SOAL BAHASA INGGRIS

Bimo,
Your mother called you when youre out. You are expected to return to Jakarta
soon. Juno, your brother, got an accident. He is in St. Carolus hospital now.
I have booked a plane ticket for you. Its on your table. Dito will drive you to the
airport. Sorry I cant see you off.
Bambang

16. The text is about

17. Your mother called you when
A. Bimo, junos brother
youre out. The underlined word can
B. Juno who had an accident
be best replaced by
C. Bimo, who had to return to
A. Cried
Jakarta
B. Shouted
D. Dito, the driver, had to go to
C. Telephoned
Jakarta
D. Was on line
E. Bambang, who is expected to go to
E. Wanted to know
Jakarta

We interrupt this program for special news bulletin. Due to the violent
thunderstorm, neighborhoods throughout the city have lost electrical power.
Service crews are already working to restore power in some of these areas, and
additional crews are on their way to other sites. Residents are asked to turn
off all electrical appliances to prevent potential hazards untuil power has been
restored.

18. What problem is occurring?

A. A power failure
B. Additional crews
C. Service crews failure
D. Trouble of electrical appliance
E. Potential hazard of electrical
power

19. What are residents asked

to do?
A. To have lost electrical
power
B. To restore power in some
areas
C. To avoid the violent
thunderstorm
D. To turn off all electrical
appliances
E. To interrupt the program
for news bulletin

WALK IN INTERVIEW
MANAGEMENT TRAINEE (MT)
COSTUMER RELATION OFFICER (CRO)
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (RD)
MARKETING (MR)
Requirements:
Male/Female 21-35 years old
Bachelor degree from reputable university,
overseas welcome
Pleasant looks, good grooming family and social
background
Persuasive, strong interpersonal, and verbal
communication skills
Strong analytical and strategic thinking
Self motivated with strong initiative, creative,
and innovative, result oriented and high achiever
and willing to learn new things
Work well under pressure of tight deadlines is
essential
Please bring your complete CV and recent
photograph to:
SMESCO Indonesia Main Building 4th floor
Jl. Gatot Subroto Kav. 94 Jakarta 12780
Indonesia
or send email : officialrecruitment_ph@yahoo.com

20. What is the advertisement

about?
A. Marketing
B. Walk in interview
C. Official recruitment
D. Management trainee
E. Research and development
21. Work well under pressure of
tight deadline is essential The
underlined word can be best
replaced by
A. Cruel
B. Tough
C. Rude
D. Wild
E. Strict

PARIS: A Frenchman whose arms and legs were amputated swam across
the English Channel this weekend using leg prostheses that flippers
attached.
Phillippe Croizon, 42, had expected the tough crossing to take up to 24
hours and instead, he finished in only 13 and a half.
I did it, Im so happy, I cant believe it, its crazy. He said Saturday
Three dolphins joined him for a while. We took that as a sign of good luck,
the swimmers father, Gerard Croizon, said.
Croizon set off from Folkestone on the British of the English Channel and
arrived near the French town of Wissant.
Croizons truncated upper arms go through the motions of crawl, and he
breathes through a snorkel.
He lost his arms and legs after suffering an electric shock in 1994 as he
stood on a ladder adjusting his television antenna, which touched a power
line.
Taken from: The Jakarta Post, Mon, Sep 20, 2010

22. Which one is likely to be the best title of the text?

A. Quadruple Amputee Swam Across the English Channel
B. Three Dolphins Swam Across the English Channel
C. A Swimmer Breathes Through a Snorkel
D. A Frenchman Got an Electric Shock
E. A Frenchman Spent His Weekend
23. How long did Croizon exactly finish crossing?
A. 24 hours
B. Two days
C. On Saturday
D. 13 and a half hours
E. During the weekend
24. What is the reason why he felt so happy?
A. He touched a power line
B. He lost his arms and legs
C. He was surprised at the short time
D. He arrived near the French town of Wissant
E. Had expected the tough crossing to take up to 24 hours
25. Croizon set off from Folkestone on the British side of the English Channel (par 5)
A. Fixed
B. Studied
C. Got ready
D. Established
E. Started a journey

I had 2-day holiday last month. My parents took me to Ambarawa Train

Museum. Its located in Ambarawa, Semarang Regency, Central Java. It
took a two-hour drive from my home. We arrived at the museum at about
11 a.m. it was very crowded. Many people stood in line to buy ticket at the
ticket box. I was surprised that an adult ticket costs only Rp 3.000,00 and
a child ticket costs Rp 2.000,00. Very cheap isnt it?
The train station was big and lean. We entered the room. It displayed old
tickets registers, stamp pads, old telegraphs and phones, a sign cross, the
museum mockup and some other station equipment.
Then, we walked around to see the train collections. Each train collection
had its own information board. For example, a train with serial number C
2407 was made in 1901 by werk Spoor Amsterdam from the Netherlands.
This train whose power was 575 horse powers could run at 60 kilometers
per hour. We took some photographs here and there. We didnt want to
miss any opportunity.
We then had a lorry tour. It was to crowded that I had to struggle to get
some seats for my parents and sister. We had to pay Rp 10.000,00 per
person and we didnt on board. We passed Rawa Pening. It had beautiful
scenery and fresh air. I saw many people and fisherman fishing at the
lake. The tour took about half an hour.
We felt a little bit tired, but this holiday was my unforgettable experience.
I wanted to go there again someday.

26. The text mainly talk about

A. Ambarawa Train Museum
B. The writers holiday experience
C. The train station in Ambarawa
D. The lorry tour in Ambarawa
E. Werk Spoor Amsterdam

28. We had to pay Rp 10.000,00 per

person and we did it on board. The
underlined word refers to
A. A lorry tour
B. To pay Rp 10.000,00
C. The museum
D. The train
E. The holiday

27. Which statement is true according

to the text?
A. The train museum is located near
Ambarawa
B. To enter the museum, an adult has to
pay Rp 2.000,00
C. No fishermen fishing at Rawa Pening
lake
D. We can see train collection in the
museum
E. Its easy to get seats in the lorry
tour

29. It displayed old tickets

registers, stamp pads, old
telegraphs and phones
The underlined word can be
replaced by
A. Took
B. Gave
C. Held
D. Showed
E. Delayed

Today Id like to tell you about the information of volcano. There are
several active volcanoes in our country. Do you know the process of
how a volcano forms?
A geologic theory called plate tectonics states that the Earths crust
is broken into various rigid plates. Well, they float on the surface of
the planet. Those plates move because of the intense pressure
created underneath them by the movement of currents. They carry
heat energy from the center of the planet to the surface. This
pressure makes the plates move toward or away from each other and
past each other in a horizontal motion. When a continental plate and
an oceanic plate join or move toward each other, then volcanoes form
on land near coastal areas. Because the oceanic plate is denser, it
sinks beneath the surface. The extremely high temperatures and
pressure melt the rock and turn it into hot floating magma. Next, it
rises toward the surface and when the magma reaches the crust, it
collects in a magma reservoir. It will be forced up ward through
crack in the Earths crust when pressure inside the reservoir
exceeds that of the overlying rock.
Adapted from: http//www.scienceclarified.com/Vi-Z/Volcano.html
(February 9, 2009)

30. What is the result of the interse

pressure created under the plates?
A. The plates move
B. The earth crust broken
C. The plates produce energy
D. The center of planet provides heat
E. The continental and oceanic plate
meet

32. Because the oceanic plate is

denser, it sinks beneath the
continental plate. (par 2)
What is the antonym of the underline
word?
A. Weighs
B. Forces
C. Presses
D. Floats
E. Forms

31. What does the melted rock turn

into?
A. Crust
B. Earth
C. Plate
D. Magma
E. Reservoir

33. What is the communicative

purpose of the text?
A. To entertain the readers with
various volcanoes
B. To persuade the readers to see
volcanoes
C. To inform the readers kinds of
volcanoes
D. To explain how a volcano is formed
E. To describe volcanoes in general

powerful.
The emergence of the internet
has given internet entrepreneurs
many ways to make money. Writers
are one gruop that have benefited
from their talents as a result in the
rise of internet based jobs.
Blog writing is an increasingly
popular war to earn money online
determined by the owner of the blog.
They are very popular because of the
blogs are usually written on a certain
subject area but can vary as its
content is heir simplicity to get up
and running. There are many free
websites out there that will help you
set up your own blog if you choose to
do that route because blog plus
advertisement is a potential money.
Article writing is also a good
money to earn money online.

Make sure to gear your articles to

promote and advertise you own
business ventures. These articles
are a free way to market the
products and services you offer
for free. The most effective
advertising with these articles
comes from the dialogues box
that is inserted at the end of each
article. These dialogue boxes
contain links to basically any
website you would like to drive
traffic to. For instance, you might
have one links in your dialogue
box to a product you are selling
and one to a blog where you are
promoting a discussing other
products.
Writing takes some time to
gain credibility through but once
its done earning potential can
become very

34. What is the topic of the text?

A. The benefits of internet for blogger
B. The benefits of internet for entrepreneur
C. The benefits of internet based jobs for writers
D. The Article get benefits from internet based jobs
E. The Blog writers get benefits from internet based jobs
35. The article writers can earn money online by
A. Getting some fee from their articles
B. Getting some money from the bloggers
C. Advertising their articles trough internet
D. Promoting their articles to other bloggers
E. Advertising their business ventures through their articles
36. From the text we can conclude that
A. Blog plus advertisement is a potential money
B. Credible writers is powerful to make money online
C. Internet bloggers can get lot of money for internet
D. Blogs are the way to market the products and services
E. We can advertise our own business ventures through internet
37. The emergence of the internet has given internet entrepreneur many ways (par 1)
The underlined word has a similar meaning to
A. Users
B. Browsers
C. Advertisers
D. Industrialist
E. Entertainers

Television becomes one of the most important devices which take place in
almost houses. It can unite all members of the family as well as separate
them. However, is it important to know what your kids are watching? The
answer is, of course, absolutely Yes and that should be done by all
parents. Television can expose things you have tried to protect the children
from, especially violence, pornography, consumerism and so on.
Recently, a study demonstrated that spending too much time on watching
TV during the day or at bedtime often causes bed-time disruption, stress,
and short sleep duration.
Another research found that there is a significant relationship between the
amount of time spent for watching television during adolescence and early
adulthood, and the possibility of being aggressive.
Meanwhile, many studies have identified a relationship between kids who
watch TV a lot and being inactive and overweight.
Considering some facts mentioning above, protect your children with the
following tips
Limit television viewing to one-two hours each day
Do not allow your children to have a TV set in their own bedrooms
Review the rating of TV shows which your children watch
Watch television with your children and discuss what is happening in the
show

38. The parents should know what the

kids are watching on TV, because
A. Television can unite all member of
the family as well as separate them
B. Television can expose things you
have tried to protect the children
from
C. Television become one of the most
important devices in almost all houses
D. There is a significant relationship
between the amount of time spent for
watching TV during adolescent and
early adulthood
E. Spending too much time on watching
TV during the day or at bedtime often
cause bedtime disruption, stress, and
short sleep duration
40. Studies about spending too much
time on watching TV and its effect can
be found in paragraph
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 1, 2 and 4
C. 1, 3 and 4
D. 2, 3 and 4
E. 3, 4 and 5

39. The following are tips for parents

to protect the children from TV
program, EXCEPT
A. Dont give your childrens bedrooms
a TV set
B. Give your children at least one-two
hours a day for watching TV
C. Give a review about the rating of TV
shows which you children watch
D. Watch TV with your children and
discuss what is happening in the show
E. Give the limitation of TV viewing for
your children to one-two hours a day
41. Television becomes one of the most
important devices which (paragraph
1)
The similar meaning of the underlined
word is
A. Furniture
B. Things
C. Goods
D. Tools
E. Ways

Now a days, computers are widespread. They are useful, but

they also have some bad effects, especially for children. As a
computer application, the internet is very useful. There is
more information on the internet than in the worlds biggest
library.
Through the Internet people can get friends all over the
world. Although they have never seen each other, they get to
know each other well. They can send e-mails to each other.
The computer is like a door to the world! Computer gamer are
also great fun! Theyre better than TV. On TV you can watch
a space ship, but in a computer game you fly it!
On the contrary, computers have some bad effects. A lot of
children spend too much time on the computer. They start
playing and then they cant stop. They dont talk to anyone;
they just sit and look at the computer for hours and hours.
As we know, a lot of computer gamers are very bad. There is a
lot of shooting and killing. These games are worse than TV.
We can see bad things on TV, but in computer games we
actually do bad things.
Personally, I think that computers are useful. However, we
should use them wisely so that we can eliminate the bad
effects.
Adapted from: Developing English Competencies for Grad XII
of Natural and Social Science Programmes

42. What is the main idea of the text?

A. The negative impact of computers on
children
B. The good and bad effect of
computers
C. The benefits of computers for people
D. The general description of computers
E. The way how to operate computers

44. What does the writer

recommend the readers?
A. To use the computers wisely
B. To play a lot great tun game
C. To look at the computers fo
hours
D. To spend much time on
computers
E. To send email to friends all over
the world

43. Why is computer bad for

children?
A. They obtain lot of information
B. They become lack of social
interaction
C. They are able to send email to
their fellows
D. They acquire dozens of of
friends all over the world
E. They hardly looks at computers
for hours and hours

45. However, we should use them

wisely so that we can eliminate the
bad effects. (par 4)
What is the closest meaning to the
underlined word?
A. Take away
B. Take care
C. Take over
D. Take off
E. Take out

The Tourist has a recipe success; action, suspense, drama, mystery, romance
not to mention two of the biggest actors in film today. This Florian Hencel von
Donnersmarcks movie is starred by Jonny Depp and Angelina Jolie.
It revolves around the hunt for one Alexander Pearce, who stole $2.3 billion
from a mob boss. Both the authorities and gangsters after him, but he hasnt
been seen in years. Their only ling is the woman that he loves, Elise CliftonWard (Angelina Jolie). The police are following her, and the mobsters have their
contacts within the authorities. Elise, after years waiting, is finally contacted
be Alexander. She receives a note that tells her to take a train to Italy, and find
someone thats Alexanders height and built, to throw off the people after him.
On the train, Elise notice Frank Tupelo (Jonny Depp) sitting, reading a book
and smoking a smokeless cigarette.
This works for a bit in Jolies favor, as it sees Elise is using Frank for her own
personal gain. But you never notice where her feelings for Frank are supposed
to start. And as for Depp as Frank the Tourist, it works best in small doses; his
interaction with the police, hotel staff, and mobsters who think hes this
Alexander guy are entertaining.
Director Florian Hencel von Donnersmarck really does try here; on paper, there
is nothing wrong with this movie. He makes use of Depps charisma as the
nave American tourist, and gets few laugh if result. The movies visual
presentation is quite impressive. Taking us on tour of parts of Italy only the
wealthy may see. The Tourist just proves that star power isnt enough to make a
good movie. When you lead the actor and actress have zero chemistry on
screen, you try and divert the attention of your audience. Unfortunately,
nothing in this movie works unless you believe theres something between Jolie
and Depp, which there clearly isnt.
Adapted from www.getthebigpicture.net

46. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To guide the reader
B. To critique the movie
C. To promote the movie
D. To entertain the reader
E. To describe the movie
47. Who is the director of the movie?
A. Jonny Depp
B. Frank Tupelo
C. Angelina Jolie
D. Alexander Pearce
E. Florian Hencel von Donnersmarck
50. Who writes the text above?
A. The reviewer
B. The director
C. The producer
D. The main actor
E. The scriptwriter

48. What is the reviewers opinion

about the movie?
A. The stars have a good chemistry
B. The action of the star is not
entertaining
C. The does have things that make it
possible to get success
D. Although it has good stars, the
movie is not quite successful
E. People will not impressed by the
movies visual presentation
49. When you lead the actor and
actress have zero chemistry on
scress, (paragraph 4)
What does the underlined word mean?
A. Science
B. Formula
C. Reaction
D. Substance
E. Relationship