SOAL TRY OUT BAHASA INGGRIS PAKET B

TAHUN PELAJARAN 2013/ 2014

Text 1
Question number 1-3
Joan Chen was born in Shanghai in 1961. When she was 14, some people from a film
studio came to her school and chose her to learn acting at the studio. She was happy
about this chance, but mainly she liked the idea of getting out of school. Soon, however,
she discovered that she really liked acting. At age 18, she won the Golden Rooster,
Chinas top film award.
1. What is the paragraph about?
a. The idea of being a good film maker
b. The successful Chinese actresses.
c. The happiness of Chinese actresses.
d. The award nomination for studio school artist.
e. The Golden Rooster nomination.
2. Where did Joan to learn acting?
a. In Shanghai
c.
In her house
e.
In a film studio
b. At her school
d. In Golden Rooster
3.
the synonym of the word award is.
a. Prize
c. punishment
e.
lecture
b. reward
d. contribution
Text 2
Questions number 4-6
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a. health
c. wellness
e.
performance
b. natures health
d. health and beauty
5. To get a maximum affect, its better to.
a. eat one capsule everyday
d. mix up all the items
b. buy the product on weekend days
e. use all the product at intervals
c. find them in USA
6. In my town I usually buy the product in.
a. Tatya Boutique
c. Amanda Bank
e.
Grocery store
b. Star Restaurant
d. Naga Mas Drugstore

Text 3
Questions number 7-9
Some years ago, Gordon summer dropped out of teaching to risk all in the chancy
world of pop music. Two years later, he was struggling to pay the rent. Now he is known
as Sting, the lead singer
Of today hottest band, The police. How did this exschool master manufacture the right
sound, the right image, the right band of sex appeal, to make himself into a teenage idol?
Gordon summer, an exceptionally good-looking man idolized by millions and so rich,
that he can afford all he could ever wish for. Better known as Sting, hes the lead singer of
the police. His naturally fair hair has replaced the dyed blond hair of his stage act. The
face magnetizes. The voice is low and husky, eyes bright and intelligent, yet wary.

Suddenly, he has become a superstar. I cant walk down a street anymore without
feeling that people are watching me. I cant be anonymous any longer, and thats a drag,
he says.
7. What is main idea of paragraph 2?
a. the change in Sting
b. The popularity of Sting
c. The lead singer of the police
d. Gordon summers success and appearance
e. Stings feeling about being an idol
8. What was Stings job before?
a. A singer
c. A musician
e. A police
b. A teacher
d. An entertainer
9. Gordon summer, an exceptionally good-looking man idolized by millions.
(paragraph 2).
a. Wanted
c. Expected
e. Adored
b. Hated
d. Respected
Text 4
Questions number 10-12
Billy went to the zoo. The zoo had many kinds of animals. Billy saw monkeys, bird,
and a lion. Billy liked the lion the best. He hear the lion roar. The roar was so loud. Billy
had to cover his ears. Billy wasnt afraid of the lion. The lion was in a cage.
10. What did Billy like the best?
a. the lion
c.
b. The monkey
d.
11. What was loud?
a. The monkey
c.
b. The lions roar
d.
12. Where was the lion?
a. In the park
c.
b. In the cage
d.

The bird
The roar
The other children
The bird
In the house
In the street

e.
e.

The zoo
The lions cage

e.

In the jungle

Text 5
Questions number 13-15
Inul Aims to Drill after haj
JAKARTA: Dangdut singer inul Daratista says she will not stop performing her raunchy
hipgyrating dance, the drill, after recently completing a spiritual pilgrimage to Mecca.
Uztad (cleric ) advices me to run my business as usual after the haj. He only told me
to stop if I was too tired. Haw am I supposed to feed my family if I dont sing and dance?
said the singer whose dancing was once the source of a major controversy here.
Inul said she wouldnt be changing her typically-tight stage outfits like many other
actresses and female singers who start wearing headscarves after coming back from the
haj.
The costume depends on the songs, if I was ordered to sing qasyidah (Arabic
songs), Id have to adjust. Inul said quoted by Detikcom.
Inul who travelled to mecca with her husband, Adam suseno, said they had been
impressed by the beauty of city and were planning to make a return trip within the next
four months.
Next year, four months from now, well take the umrom (minor haj program), she
said.
13. Whit whom did Inul take haj?
a. alone
c. ustad
b. her friend
d. her husband
14. What is Inuls decision after haj?
a. She will stop her raunchy dance
b. she will run her business as usual
c. She will sing Arabic songs
d. She will start wearing headscarves
e. She will take a break for four months
15. What Inul planned four months ahead?
a. She will take the umroh
b. She will travel to Mecca
c. She will sing qasyidah

e.

her parents

d. She will start wearing headscarves

e. She will stop performing her rauncy dance

Text 6
Questions number 16-20
May 7, 1840, was the birthday of one of the famous Russian composers of nineteenth
century; peter llich Tchaikovsky. The son of mining inspector, Tchaikovsky studied music
as a child and later studied composition at the St. Petersberg Conservatory. His grearest
period of productivity occurred between 1876 and 1890, during which time he enjoyed
the patronage of Madame von Meck, a women he never met, who give him a living
stipend of about $ 1000,00 a year. Madame von Meck later, terminated her friendship
with Tchaikovsky, as well as his living allowance, when she, herself, was facing financial
difficulties. It was during the time of Madame vom Mecks patronage, however, that
Tchaikovsky created the music for which he is most famous, including the music of the
ballets of Swan and The Sleeping Beauty. Tchaikovskys music, well know for its rich
melodic and sometimes melancholy passages, was one of the first that brought serious
dramatic music to dance, Beforethis, little attention had been given to the music behind
the dance. Tchaikovsky died on November 6, 1983, ostensibly of cholera, thought there
are now some scholars who argue that he committed suicide.
16. Whit what topic is the passage primarily concerned?
a. The life and music of Tchaikovsky
b. Development of Tchaikovsky music for ballet
c. Tchaikovskys relationship with Madame Von Meck
d. The cause of Tchaikovskys death
e. Tchaikovskys aspire
17. Tchaikovskys father was most probably.
a. a musician
c. a composer
e. a
teacher
b. supervisor
d. a soldier
18. Which of the following is closest meaning to the word productivity?
a. Fertility
c. Creativity
e.
Capability
b. Affinity
d. Maturity
19. Which of the following is closet be best replacing the word terminated?
a. Discontinue
c. Exploited
e.
Created
b. Resolved
d. Hated
20. According to the passage, for what is Tchaikovskys music most well know?
a. Its repetitive and monotonous tones
d. Its lovely,
capricious melodies
b. The ballet like quality of the music
e. Its serious and
dramatic melodies
c. The richness and melodic drama of the music
Text 7
Questions number 21-25
A Small Experiment
Ad elderly gentlemen of 85 feared his wife was getting hard of hearing. So one day
he called her doctor to make an appointment to have her hearing checked. The doctor
made an appointment for a hearing test in two weeks, and meanwhile theres a simple
informal test the husband could do to give the doctor some idea of the state of her
problem.
Heres what you do, said the doctor, start out about 40 feet away from her, and in
a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then 20
feet, and so on until you get a response.
That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and hes in the living room.
He say to himself, Im about 40 feet away, lets see what happens.
Then in a normal tone he asks, Honey, whats for supper? No response.
So the husband moved to the other end of the room, about 30 feet from his wife and
repeats, Honey whats for supper? Still no response.
Next, he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife and
asks, Honey, what for supper? Again he gets no response.

So he walks up to the kitchen door, only 10 feet away. Honey whats for supper?
Again there is no response.
So he walks right up behind her. Honey, whats for supper?
Damn it Earl, for the fifth time, CHICKEN
21. What is the story about?
a. A doctor who had a hard-hearing patient
b. A doctor who was hard-hearing
c. A patient who had a hard-hearing wife
d. A husband who tested his wifes hearing.
22. Who is the main character of the story?
a. A husband
c. A doctor
A nurse
b
A wife
d. A patience
23. Why did them man want to visit the doctor?
a. because he wanted to have his hearing checked
b
because he wanted to check the doctors hearing
c. because he wanted to have his wifes hearing checked
d. because he could not communicate with people ay all
e. because he did not want to speak to his wife
24. What did the doctor suggest that he should?
a. have a simple informal test on his own hearing
b. have a simple informal test on his wifes hearing
c.
take his wife to the hospital
d. take his wife to the doctor
e. buy some medicines for his wife

e.

25. At what distance did he get the answer?

a. 10 feet
c. 30 feet
e. 50 feet
b. 20 feet
d. 40 feet

Text 8
Questions number 26-28
Do you know what the meaning of corruption is? What is the relation between money
and corruption? Well, corruption is common everywhere in the word, even in the US. Its
just a matter of the intensity, however, that makes Jakarta the most corrupt city in
Indonesia.
The survey makes me sad, actually, because I stay and earn living here in the capital.
As we all know from Tanjung Prio Port, smuggling is no news at all in this town.
Entrepreneurs who want to minimize their tax payments will bribe officials.
Well, I think the measures taken so for to overcome the problem by punishing the
corruptors have been far from enough. We have to prevent the younger generation from
the bad mentality.
I believe we can start at the earliest stage in school and I think everyone should be
involved in the efforts to eradicate corruptor. We must not make any distinction.
26.

What is mainly discussed in paragraph one?

a. Jakarta is the most corrupt city in the world
b. Corruptor is very common in the world
c. Corruptor strikes in the U.S
d. U.S is the most corrupt country
e. The relation between money and corruption
27. As well all know from Tanjung Priok port, smuggling is no newspaper at all in this
town.
a. Thesis
d. Announcement of issue
b. Argument
e. recommendation
c. Issue
28. Which of the following statement is used to persuade the readers to do something?
a. Corruption is common everywhere in the world, even in the US
b. Jakarta is the most corrupt city in Indonesia
c. Smuggling is no news at all in this town
d. Everyone should be involved in the efforts to eradicate corruptions
e. Entrepreneurs who want to minimize their tax payments will bribe the officials

Text 9
Questions number 29-32
Dear human being,
Put aside your axe, your hammer, or your rifle, and lands us your ear for a moment.
God created us, humans and animals, to live together in harmony on our planet-earth.
He give us trees, plants, rives, mountain and many other things for our needs and
enjoyment. In all our different forms and characters, we make up everything that sets us
apart from other planets.
The only thing is that you, as a human being, were made a little superior to any of us.
Your were given a little more intelligence and more of just everything else so that you can
do more. You, with all the skill given to you, are able to invent tools, erect buildings, and
make works of art. In other words, you have the power to rule the world. You do as you
wish: you maim, you kill, and you destroy, all in the name of development. Bat what do
you really gain? What about us animals and habitats? You ignore our needs, and are
intentionally blind to our fate.
Unlike you, we dont have the ability to create things. Aside from our instincts, we rely
on our bodies alone; our fur, our feathers, and our muscles. But just like you, we knows
the joys and sorrows of living; the state of freedom and the glory of every new day, the
pangs of hunger and the pains of death. We like you, love our children, and cry when one
of them dies.
But even if we are less than what you are , we too, are creatures of God. We also have
the right to live and to have our own place in this world. You cannot deny us this right. We
know you need us to survive. Take what you need from us and our environment, but dont
take it all. If you take everything from us, in the end you will have nothing. If you destroy
us, you will destroy yourselves. So please, let us be.
29. The sentence Put aside your axe, your hummer, or your rifle. Indicates that.
a. people like to use tools
b. people depends on their hands a lot
c.
people are farmer, hunter, and gardener
d. people are busy creature
e. people always use these tools
30. What impression do you have of human being from the text?
a. They are clever but selfish
d. They are wise but
stupid
b. They are clever and wise
e. They are very
stupid
c. They are diligent and intelligent
31. This latter is more likely comes from.
a. animals
b. human
c. animal and human
d. human who care about nature
e. animal and their habitats
32. Why does human become more superior to any other creatures? Because.
a. human do not use instinct
b. human are given more intelligence or thoughts from God
c. human are God creatures
d. human are very wise and clever
e. human are perfect
Text 10
Questions number 33-35
Science as we know it today can be said to have started with the ancient Greeks, with the
likes of Herodotus, Aristotle and Theophrastus, all of whom lived from 300 to 500 years
before Christ.
Their findings were still valid two millennium later, when science was reborn with
Renaissance following the Dark Ages when after the fall of Rome, roughly 1.000 years
after the Greeks created their scientific theories, science and learning were forgotten
during the ravages of war and disease which enveloped the whole of the civilized world.
Geology, even mineralogy, can be traced back to the Greeks. They recognized that
the position of the land and she had changed and that a great length of time had been
necessary for these changes. They believed that world was round that the orbits of
planets were also circular and they noticed that heavy objects fell faster than light ones.
So, more sciences than one can be said to have begun with the Greeks.

Of course, all their learning might have disappeared for good during the six or seven
centuries of the Dark Ages. But the Arabs were also interested in science, and they were
at the edge of Dark Ages, so they were able to preserve the findings of the Greeks,
translating some of their work and even building on it. When science finally took root
again in the middle Ages it was based very much on the ideas and work of the Greeks
33. What is the main point the author in making this passage?
a. Much of Greek science was lost in the Dark Ages
b. The Arabs copied the Greek ideas
c.
Much of modern science is based in the work of the ancient Greeks
d. The finding of the ancient Greeks were re-found a millennium later
e. The Greeks science were still valid two millennium later
34. According to the passage what was the reason science to make a recovery?
a. The renaissance
d. The Dark Ages
b. The Arabs
e. The orbit of planets
c. The Roman Empire
35. The
a.
b.
c.

world valid is closest in meaning to which of following?

sound
d. Valuable
Legal
e. Disappear
Strong

Text 11
Questions number 36 - 40
Human body is made up of countless million of cells. Food is needed to build up new
cells and replace the worn out. However, the food we take must be change into
substances that can be carried in the blood to the places where they are needed. This
process is called digestion.
The first digestive process takes place in the mouth. The food we eat is broken up into
small pieces by the action of teeth, mixed with saliva containing digestive juices which
moisten the food , so that it can be swallowed easily.
From the mouth, food passes through the esophagus the food passage into the
stomach. Here the food is mixed with the juices secreted by the cells in the stomach for
several hours. Then the food enters the small intestine . All the time the muscular wall of
intestine are squeezing ,mixing and moving the food on wards.
In a few hours , the food changes into acids. The acids are soon absorbed by the villi
(microscopic branch projection from the intestine walls) and passed into bloodstream.
36. Which of the following is the most suitable title for the text?
a. The Process of Saliva.
b. The Digestive System.
c. The Food and its Process.
d. How the Food Changes into Acids.
e. The Process of Building up New Cells.
37. Where does the first digestive process take place?
a. In the mouth.
b. In the stomach.
c. In the esophagus.
d. In the muscular wall.
e. In the small intestine.
38. The food can be swallowed easily because .
a. it has been digested.
b. it is carried by the blood.
c. it is moistened by saliva.
d. it will pass the esophagus.
e. it is already in the stomach.
39. What is the purpose of the text?
a. To describe human body.
b. To show of the function of blood.
c. To tell the work of intestine.
d. To explain the process of digestive system.
e. To inform the readers the necessity of food.
40. All the time the muscular walls of intestine are squeezing .. (par 3). The
underlined word

Means.
a. to hug
b. to push up
c. to obtain slowly
d. to produce
e. to press firmly
Text 12
Questions number 41 45
Capital punishment is one of the most controversial subjects to be discussed today.
This controversy is caused by so many things all over the world having so many different
view about it. Capital punishment happens when someone is put to death for a crime, for
example murder or drug trafficking. Many people think capital punishment should be
reinstated in Britain, but there are just as many people who think that the criminal
system is better the way it is.
One important argument against the death penalty is that sometimes an innocent
person is put to death. If capital punishment is used, the authorities must therefore have
evidence beyond the shadow of any doubt that they have accused the correct person.
Furthermore, capital punishment removes all possibility for a person who has done
something seriously wrong to be able to change and to be rehabilitated.
Another strong point against capital punishment is that two wrongs do not make a
right. Killing a victim ,for instance, and then being sentenced to death does not suddenly
make everything al right or make things better. A poor, helpless victims life has been
stolen from him , but killing the murderer will not bring the victim back.
Nevertheless, those who are in favor of the death penalty have many points with
which to justify their stance. Most importantly it punishes the criminal by doing to him
what he did to others. It acts as a form of revenge for the victims family by letting them
know that the criminal has felt some of the pain he inflicted on another.
Furthermore, capital punishment could act as a deterrent to anyone whoever
thought about committing certain crimes, because he would know that when he was
found guilty , the death penalty awaited him. It can also save money because, instead of
the criminal being kept in prison for the rest of his life, he is killed.
After weighing up the arguments for and against capital punishment, I have come to
the conclusion that I am for it, and that it is a pity it was abolished in Britain thirty or so
years ago.
41. What is the subject of this text?
a. Controversy over death penalty.
b. Some benefits of capital punishment.
c. Abolishing death penalty.
d. Pros and cons over Britain legal system.
e. Some justification to support death penalty.
42. According to the text, capital punishment .
a. has good point.
b. raises different opinions among people.
c. exists in the legal system of all countries.
d. gives more benefits than the bad impact.
e. has been proved to be the most effective punishment.
43. From the text , we know that some people disagree with capital punishment because
..
a. killing should be punished with killing
b. it can prevent people from committing a murder
c. innocent people might be put to death
d. more people will be killed
e. killing is not always considered a crime.
44. It is implied in the passage that ..
a. no one agrees with capital punishment
b. the author disagrees with capital punishment
c. capital punishment has both good and bad impacts
d. capital punishment will never prevent people from doing a crime
e. Britain will never abolish capital punishment from its legal system
45. One important argument against the death penalty is that sometime an innocent
person is put
To death. (paragraph 2)
The underlined word means

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Not fair
Not care
Not guilty
Inhumane
Not consistent

Text 13
Questions number 46 50
One day , a young farm boy named Eragon finds a blue stone while hunting and
tries to sell I for money. Unsuccessful in his attempts, he takes the stone back to his
cabin and lets it sit there until it hatches into a beautiful blue dragon. Eragon realizes he
can talk to his secret pet dragon with his mind, and eventually learns that he and the
dragon are pert of a legacy of secret heroes called the Riders.
With the help of Brom, a wise man , Eragon matures into his destiny. The challenges
he faces include fighting a long-standing war, helping an ethereal elf, and dealing with
tragedy and revenge. Certain details , such as Eragons revelation that he can not read,
develop this rich work and blend together to produce a number of plot twists. The story
build suspense steadily until the end.
Remarkably, author Christopher Paolini began writing Eragon at the age of 15. Now
19, he has already established himself as an exciting new creator whose influence include
Tolkien, McCaffrey, and others. His world is intricate , his characters believable, and his
writing engaging.
Both casual readers and hardcore fans of fantasy and science fiction novels will be
enchanted by this well crafted fantasy and unquestionably will look forward to parts two
and three of this exciting trilogy .
46. What is the of the text?
a. A dragon pet.
b. History of dragon
c. The novel of Eragon
d. A history of a farm boy.
e. A biography of Christopher.
47. How Eragon talks to dragon?
A. With his mind
b. With a blue stone
c. With his smartness
d. With secret language
e. With the help of a wise man.
48. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?
a. Eragon writes his story with his pet
b. people and dragon can help each other
c. Paolini has established himself as an exciting creator
d. The author like to write their writings with dragon theme
e. The story of Eragon is based on the author himself
49. According to the write, the novel is.
a. dull.
b. thick
c. small
d. excellent
e. expensive
50. Eragon matures into his destiny. (paragraph 2) The underlined word means.
a. development
b. purpose
c. house
d. farm
e. fate