Text 1

Read this text, then answer questions 1 to 5.

Yesterday Irfan went to Lampung. He wanted
to visit his sister. On the ferry he met Mr. Lukman
who used to be a captain of the ship. He used the
chance to know more about a ship and its captain,
here is their conversation.
Irfan
: Could you tell me a bit about the
captains job ?
Mr. Lukman : The captain is in command of the
ship, and he is responsible for
every one on board. On the ships
bridge he talks in to a speaking
tuber or a microphone to give
orders to his men, such as deck
officers and the chief engineer.
Deck officers take turns standing
on the ships bridge. From the
bridge they steer the ship, watch
the sea. They also check
instruments and chart.
Irfan
: And how docs a ship leave the
harbour ?
Mr. Lukman : A boat called tug boat pulls the ship
from the shore to the open sea.
After that the captain orders : full
speed a head. In the engine room
the chief engineer and his men
speed up the engines. They make
sure that the engine work right.
Irfan
: And how to know information ?
Mr. Lukman : There are radio men in the ship.
They keep in touch with people on
land by sending and receiving
messages. There
are
also
telephone operators. They take
care of telephone calls from cabin
to cabin on the ship. The
operators can connect calls from
the ship to for away parts of the
world.
1. Who did Irfan talk with on the ferry ?
a.an ex-captain of the ship
b.the captain of the ship
c. the captain of the ferry
d.the deck officers
e.the radio men
2. The deck officers do the following things,
except ..
a.watching the sea and the sky
b.checking the instrument
c. checking the chart
d.pulling the ship away
e.steering the ship

3. Full speed ahead, is the captains order

directed to ..
a.his chief engineers
b.his deck officers
c. his operators
d.his tug boats
4. Which is not true according to the text ?
a.certain passangers may steer the ship
b.deck officers take turn watching the ship

c. the chief engineer speed up the engines

d.telephone operators can connect calls from
parts of the world
e.people on the ship can municate with
people on land
5. The text shows us that Irfan ..
a.is interested in ship
b.wants to be a captain
c. knows Mr. Lukman before
d.has known very much about ship
e.fell boring during his traveling
Text 2
This text is for questions 6 to 12.
Once up on a time, the is reclites were at war
with the philistines. The leader of the philistines
was a giant named goliath, who was three metres
tall. A spear was slong across his shoulders and a
heavy sword hung from a belt around his waist.
Goliath challenged the israclites to send a leader
to fight with him. if he can kill me, we shall be
your slaves, he boasted.
But if I kill him, then you shald be our slaves.
No one except a young shepherd boy dared
volunteer to fight goliath. The shepherd boys
name was David. He was armed with only a shing.
When goliath saw David, he laughed,
what?are you the only one they can send to fight
with me ? why, I will tear you apart and feed you
the birds ! Then he charged at David with his
sword. Calmly, David took a stone, put it on his
hing and took careful ain at the giants eyes.
The stone struck goliath and he fell to the
ground. David freed his people from the terror of
goliath.
7. What is the writers purpose of writing this kind
of text ? To ..
a.entertain the readers
b.tell a story of giant
c. inform an event in the past
d.tell the terror of the leader of the philistines
e.report the war between the is raclites and
philistine
8. What is the type of the text ?
a.report
b.narrative
c. description
d.procedure
e.recount
9. Who dared to fight the leader of the
philistines ?
a.a giant
b.goliath
c. David
d.a have
e.people
10. What did David use to defeat the leader of the
philistines ?
a.a spear
b.a sward
c. a shing
d.a stone
e.a belt

11. But if I kill him, then you shall be our slaves.

The word you refers to ..
a.David
b.the volunteers
c. the philistines
d.the Israelites
e.a shepperd boy

17. What is meant by the female reproductive

organs ?
a.petals
b.sepals
c. staments
d.seeds
e.pistils

12. David took goliaths sword and slew him with

it. Slew means ..
a.cut
b.tore
c. struct
d.fought
e.killed

Text 4
Read this text carefully. This text is for questions
18 to 24.

Text 3
This text is for questions 13 to 17.
Flowers are the parts of a seed plant that
contain the organs concerned with sexual
reproduction, including ovary and stamens. These
reproduction structures are usually associated
with sterile outher structures that protect them and
attact insects or birds who help the process of
fertilization. Some flowers have special scents
which can attract insects to come.
Flowers basically have four parts : petals,
sepals, stamens and pistils. Most petals are in
bright colour, or sometimes green, as green as
sepals. Stamens are the male reproductive
organs, which arise within the petals. They vary in
number, from one to hundreds per flower. Pistils
are the female organs of reproduction, they vary in
structures.

13. What is the function of sterile outher structures

?
a.they have special scents
b.they attract insencts or birds
c. they protect ovary and staments
d.they contain sexual-reproduction
e.they help the process of fertilization
14. What are the male organs of refroduction ..
a.petals
b.sepals
c. pistils
d.staments
e.ovary
15. Why do sterile outer structures attract insect
or bird ? To ..
a.protect them
b.vary in structures
c. give their scent
d.help the process of fertilization
e.provide some plowers with special
16. What is the aim of the text a bove ? To ..
a.give information about plowers
b.explain the pracess of pertilization
c. describe the parts of a seed plant
d.expose the reproduction structures of
plowers
e.report how plowers attract insects or birds

Blaksands is a large seaside town. Half of

the town lies to the morth of the river black and the
other half lies to the south. It is only a few
kilometres to the nearest highway and just ten
minutes drive from the city of harstone.
Situated near the beach are lots of brightly
painted hotels, some of them are very old. Many
big name department stores, as well smaller
shops that sell souvenirs and gifts, are found on
the main street just out side the town ceilre. The
heart of town is accupied by older houses and
many histoucal buildings. In recent years, some
new housing estates have been develoved to the
south of the town.
These are lats of things to do at black sould.
There is a harbour with boats for fishing and
cruises. There are two beaches which are popular
for various wiler events and whole year round
swimming. A cinema, a swimming pool, a bowling
alley as well as a fairground are located withim the
cown. Two parks and several playgrounds are
also easily accessible from the cown centre and
outlying housing estates.
18. What is the type of the text ?
a.recount
b.narrative
c. descriptive
d.news item
e.analytical exposition
19. What is the text about ?
a.department stores
b.river black
c. the city of harstone
d.blacksands
e.harbours
20. What does paragraph 3 mainly describe ?
a.fishing
b.cruises
c. activities
d.bowling
e.swimming
21. What can be found on the main street just
outside the town centre ?
a.smaller shops that sell souvenirs and gifts
b.many big name department stores
c. rots of brightly painted hotels
d.many historical buildings
e.some new housing estates
22. What are close to the beach ?
a.bright hotels
b.bowling alleys
c. swimming pools

d.department stores
e.historical buildings
23. Which of the following is TRUE according to
the text ?
a.blacksands is a big town
b.souvenirs can be bought in suburbs
c. hotel near the beach are painted black
d.tourists can only swim in the beach during
summer
e.it takes more than ten minutes to drive from
harstone to blacksands

24. Two parks and several playgrounds are also

easily accessible from the town centre and
.. ( P3 ). accessible can be replaced by
..
a.seen
b.shown
c. identipied
d.entered
e.presented
Text 5
Read this taxt carefully and complete it using the
sintable words
Irrigation is any activity which (25) .. to the
efforts to obtain water for the farm land. For this
purpose people may (26) .. reservoir or a man
made lake, use water pump and build dams and
ditches. The ditches (27) .. to lead water from
the resources to the farm land and drain off the
excess water which is not (28) .. by the crop.
25. a.relate
b.relates
c. related
d.relating
e.is related

Dear Olga,
It is a (29) .. to read your letter and to know
about the music program at your university. Ill be
(30) .. to go with you. My bus (31) .. be at
your school at 4 oclock on Saturday. If you dont
mind, Id like you .. me at the bus station. See
you on Saturday.
Maritha
29. a.happy
b.regret
c. nice
d.pleasure
e.pleased
30. a.sad
b.sorry
c. happy
d.happily
e.worred
31. a.can
b.will
c. should
d.must
32. a.met
b.meet
c. meets
d.meeting
e.to meet
33. Dicky

: may I can to your house at 7

tonight ?
Anne : .. I will be going somewhere with
my friend at that time.
a.yes, thats all right
b.yes, indeed
c. lm afraid not
d.not at all
e.why not

34. Lisa : Do you mind turning on the fan for

me ?
Mita : ..
a.no, thank you
b.yes, I do
c. ld love to
d.not at all
e.yes, please

26. a.make
b.makes
c. made
d.making
e.be made
27. a.use
b.uses
c. using
d.is used
e.are used

35. Rudi : Do you think it is wrong to hunt

animals for sport, Ben ?
Beni : I .. strongly. Besides its cruel, it will
make them vanished.
Rudi : I think you are right, Beni.
a.agree
b.disagree
c. dont agree
d.dont think so
e.am afraid its wrong

28. a.use
b.used
c. uses
d.using
e.to use
Text 6
This text is for question 29 to complete the letter
with suitable words !
Tuesday evening
March 8, 2008

36. If you want to see me tomorrow, dont come at

10 oclock. I .. at that time.
a.teach
b.tought
c. will teach
d.would teach
e.will be teaching

37. Yoyo : What would you do if you got

Rp. 1000.000 ?
Diky : I .. a bicycle.
a.bought
b.will buy
c. had bought
d.would buy
e.would have bought
38. Lina : which one is your mother ?
Tata : the woman .. the red hot over there
is my mother.
a.in
b.with
c. use
d.wear
e.by
39. where are you going ?
He asked me where ..
a.I am going
b.I was going
c. Am I going
d.was I going
e.you are going
40. The parents ask their doughter .. her
marriage.
a.delay
b.delays
c. delayed
d.to delay
e.will delay
41. The furnisure .. when we arrived.
a.sold
b.is sold
c. is being sold
d.had been sold
e.has been sold
42. Mr. Billy was .. that he forgot his lunch.
a.busy
b.so busy
c. too busy
d.such busy
e.enough busy
43. Mr. Maman said, my aunt was seriously ill.
Mr. Maman said that his aunt ..
a.was seriously ill
b.is seriously ill
c. would be seriously ill
d.to be seriously ill
e.had been seriously ill
44. The Indonesian independence .. by
president Soekarno on August 17, 1945.
a.proclains
b.proclained
c. is praclained
d.is praclaining
e.was praclained
45. Intan : SMA 77 obliges its students to wear
Moslem dress every Friday.
Joko : Ill go along with that
The underlined sentence expresses ..
a.denial

b.warning
c. pleasure
d.certainly
e.agreement
46. Adi : Sony, lets go to Linas party.
Sony : if I had time, I would go there.
From the dialogue we know that ..
a.Sony goes to Linas party
b.Adi goes to Lonas party
c. Sony doesnt go to Linas party
d.Sony came to Linas party
e.Sony will come to Linas party
47. Nadia: when did you get this cassette ?
Lia
: yesterday. When I .. home, a boy
asked me to give it to you.
a.walk
b.walked
c. walking
d.was walking
e.has been walking
48. Choose the most normal position order of the
adjectives to complete the sentence below.
mather bought a set of furnisure.
a.wooden Jepara beautiful carving
b.beautiful carving wooden Jepara
c. carving beautiful Jepara wooden
d.beautiful wooden carving Jepara
e.beautiful Jepara carving wooden
49. If a person want to .. in running a business,
he must have the full support of his
employees.
a.success
b.succedd
c. successful
d.succeeded
e.successfully
50. Rani
: maam, excuseme you.
Mrs. Nadia : its ok. What is it ?
a.for interrupting
b.to interrupt
c. interrupting
d.interrupted
e. interrupt