LEMBAR SOAL
ULANGAN KENAIKAN
KELAS
TAHUN PELAJARAN 2012/2013
MATA PELAJARAN : BAHASA
INGGRIS
HARI/TANGGAL : SENIN/17
SEPTEMBER 2012
K E L A S : XI (SEBELAS) AKSELERASI
WAKTU : 07.00 – 08.30 WIB
I. Choose one the right
answer!
The text for No.1 to 5
Do you know if you are too fat, you may have serious problems with
your health? A group of doctors wrote a report about some of the effects of too
much fat.
One important effect is on
the heart. If you are fat, your heart has to work harder. This may lead to
other heart problem.
In addition, extra fat can also change the amount of sugar in your
blood. This can cause serious disease such as diabetes.
Furthermore high blood pressure is another possible result of being
fat.
More studies are needed about all these problems but one thing is
clear, extra fat may make your life shorter
1. What is the best title for the text above?
A.
Being fat
is serious problem
B.
Doctor’s
report about the effects of too much fat
C.
Extra fat
changes the amount of sugar in your blood
D.
Too much
fat cause serious disease such as diabetes
E.
Studies
about serious problem
2. What is the communicative purpose of the text
above?
A. To persuade the reader or listener that
something is the case
B. To persuade the reader or listener that
something should or should not be the case
C.
To
describe a particular disease
D.
To
entertain and deal with actual and vicarious experience in different ways
E.
To retell
an event for the purpose of informing or entertaining
3. The last paragraph of the text above is….
A. Recommendation
B.
Reiteration
C.
Reorientation
D.
Orientation
E.
Argument
4. In the text above, what tense is used by the
writer?
A. Simple past
B. Simple present
C. Simple future
D. Simple past future
E. Past perfect
5. What is the effect on your blood if you are too
fat?
A. High blood pressure
B.
Heart
attack
C.
Serious
disease
D.
Make your
life shorter
E.
Low blood
pressure
The text for No. 6 to 10
Chronic Lateness Learning to leave It Behind
Everyone
is late sometimes. But do you know anyone who is always late? Do you think
there is a reason why some people are chronically late? Read the article to
find out.
At
the theatre, she disrupts the first act as she climbs over your knees toward
her seat. When your doorbell rings on Saturday night, long after your other
guests have begun eating, you know he has arrived for dinner. At work, you
don’t expect her at your 9:00 A.M meeting.
They
are latecomers, and doesn’t matter if they wear a watch or use an alarm clock.
Lateness is their way of life.
Chronic
lateness has spoiled friendship, and it’s a habit that has caused people to
lose their jobs. Why, then, are so many people late?
“Not
arriving on time can be a form of avoidance,”says Dr. Richard Kravitz, a
psychiatrist at Yale-new Haven Medical Center in Connecticut. “You are late for
a party, maybe, or coming home from
work, because you don’t want to be where you’re supposed to be.”
Other
reasons for chronic lateness are more complex. Dr. Kravitz suggests that some
latecomers may have masochistic tendencies. They know that their lateness will
cause anger, and this serves their deep need to be punished. Alternatively,
some latecomers may have a sadistic motive. For them, forcing some to wait is a
way of expressing anger or resentment.
Dr.
Herbert Fensterheim, a psychologist at New York Cornell Medical Centre, agrees
that lateness can be used as a weapon with which to strike out someone.
However, he adds that for some people lateness is nothing more than a habit
learned in childhood from a parent or an older brother or sister who also ran
late. For others, lateness is a result of an inability to judge time. There are
also those who are so easily distracted that they simply “lose track” of time,
while others never learn to estimate or leave the time they need to keep on
schedule.
As
for those of us who wait, we can set limits as to how long we will stay before leaving.
When, appropriate, we can make our anger known. And though it is true that
being prompt can be as compulsive as being late, Shakespeare advised this:
“Better three hours too soon than a minute to late.”
6.
A Chronic latecomer is someone who…
A.
Always loses his or her job.
B.
Is sorry he or she is late.
C.
Is almost always late.
D.
Always spoil friendship.
E.
Likes to be late.
7.
A masochistic person is someone who…
A.
Likes to hurt people
B.
Wants to be punished
C.
Is angry
D.
Want to strike someone
E.
Is always late
8.
Lateness can cause some problems as follows,
except…
A.
Lateness has spoiled friendship
B.
Lateness cause people to lose their jobs
C.
Lateness can be used as a weapon to strike
someone.
D.
Lateness causes you to become masochistic
E.
Lateness may be a habit learned from parents,
brother, etc
9.
They know that their lateness will caused
anger…(paragraph 6)
The word in italic refers to …
A.
Psychologists
B.
Latecomers
C.
Dr. Kravitz
D.
Lateness
E.
Masochists
10. The following
is some factors believed to be causes of lateness, except …
A.
A habit learned in childhood
B.
Masochists tendencies
C.
Limit as to how long we will stay before we leave
D.
Lateness is result of an inability to judge
time
E.
Latecomers never learn to estimate the time
they need to keep on schedule
The text for No. 11 to 15
Soon after Dave left college, one of his uncles, who was rich and no
children of his own, died and left Dave a lot of money. So, he decided to set
up his own real estate agency.
He found a nice office, bought some new furniture and moved in. he
had only been there for a few hours when he heard someone coming towards the
door of his office.
“It is my first customer!” he thought. He quickly pick up the
telephone and pretended to be very busy answering an important call from
someone in New York who wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country.
The man was knocking at the door while this was going on, came in
and waited politely for the agent to finish his conversation on the phone. Then
he said to him, “I am from the telephone company, and I was here to connect
your telephone.”
11.
What did
Dave thinks when he heard someone was coming to his office?, he think that
someone is …
A.
The man
from telephone company
B.
his man in
his office
C.
his first
customer
D.
his first
partner
E.
his first
subscriber
12.
Who
actually came to Dave’s office?
A.
Someone
from company
B.
Someone
from connection company
C.
Someone
from outside the telephone
D.
Someone
from New York
E.
Someone
from telephone company
13.
Who are
the characters in this story?
A.
Dave and friends
B.
Dave, his
uncle, and someone from telephone company
C.
Dave and
someone from telephone company
D.
Dave, his
uncle, and someone who knocking the door
E.
Dave,
children of his own, and someone from telephone company
14.
What is
the communicative purpose of the text above?
A.
to
entertain the readers by the story
B.
to inform
the readers about Dave
C.
to
describe how rich Dave was
D.
to
persuade the readers to be rich
E.
to retell
incident with humorous twist
15.
“…died and left Dave a lot of
money.” (paragraph 1 line 2)
What is the synonym of the underlined word?
A. Passed
away
B.
got away
C.
far away
D.
go away
E.
gone away
The text for No. 16 to 21
Water
plays a very important role in our lives; in order to stay healthy we need to
drink about two litres of water a day besides for drinking we use it for many
other things too.
Getting
fresh water today seems to be more and more difficult as people for beginning
to contaminate it by throwing away home wastes into it besides factories or
industries discard their wastes into river or seas near their locations. Very
often the factory and industry wastes contain poisonous stuff which endanger
and even kill living creatures in them.
People
living in cities are getting more difficult problem as cities have constantly
undergone its physical developments. More and more city land is used to build
more rooms for people to work in. As a result and begin to throw them away into
ditches or river near their homes. This has led to the existence of floods as
the rainfall cannot sweep away those wastes in them. When this takes place,
city people will face and more difficulties. They are really in a vicious
circle.
16.
People
pollute the fresh water by….
A.
putting away their home wastes
B.
throwing away home wastes into it
C.
building more rooms for people
D.
sweeping away the wastes
E.
killing living creatures in it
17.
What has
caused the existence of floods?
A.
water is needed by people
B.
fresh water is difficult to find
C.
factory wastes contain poisonous stuff
D.
more city land is used to build more rooms
E.
people throw away their home wastes into the rivers
18.
The third
paragraph tells us about….
A.
the importance of water
B.
the development of the cities
C.
the cause of the existence of floods
D.
the solution of the cities problem
E.
the difficulty of how to get water
19.
The main
idea of the second paragraph is….
A.
the fresh water is contaminates by people
B.
it is difficult to get fresh water today
C.
the poisonous stuff danger living creatures
D.
people throw away the wastes into ditches or rivers
E.
the factory and industry wastes contain poison
20.
Which
statement is not true according to the text….
A.
water is many benefits for people lives
B.
the wastes thrown away into ditches cause the floods
C.
city people have almost no space to put away the
wastes
D.
people use water for drinking only
E.
city people are rarely in vicious circle
21.
Factories
or industries discard their wastes into rivers or seas near their
location (paragraph 2). The underline word has the some meaning as….
A.
spray
B.
poison
C.
pollute
D.
contaminate
E.
throw away
The text for No. 22 to 25
Can
“AFI” guarantee someone to be a talented singer?
“Menuju puncak” is a song that is so
popular now. No one can deny that AFI
(Akademi Fantasi Indonesia) has fascinated many fans around the nation. As one
of the many talent search shows, AFI is bound to be compared with other such
programs like “Indonesian Idol“, “Penghuni Terakhir”, “KDI”, “Indonesia Cantik’
and so on.
AFI has offered a unique package for
viewers; a combination between a reality show and talent show. Its way of
finding real entertainers has increased the public’s awareness of the
difficulties in reaching the top in the entertainment business.
Frankly speaking, AFI has not fully succeeded
in reaching its main goal. If you take an objective look at number of the
winners, you’ll see that they are not
yet able to fill the most basic requirements, which is sing properly. This is
ironic, considering all criticisms coming from the judges about pitch tones,
tempos, and everything that has to do with becoming a good singer.
Thus, if we want to improve that Indonesian music industry, we should really think about the singer’s
and the musician’s talents and train them appropriately, so they can be a
professional singer or musician.
22.
What is
the purpose of the text above?
A. To persuade the reader or listener that
something is the case
B. To persuade the reader or listener that
something should or should not be the case
C. To describe a particular program
D. To entertain and deal with actual and vicarious
experience in different ways
E. To retell an event for the purpose of informing
or entertaining
23.
What is
the meaning of musician?
A. The person who skilled in playing music or the
writer of music
B.
Art of
arranging sound of voices and instrument
C.
Play or
film with songs
D.
The person
who can sing all songs
E.
The person
who has good voice and skilled in singing
24. What is the generic structure for the last
paragraph?
A.
Thesis
B.
Orientation
C.
Description
D.
Reiteration
E.
Recommendation
25. What TV did broadcast AFI (Akademi Fantasi
Indonesia)?
A.
RCTI
B.
TVRI
C.
INDOSIAR
D.
LATIVI
E.
SCTV
The text for No. 26 to 29
JAKARTA: Seven people were killed in a collision between a bus, a
car and a truck on Dipenogoro street at 10:35 p.m. last night. The dead were
all the passengers of the car. The police believed the car had been trying to
overtake the bus when it was struck by a truck coming from the opposite
direction. The driver of the car might not be using his lights, as the truck
driver said he did not see the car approaching.
The police said the car should not have tried to pass the bus, since
overtaking is not allowed on Dipenogoro Street. In addition, the police report
that the car, a small Japanese car, should not have been carrying more than
five people. If the passengers had brought their identity cards, the police
would have identified the names of the victim easily.
26. The text mainly reports that there was/were…
A.
A car
accident.
B.
Careless
driver.
C.
A small
Japanese car.
D.
Victim of
an accident.
E.
The
function of an identity card.
27. What was
the cause of the collision?
A.
The truck
came from the opposite direction
B.
The car
carried more than five people
C.
The truck
driver didn’t use his lights
D.
The truck
driver didn’t see the car
E.
The car
tried to overtake the bus
28. “If the passengers had brought their identity
cards, the police would have been easy to identify the names of the victims.”
(The last sentence)
The sentence above means…
A.
The
victims’ names were not known
B.
The
victims were easy to be identify
C.
The
passengers brought their identity cars
D.
The police
had no difficulty in identifying the victim the victims
E.
It was
easy for the police to identify the victims of the accidents
29. Who said that the accident was caused by the
car?
A.
The police
B.
The
victims
C.
The
reporter
D.
The truck
driver
E.
The
passengers
The text for No. 30 to 33
In Australia there are three levels of government, the federal
government, state government, local government. All of these governments are
necessary. This is so far a number of reasons.
First, the federal government is necessary for the big things. They
keep the economy in order and look after things like defence.
Similarly, the state governments look after the middle size things.
For example they look after law and order, preventing things vandalism in
schools.
Finally, local governments look after the small things. They look
after things like collecting rubbish; otherwise everyone would have diseases.
Thus, for the reason above, we can conclude that the three levels of
government are necessary
30. “They look after
things like collecting rubbish,” the word they
refer to……..
A.
federal
governments
B.
state
governments
C.
local
governments
D.
three
governments
E.
Australian
governments
31. “They look after things like collecting
rubbish,” the synonym of the underlined word is…………..
A.
take care
B.
run after
C.
look at
D.
look for
E.
careless
32. What is generic structure of the last
paragraph?
A. Thesis
B.
Argument
C.
conclusion
D.
Elaboration
E.
Reiteration
33. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To persuade the reader or listener that
something should or should not be the case
B.
To
persuade the reader or listener that something is the case
C.
To describe a particular case
D.
To
entertain and deal with actual and vicarious experience in different ways
E.
To retell
an event for the purpose of informing or entertaining
The text for No. 34 to 37
The kangaroo is a common Marsupial from the island of Australia and
New Guinea. Marsupials are animals with pouch. They carry their babies in a
pouch in the mother’s abdomen.
Kangaroos have two
strong legs with two long feet. They have muscular long tail, large ears and a
small head. They have short arms with clewed hands. The soft, woolly fur can be
blue, grey, red, black, yellow or brown, depending on the species. Females have
the pouch in which the young live and drink milk.
These herbivores
(plant-eaters) eat grass, leaves, and roots. They swallow their food without
chewing it. Kangaroos need little water; they can go for months without
drinking, they dig their own water wells.
These shy animals
live about 6 years in the wild and up to 20 in captivity. Most Kangaroos are
nocturnal. Kangaroos can hop up to 74 kilometres per hour and go over 90 meters
in one hop. (Adapted from English on sky 3)
34. What is the best title of the text above?
A. A common Marsupial from the island of
Australia.
B.
Kangaroos
C.
Kangaroos
have two strong legs with two long feet.
D.
Kangaroos
eat grass, leaves, and roots.
E.
The animal
from Australia
35. “Females have the pouch…” (2nd paragraph, line 3)
The underlined word means ….
A.
Small bag
for carrying the baby.
B.
Part
of kangaroos’ body
C.
For
drinking milk
D.
Kangaroos’
abdomen
E.
The part
that females have
36. Based on the text kangaroos are …
A.
carnivores
B.
reptiles
C.
insects
D.
mammals
E.
amphibians
37. “Most Kangaroos are nocturnal” (the last paragraph). Nocturnal means …
A.
Active at
night
B.
Active in
the Australia
C.
Active at
afternoon
D.
Active at
day
E.
Active in
eating grass
The text for No. 38 to 40
Bees are insects. There are about 20,000 species or kinds of bees.
They live everywhere in the world except non high mountains, in the Arctic and
Antarctic, and on some small island in the ocean.
Some bees are as small as 0.08 inch. However, some bees are as big
as 1.6 inches. Bees come in many colours; black, gray, yellow, red, green or
blue. Most bees live alone. They are called solitary bees. Meanwhile, some bees
live in group called colonies. They are social bees.
Bees have three pairs of legs and four wings. Like all insect they
have a head, chest, and abdomen. They have mouthparts and tongue for collecting
nectar in an organ called a honey stomach.
Moreover, bees
have special wings that let them fly like helicopter. They can fly backward,
forward, sideways, or stay in one place in the air.
In addition, bees have three regular eyes and two compound eyes.
Their compound eyes have many lenses. Furthermore, bees can see colours and
patterns. This help them find flowers.(adapted from
Progress English book)
38. What does the word “nectar” means?
A. Sweat liquid from flower
B.
Sweet
liquid from tree
C.
The thing
that must be collected by bees
D.
Row honey
E. Parts of bees’ body
39. What is the function of a honey stomach?
A. For collecting nectar
B.
For saving
nectar
C.
For
omitting nectar
D.
For
collecting honey
E.
For
producing honey
40. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
A.
The
description of bees’ parts bodies
B.
Bees have three
pairs of legs and four wings
C.
Bees have
a head, chest, and abdomen
D.
they fly
like helicopter
E.
They can
fly backward, forward, sideways
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