RECOUNT

Recounts tell the reader what happened. They retell a past event eg a visit to a farm.

Recounts begin by telling the reader who was involved, what happened, where this event
took place and when it happened. This is called the orientation.

The sequence of events is then described in some sort of order eg time.

There may be a reorientation at the end which summarises the event.

Example:

This sample recount is labelled to show you the structure and language features of a recount
text.

Title A visit to a sheep property

Orientation Last holidays I visited a sheep property. I helped in the shearing

sheds and in the yards.

Sequence of On the first day the Merino weathers were crutched. I helped by
events sweeping up after the rouseabout picked up the wool pieces.
Shearers start early (at 7.30 am).After lunch, we started shearing
the lambs. There were more than 400 so we didn’t finish until the
next day. Once again I was sweeping and picking up dags.

I was tired by the end of the day in the shed but our work wasn’t
finished. We all had to help to get the wethers and lambs back into
the paddocks. As well, we had to get a mob of ewes and their
lambs into the yards for shearing the next day. Then it was time
for tea (that’s what my nanna calls dinner).
Reorientation This was a very long day but I enjoyed it a lot.

INFORMASI UNAS BAHASA INGGRIS 2006

Seperti tahun-tahun sebelumnya bahwa Ujian Nasional Bahasa Inggris Terdiri dari:
Listening, Reading, dan Language Focus/Tata Bahasa.

LISTENING:
Materi listening diperkirakan masih 20 soal yang gampang-gampang susah. Dikatakan
gampang bila mengerti apa yang dibicarakan, tetapi bisa susah untuk menentukan pilihan
jawaban yang benar karena di dalam Listening sebenarnya ada 2 unsur; yaitu
meaning( makna) dan tata bahasa. Anda harus ada balancing kemampuan antara meaning dan
tatabahasa. Anda bisa mengerti apa maksud soal tapi justru dalam soal itu yang diujikan
bukan dituntut maksudnya saja tapi unsur tata bahasa atau ungkapan apa yang digunakan.
Untuk mengatasi hal tersebut perbanyaklah berlatih listening yang mengarah ke Achievement
Academic, dan saya sudah membuat prediksi atau gambaran soal latihannya, memang agak
sulit tingkatannya, dengan maksud; Lebih baik anda susah di waktu latihan daripada
mendapat kesusahan di ujian sebenarnya. Kalau anda bisa benar 10 saja diprediksi ini, itu di
UNas nanti anda akan salah maksimal 5 soal saja.

READING:
Mengerjakan Reading tidak sesulit Listening karena materi Reading secara fisik anda bisa
melihatnya. Yang penting anda tahu bahwa soal Reading sebenarnya hanya ada 5 jenis
pertanyaan, yaitu ; 1. Menanyakan Main Idea, 2. Menanyakan Jenis Reading, 3. Menanyakan
untuk menentukan mana yang benar/salah, 4. Menanyakan Refering, dan 5. Vocabulary. Ada
cara/strategi khusus mengatasi ke lima jenis pertanyaan ini dan tidak mungkin saya jelaskan
satu persatu. Tapi jika anda berminat silahkan kontak saya melalui email.

TATA BAHASA:
Kedengarannya agak aneh Tata bahasa; Dalam UNas Bahasa Inggris mencakup 2 pengertian;
yaitu Ilmu tata bahasa itu sendiri atau Grammar dan Ungkapan. Singkatnya; bahwa
grammar/structure yang pasti keluar adalah seputar penggunaan kaidah tata bahasa yang
dimasukkan dalam unsur dialogue. Atau dalam dialogue tersebut anda diuji untuk bisa
menentukan ungkapan apa yang digunakan. Daftar ungkapan dan grammar yang sering
keluar di tiap UNas juga ada di Prediksi ini.

VOCABULARY:
Soal - soal vocabulary atau kosa kata secara otomatis ada pada setiap Reading, selama ini
Reading pada UNas Rata-rata 4 sampai 5 bacaan, berarti ada 5 soal vocabulary yang
berhubungan dengan Reading teks. Soal lainnya bisa diluar Teks tersebut. Tetapi semua itu
pasti masih dalam koridor di kurikulum anda. Intinya mengerjakan Vocab anda harus bisa
membedakan; verb, adjective, adverb, noun, past, dan participle.

Jadi Jumlah soal adalah 20 untuk Listening, 5 untuk vocab yang berhubungan dengan reading
teks, 4 soal x 5 jenis teks = 20 soal, 10 soal untuk Language Focus/Tata Bahasa dan 5 soal
vocab lepas. Total 60 Soal.

Saya yakin anda pasti sukses untuk UNas B.Inggris karena sudah tahu gambarannya, anda
tinggal bertanya pada diri sendiri di bagian mana anda lemah? silahkan ditutupi dari sekarang
kelemahan anda tersebut. Jika masih meragukan kemampuan anda silahkan kontak saya di:
email: invircom@telkom.net, siswanto@invir.com
Hp   : 0816 432 0757

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In early societies money was unknown and man relied on a simple system of exchange.
Perhaps a good hunter had more animal skins than he could use. His neighbor, a good
fisherman might have too many fish, but needed furs to protect his children from the cold.
Both soon realized that to solve their problems they could exchange their surplus.

This method of exchanging is called 'barter'. The word comes from the French barater.
Barter was important when the needs were mostly for clothing, food, and shelter. but the
system had its problems. For example, a weaver who wanted to change his cloth for a good
catch of fish might not be able to find a fisherman who needed cloth. And a farmer with too
much corn might not be able to find a hunter with too many deer. When labor and services
became more specialized, barter no longer could function of 'payment'. A new system had to
be found.
1.  People bartered because ............. 
A. they like a simple system
B. they realized their problems
C. they had a surplus and they needed something
D. they had money to fulfill their needs
E. they did not want to pay cash
2.Paragraph 3 is about ....................
A. the fisherman who needed cloth
B. the society that became more specialized
C. the weaver who wanted to exchange his cloth
D. the problems of the bartering 'system'
E. an example of barter
3. 'Both' soon realized that to solve their problems they could ...... ( par 1)
Both refers to ...................
A. the hunter and the fisherman
B. the hunter and his fish
C. the neighbor and the animal skin
D. the fish and the fur
E. the neighbor and the hunter
4. Barter was important until .......... (Par 3 )
A. the fisherman had enough cloth
B. the fisherman had enough cloth
C. the fisherman had enough cloth
D. the fisherman had enough cloth
E. the fisherman had enough cloth
5. An antonym of 'to protect' is ................
A. to satisfy
B. to abolish
C. to develop
D. to educate
E. to neglect
6.Who wanted to exchange his corn?
A. a trader
B. a neighbor
C. a farmer
D. a good hunter
E. a good fisherman
7. Barter was a means of exchange when the primary needs of man were clothing, food and
shelter only. But the system had many ......................
A. gaps
B. numbers
C. problems
D. advantages
E. satisfaction

          Computers are machines that handle information automatically. They can perform
calculations and process data. Computers can work with numbers to solve problems in a few
seconds. Computer can remember a great deal of information and make practically  no
mistakes. That is why computers are used in places such as banks, offices and companies.
          Computers work like calculators. But most calculators can do only one thing at a time.
we tell them what to do by pressing buttons so that it processes, we can give a series of
instructions to a computer. Other information such as a list, numbers, letters, words or even
graphs or pictures. Once we provide a programme, the computer can do all this work
automatically without further help or instruction.
          A computer stores and handles number. The numbers may be mathematical formulas
or numbers in columns of figures. Numbers can also be codes that stand for letters of the
alphabet, words or instructions to the computer.

8.   Paragraph 1 tells us about the ........ of a computer

construction framework
A D
. .
process function
B E
 . .
network
C
.

9.   Paragraph 2 tells us about ...............

how to provide a pronoun
A
.
how to operate computer
B.
how to set up a programme for computer
C.
how to get the information from a computer
D
.
how to get a series of instructions
E.

10.   Which answer is wrong

Computer can remember a great deal of information
A
.
to some extent, a computer is the same as a calculator
B.
banks, offices, companies will not run smoothly without computers
C.
Computers can do all work automatically without a program
D
.
Computers are machines that can handle information automatically
E.

11.   We can give the computer ........ according to our need ( paragraph 2)
a program the calculation
A D
. .
the information the memory
B E
. .
an instruction
C
.

12.   Why are computers used in Banks, in public and private offices? Because;
they work automatically
A
.
they do one thing at a time
B.
they do the work without help
C.
they can remember a great deal of information
D
.
they work the same way as calculators do
E.

13.   A computer stores and handles number( Paragraph 3). To store is ........
to make to process
A D
. .
to give to take
B E
. .
to keep
C
.

14.   We call this a computers programme. This refers to .......... ( Paragraph 2)

giving instruction
A
.
 further help or instruction
B.
pressing various buttons
C.
a series of instructions given to a computers
D
.
information provided by a computer
E.

15.   This Machine works automatically, it does not ........ an operator.

claim employ
A D
. .
obtain require
B E
. .
supply
C
.

16.   If you work with a computer remember to blink your eyes from time to time.
In that way you ........ eyestrain.
increase reduce
A D
. .
solve relax
B E
. .
avoid
C
.

The Torajan people of South Sulawesi have a unique way of burying the dead. They believe
that if somebody dies, she/he enters puya, a place for the dead. They also believe that
someone who enters puya must show her/his social status when alive. That is way the funeral
ceremony for a person who had a high position in the community may look like a big party or
even a carnival. Someone is only really dead when a complete funeral ceremony has been
held. Before that, the dead body is considered to be a sick body
.
The Manggarai people of Flores believe that the spirit of the dead, called poti, stay where
they used to stay when they were alive, especially near the bed. After some time, the poti '
live ' in well, big trees, or crossroads near the house. The spirit are there to help them.
However, this is believed to last only five days, for then the poti will leave for Mori Karaeng.
Mori Karaeng is a place for the dead. The Manggarai people believe that everything in Mori
Karaeng is the opposite of the world of the living. So, people break dishes and glasses on the
day the dead is supposed to leave for Mori Karaeng, so that when entering Mori Karaeng,
she/he has utensils in a good condition.

17.   In Tanah Toraja a dead body is ........ to be sick before a complete funeral
ceremony is held.
treated believed
A D
. .
considered imagined
B E
. .
behaved
C
.

18.   .............. a person who had a high position in the community.(par 3). Community
means....
the people The men
A D
. .
the Torajan People the society
B E
. .
 the women
C
.

19.   According to the Manggarai people the spirit of the dead go to Mori Karaeng ............
on the first day of the death on the fourth day of the death
A D
. .
on the second day of the death on the sixth day of the death
B E
. .
on the fifth day of the death
C
.

20.   Why do the Manggarai People break dishes and glasses on the day that the dead is
supposed to leave for Mori Karaeng?
to honor the dead person
A
.
to honor the Mori Karaeng
B.
to complete the funeral ceremony
C.
to accompany him/her to go to the last place
D
.
to have utensils in good condition in Mori Karaeng.
E.

21.   Everything in Mori Karaeng is the opposite of the world of the living.

Another noun for the opposite is .........................
the same the preference
A D
. .
the difference the reverse
B E
. .
the alternative
C
.

Many people now have a card which enables them to withdraw money from an ATM. You
just insert your card into the machine and key in your PIN (Personal Identification Number).
Then, tell the machine how much money you want.

22.   The purpose of the text is .............

to tell how to use an ATM
A
.
to persuade the readers to have credit card
B.
to check the customer's account
C.
to explain to the readers how to use PIN
D
.
how to get ATM registration
E.

23.   "many people now have a card which enables them to ........"

The word enables means .............
forces allows
A D
. .
supports put
B E
. .
asks
C
.
                                      HOW TO MAKE BALLOON FACES

YOU WILL NEED;

flour               balloons              funnel
yarn               glue                     felt-tip pens

STEPS:
1. Pour as much flour as you can through a funnel into a balloon.
2. Tie a knot in the balloon
3. Glue on some yarn for hair
4. Draw a face on the balloon with felt-tip pens
5. Mold the balloon with your fingers

See what funny faces you can make

24.   What is the purpose of the text?

to describe a place
A
.
to tell you about past events
B.
to tell you a story
C.
to tell you how to make something
D
.
to report the events
E.

To : Mr. Tri Gunarto

I found some viruses attack my documents.

Please tell me how I can eliminate them.
Sorry, I wrote this memo because
you were not in your office.
Thank you.

Mr. Siswanto

25.   What is the purpose of the text?

to give information to give services
A D
. .
to ask services to have something
B E
. .
to ask information
C
.

26.   Who is the writer of that memo?

Mr. Tri Gunarto The receptionist
A D
. .
Mr. Siswanto His Friend
B E
. .
The secretary
C
.

I have a pet. It is a dog and I call it Brownie.

Brownie is a Chinese breed. It is small, fluffy, and cute. It has got thick brown fur. When I
cuddle it, the fur feels soft. Brownie does not like bones. Every day it eats soft food like
steamed rice, fish or bread. Every morning I give her milk and bread. When I am at school,
Brownie plays with my cat. They get along well, and never fight maybe because Brownie
does not bark a lot. It treats the other animals in our house gently, and it never eat shoes.
Brownie is really a sweet and friendly animal

27.   What type of text is used by the writer?

Report News Items
A D
. .
Recount Descriptives
B E
. .
Narratives
C
.

28.   "Brownie is a Chinese breed, it is small, fluffy, and cute."

The underlined word means................
thin thick
A D
. .
soft awkward
B E
. .
hard
C
.

29.   The communicative purpose of this text is..................

to describe a particular animal
A
.
to share an amusing incident with others
B.
to present two pooints of view about an issue
C.
to inform the readers about the beauty of Brownie
D
.
to retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining
E.

30.   Speaker 1 : Let us join my uncle's business, shall we?

Speaker 2 : Do you think we will get profit?
Speaker 1 : Sure, his business has a good prospect. __________ of getting a lot of
profit
It is likely we will get a chance
A D
. .
It is impossible It is very doubtful
B E
. .
There is a good chance
C
.

31.   Arrange the sentences into a readable paragraph.

1. Difficulties subsequently arose over exact values.
2. A cow or a sheep must be fed and cared for.
3. But the buyer might not be willing to part with two cows.
4. A man who wanted to sell something might find that what he owned was worth
    more than one cow.
5. Some animals are fat and some are lean
1-3-5-4-2 5-4-2-3-1
A D
. .
4-2-5-3-2 2-5-4-3-1
B E
. .
2-3-5-4-1
C
 .

32.   Widya : what do you think about the dry season?

Bobi    : I think it lasts a very long time. The drought is felt everywhere.
Widya : what about the water supply in your village?
Bobi    : The people must use it ........, it means that they must be
              very ........ when using water.
economy; economist economical; economically
A D
. .
economize; economical economically; economical
B E
. .
economic; economically
C
.

33.   Banks receive money from their ........, on current 'account' or on a deposit account.
people workers
A D
. .
borrowers employees
B E
. .
customers
C
.

34.   The manager of the factory has decided that they must increase their ........ of packets
of soap powder.
produce productive
A D
. .
producer production
B E
. .
productivity
C
.

35.   If one talks about money and one says interest, it means ........
one has to pay a lot of money
A
.
one receives money from the bank or one has to pay charges to the bank
B.
one gets money from the bank
C.
one has to pay commission
D
.
one receives commission
E.

36.   If in a common talk one says: "That interests me very much", It means ........
one does not care at all
A
.
one is going to pay money to the bank
B.
one is getting interest from the bank
C.
one is waiting to get money from the bank
D
.
one is curious to know more about it
E.

37.   A commercial bank is lending at a higher interest rate than the interest it pays for
borrowing money. It does so ........
to please the customer to charge for services
A D
 in order to make profit to pay the customer
B E
. .
to pay for commissions
C
.

38.   If a bank extends credit, it means that the bank ........

makes money available to customers on certain conditions
A
.
pays interest
B.
is making profit
C.
implements monetary policy
D
.
is losing money
E.

39.   Now you have ........ it in a Javanese way. Your living room looks very artistic.
decorated made
A D
. .
carved designed
B E
. .
painted
C
.

40.   In the internet you can see a monitor The popular word for a monitor is ........
a television a screen
A D
. .
a display a recorder
B E
. .
a station
C
.

41.   The scientiest had carried out their experiment and the result ........ a lot of people.
carried developed
A D
. .
improved astonished
B E
. .
attempted
C
.

42.   A : There are many youngsters who want to study abroad, but some of them fail.
B : some of them fail because ........... of speaking good English.
they have a chance they are capable
A D
. .
they are incapable they have a good chance
B E
. .
they have a little chance
C
.

43.   "If women in the late 1960's had been given equal rights as men, there would not have
been 'women's liberation movement!" This sentence means that ....... at that time.
women will not have equal rights as men
A
.
 women didn't have equal rights as men
B.
women do not have equal rights as men
C.
women have not had equal rights as men
D
.
women might not have equal rights as men
E.

44.   The best arrangement of the following sentence is .....

1. We have to jog at least three times a week or every other day.
2. We can jog on the streets, in the big squares, in the park, etc.
3. We only need a pair of running shoes, a sport shirt, shorts, and socks.
4. So, don't jog only on Sundays.
5. Jogging does not need a lot of money.
6. If we want to make our body fit.
6-1-2-4-5-3 6-1-5-3-2-4
A D
. .
5-2-6-1-3-4 5-3-6-1-4-2
B E
. .
5-3-2-6-1-4
C
.

45.   Rita : Hi Rin. Have you finished your English paper ? It's is too difficult for me : I can't
do it. Rini : Let's do it together.
Rita : O.K.
In the dialogue above Rita expresses her ........
Impatience Disappointment
A D
. .
Uncertainty Dissatisfaction
B E
. .
Incapability
C
.

46.   Yunus : Dedi, let's spend this weekend for fishing. I have found a good spot.
Dedi    : I am sorry, I hate fishing.
From the above sentence, Dedi shows his ....... for fishing.
disagreement dissatisfaction
A D
. .
dislike discontentment
B E
. .
disappointment
C
.

47.   X : Have you visited Bob? He got an accident last week.

Y : Oh. poor Bob. I hope he'll be better soon.
The underlined sentence expresses ........
sadness expectation
A D
. .
pleasure satisfaction
B E
. .
sympathy
C
.

48.   Nadi : Can you help me typing my English Task ?

Rudy : Sorry, I am not able to type it using computer.
 From the dialogue above we can conclude that ........
Nadi will help Rudi
A
.
Rudi has ability to type using computer
B.
Rudi is very disappointed
C.
Rudy does not have capability of typing using computer
D
.
Nadi is pleasure to ask Rudy
E.

49.   Mother : Clean your room Siska!

Siska    : Yes Mam
Vinda   : What did your mother tell you Siska?
Siska    : She told me ........................
clean my room cleaned my room
A D
. .
to clean my room cleans his room
B E
. .
to clean your room
C
.

50.   Dona : Tony left for Bandung this morning

Tom : What did you say?
Dona : ............................
I said that Tony leaves for Bandung
A
.
I said that Tony will leave for Bandung
B.
I said that Tony would leave for Bandung
C.
I said that Tony had left for Bandung
D
.
I said that Tony is going to leave for Bandung
E.

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