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Tahun Pelajaran 2021/2022
Kelas XII semua jurusan

Questions 1 to 3 refer to the following text!

The Republic of Indonesia was a young country recently freed from colonialism when Tan Joe
Hok swept the most prestigious crowns in badminton, including the All England championship in
1959.
Born in Bandung, Tan moved around West Java with his family during the tough times of the late
1930s and early 1940s. Eventually returning to settle in the province’s capital. As a child, he would
watch his mother play badminton in the yard. As an up and coming player in his hometown in
Bandung, he would wake up early every morning, bike to running track and after his work out, make it
back to school before the doors closed. He was one of the most talented players. There were others
with more technically beautiful strokes, and more flair. However, he would size them up before they
met at the court to see how he could overcome them with his fitness and guile.
From the young stand out in his neighborhood, he became champion of Bandung by the age of 15.
At 17, he won a famous victory over top player Nyoo Kiem Bie in Surabaya. Two years later, Tan took
the Indonesian open singles and men’s doubles titles in his hometown. He nursed ambition to conquer
foreign shores. In 1956, his dream came true with a trip to Singapore. He won the tournament, but the
experience also provided the sobering realization that he couldn’t earn a living from the sport.

1. What is the purpose of the author by writing this text?

A. To tell the readers about badminton tournament,
B. To describe the player’s feeling when winning a tournament.
C. To inform the readers about a famous badminton player.
D. To give some information about Indonesia Open.
E. To tell a story about Indonesian famous Badminton player

2. Where was Tan’s first International championship ?

A. In Bandung
B. In Surabaya
C. In England
D. In Singapore
E. In China

3. Which of the following words is closest in meaning to the word ‘flair’ in paragraph
2?
A. Freedom
B. Strength
C. Talent
D. Prestige
E. Weakness

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 Questions 4 to 6 are based on the following text!

Instructions:
1. Create a cover letter saying who the document is for and from as well as their tended fax
number and your phone number. Place the cover letter on top of your documents and insert it
into the fax machine.
2. Enter the fax number.
3. Hit the send key once. Now you have properly entered all of the numbers into the machine.
4. Wait for your documents to pass through the machine and collect them when finished.
5. Look for a confirmation page to print.

4. What does the text tell us about?

A. How to use a fax machine.
B. How to fix the fax machine.
C. How to create a cover letter.
D. How to use a printer machine.
E. How to use a photocopy machine.

5. What is the next step after inserting the documents into the fax machine?
A. Place the cover letter on the top.
B. Wait for the document.
C. Enter the fax number.
D. Create a cover letter.
E. Hit the send key.

6. “Wait for your documents to pass through the machine and collect them when
finished.” Which of the following is the synonym of the underlined word?
A. Design
B. Industry
C. Engine
D. Tool
E. Electronics

Questions 7 to 9 refer to the following text!

Dear sirs,Dear
With reference to your advertisement in today’s times, I would like to be considered for Marketing
senior assistant post.
My present position is in an electronic marketing staff where I have special responsibility for home
appliances. I also have experiences in other electronic goods, like cameras and smart phones. I have
been working as a marketing specialist as soon as I completed my first degree in 2012. My tasks among
other are building good relationship with distributors and customers, and providing inputs for the
company about pricing, policies, marketing strategies, and customer satisfactions.
Hoping to hear from you soon, I enclose my curriculum vitae and a recent photograph.
Yours faithfully,

Harry Clarks

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7. Why does the sender write the letter?
A. To open a job vacancy
B. To apply for a certain position.
C. To provide inputs for the company.
D. To give information about his specialty,
E. To convince the readers about his experience.

8. What does the sender possibly do after sending the letter?

A. Wait for the response of the recipient.
B. Call the recipient for confirmation.
C. Work as a marketing specialist.
D. Ask the receiver to call the applicant
E. Complete his first degree.

9. “... I enclose my curriculum vitae...” Which of the following words is closest in

meaning in the underlined word?
A. Hedge.
B. Attach.
C. Bring
D. Confine.
E. Encircle.

Questions 10 to 11 refer to the following text!

10. What is the topic of this passage?

A. Restroom renovation
B. Office building
C. Additional restroom
D. Important work
E. Management replacement

11. How long will the restrooms on level four be closed?

A. Less than one day
B. Less than two days
C. More than two days
D. More than three days
E. More or less than two days

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 Question 12 - 14 refer to the following text.

12. After reading the text above, we can assume that the white pelican ....
A. Is wild animal
B. is herbivore
C. live alone
D. use its beak to catch the food
E. chew the food before swallow it

13. What do the pelicans eat?

A. Plankton
B. Fish
C. Seaweed
D. Fossils
E. Vegetable

14. “... each bird dips its bill into the water ...”
(Paragraph 2, Line 2) The underlined word refers to ....
A. FISH
B. PELICAN
C. WING
D. WATER
E. MEAL

Questions number 15 - 17 refer to the following Text!

The government will soon unblock the web version of messaging application Telegram
following a meeting between Communications and Information Minister Rudiantara and
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in Jakarta on Tuesday. “We hope this week we will unblock the
application,” the Communications and Information Ministry’s director general for
information applications, Samuel Abrijani Pangarepan, said Duroy met Rudiantara at the
latter’s office in Jakarta on Tuesday to discuss ways to prevent Telegram from being used by
terrorists to spread their violent ideology and plot attacks. Telegram, Durov told reporters
after the meeting, had agreed to open a special communication line for the Indonesian
government, which would enable Telegram and the government to act on terror-related
activities on the messaging application. Durov claimed that he had expedited the process of
blocking accounts used for spreading terrorism, which previously took around 24 to 36 hours
to complete. Telegram can now block the accounts within hours as it had hired people with
Indonesian backgrounds.

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 15. What is the purpose of the text above?
A. argue about terrorists’ plan to spread their ideology
B. describe the government plan to ban Telegram
C. report the government’s plan to unblock Telegram
D. persuade Telegram to avoid being abused by terrorists
E. Enable Telegram and the goverment to act on terror-related activities

16. Pangarepan and Durov had made an agreement to ….

A. enable Telegram and the government to act on terror-related activities
B. Made the terrorist use the telegram for communication
C. open a special communication line for the Indonesian government
D. unblock the web version of messaging application Telegram
E. prevent Telegram from being used to spread their ideology

17. From the text, it can be concluded that?

A. ban messages about spreading terrorism
B. minimize the number of terror-related activities
C. prevent terrorism from spreading in Indonesia
D. Telegram is being used by the government
E. block accounts containing radical ideologies

Questions 18 to 19 are based on the following text!

ANNOUNCEMENT
To develop students’ academic writing skill, Science Club will conduct a
Workshop on Scientific Paper. The event will be held:

Day/Date: Saturday, December 16th, 2019

Venue : Audio-Visual Room
Time : 09 AM – 15.00 PM

All members of Science Club is required to come. In case there is a member who
fails to come for a reasonable cause and if there are non members interested to join,
please contact NITA (08158030844).

18. We can conclude that after joining the workshop the participants are expected to
do better in….
A. conversing to others
B. comprehending a text
C. making a text
D. understanding an oral text
E. Giving presentation about science

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19. from the text we know that.........
A. they should confirm first if the want to come.
B. only the member of the club can attend the event
C. the member can absent from the event if the want.
D. The one outside the club can join the event
E. They should contact Nita if they want to come

Questions 20 to 22 refer to the following text!

Mecca is Islam's holiest city, home to the Kaaba shrine and the Grand mosque.
The city is known for the annual Hajj pilgrimage, being one of the five pillars of
Islam. In the 7th century, the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, proclaimed Islam in
the city. The city played an important role in the early history of Islam and now it
is an important trading center. After 966, Mecca was led by local Sharifs, until
1924, when it came under the rule of the Saudis. In its modern period, Mecca has
seen a great expansion in size an infrastructure.
The modern day city is located in the capital of Saudi Arabia's Makkah Province,
in the historic Hejaz region. With a population of 1, 700,000 (1008), the city is
located 73 kilometers (45 miles) inland from Jeddah, in a narrow valley, and 27
meters (910 ft) above sea level.

20. What is the text about?

A. Famous city in Mecca
B. Saudi Arabia
C. The City of Mecca
D. The Size of the City
E. The Location of the City

21. Why is Mecca important?

A. It has more than 2 million inhabitants.
B. It has a modern infrastructure.
C. It is a world trade center.
D. It is a holy city.
E. Prophet Muhammad proclaimed Islam in the city

22. " ... , when it came ... (Paragraph 1).

What does the word "it" refer to?
A. Sharifs.
B. Saudis.
C. City
D. Mecca.
E. Province.

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Questions 23 to 25 are based on the following dialog!

Doctor: What’s your problem?

Sandra: I have a very bad headache and sometimes I feel pain in my chest.
Doctor: Do you sleep well and have a good appetite?
Sandra: I always have restless night. but yesterday, all food didn’t taste good.
Doctor: I will prescribe some medicines. In the meantime, I suggest you do
regular physical exercise
Sandra: OK, thanks.

23. What will sandra probably do afterward?

A. Do some sport.
B. Go to bed late
C. Sleep well
D. eat a lot of foods
E. eat appetizer only.

24. Why does the Doctor suggest Sandra do regular exercise?

A. She has enough sleep
B. it helps Sandra to sleep well
C. It helps boosting Sandra appetite.
D. She has head and chest problem.
E. To avoid headache.

25. “I always have restless night.”

The underline word is closest in meaning to......................
A. Ceaseless
B. Haunted
C. Disturbed
D. Nice
E. Boring

Questions 26 to 27 refer to the following dialog!

Ade: what are you going to do this weekend?
Anis: I plan to go fishing with some of my friends. but I’ve got to finish this
report and submit it to the secretary before two. Otherwise i will spend my
weekend here.
Ade: would you like me to help you?
Anis: That’s very kind of you. could you please fax this letter to the headquarter
please? thank you.

26. What can be concluded from the text?

A. Anis doesn’t know how to fax the letter.
B. if Anis failed to finish the report, he could not go fishing
C. Ade is Anis’s sole saviour.
D. If Anis is willing to stay late, he can finish the report.

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E. Anis will go fishing if Ade helps him to finish the report.

27. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. At home
B. At a cafeteria
C. in an office
D. at school
E. in the post office.

28. From the comversation, we can conclude that...

A. Fahmi likes sports very much.
B. Fahmi and June love futsal very much.
C. The school doesn’t have talented students.
D. The school provides a sport competition.
E. Fahmi and June have different activities.

Question 29-30 refer to the following dialog.

29. The purpose of the conversation is...

A. To recommend Betty to find the wallet.
B. To suggest Anton to report the securities.
C. To ask Anton to buy a new wallet.
D. To ask securities to find Anton’s wallet.
E. To offer a solution.

30. What do you think Anton do next?

A. He will go to securities for help.
B. He and Betty will go to the park.
C. He will borrow money from Beth.
D. He will buy another wallet.
E. He will use an old wallet.

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 Questions 31 to 33 refer to the following dialogue.

Jaka: Have you seen my newspaper anywhere? It arrived today, didn’t it?
Jenny: I’m sorry Mr. Jaka. It was delivered before 8:00 this morning, but the office
manager borrowed it.
Jaka: Tell him I don’t mind if he keeps the sports section and all the soccer scores. All I
need is the financial section.
Jenny: I’ll ask his assistant to send it down right away.

31. What are they discussing?

A. Mr. Jaka’s soccer scores.
B. The financial section.
C. Sports section.
D. Mr. Jaka’s newspaper.
E. The office manager assistant.

32. What does Mr. Jaka want to do?

A. Borrow a newspaper.
B. Read the financial news.
C. Do some sports
D. Find out the soccer scores.
E. Send his assistant to the manager.

33. “It was delivered before 8:00 this morning.” (line 2) the underlined sentence
means...
A. The newspaper hasn’t been arrived yet.
B. Someone delivered the newspaper.
C. Someone is delivering right now.
D. The newspaper came late.
E. The newspaper is missing.

Questions 34 to 36 refer to the following text,

Anita: We are going to have a great picnic tomorrow.

Bill: Yes, and what about you Sandra? You don’t come with us. What are you going to do?
Sandra: Oh, I don’t know. I don’t make plans in advance.
Bill: You always do things at the last minute? Don’t you ever plan your life?
Sandra: Of course. I do. For instance, I will come back to the campus next Monday
morning.
Bill: Definitely. But what will happen next week. When are you going to finish school?
Sandra: I have no idea. Are you going to change your courses in February?
Bill: No, I’m going to take Biology and Math until June. Next fall, I’m going to apply for
grad school.
Sandra: Okay, great plans i guess.

34. What is the topic under discussion?

A. Change courses
B. Great picnic.

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 C. Future plan.
D. Course change.
E. Weekend program.

35. What is Bill going to do next fall?

A. He will change his course.
B. He is going to apply for grad school.
C. He is planning to get married.
D. He is going to continue his study.
E. He is going to go for picnic.

36. The word “Definitely” is closest in meaning to the word?

A. Maybe
B. Feasibly
C. Possibly
D. Likely
E. Absolutely

Questions 37 to 38 are based on the following dialogue.

Bunga: Dinda, do you have something to do this evening? If you are free,
can you accompany me to go to Fia’s house? I want to borrow her
science book.
Dinda: Ok. What time do you pick me up?
Bunga: At around 6.30. Inform me as soon as possible.

\37. Who are Bunga and Dinda?

A. They are siblings.
B. They are classmates
C. They are cousins
D. They are bookkeepers
E. They are colleagues

38 . What does Bunga expect from Dinda?

A. To accompany her to go to library
B. To go shopping together
C. To accompany her to Fia’s house
D. To borrow Dinda’s science book
E. To pick her up

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Question 39-41 refer to the following text.

39. What is the main topic of this passage?

A. Bus fare
B. Boarding the bus
C. The priority seating area
D. Bus regulation
E. Driver’s prohibition

40. The announcement above is intended to ....

A. Drivers
B. Passengers
C. Bus stop’s officer
D. Owner of the bus
E. Traffic police

41. From the text, it can be inferred that ....

A. It is prohibited for the passengers to bring food.
B. Music is available for bus passengers.
C. It is better to provide fixed money to pay the bus.
D. Disabled passengers always get seat on the bus although it is crowded.
E. The passengers have to bring earphone whenever they get on the bus.

Questions 42-43 refer to the following text.

Alex Print Shop is announcing a grand reopening. A new branch will be opening at
the lake field Hall where John Alex, Sr. First began the business around 50 years
ago.
A sale will be held at the grand reopening and discount prices as well as
refreshments and prizes will be offered to our customers. The sale will be held from
December 1 to January 1.

42. Who founded Alex Print Shop?

A. Alex Print
B. John Alex Sr
C. John Alex Jr
D. Alex lake field
E. Mr Alex’s grandmother

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43. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To begin a new business
B. To entertain the readers
C. To celebrate the grand reopening
D. To search the location of Alex Print shop
E. To announce a sale at the grand reopening

Questions 44-45 are based on the following short dialogue.

Ida: If I’m not mistaken, you are now working as a cashier in Alfamart. Is
that true?
Rini: Yeah, that’s true. I’ve worked there for almost one month. I thanked to
Riko for telling me that job vacancy.
Ida: Do you enjoy working there?
Rini: Of course. I really love my position as a cashier cause I could meet
many different people every time. The thing that I like the most is
serving the customers and then they fell satisfied.

44. What is Rini and Ida discussing about?

A. Job vacancy in mass media
B. Cashier and customer relationship
C. Cashier in Alfamart
D. Customer’s satisfaction
E. Cashier’s task in mini market

45. How did Rini get her job?

A. She read it from a newspaper
B. Ida helped her to get the job
C. Riko told her the position
D. From the radio annoucement
E. Ida is Rini’s best friend

Questions 46-48 refer to the following dialog.

Yeti : Do you enjoy living here?

Wahyu: Sure, don’t you?
Yeti : I guess so, but I have been reading about a lot of interesting places,
and I’ve been thinking about moving somewhere new.
Wahyu: Well, this is a pretty interesting place, too. People have lived here for
a long time because it’s a good place to live.
Yeti : Why do you say that?
Wahyu: It’s near the ocean, for one thing, so the air is fresh and there’s
always fresh seafood.
Yeti : It’s true.

46. What is the topic of the dialogue?

A. Fresh seafood availability

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 B. A good place to live
C. Moving somewhere new.
D. An interesting place to learn
E. Living far from the ocean

47. What has Wahyu done?

A. He wanted to live near the ocean.
B. He lives near the ocean.
C. He has bought fresh seafood.
D. He has lived at an interesting place.
E. He has moved to somewhere else.

48. “...a pretty interesting place, too.” The underlined word is closest in meaning to...
A. Safe
B. Modern
C. Spacious
D. Convenient
E. Large

49.

A. Can I do something for you?

B. What can you do for me?
C. Do you have any ideas?
D. Let’s go to find some medicine
E. I need your help

50.

A.Would you like some help Anna?

B. Can you carry those heavy things for me?
C. Please, put those heavy things next to the cupboard
D.I will also move to other room
E. I don’t need any help

GOOD LUCK

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 KEY ANSWERS
1.C 11.B 21. C 31. D 41. C
2.D 12.D 22. D 32. B 42. B
3.C 13.B 23. A 33. B 43. E
4.A 14.B 24. B 34. C 44. E
5.C 15.C 25. C 35. B 45. C
6.C 16.D 26. C 36. E 46. B
7.B 17.A 27. C 37. B 47. D
8.A 18.C 28. E 38. C 48. D
9.B 19.D 29. E 39. D 49. A
10.A 20.C 30. A 40. B 50. A

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