Soal Pengantar T.P.
2023/2024
Nama/ : / XII
Kelas : English
Bid. Studi : ENG – 06
Materi
LITERASI BAHASA INGGRIS
This text to answer the questions number 1 – 2!
The government published a report yesterday saying that we
need to eat more healthily more fruits and vegetables, less
fat and sugar. So, that means fewer burgers, chips and fried
foods as well as cutting down on sweet things. We went into
Central London yesterday at lunch time and asked people
what they thought about it. "It's got nothing to do with
government what I eat," said Paul Keel, a building worker,
and Dorothi Mattews, a teacher as they ate beef burgers and
chips washed down with strawberry milkshakes. Tim
Kennnor, however, welcome the government's advice. Then,
we asked the Simpson's restaurant's manager about it. "I
don't think people believe all these reports anymore. What
they say is good for you on June, then they say bad for you
on July. People stopped taking notice. We serve what we've
always served. Almost all of it is fattening."
1. The topic of the text is ...
A. people's reaction to suggestion on healthy eating
habits
B. eating a healthy lunch in Central London
C. the government's report on people unhealthy eating
habits
D. fattening foods served at the Simpson's restaurant
E. the advantages of eating fruits and vegetables
2. The restaurant manager thinks of the report that ...
A. People don't understand the advice given.
B. The government's advice is inconsistent.
C. People are more concerned about losing weight.
D. Fattening foods are more delicious.
E. People will welcome the government advice.
This text to answer the questions number 3 – 7!
(1) The killer sea waves known as Tsunamis are so quiet in
their approach from a far, so harmless, that until recently
their history has been one of surprise attack.
(2) Out in the middle of the ocean, the distance between
tsunami wave crests can be 100 miles and the height of the
wave have no more than three feet: sailors can ride one and
suspect nothing. At the shoreline, the first sign is often an
ebbing-a retreat but rather a gathering of forces. When the
great waves finally do strike, they rear up and hit harbor and
coast, causing death and damage.
(3) These seismic sea waves or tidal waves-as they are
sometimes called, bear no relation to the moon or tides. And
the word "tsunami", Japanese for "harbor wave", related to
their destination rather than their origin. The causes are
various: undersea or coastal earthquakes, deep ocean
avalanches or volcanism. Whatever the cause, the wave
motion starts with a sudden move like a hit from a giant
paddle that displaces the water. And the greater the
undersea hit, the greater the tsunami's damaging power.
(4) In 1883, Krakatoa volcano in the East Indies erupted,
and the entire island collapsed in 820 feet of water. A
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tsunami is a tremendous forces bouncing around Java and
Sumatera, killing 36.000 people with walls of water that
reached 115 feet in height.
(5) In 1946, a tsunami struck first near Alaska and then,
without warning, hit Hawaiian Islands, killing 159 people and
causing millions of dollars of damage. This led to the
creation of the Tsunami Warning System, whose nerve
center in Honolulu keeps around-the-clock vigil with the aid
of new technology. If the seismic sea waves are confirmed
by the Honolulu center, warnings are transmitted within a
few hours to all threatened Pacific points. Tsunamis have
been deprived of their most deadly sting-surprise.
3. The writer describes in details ...
A. how harmless the tsunamis seems to be for sailors
B. what damage the tsunami caused in Japan
C. when the tsunami tends to attack unexpectedly
D. why tsunamis are called the killer sea waves
E. where tsunamis have been most severe in their attack
4. The tsunamis are seemingly harmless when they start
because ...
A. The waves out in the ocean were not alarmingly high.
B. The ebbing of the water leave fish stranded and
slapping on the bottom.
C. The great waves strike, reaching up and hitting harbor
and coast.
D. The waves approaching from a far gather forces and
move the water away from the land.
E. The seismic sea waves bear no relation to the moon
or tides.
5. The following are possible causes for seismic waves,
EXCEPT ...
A. earthquakes under the oceans
B. underwater avalanches
C. the rise and fall of the sea levels
D. ocean volcanoes
E. seashore earthquakes
6. Which of the recorded tsunami in the text was the worst?
The one that hit ...
A. The East indies
B. The Island of Java
C. Alaska
D. The Hawaiian Islands
E. Honolulu
7. The danger of tsunamis has been reduced by ...
A. establishing local nerve center
B. the countries around the Pacific Rim
C. close control from a new warning center
D. warning the nerve center of seismic waves
E. the Tsunami Warning System at the bottom of the sea
This text to answer the questions number 8 – 10!
(1) The view that women are better parents than men has
shown itself to be true throughout history. This is not to say
that men are not of importance in child-rearing; indeed, they
are most necessary if children are to appreciate fully the
roles of both sexes. But women have proven themselves
superior parents as a result of their conditioning, their less
aggressive nature and generally better communication skills.
(2) From the time they are little, females learn about
nurturing. First with dolls and later perhaps with younger
brothers and sisters, girls are given the role of career. Girls
see their mothers in the same roles so it is natural that they
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identify this as female activity. Boy, in contrast, learn 3. The naughty student behaved as if he … the exercise.
competitive roles far removed from what it means to A. had been doing
nurture. While boy may dream of adventures, girls B. was doing
conditioning means they tend to see the future in terms of C. is doing
raising families. D. would do
(3) Girls also appear to be less aggressive than boys. In E. must have done
adulthood, it is men not women, who prove to be the 4. They had made many mistakes in their test, but they
aggressors in crime and in war. Obviously, in raising pretended to be happy as though they … many mistakes.
children, a more patient, gentle manner is preferable to a A. didn't make
more aggressive one. Although, there certainly exist gentle B. hadn’t made
men and aggressive women, by and large, female are less C. don’t make
likely to resort to violence in attempting to solve problems. D. won’t make
E. haven’t made
(4) Finally, women tend to be better communicator than
men. This is shown in intelligence test, where females, on 5. X: I didn’t see Dini in the party last night.
average, do better in verbal communication than males. Of Y: Oh she wasn’t invited.
course, communication is of utmost important in rearing X: If only I … her.
children, as children tend to learn from and adopt the A. invite
communication styles of their parents. B. am inviting
C. have invited
(5) Thus, it is all very well to suggest a greater role for men D. had invited
in raising children, let us not forget that women are E. will invite
generally better suited to the parenting roles
6. “Hikmah didn’t want to go to Jakarta by bus.”
8. The main information of the text is about ... “I recommended her that she … by plane.”
A. the importance of men and women in child rearing A. go
B. the reluctance of men to play the role of parents B. goes
C. the reasons why women are better parents than C. went
D. the superior of women in family men D. to go
E. the different attitudes of men and women as parents E. is going

9. As parents, women in general play a more important role 7. My aunt came yesterday. I’d rather that she … the day
than men because they are ... before.
A. not aggressive at all A. arrived
B. good communicators B. has arrived
C. superior human beings C. had arrived
D. experienced in raising children D. would arrive
E. capable of solving problems E. were arriving

10.Most women are good mothers because they ... 8. If only he were able to speak English, he would get
A. have brothers and sisters with whom they play involved in the discussion.
B. had to learn about nurturing when they were children This means that he … able to speak English.
C. have never dreams of adventure like boys A. is
D. are not to learn about competitive roles B. is not
E. have known the role of career since childhood C. was
D. was not
SUBJUNCTIVE E. would be

1. For the past few years last decade, the rate of crime has 9. “They wish they had won the contest,” Ali said to Alice.
been high due to the increase in the rate of From Ali’s utterance we know that …
unemployment. Today people wish that today the local A. They won the contest
government … first priority to the solution of this B. They have won the contest
problem. C. They do not win the contest
A. gives D. They did not win the contest
B. would give E. They would not win the contest
C. will give
D. should give 10.She went to the blackboard as if she knew how to solve
E. had given the problem.
The above sentence means …
2. “I would rather have graduated from the University of A. She actually couldn’t solve the problem
New York last year.” B. She ought to know how to solve the problem
This sentence means that I … from the University of New C. She definitely knew how to solve the problem
York last year. D. She should know how to solve the problem
A. wouldn't graduate E. She succeeded in solving the problem
B. won’t graduate
C. don’t graduate
D. didn’t graduate
E. haven’t graduated

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