UJIAN TENGAH SEMESTER

DOKUMEN NEGARA TAHUN PELAJARAN 2009/2010

SANGAT RAHASIA

Mata Pelajaran : Bahasa Inggris Waktu : 75 Menit

Kelas/Program : X / Inti

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Concondolences
We wish to express our deepest
Concondelences on the passing of

AMIR DAUD
The first chief editor of The Jakarta Post
( 78 years of age ) on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006.

His body is laid out at Jl. Sawo Raya no.2 Rawamangun,

East Jakarta.
Burial will be ini Tanah Kusir Cemetery, South Jakarta
On Sunday, Sept. 10, at 10 a.m.

May God Almighty bless and keep him always.

The management and staff of
The Jakarta Post

From The Jakarta post, September 10, 2006

1. Who is Mr. Amir Daud…

a. The first chief editor The Jakarta Post
b. The management of The Jakarta Post
c. The Staff of The Jakarta Post
d. The second chief editor
e. The manager of The Jakarta Post
2. From the text above we can conclude that…
a. The Jakarta post’s staff expresses their condolences
b. The management expresses their sympathy
c. The management and staff expresses their condolences
d. The Jakarta Post’s staff expresses their sympathy
e. The management and staff expresses their sympathy
3. The organization of the text…
a. Orientation – complication – resolution
b. General classification – identification
c. Goal – materials – steps
d. Orientaton – events – re-orientation
4. The synonym of “passing” is…
a. Alive d. Buried
b. go e. dead
c. Lay out
5. Amir Daud has passed away at the age of…
a. 9 d. 87
b.78 e. 10
c. 2
Daedalus and Icarus

Daedalus was a skilled Athenian craftsman and inventor. Daedalus tool his
nephew Perdix (Talos) who was a brilliant craftsman with Daedalus to Crete.
Minos, the king of Crete, hired Daedalus who create many ingenious inventions
while in the rules service. His work included the Labyrinth, a mazelike building, which
imprisoned a monster called Minotaur (half man, half bull).
Daedalus helped Mino’s daughter, Arianed escape with Thesus, the slayer of
Minotaur. As punished for the crime, Minos imprisoned daedalus and his young son,
Icarus, in the Labyrinth.

6. Icarus was the son of…

a. Thesus
b. Perdix
c. Minotaur
d. Ariade
e. daedalus
7. Whose created ingenious inventions to Crete…
a. Half man. Half bull called Mainotaur
b. Icarus and Talos
c. thesus the slayer
d. Daedalus
e. Minos
8. What is the communicative purpose of the text…
a. To inform the reader of specific subject
b. To amuse or entertain the readers with actual or imaginary experiences
c. To help the reader to do or make something
d. To describe a particular person or thing
e. To tell readers what happened in the past through a sequence of events
9. The text uses the form of…
a. present tense
b. past continous tense
c. past tense
d. present continous tense
e. present perfect tense
10.Risman : Look students. What do you think of the
Miko : … Maja to you.
Maja : Hi, I’m Maja and you?
Nina : I’m Nina. Nice to meet you.
Maja : Nice to meet you too.
The best expression of Miko is…
a. I’d like to introduce…
b.I’d like to meet…
c.Hello. How are you?
d. I’d like to…
e. Good to see you.
11. The function of Labyrinth is…
a. to imprisoned a mummy
b. to escape from Crete
c. as a punishment for the crime
d. to imprisoned a monster called Minotour
e. to created a new invention

I think my first memories began when I started school at about five years old. I lived in a
suburb of Sydney. I had a happy childhood. I remember playing in a big garden. I feel
from a big tree and broke my hand. I remember I had a naughty friend named Giant-O,
because he was fat. He liked hitting and pulling my head. It was so pathetic. Once day I
hit him over the head with my bag. His parents were very angry with me. But I didn’t feel
sorry at all at the time. Nevertheless, since the Giant-O has become my good friend. It
was such an unforgettable childhood.

12. When did the writer starts her school ?

a. at about five years old
b. when she was a child
c. at about ten years old
d. when she lived in a suburb of Sydney
e. at about seven years old
13. Why did Giant-O parents were very angry with her ?
a.because the writer and Giant-O were best friend.
b. she hit him with her bag
c. the writer fell from a big tree
d. he broke hjs hand
e. Giant-O liked hitting and pulling her head
14. What makes them became a good friend…
a. Giant-O was a naughty boy
b. he was cute and funny
c. they had a happy childhood
d. Giant-O parents were very angry with the writer
 e. she hit him with her bag and didn’t feel sorry about it

Traveling to all corners of the world gets easier and easier. We live in a global village,
but how well do we know and understand each other? Here is a simple test.
Imagine you have arranged a meeting at four o’clock. What time should you
expect your foreign business colleagues to arrive? If they are Germans, they will be bang
on time. If they are American, they’ll probably 15 minute earlier. If they are British,
they’ll be 15 minute late, and you should allow up to an hour for the Italians!
When the European Community began to increase in size, several guidebooks
apperared giving advice on international etiquette. At first many people thought this was
a joke, especially the British, who seemed to assume that the widespread understanding
of their language meant corresponding understanding of English customs.

15.what nationalist are the most and least punctual…

a. German and Italian
b. American and German
c. British and American
d. Italian and British
e. German and British
16.If they are German what should you expect them to arrive…
a. at 4.15 o’clock d. at 4.30 o’clock
b. at 4.00 o’clock e. at 03.15
c. at 03.45 o’clock
17.Why do British think that everyone understands their custom…
a. we live in a global village
b. everyone know and understand English better
c. the widespread understanding of their language meant a corresponding
understanding of their custom
18. … they’ll probably 15 minutes late.the underlined utterance refers to…
a. European community
b. the villagers
c. foreign business colleagues
d. Italians
e. American

There was once a little fly who thought he was very important. He felt proud of himself.
One sunny morning, he flew around looking for someone to talk to. He saw a bull grazing
in a field. He decided to fly down to talk to him.
The little fly few down and buzzed around the bull’s head. The bull did not bother
him. He went on chewing grass.
The fly then buzzed right inside the bull’s ear. The bull continued chewing grass.
The fly thought, “What a stupid animal!”
Now the fly decided to land on one of the bull’s horns to make the bull notice
him. He waited for the bull to say something, but the bull kept quiet.
The fly then shouted angrily, “Oh, Bull, if you find that I am too heavy for you,
let me know an I’ll fly away!”
The bull laughed and said, “Little fly, I don’t care if you stay or leave. You are so
tiny that your weight does not make any difference to me, so please be quiet and leave me
alone”.
19.Who were involved in the story…
a. bull
b. the writer and a little fly
c. a little fly and a bull
d. a bull, a little fly and all animals
e. a bull and the writer
20.What do you call a story that talks about animals which can speak like hmans ?
a. novel
b. short story
c. fable
d. folklore
e. legend
21. the antonym of “ tiny “
a. small
b. large
c. wide
d. short
e. big
22. the generic structure of the text…
a. resolution – orientation – complication
b. orientation – complication – resolution
c. event – orientation – re-orientation
d. orientation – event – evaluation – re-orintation
e. Goal – materials – step
23.where did the story happen…
a. in a forest
b. in a village
c. on the ground
d. in the garden
e. in a field
24. the story contain the value of…
a. moral
b.religious
c. custom
d. moral and religious
e. custom and religious
25.Woman : ………a change for Rp.10.000,00?
Man : By all means. What would you like ? Rp.1.000,00 one
Woman : yes please,that would be good.
The best expresson of asking /showing attention in a formal way is…
a. may I have your attention
b. look at me !
c. excuse me
d. sorry to trouble you
e. excuse me, I wonder if I could bother you. I need…
ESSAY

1.Explain briefly about the pattern of “ Simple Past Tense ”.

2.Condition : “You have a lot of birthday’s gifts and you feet very happy”.
Question : Make a short conversation based on the condition above !
3.Make at least 3 sentences of Simple Past Tense.

Dear aunt,

Hi how are you these days. I heard that you’ll be coming soon to Ambon next
week. We will prepare many delicious traditional food such as papeda and kuah ikan
kuning when you arrive. I’m cooking forward to your arrival hope to see you soon.

With love,
Phia
4.What type of text is this…
5.Put the generic structure or the organization of the text above.