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A. Choose the best answer by crossing
a,b,c,d or e !
Text for no. 1-10
A long time ago, in a small village
near the beach in West Sumatra, a woman
and her son lived. They were Malin
Kundang and her mother. Her mother was a
single parent because Malin Kundang’s
father had passed away when he was a baby.
Malin Kundang had to live hard with his
mother.
Malin Kundang was a healthy,
dilligent, and strong boy. He usually went to
sea to catch fish. After getting fish he would
bring it to his mother, or sold the caught fish
in the town.
One day, when Malin Kundang was
sailing, he saw a merchant’s ship which was
being raided by a small band of pirates. He
helped the merchant. With his brave and
power, Malin Kundang defeated the pirates.
The merchant was so happy and thanked to
him. In return the merchant asked Malin
Kundang to sail with him. To get a better
life, Malin Kundang agreed. He left his
mother alone.
Many years later, Malin Kundang
became wealthy. He had a huge ship and
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was helped by many ship crews loading
trading goods. Perfectly he had a beautiful
wife too. When he was sailing his trading
journey, his ship landed on a beach near a
small village. The villagers recognized him.
The news ran fast in the town; “Malin
Kundang has become rich and now he is
here”.
An old woman ran to the beach to
meet the new rich merchant. She was Malin
Kundang’s mother. She wanted to hug him,
released her sadness of being lonely after so
long time. Unfortunately, when the mother
came, Malin Kundang who was in front of
his well-dressed wife and his ship crews
denied meeting that old lonely woman. For
three times her mother begged Malin
Kundang and for three times he yelled at
her. At last Malin Kundang said to her
“Enough, old woman! I have never had a
mother like you, a dirty and ugly woman!”
After that he ordered his crews to set sail.
He would leave the old mother again, but in
that time, she was full of both sadness and
angriness.
Finally, enraged, she cursed Malin
Kundang that he would turn into a stone if
he didn’t apologize. Malin Kundang just
laughed and really set sail.
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In the quiet sea, suddenly a 4. Paragraph 1-2 are called?

thunderstorm came. His huge ship was a. Resolution
wrecked and it was too late for Malin b. Reorientation
Kundang to apologize. He was thrown by c. Orientation
the wave out of his ship. He fell on a small d. Climax
island. It was really too late for him to avoid e. Conclusion
his curse. Suddenly, he turned into a stone. 5. Why the merchant asked Malin Kundang
to sail with him ?
1. What kind of story is it?
a. Because Malin Kundang help the
a. Myth
merchant to defeated the pirates
b. Fairytale
b. Because Malin Kundang help the
c. Fable
pirates
d. Legend
c. Because Malin Kundang was so
e. Folktale
handsome
2. What does the text tell us about?
d. Because Malin Kundang has
a. History of stone
well-look
b. Malin kundang
e. Because Malin Kundang ask to
c. Malin kundang and the stone
the merchant to go
d. Bad boys
6. ….”The villagers recognized him.”
e. Legend in Sumatra
Paragraph 4. The closest meaning of
3. How does malin kundang’s look like?
underlined word is…………
a. was a healthy, dilligent, and
a. Organized
weak boy.
b. Believed
b. was sick, lazy, and weak boy.
c. Renowned
c. was a healthy, dilligent, and
d. Destitude
strong boy.
e. Identified
d. was a healthy, stupid, and strong
e. was a healthy, foolish, and strong
boy.
7. “….. She wanted to hug him, released closest meaning of underlined word
her sadness of” (paragraph 5) The is…………

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a. Waive c. Malin kundang gave treasure to

b. Attractive the old woman
c. Require d. Malin kundang refused and
d. Overlook chased the old woman away
e. dissipate e. Malin kundang runaway from
8. What happened with the old woman the old woman
after meet with Malin kundang? 9. “……His huge ship was wrecked and it
a. Malin kundang and the old was too late for…..” (last paragraph)
woman hug each other The closest meaning of underlined word
b. Malin kundang asked the old is…………
woman to go with him a. Construct
b. Shatter
c. Snatched 10. What do you think about Malin kundang
d. Spread in the story?
e. Embrace He was………
a. Polite
b. Shy 12. Guest : I’m sorry to say this, I think the
c. Distressful air conditioning doesn’t work
d. Conceited properly.Customer service : I’m sorry.
e. Well-mannered I’ll get someone to check it for you.
11. Dhika : I’m afraid I have to complain, From the dialogue we know that …
Tantri. You haven’t returned the book a. The guest is complaning about
you borrowed last month the bedroom service.
Tantri : ______ I will return it soon. b. The guest is complaining about
a. I don’t know the air conditioning
b. I’m afraid it’s not me c. The guest is angry about the bad
c. I’m terribly, sorry service
d. I didn’t borrow it d. The guest is very disappointed
e. That’s not me about the situation

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e. The guest is asking suggestion e. admitting mistake

about the air onditioning f. denying apologize
14. From the dialog, does lisa admitting
kiki’s accusation?
Dialogue for no.13-14
a. Yes, she does
Lisa : Hey, you Kiki. Please Stop right b. No, she doesn’t
there! c. Maybe
Kiki : What happened, Lisa? d. Based from the fact
Lisa : Did you steal my money? You’re e. She confuse
the one to blame! Text for no 15-21
Kiki : It wasn’t me. I didn’t do that. Rain is the primary source of
Lisa : But everybody in my class said (15)….water for most areas of the world,
you do that. You have to explain about providing suitable conditions for diverse
this! ecosystems, as well as water for
Kiki : Huh! How dare you’re. I never do hydroelectric power plants and crop
that suck things. irrigation.
Lisa : Yeah, but my friends had seen you
out of my classroom. It must be you The phenomenon of (16) …. is actually
stealing my money. a water circle. The concept of the water
Kiki : Prove it, how dare you just accuse (17) …. involves the sun heating the
and blame me without clear evidence. I Earth’s surface water and causing the
will pay your money if you can prove surface water to evaporate. The water
that suck things! vapor (18) ….. into the Earth’s
Lisa : Ok, I will prove that! atmosphere. The water in the atmosphere
Kiki : I will wait for that! cools and condenses (19) …. liquid
13. What is the exspression in the dialog? droplets. The (20) …. grow until they
a. Blaming are heavy and fall to the earth as
b. Promise precipitation which can be in the form of
c. asking opinion rain or snow.
d. making apologize

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However, not all rain reaches the 18. a . stop

surface. Some evaporates while falling b. crosses
through dry air. This is (21) …. virga, a c. rises
phenomenon which is often seen in hot, d. down
dry desert regions. e. collect
15. a . much 19. a .and
b. fresh b. into
c. group c. for
d. dot d. since
e. clump e. or
16. a . rain 20. a . water
b. clouds b. droplets
c. water c. earth
d. vapor d. atmosphere
e. atmosphere e. sky
17. a . cycle 21. a. called
b. tools b. included
c. component c. formed
d. volume d. dropped
e. movement e. used
Text for no. 22-27
For all students of SMAN Englishindo, we
announce English Speech Contest..
Time : Saturday, 22 March 2012
Place : Hall of SMAN Englishindo 22. The text is kind of text…

Each class should register at least one student a. Procedure text

with one of these following topics : b. Spoof text

c. Explanation text
 The Advantage of Learning English
d. Announcement text
 The Difficulties of Learning English
e. Advertisement text
 The Effective Ways of Learning English
For further information, visit the committee5
of this English Speech Contest
in ENGLISHINDO.COM
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23. The announcement text above tells us d. The Disadvantage of Learning

about… English
a. Learning English e. The Benefit of Learning English
b. Debate contest 27. What can we do if we have question
c. Speech contest about the contest?
d. Effective learning contest a. Come to office
e. registration b. Visit the judges
24. who can participate in the contest…. c. Visit ENGLISHINDO.COM
a. All English teachers d. Contact the administrator
b. All students e. Contach the office
c. All teachers
Dialog for no 28-31
d. All coaches
e. All judges Beny : Hei Anton, why do you look so sad?
25. Where is the venue of contest will be
Anton : I have a serious problem today. I
held….
have just lost my wallet.
a. Class of SMAN Englishindo
b. Auditorium of SMAN Beny : Really? Where did you lose it?
Englishindo
Anton : Hmm… Maybe in the park.
c. Mosque of SMAN Englishindo
d. Square of SMAN Englishindo Beny : I think you should be more careful
e. Canteen of SMAN Englishindo with your belongings.
26. Which one is not required in topics of
Anton : Yeah, I think so. This is my fault.
contest…
a. The Effective Ways of Learning Beny : Don’t be sad Anton. I hope you can
English find it really soon.
b. The Difficulties of Learning
Anton : Thank you Beny. Do you have any
English
suggestion for me?
c. The Advantage of Learning
English Beny : If I may suggest, you should go to
the park and look for it more detail.

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Anton : I have looked for it for hours but I 31. “Anton : Thank you Beny. Do you have
did not find it. Do you have another any suggestion for me? “
suggestion? These sentence is expressing….
a. Asking possibility
Beny : Hmm… You would better tell the
b. Accepting suggestion
securities to help you to find it and also
c. Denying accusation
announce it to the visitors.
d. Asking suggestion
Anton : Yeah you are right. I will try it. e. Giving suggestion
Thanks for your suggestions. 32. Ari : M y t e a c her gav e m e an
assignment to write a book review. Can
28. Who looks so down?
you tell me what book I should
a. Anton
review?
b. Beny
Adi : Well,………you’d better
c. Anton and beny
review The Adventures of Tom
d. Both anton and beny
Sawyer.
e. No one
29. What happen with Anto’s wallet…. a. sorry to say that
a. He sold his wallet b. I’d like to suggest that
b. He missed his wallet c. if I were you
c. He broken his wallet d. I have no objection
d. He crussed his wallet e. Thanks
e. He harmed his wallet
30. “Beny : I think you should be more 33. Woman : Oh God, I was so
careful with your belongings.” disturbed by the ringing mobile phone
These sentence is expressing…. on the exam.
a. Asking possibility Man : I’m sorry it was my
b. Accepting suggestion fault.
c. Denying accusation The underlined sentence means that the
d. Asking suggestion man…
e. Giving suggestion a. He has got new mobile phone

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b. He hasn’t switched off his mobile a. My secretary was sending the

phone on the exam. important email
c. He made a phone call on the exam. b. My secretary sends the
d. He received a call on the exam important email
e. He doesn’t admit it was his mobile c. My secretary is sending the
phone. important email
34. Woman : I plan to buy a standard d. My secretary has been
helmet tomorrow. Will you take me to sending the important email
the store? e. My secretary has sent the
Man : Sure, I’ll important email

What does the woman mean?

37. We can see many beautiful paintings in
a. She wants to buy a standard helmet.
this exhibition. They were ……. by
b. She asks the man to buy her a
famous Indonesian painter.
helmet.
a. Painting
c. She wants buy a helmet for the man.
b. Painted
d. She asks the man to lend her some
c. Paint
money to buy the helmet.
d. Be painting
e. She intends to buy a standard helmet.
e. Being painting
35. ”The old house in 18th century.
38. The swimming instructor came …. If the
a. Build
apartment was still available
b. Builds
a. To see
c. Is built
b. Seeing
d. Was built
c. Saw
e. Being built
d. For seeing
36. “The important email has been sent by
e. In seeing
my secretary”. What is the active form
of this sentence?
39. East Kalimantan relies heavily on b. Aceh province too
income from oil and natural gas, and… c. Aceh province is as well
a. Aceh province also d. So does Aceh province

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e. Aceh province included b. their

40. The various types of bacteria are c. How they are
classified according to… shapes. d. Them
a. Whose e. Have
B. Answer the questions below with the correct answer !
1. Translate into English !
a. Ayahku membeli mobil baru berwarna merah kemarin
b. Shinta kemarin tidak mengerjakan tugas matematika
A cell phone is a great gadget in this modern world. What is a cell phone? A cell phone is
actually a radio in certain way. Like a radio, by a cell phone we can communicate to other
people in real time. Million people use cell phone for their communication. Even nowadays,
people use cell phones to communicate in voice, written and data.
Alexander Graham Bell is the person who make great change in the way people
communicate to each other. He invented a telephone in 1876. While wireless radio was
formally known in 1894 presented by Guglielmo Marconi. By these two technologies, then a
cell phone was born. However do you know how actually cell phones work?
This short explanation on how a cell phone work is really wonderful. A cell phone or in
long term "cellular telephone' works by transmitting signals of radio to towers of cellular. The
towers are networked to a central switching station. The connection usually uses wire, fiber
optic-cables, or microwave.
Then the central switching station which handles calls in certain given area is directed
connected to the wire-based telephone system. Cellulars are pick up by the towers and relayed
to another cellular telephone user or the user of wire-based telephone network.
the towers vary in the capacity and capability to receive signals. Some can receive the signal
from short distance and the others can receive more distance. However, there are usually more
than one tower in certain given area so that the system can handle the increasing telephone
traffic.
2. What is the type of The text above? And what is the right title of the text?

Explanation text; how the cellphone works

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3. Who is the founder of cellphone?

Alexander Graham bell
4. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?
Main idea of paragraph 2 is about Alexander Graham Bell
5. Based on the text, how the cell phone work?
The cell phone works by transmitting signal of radio to towers of cellular
6. Put the sentences in to simple past
 We move to a new house. → We moved to a new house.
 They bring a sandwich. → They brought a sandwich.
7. Changes into correct structure of simple past tense :
 He doesn't do the homework
(+) He did the homework
(-) He did not do the homework
(?) Did he did the momework ?
 I buy a new novel
(+) I bought a new novel
(-) I did not buy a new novel
(?) did you buy a new novel?

8. Complete the dialog with the best expression of

Mila : jane, what’s wrong with you?

Jane : I feel confuse mila

Mila :why? You can tell me your problem

Jane :next week is my mother’s birthday

Mila : so, whats the problem?

Jane : do you think I should give my mom necklace or dres for her birthday gift?

Mila : If I were you, I would give her dress

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Jane : that’s a good idea mila, thanks for your suggestion

Mila : you are welcome

9. Make a short announcement by choosing one of these conditions:

a. School holiday
b. speech competition
c. singing audition
10. Changes to passive sentences:
a. They translated some old documents last week : Some old documents
were translated by them last week.
b. The governer opened the opening celebration : the opening
celebration were oponed by the governor

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