TRY OUT TEST OF ACADEMIC YEAR SMA

2011-2012 3
(UN READING)
Duration : 70 minutes B
LISTENING SECTION

PART I
Questions 1 to 6

Direction :
In this part of the test, you will hear some dialogues and questions spoken in English. The
dialogues and the questions will be spoken two times. They will not be printed in your test book,
so you must listen carefully to understand what the speakers say.
After you listen to a dialogue and the question about it, read the five possible answers and decide
which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Now listen to a sample question.

You will hear

Man : Well, I’m very glad to have you with me. By the way, my name’s James Bond.
How do you do?
Woman : How do you do? I’m Barbara

You will also hear:

Narrator : What do we learn from the dialogue?

You will read in your test book:

Sample answer:
a. The man has never met Barbara before.
b. The man never knows James Bond.
c. Barbara has met the man before.
d. Barbara met James Bond yesterday.
e. Barbara meets James Bond every day.

The best answer to the question is “The man has never met Barbara before.”
Therefore, you should choose answer (a)
 1. A. The best way to find witness D. The lost family
B. Any of the man’s witness E. Her witnesses on crimes
C. The war on crimes

2. A. She wants to know about the man. D. She has met the man before
B. She never met the man. E. She knows the man.
C. She knows nothing about the man.

3. A. They are strangers D. There is nothing to talk.

B. They know nothing about Randy E. They are looking for Randy.
C. There is something to talk to Randy

4. A. The woman dislikes cheese cake.

B. The woman brings a lot of cheese cake.
C. They both want another cheese cake.
D. The man will not bring another cheese cake.
E. The woman has eaten cheese cake.

5. A. They enjoy their break time. D. Both are very busy

B. The man is very busy. E. They have nothing to do
C. The woman is very tired.

6. A. The woman doesn’t need anything at the moment.

B. The woman never wants anything.
C. The man needs help.
D. The man is asking for information.
E. The woman needs something right now.

Part 2
Question 7 to 10
Directions : In this part of the test you will hear several questions or statements spoken in English. The
questions and responses will be spoken two times. They will not be printed in your test book, so you must
listen carefully to understand what the speakers say. You have to choose the best response to each
statement or question.

Now listen to a sample question.

Woman : Well, I’m very glad you to have you with me. By the way, my name’s Lucy Liu.
Howdo you do?
Man : …..
a. How do you? I’m Setiawan
b. I’m fine thank you
c. Let me introduce myself
d. How do you know me?
The best answer to respon the question “How do you do?” is choice a, “How do you do? I’m Setiawan.”
Therefore you should choose answer (a).

7. Mark your answer on your answer sheet.

8. Mark your answer on your answer sheet.
9. Mark ycur answer on your answer sheet.
10. Mark your answer on your answer sheet.

Part 3
Question 11 to 15

Direction : In this part of the test, you will hear several monologues. Each monologue will
be spoken two times. They will not be printed in your test book, so you must listen carefully to
understand what the speakers are saying.

After you hear a monologue and the questions about it, read the five possible answers and decide
which one would be the best answer to questions you have heard.

11.A. In a hilly place D. Far from mountain

B. Near the mountain E. Near Semarang
C. In a low area

12.A. Visit the area D. Call (021) 8448895

B. By e-mail E. Write a letter
C. Call the information center

13. A. Recount B. Report C. Description D. News item E. Explanation

14. A. The mine abandoned four years ago.

B. Local residents continuing digging for coal.
C. 25 people being trapped in a flooded coal mine.
D. The illegal digging at the state capital of India.
E. State-run Easter Coalfield Ltd.

15. A. In eastern India D. Between India and Pakistan

B. Near the state capital, India E. 230 kilometers
C. Not far from India.

This is the end of the listening test

Reading Section

The following text is for questions number 16 to 18

Memo
Parrot Communications, Inc.

To : All Office Personnel

From : Dena Degenaro
Office Manager
Date : August 28
Re : Parking

I am sure you have all seen the recent notice about the parking garage reconstruction this week.
Since we have five times as many employees as allotted parking passes, we will reserve the parking
passes for clients and ask our employees to make alternative plans. For your convenience, we have
obtained subway passes that are valid for the entire amount of time that the garage reconstruction
will last. They are available at a 25% discount to all Parrot Communications employees. Please see
me before the end of this week if you are interested in getting one. Thank you.

16. What is the text about ….

A. an announcement for office manager D. a parking garage reconstruction
B. a parking site information E. parking employees
C. a job vacancy

17. They are available at a 25% discount to all Parrot Communications employees.
The underlined word refers to ….
A. parking ticket D. the garage reconstruction
B. clients E. subway passes
C. employees

18. The message is for …..

A.the subscribers D. the builder
B. the employees E. security personnel
C. the assistant

The following text is for questions number 19 to 21.

The Omnicable Company representatives said yesterday that John A. Kaspar, its president
and chief operating officer, would resign on April 30. The announcement added to
speculation that the worl’s third-largest cable television system could be bought within a
few weeks. Mr. Kaspar, 62, said he was leaving after more than 22 years for “personal
reasons.”
19. What might happen to the company?
A. it may be bought D. it may become international
B. it may expand E. it will be taken by a new manager
C. it may diversify

20. How long has Mr. Kasper worked for Omnicable?

A. for a few weeks D. 62 years
A. Since April 30 E. since the company set up
B. Since he was 40

21. What kind of business is Omnicable?

A. communications D. service
B. computer E. package delivery
C. manufacturing

The following text is for questions number 22 to 24

DATA ENTRY/CLERK Insurance firm seeks reliable, detailed-oriented person for operations
division. Responsibilities include data entry, filing and word processing. Good salary and
benefits. Pleasant atmosphere. Room to advance.

Send your CV to
8244 Centergate Street
San Antonio, TX 78217 - 0099

22. The text mainly discusses about ….

A. good salary D. computer field
B. Job vacancy E. insurance
C. three responsibilities

23. What is the responsibility of this job?

A. answering the phone D. Operating a division
B. data entry E. filling the ink
C. selling insurance

24. What is one benefit of the position?

A. They will give you your own office later
B. You can have promotions soon.
C. Benefits apply to freshgraduate.
D. You can earn commissions
E. You will have healthy room.
The following text is for questions number 25 to 28.

Garuda to get more planes, eyes more passengers in 2012

Publicily listed PT Garuda Indonesia expects to have at least 20 new planes in operation
next year and to boost the total number of passengers to 20 million.

Garuda president director Emirsyah Satar said that the new planes would comprise five
sub-100 seater jets, four Boeing 737 – 800 and 11 Airbus 330. He revealed that Garuda
currently had 88 airplanes.

“Three of four new 737-800 will replace the operations of the old ones. Nine Airbus will
be for Citilink (Garuda’s low-cost carrier brand), which currently has 10 planes, “Emirsyah said
during the company’s monthly public expose here on Monday.

Garuda director of finance Elisa Lumbantoruan said the company would allocate about
US$400 million to bring the new planes to the country.

25. The text is mainly about ….

A. The condition of Garuda company in the future.
B. Garuda is planning to buy some new planes.
C. Garuda has to pay high tax for the new planes.
D. The regenaration of the director of Garuda.
E. The cost of new Garuda planes in 2012.

26. How many kinds of new planes will be bought by Garuda?

A. 88 B. 3 C. 20 million D. 800 E. 100

27. We can conclude from the text that ….

A. Garuda needs to loan some money to buy the amount of new planes.
B. Garuda is buying new planes to boost the number of passengers.
C. the Garuda management needs to develop their technology.
D. Garuda will have much benefit after buying some new planes.
E. Garuda gives more facilities for its passangers in the year of 2012.

28. Publicily listed PT Garuda Indonesia expects to have at least 20 new planes.…(paragraph 1)
The synonym of the underlined word is ….
A. demands D. accepts
B. offers E. Denies
C. requests
The following text is for questions number 29 to 32

A few years ago my family and I were living in Canada. Our flat was next to Central
Park and on Sundays I went for a run. A lot of people had told me to be careful of pickpockets
in the park, so I didn’t usually take anything with me.

One morning my mother asked me to buy some bread on the way home, so I put $15 in
my back pocket. While I was running, another jogger bumped into me. He said sorry and
continued running. I thought it was bit strange, so I checked my pocket and found that the
money was missing. I started shouting and demanding him to give me the $15. I was really
angry. This frightened him and he quickly put his hand in his pocket and gave me the money.
Then he ran away as fast as he could.

I bought the bread and went home. I told my mother about the incident. She
immediately interrupted, “I saw you left the money on the kitchen table before you jogged.”
Then, I went to the kitchen and saw the money was still on the table. I realized that I had done
a big mistake.

Adapted from Cutting-edge

29. The texts mainly talk about ….

A. The writer’s experiences when he was helping his mother.
B. The writer’s story about his struggle to fight the pickpocket.
C. The writer’s experience when he was jogging in the park.
D. The writer’s good experiences living in Canada with his family.
E. The writer’s mother urged his son to go shopping while he was jogging.

30. What did the other jogger do when he bumped into the writer?
A. He ran away as fast as he could.
B. He quickly took the writer’s money.
C. He shook the writer’s hand immediately
D. He was very shocked and screamed.
E. He said apology to the writer and went on running

31. What we can learn from the text above?

A. The pickpocket frightened the writer in the park.
B. The writer didn’t buy some bread for his mother.
C. The man and the writer were running together in the park.
D. The writer didn’t like to go jogging because it was dangerous.
E. The man who bumped into the writer actually didn’t take his money.
32. She immediately interrupted, ….(paragraph 3)
The underlined word refers to……..
A. The bread seller D. the writer
B. The writer’s mother E. the other jogger
C. The writer’s sister

The following text is for questions number 33 to 37

Human body is made up of countless million of cells. Food is needed to build up
new celss and replace the worn out. However, the food we take must be changed into
sunstances that can be carried in the blood to the places where they are needed. This
process is called digestion.

The first digestive process takes place in the mouth. The food we eat is broken up
into small pieces by the action of teeth, mixed with saliva containing digestive juices
which moisten the food, so that it can be swallowed easily.

From the mouth, food passes through the esophagus-the food passage-into the
stomach. Here the food is mixed with the juices secreted by the cells in the stomach for
several hours. Then the food enters the small intestine. All the time the muscular wall of
intestine are squeezing, mixing and moving the food onwards.

In a few hours, the food changes into acids. The acids are soon absorbed by the
villi (microscopic branch projection from the intestine walls) and passed into
bloodstream.

33. Which of the following is the most suitable title for the text?
A. The Process of Saliva D. How the Food Changes into Acids
B. The Digestive System E. The Process of Building up New Cells
C. The Food and its Process

34. Where does the second digestive process take place?

A. in the mouth D. in the muscular wall
B. in the stomach E. in the small intestine
C. in the esophagus

35. The food can be swallowed easily because ….

A. it has been digested D. it will pass the esophagus
B. it is carried by the blood E. it is already in the stomach
C. it is moistened by saliva
36. What is the purpose of the text?
A. to describe human body
B. to explain the process of digestive system
C. to inform the reader the function of food
D. to process food in our organ
E. to explain the work of intestine

37. All the time the muscular walls of intestine are squeezing …..(paragraph 3).
The closest meaning of the underlined word is ….
A. To mix slowly D. to process
B. To push up E. to press firmly
C. To produce gradually

The following text is for questions number 38 to 41

The latest environment issue these years is about global warming. Some
conferences held in any places in our country. The reason is to find out some solution to
avoid the bad effect toward our life.

Global warming is the changing of climate. Temperatures vary from day to day and
year to year. Global warming is very dangerous. Why is it so?

Global warming melts the ice at the poles. This would then cover all the flat coastal
lands. People would have less land on which to live or grow food.

Plants and animals are adapted to their climates. If the climate changes rapidly,
many may not be able to adapt. Some species will simply die out. Others may spread to
cooler climates. They will be struggling with species already in place.

So what can we do to save the planet? People should stop cutting down forest and
burning the wood. There must be a clear regulation of the use of cars and other machines
to deccrease the amount of greenhouse gasses in the athmosphere. Otherwise the earth
and all the entirely life will vanish.

38. The text discusses about ….

A. the climate change conference D. the greenhouse effect
B. the ice melting process E. the danger of global warming
C. the changing of temperature
39. The last paragraph tells us about ….
A. an advice how to stop cutting down and burning the wood
B. a suggestion to overcome the climate changing
C. a warning if the global warming influences our life
D. the writer’s opinion about the environment
E. the number of greenhouses in our neighborhood

40. The text is written to ….

A. describe the earth condition recently
B. discuss the positive side of climate changing
C. persuade the readers to solve the case
D. report the environment issue
E. amuse the readers with the situation

41. Temperatures vary from day to day year to year. The underlined word can be replaced with
….
A. Iincrease B. change C. incline D. move E. improve

The following text is for questions number 42 to 45

Ultraviolet light means the invisible of the spectrum beyond violet. This light has
always been regarded as very useful because it is used to cure certain skin diseases, kill
bacteria, detect counterfeit money, from vitamin, etc.

Along with increasingly extensive use of computers in financial activities, ultraviolet

light has been widely applied by banks to identify the signatures of their customers in
passbooks. When a customer opens a new account with the bank, the bank teller always
asks him to sign on a card places in the signature column of passbook. When a card is
removed, the trace of his signature will be left, this can be used to compare with the
signature on the customer’s withdrwal slip under ultraviolet light.

Ultraviolet light has many practical applications, but it may be harmful to human
beings on some occasions. To everyone’s knowledge, the direct impact of the light on the
eyes for an excessive length of time may blind a person.

Even though it can cure certain diseases, it is also very harmful to skin. A study just
completed in the United States says that the light may cause skin cancer. The ultraviolet rays
of the sun have been ranked as the third most dangerous cancer-causing agent after alcohol
and tobacco.

It is time to be careful of the excessive and uncontrolled exposure to the sun rays.
42. The text above tells us about ….
A. The danger of ultraviolet light to people’s health
B. the application of the ultraviolet rays on human being
C. the advantages and disadvantages of ultraviolet ray
D. the use of ultraviolet light in business
E. the effect of ultraviolet for people’s health

43. Based on the text which one is the most dangerous cancer-causing?
A. ultraviolet B. tobacco C. unhealthy food D. medicine E. alcohol

44. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?

A. people may be blind because of the excessive length of ultraviolet.
B. ultraviolet is a part of spectrum and it is visible
C. the position of ultraviolet is above the sun’s spectrum
D. skin diseases can only caused by ultraviolet
E. Ultraviolet gives much benefit for human life.

45. ….but it may be harmful to human beings on some occasions..(paragraph 1)

The underlined word has the same meaning as ….
A. Devastated D. valuable
B. Skillful E. dangerous
C. Precious

The following text is for questions number 46 to 50

2012 is Roland Emmerich's film which uses the Mayan calendar and other end-of-days prophecies for
their doomsday scenario. It imagines the world coming to an end in 2012.

2012 film brings off a series of wonders. The movie hits its peak early on. It starts when Cusack drives
a limo through the streets of Los Angeles as freeways and skyscrapers crumble all around him from the
shock of a 10.5 earthquake. The preposterous flying sequence is equally thrilling. The climax occurs
aboard the giant ark, when an equipment malfunction almost threatens the entire mission.

Unfortunately, the crucial sequence is not filmed or edited with the requisite clarity. In 2012 film,
Emmerich leaves us befuddled as to exactly what is happening to whom. However, Emmerich' 2012
deserves credit for offbeat casting. Cusack supplies his trademark hangdog charm. McCarthy has
perhaps his best role ever as Peet's cocky. Danny Glover lends dignity to the role of the tormented
president. Chiwetel Ejiofor, as the chief scientist, brings a moving sense of anguish to a stock role. Platt
has fun playing the villain of the piece, and Woody Harrelson also chews the scenery as a bug-eyed
radio prophet trying to warn his listeners about Armageddon.

All in one, 2012's cinematography, production design and visual effects are awards-worthy. Music also
propels the movie. It presents American Idol runner-up, Adam Lambert, who provides a rousing anthem
over the end credits.
Simplified from:
www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/2012
46. The best title for the text above is ….
A. 2012 Film review D. Film critics
B. The best Film Ever E. The Making of 2012 Film
C. Film Discussion

47. The information about the soundtrack of the film based on the text above is….
A. sung by the director and the actors
B. sung by the second winner of a song competition
C. composed by the winner of American Idol
D. recorded and distributed a month before the film was made
E. the best soundtrack film in America chart show

48. The major complication of the film 2012 happens when ….

A. the bug-eyed radio prophet trying to warn his listeners about Armageddon.
B. the crucial sequence is not filmed or edited with the requisite clarity
C. it uses the Mayan calendar for the doomsday scenario and the plot
D. an equipment of the ark is malfunction almost threatens the entire mission.
E. Adam Lambert provides a rousing anthem over the end credits.

49. The purpose of the text written above is ….

A. to discuss the making of 2012 D. to entertain the readers with the film
B. to explain the process the film E. to criticise a film entitled 2012
C. to describe the actors in the film

50. Unfortunately, the crucial sequence is not filmed or edited with the requisite clarity.
(paragraph 3). The synonym of the underlined word is …
A. Best B. worth C. expensive D. important E. new
 The answer key of 12 grade Try Out test (code B)

Academic year 2011-2012

1.C 11.A 21.A 31.E 41.B

2.E 12.E 22.B 32.B 42.C
3.C 13.D 23.B 33.B 43.E
4.E 14.C 24.D 34.C 44.A
5.B 15.A 25.B 35.C 45.E
6.A 16.D 26.B 36.B 46.A
7.A 17.E 27.B 37.E 47.B
8.D 18.B 28.A 38.E 48.D
9.C 19.A 29.C 39.B 49.E
10.A 20.C 30.E 40.C 50.D