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ULANGAN TENGAH SEMESTER GENAP

TAHUN PELAJARAN 2018/2019
Mata Pelajaran : English
(Wajib)

Hari/Tanggal : Kelas/Program : XI/SSN

Jam : Peminatan : MIA-IIS
Waktu : 90 menit Kode Soal : 106

Petunjuk :
1. Awali dengan membaca Basmallah.
2. Pergunakanlah pensil hitam (2B) yang lunak untuk menulis: Nama Peserta, Nomor Peserta, Tanggal Tes, Kode Soal,
Kelas/Program, Tanda Tangan, dan Mata Pelajaran, serta menghitamkan bulatan kecil pada LJK (Lembar Jawaban
Komputer) sesuai dengan petunjuk.
3. Jawaban dikerjakan dengan cara menghitamkan bulatan pada pilihan jawaban yang Anda anggap benar.
4. Apabila ada jawaban yang keliru dan Anda ingin memperbaikinya, hapuslah jawaban yang keliru itu dengan karet
penghapus hingga bersih kemudian hitamkan jawaban lain yang Anda anggap benar.
Contoh: Pilihan semula : A B C D E

Dibetulkan menjadi : A B C D E
5. LJK jangan sampai rusak, terlipat, basah, atau kotor
6. Tuliskan identitas Anda pada Lembar Jawaban Essay
7. Lembar Jawaban Essay hanya dipergunakan untuk menjawab soal-soal essay
8. Periksa dan bacalah soal dengan teliti sebelum Anda menjawab
9. Dahulukan menjawab soal-soal yang dianggap mudah
10. Kerjakan seluruh soal pada LJK yang telah disediakan
11. Jumlah soal sebanyak 30 butir pilihan ganda dan 5 soal esay
12. Laporkan kepada pengawas jika terdapat tulisan yang kurang jelas, rusak, atau jumlah soal yang kurang
13. Periksalah pekerjaan Anda sebelum diserahkan kepada pengawas
14. Tidak diperkenankan menggunakan kamus Bahasa Inggris atau alat bantu terjemah lainnya

A. Multiple choice
Read the following text and answer the questions number 1 to 4.

Human body is made up of countless millions of cells. Food is needed to built up new cells and replace the worn
out cells. However, the food that we take must be changed into substances 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, a juice secreted by glands in the mouth. Saliva contains digestive juice which moisten the
food, so 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 walls of the intestine are squeezing, mixing and moving the food onwards.

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

1. What is the text about?

a. The digestive system
b. The digestive juice
c. The method of the digestive system
d. The process of intestine work
e. The food substances
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2. How can we swallow the food easily?
a. The food changes into acids absorbed by the villi.
b. The food must be digested first through the process.
c. The food is directly swallowed through esophagus into the stomach.
d. The food is mixed with the juices secreted by the cells in the stomach.
e. The food we take must be changed into substances carried in the blood to the places.

3. From the text above, we imply that ….

a. a good process of digestive system will help our body becoming healthier.
b. no one concerned with the process of digestive system for their health.
c. the digestive system is needed if we are eating the food instantly.
d. every body must conduct the processes of digestive system well.
e. the better we digest the food we eat, the healthier we will be.

4. “Human body is made up of countless millions of cells.” (Paragraph 1)

The underlined phrase means ….
a. Produced
b. Managed
c. Arranged
d. Completed
e. constructed

Choose the best answer by choosing a, b, c, d, or e!

5. I love living in Indonesia … the weather.

a. because
b. since
c. as
d. because of
e. but

6. The increase in the number of cars on the road has resulted … more and more traffic jams.
a. in
b. to
c. at
d. for
e. because

7. “He got to work really, really late ‘cos he missed his train”. Which cause and effect word is ‘cos short for?
a. due to
b. because
c. as
d. since
e. but

8. Keith lost his job due … cutbacks in the department.

a. for
b. at
c. to
d. by
e. in

9. The increase in tropical storms in recent year has been … global warming.
a. put up with
b. put down to
c. set down to
d. put to
e. put in

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10. Which one is not correct? “He didn’t turn up for the exam. …, he failed the course.”
a. As a result
b. Consequently
c. As a consequence
d. As a reason
e. but

This text is for questions 11 to 13.

Jl. Jambu 129

Bandung
30th January 2017

Dear Fred,

It was a real sorrow that I heard this morning of your great loss. I knew your mother was ill, for your brother told me
several weeks ago. However, as he at that time did not seem to think the illness was very serious, the news of your
mother’s death came to me as a shock. You have my sincere and heartfelt sympathy, my dear fellow, in your sorrow.
I know you will feel it deeply, for you always thought so much of your mother and loved her so truly. I feel it also as a
personal loss to myself, for your mother was always very kind to me. Her death must be a terrible grief to your
father, too. Please assure him of my sincere sympathy.

Words, I know, are poor comforters. “The heart knows its own sorrow”, and in such sorrows we are always alone.
However, it is not mere words when I say that I feel with you in your sorrow.

Your sincere friend,

Jack

11. What is the possible relation between the sender and the recipient?
a. Relatives
b. Employers
c. Friends
d. Siblings
e. Employees

12. From the letter we know that ....

a. Fred’s mother was not ill before her death
b. Jack sent letter to Fred several weeks ago
c. Jack was very sorrowful to send the letter to his mother
d. Jack had known Fred’s mother before
e. Fred is the only child in his family

13. “You have my sincere and heartfelt sympathy, my dear fellow, in your sorrow.”
What is the closest meaning of the underlined word?
a. Real
b. Caring
c. Generous
d. honest
e. curious

Read the following text and answer the questions number 14 to 17.

Have you ever wondered how people get chocolate from? In this article we'll enter the amazing world of chocolate so
you can understand exactly what you're eating.

Chocolate starts with a tree called the cacao tree. This tree grows in equatorial regions, especially in places such as
South America, Africa, and Indonesia. The cacao tree produces a fruit about the size of a small pine apple. Inside the
fruit are the tree's seeds, also known as cocoa beans.

The beans are fermented for about a week, dried in the sun and then shipped to the chocolate maker. The chocolate
maker starts by roasting the beans to bring out the flavour. Different beans from different places have different

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qualities and flavor, so they are often sorted and blended to produce a distinctive mix. Next, the roasted beans are
winnowed. Winnowing removes the meat nib of the cacao bean from its shell. Then, the nibs are blended. The blended
nibs are ground to make it a liquid. The liquid is called chocolate liquor. It tastes bitter. All seeds contain some amount
of fat, and cacao beans are not different. However, cacao beans are half fat, which is why the ground nibs form liquid.
It's pure bitter chocolate.

14. The text is about ....

a. the cacao tree
b. the cacao beans
c. the raw chocolate
d. the making of chocolate
e. the flavour of chocolate

15. The third paragraph focuses on ....

a. the process of producing chocolate
b. how to produce the cocoa flavor
c. where chocolate comes from
d. the chocolate liquor
e. the cacao fruit

16. " ..., so they are often sorted and blended to produce ..." (Paragraph 3)
The underlined word is close in meaning to ....
a. arranged
b. combined
c. separated
d. distributed
e. organized

17. How does the chocolate maker start to make chocolate?

a. By fermenting the beans.
b. By roasting the beans.
c. By blending the beans.
d. By sorting the beans.
e. By drying the beans

Choose the best answer by choosing a, b, c, d, or e!

18. Cause: Anton’s laziness

Effect: Anton gets bad examination scores
Please choose the correct sentence as following
a. Due to his laziness, Anton gets bad examination scores
b. Due to Anton is Lazi, he gets bad examination scores
c. Because of Anton is Lazy, he gets bad examination scores
d. Because his laziness, Anton gets bad examination scores
e. Because his laziness then Anton gets bad examination scores

19. Cause: Smoking

Which statement expresses the effect?
a. Cancer
b. Health body
c. Arm injury
d. Cold
e. Stomachache

20. Choose the correct statement using ‘since’ to express cause and result
a. He is handsome since he was born
b. He looks so pale since he lacks of sleep

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c. Since his health, he gives up smoking
d. Indonesia has been an independent state since 1945
e. Since I knew you, I felt happier

21. Choose the correct statement using ‘for’ to express cause and result
a. Thank you for the attention
b. The team is punished by the opposite team for the team is very careless to put more attention on the defense
line
c. Ani buys fruits for her mother
d. He comes to the school for administration matter
e. This gift is for you

22. Choose the correct statement using ‘as’ to express cause and result
a. We don’t need that new computer as we are still using the older one
b. We don’t need the new computer as the older one
c. We don’t need the new computer as a replacement for our old computer
d. The old computer still works, and as a matter of fact, we are still using it.
e. We need that new ccomputer as the the older one

This text is for questions 23 and 24.

Dear Mr. Thompson,

I recently received a letter from Mr. Robinson, a valued customer

of ours. He purchased an Italian coffee table and four French dining
room chairs from us which your company delivered to his
residence.
He has written a complaint that the purchases arrived damaged. We
pride ourselves in the quality of our product and would like an
explanation as to how this mishap occurred. Even though the items
are insured, our reputation is at stake.
I would be most grateful if you would reply as soon as possible so
that this matter can be resolved to everyone' s satisfaction.

Sincerely,
Jackie Middleton
Customer Services Manager

23. What is the customer complaining about in his letter?

a. Late delivery of the purchasing goods.
b. The damaged purchased goods.
c. Cancellation of the delivery.
d. High price of the furniture.
e. Low quality of the Product.

24. Who is Mr. Thompson?

a. A Valued Customer.
b. Delivery Service Manager.
c. Customer Service Manager.
d. Jackie Middleton's boss.
e. Mr. Robinson's employee.

Read the following text and answer the questions number 25 to 27.

Silkworms live for only two or three days after laying eggs. About 36,000 to 50,000 eggs are laid, and these
are carefully stored at the silkworm farm until they are ready to hatch. The eggs hatch into caterpillars,
which feed on mulberry leaves. Soon, the caterpillars are ready to spin their cocoons. Not all caterpillars can

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spin silk cocoons. Only the caterpillars of a silkworm moth known as ‘Bombyx mari’ can do such spinning.
This caterpillar has special glands which secrete liquid silk through its lower lip. The liquid produced later
hardens to form tine strands.

The caterpillar makes its cocoons using these strands. The threads on the outside of the cocoon are rough,
while those inside are soft and smooth.

Some fully-spun cocoons are heated. This kills the pupa inside. The cocoons are then put into hot water to
loosen the fine threads. Finally, these threads are reeled off the cocoons.

The length of unbroken thread produced by a single cocoon measures about one-and-a-half kilometers.
Being twisted together several of these threads make single woven materials.

25. What is the purpose of the text ….

a. To persuade readers to buy silk.
b. To put silk into different categories.
c. To entertain readers with the knowledge.
d. To present some points of view about silk.
e. To describe how silk comes into existence.

26. How are the threads on the outside of the cocoon ….

a. Fine.
b. Soft.
c. Rough.
d. Strong.
e. Smooth.

27. What are mulberry leaves for ….

a. Feeding caterpillars.
b. Spinning cocoons.
c. Storing threads.
d. Hatching eggs.
e. Laying eggs.

This text is for questions 28 to 30.

Dave Smith
32 Alberta Way
Kingston, ON K7P 0L0

Dear Dave Smith,

On behalf of your brother John, and all of the people of Alberta, I would like to personally invite you to visit Alberta
in 2005 to help mark the province's Centennial year.
A number of activities have been planned in the province throughout the y ear, and I know John would love to have
you visit to help mark this important milestone in Alberta's history.
To help you plan your travel, details of some of the events can be found on our website at www.albertacentennial,ca,
and additional information can be found at Travel Alberta's website at www.travelalbert,com. I am also enclosing a
special gift for you, so when you do visit Alberta you can celebrate our Centennial be learning more about our past at
one of Alberta's museums, historic sites or interpretive centres.
Please come join us as we celebrate our past and imagine our future.

Sincerely yours,

Ralph Klein

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28. What is the letter mainly about?

a. Important website.
b. A travel plan to Alberta.
c. Activities during a celebration.
d. An invitation to attend a celebration.
e. A celebration of Alberto's Centennial year.

29. Why does the sender mention the websites in his letter?
a. To see important events.
b. To browse interesting events
c. To keep up with the current news
d. To help the receiver enjoy the travel
e. To facilitate the receiver to plan his trip.

30. " Please come join us as we celebrate our past and imagine our future." (Paragraph 4)
The sentence above means …
a. do together and play together.
b. combine together and celebrate it
c. join together and do something right
d. merge together and hope to raise the product
e. let's commemorate the centennial year together

B. Essay

31. Write the expressions of cause and effect and the responses to the following situation. 30
a. A friend wants to know why you can speak Javanese fluently
b. A mother is asking her son the reason for not doing homework

32. Read the following text and answer the questions below.

Jerowaru, 1st February 2014

Dear Ivan
How are you? Hope everything is okay with you. I’m all right here.
We are going to have the national examination, aren’t we? Are you well prepared for it? Well, to be honest, I just have
some difficulties in preparing for it, especially in science. There are extra lessons in my school and I take them all. But,
I feel that they don’t help. I’m still confused in solving mathematic problems. I’m just worried that I fail the national
examination. Do you have any suggestion for me? I really appreciate your help.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Your buddy
Fahri

What does the letter tell us about? Asking for a friend’s suggestion to solve a problem 10
What is the topic of the text ? About national examination 10

Read the following text and answer the questions number 33 to 35. 60

A tsunami is a series of waves generated when water in a lake or in the sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale.
Earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions and large meteorite impacts all have the potential to generate a tsunami.
The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastating.
The term of tsunami comes from the Japanese language meaning harbour (tsu) and wave (nami). Although in Japanese
tsunami is used for both singular and plural, in English “tsunamis” is well-established as the plural. The term was
created by fisherman who returned to port to find the area surrounding the harbour devastated, although they had not
been aware of any wave in the open water. A tsunami is not a sub-surface event in the deep ocean; it simply has a
much smaller amplitude (wave heights) offshore, a very long wavelength (often hundreds kilometers long), which is

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why they generally pass unnoticed at sea, forming only a passing “hump” in the ocean.
Tsunamis have been historically referred to as “tidal waves” because as they approach land they take on the
characteristics of a violent onrushing tide rather than the sort of cresting waves that are formed by wind action upon
the ocean (with which people are more familiar). However, since they are not related to tides, the term is considered
misleading and its usage is discouraged by oceanographers.

33. What is the purpose of the text? 15

34. Waves which are created by a tsunami are very .... 15
35. Which doesn’t have the potential to generate tsunami? 15

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