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SMA SWASTA VALENTINE

UJIAN SEMESTER II T.A 2017/2018

Mata Pelajaran : Bahasa Inggris Nama :

Kelas : XI Tanggal :

Read the following text. Then answer

questions number 1 – 6 ! 4. What is the genre of the text …..
a. hortatory exposition
Text 1. b. procedure
c. narrative
d. recount
7 April 2005 e. news item

Today, we have a new member in
our family. It has soft white fur and likes to
lick its paws. It is also very curious and
likes to explore its new surrounding. It
seems to like milk and fish a lot and waits
eagerly as we prepare its meal. Yes! It is
our new cat!
5. What did the writer’s father pronounce to
do ? To …..
a. bring a cat home
b. buy a cat for the writer
c. buy a cushion for the cat
d. share the bed with the writer
e. follow the writer wherever she goes

Father saw it purring by the side of 6. The generic structure of the text is …..
the road just now, and decided to bring it a. orientation – event – resolution
home. Now it has become our family cat. I b. introduction–complication– conclusion
love it very much and named it Ginger. c. orientation – reorientation – resolution
Ginger seems to like me a lot too and d. introduction – event – coda
follows me wherever I go. I like to tickle its e. orientation – complication – conflict
belly and it will always purr in satisfaction.
Read this text and answer the questions
Father promised he will buy a number 7 – 13 !
cushion for Ginger to sleep on the next
day. But tonight, it will share the bed with Text 2.
me!
You can make nice bookmarks from
1. The writer has got a new ….. as a pet. simply a few pieces of paper. Follow the
a. cat steps on how to make one.
b. family
c. cushion Materials needed :
d. friend
e. surrounding A sheet of lightweight card
Paper in 2 different colours
2. How could the writer get his new pet? A glass tumbler or cup ( one end with
a. she bought it bigger circle and the other end with
b. she brought it smaller circle)
c. she found it A pencil
d. her father bought it A ruler
e. her father brought it Scissors
Glue
3. What is the writer writing? She is writing Crayon or felt - tip pens
…..
a. story
b. diary
c. letter
d. article
e. folktale

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 d. factual recount
Instructions : e. personal recount

1. Cut a rectangle about 5 cm x 15 cm
out of the card.
2. Draw a circle on the remaining card
using one end of the glass tumbler
or the cup. Glue this to the end of
the card rectangle.
3. Draw a smaller circle on a coloured
paper and cut it out.
4. Glue the smaller circle onto the
centre of the larger card circle.
5. Using the other sheet of coloured
paper, cut out a small semi circle
for the head and glue it to the large
circle.
6. Now you can decorate your bug.
13. The last step to make a book bug is to …..
a. decorate the bug
b. cut out a smaller semi circle
c. draw a circle on the remaining card
d. draw a smaller circle on the coloured
paper
e. glue the smaller circle to the end of
the card
Read the following text ! Then answer
questions number 14 – 19 !
Text 3.
The Princess and the Bowling Ball

7. How many pieces of coloured paper are Once upon a time there was a
needed to make a book bug ….. princes. And this prince’s dad and mom
a. one (the king and queen) some how got it into
b. two their royal heads that no princess would
c. three be good enough for their boy unless she
d. four could feel a pea though one hundred
e. five mattresses.
So it should come as no surprise
8. What is used to decorate your book bug that the prince had a very hard time
….. finding a princess. Every time he met a
a. coloured paper nice girl, his mom and dad would pile one
b. small semicircle hundred mattresses on top of a pea. And
c. glass tumbler or cup then invite her to sleep over.
d. crayon or felt – tip pent When the princess came down for
e. a sheet of light weight card breakfast, the queen would ask, “How did
you sleep?”

9. How many circles do you need to draw in The princess would politely say, “Fine,
all ….. thank you”.
a. one circle And the king would saw her the door.
b. two circles Now, this is when for three years. And
c. three circles of course nobody ever felt the pea under one
d. four circles hundred mattresses. Then one day the prince
e. five circles met the girl of his dreams. He decided he’d
better do something about it.
10. What is the glass tumbler used for? He is That night, before the princess went to
used for... bed, the prince slipped his bowling ball under
a. draw one hundred mattresses.
b. drew When the princess came down for
c. draws breakfast the next morning, the queen asked,
d. drawing “How did you sleep, dear?”
e. to draw “This might sound odd,” said the
princes. ”But I think you need another
11. What is used for the bug’s head?a….. mattress. I felt like I was sleeping on a lump
a. circle as big as bowling ball.”
b. smaller circle The King and Queen were satisfied,
c. cart rectangle and the prince and princess were married.
d. large circle And everyone lived happily, though maybe
e. small semicircle not completely honestly, ever after.

12. What type of text is this …..

a. report
b. narrative 14. What problem do you find in this story …..
c. procedure a. the prince and the bowling ball
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 b. the prince had a very hard time finding
a princess
c. no body ever felt the pea under one
hundred mattresses
d. the prince decided he’d better do
something about it
e. the princess felt like she was sleeping
on a lump as big as a bowling ball
15. What is the function of the text …..
a. to inform about the princess and the
bowling ball
b. to describe the story of a prince’s dad
and mom
c. to retell the events of finding a
princess
d. to give information how to find a
princes
e. to entertain the reader
16. Why did the prince slip a bowling ball
under a hundred mattresses …..
a. the princess who slept on it felt like
she was sleeping on a lump
b. no body ever felt the pea under one
hundred mattress
c. the princess would he good enough
for him
d. his dad and mom would be satisfied
e. the girl of his dreams one day
17. What is the dominant structure used in the
text …..
a. past perfect
b. present perfect
c. simple present
d. simple past
e. present continous
18. The generic structure of the text is …..
a. orientation–events–resolution
b. orientation–events–turst
c. orientation–events–reorientation
d. orientation–reorientation-complication
e. orientation-resolution-reorientation
19. What is the type of the text …..
a. narrative
b. news item
c. procedure
d. fable
e. recount
Read this text carefully ! Then answer
questions number 20 – 25.
Text 4.
After the Elections
The former Prime Minister, Mr. Wentworth
Lane, was defeated in the recent elections.
He is now retiring from political life and has
gone abroad. My friend, Crawley, has always
been a fanatical opponent of Mr. lane’s
Radical Progressive Party … After the
elections, crawley went to the former Prime
Minister’s house. When he asked if Mr. Lane
lived there, the policeman on duty told him
that since his defeat, the ex-Prime Minister
had gone abroad.
On the following day, Crawley went to the
house again. The same policeman was just
walking slowly past the entrance, when
Crawley asked the same question. Though a
little suspicious this time, the policeman gave
him the same answer. The day after Crawley
went to the house once more and asked
exactly the same question. This time, the
policeman lost his temper.
“I told you yesterday and the day before
yesterday, he shouted. ‘Mr. Lane was
defeated in the election. He has retired from
political life and gone to live abroad!
‘I know,’ answered Crawley, ‘but I love to
hear you say it !’
20. What happen to the farmer prime minister,
Mr. Wentworth Lane? He …..
a. is retiring
b. has gone abroad
c. last his temper
d. has been a fanatical opponent
e. was defeated in the recent elections
21. How did crawley react to the farmer prime
minister’s defeat ? he …..
a. asked if Mr. Lane lived in the house
b. went to the farmer prime minister’s
house
c. asked the same question to the same
policeman
d. retired from political life and went
abroad
e. loved to hear the policeman answer
his question
22. What is the genre of the text?
a. narrative
b. procedure
c. news item
d. recount
e. spoof
23. When did Mr. Lane go abroad? After…
a. defeating in the recent elections
b. retiring from political life
c. crawley went to the house once more
d. asking the policeman the same
question
e. going the policeman the same answer
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24. Which of the following sentences belong e. they protect human beings against
to the present perfect tense? wind storms
a. he is now retiring from political life
b. the ex – prime minister had gone 28. The most important woody part of the tree
abroad is …..
c. the policeman gave him the same a. roots
question b. trunk
d. he has gone to live abroad c. leaves
e. I love to hear you say it d. crown
e. branches
25. Who is now retiring from political life .…
a. Mr. Lane 29. The genre of the text is …..
b. Mr. went Worth a. report
c. Mr. Crawley b. recount
d. The policemen c. narrative
e. Mr. Lane and Mr. Wentworth d. procedure
e. news item
Read this text and answer question number
26-29. 30. Kevin : “ I think computer makes people
lazy.”
Text 5. Raera : “ ………... computer is very
useful for people.
Whether a tree is coniferous or deciduous, a. sure
whether it bears fruit or not, whether it grows b. really
in the tropics or in the temperate zone, every c. probably
tree has three parts: the roots, the trunk, and d. I deny that
the crown. The roots, the part of the tree e. I think so
underground, hold the tree firmly against
windstorms and provide the tree with food
gathered from the soil. The trunk, which is the
most important woody part of the tree, is the
body of the tree it carries the food from the
roots to the branches. The crown of the tree
consists of the branches, the leaves, and the
fruit of the tree. The leaves use the food sent
from the trunk for many purposes, one of
which is a process that is particularly useful to
humans. In this process, called 31. kevin : the farmer wants to transmigrate
photosynthesis, the leaves absorb carbon to another island in order to
dioxide from the atmosphere and give oxygen survive.
to the atmosphere. The single process is Novitya: which farmer ?
essential to human life because humans Kevin : the farmer …….. family consists
breathe oxygen in order to exist. of a wife and four children.
a. who
26. The main information of the text is about b. whom
….. c. that
a. the differences between coniferous d. whose
and deciduous trees e. which
b. the climates in which different types of
trees grow 32. Fiera : can you turn on this electric
c. the common function of the parts of store, Yuni ?
any kind of trees Panji : “ I‘m sorry I don’t know …..
d. the description of the process of a. the way operating it
photosynthesis b. how to operate it
e. the usefulness of tree leaves to a c. what is operated
human being’s life d. it is operate
e. operating it
27. Trees are very important for the life of
human beings because ….. 33. Farah : you look very busy with your
a. their leaves produce carbon dioxide work.
b. photosynthesis absorbs carbon ……..
dioxide Reidy : sure. If you don’t mind.
c. their trunks distribute food to the roots How kind you are.
d. they contribute oxygen to the a. are you tired ?
atmosphere b. can I help you ?
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 c. do you like to help me ? d. 20
d. can you do me a favour ? e. 21
e. would you like to help me ?
38. When did the incident happen?
34. A : you seem to busy. a. last Sunday
May I give you a hand ? b. last Monday
B : oh, no thank you. I can do it my self. c. last Tuesday
The underlined sentence expresses ….. d. last Wednesday
a. offering help e. last Friday
b. asking for help
c. expecting help 39. Who discovered the victims?
d. anticipating help a. the members
e. waiting for help b. SAR
c. Rocky Asikin
35. clief : John lost his money on his way d. victims
to school this morning. e. passengers
Frisda : oh, poor John.
The underlined sentence expresses ….. 40. Who is the leader of the Kendari Sar?
a. regret a. Aris
b. opinion b. Yakub
c. sympathy c. Suharto
d. obligation d. Rocky Asikin
e. expectation e. Captain

36. Dona : I think the government should

give more attention to the
education.
Norman : I think so. Because the school
fee is too expensive for the
poor to pay.
The underlined words are used to express
….
a. offer
b. surprise
c. opinion
d. pleasure
e. agreement
Read the text and answer the question.

On Thursday a search and rescue team

found three more victims from a ship that
sank in the Banda Sea. They had been
missing since the incidents occurred on
Friday last week. They were Aris Triono, the
captain of the Amami cargo ship, Yakub, a
crewman, and Suharto, a passangger.
They were found on Thursday floating in
waters close to Menui Island, Central
Sulawesi province is adjacent to the
southeast Sulawesi province.and the Banda
Sea.
Two other victims were earlier saved by the
SAR team in the Banda Sea on Saturday last
week, only a day after the ship sank due to
bad weather.
The SAR team is still searching for ten crew
members and a passenger still missing from
the incident, said Rocky Asikin, The head of
the Kendari SAR team

37. How many victims were there in the

incidents?
a. 16
b. 17
c. 18
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