UJIAN AKHIR SEMESTER

MA PLUS DARUL ULUM

TAHUN AJARAN 2015/2016
Mata Pelajaran : Bahasa
Inggris
Kelas : XI Semester Genap
A. MULTIPLE CHOICES
TEXT 1
WHY THE SKY IS HIGH
A long time ago, the sky was close to
the earth. When you stood up and stretched
your arms, you could touch it.
One day, a farmer brought some
coconuts for his wife. His wife wanted to
drink the juice inside. She knocked on of the
coconuts against a rock to break open the
shell Thats not the way to do it, her
husband said. You should cut it open with a
knife
He gave her his bolo or jungle-knife
His wife raised the knife to cut the coconut
shell. crack !. As she lifted the knife about
her head it split open the sky and there was
heavy rain.
The woman told the sky, Will you
please go a little higher? I cant raise my
knife high enough to cut this coconut shell
She raised the knife over her shoulder
the second time. Once again, it hit the sky
and there was thunder and lightening
You are still too low, the woman
said to the sky. Please go higher.
She raised the bolo a third time. It still
cracked the sky. There was a typhoon, and
the womans house was almost blown away
by the fierce wind.
What are you doing? cried her
husband, Cant you even try to open a
coconut shell without causing a typhoon?
Its not me, his wife answered. Its
the sky which is too low. I need more room
to use the knife.
Finally, the woman became very angry. She
looked up and shouted at sky. Youd better
do as I told. Otherwise I shall cut you to
pieces.
The clouds rose and rose and the sky
went up higher and higher. Thats why it is
now so high.
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

What is the type of the text above?

narrative
descriptive
report
recount
news items

2.
What is the social function of the
text?
a.
To describe about coconut shells
b.
To entertain the readers with fairy
legend

c.
To inform readers about coconut
shells
d.
To describe how the farmers open the
coconut shells
e.
To explain to readers why its hard to
open coconut shells
3.
Based on the text above, what made
the woman get angry?
a.
The sky went up too high
b.
He husband didnt want to help her
c.
She couldnt cut the sky into pieces
d.
Her husband forbade her to crack the
coconut shell open
e.
The sky gave her rain, thunder,
lightening, and typhoon
4.
Which one of the following
statements is NOT TRUE according to the
text?
a.
A bolo is a jungle knife
b.
The woman tore the sky for several
times.
c.
A very long time ago, the sky was
very low
d.
The farmer broke the coconut with
the knife for his wife
e.
The farmers wife wanted to drink
some coconut water
5.
She knocked one of the coconuts
against a rock to break open the shell
(paragraph 2).
The underlined word can be replaced by__ .
a.
cut
b.
stroke
c.
opened
d.
kicked
e.
threw
TEXT 2
Kendari SAR Team Found 3 More
Victims
KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi, on
Thursday a searching and rescue team
found three more victims from a ship that
sank in Banda Sea, who had been missing
since the incident occurred on Friday last
week. They were Aris Triono, the captain of
Amami cargo Ship, Takub, a crewman, and
Suharto, a passenger.
They were found on Thursday floating
in waters close to Menui Island, Central
Sulawesi Province. The province is adjacent
to South East Sulawesi Province, within
those territory lies the Banda Sea. Two other
victims were earlier saved by SAR team in
the Banda Sea on Saturday last week only a
day after the ship sank due to the bad
weather.
The SAR team is still searching for 10
crew members and a passenger still missing
from the incident, said Rocky Asikin, the
head of Kendari SAR Team.

6.
The communicative purpose of the
text is ___ .
a.
to retell past experience
b.
to describe particular thing
c.
to explain about SAR teams work
d.
to persuade readers to help victims
e.
to inform readers about an important
event
7.
Why did the ship sink to the sea? It
happened because ______
a.
the weather was bad
b.
the ship was broken
c.
the ship was over loaded
d.
there was a leak in the ship
e.
the ship crashed another ship
8.
How many crew members and
passengers included in the accident?
a.
two
b.
three
c.
five
d.
sixteen
e.
more than sixteen
9.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Who is the source of the news?

SAR team
Yakub, a crewman
Suharto, passenger
Aris Triono, the captain
Rocky Asikin, the head of SAR team

10.
SAR team found three more victims.
The underlined word means ___ .
a.
a passenger of a ship
b.
a person who join the SAR team
c.
a person who cures the sick people
d.
a person who helps the injured
people.
e.
a person that is injured or killed in an
accident
TEXT 3
Della and Jim Young, newly married,
were poor. Jims wage was enough to rent
only a very small apartment. But there were
two things of which each was extremely
proud. Della had the longest and most
beautiful hair in all New York, thought Jim, as
he watched her combing it; and Jim
possessed a magnificent gold pocket watch,
given by his father.
Christmas was drawing near, and Jim
and Della began to think what present they
could afford to give each other. Della always
noticed sadly, when Jim looked at his watch
(which he did whenever he had an excuse
to), that it was fixed to the button-hole of his
coat by common old leather strap. He really
needed a gold chain. And Jim often thought,
as he looked at Della doing her long hair,
how well it would looked if only he could buy
her jeweled comb to hold it in place. But a
gold watch-chain or jeweled hair-comb
would have cost far more money than either
of them possessed.

Now it was Christmas Eve. With

tearful eyes Della had counted the money
she had saved for Jims Christmas present
for the tenth time 87 cents. If only I
knew ... she thought. Then suddenly she
had a wonderful idea. She hurriedly putting
on her old hat and coat, she ran down the
street to the shop with the notice Hair
bought. She entered and an hour later
walked out of the shop richer by 15 dollars,
but without her chair! On the way home she
stopped at every watchmakers shop until at
last she found exactly the right chain to suit
Jims watch.
Returning home, with one dollar and
87 cents left in her pocket, she had just
enough time before Jim arrived home from
work to wrap the precious gift. She also
curled her remaining hair. When Jim saw it,
he was speechless. Oh Jim, dont look at
me like that. It will grow again, Della cried.
And I had to do it. Here. She gave the
parcel to Jim, you see, I had to sell my hair
to get money for your present! Merry
Christmas, dear.
When Jim opened it, he collapsed on a
chair. I think wed better put our presents
away for a while, he said gently at last,
You see, Ive sold my watch to but this
comb for your hair. He gave the package to
Della.
Nodding while tears rose in her eyes
too, Della gave Jim a brave smile and said,
Our gifts are the best presents in the world,
you know?
11.
What did Della do to get the money to
buy her husband a Christmas present after
she counted that her saved money wasnt
enough?
a.
she didnt want to spend the money
she had saved
b.
she couldnt think what to buy for 87
cents money
c.
she did not understand why she had
such little money
d.
she thought Jim hadnt saved any
money
e.
She sold his long and beautiful hair
12.
Della thought theirs were the best
Christmas present in the world because
they ___ .
a.
had cost a lot of money
b.
would be useful for a long time
c.
how I could get some more money
d.
spent really a great deal of time
e.
showed how much they loved each
other
13.
Which one is TRUE according to the
text?
a.
Della and Jim were a well-to-do family
b.
Della and Jim could give each other a
Christmas gift
c.
Della didnt want to sell her long and
beautiful hair

d.
Jim finally gave his magnificent gold
pocket watch to his wife as a Christmas
present
e.
Della and Jim couldnt celebrate the
Christmas since they didnt have enough
money.
14.
She hurriedly putting on her old hat
and coat (paragraph 3).
The word putting on means ___ .
a.
charging
b.
ironing
c.
wearing
d.
washing
e.
keeping
TEXT 4
Denpasar,
Bali;
Environmental
Organization Fauna Conservation for Life
(EOFCFL) claimed that Bali is the biggest
site of turtle trading in the country.
In the period between May through to
August 1999, it was reported, some 9,400 of
the protected animals had been traded.
According to Putu Lisa Kusuma
Mustika, a reptile expert from the
Indonesian World Wildlife Fund (WWF),
tortoises have long been killed in several of
Indonesia, with the highest number in Bali.
Most of them are consumed as food
while some of them are used for traditional
ceremonies, Putu told Antara.
Besides its meat, Putu said, tortoise
shells are also used as souvenirs for tourists.
15.
The communicative purpose of this
text is ___ .
a.
To describe the threatened turtle in
Bali
b.
To tell the readers that turtles are
threaten to extinct
c.
To inform about important and
newsworthy events
d.
To explain the important of protecting
turtles
e.
To describe the way how to preserve
turtles
16.
What is the main information of the
article above?
a.
Turtle trading
b.
A reptile expert
c.
The protected animals
d.
Fauna Conservation for life
e.
Souvenirs from tortoise shells
17.
It can be concluded form the text that
___ .
a.
Turtles are not protected animals
b.
Turtles are mostly traded in Bali
c.
Turtles mainly traded for souvenirs
d.
Traditional ceremonies always require
turtle
e.
Because they are not preserved,
turtles are threatened to extinct
Text 5

The sugar glider is a marsupial, just

like the other Australia animals the
Kangaroo, the koala and the wombat for
instant. The sugar glider is a possum very
similar to the tupai in Indonesia. It basically
lives in trees. It eats leaves and fruit.
However, the Australia sugar glider has a
very special skill. It can jump from tree to
tree like a tupai but it can also sort of fly as
well. In fact, it glides or terbang laying in
Bahasa Indonesia. When it jumps from one
tree to another it spreads its four legs out
wide; and its extra skin also spreads out and
function like a parachute.
18.
What does the text mainly tell us
about?
a.
The Koala.
b.
The sugar glider.
c.
The Kangaroo.
d.
The wombat.
e.
Australia animals
19.
Why can sugar glider jump from tree
to tree?
a.
It eats leaves and fruit.
b.
It basically lives in trees.
c.
It has a very special skill
d.
It can spread its legs and skin out
wide.
e.
It is very similar to the tupai in
Indonesia.
20.
it spreads its four legs out wide

The underlined word means

a.
executes
b.
expand
c.
exceeds
d.
examines
e.
extends

B. ESSAY
1. Write the pattern of Simple Present
Tense!
2. Give an example (a sentence) using
Present Continuos Tense
3. Translate into Bahasa Indonesia:

Let me tell you the real secret of this

magic
4. Translate into English correctly!
Saya sangat lapar hari ini
5. How many parts of speech do you
know?Mention at least 3!