Text for questions no 1 – 3

Announcement
As the nominee of the best green school of the year, our school will hold a gardening day
program. The program will be held the day after tomorrow. So, bring your most beautiful flower
and beautify your class garden as green and interesting as possible. Don’t forget to bring
gardening tools as well. Let’s go green. Let’s live happily and healthily.
The principal

1. The text above is written to ….

A. inform the readers to go green and live happily
B. tell the students to bring flower and gardening tools
C. to describe the school of being the nominee of the best green school
D. to announce the students that the school as the nominee of green school

ANSWER : A

2. What is the school going to do?

A. Being the nominee of the best green school
B. Bringing flowers and gardening tools
C. Holding a gardening day program
D. Making a beautiful green garden

ANSWER : C

3. “As the nominee of the best green school of the year,” (first sentence)
The word nominee is closest in meaning with ….
A. participant
B. candidate
C. winner
D. loser

ANSWER : B

Text for questions no 4 – 5

4. The purpose of writing the message above is ….

A. just want to know each other
B. asking about Rahma’s condition
C. informing someone about an English test
D. discussing the difficulties on English test

ANSWER : B

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5. What is Rahma probably going to do?
A. Tell others that they will have test tomorrow
B. Ask the sender the answer of the English test
C. Meet the sender to discuss the difficult material
D. Copy the material from the sender of the message

ANSWER : C

Text for questions no 6 – 8

Dear Dyana,
Sorry I couldn’t meet you personally today. You were in a meeting with your manager
and the clients. I just want to let you know that I shall have to miss the yoga class
tomorrow, because I’ve got an appointment with my dentist about a severe toothache.
I hope it’s OK for me to be absent just for tomorrow.
Sincerely,
Maggy

6. What do you think is Dyana?

A. A secretary
B. A manager
C. A student
D. A headmaster

ANSWER : A

7. What is Maggy going to do tomorrow?

A. Have a personal meeting
B. Meet Dyana personally
C. Have severe toothache
D. Miss the yoga class

ANSWER : D

8. “I hope it’s OK for me to be absent just for tomorrow.”

The word ‘it’ refers to ….
A. having a severe toothache
B. being in a meeting with clients
C. being absent from a yoga class
D. having an appointment with dentist

ANSWER : C

Text for questions no 9 – 11

Ladies and gentlemen, we hope you have enjoyed the in-flight entertainment.  We
are now preparing to land.  The bar is closed and we will soon collect your headset.
May I remind you to complete your arrival and immigration documentation by the
time we arrive.

9. Where might we find the announcement above?

A. In the departure lounge of an airport
B. At the airport reception desk
C. In the railway station
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ANSWER : D

10. After listening to the announcement, we must ….

A. get on board the plane soon
B. line up to enjoy the flight
C. prepare some documents
D. collect the headsets

ANSWER : C

11. The announcer broadcasting the announcement … the plane is going to land.
A. so
B. but
C. after
D. because

ANSWER : D

Text for questions no 12 – 13

12. What is the text written to?

A. Inviting people to a certain event
B. Announcing a new born baby girl
C. Honoring Jessica as a new mother
D. Asking people to celebrate Jessica’s birthday

ANSWER : C

13. From the text we can learn that the event will take place ….
A. in the morning
B. in the afternoon
C. in the evening
D. at night

ANSWER : B

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 Text for questions no 14 – 16

d like to invite anybody who enjoys being outdoors and cares about the harmony and the beauty of our environment to join us at our workin
nday, march 12th 2017
.00am – 9.00pm. (working bee starts at 06.30am)
place: Car-Free Day Slamet Riyadi St., by Sriwedari Stadium.
planting, picking up trash, erecting tree guards, fertilizing and watering. (plants and flowers are provided by volunteers)
free parking at SMPN 15 Ska.
bring: gardening tools and gloves, covered footware, sun protection (hat, sunscreen, etc)
ment: provided by volunteers

information or RSVP please contact:

(Secretary of SOLO Care Foundation)
00 1234 1234 Email:

14. The text above is inviting people to join to ….

A. maintain the city clean and beautiful
B. provide beautiful plants and flowers
C. control the car-free day activity
D. work together like bees

ANSWER : A

15. “plants and flowers are provided by volunteers”

The word volunteer means a person who ….
A. is responsible for the cleanliness of an area
B. offers to do something without being paid
C. takes care of garden and park in a city
D. does something to get some money

ANSWER : B

16. Whom is the invitation above addressed to?

A. The students of SMPN 15 Surakarta
B. The participants of working bee program
C. The members of SOLO Care foundation
D. Anyone who cares about the environment

ANSWER : D

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Text for questions no 17 – 18

17. From the text we can conclude that Corning is ….

A. the name of the street
B. the name of the hotel
C. the place where the guest can stay
D. the place where the hotel is situated

ANSWER : C

18. “Pet friendly”

The word ‘friendly’ has the same meaning as ….
A. kind
B. harmful
C. forbidden
D. welcoming

ANSWER : A

Text for questions no 19 – 22

Nora is one of my best friends. She is 23 years old. She comes from Quebec, Canada. She
lives in Quebec, but this year she is living in Madrid because she is learning Spanish. She
speaks French and English very well. This year she is a college student.
Nora is very beautiful in her oval face. She is quite tall. She has long blond hair and fair
skin. Her eyes are green. Her skin is fair. She is very kind to everyone. Everybody likes her.
Nora likes and good at a lot of things. She loves music and dancing. She likes writing
songs, too! We like spending time together because it's fun. Sometimes we sing her songs. She
has a beautiful voice! Nora also likes computers. She's very good at computers! She has a blog
and she often posts about her day. Her family read her posts and they post comments! Nora
doesn't like waiting for the bus! And she hates shopping, too!
Nora and I like spending time together. We have fun together. And she can practise her
Spanish! I am learning French, too! I like her because she's always there when I need her.
That's all.

19. The text above is written to ….

A. describe about the importance of friendship
B. inform about writer’s friend’s description
C. tell about Nora’s hobbies and hatred
D. tell about Nora’s experience

ANSWER : B

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20. From the text we may conclude that Nora is ….
A. kind, intelligent and helpful
B. funny, smart and humorous
C. clever, funny and intelligent
D. popular and attractive

ANSWER : C

21. Paragraph three is talking about Nora’s ….

A. blog and website
B. physical description
C. hobbies and habits
D. small happy family

ANSWER : C

22. ‘She has long blond hair and fair skin.’ (second paragraph)
The underlined word means …. colour.
A. pale yellow
B. pale white
C. reddish brown
D. greenish yellow

ANSWER : C

Text for questions no 23 – 26

Angkor Wat located at Angkor in Northwestern Cambodia, is the
largest temple in the world. Angkor was the Capital of the ancient
Khmer Empire. The temple was dedicated to the Hindu God Vishnu by
the Khmer King Suryavarman II, who reigned between AD 1131 and
1150.

The Temple was constructed over a period of 30 years and illustrates some of the most
beautiful examples of Khmer and Hindu art. Covering an area of about 81 hectares, the complex
consists of five towers, which are presently shown on the Cambodian national flag. These
towers are believed to represent the five peaks of Mount Meru, the Home of Gods and Center of
the Hindu Universe. Angkor Wat features the longest continuous bas-relief in the world, which
runs along the outer gallery walls, narrating stories from Hindu Mythology.
With the decline of the Khmer Empire, Angkor Wat was turned into a Buddhist Temple and
was continuously maintained. In 1992, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee declared the
monument, and the whole city of Angkor, a World Heritage Site.

23. What is the text mainly discussed about?

A. The city of Angkor in Northwestern Cambodia
B. The largest temple in the world Angkor Wat
C. The Khmer King Suryavarman II
D. The capital of Cambodia, Angkor

ANSWER : B

24. Paragraph one discusses about … of Angkor Wat.

A. the location
B. the construction
C. the definition
D. the declination
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ANSWER : C

25. What is the government of Cambodia going to do to the temple?

A. To keep maintaining it.
B. To register it as world heritage.
C. To turn its function back as Hindu temple.
D. Declare it as the largest Hindu temple in the world.

ANSWER : C

26. How long was the temple built?

A. About thirty decades
B. Less than thirty years
C. About thirteen years
D. Over three decades

ANSWER : D

Text for questions no 27 – 30

Your Android device can scan any barcode or QR code by using a free app from the Play Store. Once
you've installed the barcode scanning app, your device's camera can be used as a scanner. You can
then take different actions depending on the content contained in the barcode.

Instruction:
1. Open the Play Store on your device and type barcode scanner.
2. Tap QR & Barcode Scanner from Gamma Play.
3. Tap Install and then tap Accept.
4. Tap Open. This button appears after the app has downloaded and installed.
5. Point your camera at a barcode.
6. Make sure the barcode is well-lit.
7. Line up the entire QR code in the viewfinder. Make sure the entire square code is inside the
box on your screen.
8. Line up traditional barcodes in the viewfinder. When scanning a traditional line barcode, the
line in the viewfinder needs to be perpendicular to the lines of the barcode.
9. Adjust the distance between the camera and the barcode. This can help focus if the barcode
appears blurry.
10. Hold the device steady while the barcode scans. When the scan is successful, you'll feel the
device vibrate and hear it beep.
11. After scanning a code, you'll see the type of information that it contained. This can range
from text to website URLs. The content will be displayed at the top of the screen.

27. The text above is telling the readers about how to ….

A. scan barcode and QR code using android phone
B. choose the best application for scanning barcode
C. differentiate the kinds of traditional code
D. download and install free application

ANSWER : A

28. We can open the application if ….

A. we have installed it
B. we have downloaded it
C. the application is free downloaded
D. our android phone is compatible with it

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ANSWER : A

29. How to make the barcode we scan clear?

A. Make sure the barcode is well-lit
B. Line up traditional barcodes in the viewfinder
C. Hold the device steady while the barcode scans
D. Adjust the distance between the camera and the barcode

ANSWER : C

30. ‘After scanning a code, you'll see the type of information that it contained.’ (step 11)
The underlined word refers to ….
A. the code
B. the scanner
C. the website
D. the information

ANSWER : A

Text for questions no 31 – 35

The mysterious Catatumbo lightning is a unique natural

phenomenon in the world. Located on the mouth of the Catatumbo river
at Lake Maracaibo (Venezuela), the phenomenon is a cloud-to-cloud
lightning that forms a voltage arc more than five kilometre high during
140 to 160 nights a year, 10 hours a night, and as many as 280 times an
hour. This almost permanent storm occurs over the marshlands where
the Catatumbo River feeds into Lake Maracaibo and it is considered the
greatest single generator of ozone in the planet, judging from the
intensity of the cloud-to-cloud discharge and great frequency.
The area sees an estimated 1,176,000 electrical discharges per year, with an intensity of up to
400,000 amperes, and visible up to 400 km away. This is the reason why the storm is also known as
the Maracaibo Beacon as light has been used for navigation by ships for ages. The collision with the
winds coming from the Andes Mountains causes the storms and associated lightning, a result of
electrical discharges through ionised gases, specifically the methane created by the decomposition of
organic matter in the marshes. Being lighter than air, the gas rises up to the clouds, feeding the
storms. Some local environmentalists hope to put the area under the protection of UNESCO, as it is
an exceptional phenomenon, the greatest source of its type for regenerating the planet's ozone layer.

31. What is the text about?

A. The mystery of Lake Maracaibo
B. A unique natural phenomenon
C. Catatumbo river in Venezuela
D. Cloud-to-cloud lightning

ANSWER : C

32. The first paragraph is telling us about the description of ….

A. Catatumbo lightning
B. Catatumbo River
C. Lake Maracaibo
D. Venezuela

ANSWER : A

33. What kind of lightning is described in the text above?

A. Cloud-to-cloud lightning
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 B. Cloud-to-river lightning
C. Mysterious lightning
D. Permanent lightning

ANSWER : A

34. How far can the lightning be seen?

A. Alongside the Catatumbo river
B. Everywhere in Venezuela
C. From 400.000 km away
D. From 400 km away

ANSWER : D

35. “ … as it is an exceptional phenomenon”

The underlined word can be replaced by ….
A. hazardous
B. really good
C. very dangerous
D. different from others

ANSWER : D

Text for questions no 36 – 39

Red Rose
One beautiful spring day a red rose blossomed in a forest. Many kinds of trees and plants
grew there. As the rose looked around, a pine tree nearby said, “What a beautiful flower. I wish I
was that lovely.” Another tree said, “Dear pine, do not be sad, we cannot have everything.”
The rose turned its head and said, “It seems that I am the most beautiful plant in this
forest.” A sunflower asked, “Why do you say that? There are many beautiful plants. You are just
one of them.” The red rose replied, “I see everyone looking at me and admiring me.” Then, the
rose looked at a cactus and said, “Look at that ugly plant full of thorns!” The pine tree said, “Red
rose, what kind of talk is this? Who can say what beauty is? You have thorns, too.”
The proud red rose looked angrily at the pine and said, “I thought you had good taste! You
do not know what beauty is at all. You cannot compare my thorns to that of the cactus.”The rose
tried to move its roots away from the cactus, but it could not move. As the days passed, the red
rose would look at the cactus and say insulting things, like: This plant is useless? How sorry I am
to be his neighbour. The cactus never got upset and he even tried to advise the rose, saying, “God
did not create any form of life without a purpose.”
Spring passed, and the weather became very warm. Life became difficult in the forest, as
the plants and animals needed water and no rain fell. The red rose began to wilt. One day the rose
saw sparrows stick their beaks into the cactus and then fly away, refreshed. This was puzzling, and
the red rose asked the pine tree what the birds were doing. The pine tree explained that the birds
got water from the cactus. “Does it not hurt when they make holes?” asked the rose.
“Yes, but the cactus does not like to see any birds suffer,” replied the pine.The rose opened
its eyes in wonder and said, “The cactus has water?”, red rose asked. “Yes, you can also drink
from it. The sparrow can bring water to you if you ask the cactus for help.”
The red rose felt too ashamed of its past words and behavior to ask for water from the
cactus, but then it finally did ask the cactus for help. The cactus kindly agreed and the birds filled
their beaks with water and watered the rose’s roots.

36. When did the life become more difficult in the forest?
A. In spring
B. In summer
C. In autumn
D. In winter
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37. “This was puzzling, and the red rose asked the pine tree what the birds were doing. ”
What does the word ‘this’ in the sentence mean?
A. The sparrow make a hole on the rose flower and they then refreshed again.
B. The sparrow was refreshed after sticking their beaks into the cactus.
C. The pine tree asked the red rose to ask for water from the cactus.
D. The cactus offered the red rose some water from its trunk.

ANSWER : D

38. What can we learn from the story?

A. Don’t ask for help others unless you really need it.
B. All beautiful flowers have thorns for protection.
C. Never judge other just from their appearance.
D. Live harmoniously with other is important.

ANSWER : C

39. From the story we can say that the characteristic of the rose is ....
A. egotistic
B. humble
C. gregarious
D. self-confident

ANSWER : A

Text for questions no 40 – 42

A couple from Miami, Bill and Simone Butler, spent sixty-six days in a life raft in the sea of
Central America after their yacht sank. They survived in a very good condition.
Twenty-one days after they left Panama in their yacht, named Siboney, they met some whales
which started to hit the side of the yacht. Then water started to fill the yacht. Two minutes later the
boat was sinking. They jumped into a life raft and watched the yacht sinking.
For twenty days, they lived with tins of food, biscuits and bottles of water. They also had a
fishing line and machine to make salt water into drinking water, two things which saved their lives.
They caught eight to ten fish a day and ate them raw. After a few days, the fishing line broke. So,
they had no more fish until something very strange happened. Some sharks came to feed and the
fish under the raft were afraid and came to the surface. Bill caught them with his hands.
About twenty ships passed them, but no one saw them. After fifty days at sea, their life raft
began to break up. Then, suddenly it totally broke up. A fishing boat saw them and picked them up.
They couldn’t stand their horrible condition, so the captain carried them onto his boat and took
them to Costa Rica. Their two months at the sea were over.

40. Bill and Simone went to the seas of Central America by ….

A. ship
B. yacht
C. life raft
D. fishing boat

ANSWER : B

41. The second paragraph tells us about ….

A. the reason why the whales hit the boat
B. how bill and simone butler survived
C. the reason why the yacht sank

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ANSWER : C

42. Bill were still able to catch fish … their fishing line had broken.
A. because
B. although
C. and
D. so

ANSWER : B

Text for questions no 43 – 45

Once upon a time, a Town Mouse went on a visit to his cousin in the country. He was rough and
ready, but he loved his town friend and made him heartily welcome. Beans and bacon, cheese and bread,
were all he had to offer, but he offered them freely.
The Town Mouse rather turned up his long nose at this country fare, and said: "I cannot understand,
Cousin, how you can put up with such poor food as this, but of course you cannot expect anything better in
the country; come with me and I will show you how to live. When you have been in town a week you will
wonder how you could ever have stood a country life."
No sooner said than done: the two mice set off for the town and arrived at the Town Mouse's
residence late at night. "You will want some refreshment after our long journey," said the polite Town
Mouse, and took his friend into the grand dining-room. There they found the remains of a fine feast, and
soon the two mice were eating up jellies and cakes and all that was nice.
Suddenly they heard growling and barking. "What is that?" said the Country Mouse. "It is only the
dogs of the house," answered the other. "Only!" said the Country Mouse. "I do not like that music at my
dinner."
Just at that moment the door flew open, in came two huge mastiffs, and the two mice had to
scamper down and run off. "Good-bye, Cousin," said the Country Mouse, "What! going so soon?" said the
other. "Yes," he replied; "Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear."

43. What is the social function of the text above?

A. Amusing the readers
B. Describing the mice habits
C. Telling the characters’ experience
D. Informing the different life of the two mice

ANSWER : A

44. What did the mice have for dinner?

A. Beans and bacons
B. Cheese and bread
C. Jellies and cakes
D. Fine feasts

ANSWER : B

45. The moral value in the text is that we should…

A. like other people’s lives
B. find good food as long as we can
C. prioritize security over food
D. respect other people’s way of life

ANSWER : D

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Text for questions no 46 – 48

46. From the text we can conclude that the medication is best for ….
A. children over 12 years old
B. 4 to 12 year old kids
C. allergic patients
D. adults

ANSWER : B

47. How does the medication above taste?

A. Sweet
B. Bitter
C. Sour
D. Hot

ANSWER : C

48. How often should we take the medication a day?

A. Once
B. Twice
C. Three times
D. Four times

ANSWER : C

Text for questions no 49 and 50

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49. What is the text written for?
A. Congratulating someone on his success
B. Telling someone that he has worked hard
C. Admiring someone of being determination
D. Reminding someone to enjoy the new clogs

ANSWER : A

50. The word ‘determination’ in the sentence “With real determination!”, means ....
A. The advantages
B. The best attitude
C. The strength of mind
D. The distinction of purpose

ANSWER : C

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