YAYASAN PENDIDIKAN ISLAM (YAPIS) DI TANAH PAPUA

CABANG NABIRE
SMP YAPIS NABIRE
JL.Ampera No. Telp.(0984) 22729 Nabire

ULANGAN SEMESTER GENAP TAHUN PELAJARAN 2016/2017

Mata Pelajaran : Bahasa Inggris
Kelas : VIII
Choose A,B,C or D for the correct answer.

1. Iwan : What are you doing ? 4. Bajra says,”Hello. May I speak to Ega,
Sari : I am packaging for aunt. please?”.What does his express?
Iwan : Let me help you. A. He starts a telephone conversation.
Sari : ............. it’s almost finish. B. He maintains a conversation longer.
Iwan : All right. C. He respon to a statement.
A. Sure, I can. D. He shows attention.
B. No thanks. This dialog is for question 5 and 6.
C. I think so. Toby : Do you know when the school trip will
D. Please tell me about that. be?
2. Dela : Do you agree if we hold bazaar and Luthfi : Do you mean the school trip to the
charity program to commemorate Botanical garden?
Independence day ? Toby : Yes.
Sinta : .................it is a good idea. It shows Luthfi : Well, it will be held in two weeks, on
our solidarity and care for others. june 17.
A. I completely agree. Toby : What time will it be?
B. Please do not bother. Luthfi : If I’m not mistaken, it will be from 8 a.m.
C. I’d love to, but I am busy. to 1:30 p.m.
D. I don’t have any ideas. Toby : All student can participate in it, right?
Luthfi : No, it’s only for eigth graders.
This dialog for question 3 and 4. Toby : Oh, I thought that all student can join.
Bajra : Hello. May I speak to ega, please ? Luthfi : The commitee will give us the detailed
Ega : Ega speaking, who is this? information later.
Bajra : Its me, Bajra. 5. Who do you think the speakers are?
Ega : Hi, Bajra. What can I do for you? A. Scoolmates.
Bajra : If you don’t mind, I’d like to borrow your B. Relatives.
geography book. C. Pen pals.
Ega : No, not at all.you can use it. I don’t need D. Siblings.
it at the moment. 6. What information does Toby need to know?
Bajra : Thanks. Will you be at home this A. Who the committee of the school trip is.
afternoon? B. How many students can participate in the
Ega : I’m going to math course at 3 p.m. It will school trip.
finish at 4:30 p.m. I’ll be home C. When the school trip will be held.
afterwards. D. Where the school trip will be.
Bajra : O.K. I’ll meet you at around 5 p.m.
Ega : No problem. This text is for question 7 and 8
Bajra : thanks, Ega. See you
Ega : See you. Passengers, your attention, please.
3. Which of the following statements is NOT Sancaka Express train bound for Surabaya
TRUE ? will be departing In 15 minutes from
A. Bajra and Ega are friends. platformnumber one. Please have your
B. Ega will lend Bajra his geography book. tickets ready and line-up at door number
C. Ega will attend a math course for two two. Thank you.
hours.
D. Bajra is going to Ega’s house at around 5 7. Where can we here the announcement?
p.m. A. At the airport.
B. At a harbor.
C. At a bus station.
D. At a railway station.
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 This text for question 12 and 13.
8. From the text we can conclude that.......... Attention, please. For all members of
A. The train will leave from Surabaya. English club, we will be holding a meet and
B. The train will be arriving in 15 minutes. greet with a native speaker to improve our
C. The passenger will board the train through English skills. It will be held at the school
the door number one. hall next Wednesday after school.
D. The announcement is addressed for Sancake Don’t miss it. Thank you.
Express’ passengers.
This text is for question 9 to 11. 12. Why does the English club hold the even?
A. To improve English skill.
Jl. Kenarino.8 B. To learn western culture.
Bima, West Nusa Tenggara C. To meet and greet with a native speaker.
May 18, 2016 D. To commemorate the English club
Indah Nindy Putri anniversary.
Perumahan Citra Permai Blok G no.03 13. When will the event be held?
Medan, Nort Sumatra A. In the morning.
Dear Indah, B. In the afternoon.
C. In the evening.
How are you doing? I hope you and your family D. At night.
are fine. It has been long time since you moved and
we lost contact. I got your address from my new
classmate, Danang. You know him, right? He was This text is for question number 14 and 15.
your neighbour when he was in medan.
How is medan ? How is your school? I believe Come and enjoy!
that you still have great achievements, like when Indonesian culture festival
you were in elementery school. Anyway, Danang
told me that you won a robot competition at your Traditional Food
school and you would represent your school in a Traditional Clothes
provincial robot competition. Please tell me about Photo Exhibition
the result. I believe that your robot performed the Traditional Music and Art Show
best.would you like to send me a photo of you and 8 a.m. to 11p.m.
your robot? June 21-27, 2016
I would like to hear your story.
Jalan Merdeka no.6
Your friend, Banjarmasin

Cindy Dewanti 14. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To advertise a festiveal.
9. How did Cindy know Indah’s address? B. To entertain the readers.
A. Danang informed Cindy. C. To describe a festival.
B. Cindy knew it from Indah’s letter. D. To inform abaout Indonesia culture.
C. Indah gave it to Cindy via social media. 15. How long does the festival last?
D. Cindy got it from her neighbour. A. Three days.
10. What does paragraph two tell us about? B. Five days.
A. Cindy’s hope to have indah’s photo. C. A week.
B. Cindy and Indah’s memory to elementary D. Two weeks.
school.
C. Danang’s story about Indah’s achievement. This text for question number 16 and 17.
D. A provincial robot competition in medan.
11. What will Indah likely write about in her Dear Ussy,
replay? Please accept our warmest condolences
A. Her holiday in Medan with her family on your father’s passing.
B. Her achievement in joining an Our prayers and support are always
international robot competition. with you and you and your family.
C. Her new classmates from Bima who won a
robot competition. With love hugs,
D. Medan, her school and her participation at Desta and family.
a provincial robot competition.

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16. The card is addressed to...............
A. a person who is sick.
B. a person who is in grief.
C. a person who feels happy.
D. a person who will do a test.
17. ”Please accept our warming condolences...”
Who does the underline word refer to?
A. Desta and Ussy.
B. Ussy and her father.
C. Ussy and her family.
D. Desta andhis family.
This text for question number 18 to 21.
To : rosita03@yahoo.com
Subject : Replay
Hi, Rosita.How are you? I hope you are
fine.
I’ve read your e-mail about your school
event to commemorate Earth Day. I’ve also
seen your amazing picture attached,
Wearing a recycled wrapped dress. You are
so creative. You have changed clothes
perfume wraps into beautifull dresses.
I told my friends about it. You
know,they are really curious about how to
make it.We intend to make same dress. We
start collecting the warps.can you tell me,
please? If you don’t mind,please record it
and send to me.
I wait for your reply.
Tiara.
18. What is the dress made of ?
A. Papers.
B. Cloth.
C. Recycled bottles.
D. Clothes perfumes wraps.
19. Why does Tiara need the video?
A. To show her dress to her friends.
B. To play it at the Earth Day
commemoration.
C. To see Rosita’s new collection dress.
D. To learn how to make a recycled wrap
dress.
20. Which of the following statement is TRUE?
A. The e-mail is replay to Rosita’s e-mail.
B. Tiara shows her recycled wraps dress to
her friends.
C. Rosita participates in a school anniversary.
D. Tiara wears recycled wraps dress at Earth
Day.
21. “.... they are really curious about how to make
it.” (paragraph 3). What is the closest
meaning of the underline word?
A. Calm.
B. Kind.
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C. Nosy.
D. Averse.
This text is for question number 22 and 23.
Hi, Mela. It’s Dita. I’ve called you
three times, but I can reach you. I just want to
inform you that I have found articles for our
assignment. I intend to discuss them
this afternoon. Please call me after reading this
message.
22. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To invite a person.
B. To ask for an item.
C. To express gratitude.
D. To inform a person.
23. From the text we know that............
A. Mela’s sister received Dita’s call.
B. Dita gave the articles to Mela.
C. Dita wants to discuss the assignment.
D. Dita has called Mela more than three times.
This text is for question number 24 to 28
Once upon a time, there live a poor old
farmer in a small hut. One day, when Mr. Farmer
was about to go work, he saw an egg lying on the
ground in front of his house. He carefully picked
the egg and took it into the house. Mr. Farmer
covered the egg with the rag and put it in a box
to keep it warm. After that, he went to the farm to
work.
Mr. Farmer used to warm the egg every day
untill the egg hatched. It turned out to be a Gull.
Mr. Farmer treated the little gull with great
affection. He looke after the Gull well.the days
passed, a small Gull grew bigger. Mr. Farmer
realized that the Gull was not going to stay with
him forever. Whit tears in his eyes, Mr. Farmer
let the Gull go south to its place.
One day, Mr. Farmer was sick. He had no
money to buy medicine, firewood or food. As he
was lying on his bed, suddenly a person knocked
on the door. It was in fact the Gull. It brought a
few seeds in its beak. Mr. Farmer was astonized
to see the Gull there. The Gull entered the house,
gave Mr. Farmed a drink and looked after him as
Mr. Farmer did do to it previously.
Before leaving, the Gull handed Mr. Farmer
the seeds.The Gull helped to plant the seeds in
Mr. Farmer’s houseyard. Mr. Farmer thanked the
Gull. The next day, there was a iracle. The seeds
planted grown tall and bore fruits. Mr. Farmer
was surprised but pleased too see it. He took and
ate the fruits. Surprisingly, he became strong and
recovered from his illness.
Mr. Farmer took a good care of the tree. The
tree continued to bear fruits and did not dry in all
seasons. Mr. Farmer sold he fruits and got a lof
of money and shared party to his neighbors.
24. What does the text mainly tell us about?
A. A smart Gull.
B. An eternal tree.
C. A farmer and his trees.
D. A poor farmer and a Gull.
25. Where did Mr. Farmer find the Gull egg.
A. In a farm.
B. In the market.
C. In the back yard
D. In front of his house.
26. What was Mr. Farmer like?
A. Kind and caring.
B. Optimistic and smart.
C. Lazy and unkind.
D. Selfish and greedy.
27. Which of the following statement is TRUE ?
A. The farmer found a baby Gull in his
house’s yard.
B. The farmer live simply in a small hut.
C. The Gull helped the farmer to work in a
farm for the rest of its life.
D. The Gull visited the sick farmer once and
brought him fruits.
28. What can we learn from the story?
A.We should not look down on others.
B. We shoul notbgive up easly.
C. We should help others, sincerely.
D. We should responsible to do our duties.
This text is for question number 29 to 32.
George eastman invented the kodak camera
that makes photography accessible to the public.
He was born on jully 12, 1854 in waterville, new
york.
When he was 24 years old, he planned to
visit santo domingo and decied to document the
trip, but the photography equipment was
enormous, heavy and costly. Therefore, he bought
all the equipment and began researching how to
make photography more practical and easier. He
saw a formula for dry plate emulsion at a britis
publication and got tutelage from two local
amateur photographers. He had succeeded to
develop the camera to be smaller and cheaper.
He opened the eastman Dry plate and film
company in 1880. He named his first camera
Kodak. Eastman Kodak was the largest
U.S.company in the industry by 1927.
29. What was George Eastman?
A. A traveler
B. A profesional photographer.
C. A local amateur photographer
D. A inventor of kodak camera.
30. How old was Eastman when he opened his
company?
A. 24 years old.
B. 26 years old.
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C. 73 years old.
D. 78 years old.
31. From the text we conclude that...........
A. Kodak became populer by 1878.
B. Eastman deveoped the camera to be smaller
and cheaper.
C. Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company
produced a complicated camera.
D. Eastman learned from a professional
photographer to modify the camera.
32. “...,but the photography equipment was
enormous,heavy and costly.”(paragraph 2)
What is antonym of the underline word?
A. Huge. B. Tiny.
C. Deluxe. D. Modest.
This text is for question number 33 to 35.
I had an unforgettable experience, last month
when my friends, Denny, Gilang, Sandy, Danu,
and I spent our holiday at denny’s grandparents
house. Denny’s grandparents are farmers.
One night we slept soundly. In the morning,
the loud crows of roosters woke us up. It was
really cold and we felt the fresh air.we helped
denny’s grandmother feed their chickens. I saw a
hen with nine chicks. The chicks were cute. I
approached them and caught one, but the hen
suddenly pecked me. Denny advise me not to
catchthe chicks because their mother would get
angry and peck me.
Then, Denny’s grandfather invited us to go to
the rice field to plant paddy. We were really
curious, when he prepared the tools,we decided to
go the rice field, initialy. We thought that it was
easy to plant paddy.We took the seedling and
started to plant them. Although our feet were dirty,
we enjoyed it. Denny’s grandfather and six person
came along with long split bamboos. Denny’s
grandfather just smiled. We thought he was happy
and proud of us. Sandy proudly said that we could
do it and asked them to have a rest. Denny’s
grandfather approached us and explained to plant
the paddy correctly. He explained that the long
bamboo with the red stripes was the pattern. We
put it on the land and planted the paddy near the
red stripes. We also stepped backwards. Well, we
planted the paddy as we wanted and stepped
forward.
We have new leson about farming. We want
to return during the harvest season.
33. What is the text about?
A. The writer’s experience during his holiday
B. The description of a rice field.
C. The step on how to plant paddy.
D. The description of a hen and chicks.
34. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?
A. Feeding the chicken.
B.Learning to plant paddy.
 C. The situation of the village.
D. Visiting plan at harvest time.
35. From the text we can conclude that..........
A. The writer understood the chicken
behavior.
B. The writer has ever planted paddy before.
C. the writer and his friends prepared the
tools to plant paddy.
D. The writer and his friends intend to learn
farming next time.
This text is for question number 36 to 39
Once upon a time in a West Sumatra, a
woman took her children to a party.
They were very happy. There was
traditional music show at the party. The children
want to see it. Their mother permitted them but
they might not go too far. The children ran on
stage and enjoy the music, but they were bored
just watching the show so they took a walk
around the stage. They forgot their mother’s
message not to go far. They saw a clear and fresh
pond. They jumped into the water and swam
together happily.
The party was almost over but the woman
could not find her chilren. She was sad and cried.
She felt a sleep and dreamt an old woman
informed that her children were in the pond near
the party. If she wanted to meet them, she should
throw a handful of rice into the pond.
She woke up and ran into the pond. She
threw the rice into the pond. Two big fish with
beautifull colors appeared in the pond. Her
children turned into big beautiful fish because they
disobeyed their mother’s message. Since then, the
village near the pond was called Desa Sungai
Jernih which means clear river.
36. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To relate a person’s experience.
B. To entertain the readers.
C. To describe A particular person
D. To show the steps to make an item.
37. Who informed the located of the lost children?
A. The children’s friends
B. People in the village.
C. A woman in the party.
D. An od woman in their mother’s dream.
38. What did the woman do to meet her lost
children?
A. She held a traditional music show.
B. She looked for big fish in the pond.
C. She threw a handful rice into the pond.
D. She jumped into the water and swam
around the pond.
39. What can we learn from the story?
A. We should obey our parents.
B. We should help others.
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C. We should care to the nature.
D. We should respect others.
This text is for question number 40 to 44.
One day mill feeders; hands, lips, teeth,
tongue, gullet; had a meeting todiscuss their job
to feed stomach or they called it, mill.
Hands said, “ We are tired to carrying grist
to the door of the mill. We would rather spend
our time painting or writing”. Then, the lips said,
“We were made for talking and singing, but much
of our time has to been spent in talking grist for
the mill.” The teeht also said , “ Our lise is to
crush the grist wich is brought to the greedy mill,
but what do we get?” The tongue complained, “ I
must to help the theet to prepare the grist. I tired of
it.” The gullet also complained, “My whole life is
just carrying the grist to the mill. I dont like to
such work. Let the mill feed itself.” They cried,
“let us all stop work.”
After a day, the hands said, “We are too
weak to paint or to write. We never felt so tired
before.” Then, the teeth said, “ how strange we are
now. We don’t do any activities.” The tongue, lips
and gulet became parched. The mill feederswere
unhappy.
Then, the mill feeders held another meeting.
It was a short, quiet and earnest meeting. “ We
are wrong,” they all said. “ The mill was working
for us while we were working for it. Our strength
came from the grist which we sent to it. Let us
work again. If the mill will only grind for us, we
will gladly furnish the grist.
40. What is the text about?
A. The process of grist in the mill.
B. The complaining mill.
C. The kindness of the mill feeders.
D. The cooperation of the mill feeders.
41. Why did the mil feeders stop working?
A. The stomach was full.
B. They were to weak to work.
C. The mill asked them to stop working.
D. They thougt that they just prospered the
mill.
42. What happened to the hand s after they stoped
working?
A. They were weak.
B. They were strong.
C. They became parched.
D. They had times for painting and writing.
43. “......, ‘ we will gladly furnish the grist.’”
(paragraph 4)
What is the sinonym of the underline word?
A. Crumble B. Throw.
C. Provide. D. Divide.
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A. Greedy will lead us to the run.
B. Selfish will disserve ourselves. The corect arrangement of the work is...........
C. self-confident will bring us to success. A. 3-6-4-2-5-8-1-7 B. 3-6-4-2-8-1-5-7
D. success comes from dreams. C. 3-6-4-2-1-8-5-7 D. 3-6-4-2-8-5-7-1
For question 45 to 47, choose the correct words
to complete the paragraph.
I saw a little girl wearing an elementary
school uniform walking her bicycle along the road
when I was on my way home from school Arrange the sentences to form a sequential
(45)............... When I asked her what happened, paragraph.
she told me that the (46)................. was apart and
she could not put in back properly. Then, I offered
help to put in back properly and she accepted it. I 50. (1) It was almost dark when we finished
(47)................ a falling branch under a tree, then pitching the tent.
tried to replace it, but failed. I didn’t give (2) After choosing a fine area, we pitched the
up.Finally, I could replace it, she thanked me. tent.
45. A. Yesterday. B. Every day. (3) My family and I were going camping last
C. tomorrow. D. Next week. weekend.
46. A. Lamp. B. Pedal. (4) We enjoyed the bonfire along with the
C. Chain. D. Saddle. pickup dinner.
47. A. Take. B. Takes. (5) We bounded to a camping ground in our
C. Took. D. Taken. old van.
For question 48 and 49, arrange the words to (6) At night, we made a bonfire from twigs
form meaningful sentences. and kindling which we
48. competition – hard work – her – the – won – found around the campsite.
1 2 3 4 5 (7) It was warm camping with my family.
Dina – because of (8) Then, we tried to find a place to clean
6 7 ourselves.
The correct arrangements of the words is..........
A. 6-5-4-1-2-3-7 B. 4-1-5-7-6-2-3 The correct arrangement of the sentences
B. 6-5-4-1-7-3-2 C. 4-1-5-7-2-3-6 is.............
49. riding – to – Ina – walking – to – prefers A. 3-2-8-1-6-4-7-5
1 2 3 4 5 6 B. 3-5-2-1-8-6-4-7
school – bicycle C. 3-7-5-1-2-6-8-4
D. D. 3-8-2-1-5-7-6-4