Jawaban B.
She wanted to test the sheiks’ taste
Questions:
1. The three sheiks were not …
A. rich B. young C. strong D. gloomy E.
handsome
Untuk memilih jawaban yang tepat,
perhatikan Paragrah ke-2: ___ all
equally young and handsome, rich and stron
g. Yang tidak terdapat di dalam kalimat itu
adalah glommy. Jadi jawaban yang tepat D
2. Which statement is true about the queen?
A. The queen was the most powerful queen
in Africa
B. The queen was very proud of her beauty
and riches.
C. The queen herself served the sheiks with
delicious food.
D. The queen was very careful in deciding
whom she would marry.
E. The queen was very satisfied with the
food given by the sheiks.
Perhatikan Paragraph ke-1: Maura, ___
queen of Arabia,had many suitors.
Kemudian lihat Paragraph terakhir, Kalimat
terakhir: “So it is Hakim I
will marry.” Jawaban yang tepat D
3. The queen ordered her servants to give
the sheiks the same kind of food she got
from them the evening before because …
A. She wanted to entertain her guest
C. She wanted to see the sheiks’ reaction
D. She wanted to make a joke of the sheiks
E. She wanted to repay the sheiks’ kindness
Tujuan the queen memberikan makanan
serupa seperti yang diterimanya dari para
Syeikh adalah untuk melihat reaksi para
Syeikh, sehingga jawaban yang tepat C.
4. The main idea of paragraph six is …
A. Hakim was unselfish person
B. Hakim was served with succulent meat
C. Hakim was satisfied with the food served
D. Hakim wanted to share the food with the
sheiks
E. Hakim had made the queen find the
resolution of her problem
Paragraph ke-6 adalah
sebuah resolution (lihat Generic Structure
teks Narrative), sehingga jawaban yang tepat
adalah E.
5. The text tells the story of …
A. a fox B. a goat C. a fox and a goat D. an
old man and the fox E. the goat and old man
Perhatikan Paragraph ke-1, jelas sekali
bahwa disebut 2 tokoh dalam cerita tersebut
yakni a fox dan a goat. Jawaban yang
tepat C.
6. Paragraph 2 mainly tells …
A. how the fox helped the goat
B. why the fox got into the well
C. how the fox got out of the well
D. the fox’s idea how to get out of the well
E. how both the goat and the fox got out of
the well
Paragraph ke-2 menyebutkan: ___ the fox
said, “I have a good idea”. Ini
merupakan kata kunci, sehingga jawaban
yang tepat D.
7. “The goat did as he was asked …”
(Paragraph 3) What does the above sentence
mean?
A. The goat drank enough and looked round
B. The goat came down to the well and
drank
C. The goat called out loudly after the fox
got out
D. The goat waited someone who might help
him
E. The goat stood on his hind legs and put
his forelegs against the side of the well.
Makna kalimat di atas, terutama pada
kata did (present do=mengerjakan),
tentu terkait dengan Paragraph sebelumnya,
yang dikatakan fox yaitu: You
stand on your hind legs and put your
forelegs against the side of the
well. Jawaban yang tepat E.
8. What is the passage about?
A. an illegal gunfire
B. a demolition of illegal slum dwellers
C. a fight between the security forces and
the slum
D. a clash between the security forces and
the slum dwellers
E. a clash between the police officers and
the security
Pertanyaan itu menanyakan ide pokok dari
teks tersebut di atas. Untuk
mencari ide pokok bacaan, lihat Paragraph
ke-1, terutama kata kerja
(verb)-nya. Verb yang dipakai
adalah clashed, antara security forces dan
slum dwellers, sehingga jawaban yang
tepat D.
9. The clash happened because …
A. illegal slum dwellers resisted the
demolition of their homes
B. the police officers and the soldiers shot
the dwellers
C. nine people were killed by the security
forces
D. the police officers firing the dwellers
E. the people dwelled on private land
Penyebab terjadinya clash terdapat pada
Paragraph ke-1: ___ clashed with
dozens of slum dwellers who resisted the
tearing down of their homes ___
Jawaban yang tepat A.
10. Raul Gonzales said that …
A. ten police officers had to be evacuated
B. ten police officers were killed in the
fighting
C. ten police officers were injured during the
fighting
D. some of wounded people needed surgery
E. more than ten police officers were killed
and injured in the fighting.
Raul Gonzales said that …, terdapat pada
Paragraph ke-3 dilanjutkan pada
Paragraph terakhir: ___ were wounded,
including 10 police officers ___.
Disebut oleh Gonzales,terdapat belasan yang
terluka (wounded=injured)
termasuk 10 police officers, sehingga
jawaban yang tepat C.
11.The text mainly reports that there
was/were…
A. a car accident B. careless drivers C. a
small Japanese car
D. victims of an accident E. the function of
an identity card
Pertanyaan tersebut menanyakan ide pokok.
Lihat pada Paragraph ke-1, Kalimat
pertama: ___ a collision between a bus, a
car, and a truck ___.
(Collision=accident) artinya kecelakaan,
sehingga jawaban yang tepat A.
12.What was the cause of the collision?
A. The truck came from the opposite
direction
B. The car carried more than five people.
C. The truck driver didn’t use his light
D. The truck driver didn’t see the car
E. The car tried to overtake the bus
Penyebab terjadinya kecelakaan adalah
(lihat pada Paragraph ke-1,
Kalimat ke-3): The police believed the
car had been trying to overtake
the bus ___. Jawaban yang tepat E.
13. “If the passengers had brought their
identity cards, the police would have been
easy to identify the names of the victims”.
(last sentence)
The sentence above means …
A. the victims’ names were not known
B. the victims were easy to be identified
C. the passengers brought their identity
cards
D. the police had no difficulty in identifying
the victims
E. it was easy for the police to identify the
victims of the accident
Kalimat di atas merupakan Conditional
Sentence tipe ke -3, strukturnya:
If S + had + Verb-III, S + would have +
Verb-III, artinya
(maknanya) fakta berbanding terbalik
dengan pernyataan. “Jika para penumpang
membawa klartu identitas diri, polisi akan
mudah mengidentifikasi nama-nam
korban”. Faktanya : nama-nama korban
tidak diketahui. Jawaban yang tepat A.
14. Who said that the accident was caused
by the car?
A. The police B. The victims C. The
reporter
D. The truck driver E. The bus passengers
Yang berkata bahwa kecelakaan itu
disebabkan oleh mobil, terdapat pada
Paragraph ke-1, Kalimat ke-3: The
police believed the car had been trying to
overtake the bus ___. Jawaban yang tepat A.
15.How often did the writer eat a day?
A. Three times B. Seldom C. Twice
D. Never E. Once
Untuk menjawab pertanyaan tersebut, lihat
Paragraph trakhir, ___I enjoy ate once a day
___. Jawaban yang tepat E.
16.“…mitigation team chief Alwi Shihab.”
(Paragraph 1)
The synonym of the underlined word is …
A. decreaser B. lightener C. reliever
D. developer E. writer
Sinonim kata mitigation adalah lighterner.
Jawaban yang tepat B.
17.What is the writer’s occupation?
A. A social worker B. A volunteer C. A
journalist
D. presenter E. A TV reporter
Siapakah profesi saya di dalam teks tersebut,
dapat dilihat pada Paragraph ke-1, terlebih
pada kata ___ went to the press center ___.
Sehingga jelas bahwa profesi yang
berhubungan dengan press adalah journalist.
Jawaban yang tepat C.
18.The fifth paragraph tells …
A. about the Paris
B. the origin of the word Paris
C. thee location of Notre Dame
D. a village built a thousand years ago
E. an island in the middle of the Seine River
Paragraph ke-5 menceritakan tentang
“Paris is named ___”. Is named artinya
diberi nama, sehingga Paragraph itu
menceritakan tentang asal mula kata Paris.
Jawaban yang tepat B.
19.What is the oldest and most well known
part of the city?
A. The Seine River B. The Pont Neuf C. The
Sorbonne
D. The right bank E. The left bank
Perhatikan Paragraph ke-3, Kalimat ke-2:
The oldest and perhaps the most well-
known is Pon Neuf, ___. Jawaban yang
tepat B.
20. From the text we know that Notre Dame
is located…
A. on the left bank
B. near left Louvre
C. on the right bank
D. outside the city of Paris
E. in the middle of the Seine River
Kata Notre Dame terdapat pada Paragraph
terakhir, Kalimat ke-2: They built ___ in the
middle of the Seine River ___, dilanjutkan
pada Kalimat ke-4: It is where Notre
Dame located. Jawaban yang tepat E.
21.The text mainly tells us about…
A. forest people B. National Park C. forest
conservation
D. illegal logging E. illegal operation
Pertanyaan tersebut menanyakan ide pokok,
lihat Paragrapg ke-1: “___ if our forests
were gone?”. Yang berbicara memakai
kata our pada kalimat itu adalah they are
forest people. Keterangan berikutnya juga
bisa dilihat pada kalimat penjelas, juga
memberikan penjelasan tentang forest
people. Sehingga ide pokok pada teks
tersebut adalah forest people. Jawaban yang
tepat A.
22.Who were fighting for the conservation
of forest?
A. Members of local Anak Dalam
B. Tribal chief and his partner.
C. Women and children
D. Adult and children.
E. Tribesmen
Lihat Paragraph ke-2, kalimat ke-3:
“Adult as well as children are
fighting for the conservation of this forest,”
___. Jawaban yang tepat D.
23. The purpose of the text is…
A. to describe the Bukit Dua Belas National
Park
B. to persuade readers about National Park
Zone
C. to tell the readers what had happened in
the forest
D. to entertain readers with a story about
Anak Dalam
E. to inform readers about illegal logging
Teks tersebut tergolong jenis Report. Tujuan
teks Report adalah to describe (the way
things are). Jawaban yang tepat A.
24. The tribesmen who are not included in
the protest are from…
A. Terap B. Jambi C. Air hitam
D. Kedasung E. Mangkekal
Perhatikan Kalimat terakhir: The tribesman
live in Mangkekal, Kedasung, Air
hitam, and Terap. Yang tidak termasuk
adalah Jambi. Jawaban yang tepat B.
25.We can taste any kind of food because
of…
A. the good smell of food
B. the four main kinds of taste
C. the taste-buds in the tongue
D. the senses of smell and sight
E. the taste-buds round the tip of the tongue
Perhatikan Paragraph ke-1, Kalimat ke-2:
We taste with the help of taste-
buds in the tongue. Jawaban yang tepat C.
26.When we eat very hot or cold food, …
A. the food will lose its taste
B. the food won’t smell good
C. the taste of the food increases
D. the taste-buds will be sensitive
E. the taste-buds will be very responsible
Paragraph terakhir menyebutkan : Food that
is too hot or too cold, when
placed in the mouth, will have no tastes at
all. Have no taste artinya lose
its taste. Jawaban yang tepat A.
27. The senses of smell and sight…
A. increase the taste of the food
B. affect the taste of the food
C. make food more delicious
D. make the food look good
E. make food attractive
Perhatikan Paragraph ke-7, Kalimat
pertama: The senses of smell and
sight can affect taste. Jawaban yang tepat B.
28. The purpose of the text is …
A. to explain how we can taste any food in
the mouth
B. to give a report about the sense of taste
C. to inform how important the tongue is
D. to describe the use of the tongue
E. to tell the tastes of the food
Jenis teks tersebut adalah Explanation.
Tujuan teks Explanation adalah
to explain.
29.What is the writer intention? To …
readers to do something good.
A. inform B. explain C. describe
D. entertain E. persuade
Pertanyaan di atas menayakan tujuan teks.
Karena jenis teks tergolong jenis Exposition,
sehingga tujuan teks adalah to persuade.
Jawaban yang tepat E.
30.According to the writer, more dust bins
… in every ten meters.
A. should be decorated
B. should be painted
C. should be placed
D. are unnecessary
E. are not required
Perhatikan Paragraph ke-3, kalimat ke-5:
More dust bin should be put
____. Should be put sama artinya
dengan should be placed. Jawaban
Yang tepat C.
31. What is the writer’s argument on a
sufficient number of dust bins?
A. They can prevent litters
B. They can save janitor’s energy
C. Students are asked to clean them
D. They make school environment neat
E. Students can throw garbage away easily
Argumen penulis dalam teks Exposition di
atas dapat dilihat pada
Paragraph terakhir: When school is
equipped with sufficient dust bins,
___. Our school will be very clean and
become a nice place to study.
Kata very clean dan nice place mengandung
arti environment neat.
Jawaban yang tepat D.
32. What is the writer’s suggestion?
A. To buy more dust bins
B. To hire more gardeners
C. To use dustbins efficiently
D. To ask parents to give more dustbins
E. To ask students to clean the school yard
Jawaban pertanyaan tersebut dapat dilihat
pada Paragraph terakhir: When
school is equipped with sufficient dust bins,
___. Sufficient identik
dengan kata efficient. Jawaban yang tepat C.
33.How do we compare the second and the
fourth paragraph?
A. Both paragraph argue that homework is
necessary for students
B. Unlike the fourth paragraph, the second
paragraph argues that homework is
unnecessary
C. The second paragraph supports that
students need homework, but the
fourth paragraph does not
D. The second paragraph and the fourth
paragraph argue that students do
not need homework
E. The second and the fourth paragraph do
not say anything about the
Benefit of homework
Paragraph ke-2 menyatakan tidak setuju
kalau siswa diberi home work (pekerjaan
rumah) dengan alasan:
1. children have hobbies that they want to do
after school.
2. a lot of homework is pointless
3. doesn’t help the child learn at all.
Sedang Paragraph ke-4 menyatakan bahwa
waktu belajar di sekolah sangat singkat
sehingga perlu ditambah home work. Dua
paragraph tersebut saling bertentangan,
Paragraph ke-2 setuju, sedang Paragraph ke-
4 tidak setuju. Jawaban yang tepat B.
34.How many reasons are presented by
those who are against homework?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3
D. 4 E. 5
Jawaban yang tepat C, sudah disebut pada
pembahasan nomor sebelumnya.
35.Those who are pro homework think that
the students can … in the evening
A. prepare for the next lesson
B. review their lesson
C. enjoy their pastime
D. do their hobbies
E. test themselves
Perhatikan Paragraph ke-3, Kalimat ke-3:
They say that the evening is a
good time ___ they have learned in school.
Kalimat tersebut sama artinya
dengan review. Jawaban yang tepat B.
36. “A further point they make is that a lot
of homework is pointless and doesn’t help
the child learn at all.” (Paragraph 2)
The underlined word is synonymous with…
A. terrible B. careless C. difficult
D. unimportant E. uninteresting
Kata pointless sama maknanya
dengan unimportant. Jawaban yang tepat D.
37. What is the writer’s suggestion about
homework?
A. Homework is pointless
B. Homework is badly needed
C. Homework should be given at weekend
D. Student should not be given any
homework
E. Student must frequently have homework
Dalam teks Discussion, saran penulis
disebut recommendation atau conclusion,
terdapat pada Paragraph terakhir: I think
that some
homework ___ should only given at the
weekend ___.
38.The purpose of the text is …
A. to describe a film
B. to describe how a film is made
C. to inform readers about a good film
D. to entertain readers by telling a story
E. to review a fill for a public audience
Teks di atas termasuk jenis teks Review.
Tujuan teks Review adalah to
review. Jawaban yang tepat E.
39. After reading the review, how would
you judge this film?
A. Bad B. Fair C. Not bad
D. Mediocre E. Excellent
Perhatikan kalimat terakhir: This film is
really worth watching. Kata worth
berarti bermanfaat, sehingga jawaban yang
tepat E.
40. What does the writer suggest to the
audience?
A. The film is forgettable
B. They should watch the film
C. They should neglect the film
D. They should make another film
E. The writer should promote the film.
Pertanyaan ini terkait dengan pertanyaan
sebelumnya, karena filmnya
Excelent maka the writer suggests to the
audience, should watch the

film. Jawaban yang tepat B.