Read the following text and answer questions 1-2!

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Physics examination cannot be done on Tuesday
because all the question sheets had been flooded. The
3. The purpose of the text is to….
school decides to delay the examination and it will be
A. Follow the weekly meeting
held on Monday next week. All the students who will
B. Persuade customers
take the exam are required to bring a ruler with a
C. Attend a conference
length of 30 cm.
D. Invite customers
Thank you for attention.
E. Join an event
1. The topic of the above text is…
A. The size of a ruler Read the following text and answer questions 4-6!
B. The wet question sheets
Here is my unforgettable experience. One day I
C. The change of exam day
joined a story telling contest. Two of my friends and I
D. The cancelation of the exam
had been chosen to take a part in the final round at
E. The information to bring a ruler
the district level. I was very happy and eager to win
the competition.
2. What can be inferred from the text?
For preparation, I had to memorize and understand
A. The principal will get a meeting
the story well. My teacher guided and taught me
B. The question sheets are very wet
pronunciation, facial expression and gestures. One
C. Some students join a competition
day, before performing, my friends and I were busy
D. Students do not pay the school fee
to prepare the props and costumes for the
E. Students do not bring a ruler with a length of 35
competition. Thing that made me sad was my teacher
cm.
rented the props and costumes for my friends but not
for me. My two friends had beautiful costumes and
We would hereby like to invite you to attend the
luxurious props. Although I just wore the simple
inauguration ceremony of our business located at The
ones, I performed my best to win the competition.
Millenium Plaza, Andheri (East ) on 12 April , 2016
The competition started. I got number 29 and my
at 9.30 a.m. It would be an honor to have you as our
friends got number 5 and 10. I was nervous but I
loyal customer in our other businesses. We are
showed my best performance on stage. Lots of people
hoping that we will get the same support from you as
took photos and videos of me. Finally, anxiety was
we continue to receive from others.
gone after I had finished performing. And then, the
announcement came which made three of us very
We have been in this business for quite some time
uneasy. Luckily I was chosen as the first winner. I
now and we have always managed to stay on to of
went to the stage and all the judges congratulated me
our competitors. This would not have been possible
and gave a plague, trophy, and money. I was very
without your support to our business. We have
happy.
prepared something for you as our patrons as a way
of saying Thank You.
4. What is the writer’s intention to write the text?
A.To tell his achievement
Please come early so that we can find a comfortable
B.To win the competition
seat for you. Your presence will be acknowledged as
C.To describe his feeling to the teacher
our loyal customers and you are definitely on the list.
D.To show his disappointment to teacher.
Please let us know if you will attend the event.
E.To tell his expectation to be the winner.
5. Why did the writer feel sad before the
competition?
A. She had no luxurious gown.
B. Her teacher really cares about her.
C. Her teacher was not fair to her
D. Her friends did not support her.
E. She only had a very simple dress
6. From the text it can be concluded that ….
A. Practice makes performance go well
B. Being nervous helps perform well on the stage.
C. Wearing simple clothes can help win the
competition.
D. It is necessary to wear beautiful costumes for the
competition
E. Beautiful costumes and luxurious props are the
requirements for the competition.
The biggest living animal in the world is the blue
whale. It weighs about 150 tons, the same as 40 big
trucks. It is over 30 meters long, the length of three
buses one behind another. Just the whale’s tongue
weighs 3.8 tons and its heart is about 450 kilograms.
A baby blue whale weighs more than 3 tons when it
is born and gains 90 kilos a day during its first year.
“It is over 30 meters long, the length of three
buses…..”
7. What is the word “it” refers to’?
A. Blue whale.
B. Shark.
C. Fish
D. Starfish
Fadia : How did you find about the task to complete
for our history class?
Tonny : I haven’t done mine yet. Is it difficult?
Fadia : Kind of. It was full of problems.
Tonny : Easy problems to solve?
Fadia : Not really. It was a review of the whole
semester.
Tonny : Really?
Fadia : Sure. It was time consuming. It took about six
hours
Tonny : I’m surprised at that!
Fadia : I was too. I did not expect our teacher would
give us so much.
8. What is Donny probably going to do to complete
the task?
A. Note  information of history class of the
semester to draw opinions.
B. Revise all  previous tasks given by the teacher
during the semester
C. Find out important information from books
dealing with history class
D. Search for references on history from library  to
accomplish the task
E. Share ideas about complicated tasks of history
class with the teacher
9. What kind of transportation in the advertisement?
A. Train
B. Plane
C. Ship
D. Submarine
Dear Mom,
I’m sending this letter to tell you how much fun I’m
having at uncle Tumijo’s house. We’re having a blast
here! Yesterday, Cici and I went to the beach. Guess
what? I learned how to make a necklace using all the
seashells we can find. I also found this uniquely-
shaped starfish and I took it in picture. I enclosed it
with this letter. I can’t wait for tomorrow because
uncle Tum said that we will be having a bonfire and
barbecue party. I miss you a lot hugs and kisses from
here.
Love,
Alma
 14. What is the text about?
10. What was the writer doing in her uncle’s house? A. A letter from a teacher
A. Having a vacation. B. A student report
B. Having a bonfire C. A greeting card
C. Sending a letter. D. An email
D. Making a craft.
Kunci jawaban : C
11. “We’re having a blast here.” The word “we” in line 2 Pembahasan :
refers to .... Kata ‘congratulations’ merupakan judul teks di atas,
A. The writer and Cici. sehingga bisa disimpulkan bahwa teks tersebut adalah
B. Cici and uncle Tumijo. kartu ucapan selamat, yang merupakan salah satu
C. Uncle Tumijo and writer. bentuk greeting card.
D. Uncle Tumijo and his family
15. Linda : Where are you going to go to, Wati?
On upon a time there lived a lion who was affraid of Wati : To the drugstore. I’ve got a headache
nothing except a crow of a cock. One day, the lion
met an elephant and told him what he was afraid of. From the dialogue above we may conclude that ...
The elephant laughed and said, ”How can a cock A. Wati is going to buy medicine
crow scare you? You are the king of all animals . A B. Linda is going to go to the drugstore
cock is only a small animal.” The lion felt very C. Wati isn’t going to buy anything
embarrassed. Just then a mosquito came and began D. Linda and Wati are going to go to the drugstore
circling the elephant’s head. The elephant became
very scared and screamed. “if it gets into my ears, I 16. Which one is the correct statement based on the
will die.” He tried two fight the mosquito with his pictures?
trunk, but he didn’t give up. He finally run a way
Seeing this, The lion laughed very loudly and said,
“The mosquito is far smaller than the cock, yet you
are afraid of it very much?”
Mr. Happy’s Mr. Rahmat’s Mr. Royhan’s
12. What kind of the text above ? $ 8000 $28000 $14000
A.Report
B.Descriptive A. Mrs. Happy’s car is the cheapest one among the
C.Narrative others
D.Recount B. Mr. Royhan’s car is more expensive than Mr.
Rahmat’s
13. What is the lesson taken from the story ? C. Mr. Rahmat’s car is as cheap as Mr. Royhan’s
A.We should be afraid of the lion D. Mr. Royhan’s car is the most expensive one among
B.we have to help other people the others
C. We have to be aware of other people
D.We should not look down on other people
For questions 17 to 19 choose the best words to
Read the text to answer questions 14 complete the passage.

The coach of the Indonesia basketball team calls a

Awesome congratulations time-out and instructs his players to change the
To: Ahmad Fikri strategy. He ... (17) Jody to keep the ball as long as
For: Being a bright and enthusiastic student in possible. Jody is good at dribbling the ball. His skill
1/2J. Your bright smile lights up our in controlling the ball is ... (18) but he is not quite
classroom everyday. Great work this year good at shooting. Togar is better at shooting and he is
Fikri. also the fastest player in the team. His only ... (19) is
that he is very thin and not very strong.
Joanne
17. D. Newspapers
A. Knows
B. Tells 21. How many bureaus does “Antara” have?
C. Thinks A. 6
D. Leaves B. 26
C. 38
18. D. 90
A. Preventive
B. imperfect 22. The city which has the most newspapers is ...
C. doubtful
A. Medan
D. Excellent
B. Surabaya
C. Manado
19.
D. Jakarta
A. Appearance
B. weakness 23. “They first appeared in the 1400s just after
C. strength printing began”, (paragraph 1)
D. Ability
The underlined word means ...
Read the following text and answer questions 20-23!
A. Rose
Newspapers are just what their name says. They are B. Surfaced
papers that print news. They first appeared in the C. Survived
1400s just after printing began. Printers produced D. Existed
pamphlets telling people what was happening in the
country and what they thought about it. Modern
newspapers first appeared in the 1700s. Sonia : What is the ... (24) of “Lebaran” Day?
Azali : We always forgive each other and the children
Today, there are newspapers in almost every country usually do the “ Sungkeman” to their parents. But the
in the world, in many different languages. Some are most important thing is we go to a ... (25) or field for
printed every day, some are every week. One of the praying.
oldest newspapers is The Times which is printed in
London. It began in 1785 when it was called the 24.
Universal Daily Register. It changed its name to The
Times in 1788. Our country, Indonesia, also has a lot A. Ambition
of newspapers. There are 94 newspapers in B. tradition
Indonesia. The publishing is concentrated in large C. celebration
cities. Jakarta has 24 dailies with half the total D. Ceremony
national circulation. Manado has 15 dailies, Medan 25.
has 12, and Surabaya has 9. A. Tradition
B. culture
The national news agency of Indonesia is Antara C. graveyard
(Lembaga Kantor Berita Nasional Antara). It has D. Mosque
domestic bureaus in thirty two provincial capitals and
six foreign bureaus. Antara is an independent news
agency.

(Adapted from The Kingfisher Children’s

Encyclopedia)

20. The reading text is about ...

A. News
B. Printers
C. Publishers