.if you open it now,something will happen to you.”

“thank you, wife father.”said the young man. He took the box and left. When he was out
of the cave, he stopped.”I wonder what is in the box?”he said to him self.”I’m going to look.”

He opened the box and at once he turned into a tall tree—a coconut tree. That was his
punishment for disobeying the old man advice,but he still had his wish because the coconut tree is
very useful to people.

24. Where did the young man meet the old man ?

A. In a cave in the side of a hil. C. In a cave near the sea.

B. In the young man’s home. D. In a forest

25. From the textwe conclude that …….

A. The old man did not want to help the young man

B. The old man gave the young a box containing jewels.

C. The old man asked the young man to open the box after three days.

D. The young man opened the box when he was out of the cave.

26. “That was his punishment for disobeying the old man.

The underlined word means ….

A. Compensation B. Payment C. Penalty D. Reward

 27. What can we lear n from the story?

A. We should accept ourselves as we are. C. We should be generous.

B. We should obey what old people have told us. D. We should be polite to other
people.

Read the text and answer question No. 28 – 31!

Rain forest is a place where there is lots of rain. One kind of rain forest is called a temperate
rain forest. You can find temperate rain forests where the weather is cool and mild, and very wet.
A temperate rain forest grows near the Northwest coast of the United States. Just a few kinds
of evergreen trees grow there. Most of the world’s rain forests are tropical rain forests with many kinds
of trees.
Tropical rain forests grow in warm places near Earth’s equator. The equator is an imaginary
line that goes around the middle of the planet. There are tropical rain forests in Central and South
America, Africa, and Asia. The world’s largest rain forest is the Amazon rain forest in South America.
It is always hot and wet in a tropical rain forest.
Different kinds of plants grow in different layers of a tropical rain forest. The ground in a rain
forest is called the forest floor. The soil on the forest floor is very thin and poor. Some plants living
there get their food from dead plants. Other plants on the ground eat insects. The pitcher plant is an
insect-eating plant that grows in rain forests in Asia

28. What is the text about?

A. Rain Forest C. Evergreen Trees
B. Tropical Rain forest D. The forest floor
.
29. What is the main idea of last paragraph?
A. The different kinds of plants grow in the tropical rain forest.
B. Tropical Rain forest grow in the Earth’s equator
C. The temperate rain forest in the United States
D. The definition of Rain Forest

30. What is the rain forest?

A. Whether of rain forest is cool, mild and very wet.
B. The ground in a rain forest is forest floor
C. A place where is lots of rain
D. The pitcher plaint is an insect – eating plant that grows in rain forest

31. “ the world’s largest rain forest...” ( paragraph 4 )

The underlined word means...
A. Small B. Thin C. Poor D. Big

The following text is for question No. 32 – 35!

Many people call platypus duck-bill because this animal has a bill like duck-bill. Platypus is a native
Tasmania and southern and eastern Australia.
Platypus has a flat tail and webbed feet. Its body length is 30 to 45 cm and covered with a thick and
wooly layer of fur. Its bill is detecting prey and stirring up mud. Platypus eyes and head are small. It has
no ears, but has ability to sense sound and light.
Platypus lives streams, rivers, and lakes. Female platypus usually dig burrows in the streams or river
bank. The burrows are blocked with soil to protect it from intruders and flooding. In the other hand, male
platypus does not need any burrow to stay.

32. From the text, we know that ….

A. platypus is like a bird. C. the animal lives in Australia.
B. it can live everywhere. D. The platypus is a duck.

33. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To describe platypus in general.
B. To explain how platypus survive its self.
C. To give information about parts of platypus.
D. To tell the habitat of platypus.

34. What does platypus use its bill for?

A. To sense sound and light. C. To dig burrows in the streams.
B. To detect prey and stir up mud. D. To protect itself from the danger.

35. “The burrows are blocked with soil to protect it from intruders and flooding.”(The last paragraph). The
word “it” refers to ….
 A. male platypus B. female platypus C. burrow D. stream

The text is for questions no. 36 – 39, Complete the paragraph using the suitable words!

Reptiles are scaly- skinned animals which (36) … in many different habitats mainly in warm regions.
They include crocodiles,(37)…, snakes and tortoises.

Reptiles are (38) …, but this does not mean that their blood is cold. A reptile’s body cannot keep its blood
warm, and it has to control its temperature by moving between hot and cool places.

A reptile’s skin looks slimy, but it is quite dry. It keeps in moisture so well that reptiles can survive in (39)
… . the skin often turn darker to absorb the sun’s heat.

36. A. stay 37.A. turtles 38. A. cold-blooded 39. A. rivers

B. live B. tigers B. hot-blooded B. waters
C. place C. lions C. warm-blooded C. deserts
D. keep D. lizards D. cool-blooded D. seas

Complete the paragraph using the suitable words!

HOW TO OPERATE A FAN

1. …(40) the power cord into a…(41). (AC 120 Volts 60 HZ)
2. To make the fan move sideways,(42)… the pin on top of the motor.
3. To move the fan up or down, first pull up the oscilla ting pin, then press the tilt adjustment knob.
4. To change the speed of the fan, press one of the switches at the bottom.

40. A. press 41. A. wall-outlet 42. A. push

B. push B. table B. pull
C. plug C. hole C. take
D. put D. cable D. put

Arrange the words to make a good sentence!

43. Rearrange the jumbled words into a good sentence!

door – after – the – lock – out – you – go
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

A. 4 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 6 – 7 – 5 C. 7 – 5 – 6 – 4 – 3 – 1 – 2
B. 6 – 7 – 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 D. 4 – 3 – 1 – 6 – 7 – 5 – 2

44. and – our – come – bargain – get – this – fantastic – year

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

A. 3 – 2 – 1 – 5 – 7 – 4 – 6 – 8 C. 3 – 1 – 5 – 2 – 7 – 4 – 6 – 8
B. 3 – 1 – 5 – 2 – 6 – 8 – 7 – 4 D. 3 – 1 – 5 – 2 – 4 – 6 – 7 – 8

45. our – daily – is – part – computer – of – life – today

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

The best arrangement is …

A. 1 – 4 – 6 – 2 – 7 – 8 – 3 – 5 C. 5 – 3 – 2 – 7 – 1 – 4 – 6 – 8
B. 5 – 3 – 4 – 6 – 1 – 2 – 7 – 8 D. 1 – 4 – 6 – 2 – 7 – 3 – 5 – 8

46. are – big – and – animals – rhinoceros – heavy

1 2 3 4 5 6

The best arrangement is …

A. 5 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 6 – 4 C. 5 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 6 – 4
 B. 4 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 6 – 5 D. 5 – 1 – 4 – 2 – 3 – 6

47. Arrange the sentences into a good paragraph!

1. Some of the places where they live are Africa, India, South America, and Australia.
2. They hunt mammals and birds which come to the river to drink.
3. Crocodiles are the largest and the most dangerous reptile.
4. They can also attack and kill people.
5. They have large mouths and many sharp teeth.
6. They live in the rivers.

The best arrangement is ….

A. 3 – 6 – 1 – 5 – 2 – 4 C. 3 – 6 – 4 – 2 – 1 – 5
B. 6 – 1 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 2 D. 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6

48. Arrange the sentences into a good paragraph!

1. Romans believed that volcano lived on a volcanic Italian coast.
2. Volcanic eruptions have caused some of the worst disasters in the world.
3. The name of volcano comes from Roma term.
4. Romans called the island VOLCANO.
5. It drives from volcano which is the name of Roma fire god.
6. They can wipe out entire cities and kill thousands of people.

The best arrangement is ….

A. 2-1-6-4-5-3 C. 2-6-3-5-1-4
B. 2-4-1-3-6-5 D. 2-5-4-1-3-6
49.
1. Then I went to Sidoarjo.
2. After that I went to lamongan.
3. The place made me feel at home but I had to go home
4. I visited the famous for its mud
5. It had become famous for its mud.
6. Last summer, I got a fantastic holiday.
7. Next time, I would return to see more of them.
8. I went to the airport and I flew to Surabaya.

A. 6- 8- 7- 5 – 4- 3 – 1 - 2 C. 6-8-1- 5- 2- 4- 3- 7
B. 8- 6- 5- 3- 1- 2 - 7- 4 D. 8- 6-3- 5-2- 4- 1-7

FOOD AND DRINK FROM OUTSIDE ARE NOT

PERMITTED

50. The notice means ….

A. If we want to eat or drink, we should buy in the place. C. We shouldnot eat in the place.
B. If we want to eat or drink, we should go out. D. We should not buy in the place

=== Good Luck ===