Text 1

Crime is a serious problem in big cities. And it is getting worse every year. This is
what police departments around the country said in their reports last week. There
were more robberies and murders this year than last year. The subways are more
dangerous. The streets are more dangerous. You may not even be safe in your own
home.
Why is the problem so serious now? This is not an easy question to answer. There
may not be a single answer. Many problems together seem to make cities so
dangerous.
One of the problems is money. To fight crime a city needs police officers, cars and
guns. These cost a lot of money. But right now cities do not have much extra money.
So there are not enough police officers, cars and guns for the cities.
Another problem is drugs. Crime studies show that many criminals use and sell
drugs. After they start taking drugs, they want to have more. But drugs are very
expensive. So these people may sell drugs to other people to make money. Or they
may steal money to get more drugs.
there is an even more important cause of crime. Cities have rich and poor
neighborhoods. In the poor neighborhoods, the schools are often very bad. Jobs are
hard to find. Manx' young people don't have much hope for a better life. They only
know one way to make a betterliving for themselves. That way is to sell drugs or
steal. So. some of these young people become criminals.
It is not going to be easy to change these crime problems. We must first change
many of the laws about drugsand guns. We much change the way cities spend their
money. We must also begin to make changes in the neighborhoods. Until then,the
crimeproblem will not go away. And wewill liveour lives in fear.
1. What is the type of teh text??
a. report
b. News item c. Description d. Hotatory Exposition e. Analitical Exposition
2. What does the third paragraph tell us?
a. Crime can be caused by the lack of extra money b. Crime can be caused by
police officers c. Cities Dont have much extra money d. a lot of money are needed
to by guns and cars e. we have to find a lot of money to solve the crime
3. The subwayare moredagerous( par 1 )
The underlined words means.............................
a. make us careful b. have to be careful c. cause more accidents d. have more
passees-by
4. What does the text tell us about?
a. The life in big cities b. police department c. police officers and gun d. crime in
cities e. the drug problem
Text 2
Excellent Carrier Opportunity
Health & Life Care product Proffesional
For National Sales Manager Position

a. age 30-35 years old & active in english or mandarin

b. Graduated S1 min. GPA = 3.0 from reputable university
c. Min 3 years experience involving the same field
d. Lead & Train the sales team
1. Promote product awareness 2. Develop new market, generate sales & active
sales target 3. willing to travel within Indonesia
Candidate Interested in Challenging Position :
Please send your application letter, CV . Recent Photograph ( 4x6 )
contact telephone number, within two weeks after this advertisment to
Graha Ajidharma
Jl.Danu Sunter Selatan Block O/V
Kav. 25-26 Sunter Agung Podomoro
Jakarta Utara 14360
ga@union.co.id
5. The following are tthe requiremennt to apply for position above. exept................
a. can speak English b. graduate from S1 from reputable university c. at least have
three years experience involving the same field d. age 30-35 years old e. can read
english and mandarin
6.Which is true according to the text?
a. The company needs production managers b. the company sells health and life
care product c. the applicants must be able to speak mandarin only d. a youngman
whose age 25 years old can apply for the position e. after one week of advertising,
the applicant cannot send their application letter
Text 3
ONCE WHEN a Lion was asleep a little Mouse began running up and down upon him.
This soon wakened the Lion, who placed his huge paw upon him, and opened his big
jaws to swallow the mouse.Pardon, O King, cried the little Mouse: forgive me this
time, I shall never forget it: who knows but what I may be able to do you a turn
some of these days?
The Lion thought this idea of the Mouse being able to help him so funny, that he
lifted up his paw and let him go.
Some time after, the Lion was caught in a trap. The hunters who caught him wanted
to carry him alive to the King. So they the Lion to a tree while they went in search of
a waggon to carry him on.Just then the little Mouse happened to pass by, and
seeing the sad plight which the Lion was in, went up to him and soon gnawed away
the ropes that bound the King of the Animals.soon after the little had finished
gnawing away the ropes, he aksed the lion to run away.
7. Paragraph three mainly tells that..........................
a. the little mouse asked for forgiveness b. the hunter carried the lion alive to the
king c. the lion was tied to a tree by the hunters d. the little mouse could prove that
he could help the lion e. From the first, the lion believed in what the little mouse
said
8.What did the little mouse do to prove his words?

a. he would never forget the lion b. he tried hard to help the lion c. he ran up and
down upon the lion d. he asked for apology tto the king of the beast e. he tied the
lion to the tree so that the hunters could carry him
Text 4
That Phone is Off
Soon after he left college, Dave found one of his uncles who was very rich and had
no children of his own died and left him a lot of money, so he decided to set up his
own real estate agency.
Dave found a nice office. He bought some new furniture and moved in. he had only
been there for e few hours when he heard someone coming toward the door of his
office.
It must be myfirst customer Dave thought. He quickly picked 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 knocked at the door while this was going on. He came in and waited
politely for Dave to finish his conversation on the phone. Then the man said to
Dave; I am from the telephone company and I was sent here to connect your
telephone
9. What is the purpose of the text??
a. to entertain and share the story
b. to retell an event with a humorous twist c. to comfort the readers with that
something d. to persuade the readers that something e. to decribe something
10. What is the generic structure of the text?
a. orientation, description b. orientation, event,twist c. orientation, even,
reorientation d. orientation, complication, resolution,twist e. orientation,twist,re
orientation
11. dave suddenly became a very rich man because....................
a. he inherited his uncles money b. he worked hardly c. he had no children d. he
got a present from his uncle e. he worked in his uncles huouse
Text 5
Please, Eat, Coat!
One evening Nasreddin was invited to a party. As a good neighbour, he surely would
come to the party. He chose the clothes that looked old. He chose it because it was
his favourite.
When he arrived at the party nobody greeted and welcomed him. Even the host did
not offer him any seat. Then he went home quickly. He changed his old clothes with
the new and most beautiful ones. Then he went back to the party.
At that time everybody was warm to him. Everybody greeted him with a nice smile.
Even the host offered him the best seat and table with the best food and drink.
Nasreddin sat for a while and stood again. Suddenly he put off his clothes. There
were only underclothes left on his body. The other guests were very surprised. So
was the host.
He put the coat on the food on the table. He said, "Please, eat, coat. It's for you."

The other guests were wondering why he did so. One of them asked, "What are you
doing, Nasreddin? Are you crazy?"
"No, I'm all right. I'm asking my coat to eat. Do you still remember, when I came
here in old clothes nobody greeted me. And the host didn't offer me any seat or
food. But when I come with this beautiful coat now, everybody greets me warmly.
The host offers me the best food and drink. So, the host gives the food and the drink
to my coat, not to me," he replied calmly.
12. When he arrive in the party, nobody looked at him and nobody gave him a seat
because?
a. nobody liked him
b. he was poor man c. he didnt bring money d. he went to party by wearing old
clothes e. he went to party by wearing clohes
13. Nassarudien reppliedcalmly.the synonym calmly is?
a. quickly b. composedly c. panicly d. nerveously e. fastly
Text 6
Jl. Senopati
Yogyakarta
January 12, 2008
Dear Tina,
Sorry, i havent written to you for so long. i moved a new offfice last month, and ive
been really busy getting setlled.
its nice office, much bigger than the old one. it has three floor. i am on the first one.
it has ten rooms, my room is in the corner. the wall color is blue, so it always looks
fresh.
the office is in a strategic place with a shopping center just down the street. on the
same street, three are supermarket, some quite good restaurants and some stores.
i really enjoy working here. some over and have a look some times.
love
jean
14. The letter tells Tina about................................
a. Jeans apology
b. the description of janes new office
c. jean moved into new office
d. the description of jane
e. the office is very nice
15. The purpose of the text is..............................
a. to tell readers about past even
b. to inform the way something is done
c. to decribe a particular place

d. to describe a paticular person

e. to persuade readers to move into new office
16. What part of letter is Dear Linda ?
a. Heading
b. Solution
c. Introducing
d. Closing
e. Personal Goal
17. The paragraph of the letter tells us about......................
a. Jeans anxiety
b. Jeans congratulating
c. Jeans introduction
d. Tinas apology
e. Jeans invitation
Text 7
Once upon a time hawk fell in love with hen. the hawk flew down from the sky and
asked the hen, hen, Wont you mary me? The hen loed the brave, strong hawk
and wishes to mary him. but she said. i cannot fly as high you can. if you give me
time, i may learn to fly as high as you. then, we can fly together. the hawk agreed.
before he went away, he gave the hen a ring. this is to show that you have
promised to marry me, said the hawk.
so it happened that the hen had already promised to marry a rooster. so, when the
rooster knew the ring. he became very angry. throw that ring away at once! didnt
you tell the hawk that you had already promised to marry me? shouted the
rooster. then he was so frightened at the roosters anger. the she threw away the
ring immediately.
when the hawk came the next day, the hen told the truth. the hawk was so furious.
he cursed the hen. why didnt you tell me earlier? now, you will always be
seratching the ................, and ill always be flying above you to catch your
children? said the hawk.
the curse seems to have come true.
18. Why couldnt the hen say yes right away?
a. because she did not love hawk
b. because she had no ring exchange
c. because she had to learnhow to fly as high as the hawk
d. because it would make rooster angry
e. because she had promised to marry a rooster.
19. The hawk flew down from the sky and asked the hen, wont you marry
me?( paragraph 1 )
What does the underlined utterence mean?

a. the hen wanted to marry the hawk

b. the hen refused to marry the hawk
c. the hen agreed to be hawks wife
d. the hawk proposed the hen to be his wife
e. the hawk wanted to marry the hen at the sky
20. Why was the rooster angry when she saw the ring??
a. the hen had betrayed him
b. the hen had stolen his ring
c. the hen didnt wear her won ring
d. the ring was not good for the hen
e. the ring was too small for hen
21. What can we learn from the story?
a. take care of our children
b. keep our promise
c. love one another
d. lisen to other
e. marry soon
22.When the hawk came the next day, the hen told him thetruth
The underlined word can be replaced by...........................
a. reality
b. goodness
c. honesty
d. possibilty
e. strenght
Text 8
the influence of the building of block of unit in park across the bond street.
firstly, it is nice park and if you wreak it and build a block of units, there will be no
playing ground for chiildren of any age who live in the area near the school.
secondly, there are lovely trees in park. birds perch on their branches and people
can hear them singing and chirping. however, if you wreek it and build a block of
units, there will be no singing and chirping birds anymore.
thirdly, my school is oppsite of the park, sometimes my teachers take the children
there to do some exercises. if you wreek it and build a block of units, there will be
no place to do some exercises.
therefore Mr. Mayor makes sure you dont build the block of units, and try to stop
the builders.
23. Which is true according to the text?

a. There are some advantaages of building the block of units

b. there are some disadvantages of building the bock of units.
c. there are no influence of building the block of units to adults
d. building block of unit is needed by the students
e. doing exercise can be done in the block units
24. After reading the text we know that the writer is................
a. a football player
b. a headmaster
c. Mr. Mayor
d. a teacher
e. a student
25. What are the suggestion of the writer?
a. not build the block of unit and try to stop the builders
b. to build the block of unit and not to try to stop the builders
c. to build a new park near the school
d. to do some exercises in the other places
e. to make a field to attact the children
26. The writer mention some.........................of his disagreeing of building a block of
units.
a. advantages
b. efforts
c. possibilities
d. reasons
e. benefits
27. Firstly, its nice park and if youwreakit...
What does that underlined word means...................
a. repair
b. keep
c. destroy
d. build
e. replace
28. The organization of the text is..................
a. Thesisargumentsreiteration
b. Thesisargumentsrecomendations
c. identificationdescription

d. orientationseries of eventsreorientation
e. GoalMaterialssteps
29. PLEASE KEEP THE DOOR CLOSED
The notice means..............................
a. weare not allowed to let the door open all times
b. we are prohibited to enter the room
c. we have to take another door to enter the room
d. we are not permitted to open the door
e. we are not allowed to let the door close all time
30.
the text above is called.............................
a. adverstisment
b. announcement
c. brochure
d. poster
e. banner