USBN

KURIKULUM 2013

BAHASA INGGRIS

HARI : ..........................
PUKUL: 08.00 – 10.00

SMP/MTs

MGMP BAHASA INGGRIS

KAB. MAROS

Tahun Pelajaran 2018/2019

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 PART 1. MULTIPLE CHOICES (QUESTIONS 1 TO 40)

This text is for questions 1 to 3.

Dear Yudhistira,
Finally, you did it!
You have finished your study with flying color
Your achievement proves you’re the best!
You really deserve it, buddy
CONGRATULATIONS !
Love,
Mom and Dad

1. What is the purpose of the greeting card?

A. To give support.
B. To show happiness.
C. To show appreciation.
D. To give some flying color.

2. Why are Yudhistira’s parents so proud of him?

A. He has done the test.1111
B. He has finished his study.
C. He is the best in his school.
D. He can show his achievement.

3. “Your achievement proves you’re the best!”

The word “achievement“ is closest in meaning to ...
A. Accomplishment
B. Intelligence
C. Ability
D. Skill

This text is for questions 4 to 6.

Hello, students!
Just to remind you all that there will be a blackout starting this afternoon at 5.00
p.m. until 5 a.m. So please finish your homework before the blackout.
Thank you. See you tomorrow at school!

4. “Just to remind you all that there will be...”

The underlined word refers to...
A. The students
B. The blackout
C. The homework
D. The students’ homework

5. What is the problem mentioned in the text?

A. There will be no electrical supply for one night.
B. The students will have English classes tomorrow.
C. The students have to use generator as the electric source.
D. The students have to remind their parents about the blackout.

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6. How long will the blackout last?
A. 5 hours.
B. 12 hours.
C. 15 hours.
D. 24 hours.

This text is for questions 7 and 8.

For Sale !!
Sofa and 3 chairs, coffee table, dining table and chairs
(used - good condition)
All for only $150.
Call Peter 945 - 6733

7. If you are interested in the furniture, what will you do?

A. Visit Peter’s shop.
B. Prepare the money.
C. Contact Peter by phone.
D. Check the furniture’s condition.

8. Based on the text, we know that the furniture is ...

A. second - hand
B. expensive
C. damage
D. new

This text is for questions 9 and 10.

Everything you wanted is on

SALE
GREEN GROCERY SHOP
Sugar, Tea, Coffee, Rice, Bread, Eggs, Cooking Oil,
Biscuits, etc.
All items are on sale!!!

9. The writer wrote the text in order to ...

A. describe the items on great sale.
B. tell the readers about cheap items.
C. persuade the readers to buy the items.
D. show the readers how to buy cheap items.

10. “All items are on sale!”

The underlined word means ...
A. sold at normal price.
B. sold at higher price.
C. sold at lower price.
D. sold for free.

For question 11, complete the following text.

Good afternoon costumers.

This is the security officer speaking.
…….. (11)
We have a young child who is looking for his mother in aisle eight. He is about four
years old. He is wearing white T-shirt, blue jeans and black hat with no. 3 on it. He is in
the security room now.
Thank you for your attention. Enjoy your shopping!

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11. The appropriate expression to complete the text is...
A. May I have your attention, please?
B. Stop shopping and listen to me, please!
C. I am terribly sorry, I disturb your shopping activity!
D. This is a very important information for the costumers!

This text is for questions 12 and 13.

Dear Teachers and students,

From March 9 to 11 the library will be closed due to the rearranging of books and
seats. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Ratih
Librarian

12. After reading the text above, what will people who need to borrow books probably do?
A. They will borrow the books on March 9.
B. They will borrow the books on March 8.
C. They will return all the books on March 8.
D. They will read all the books on March 9.

13. How long will the library be closed?

A. 3 days
B. 4 days
C. 5 days
D. 6 days

This text is for questions 14 to 16.

Delia Aromatheraphy
With natural oil
Delia Aromatheraphy, is the latest innovation from Delia Air freshener that
gives relaxation effect
Direction :
Shake well before spraying
Caution :
Avoid from eye contact. Keep away from children. Danger! Pressured content,
may explode above a temperature of 50 degrees celcius . Keep in a cool and dry
place. Do not puncture and expose to open flame or incinerate

14. How to use this product?

A. by spraying it.
B. by exposing it.
C. by squashing it.
D. by puncturing it.

15. We have to keep the product in a cool and dry place ...avoid an explotion. The appropriate
word to complete the sentence is ... .
A. so that
B. therefore
C. in order to
D. because of

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16. We have to keep the product away from children because ...
A. children do not need relaxation effect.
B. the product contains explosive materials.
C. the product should be shaken before spraying.
D. the product is the latest innovation from Delia Air Freshener.

This text is for questions 17 to 19.

Ingredients:
1 Fresh avocado
40 gram sugar
50 ml water
The following are the steps how to make original Avocado juice, but before you
begin to try it, make sure you choose the fresh avocado.
1. First of all, scoop the flesh out of the freshavocado. Then, remove the seed.
2. Put the flesh, sugar, and water into the blender.
3. After that, blend all of the ingredients in theblender. Blend for about 2 minutes.
4. Now, pour the juice into the glass. The origionalavocado juice is ready is to
drink. It is easy, isn’t it?

17. Which of the following tools are needed to make the avocado juice?
A. A blender, glass, scoop and some water.
B. A blender, a scoop and some sugar.
C. A blender, a glass and an avocado.
D. A blender, glass and scoop.

18. What should we do after scooping the flesh of avocado?

A. Remove the seed.
B. Put it into blender.
C. Add sugar and water.
D. Blend it for about 2 minutes.

19. How much sugar do we need to make avocado juice?

A. 40 gr.
B. 50 gr.
C. 40 ml.
D. 50 ml.

This text is for question number 20 to 23.

The place that I never forget is Covent Garden. It is one of the most popular parts of
London. Tourists and Londoners, adults and kids – they all enjoy the great shops restaurants
and cafes, and, most of all, they love the street performers. At Covent Garden, you can see
some of the best street performers in the world. There are jugglers, clowns, magicians, living
statues, musicians – the list goes on and on!

Before they can perform there, performers have to pass a test (it doesn’t cost anything).
The shows are free and performers don’t go round and collect money – but most people
throw money into the hat! The performers can keep all the money. Sometimes the audience is
small, but often big, and due to that they make a lot of money at the end of the show.

Chantelle plays the violin in an orchestra, but she prefers Covent Garden! “The
Crowds are always great here, she says, “and the money’s better than my orchestra job!”

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20. What is the text about?
A. The musicians of Covent Garden.
B. The performers in Covent Garden.
C. Getting some money in Covent Garden.
D. Covent Garden as a place for street performers.

21. What do the performers have to do before they can perform there?
A. Pass the test.
B. Show their performance.
C. Collect some money.
D. Throw the money into the hat.

22. What will the readers probably do when they visit the Covent Garden?
A. Find the exact location of Covent Garden
B. Plan to be the street performers
C. Prepare to pass the test of being street performer
D. Enjoy the street performances of Covent Garden

23. “and due to that they make a lot of money…”

The word “they “ refers to ....
A. people
B. audiences
C. tourists
D. performers
This text is for questions 24 and 25.
Henry Ford was a famous American engineer and car manufacturer. He was born on a farm in
Dearborn in Michigan in 1863.
He was the first man to mass produce cars at a price which people could afford. Although at first
he made automobiles that only rich people could afford, he wanted to build a car that was cheap
enough for most families town and in 1903 he succeeded.
Ford was very interested in horseless carriages. He decided to build one himself. He began to
experiment with engines until his first car was made in 1893. Night after night he would work on
it like a madman. At last in 1896 the vehicle was ready for a trial run. He then ran it round the
block. It went well. Finally, in 1903, the ford Motor Company was founded.
The thing that made his company famous was his mass production line. Instead of having each
person build the entire motor car, he had one person doing their own small job. Because this save
a lot of time and money, Ford could offer more cars to the American public at a lower price than
anyone before him.

24. The suitable title for the text above is ….

A. Ford Cheap MotorCars
B. The Ford Motor Company
C. A Famous American Engineer
D. Hendry Ford and His Company

25. “Ford successfully produced mass and relatively cheap cars…” is the main idea of
paragraph …

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 A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
This text is for questions 26 and 27.

Mr. Budi is a tailor. He is my friend. He lives close to my house. He is a hard

worker. His children, Andi and Chandra, study in a university. They often help their
father to buy things he needs to make clothes. Mrs. Budi is a housewife. She often
helps her husband. Mr. Budi is very kind. He has many customers.
Mr. Budi has three workers. Two of them are sewers and the other is an
assistant of the sewer. He helps them prepare the things they need such as needles,
buttons, zippers, thread and material. All the sewers are men, they can work fast. They
work overtime if Mr. Budi has much work. They like to do it because Mr. Budi pays
them well for working overtime.
Now they are working in the room. The room is very large. There are four
sewing machines in this room. They look very tired because they have to finish a large
number of fabric to be sewed.

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26. The text is written to ...
A. tell how busy to be a tailor.
B. inform the things needed by a tailor.
C. describe Mr. Budi and his job.
D. persuade the readers to be a tailor .

27. From the text we know thatMr. Budi is a … person.

A. hardworking
B. outgoing
C. cheerful
D. helpful

This text is for questions 28 to 30.

FIRE
EXTINGUISHER
SAFETY
FROM CREATEDNICHE.COM

Remember:
Pull the pin and hold the
P extinguisher with the nozzle
pointing away from you

Aim low.
A Point the extinguisher at the
base
Of the fire

S Squeeze
evenly
the lever slowly and

S Sweep
side
the nozzle from side to

28. The text aims to ….

A. tell the readers how to use the fire extinguisher
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 B. show the easiest way to use fire extinguisher
C. remind the fireman the safety of the product
D. inform people the function of a fire extinguisher

29. How can we put off the fire effectively?

A. Pull the pin close to you.
B. Squeeze the handle evenly
C. Sweep the nozzle slowly
D. Spray steadily to the fire

30. What will likely happen when you aim high at the fire?
A. it will instantly extinguish
B. it will make the fire bigger
C. it will reduce the heat level of the fire
D. it will create less damage

This text is for questions 31 to 33.

I had a terrible day yesterday. This is what happened to me yesterday. On my way

to school, I was listening to songs from my smart phone. I used earphones. Because the
song was my favorite song, I guessed I did not concentrate on the road. I did not see wet
leaves in front of me. I stepped on it and slipped and hurt my foot. Under the wet leaves
were some sharp rocks, I fell on the rocks, so my hand was cut. Because of my injured
foot and hand, I decided not to go to my school. I went back home.
Arriving at home, my mother was very worried. She took me to a private hospital
using her car. At the hospital, my mother parked the car in a NO PARKING area. The
doctor took an X-ray and put some ice on my foot. Then he put a bandage on my hand. It
was not a serious accident, but it was very expensive. The X-ray, ice treatment, and
bandage cost Rp. 500.000,-
Then my mother and I went back to the car. There was a traffic police officer near
the car. He gave us a ticket. The fine wasRp. 250.000,-. Then on our way back home, my
mother hit a dustbin. It cost Rp. 250.000,- to fx the car. When we arrived home, we were
very tiredand broke.
When I lied on my bed, I really felt bad to my mother. Because of my carelessness
my mother had to spend a large amount of money in just one day. I promised to myself,
next time I should be more careful in everything I do.

31. After reading the text, what will students who usually walk to school while listening to songs
using earphones probably do?
A. They will play the songs more loudly.
B. They will listen and sing the songs.
C. They will walk with their friends and laugh together.
D. They will stop using earphones and walk more carefully.
32. “It was an awful day for me yesterday”is the main idea of paragraph ...
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
33. My mother got a ticket from a police officer because ...
A. my food and my hand were injured.
B. she hit a garbage bin on her way back home.
C. I was wearing school uniform at the hospital.
D. she left the car in an area which is not for any vehicles.
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This text is for questions 34 to 36.

One day a hound dog went hunting by himself in the woods. He saw a rabbit in the bush
and chased him out into the open. The rabbit ran this way and that. The dog followed.
The rabbit ran around the trees and through an open field.
When the dog began to tire of the the chase, the rabbit with its last energy, jumped into
the bush and disappeared.
As the dog turned back for home, a goat herder who had seen the chase smiled at him,
saying, “ Why did you let the rabbit go?”
“You forget,” replied the tired dog, “ I was only running for my dinner. He was running
for his life!”

34. He saw a rabbit in the bush and chased him out into the open (Paragraph 1).
The underlined word has a closedmeaning to ...
A. hunt
B. let go
C. escape
D. run away

35. What can we learn from the text?

A. People should protect endangered rabbit.
B. One should make any efforts to save his or her life.
C. A big and strong hound dog is the best friend of men.
D. We should keep a dog to protect us from dangerous animals.

36. How did the rabbit lost from the dog sight?
A. He ran this way and that way.
B. He ran around the trees.
C. He jumped to a high tree.
D. He jumped into the bush.

This text is for questions 37 and 38.

Idul Fitri

On the first day of Eidul-Fitr, my family woke up early. First, we prayed together in the
mosque and then we ate the special meal prepared by mom and our aunties.

Around 10 a.m, some family members came to visit, and later after lunch we visited our
neighbourhood friends. We asked to be forgiven for any transgressions in the past year.

On the second and third days, we went our grandparent’s house. We asked for their
forgiveness too, and spent a relaxing time visiting other relatives and nearby tourist
sites, such the beach and amusement park.

37. When did the writer and family visit their neigbourhood friends?
A. On the first day of IdulFitri.
B. After prayed in the mosque.
C. Around 10 a.m.
D. After lunch time.

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38. Why did the writer and family go to their grandparent’s house?
A. To prayed together in the mosque.
B. To had special meals.
C. To ask for forgiveness.
D. To spent a relaxing time.

This text is for question number 39 and 40.

Last week my school arranged a tour to a waterfall. We went to Curug Sewu. On a fine
cool morning. We gathered at the school at six o’clock. Two buses had ready at school. The
teacher counted the students. We were all ninety. Four teachers accompanied us and two
assistants took charge of the sports things. At half past six, we got into the bus and left for
CurugSewu.
We were in our happy mood. We sang cheerful songs and clapped, shouting and
rejoicing along the way. At 9 a.m. the teachers served us fried rice and mineral water for
breakfast. Two hours later we arrived at CurugSewu. We kept our bags and baggages on a
lodge booked by the school for us. After a full meal we got ready for sight-seeing.
At first we visited KshetraCurugSewu. There we saw a big temple built where five
rivers originate. We were surprised to see it. There we enjoyed rafting and other watersports. It
was almost evening there. So we hurried up to the sunset point. We saw the whole sunset,
where the sun went down on the western horizon with its brilliant colors spread in the sky. The
view had a deep impression on my mind. When it was dark we returned to our lodge.
The next day was kept for visiting other points and valleys. On the early morning we
enjoyed the sunrise, and other sightseeing points. In the afternoon around four we went to the
market. There, we enjoyed delicious strawberries and raspberries. I bought a cane stock and a
bottle of honey.
Then it’s the time for us to return home from journey. We were in a very merry mood
returning home. I enjoyed my picnic very much.

39. What did the students do when they were all in happy mood?
A. They kept their bags and baggages on a lodge
B. They enjoyed the sight-seeing at Curug Sewu
C. They enjoyed the cuisine and the watersports
D. They enjoyed their picnic

40. It can be inferred that the author loves sunset more because ….
A. She is not a sport type person.
B. She loves nature more than sport.
C. She is most likely a melancholic person.
D. She loves the radiant colours of the sunset.

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 PART 2. ESSAYS (QUESTIONS 41 TO 45).

For question 41, fill in the blank with the correct form of verbs.

An Example: She …… a letter last night.

Answer: wrote

41. My sister …... a nice present. I love it.

For question 42, fill in the blank with the correct conjunction.

An Example: I called you last night, …..you didn’t answer.

Answer: but

42. Will you come tomorrow …… it rains?

43. Rearrange these words into the correct sentence.

to learn – Maria – did not – know – was – but – eager – she

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

……………………………………………………………………….

44. The writer and his friends returned to their lodge … it was dark there.

45. Komodo dragons are carnivores who ... to eat pigs, deer, snakes, fish and water buffalos.

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