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FINAL EXAMINATION SEM.1 FOR A.Y. 2020/2021

SUBJECT : ENGLISH COMPULSORY

CLASS : 12 SCIENCE & SOCIAL

Analyze the following picture and answer the questions!

1. What seem to be the caption of the following picture?

a. Allright! I got it.

b. Hmm, this is a piece of cake.
c. What a questions!
d. It’s very easy questions.
e. It’s finished!

2. What is the message of the following caption?

a. Keep the green of school environment

b. Green school is the best
c. Green school is not important
d. School must have green plant
e. Green is the right color for school

Read the following text and answer the questions!

12576 Aquilla Rd
Chardon, OH 44024
June 9, 2010

Mr. Chris Tart

Department of Energy
National Nuclear Security Administration
Washington D.C. 20585

Dear Mr. Tart,

In my recent search for jobs within the United States government, I was able to find the advertisement for the
Department of Energy on the USA Jobs website. This job deals with many of the issues that have been brought up in
my studies at Ohio University. I would like to apply for the job as a Foreign Affairs Specialist. (1)

With the relevant coursework studied in college, I will be able to keep up with all the different situations that may
arise even though my government experience is limited. My college experience includes classes such as international
relations and international law. Many of my courses investigated the thorny and layered situations of nuclear
development and management. Through those studies, I have gained an understanding of the complex international
system that would make me an asset to your team.(2)

I’m also serving an internship with Senator Sherrod Brown, of Ohio, this summer. Having this chance to work with one
of the most involved and energetic Senators in Congress will help me learn more about the U.S. government and its
inner workings. Getting the chance to be out in the field will allow me to gain the knowledge and experience I could
not get while sitting in a classroom. My schoolwork and internship deepen my focus and drive within my field.   My
desire to learn has helped me to graduate from college in a little over three years. (3)

With my education and experience, I believe that I would make a great asset to the National Nuclear Security
Administration.  Please contact me at (440) 839-5784 if you wish to arrange and interview. (4)

Sincerely,
Allyson K. Fenn
af175306@ohio.edu

Enclosure: Resume

3. To whom is the letter sent?

a. Mr. Chris Tart
b. Aquilla
c. Chardon
d. Allyson Fenn
e. Sherrod Brown
4. Who wrote the application letter?
a. Mr. Chris Tart
b. Aquilla
c. Chardon
d. Allyson Fenn
e. Sherrod Brown
5. What is the purpose of writing the letter?
a. To apply for a job in the Department of Energy
b. To request a position in United States government
c. To inform a vacancy from advertisement
d. To advertise a vacancy in newspaper
e. To post a vacancy in the US government website
6. What position would the writer like to apply for?
a. As officer in the Department of Energy
b. As Foreign Affairs Specialist
c. As the officer in the US government
d. As the Administrator of National Nuclear Security
e. As the National Nuclear Security
7. How did the writer know the vacancy?
a. Read the advertisement in the newspaper
b. Read the advertisement in the social media
c. Read the advertisement in the magazine
d. Read the advertisement in the announcement
e. Read the advertisement in the website
8. Where did the writer study?
a. US Government
b. Department of Energy
c. National Nuclear Security Administration
d. Ohio University
e. USA University
9. What has been experience of the writer in his college?
a. International Relations
b. International law
c. International relations and International law
d. Detecting the situations of nuclear.
e. National relations and law
10. Whom the writer follow the internship with ?
a. Mr. Chris Tart
b. Aquilla
c. Chardon
d. Allyson Fenn
e. Senator Sherrod Brown
11. When will the internship be held?
a. After summer
b. This coming summer
c. In the end of summer
d. In the beginning of summer
e. In the summer next year
12. What is TRUE according to the text?
a. The writer knows the vacancy from her friend
b. The writer is majoring in the government administration
c. The writer studied about situations of nuclear development and management.
d. The writer is sure that he will be interviewed
e. The writer’s government experience is a lot.
13. “Many of my courses investigated the thorny and...”
The closest meaning of the bold word is....
a. Easier
b. Hard
c. Simple
d. Medium
e. complex
14. What does the writer attach in his letter?
a. Resume
b. Experience
c. Biodata
d. College
e. Education
15. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
a. The writer takes an internship with Senator Sherrod Brown
b. Sherrod Brown is an energetic Senator
c. The writer has graduated from college more than three years
d. The study will be done in the internship.
e. The internship will be held in the summer

Romy: I have many assignments to do. I’m very busy.

Deny: Can I give you a hand?
Deny: Hmmm. Don’t bother yourself, thanks. 
16. The bold and underlined sentence expresses ....
a. Asking help and giving help
b. Giving help and the respond
c. Offering help and refusing an offer
d. Refusing and accepting an offer
e. Respond and Accepting an offer

Read the following text and answer the questions!

BANDUNG: Thousands of people who had fled from their houses located on the slopes of smoldering Mount
Gamkonora on Halmahera Island, North Maluku province, could return to their homes after authorities downgraded
the volcano’s top-alert status Monday.
The Head of the Volcanology Center and Geology Disaster Mitigation Agency, Surono, said that the returning
residents still could not get in within three kilometres area of the volcano in Ibu district, West Halmahera regency.
The alert status for the volcano was downgraded because the volcano had shown less volcanic activity. Since
July 10 to July 15, only two small tectonic quakes measuring below 2 of the richter scale were recorded in the
mountain and the volcano did not burst out hot lava or other volcanic materials from its crater.
“Compared to the last Monday’s explosion, wherein the ash spewed was 4,000 above the crater, it is now
only about 10 meters high,” Surono told the journalists in Bandung on Monday.
Following the volcano’s increasing activity last week, which led authorities to put in the top alert status,
around 10,000 residents in Ibu district fled to safety. Most of the residents were taking shelter in South Ibu and
Central Ibu Districts.
Surono warned the people not to get close to the volcano because small emisions of smoke could throw
materials from the volcano’s crater.
The 1.635-meter volcano has erupted 12 times since records have been kept. The last time ash and smoke
streamed out of the volcano was in 1987. No casualties were reported.
17. What is the text about?
a. Thousands of people who return home to the Maluku Volcano area.
b. The increasing activity of a number of volcanic mountains in Maluku.
c. The reason for the downgraded alert status of Maluku volcano.
d. The head of the Volcanology Center and Geology Disaster.
e. The increasing volcanic activity of Mount Gamkonora
18. Why were the alert status for the volcano downgraded?
a. Because people could return to their homes
b. Because the volcano had shown less volcanic activity
c. Because the volcano had shown more volcanic activity
d. Because the authorities had downgraded the volcano’s top-alert status
e. Because the volcano did not burst out hot lava
19. “No casualties were reported.” The underline word has similar meaning to ...
a. Injured
b. Accident
c. Chance
d. Blessing
e. Disaster
20. Which information is TRUE according to the text?
a. Mount Gamkonora shows more activity.
b. The authority downgraded the alert status of Mount Gamkonora.
c. The people from Mount Gamkonora have not returned home.
d. Two tectonic quakes measuring 5 of the Richter scale recorded.
e. The explosions only happened during Monday with ash spewing 4,000 above the crater.

21. The height of the volcano is ... meter.

 a. 10,000
b. 4,000
c. 3,987
d. 1,987
e. 1,635

Jakarta: Indonesian dancer-choreographer Sardono W. Kusumo has been awarded the Distinguished Artist Award
by the International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA).
The Sardono Seni dance studio in Surakarta, Central Java, where the artist is based, said the award would be
presented during a ceremony on June 20th, as part of the society’s 17th International Congress at the Esplanade in
Singapore. The congress is taking place between June 18 th and June 21th.
The ISPA Distinguished Artist Award, first awarded in 1975, is presented to performing artists who have made an
outstanding contribution of talent, artistry, dedication and service to the world of performing arts.
Past recipients include pianist Arthur Rubenstein (1976), jazz clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman (1982),
opera, theatre, and film director Peter Sellars (1990), mime Marcel Marceau (1992), Broadway composer Stephen
Sondheim (1994), and Soprano Dame Joan Sutherland (1994).
22. What is the main idea of the passage?
a. Sardono is a dancer choreographer.
b. Sardono is the ISPA Distinguished Artist Award recipient this year.
c. The society’s 17th congress was held in Singapore.
d. Arthur Rubenstein was one of the past recipients.
e. To whom the ISPA Distinguished Artist Award has been given previously.
23. The topic of the second paragraph is about?
a. The time the congress will be held
b. The person who will get the award
c. The place where the congress takes place
d. The place where the artist is based
e. The time the award will be given
24. An artist will be awarded ISPA if they have performed a very remarkable performance of the following, except ....
a. Artistry
b. Talent
c. Service
d. Humor
e. Dedication
25. “... who have made an outstanding contribution...”
The closest meaning to the underlined word is ....
a. Important
b. Very good
c. Satisfying
d. Challenging
e. Very interesting

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