SOAL - SOAL BAHASA INGGRIS WAJIB KELAS XI

When we go shopping, we get a plastic bag to carry the items we buy. When we go to friend’s or
relative’s house and we want to give/her items, we use a plastic bag to carry them. However,
they are dangerous for environment and human beings.
Firstly, plastic bags need a long time to decompose. Plastic bags take up to 1000 years to
decompose on land and 450 years in water.
Secondly, people use up natural resources to make plastic bags. The most common plastic
bags you see today are made of polyethylene. This material is made of crude oil and natural gas.
Moreover, they harm wildlife and marine life. Plastic bags are now ubiquitous in our
environment, and animals both on land and in water are being strangled, choked and killed by
them. Plastic bags are now the fifth most common debris item found on beaches.
Plastic bags are also dangerous for our health. Coloured plastic bags are very dangerous for
health if we use them to keep food because they are recycled products and their previous history
is not known. They may have been used to carry in pesticide containers, hospital waste or heavy
metals waste. Long-term consequences of the use of these plastic bags can lead to various
diseases such as cancer, kidney disorders and others.
Based on the facts, plastic bags should not be used anymore. There are several alternatives to
replace their functions, such as paper bags or reusable canvas bags.

1 What is the main idea of the fifth paragraph?

A. Plastic bags affect human’s health.
B. Plastic bags lead to various diseases.
C. Plastic bags are made of natural resources.
D. Abundant plastic bags are found on beaches
E. Plastic bags take a long time to decompose.

2 According to the text, the writer suggests that we should …

A. recycle plastic bags
B. leave using plastic bags
C. avoid to use paper bags
D. produce coloured plastic bags
E. use plastic bags to keep food
3 “Plastic bags are now ubiquitous in our environment, …” (Paragraph 4)
The underlined word is the most closely associated to …
A. Rare
B. Special
C. Strange
D. Obvious
E. Omnipresent

How is Lighting Formed

Lighting is a bolt of electricity between the sky and the ground. A single bolt has enough
power to light hundred lamps for a day. Lighting can strike people and even kill them. Lighting
also starts hundreds of forest fires every year.
Inside the big dark thunderclouds on a stormy day are millions of tiny droplets of ice.
These collide with each other all the time, creating electric charge (a small amount of electricity).
In no time, the cloud gets filled up with charges.
Electric charges are neither positive or negative. When negative charges form the bottom
of the cloud and positive charges of the ground meet, a flash is seen. This flash is actually the
path of the electrical charges. All this happens in a fraction of a second.
Lighting heats up the air around it to temperatures up to 30.000 degrees Celsius. This is
more than five times hotter than the surface of the sun. when air is heated so quickly, it expands
and contracts violently, much like a balloon bursting . The explosion is heard as thunder.
Lighting and thunder later? This is because light travels almost a million times faster than sound.

4 What is the purpose of the text above?

A. To describe about Lighting
B. To inform the readers the danger of lighting.
C. To persuade the readers that lighting is dangerous.
D. To explain how lighting is formed.
E. To inform the readers newsworthy event related to lighting.

5 What is the effect of lighting strikes?

A. It can start hundreds of forest fires every year.
B. It can light hundreds of lamps every day.
C. It can make temperature hotter.
D. It can create electricity.
E. It can redeem the thunder.
6 We can see lighting before hearing the thunder because …
A. the air heated so quickly
B. lighting heats up the air around it
C. it can expands and contracts violently, much like a balloon bursting
D. negative and positive chargers of the ground meet
E. light travels almost a million times faster than sound

7 “Lighting heats up the air around it to temperature up to 30.000 degrees Celsius.” (paragraph 4)
The underlined word refers to …
A. Lighting
B. The Air
C. The temperature
D. The flash
E. The cloud

8 We eat several foods from the rainforest and many medicines … from ingredients found only
in these area.
A. are made
B. come
C. taken
D. built
E. produced

9 The lighting bolts … as much as 100 miles from us, depending on the height of the bolt, the
clarity of the air and our elevation.
A. can be seen
B. will be heard
C. could be heard
D. should be felt
E. will be seen

10 A volcano is mountain that … downward to a pool of molten rock below the surface of the
earth.
A. open
B. opens
C. is opened
D. is opening
E. opened
July 22th, 2019
Personal Director
PT Citra Anggara

Dear Sir/Madam

I read the Kabari Post dated March 19 th, which stated that your company needs a finance
manager. I graduated from a reputable university in Jakarta and I am a bachelor’s degree by the
Economics Faculty. I believe that my educational background is suitable for the position.
I am hard working and will always be responsible for my job. Since I graduated from
university, I have had many work experiences, from general manager staff to finance manager
for three years in a construction company in Jakarta. However, I have to move here due to my
marriage.
I have enclosed my curriculum vitae and I would welcome an interview with you. I am
ready for the interview anytime. Thank you for your consideration.

Your sincerely,
Salma Nada

11 What kind of the letter above?

A. Personal letter
B. Application letter
C. Reference letter
D. Complain letter
E. Love letter

12 How did Salma know the job vacancy?

A. By browsing the internet
B. Someone told her about it
C. By reading a newspaper
D. By reading magazine
E. By visiting a job fair

13 Why does Salma move to Batam?

A. She intends to have more experiences
B. She follows her husband
C. She follows her parents
D. She intends to have a higher position
E. She intends to work in a big company

14 What is the company needs?

A. Finance manager
B. Office boy
C. Manager
D. Art director
E. Advertisement

15 Where did Salma work before she applies job in the company?
A. She is jobless
B. She worked as finance manager in Jakarta
C. She married the she moved to Batam
D. She worked as an employee in Batam
E. She worked as an art director

Dear Samara,

On my last school holiday, my classmates and I went to Borobudur. The Borobudur temple
is really magnificent. The giant temple really impressed me. How could our ancestor build such a
big temple? It was amazing.
In the temple, we went upstairs step by step. Walking around the temple, we saw many
reliefs on the temple walls. Some foreigners seemed interested in them. I heard their
conversation with the guide. Actually the relief tells a story.
It was really a nice experienced. I hope you can go there someday.

Love,

Patricia

16 Who sent the letter?

A. Classmates
B. The guide
C. Samara
D. Patricia
E. Patricia’s mom

17 What did Patricia see in the temple wall?

A. Reliefs
B. Sculpture
C. Wooden statue
D. Painting
E. Some arts

18 What does the relief tell us?

A. Story
B. Temple
C. Holiday
D. Borobudur
E. Legend story
19 With whom did Patricia go to Borobudur?
A. Her tour guide
B. Her classmates
C. Patricia’s friend
D. Some foreigners
E. Her family

20 Patricia admired the temple because of its …

A. Visitors
B. Reliefs
C. Stones
D. Size
E. It’s scenery

21 Below are sentence of asking suggestion, except …

A. Can you tell me what I should do?
B. Do you have any suggestion for me?
C. What would you do?
D. Would you mind giving me your suggestion?
E. What should I do?

22 What is the generic structure of explanation text?

A. General statement, sequenced explanation
B. Identification, description
C. Thesis, argument, reiteration
D. General classification, description
E. Goals, materials/tools, steps

23 What is the last part of a letter?

A. To
B. Dear
C. Signature
D. Address
E. Sincerely yours

24 I went … my bicycle instead

A. In
B. With
C. By
D. On
E. At
25 I would be happy if my father … me a new car
A. Buy
B. Bought
C. Was bought
D. Have bought
E. Will buy

26 An educational Institute needs some qualified teachers. What should they do?
A. Announce consumers
B. Invites the qualified teachers
C. Write a memo
D. Promote a new product
E. Advertise a job vacancy

27 Andy is going to hospital … he was got headache for a week.

A. So
B. Because
C. For
D. Although
E. Therefore

28 Give her praise … she is a good student.

A. Since
B. As
C. Therefore
D. However
E. Because

29 Sorry! I am late … the traffic

A. Therefore
B. Furthermore
C. Despite
D. Because of
E. As

30 Who is the singer of a song entitled Memories?

A. Shawn Mendes
B. Maroon 5
C. Justin Bieber
D. Tones and I
E. Niki