PEMERINTAH KABUPATEN ACEH SINGKIL

DINAS PENDIDIKAN
SEKOLAH MENENGAH PERTAMA
SMP NEGERI 3 SIMPANG KANAN

Mata Pelajaran : Bahasa Inggris

Tahun Pelajaran : 2014 – 2015

Pilihlah Jawaban Yang Paling Tepat!

1. The following sign means that

STAFF ONLY

a. We should get in the room. c. We can meet a director in this room

b. The room in only for the staff d. The staff cannot get in

This text is for questions 2

Dear Julie,
Congratulations on your success to be the winner of the Speech
Contest for Junior High School level 2011. We are proud of you.

Student Union
Organizer

2. Student Union Organizer congratulates Julie on ….

a. her sacrifice to be a junior high school c. her winning the speech contest
student d. her final goal to have a high level
b. her hard work to join the contest

Question 3 to 5 are based on the following note

May 25, 2010

Dear Mr. Farhan
Please excuse Hery from school yesterday. He didn’t feel well and stayed
in bed all day. He had a sore throat and temperatured.

Sincerely yours,

Lisa,

3. Who wrote the note?

a. Farhan c. Hery
b. Lisa d Hery’s teacher

4. The writer wrote this note ask for …

a . permission c. invitation
b. agreement d. announcement

5. He didn’t fell well.

What does the sentences above mean?
a.He was sick c. He was nervous
b. He was doubtful d. He was jealous

Read the following text to answer question number 6

6. Where do you usually find the sign above?
a. At the park c. At the beach
b. At the zoo d. Near the river

The following text is for questions 7 and 8

Marrickville West Public School

Beauchamp Street, Marrickville N 221
Phone (02) 955423100

The Community of Marrickville West Primary School

You are invited to:
Presentation Day
2011
Venue: School hall
Time : Thursday 4th February, 2011

We look forward to sharing this celebration of achievement with our school community.

Ruth Smith
Principal

7. What event will take place at Marrickville West Primary School?

a. Community Gathering c. Presentation day 2011
b. Community Celebration d. School Achievement

8. From the text we know that …

a. the presentation day is just for students ‘ parents
b. the presentation will held late in the afternoon
c. the principal are allowed outsider to enter the school hall on May 10th 2011
d. parents, teachers, studemts and the staff are likely to attend the presentation day

The following text is for Qouestions 9 and 10

ANNOUNCEMENT

To : All Employees
Effective date : April 1st, 2011
Subject : Staff uniforms

All employees are required to wear a uniform during work hours. This to make it
easier to distinguish them from the customer.
Women should wear a colorful blouse with black pants or a black knee-length
skirt.
Men should wear black pants with an orange or red T-shirt.

Manager

9. What should woman employees wear?

a. An orange shirt and black pants. c. A black skirt and colourful blouse
b. A yellow skirt and black pants d. A white skirt and colourful blouse
10. Why do all employees have to wear a uniform during work hours?
a. To differentiate them from the customer c. To give good appearance
b. To show that they have a good uniform d. To make them friendly

Read the following text and answer questions 11 to 13

Dear Betty,
I’m writing to you concerning of my last day in Jogja. I just got back from
Borobudur, the wonderful temple I’ve ever seen . The weather is fine. We are now staying at hotel. It’s not far
from Malioboro. We are treated well here. It has may excellent staffs who serve the customers. We plan to go
around Malioboro after children take a short nap. We want to enjoy having “lesehan” there. It is kind of a
restaurant but we sit on the ground.
Many kinds of local handicraft after sold along Malioboro street. Both domestic and foreign tourists
are interested in them. I want to buy some as souvenirs.
Don’t worry, I’ll also buy you the most interesting one.
Love,

Tara

11. The text give us information about …

a. the wonderful Borobudur temple c. Tara’s last day in Jogja
b. the souvernirs to be bought d. a comfortable hotel near Malioboro

12. Who is the letter from?

a. Customers c. Betty
b. The Hotel’s staffs d. Tara

13. How do the staff serve the customers of the hotel?

a. Proudly c. Badly
b. Interestingly d. Nicely

Read the following text and answer question 14 to 15

Dear Putri

Hi friend, here I invited you to come my 14th birthday party

Date : Monday, 29th March 2011 Time 4 pm
Place : My house
Jl Tulip Mekar Raya E/1 Medan
Please come! Without you the party will be different
Cheers,

Rona

14. In what year was Rona born?

a. 1995 c. 1997
b. 1996 d. 1998

15. Rona hopes that Putri ….

a. Brings a present c. Attends the party
b. Wears new dress d. Sings and dances

Read the text to answer questions 16 to 18

Last week my parents, sister, brother and I went to the zoo.We went there for recreation. We
left at 06:00 am and arrived there at 08:00 am. It is about a hundred kilometers to go to the zoo from
my house.
There were a lot of people watching a giant snake. The snake was there about a week. It was 9
meters long. I thought it was the biggest snake I had ever seen. After going around and watching various
animal, we went home. On the way home, we stopped at Borobudur temple.
16. Which is the most suitable title for the text above?
a. Going to The Zoo c. Going to Borobudur
b. Having Recreation d. Watching a Giant Snake

17. How many persons did the writer go to the zoo with?
a. two b. three c. four d. five

18. “After going around and watching various animals, we went home.” The italic word means as ..
a. different b. similar c. wild d. mean

The following text is for questions 19 to 22

The water lily is a plant of aquatic family Nymphaeaceae, and of the genus Nymphae. These
plants are found in fresh, still water throughout the warm temperate regions. People cultivate this plant.
The plant can grow easily from seed. It may be grown in containers or ponds.
The water lily is a beautiful plant. It has round leaves. The leaves may float or immerse. The
flower has four sepals and many petals and stamens. The colour ofbthis flower may be white, pink,
yellow or blue. When blossoms it sometimes smells good. Some species of this plant open by day and
closed at night: others open at night and closed by day. The life span of flower is usually three days.

19. What does the text tell us about?

a. A plant named water Lily c. An aquatic plant cultivated in warm regions
b. A beautiful plant grown in water d. Water lily cultivated in pons

20. How long is water lily flower usually blossom?

a. A day c. Three days
b. A day or a night d. More than three days

21. From the text above, we can conclude that water lily can not live in …
a. fresh still water c. wet areas
b. dry ground areas d. watery places

22. Paragrah two tells us about…

a. the shape of water lily leaves c. the flowers of water lily
b. the beauty of water lily d. the parts of water lily

Read the following text to answer questions 23 to 26

Crisp Roast Peking Duck

Inggredients:
1 Peking duck
2 cups boiling hot water
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper

Steps:
 Rinse the duck inside and outside
 Prick all over the skin using sharp fork
 Pour boiling hot water over the duck (to tighten skin), then cool the duck
 Rub the duck inside and out with salt and pepper
 Put oven rack in the middle position
 Heat oven to 200 Celcius
 Roast the duck until skin is brown and crisp, then remove from the oven
23. What is the text about?
a. The instructions to rinse the c. The steps to make delicious roast food
peking duck d. How to make crisp roast peking duck
b. What is needed to make a
delicious roast duck

24. What do we need to prick the skin of the duck?

a. Salt b. Black Pepper c. A sharp fork d. Boiling hot water

25. What do we do to tighten the skin of the duck?

a. Rinse the duck inside and outside c. Pour boiling-hot water over the duck
b. Prick skin all over with sharp fork d. cool the duck

26 “Prick skin all over with a sharp fork”

What is the meaning of the underlined words?
a. Make a small hole in something c. Put something
b. Brush something d. Cut something

The following text is for questions 27 to 28

BAMBOO RESTO AND CAFÉ

Open : 09:00 am – 10:00 pm
Don’t wait until tomorrow!
Don’t spend a lot of money in expensive restaurant.
We have a low prices
Visit our restaurant today
Look at our menu
We have 100 different kinds of food and drink
Enjoy our wonderful cooking
Especially at 04:00 pm…
Finish your meal with free ice cream or chocolate cake
Jl Pajajan 62 Bogor, Phone (0251) 7854333

27. According to the text, when we do not to pay an ice cream?

a. at 09:00 am c. at 09:00 pm
b. at 04:00 am d. at 04: 00 pm

28 The text above is a kind of…

a. an announcement c. a shopping list
b. an advertisement d. a menu list

Read the following text and answer questions 29 and 30

This is our classroom, it is large. The floor is always clean. We clean it every morning. It has
a blackboard, a whiteboard, a door and six glass windows. The wall is grey, on the wall there
are some picture of the National Heroes, the symbol of Garuda and pictures of our
president and vice president. The cupboard is at the comer and the map hangs above it.
There are twenty four desks and forty eight chair for the pupils.

29. What does the text tell above?

a. School environtment c. Description of the classroom

b. Character of students d. Position of thing in the class
30. There are twenty four desks and forty eight chairs for the pupils.
The italic word means…
a. Teachers c. classroom
b. Students d. activities

31. The following sign means that

TURN OFF PHONE CELLS

a. The phone.is out of area c. The phone should be active

b. The phone should be not active d. Please sell the phone cells

The following text for questions 32 to 34

An old, old lion realized one day that he was too tired to hunt for his prey anymore. Sadly
he went home to his den knowing that soon he would die. But before he lay down he stopped at
the entrance, breathing with great difficulty. Speaking in slow, low voice he told the world of his
sad condition. The news of the lion’s illness soon spread throughout the forest and caused mush
concern among the other beats. One by one they came to visit him and paid their respects.
However, the lion’s age had also made him wily, and as each animal entered his lair and came
within reach, it became an
easy prey to the lion, which soon grew fat.
One day early in the morning, the fox came. He was renowned for his cunning, and
approached the den carefully. Standing some distance away he enquired after the lion that looked
healthy and asked
him if he was feeling better. “Ah, my dearest friend,” said the lion. ”Is it you? I can hardly see
you, you are so far away. Come closer, please and give me some words of consolation for I have
not long to live,” The fox, meanwhile, had been looking closely at the ground in front of the
lion’s den. At last he looked up, and turning to go. He remarked: “Bless you, but excuse me if I
do not stay, for, to tell the truth, I feel quite uneasy at the many footsteps I see leading into your
den yet none do I see emerging.”

32. What is the story about?

a. All the beasts. c. The cunning fox.
b. The sick lion. d. The lion’s friends.

33. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

a. The fox’ visit to the lion. c. The lion’s better feeling.
b. The lion’s cunning mind. d. The fox’ den.

34. Why did the fox not stay in the lion’s den?
a. Because he saw no steps emerging
from the lion’s den.
b. Because of the condition of the lion’s
den.
c. Because he looked up and turned to go.
d. Because he remarked and express his
uneasy feeling.

For questions 35 to 37 choose with suitable words to complete text below

Once upon a time there ……. (35) a king and a queen.They only had a daughter. One
day she was bitten by a ……(36). Its poison made her life in danger but by a magical
fairie’s power. She lived again ……(37) with her parents ever after

35. a. loved b. lived c. man d. lie

36. a. mosquito b. king c. snake d. queen
37. a. happily b. smile c. sadness d. goodness
38. you – not – in – thank – for – area – smoking – this
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

The best arrangement to make a sentence is ……..

a. 5 – 1 – 2 – 7 – 3 – 8 – 6 – 4 c. 4 – 1 – 5 – 2 – 7 – 3 – 8 – 6
b. 5 – 2 – 1 – 7 – 3 – 8 – 6 - 4 d. 4 – 5 – 1 – 2 – 7 – 8 – 6 – 3

39. Arrange these sentences into a good paragraph

1. The train in very comfortable

2. He booked a seat
3. After that he checked
4. He went to the station
5. He bought a ticket
6. He enjoyed the journey
7. And he got on a train

a. 4 – 5 – 2 – 3 – 7 – 1 – 6 c. 4 – 2 – 7 – 5 – 1 – 3 – 6
b. 2 – 7 – 5 – 4 – 6 – 1 – 3 d. 2 – 5 – 4 – 7 – 1 – 6 – 3

40. Arrange the following sentences into a good text.

1. They therefore beathe air but cannot survive on land.

2. Whales are sea-living mammals.
3. Some species are very large indeed and the blue whale is the largest animal to have lived
on earth.
4. This is up to 30 cm in thickness and serves to conserve heat and body fluids.
5. The skin is smooth and shiny and beneath it lies a layer of fat (bubbler).
6. Superficially, the whale looks rather like a fish, but there are important differences in its
external structure.

A. 2- 1- 3- 6- 5- 4 C. 2- 6- 3- 5- 6- 4
B. 2- 3- 1- 5- 4- 6 D. 3- 2- 6- 5- 1- 4

GOOD LUCK