SOAL PEMANTAPAN DAN PEMBAHASAN BAGIAN 4B

Review Unit IV
Version B

I.     Choose A, B, C, D, or E for the correct answer.

 A.   Listening Section

Questions 1 to 3 refer to the following dialog.

          Girl  :   Hey, you look gloomy. What’s wrong with you?

Boy :   Well, I’ve lost my biology paper. You know, it’s due date today.
Girl  :   Where did you put it?
Boy :   I don’t remember.
Girl  :   Well, that’s your problem then. You’re too forgetful and careless. It has
happened a couple of times that you lost something, right.
Boy :   Yeah, I admit that it is my weakness.
Girl  :   In my opinion, it’s time for you to change. List everything you have done, or to
be done. Add notes of where you keep, or put anything. Don’t forget to put everything
 in its proper place.
Boy :   Thanks for your advice. I’ll try that.

Questions:

1.    How is the boy’s feeling? 

       A.    He is sad.

       B.    He is glad.
       C.    He is shocked.
       D.   He is nervous.
       E.    He is not feeling well.

Pembahasan

A.   Jawaban disimpulkan dari kalimat yang diucapkan anak perempuan itu di awal
percakapan, yaitu ”Hey, you look gloomy.” yang artinya ”Hai, kamu kelihatan
murung.”. Kata murung artinya hampir sama dengan sedih (sad). Jadi, pilihan
jawaban (A) benar.

2.    What happened to the boy? 

       A.    He got a low mark for his biology.

       B.    He hasn’t finished his biology paper.
       C.    He wasn’t ready for the biology test.
       D.   He lost his biology paper.
       E.    He didn’t do his biology homework.

Pembahasan

D.   Pilihan jawaban (D) sesuai dengan kalimat yang diucapkan anak laki-laki itu,
yaitu ”Well, I’ve lost my biology paper.” yang artinya ”Saya kehilangan tugas biologi
saya.”. 

3.    What should the boy do about it? 

       A.    Take multivitamin regularly.

       B.    Have regular exercises.
       C.    Make notes about everything.
       D.   Consult a psychiatrist.
       E.    Talk to his teacher about the problem.

Pembahasan

C.   Jawaban disimpulkan dari kalimat yang diucapkan anak perempuan itu tentang
masalah anak laki-laki itu (mudah lupa/pikun), yaitu ”List everything you have done,
or to be done. Add notes of where you keep, or put anything.”. Pilihan jawaban yang
 sesuai dengan kalimat tersebut adalah (C) Make notes about everything yang
artinya membuat catatan tentang segala hal.
Questions 4 and 5 refer to the following monolog.

One day, a frog decided to investigate a barn. He was hopping around a farmyard.
However, being somewhat careless, and maybe a little too curious, he ended up falling into
a pail half-filled with fresh milk.

The frog attempted to reach the top of the pail, but he found that the sides of the pail
were too high and steep to reach. Then, he tried to stretch his back legs to push off the
bottom of the pail, but found it too deep.

Even though it seemed impossible for him to get out of the pail, he was determined not
to give up. He continued to struggle. He kicked and squirmed and kicked and squirmed,
until at last, all his churning about in the milk had turned the milk into a big hunk of butter.
The butter was now solid enough for him to climb onto and get out of the pail!

Adopted from: http://allaboutfrogs.org/stories/butter.html (November 20, 2011)

Questions:

4.    What happened to the frog when he investigated the barn? 

       A.    He found a pail of fresh milk.

       B.    He asked another frog to check the barn.
       C.    He fell into a pail containing fresh milk.
       D.    He enjoyed himself drinking fresh milk.
       E.    He saw someone hopping around a farmyard.

Pembahasan

C.   Pilihan jawaban (C) benar karena sesuai dengan kalimat ”One day, a frog decided to
investigate a barn. . . . However, being somewhat careless, and maybe a little too
curious, he ended up falling into a pail half-filled with fresh milk.” yang artinya ”Suatu
hari seekor katak memutuskan untuk menyelidiki gudang perbekalan. . . . Namun,
karena sembrono, dan mungkin sedikit curiga, ia berakhir dengan jatuh ke dalam
ember yang berisi susu segar setengah bagian.”.

5.    What can you learn from the story?  

       A.    We should help others.

       B.    We must never give up.
       C.    We cannot underestimate others.
       D.    We must work hard to achieve our goal.
       E.    We should not believe what others say easily.

Pembahasan
B.   Monolog tersebut bercerita tentang seekor katak yang jatuh ke ember yang berisi susu
segar setengah bagian. Katak itu berusaha beberapa kali untuk keluar dari ember
itu, tetapi gagal. Namun, ia tidak menyerah hingga akhirnya susu tersebut berubah
menjadi keju yang padat dan ia pun bisa keluar dari ember itu. Hal ini juga didukung
oleh kalimat ”Even though it seemed impossible for him to get out of the pail, he
was determined not to give up.” yang artinya ”Meskipun tampak mustahil baginya
untuk keluar dari ember itu, ia memutuskan untuk tidak menyerah.”. Jadi, pelajaran
yang bisa kita petik dari cerita tersebut adalah
(B) yang artinya kita tidak boleh menyerah. 
This is the end of the listening section. 

B.   Reading Section

The following text is for questions 6 to 8.

DANGER!!

Wear goggles and rubber gloves when

handling chemical

 6.   What is the text about?

       A.    A leaflet about using goggles.

       B.    An advertisement about goggles and rubber gloves.
       C.    An announcement to buy goggles and rubber gloves.
       D.    A warning to wear goggles and rubber gloves.
       E.    A message to handle chemical.

Pembahasan

D.   Teks tersebut tentang sebuah peringatan untuk memakai kacamata dan sarung tangan
karet ketika menggunakan bahan kimia sehingga pilihan jawaban yang tepat adalah
(D).

 7.   Where can you find the text?

       A.    In a department store.

       B.    In a laboratory.
       C.    At school.
       D.   In a beauty center.
       E.    In a seminar room.

Pembahasan
B.   Teks tersebut adalah sebuah peringatan tentang penggunaan alat tertentu, maka
kemungkinan teks tersebut dapat ditemukan di sebuah laboratorium. Jadi, pilihan
jawaban yang tepat adalah (B).

 8.   “Wear goggles and rubber gloves . . . .”

The underlined word can be best replaced by ________.

A.    put off                   B.    turn on
C.    change                   D.   turn off
E.    put on

Pembahasan 

E.   Kata ’wear’ artinya memakai. Kata yang memiliki makna sama dengan kata tersebut
adalah (E) put on. Pilihan jawaban yang lain salah; (A) artinya artinya melepaskan
atau mematikan, (B) artinya menyalakan, (C) artinya mengubah, dan (D) artinya
mematikan (alat).
The following text is for questions 9 to 12.

A young student was walking in the woods when he heard a small voice calling him. He
looked all around, but could not see anyone. The voice called out again, and appeared to
come from the roots of an enormous oak tree. There the student founda bot tle, in which
there was a tiny man, who begged him, “Let me out.” So the student removed the cork, and
a cloud of smoke emerged and grew into a frightening giant. “I am a genie,” said the giant,
“and I was imprisoned in the bottle by a magician. But now that I am freed, prepare to meet
your end!”

Adopted from: http://www.childrenstoriesworld.com/(March 29, 2010)

 9.   Where did the story take place?

A.    In a village.            B.    In a wood.

C.    In a cave.               D.   In a hut.
E.    On a road.

Pembahasan 

B.   Pilihan jawaban (B) benar karena sesuai dengan kalimat awal teks, ”A young student
was walking in the woods when he heard a small voice calling him.”.

10.  What would the genie do after being freed by the student?

       A.    He would kill the student.

       B.    He would be the student’s servant.
       C.    He would give what the student wanted.
       D.   He would run away from the student.
       E.    He would turn himself into a handsome prince.

Pembahasan 

A.   Jawaban disimpulkan dari kalimat ”. . . and I was imprisoned in the bottle by a
magnician. But now that I am freed, prepare to meet your end!”. Dari frasa ’to meet
your end’, diketahui bahwa jin itu akan membunuh pelajar itu. Jadi, pilihan jawaban
(A) benar.

11.  Why did the student help the genie?

       A.    Because the genie was the student’s friend.

       B.    Because the genie had begged him to do so.
       C.    Because the student felt frightened of the genie.
       D.   Because the genie had promised many valuable things to him.
       E.    Because the student was curious to know more about the genie.

Pembahasan 

B.   Pilihan jawaban (B) sesuai dengan kalimat ”There the student found a bottle, in which
there was a tiny man, who begged him, ’Let me out.’”.

12.  “ . . . and appeared to come from the roots of an enormous oak tree.” (Paragraph 1)

The underlined word means ________.

A.    very small              B.    very old

C.    very shady             D.   very strange
E.    very big

Pembahasan

E.   Kata ’enormous’ artinya sangat besar sehingga pilihan jawaban yang benar adalah
(E) very big. Pilihan jawaban yang lain salah; (A) artinya sangat kecil, (B) artinya
sangat tua, (C) artinya sangat rindang, dan (D) artinya sangat aneh. 
The following text is for questions 13 and 14.

Behind every success is ambition

Behind every ambition is effort
Behind every effort is someone who is willing to try
So keep going on . . .
You’ll make it!
 

13.  “You’ll make it!” What does it mean?

       A.    Someone who has ambition, without an effort, will success.
       B.    Someone who is willing to try, but has no ambition, will success.
       C.    Someone who has ambition and an effort will fail in his/her attempt.
       D.   Someone who lacks of ambition and effort will easily give up.

       E.    Someone who has ambition, an effort and is willing to try will success.

Pembahasan

 E.   Kalimat ”You’ll make it!” artinya ”Kamu akan berhasil!”. Hal ini merupakan ungkapan
semangat kepada mereka yang memiliki ambisi, usaha, dan kemauan untuk berusaha.
Jadi, pilihan jawaban yang benar adalah (E) yang artinya seseorang yang memiliki ambisi,
usaha, dan kemauan untuk berusaha akan berhasil.

14.  “So keep going on . . .” What does it mean?

       A.    We should be patient.

       B.    We should never give up.
       C.    We must not depend on anyone.
       D.   We must face everything bravely.
       E.    We cannot regret what has been done.

Pembahasan

 B.            Kalimat tersebut artinya ”Terus maju . . .”. Pilihan jawaban yang memiliki makna
sama dengan kalimat tersebut adalah (B) yang artinya kita seharusnya tidak pernah
menyerah.

15.  Picta     :   Have you prepared all materials for the presentation?

       Keindra :   Sure. Should I print and copy them?

       Picta     :   Print one. We’ll review it before copying.

From the dialog we know that Picta asked Keindra ________.

      A.    whether he prepared the materials for presentation

B.    whether he had prepared the materials for presentation
C.    whether he had reviewed the presentation materials
D.   that he should print and copy the presentation materials
E.    whether he has printed the presentation materials

Pembahasan 

B.   Kalimat soal merupakan kalimat tidak langsung (indirect speech). Dalam percakapan
tersebut Picta bertanya, ”Have you prepared all materials for the
presentation?” yang artinya ”Sudahkah kamu menyiapkan materi untuk
presentasi?”. Kalimat tersebut merupakan kalimat langsung (direct speech) dalam
 bentuk the present perfect tense. Apabila kalimat langsung (direct speech)
menggunakan bentuk the present perfect tense, maka dalam indirect
speech diubah menjadi bentuk the past perfect tense. Jadi, kata yang tepat untuk
melengkapi kalimat soal adalah (B) whether he had prepared the materials for
presentation. Pilihan jawaban yang lain salah karena tidak sesuai dengan konteks
kalimat maupun tidak menggunakan tenses yang sesuai.
The following text is for questions 16 to 20.

There was once a little girl who had a bad temper. Her mother gave her a bag of nails
and told her that every time she lost her temper, she must hammer a nail into the back of
the fence.

On the first day the girl had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as
she learned to control her anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled.
She discovered it was easier to control her temper than to drive nails into the fence.

Finally, the day came when the girl didn’t lose her temper at all. She told her mother
about it and her mother suggested that she should now extract one nail for each day that
she was able to control her temper. The days passed and the young girl was finally able to
tell her mother that all the nails have been extracted. The mother took her daughter by the
hand and led her to the fence.

She said, “You have done well, my daughter, but look at the holes in the fence. The
fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like
these.”

Adopted from: http://www.yourlifehappiness.com/friends_nails.html (December 17, 2011)

16. What is the story about?

       A.    A bag of nails.

       B.    The loss of nails.
       C.    A scar caused by anger.
       D.    A bad-tempered girl and nails.
       E.    A bad-tempered mother and daughter.

Pembahasan 

D.   Dalam paragraf satu disebutkan bagaimana seorang anak perempuan menghilangkan
rasa marah (temperamen buruknya) dengan cara memaku bagian belakang pagar
setiap kali ia marah. Paragraf-paragraf selanjutnya juga menceritakan hal yang
terjadi dengan gadis itu dan paku-pakunya. Jadi, teks tersebut tentang seorang
gadis pemarah dan paku (the bad-tempered girl and nails). Pilihan jawaban yang
lain salah; (A) artinya satu tas paku, (B) artinya hilangnya paku, (C) artinya bekas
luka yang disebabkan oleh kemarahan, dan (E) artinya seorang ibu dan anak
perempuan yang memiliki watak buruk.

17. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

       A.    The girl once had a bad temper.
       B.    The nails left some holes in the fence.
       C.    The girl’s mother gave the girl a bag of nails.
       D.    For the girl, controlling her temper was easier than driving the nails.
       E.    The girl must pull out the nails when she lost her temper.

Pembahasan 

E.            Pilihan jawaban (E) yang artinya gadis itu harus mencabut paku-paku itu ketika ia
marah benar karena tidak sesuai dengan kalimat kedua paragraf satu, ”. . . every time she
lost her temper, she must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.” yang artinya ”. . .
setiap kali ia marah, ia harus memukul paku di belakang pagar.”. Pilihan jawaban yang lain
salah karena sesuai dengan isi teks; (A) sesuai dengan kalimat pertama paragraf satu, (B)
sesuai dengan kalimat dalam paragraf akhir, (C) sesuai dengan kalimat kedua paragraf
satu, dan (D) sesuai dengan kalimat terakhir paragraf dua

18.   “When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like these.” (Last sentence)

       What does the word ‘they’ refer to?

       A.    The girl and her mother.

       B.    The things said in anger.          
       C.    The other people’s feelings.
       D.   The nails and the fence.
       E.    The nails.

Pembahasan

B.   Kata ’they’ pada klausa itu mengacu pada kata benda jamak yang telah disebutkan
pada klausa sebelumnya, yaitu ”things in anger”. Jadi, pilihan jawaban (B) benar. 

19.  What can you learn from the story?

       A.    We should care about other’s feelings.

       B.    We should think about getting a better solution.
       C.    We shouldn’t make rude comments to other people.
       D.   We should control our temper, otherwise we will hurt other’s feelings.
       E.    We should not judge others from their appearance.

Pembahasan 

D.   Jawaban disimpulkan dari kalimat yang diucapkan ibu di akhir cerita, yaitu ”When you
say things in anger, they leave a scar just like these.” yang artinya ”Ketika kamu
mengatakan sesuatu dalam kemarahan, kata-kata itu meninggalkan bekas seperti
ini (bekas paku di pagar).”. Jadi, nilai yang dapat dipetik dari cerita itu adalah (D)
yang artinya kita seharusnya mengendalikan amarah kita, jika tidak, kita akan
melukai perasaan orang.
20.  Arrange the following sentences to form a meaningful paragraph.

       (1)  All the trees and houses were swept away but a boulder, which he once had been
cutting, as a stone cutter, was unmoved and unchanged.
       (2)  One sunny day, after working very hard, he sat in the shade and fell asleep.
       (3)  “How powerful the sun is,” he thought, “I would rather be the sun than the king.” 
       (4)  The stone cutter, now a cloud, was amazed because the rock was powerful. “Only
a stone cutter could change the rock, with his skills. How I wish I were a
stonecutter.” He murmured.
       (5)  At once, he became the sun. He shone at the earth too strongly. But no matter how
hard he shone, he could not see through the clouds.
       (6)  Once upon a time, there lived a stone cutter in a small village. He worked hard all
day long, cutting hard stones, to make the shapes ordered by his customers.
       (7)  During his sound sleep, he dreamt about becoming a king. The stone cutter, now
the king, was going in a palanquin. The sun shone brightly at that time. Thus, the
king felt uncomfortable and hot in the palanquin.
       (8)  No sooner had he said those words that he found himself sitting on a stone with
hard and rough hands. He picked up his tools and set to work on the boulder,
happily.
       (9)  Then, the stone cutter wished to be the clouds. Suddenly, he found himself turn into
a huge dark cloud and poured rain onto the fields and caused floods.

Adapted from: http://www.kidsgen.com/short_stories/stone_cutter.htm (September 4, 2012)

       A.    6–2–7–1–4–9–5–3–8
       B.    6–2–7–4–3–5–9–1–8
       C.    6–2–7–3–5–9–1–4–8
       D.    6–2–7–5–9–3–4–1–8
       E.    6–2–7–9–3–1–5–4–8

 Pembahasan

C.   Teks itu adalah teks narrative. Susunan kalimat yang benar adalah (C) 6–2–7–3–5–9–
1–4–8  sehingga membentuk teks yang artinya sebagai berikut: (6) Dahulu kala ada
seorang tukang batu di sebuah desa kecil. Ia bekerja keras sepanjang hari,
memotong batu-batu dan membentuknya sesuai permintaan pelanggan; (2) Di
suatu hari yang cerah, setelah bekerja keras, ia duduk di sebuah tempat yang teduh
dan tertidur; (7) Dalam tidur lelapnya, ia bermimpi menjadi seorang raja. Tukang
batu itu, sekarang raja, pergi dalam sebuah tandu. Saat itu matahari bersinar
terang. Oleh karena itu, raja merasa tidak nyaman dan kepanasan di dalam tandu;
(3) ”Betapa kuatnya matahari itu,” pikirnya, ”Lebih baik aku menjadi matahari
daripada raja.”;(5) Seketika itu, ia menjadi matahari. Ia menyinari bumi dengan
begitu kuat. Namun, seberapa kuatnya ia bersinar, ia tidak terlihat melalui awan; (9)
Kemudian, tukang batu itu ingin menjadi awan. Tiba-tiba, ia mendapati dirinya
berubah menjadi awan gelap yang besar dan menumpahkan hujan ke lahan-lahan
dan menyebabkan banjir; (1) Semua pohon dan rumah tersapu banjir, kecuali
sebuah batu besar, yang ia bentuk ketika ia menjadi tukang batu, tidak bergerak
dan tidak berubah; (4) Tukang batu, sekarang awan, kagum karena batu itu kuat.
 ”Hanya seorang tukang batu yang dapat mengubah batu ini dengan keahliannya.
Saya berharap saya menjadi tukang batu.” I berbisik; (8) Segera setelah ia berkata
demikian, ia mendapati dirinya duduk di sebuah batu dengan tangan yang kasar. Ia
mengambil peralatannya dan bekerja dengan bahagia. 

II.     Create an encouragement card.

Contoh jawaban:

When one door closes, another door opens.

If we so often look long and hard upon a closed door, we do not see

the ones which open for us.

Just keep fighting!