UJIAN SEKOLAH

TAHUN PELAJARAN 2023/2024

Mata Pelajaran : Bahasa Inggris

Hari/Tanggal : , Maret 2024
Kelas : IX (Sembilan)
Waktu :

PETUNJUK PENGERJAAN :
1. Bacalah Basmalah sebelum menjawab pertanyaan
2. Kerjakanlah soal yang mudah terlebih dahulu
3. Bacalah Hamdallah setelah selesai menjawab semua soal
4. Bekerjalah dengan penuh kejujuran dan rasa tanggung jawab

I. Pilihlah salah satu jawaban yang paling tepat pada pilihan A, B, C, dan D di bawah ini!
Quations No 1 to 4! D. play games
Read the the text beside to answer question below.
Sekar is a journa list. She works at a Quations No 5 to 8!
multinational newspaper publisher. I've got a friend named Halim. He's a compulsive
eater. He likes all kinds of food. He eats anything that
Sekar is very busy. She often visits is served to him. He weighs 85 kilograms and is a
many places, even remote spots, to very chubby-cheeked, funny and friendly person.
gather news. Occasionally, she is
sent abroad to cover international When he is absent, everyone will miss him as he
events. While covering an event, she always makes people laugh with his jokes. That is
always carries a black backpack why people love him very much.
containing her laptop, camera,
tripod and smartphone.
5. What is the text about?
Sekar has been interested in A. Halim's physical appearance
journalism since she was in junior B. The hobby of the writer's friend
high school. At that time she joined C. The family of the writer's friend
her School's newspaper agency. Her D. The description of the writer's friend.
interest in journalism continued
through her time at university. 6. From the text, we can conclude that Halim .....
A. is very fat
1. A journalist is a person who ..... B. has few friends
A. gathers and writes news C. likes to play tricks
B. writes and edits news D. likes playing sports
C. interviews people
D. reports news 7. What is Halim's character like?
A. Kind C. Diligent Generous
2. Sekar always collects news for her ..... B. Helpful. D. Generous
A. printing house
B. school agency 8. "He's a compulsive eater
C. school organization The underlined word can be replaced by .....
D. newspaper publisher A. creative C. uncontrollable
B. sensitive D. competitive
3. Sekar has been interested in journalism since she
was ..... 9. Look at the following graph. Choose the best
A. an OSIS member answer for the question.(Lihat grafik di samping
B. a junior high student untuk menjawab pertanyaan berikut).
C. a senior high student
D. a university student
4. Sekar needs a smartphone during her work to .....
A. chat with her family
B. interview people
C. listen to music

From the medal table of Tokyo Olympic 2020
above, we know that the country which got the
most medals was .....
A. Korea C. Japan
B. China D. Italy
10. Fikri and Fadli join marathon competition. Fikri
can run for 10 km. But Fadli gives up earlier than
Fikri. Fikri can run ..... than Fadli.
A. far C. near
B. farther D. nearer
11. The follwoing text is question number 11.
Glad if you can attend and laugh with us in
Graduation Party
In respect of our Daughter
Silviana has graduated from Padjadjaran
University Accompany with us on
Sunday, Mei 21, 2023 at 8 p.m.
The Suite Room, Sheraton Hotel.
Romeo and Meliana
Based on the invitation text above, we can
conclude that .....
A. Meliana is Silviana’s daughter
B. The party will be held in Sheraton Hotel
C. The party ended at 8 p.m
D. The party is to celebrate Silviana’s Birthday
12. The follwoing text is question number 12.
Why did the writer send the card? Because .....
A. She wanted to encourage her teacher
B. She wanted to congratulate her teacher
C. She wanted to be a good teacher
D. She wanted to entertain her teacher
13. The follwoing text is question number 13.
The writer sent the card above to her .....
A. Grand mother C. Mother
B. Grandfather D. Father
14. The following text is question number 14
Dear Sunny,
When your nameis called as the best student
please step forward-for high five! You are the
best.Congratulations !
Uncle John
From the text above we know that Sunny .....
A. get a medal for the best student
B. is the best student at school
C. graduates from high school
D. got five for his test
Read the following text to answer questions
number 15 to 17.
Ingredients
 2 dragon fruits
 20 grams sugar
 30 ml water
Wipping cream
1. The following are the steps how to make an
original dragon fruit juice, but before begin to try
it, make sure you choose the fresh dragon fruit
2. First of all, cut the fresh dragon fruit and remove
its skin.
3. Put dragon fruit, sugar, and water into a blender.
4. After that, blend all of the ingredients in the
blender. Blend about 2 minutes
5. Now, pour the juice into the glass. Add whipping
cream on top of it. The original dragon fruit is
ready to drink. It is easy, isn’t it? This is my
favorite drink.
15. The text mainly about .....
A. What the dragon fruit juice is
B. How to make dragon fruit juice
C. How we get dragon fruit juice
D. What we need to get dragon fruit juice
16. After cutting the dragon fruit, we should .....
A. Add whipping cream
B. Add sugar and water
C. Put them into blender
D. Blend them about 2 minutes
17. After that, blend all of the ingredients in the
blender”. The underlined word is closest in
meaning to .....
A. Hook C. Pull
B. Mix D. Fit
Quations no 18 to 19!
18. Why do we need to read the label of this Dietary
Supplement before we consume it?
A. The label tells us all information we need
about this product.
B. The label tells us the dosage of this product.
C. The label tells us the benefit of this product.
D. The label tells us the materials of this
product.
19. Can we still drink this Milk Calcium in 2011, why?
A. No we cannot, because the expire date on the
label is 27th April 2010,
B. Yes we can, although its expire date is 27th
April 2010. It is usually still ok.
C. Yes we can, the expire date does not have
bad effect to the product.
D. No we cannot, we have to ask the
manufacturer first.
20. Read the following text to answer questions
number 20.
According to the label above, the product should
be used .....
A. at any time.
B. on fifth of March two thousand twenty-three.
C. after fifth of March two thousand twenty-
three.
D. before fifth of March two thousand twenty-
three.
Read the following text to answer questions number 21
and 22.
A Terrible Earthquake
It happened in Cianjur on 21 November 2022. The
results of the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology
and Geophysics Agency analysis show that this
current earthquake had a magnitude of 4. 3 and
the epicentre of the quake was located at a distance
of 7 kilometres northwest of Cianjur Regency, West
Java, at a depth of 10 kilometres.
So far, the damages caused by this earthquake
are still being assessed, but according to National
Disaster Mitigation Agency or locally known as BNPB,
there have been 310 casualties (298 of whom have
been identified) and 24 people are still missing as a
result of the earthquake. Furthermore, 73,862 people
have been displaced (73,525 in Cianjur district, 333
in Sukabumi district, 4 in Bogor district), and 4,645
people injured.
BNPB also reported that around 12,729 heavily
damaged houses, 2,234 moderately damaged houses,
and 6,944 slightly damaged houses. One district
hospital sustained moderate damage, while four
primary health facilities (PUSKESMAS) sustained
heavy damages, which hindered health provision of
health services for affected communities, including
referral activities.
(source https://reliefweb.int/report/indonesia/indonesia-cianjur-
earthquake-dref-application-mdrid025)
21. Although BNPB has given data on casualties but
the underlined sentence can still mean that .....
A. casualties can still be increasing
B. casualties can still be decreasing
C. BNPB has found all of the missing people
D. BNPB has identified 298 casualties
22. According to BNPB, how many houses are
reportedly damaged?
A. 12,729 houses C. 6,944 houses
B. 2,234 houses D. 21,907 houses
23. Read the following text to answer questions
number 23.
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook Cianjur a
few months ago, with tremours felt as far away
as in Jakarta and in Tangerang. As of early
December 2022, the quake had not only
destroyed buildings, houses, and infrastructure
but also claimed at least 334 lives, wounded
593 others, and made 114,683 people
homeless overnight. According to the
Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical
Agency (BMKG), the quake was a shallow or
surface quake, which did not need to be too
powerful to be destructive. The level of
destruction was mainly because the
infrastructure in the Cianjur area and its
residents were not disaster ready.
(source: https://fulcrum.sg/cianjur-earthquake-and-
disaster-resilience-in-indonesia/)
According to BMKG, why the quake in Cianjur
caused a lot of damages?
A. because the level of destruction was high
B. because the tremours were felt as far as
 Jakarta
C. because 5,6 magnitude earthquake on land is
rare
D. because the infrastructure in Cianjur area
and its residents were not disaster ready
24. Read the following text to answer questions
number 24.
When I was being in the mosque
It was around 13.21 local time in Cianjur and I
was being in a school’s mosque praying when
the quake suddenly hit Cianjur. Some teachers
were in the beginning of praying and all
students were still in their classrooms. We all
suddenly felt the tremors and began to scream
while rushing out of the classrooms.
The tremors kept going on but I was trying
hard to stay in my position while being fully
aware of the situation. At that time, I was also
worried. A few seconds later, my friend
touched me and asked me to get out of the
mosque soon. I then decided to cancel my
praying and rushed out of the mosque too. I
also saw students and teachers running out of
the classrooms and got together in the
schoolyard.
The followings are the reasons why the students
and teachers ran out of their classrooms, except....
A. They felt earthquake
B. They were being in the classrooms, felt the
tremors
C. The teachers who were in the mosque
worried about the quake.
D. They got together in the school yard.
Read the following text to answer questions number 25
to 27.
I spent my last holiday in Seoul, South Korea. I went
there with my friends.
On the first day, I was landed at Incheon Airport
around 7 AM after 6 hours long flight. Then I went to
Seoul by train and checked in to the hotel which I had
already booked. I decided to take a rest for a while. At
night, I went to Hongdae, a famous district in South
Korea. I went to eat traditional Korean food. On the
next day, I went to the Gyeongbokgung Palace and
National Museum. I also went to learn how to make
Kimchi and saw the scenery of Seoul from Seoul
Tower. I went back to the hotel at 10 PM and
immediately went to sleep.
I spent my last day in Myeongdong and bought some
stuffs and souvenirs for my family and friends. I also
ate the street food there. I went to the airport at 3 PM
because my flight was at 5 PM. I felt tired but happy, I
had a fantastic experience in South Korea and made
wonderful memory with my friends. It was a great
trip.
25. From the text we know that the writer spent .....
days long in Korea.
A. Three days C. Five days
B. Four days D. Six days
26. Why the writer decided to take a nap after
arriving in Korea?
A. He felt a bit happy after 6 hours long flight.
B. He felt a bit sad after 6 hours long flight.
C. He felt a bit mad after 6 hours long flight.
D. He felt a bit tired after 6 hours long flight.
27. From the text we know that the writer landed in
Incheon Airport Korea at 7 AM, what time the
writer took off from Soekarno Hatta International
airport in Indonesia if the flight takes 6 hours
long?
A. 1 PM C. 1 AM
B. 2 PM D. 2 AM
Read the following text to answer questions number 28
to 30.
The golden Snail
One day a poor old widow, Mbok Rondo Dadapan,
who always fished along the river, found the golden
snail and took it home as a pet. She put the snail in a
jar and took good care of it. All of sudden, the
unexpected good things took place in Mbok Rondo's
life.
Coming back from her daily fishing, she would find
delicious dishes on the table and the house is
cleaned. She wondered who had been so nice to take
care of her house, to do the cooking and house
chores. This strange event went on for several days,
she could not resist to find out who was the
mysterious and kind person was. So, one day, instead
of fishing, she peeped through a hole in the wall of
her house.
After waiting and hiding, finally she saw an amazing
scene. She saw a beautiful princess coming out of the
jar and starting to clean the house and preparing the
meal.
The next day, the same thing happened. Without
wasting any time Mbok Rondo rushed into the house
and smashed the jar altogether with the snail shell in
it with stone mortar. The homeless Dewi Sekartaji
could not turn back into a snail shell, and the magic
spell was broken. Mbok Rondo asked to the beautiful
princes about her pedigree. Then the princes said
that She is Dewi Sekartaji, Raden Panji Asmoro
Bangun’s wife who was cursed by God Batara Narada
become the Golden snail in order to saved her from
kidnapping accident who was done by The King of
 Antah Berantah. After telling her pedigree, she was
then adopted by Mbok Rondo as her daughter.
Meanwhile, Raden Panji Asmoro Bangun searching
for his wife. He wandered from one village to
another, finally reaching Dadapan village where he
found his beloved wife. Filled with happiness and
love, they went back to their kingdom, taking good
old Mbok Rondo.
28. It can be inferred that the characteristic of Dewi
Sekartaji is .....
A. Beautiful, spoil and lazy
B. Beautiful, selfish and rude
C. Beautiful, arrogant and spiteful
D. Beautiful, kind and know how to treat people
properly
29. What would happen to Dewi Sekartaji if God
Batara Narada did not curse her become a snail?
A. The King of Antah Berantah would lose her.
B. The King of Antah Berantah would kidnap
and marry her.
C. The King of Antah Berantah would help her.
D. The King of Antah Berantah would hate her.
30. The moral value which is described Mbok
Rondo’s character is .....
A. No matter how trivial the kindness, it will be
paid by another kindness too.
B. It does not matter if you are poor, but you
have to had a golden hearth.
C. We have to help the rich people, so we can
take a good benefit.
D. Kindness only can be done by the rich
people.
Read the following text to answer questions number 31
to 33.
Long time ago a remote village, in central China, was
inhabited mainly by farmers and hunters. One day, a
poor farmer lost his entire livestock because of a
flood. He prayed hard to God for help or his family
would die of starvation.
A few days later, an old man with a long grey beard,
passing by his house, took a pity on the farmer. He
gave him a goose and said “ I don’t have any
expensive thing to give you and hope this goose will
help you to ease your hardship.” A week later to his
surprise the farmer found an egg in his yard. It was
not an ordinary egg. It was a golden egg. He was
suddenly filled with joy.
Thereafter, his livelihood had rapidly improved but
the farmer had forgotten his earlier hardship. He
became lazy, arrogant and spendthrift. Strangely, the
goose only laid one golden egg every six months. The
greedy farmer lost his patient and slaughtered his
goose thinking there were plenty of golden eggs
inside its stomach. He found nothing! Poor him!
Though he very much regretted for his foolishness,
it’s already too late.
31. The farmer regretted at the end of the story
because .....
A. he had done something stupid to the goose
B. he became a lazy and arrogant person
C. the goose did not lay golden eggs very often
D. the eggs were not ordinary ones
32. “ ..... this goose will help you to ease your
hardship .....” (Paragraph 2).What does the
underlined word refer to?
A. The farmer. C. An old man.
B. This goose. D. A golden egg.
33. What can you learn from the story?
A. Greedy people will get nothing in their life.
B. People must do everything to become rich.
C. Animals can help people survive in their life.
D. We must listen to old men to succeed in our
life.
Read the following text to answer questions number 34
to 36.
Once upon a time, there lived a father with his two
beautiful daughters in a village. His wife had already
died. The father raised the daughters by himself .He
love them very much.
The father liked hunting very much. He often went to
the forest to hunt deer, rabbit or many kinds of birds
in the forest. But the two girls disliked it. They didn’t
want their father killed animals. The father tried hard
to stop his hobby as the girls wanted
One day, when the father went around the village. He
met his friend. They talked about many white birds
which came to the lake. They said it was good time to
hunt the bird. The men asked the father to hunt the
birds. The father couldn’t help himself. He forgot his
promise not to hunt anymore. The father went home
to take his gun.
Knowing his father’s plan to go hunting, the eldest
daughter said to her sister that she would wear long
white clothes and go to the lake. She pretended to be
a white bird so that the father would kill her and
would stop hunting. When the eldest daughter went
away wearing long white cloth, the younger daughter
wearing the same clothes, followed her sister.
The two daughters ran away to the lake. The father
who had already in the lake saw them. He taught that
they were birds. He shot both of them. How shocked
he was, when they cried in pain. He ran to them but it
was too late both of his daughter had already died.
The father was shocked since then he never hunted
animals.

34. What does the text tell us about?
A. The regret of father
B. The sadness of two daughters.
C. The effort of two daughters.
D. The love of father to his daughter.
35. What was the main problem of the story?
A. The father hunter animal again.
B. The daughters were shot by the father.
C. The daughters pretended to be white birds.
D. The father raised the daughter by himself.
36. How could you describe the girls?
A. They were animals lovers.
B. They obey to their father.
C. They hate their father.
D. They dislike their father’s friend.
37. How long is the sale?
A. Seven days C. Six days
B. Five days D. Eight days
38. What gods get 25% off ?
A. Necklaces and watches
B. Bags and briefcases
C. Bookcase and chairs.
D. Dining tables and leathers sofas.
Read the following text to answer questions number 39
and 40.
FLOOD
A flood is an event that occurs when the flow of
excessive water soaking the mainland. EU directives
define flood as a flood of temporary submersion by
water on land that is not normally submerged. In the
sense of “flowing water”, the word can also mean the
inclusion of ocean tides. Flooding caused by the
volume of water in a body of water such as a river or
lake overflow or break down the dam so that water
out of its natural limits.
Size of the lake or body of water constantly changes
according to changes in precipitation and melting
seasonal snow, but no major flooding unless the
water reaches the human uses such as villages,
towns, and other settlements.
Floods can also occur in rivers, when flow exceeds
the capacity of the drains, especially at the bend in
the river. Floods often cause damage to homes and
shops were built on natural river floodplains.
Although flood damage can be avoided by moving
away from rivers and other bodies of water, the
people living and working close to the water to make
a living and take advantage of low costs as well as
travel and trade near the waters smooth. Humans
continue to settle in flood-prone areas is evidence
that the value of settled near the water is greater
than the cost of the damage caused by periodic
flooding.
Great flood myth is a story of mythological great
flood sent by God to destroy a civilization in
retaliation for the great and often appears in the
mythology of various cultures in the world.
39. From the text above, we can conclude that .....
A. Flood is always caused by heavy rain.
B. Damage caused by flood cannot be avoided.
C. People prefer moving away than staying in
the flood-prone area.
D. Flood is natural phenomena that occurs
when water on land is not normally
submerged
40. What is the benefit of reading the text?
A. We can enrich our knowledge about the
flood and its danger
B. We can avoid from the flood damage
C. We can take advantages to make a living in
flood-prone
D. We can protect our life from the disaster
caused by flood
41. Dear Lisa,
Congratulations on your winning the first prize of
the English debate competition. I hear about it
from your Mom.
Love,Ella
The correct statements is .....
A. Ela has joined a competition
B. Lisa got a present from Ella.
C. Lisa is a winner of English debate.
D. Lisa's mother teaches her about the English
debate
42. Dear Mrs. Karen,
Our prayers and good thought to your whole
family. Hold on tightly to each other always! We
are so blessed to have met Mr. Bram and will
always remember his most generous heart. Your
father was a great man, because he raised such a
kind and noble son.
Warm regards,
Mr. Smith and family
Who has just passed away?
A. Mr. Smith’s father
B. Mrs. Karen’s son
C. Mr. Bram’s son
D. Mrs. Karen’s father
43. Happy Mother's Day
Your smile brightens each day just as the
morning rays shines on the hills and it’s with
 doubt that this gives us the courage to face the
new day with joy.

To whom the card is sent?

A. Mother C. Grandmother
B. Father D. Grandfather

44. To: Ruth.

I’d like to congratulate you on passing your exam.
I do hope you are always successful.
Love
Joshua

Joshua sends the card because .....

A. His exam is difficult to do
B. He wants to be successful
C. He wants to congratulate Ruth
D. He wants to tell Ruth about his exam

45. People work ..... they can earn money

A. wish C. in order to
B. hope D. so that

46. He has the ..... house among all his friends.

A. big C. bigger
B. biggest D. morr bigger

47. We ..... bring out mobile phone to the class ini

SMPN 1 ilmuguru
A. Must C. Have to
B. Must not D. Don't have to

48. Students ..... wear the school uniforms at school.

A. must C. mustn't
B. should D. shouldn't

49. I think you ..... practice more on your dance move.

A. must C. mustn't
B. should D. shouldn't

50. The underlined expression expresses .....

Mother : You know that Mira always takes
sleeping lately to solve her problems.
Father : That’s wrong! It can be dangerous for
her life if she doesn’t change her bad
habit.
A. Sympathy C. Agreement
B. Possibility D. Disagreement