1. Read the following notice. It’s put on the wall.
Waiting Room
It means …
a. the place is special for you as visitors.
b. this is a place for you to wait.
c. you cannot wait anyone here.
d. you should not stay here.
The text is for question 2 and 3.
To : Vita Maharani
I will be glad if you come to my 15th birthday party.
Day / date : Sunday / July, 29-2008
Time : 7 p.m.
Place : Jl. Gatot Subroto No. 365 Sungailiat
Yours truthfully
Tika Panggabean
2. How old will Tika be in 2016 ?
a. 21 c. 23
b. 22 d. 24
3. When will the party be held
a. At midnight c. In the morning
b. In the evening d. In the afternoon
4. Read this notice.
Heavy traffic in Cawang
It is meant …
a. to give warning about an accident in heavy traffic.
b. to forbid the drivers to enter the free way in Cawang.
c. to allow the drivers to enter the free way from Cawang.
d. to inform the people so that they can choose a better route.
Read the following text and answer question 5 and 6.
Attention
Those who have finished with the experiment please clean the microscopes and put them back in their boxes.
Thank you.
5. What is the announcement about ?
a. Information while doing the experiment.
b. Direction before cleaning the boxes.
c. Instruction after using microscopes.
d. Steps before doing the experiment.
6. When do the students have to put the microscopes back in the boxes ?
a. After cleaning them.
b. While cleaning them.
c. Before the experiment.
d. During the experiment.
7. Study the notice !
USE THE HAND DRYER
What does the notice above mean ?
a. We don’t have to dry our hands.
b. We can’t use our hand to dry something.
c. We should use the dryer to dry our hands.
d. We should use our hands to dry something.
Read the graph and answer questions 8 and 9
8. The graph tells us the students’ achievement …
a. since 2004.
b. in three years.
c. for the last five years.
d. for the last four years.
9. What subject got the highest achievement in the year 2006 ?
a. English c. Indonesian
b. Religion d. Mathematics
Read the text and answer question 10 to 13.
Vanessa Mae Vanakorn Nicholson is a musician.
She is only nineteen years old, but she is a world famous violinist. When she plays classical violin concertos on her electric violin, the world listens.
Vanessa Mae is Thai-Chinese. Her mother is Chinese and her father is Thai. She is from Singapore, but she now lives in London with her mother and her English stepfather. She’s got cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents in Thailand, Singapore, China and England.
10. What is the text about … ?
a. A musician c. A pianist
b. A violinist d. An artist
11. Vanessa plays violin …
a. badly c. classically
b. carefully d. wonderfully
12. From the text we know that people …
a. in the world are interested in all violinist.
b. like to listen to Vanessa’s playing violin
c. are eager to play violin with Vanessa
d. play the violin very well in a concert.
13. “ … but she now lives in London with her mother and her English stepfather.” (paragraph 3). The word stepfather means a male who’s married to …
a. one’s aunt c. one’s mother
b. one’s sister d. one’s daughter
The text is for question 14 to 17
Once upon a time, there were a king and his queen who lived in the Kingdom of Belinyu. They didn’t have any child. Until one night, the queen had a dream of a turtle. It said that the queen would have a baby, and she had to give a Komala necklace to her baby. The queen woke up and she was holding a Komala necklace in her hand. She told her dream to the king, and was very happy.
Shortly, the queen’s dream became reality, she delivered a beautiful baby girl. The king named her, Komala. She grew up as a pretty girl, however, she had a bad attitude because her parents always spoiled her too much.
One day, Komala heard her parents were talking about the turtle in her mother’s dream. She thought that the turtle was very interesting animal, so she wanted it as her pet. She insisted to find it, and the king allowed her to look for the animal.
Accompanied with the king’s guards, Komala searched the turtle, and finally, she found it in a beach. She shouted to it, “Penyu busuk wait for me”, in several times, but the turtle kept swimming. Komala ran after it into the sea, she tried to catch it. until then she finally drowned and disappeared, and all of her guards could not save her. Now, people call the beach, penyusuk.
14. What does the story tell us ?
a. A bad attitude girl.
b. A kingdom in Belinyu.
c. The legend of Penyu busuk.
d. The legend of Penyusuk beach.
15. What is the main idea of the last paragraph ?
a. The King permitted Komala to find the turtle.
b. The celebration of Komala’s birthday.
c. Komala drowned into the sea.
d. The turtle disappeared.
16. Komala had a bad attitude because …
a. she was a princess.
b. her father was a king.
c. she was a beautiful girl.
d. her parents spoiled her very much.
17. Until she finally drowned … (last paragraph). The synonym of the word “drowned” is …
a. disappeared c. swam
b. floated d. sank
Read the text and answer questions 18 and 19.
REQUIRED
A National Plus school is looking for teachers for the academic year 2008/2009.
1. A Play Group Teacher
2. A Kindergarten Teacher
3. An Elementary Teacher
4. An Elementary Teacher (Assistant)
5. An English Teacher
6. Sport Teacher (male and female)
Qualification needed
1. Fluency in English (1-6)
2. Min. 3 years experience in a good reputation school (1-5)
3. Good behaviour and performance
4. Educational background min. S1; Science (1-4), Social or Literacy (1-2)
5. Taking care of children (1-4)
6. TOEFL (5)
7. Could be American, Canadian, England or Australian (7)
Please submit the application before May 1, 2008 and put the application code to :
HR Department
Jln. Terbang Layang no. 21 Pondok Cabe 15418
18. Which qualification must all teacher candidates have ?
a. TOEFL
b. Experiences.
c. Education certificate
d. Good behaviour and performance
19. What does the phrase “taking care of” means ?
a. Looking at c. Looking over
b. Looking for d. Looking after
Read the text and answer questions 20 to 24.
EARTHQUAKE
I had just got into bed about half past eleven when I felt the tremor. The bed started to tremble and I noticed the electric light, which was hung on the ceiling, was swaying.
Then I got out of bed quickly and went to look out of the windows. As I looked, I saw the house opposite began to fall sideways. Then I realized what was happening. I put on my dressing gown hurriedly and rushed out into the garden.
I was alone in the house. My wife and children had gone to visit my mother in law.
For three or four minutes, I heard a terrible noise of walls falling down, and people screaming, and I saw clouds of dust in the air. Then, the trembling stopped.
There were about fifty person killed and more than two hundred injured. The damage to property was considerable, and about three hundred houses would have to be completely rebuilt.
20. What is the purpose of the text ?
a. Entertaining the readers with a funny story
b. Describing a particular and special thing
c. Presenting points of view about an issue
d. Informing a past event
21. When did the writer realize what was happening ? While she was …
a. feeling his bed started to tremble.
b. noticing the electric light swaying.
c. hearing a terrible noise of wall falling
d. watching the house began to fall sideways.
22. How did the writer save his life ?
a. By looking out of the window
b. By rushing out into the garden
c. By turning the electric light off
d. By getting the bed out of the room.
23. Paragraph 5 tells us about …
a. Rebuilding houses
b. The screaming people
c. Considerable property
d. The victims of the earthquake
24. “The bed started to tremble and I noticed the electric light, …” What does the underlined word mean ?
a. hung c. sway
b. saw d. turned on
Read the text and answer questions 25 and 26.
FINE CARTRIDGE
GENUINE CANON 0615800003 (AA)
40 (BLACK)
for PIXMA Series / iP1200 / iP1300 / iP1600 / iP1700 / iP2200 / MP150 / MP160 / MP170 / MP180 / MP460.
Do not open the fine cartridge until you are ready to use it. after opening gently remove the protective tape and then promptly install the cartridge in the printer.
Do not touch the electrical contact of the fine cartridge.
To obtain the best print quality, store the box with the bottom facing down.
Use up all ink within 6 months after opening to obtain the best print quality.
Refer to the user’s manual provided with the printer for information on how to open and install the fine cartridge in the printer and for oter precautions.
Store in a location out of te reach of children.
INSTALL BEFORE 2009, 01
25. What does the text tell you about ?
a. The steps to protect new cartridge.
b. The instruction to use fine cartridge.
c. The methods to obtain new cartridge.
d. The information to install new printer.
26. Which statement is NOT TRUE based on the text above ?
a. The colour of printer is black.
b. Children may touch and play with it.
c. It is good to be used before January 2009.
d. the cartridge is suitable for certain canon printers.
The Goose that Laid Golden Eggs
Once upon a time, there lived a happy family in a village. A man and his wife lived happily in a little farm, tending their flock of geese and selling their eggs at the market. They were not rich, but they were happy with their life together.
Then one day a new goose flew in among their flock. The couple was surprised to find a shiny golden egg in her nest. Each and every day after that, the goose laid another eggs of solid gold !
The couple was soon richer than they had ever dreamed of, but they were not happy. They grew impatient with only one golden egg a day. The farmer said to his wife, “Our goose must be full of gold. Why should we wait to have more eggs ?”
“If we cut her open,“ his wife agreed, “we can get all the eggs at once.” So they killed the goose ! They were very surprised to find that it was just like any other goose inside. Even worse, there would never be any more golden eggs !
27. How many golden eggs did the couple get each day ?
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4
28. How did the couple relieve their impatience ?
a. By killing the goose.
b. By selling the new goose
c. By tending their flock of geese
d. By selling the eggs at the market.
29. What moral value can we learn from the story ?
a. We should know our limitation
b. We must be honest to get success.
c. We should stand on our own feet.
d. We must be patient, not be greedy to get richer.
Read the following text and answer questions 30 and 31.
Mr and Mrs. Joseph Sembiring
Invite you to share the joy
Of the marriage uniting their daughter
Alice Sembiring
To
Jsffry Sitorus
Friday, the thirteenth of June
Two thousand and eight
At three o’clock in the afternoon
Gajah Wong Restaurant
Jl Affandi Yogyakarta
30. The purpose of the text is to invite you …
a. to attend Mr. And Mrs. Sembiring marriage.
b. to unite Alice and Jeffry in a wedding party.
c. to attend Alice and Jeffry’s wedding party.
d. to marry with Mr. And Mrs Sembiring.
31. Which statement is TRUE based on the text ?
a. The party will be held on June 13th, 2008.
b. Jeffry Sitorus is MR. And Mrs. Josep Sembiring’s son.
c. The party will be sponsored by Gajah Wong Restaurant.
d. Mr. And Mrs. Joseph Sembiring will celebrate their anniversary.
Questions 32 to 34 are based on the following text.
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32. What is the advertisement about ?
a. Carpet Machines
b. Minuteman Carpet
c. Multi Purpose Carpet
d. Excellent Meets Clean
33. Which statement is TRUE based on the text ?
a. Only one person may operate the machine
b. It’s hard for one person to empower the machine.
c. It can be operated by one person easily.
d. The machine cleans the power of the person.
34. “ … and carpet maintenance operations that require good skill, … “ The underlined word can
a. take c. need
b. have d. make
Read the following text and answer questions 35 to 37.
ANZAC BISCUITS
You will need :
2 cups of rolled oats
1,5 cups of caster sugar
4 tablespoons of golden syrup
2 tablespoons of boiling water
1 cup of plain flour
250 grams of butter
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1. Turn oven 1600C.
2. Lightly grease oven tray.
3. Mix oats, flour and sugar in a large bowl.
4. Melt butter and golden syrup in a pan.
5. Mix baking soda and boiling water in a cup.
6. Add this mixture to melted butter and golden syrup.
7. Add this to the oats mixture in the large bowl, mix together well
8. Roll tablespoonfuls of the mixture into balla. Put on tray 5 cm apart.
9. Press lightly on top of each with a fork.
10. Bake for 20 minutes
35. What is the purpose o the text ?
a. To tell how to make Anzac Biscuits
b. To see the ingredients of Anzac Biscuits
c. To announce a new recipe of Anzac Biscuits
d. To prepare everything for cooking Anzac Biscuits
36. Why do we use a fork to make Anzac Biscuits ?
a. To mix baking soda and boiling water
b. To press the balls of mixture
c. To put the balls on tray
d. To roll the mixture
37. “ Add this to the oats mixture in … “
a. Baking soda, boiling water.
b. Oats, flour, sugar, and melted butter
c. Melted butter, golden syrup, and baking soda
d. Baking soda, boiling water, melted butter and golden syrup
Read the following text and answer questions 38 to 40
Dear Aunt Tia,
Aunty, I have some good news for you. Last month I passed my final examination. A week ago I succeeded to join in a senior high school English competition. Last night my parents promised to send me to a famous English course in my town. They also promised me if my scores in English are good, they’ll send me to a foreign university. Great, isn’t it ? I’ll work hard. I want to be a great pediatrician like you, Aunty.
Well, that’s all for now. Looking forward to having your news.
Love,
Debby.
38. What is the purpose of the text ?
a. To inform some good news
b. To describe the writer’s school.
c. To retell the writer’s experience
d. To entertain the reader with a joke.
39. What did Debby’s parents promise her ?
a. To make her a pediatrician
b. To send her to an English course
c. To send her her a senior high school
d. To make her pass the final examination
40. How does Debby feel ?
a. Glad c. Anxious
b. Scared d. Thoughtful
DINOSAURS
Dinosaurs were a type of lizards. They lived from about 230 million to about g5 million years ago. In 1842, Sir Richard Owen created the word dinosaurs. It comes from Greek words deinos, meaning “terrible” and sauros, meaning “lizard”. Dinsaurs lived on earth for about 140 million years.
During the dinosaurian era, the days were short. The sun was not as hot as it is today. On earth there was only one big continent and one big ocean. The name of the continent was pangea (all lands) and the name of the ocean was panthallassa (all seas).
There were many kinds of dinosaurs. Some of them were very big and some others were small. Some dinosaurs ate leaves and some others ate meat. Some dinosaurs could fly.
What happened to dinosaurs? Dinosaurs became extinct because there was a large comet hitting the earth. The comet caused fire and it killed trees. Dinosaurs could not eat because there were no trees on earth and finally they died and become extinct.
41. What were the days like during the dinosaurian era?
a. Long c. Warm
b. Cold d. Short
42. What is the main idea of paragraph 3 ?
a. There were many kinds of dinosaurs.
b. Some dinosaurs could fly in the sky.
c. Many dinosaurs were small in form.
d. Dinosaurs ate leaves and meat.
43. The writer wrote the text …
a. to describe what the dinosaurs like.
b. to show the steps how to measure dinosaurs.
c. to inform people about dinosaurs and their lives.
d. to amuse people by showing the dinosaurs’ power
Read the following text and answer questions 44 to 46.
This character’s name is Puck Wudgie. (44) … has a fat head, big bulgy eyes with long eyelashes, a pig like nose, and a wide mouth with a big silly grin. On its enormous ears it … (45) log dangling earrings with frills. Its hair and neck are long. It has a round stomach with a … (46) belly button, not the big one, four stubby arms and two stubby legs. It loves to dance all night to punk music.
44. a. It c. They
b. Its d. Their
45. a. having c. had
b. have d. has
46. a. little c. long
b. large d. huge
47. Which one is the best arrangement of the sentences below ?
1. His short bill could not reach the water.
2. He looked everywhere to find some water, but there was not any.
3. Then, he found a tall jar with a very low water in it.
4. At last, he drank the water as much as he liked.
5. Soon, he filled the jar with stones so the water came up higher.
6. One day a crow was very tired and thirsty.
a. 6-4-5-1-2-3 c. 6-2-1-3-5-4
b. 6-2-3-1-5-4 d. 6-3-2-4-5-1
48. 1. A female elephant carries her unborn young for about 20 to 22 months.
2. Although they have huge bodies and great power, their movements are smooth and gentle.
3. When they grow up, the hair becomes sparser.
4. The baby elephant is usually about one meter high and weighs about one hundred kilograms.
5. Elephants are the largest mammals in the world.
6. Within an hour of birth, the baby elephant can stand on its own feet.
7. Newly born elephants usually have thick hair all over their bodies.
8. Adult elephants have almost no hair.
Which one is the best arrangement of the sentence above ?
a. 7-4-1-6-3-8-2-5 c. 1-2-4-7-6-8-5-3
b. 5-2-1-6-4-7-3-8 d. 5-3-2-4-1-7-6-8
For questions 49 and 50 arrange the words into good sentence.
49. a better - keep - life - always - clean - for - our -
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
environment
8
a. 2-4-5-6-1-3-7-8 c. 2-5-7-8-4-6-1-3
b. 4-2-5-7-8-6-1-3 d. 4-5-7-8-6-2-1-3
50. little - up - your – please - at - school - brother –
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
pick
8
a. 4-3-1-7-8-2-5-6 c. 4-8-3-1-2-7-5-6
b. 4-3-7-8-2-1-5-6 d. 4-8-3-1-7-2-5-6
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