SOAL ULANGAN UMUM BAHASA INGGRIS

SMA NEGERI 1 CISAAT

Mata Pelajaran : Bahasa Inggris Lamanya : 90 Menit

Hari/Tanggal : Senin, 06 Juni 2011 Dimulai :
Kelas/Program : XI IPS/BAHASA Diakhiri :

Petunjuk Umum :

1. Tuliskan jawaban pada lembar soal

2. Tuliskan nama, nomor peserta pada tempat yang disediakan
3. Mintalah kertas buram kepada pengawas jika diperlukan
4. Periksa kembali pekerjaan anda sebelum diserahkan kepada pengawas

Choose the right answer by crossing a,b,c,d,or e

This text is for questions 1 to 5
Changing the handphone Covers
Before removing the cover, always
switch off the power, and disconnect the
charger and any other device. Avoid touching
electronic components while changing the
covers . Always store and use the device with
the cover attached
1. Press the back cover release button,
open the back cover and remove it.
2. Take off the front cover carefully.
3. Insert the keymat in the new front cover.
4. Align the top of the front cover to the
top of the phone, press the front cover to
lock it into places.
1.Which of the following statement is not true
a. Avoid touching electronic components
while changing the covers.
b. Always switch on the power while
changing the covers.
c. Take off front cover carefully
d. Press the front cover to lock it into
places.
e. Always store and use the devise with the
cover attached.
2.Insert the keymat in the new front over. The
word printed in bold has the same meaning
with.. . .
a. enter
b. put into
c. set
d. include
e. join
3. What will be done to the old front cover?
a.. avoid touching it
b. remove it
c. take it off
d. store it
e. press it
4. What is the type of the text ?
a. report
b. recount
c. narrative
d. procedure
e. description
5. The communicative purpose of this text is to
a. Guide the readers in changing the hand-
phone covers.
b. Persuade the readers to change the hand-
phone covers
c. Inform the readers about handphone
covers
d. Share an amusing incident with others.
e. Describe a particular thing.
This text is for questions 6 to 11
The Tyrant Who became a just Ruler
In the olden time there was a king who
was so cruel and unjust toward his subjects that
his always called The Tyrant. So heartless was
he that his people used to pray night and day
that they might have a new king .
One day, much to their surprise, he
called his people together and said to them,
“My dear subjects, the days of my tyranny are
over. Henceforth, you will live in peace and
happiness, for I have decided to try my rule
henceforth justly and well.”The King kept his
words so well that soon he was known
throughout the land as The Just King . By and
by one of his favourites came to him said,”Your
Majesty, I beg you to tell me how it was that
you had this change of heart towards your
people.”
And the King replied , “As I was
galloping through my forests one afternoon, I
caught sight of a hound chasing a fox. The fox
escaped into his hole, but not until he had been
bitten by the dog so badly that he would be
lame for life. The hound, returning home, met a
man who threw a stone at him, which broke his
leg. And the hourse, starting to run, fell into a
hole and broke his leg. Here I came to my
senses, and resolved to change my rule. ‘ For
surely, I said to myself,”He who does evil will
sooner or later be overtaken by evil.”
6. How is the king as stated in the text above ¿
a. cruel and unjust
b. wise and good
c. handsome
d. greedy
e. cruel
7. What animals are stated in the text above ?
a. dog,fox,hound, and horse
b. dog,pig,tiger,and fox
c. horse and goat
d. hound
e. dog
8. Here I came to my sense and resolved to
change my rule ( par- 3). What is the
meaning of the word printed in bold ?
a. develop
b. happen
c. modify
d. creat
e. try
9. Which of the statements is TRUE ?
a. The King was chased by a fox
b. The King’s behaviour never changed
c. The man was thrown with a stone by a
hound
d. The King’s subjects hated him when he
was tyrant
e. In the olden times the King was loved by
 his subject
10. Paragraph two tells us that the King . . .
a. never ended the day of his tyranny
b. showed his surprise to his subjects
c. decided to rule his subjects unjustly
d. warned his subjects to obey his rules
e. changedhis behaviour and became a just
ruler
11. The communicative purpose of this text is. .
a. to criticize a work of art
b. to describe particular person.
c. to describe how something is
accomplished
d. to entertain and deal with actual or
vicarious experience
e. to share an account of unusual or
amusing incidentswith others
This text is for questios 12 to 26
Education in indonesia
In indonesia until 1945 only rich families could
give their children a good education . They sent
their children to private school . Most of the
population, however, were not able to do so
because those schools were very expensive .
The only thing they could do was to send their
children to less good schools. Many children
did not get any education at all.
Since 1945 the government had changed
the system of education and many schools.
Besides private schools, there were other kinds
of schools. What schools were there in
Indonesia now ? There were government
schools which give free education up to high
school.
Their administration was controlled by
the government . Some schools received money
from the government to pay for some, but not
all, of their costs. They were what we called
subsidized schools.
The private schools were independent.
They choosed their own students pay their own
teachers and asked for schools fees, which were
usually high.. Why did that students attend
expensive school ? The answer was because
some private schools were famous for the
quality of teaching.
12. Why could’t all children go to school before
1945 ?
a. because their parents couldn’t pay their
school fee
b. because the system of education has been
changed
c. because they didn’t want to go to school
d. because the government was not active
e. because many schools have been built
13. Which of the following statements is not
true about the characteristic of government
school ?
a. Headmaster,teachers and administration
staffs were government workers
b. The government provided money and set
certain rules.
c. Some of the costs were paid by the
government.
d. The government controlled the
administration
e. The school fees were very expensive
14. Since 1945, the government had changed
the system of education and many schools
( par.2) what schools were there in
Indonesia now ?
a. Public school and subsidized school
b. Primary school and secondary school
c. Government school and public school
d. Private school and non government
school
e. Government school, private school and
subsidized school.
15. What is the type of the text ?
a. report
b. recount
c. narrative
d. procedure
e. descriptive
16. The communicative purpose of this text is .
a. to tell the readers of education in
Indonesia
b. to present two points of education in
Indonesia
c. to describe the way of education in
Indonesia
d. to explain the processes of education in
Indonesia
e. to share an education in Indonesia
17. What is the main idea of the second
paragraph ?
a. the characteristics of private school.
b. The system of education in Indonesia
c. The characteristics of government
school
d. Kinds of schools in our country since
1945
e. The characteristics of subsidized
school
18. The only thing they came do was to send
their children to less good school (par.1)
The word printed in bold has the same
Meaning with . . .
a. schools
b. children
c. populations
d. rich families
e. private schools
19. Every citizen had the same . . . in getting
 education in Indonesia today
the suitable word to fill in the blank is . . .
a. fee
b. school
c. education
d. opportunity
e. administration
20. What is the aim of the national
education ?
a. to get good intelligence, skills,
morale nationality and spirit
b. to get better future in life
c. to get much money
d. to get a job easily
e. to get a certificate
21. Educational is life long activity.
It means that . . .
a. education is done from elementary
school until university
b. education should be given for early
childhood
c. education is for all people until they
die
d. education is for rich people only
e. education is a must for children
22. What is the system of our National
Education based on ?
a. Pancasila and 1945 constitution
b. The people’s faith to God
c. Education constitution
d. The government’s law
e. People’s of life
23. What is the aim of the compulsory
Education ?
a. to get a valuable knowledge for all
children in Indonesia
b. to change the system of education
in Indonesia.
c. to raise the intelligence of the nation
d. to complete primary education
e. to create responsible citizens
24. what kinds of children get financial
help from foster parents ?
a. handicapped and disabled children
b. all children who want to get it
c. economically able persons
d. poor children and orphans
e. a well to do children
25. The programme requires that children
From seven to twelve years of ago
complete at least six years of primary
Education. What is the synonym of the
Italicized word ?
a. want to have
b. want to get
c. provide
d. need
e. get
26. Which of the following classification
Of schools is true according to the
system of education in Indonesia ?
a. Play Group,Kindergarten,Elementary
School,Junior High School,Senior
High School,Higher School.
b. Elementary School,Primary School,
Junior High School,Senior High
School,Higher Education.
c. Primary School,Nursing School,
Junior High School,Senior high
School,Higher Education.
d. Nursing School,Elementary School,
Junior High School,Senior High
School.
e. Elementary School, Junior High
School, Senior High School.
27. Dian : Your English skill is very good
Dimas : Thanks, I . . . it for eight years.
a. Am studying
b. have studied
c. had studied
d. studied
e. study
28. Fika : I . . . Rp 500.000.-in my
account by two o’clock
Illa : Oh, that is good.
a. will save
b. have saved
c. will be saving
d. will have saved
e. have been saving
29. Rully : May I borrow your book ?
Rizky : I’m sorry, it . . . by my mother
now.
a. read
b. is read
c. is reading
d. will be read
e. is being read
30. What people need for irrigation ?
The passive form is . . .
a. What is for irrigation needed ?
b. What is irrigation needing for?
c. What is needed for irrigation ?
d. What is irrigation needed for ?
e. What are people needed for
irrigation ?
This text is for questios 31 to 26
Picasso was one of the most out standing
and important artists of the 1900’s. He is best
known for his painting. Almost every style in
modern art is represented. In Picasso’s
work.Picasso was born in 1881 in Malaga,
Spain as the son of an art teacher. He studied
painting from his father and several art
schools.However, he never finished his college-
level course of study at the Academy of art in
madrid.
From about 1895 to 1901,he painted
realistic works in traditioal style. Then he
entered what was called the blue Period. During
this time he only used shades of blue in his
painting to show poverty he saw in Bercelona.
After 1908, he entered into the style of
cubism. Among his well-known cubist painting
are ”Three Musicians” and ”Man with a
Guitar”. Picasso died in Mougins, France 1973.
31. The text above mainly discusses
about...
a. Picasso
b. Important artist
c. An art teacher
d. The most outstanding artist
e. The style of cubism
32. Which of the following statemens is
true?
a. Picasso was the only outstanding and
important artist of 1900’s
b. Picasso was a modern artist who passed
away in france in 1973.
c. “Man with a Guitar” was Picasso’s first
painting.
d. Picasso studied painting together with
his father.
e. Since Picasso was young, he only used
shades of blue in his
33. The type of the text above is a/an....
a. report
b. anecdote
c. recount
d. narrative
e. spoof
34. Text 7 is in form of a/an.....
a. Report
b. desercription
c. discussion
d. analytical exposition
e. hartatory exposition
This text is for questios 35 to 38
Cheese Omelet
Ingredients:
2 eggs
50 grams of cheese
¼ cup of milk
3 tablespoons of cooking oil
A pinch of salt
Some pepper
Crack the eggs into a bowl. Then,whisk the
eggs with a fork until smooth. Add some milk
and whisk well. Well. Grate the cheese into the
bowl and stir. Then, heat the oil in frying pan.
Pour the mixture (i.e.the omelet) with a spatula
when it browns. Cook both sides. After the
omelet is cooked,place it on a plate and season
it with salt and pepper. The cheese Omelet is
ready to be served.
35. The goal of text 8 is to tell us.......
a. ingredients nedeed to make a
cheese omelet
b. the process of making cheese
c. how to make a cheese omelet
d. how to prepare a cheese omelet
on a plate
e. a clear description of a cheese
omelet
36. After whisking the egg with a fork,
dont’t forget to....
a. mix until it is smooth
b. add some milk and whisk well
c. grate the cheese into the bowl
d. put a cracked egg into a bowl
e. heat the egg in a frying pan
37. The communicative purpose of text 8
is......
a. to deseribe a particuler incident
b. to tell the readers how to make
cheese omelet
c. to tell the readers how the story
happened
d. to entertaint and deal with actual
experiences
e. to criticize an account of
amusing incedents
38. The last paragraph of the text is
called.....
a. a set of steps
b. tools
c. goal
d. angridiets
e. generic statement
This text is for questios 39 to 42
Once upon a time,there was a
fisherman named Batara Guru Sahala who lived
in Batak Land.one day, he caught a fish that
could talk, The fish begged sahala to set it free
and he did accordingly.
As soon as the fish was free,it changed
into woman. She was so beatiful that sahala fell
in love with her at once. He asked her to marry
him. The woman agreed to marry sahala,but in
one condition: he had to keep the secret that she
was once a fish. Sahala promisied her that he
would not tell anyone about it.
They where happily married and had two
daughters. Evry morning Sahala went out
fishing. His daughters would bring him his
lunch. One day,however,instead of bringing the
food to their father,the two girls at it.
When Sahala knew that they had done
with the meal,he got very angry he shouted at
them saying,”You behaved exactly like the
daugters of fish”
The girls did not understand what their
father meant, they went home and asked their
mother about it. Their mother was very
annoyed. Althoug Sahala apologized to her
leter,she would not forgive him for breaking his
promise.
From that moment on,Sahala took a
lesson that he should no have broken his own
promise,Sahala was so grief-stricker that he
decided to wander for the rest of hist life.
39. What is the purpose of the text?...
a. To persuade the readers
b. To entertain the readers
c. To describe Sahala’s life
d. To retell the events happened in
Sahala’s life
e. To explain how to break a
promise
40. Why could’n Sahal keep his
promise?...
a. was very angry
b. was very hungry
c. did not love his wife
d. did not like his daughters
e. did not get his meal
41. What moral lesson can we take from
the story?..
a. A huband should beeee loyal to
his wife
b. Children should pay respsct to
their parents
c. A man should take cre of his
family well
d. A man should kee his promise
well
e. A woman is smetimes too
emotional
42. “Once upon a time,here was a
fisherman named Batar Guru Sahala
who lived in Batak land. One day,he
caught at fish that could talk”
a. Orientation
b. complication
c. description
d. re-orientation
e. resolution
This text is for questios 43 to 47
Tsunami
Tsunami occurs when a major fault
under the ocean floor suddenly slip. The
displaced rock pushes water above it like a
giant paddle, producing powerful water waves
at the ocean surface.
Tsunami waves spread out from the
vicinity of the earthquake source and move
accros the ocean until they reach the coastline,
where their height increase as they reach the
continental shelf, the part of the earth’s crust
that slopes, or rises, from the ocean floor up to
the land.
Tsunami washes ashore with often
disastrous effects, such as flooding and loss of
lives due to drowning and damage to property.
43. What is the topic of the text?
a. The victims of tsunami
b. The explanation of how to a tsunami
occurs
c. A disastrous giant waves
d. The rising of the ocean’s floor
e. A powerful water waves
44. “Tsunami waves spread out from the
vicinity of the earthquake source . . . .”
The underlined word means . . . .
a. The near distance
b. The long distance
c. The width and the length
d. The width
e. The length
45. The first paragraph shows the . . . of the
text.
a. general statement
b. explanation
c. closing
d. orientation
e. identification
46. The last paragraph is the . . . of the text.
a. general statement d.
orientation
b. explanatation e.
identification
c. closing
47. What is the purpose of writing text 6?
a. To tell the process of how somethig
happens
b. To deal with problematic events which
lead to a crisis which in turn find a
solution
c. To present information and opinions
about more than one side of an issue
d. To tell the readers that something is the
case
 e. To inform the reders about event of the
day which is considered newsworthy

This text is for questios 48 to 50

The Ant Bully (Animation/Comedy, 82
minutes)
Featuring the voice of Julia Roberts, Nicolas
Cage, Meryl Streep, Paul Giamatti, and Zach
Tyler Eisen. Directed by John A. Davis.

A story is based on John Nickle’s book about

Lucas Nickle (Zach Tyler Eisen).
This 10-year-old boy is being terrorized by a
neighborhood bully and takes out his anger on
an anthill in his front lawn – until he is shrunk
by an ant wizard and learns much about life in
the colony of ant. Very sophisticated,
imaginative, and moralistic.

48. The text above is in the from of

a/an . . . .
a. report
b. review
c. discussion
d. explanation
e. description

49. The communicative purpose of text 5 is

....
a. to persuade the reders to see the artwork
b. to present information and opinions
about the current issue
c. to critique the artwork for a public
audience
d. to tell the readers how to do something
e. to explain the reders how and why
something occurs
50. The Ant Bully is not only . . . but
also . . . .
a. a romance – a comedy film
b. imaginative – sophisticated
c. moralizing – romantic
d. animated – scientific
e. based on John Nickel’s book – John
Nickel’s lives