FAKULTAS PERTANIAN UPN VETERAN JAWA TIMUR

SOAL UJIAN TENGAH SEMESTER GASAL TA. 2016/2017

MATA KULIAH : BAHASA INGGRIS DASAR

PROGRAM PENDIDIKAN : PERTANIAN
PROGRAM STUDI / SEMESTER : AGROTEKNOLOGI / I
HARI / TANGGAL : / OKTOBER 2016
WAKTU : 120 MENIT
SIFAT UJIAN : BUKU TERTUTUP
DOSEN PENGUJI : 1) Drs. SUHANTO KASTAREDJA, M.Pd
2) RAKA PRASTYA BAGUS JATI KUSUMA, M.Pd
INSTRUCTIONS:
To answer this English test, read the instructions in each part of the test carefully.

I. Read the text carefully to answer the questions. (22 points)

SEED STRUCTURE AND GERMINATION

A seed contains the next generation and so completes the life cycle of a flowering plant. The
seed develops from the fertilized ovule and includes an embryonic plant and some form of
nutritive tissue within a seed coat. Differences between dicots and monocots are apparent within
seeds. The very names, dicot and monocot, refer to the number of seed leaves,or cotyledons,
present in the seed. Dicot seeds usually have two cotyledons that are attached to and enclose
the embryonic plant. The cotyledons, which are often large and fleshy, occupy the greatest part of
the dicot seed and have absorbed the nutrients from the endosperm. Thus, the endosperm in
many dicot seeds either is lacking entirely or is very much reduced. Monocots have a single thin
cotyledon that functions to transfer food from the endosperm to the embryo. In several monocot
families, large amounts of endosperm are apparent. Because of these stored nutrient reserves
(either in the cotyledons or the endosperm), many seeds, like many fruits, are valuable foods for
humans and other animals.

Questions:
1. What is the mainly explained in the text above?
2. Where can you find the nutritive tissue?
3. How can you differenciate dicots from monocots?
4. Which seed has less endosperm?
5. What is the cotyledon in monocots like?
6. Why does the writer think that fruits are valuable foods for human and animals?
7. Whom is the text written for?
8. Give your opinion about this text!

II. Match each first part of sentence in Column A with the appropriate one in B. (16 points)
A B
1. Stem carries water and nutrients...... a. the soil, and store food for the plant

2. Flowers attract birds and insects to...... b. will grow a new root to take the place of
the broken end

3. Roots anchor the plant in place, absorb c. cultivate paddy than corn
water and nutrients from......
4. Seeds have the endosperm that d. the plant firmly in the ground

5. If a root becomes broken, one of the e. from the roots to the leaves
root eyes......
 6. The function of the roots is to hold...... f. different kinds of plant we have in our
garden

7. It is more difficult to...... g. pollinate the plant so that it can

reproduce

8. There are many... h. contains food for the embryo

i. it makes seeds

III. Fill in the blanks in the text below with appropriate provided word. (16 points)

a. has c. and e. grow g. sun i. unfold

b. seed d. until f. have h. cultivate j. sprout

Many plants start their life cycles as a seed. The (1) needs certain things or it will not
grow into a plant. Sometimes seeds wait in the ground (2) they can get the things they need.
They wait for warmth from the (3). They wait for water. When they have what they need, they
start to grow. A tiny little (4) will push out of each seed. The sprouts stretch up until they poke
through the dirt (5) into the air.
The plants continue to (6) when they get sunshine and water. The stems grow taller
and leaves (7). More leaves and stems grow on the main stems. The adult plants grow
flowers. The flowers of many plants make fruit. The fruit (8) seeds inside it so more new plants
can grow.

IV. Choose the best answer to complete the questions. (16 points)

1. What type of living things serve as food, either directly or indirectly, for all other life in the forest?
a. carnivores c. plants
b. herbivores d. fungi

2. The shoot system of a plant includes

a. leaves
b. stems
c. flowers
d. all of the above

3. Plants make food from light, water, and

a. soil c. wind
b. air d. honey

4. What is a long root that helps the plant anchored in the ground?
a. tap root c. shallow root
b. root d. aerial root

5. Aerial roots do not come in contact with

a. air c. sunlight
b. soil d. water
 6. What are the four elements that are found in the highest concentrations within plants?
a. phosphorus, calcium, zinc, carbon
b. carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
c. magnesium, sulfur, oxygen, potassium
d. iron, lead, nitrogen, hydrogen

7. The plant life cycle begins from

a. sprout, seed, seedling, adolescent plant, adult plant
b. seed, seedling, sprout, adolescent plant, adult plant
c. seed, sprout, seedling, adolescent plant, adult plant
d. seed, sprout, seedling, adult plant, adolescent plant

8. Take a look and study this sentence:

The students finished the experiment by recording the growth of the plants although they
had originally intended to measure the plants' carbon output at first.

Which word/phrase in the sentence above is redundant and can be removed without changing the
meaning of the sentence?
a. the experiment c. plants
b. of the plants d. at first

V. Choose the letter of the word or group of word that best completes the sentence. (10 points)

1. Mark Twain _____ the years after the Civil 5. The two biggest resort _____ Arkansas are
War the Gilded Age. Hot Springs and Eureka Springs.
(a) called (a) in
(b) calling (b) towns in
(c) he called (c) towns are
(d) his calls (d) towns are in

2. Between 1725 and 1750, New 6. The earliest medicines ______ from plants of
England witnessed an increase in the various sorts.
specialization of ______.
(a) obtaining
(a) occupations (b) they obtained
(b) occupies (c) were obtained
(c) they occupied (d) they were obtained
(d) it occupied them

3. _____ grow close to the ground in the short 7. Techniques of breath control form an
Arctic summer. essential part of any _____ program to
improve the voice.
(a) Above tundra plants
(b) Tundra plants (a) it trains
(c) Tundra plants are found (b) train
(d) For Tundra plants (c) trains
(d) training
4. The first _____ appeared during the last
period of the dinosaurs reign. 8. The cornea is located under the conjunctiva,
on ______ of the eye.
(a) flowers are plant
(b) plants have flowers (a) the part is exposed
(c) plants flowers (b) exposed the part
(d) flowering plants (c) the exposed part
(d) exposes the part
 VI. Write T if the sentence is True, and F if the sentence is False. Then, make a
CORRECTION to the false sentence. (10 points)
example: a) T The report was delivered at the conference. (Tidak perlu dirubah)
b) F The speaker trying to make his point. (Perlu diperbaiki)
Correction: The speaker was trying to make his point.

_____ 1. The Interviews by radio broadcasters were carried live by the station.

_____ 2. In the last possible moment before take-off took seat in the airplane.

_____ 3. In a moment of worry about the problem with the cash in the account.

_____ 4. At the building site the carpenters with the most experience were given the most intricate work.

_____ 5. The companies offering the lowest prices will have the most customers.

VII. Make questions based on the following sentences/answers. Use the appropriate WH
question according to the underlined/stressed words in the sentences. (10 points)

example: (Q)uestion : Where is Tom attending agricultural seminar?

(A)nswer : Tom is attending agricultural seminar in UPN Veteran Surabaya.

1. Q : ..

A : Children were growing a cherry tree in the school yard.

2. Q : ..

A : Amy cultivates her flower every morning.

3. Q : ..

A : Mary will help him to build a garden of flower.

4. Q :..

A : The coconut tree in the yard of the faculty is Sams.

5. Q : ..

A : Teddy ran to the campus at 7 oclock yesterday.

~ Selamat Mengerjakan ~

Acuan Soal ini dibuat oleh Ditinjau & divalidasi oleh

Ka UPT Pusat Bahasa
1. Kurikulum 1) Drs. Suhanto Kastaredja, M.Pd
2. Silabus
3. GBPP dan SAP 2) Raka Prastya Bagus Jati Kusuma, M.Pd
4. Drs. Ec. Arief Bachtiar, Msi.
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