PETUNJUKN UMUM:
1. Sebelum mengerjakan soal, tulislah terlebih dahulu nama, Nomor Ulangan Umum, dan
kelas pada jawaban yang tersedia.
2. Kerjakan soal-soal dengan pulpen/bolpoint, dan tidak boleh mengerjakan soal dengan
pensil/spidol.
3. Periksa dan bacalah soal-soal dengan teliti sebelum anda menjawab.
4. Jumlah soal: 40 soal pilihan ganda dan 5 soal essay semua harus dikerjakan.
5. Laporkan kepada pengawas UU kalau terdapat tulisan yang kurang jelas atau ada yang
rusak.
6. Dahulukan menjawab soal-soal yang anda anggap mudah.
7. Kerjakan pada lembar jawaban yang disediakan dengan cara memberikan tanda silang (X)
pada jawaban yang anda anggap paling benar.
8. Apabila ada jawaban yang anda anggap salah, dan anda ingin memperbaikinya, tidak
diperbolehkan memakai tipe-ex atau penghapus, melainkan dengan cara seperti dibawah ini.
Semula : a b c d e
Dibetulkan : a b c d e
9. Untuk menjawab soal-soal essay (uraian) perbaikan dengan cara mencoret jawaban yang
salah dengan dua garis dan menulis di atas jawaban yang diperbaiki.
10. Selamat mengerjakan.
PETUNJUK KHUSUS:
I. Some texts and questions will be given in this section. Read them carefully and answer the
questions by crossing a, b, c, d or e in your answer sheet!.
Text 1 is for questions number 1-5.
Icebergs are mountains of freshwater ice floating in the ocean. They are huge chunks broken off
from the great masses of land ice called glaciers.
Almost all of Greenland and Antarctica are covered by glaciers the year round. Glaciers also cover
parts of Alaska. They are formed by layers of packed snow. Glacier may be thousands of meters
thick. Their front ends, or tongues, reach down to the sea. At the coast the tips of the tongues
break off, plunge into the oceans, and become icebergs. This process is called calving.
When calving occurs, a loud cracking noise fills the air. Sometimes a low rumbling can be heard for
hours before the ice actually breaks away. People close enough can hear the hissing of air as it
escapes from bubbles bursting in the ice along the break.
Glaciers calve all year round. Just as many icebergs break off in winter as in summer. But in winter
their passageway to open the sea is often jammed with masses of frozen seawater. Icebergs pile
up behind this jam of sea ice. In the spring, when the ice block is broken, a whole fleet of icebergs
may sail out toward the open ocean.
Icebergs from the eastern coast of Greenland drift southward. They are carried by the Greenland
Current, which then swings them northward around the tip of the island. Part of the way up the
coast the icebergs are caught in the cold Labrador Current and carried southward toward
Newfound-land
On the way, most of the icebergs become grounded among the many islands and bays along the
Labrador coast. The others float on toward the open sea. Off Newfoundland they are caught by a
warm current from the south called the Gulf Stream. Icebergs that do not ground and remain in
the Labrador Current often enter the lanes used by ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
An iceberg starts to break up almost as soon as it is afloat. Cracks appear and become filled with
water from ice that melts during the day. When this melted water freezes at night, it expands and
widens the cracks. The ice is weakened, and pieces of iceberg break off and float away. The
iceberg becomes smaller and smaller. Most icebergs melt completely within a few days of entering
the Gulf Stream
1. What does the text tell us about?
1. What calving is
2. What glaciers cover
3. How far glaciers cover
4. How icebergs exist*
5. How iceberg is defined
1. In what paragraph is the definition of iceberg found?
1. Paragraph 1*
2. Paragraph 2
3. Paragraph 3
4. Paragraph 4
5. Paragraph 5
1. Calving is ….
1. The loud cracking noise in the air
2. The process of becoming icebergs *
3. The coast tip falling down into the sea
4. The tongues of Glaciers reaching down to the sea
5. The plunging process of a certain part of Glaciers
1. The purpose of this text is….
1. to describe Iceberg in detail
2. to give readers the information of Iceberg
3. to tell about the area covered with huge Icebergs
4. to explain the process of iceberg as a natural phenomena *
5. to retell natural events for the purpose of informing or entertaining
1. They are the huge chunks broken off from the great masses of land ice called glaciers
The bold word has the same meaning as ….
1. gigantic
2. strong
3. tiny
4. wide
5. hard
1. When you are driving a car. ………your child at the back of your own seat!
1. don’t forget to seat
2. I’d like to put a seat
3. remember to sit down
4. I’d like you to have a seat
5. you are seated
2. John : …… I completely forgot to bring your novel. ….
Cindy : It’s okay, you can return it tomorrow
1. I forgive you – you are very kind
2. I am really sorry – It’s very kind of you
3. I give my apology – this won’t happen again
4. I forgive you – this won’t happen again
5. I am really sorry – this won’t happen again*
1. The murder …. yet though people really hope the murderer ….
1. has not solved – catch
2. has not to solve – caught
3. has not to be solved – be caught
4. has not been solved – to be caught*
5. has not been solved – being caught
1. Eddy : This room …….every day. This seems no dust on it. It’s so shiny
Roy : I think so
1. can be very clean
2. may so clean
3. will be cleaned
4. must be cleaned*
5. must be extremely clean
Text 2 is for questions number 10-15.
My neighbour’s children love playing hide-and-seek as all children do, but no one expected that a
game they played last week would be reported in the local newspaper.
One afternoon, they were playing in the street just outside the post office. Young Ian, who is only
five years old found the perfect place to hide. His sister, Janet, had shut her eyes and was
counting up to ten when Ian noticed that the small metal door of the letter-box had been left
open. The postman had just taken all the letters out and had gone into the post office to see if
there were any parcels. Ian climbed into the letter-box and pulled the door from the inside so hard
that it locked. Soon realizing what he had done, he became very frightened and started crying.
Meanwhile, Janet was looking for him everywhere but could not find him. It was lucky she
happened to stop outside the letter-box and hear her brother’s cries. She immediately ran to tell
the postman who hurried out to unlock the metal door. Ian was now free, but he had had such a
bad fright that he could not stop crying. The postman, however, soon found a way of making him
laugh again. He told him that next time he wanted to hide in a letter-box, he should remember to
stick a stamp on himself
1. What is the text about?
1. The most harmful event of game
2. The writer’s neighbor’s children playing game
3. The game played by the writer’s neighbor children
4. The dangerous game done by the writer’s neighbor’s children
5. The event of when the children of the writer’s neighbor’s were playing game*
1. Which one of the following does the story tell?
1. Janet had already finished counting ten
2. Ian locked himself purposefully in the letterbox
3. Ian was able to unlock the letterbox himself
4. Janet was the one who told the postman about the problem*
5. The postman got such a fright that he could open the letterbox
1. “My neighbour’s children love playing hide-and-seek as all children do, but no one
expected that a game they played last week would be reported in the local newspaper. One
afternoon, they were playing in the street just outside the post office.”
The above is the ……..of the text
1. thesis
2. description
3. orientation*
4. explanation
5. general classification
1. “Soon realizing what he had done, he became very frightened and started crying ” The
underlined word in the sentence above can be classified into….
1. verbal verb
2. mental verb
3. relational verb
4. existential verb*
5. behavioral verb
1. What is the communicative purpose of the text?
1. To retell a story for entertaining*
2. To describe the way things look like
3. To inform readers about events of the day.
4. To describe particular participants, Ian and Janet
5. To explain the processes involved in natural phenomena.
1. Ian climbed into the letter-box and pulled the door from the inside so hard that it locked.
Soon realizing what he had done, he became very ….. and started crying.
1. amused
2. bored
3. friendly
4. panicky
5. delighted
1. Jean : ……
Mr. Thomson : my pleasure. What can I do for you?
Jean : I need to move this table to that corner.
1. Hi, help me !
2. Do you mind if I say something?
3. Excuse me, do you have the time?
4. Sorry, I hate to interrupt but I have to.
5. I’d be very grateful if you’d do me a favor*
1. Nanda : To tell you the truth, I am not too bad to fix this radio
Cindy : Really? So it means I needn’t have it repaired
In the dialogue, Nanda expresses his …. to do something
1. capability*
2. badness
3. frankness
4. feeling
5. truth
Text 3 is for questions number 18-23
II ESSAY
41. Read the passage then correct the words which have wrong spelling.
A tsunami is a series of waves generated when water in a lake or in the sea is rapidly displace on a
massive scale. Eartquake, landslide, volcanic eruptions and large meteorite impacts all have the
potential to generate a tsunami. The effacts of a tsunami can range from unnoticable to
devastating.
The term tsunami comes from the Japanese language meaning harbour (‘tsu’) and wave (‘nami’).
Although in Japanese tsunami is used for both the singgular and plural, in English tsunamis is well-
establised as the plural. The term was created by fishermen who retuned to port to find the area
surrounding the harbour devastated, although they had not been aware of any wave in the open
water.
42. Rearrange the jumbled paragraphs into the right composition
How was the plastic invented?
Today, plastic has become an integral part of our life. Its uses are endless. Transparent plastics
are used for making lenses and the windows of aeroplanes. Polythene bags, again a plastic
product, are now being used in almost all walks of life. Articles of domestic use like buckets, cups,
brushes, combs, cabinets for radios and transistors etc, are also being made from plastics. Toys
and sports goods made from plastic have flooded the markets every where. The yarn for making
terylene cloth is in fact made from plastic. Today scientists have even succeeded in developing
heat insulating plastics. Foam cushions, seats in trains cars and aeroplanes – all are made from
plastics.
Now, plastic are used as surgical aids also. There is hardly any field of life in which plastics are not
used
The manufacture of plastic in commercial scale was started for the first one by Leo Hendrik
Backeland. He made it form phenol formaldehyde. Subsequently new techniques were developed
for the production of the plastics. Today scientist have discovered many raw materials which are
used in the making of various kinds of plastic products.
The word “plastic’ has originated from the Greek word ‘plastikos’ which means to mould. It is
made from simple organic chemicals. It has many varieties and is available in many colors and
varieties. The plastic was invented by Alexander Parkes of England in 1862. in those days it was
called ‘parkesine’ after him. In fact, this plastic was nitro-cellulose made soft by putting oil and
camphor into it.
43. Based on the text above answer the following questions
1. What kind of text is it?
2. What is the purpose of the text?
3. What parts of the General Structure of a text are paragraph 1 and 4?
4. What parts of the General Structure of a text are paragraph 2 and 3?
44. Pauline : Hi.
Rick : Do you see John?
Pauline : No, he is out but I don’t know when he’ll come back.
Rick : Well, I’m in a hurry and I must be off now.
Would like to give him this memo. I want him to meet me at Jack’s
House at 4 this afternoon.
Thanks a lot
Write the possible memo written by Rick for John using your own words!
45. Rewrite this passage. Use the correct capitalization and punctuation!
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Dear Anggi
Thank you.
7. Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE according to the text?
1. The girl hasn’t known where her parents are.
2. The girl has been found by her parents
3. The girl hasn’t found her parents yet
4. A shopkeeper has found a lost girl
Dear Ratna,
Cheers
Furi
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12. How many hours does Grand Bonanza sale open on Sunday?
1. Seven
2. Eight
3. Ten
4. Eleven
13. What will the customer receive if they buy furniture above Rp. 5.000.000,-?
1. Antique furniture.
2. A hand phone.
3. A television.
4. A 70% discount.
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Dear Dina
How are you getting along? It has been quite some time since I wrote to you. I hope you and your
family is doing well. As you can see from the address above I have moved house. My father
bought a new. We sold off the double storey terrace house and moved to a double storey
semidetached house.
I like the new house. The compound is so much bigger than the old one. There are more rooms
and we have big garden. My father said that we could have a swimming poll in the garden if we
want to. However my mother said he would rather have a rock garden complete with waterfall.
As for me I would rather have a space for playing football or badminton. I think my father will
listen to my mother.
How about visiting me and seeing our new house? I have already found a river which is good for
fishing. I think you will enjoy the weekend here. See you soon.
Sincerely yours
Budi
24. Why do you think someone would write a report like this?
Because the want to……
1. Give factual information about the thing in the world
2. Describe a particular living or non living thing
3. Present all the information about persons
4. Write how to entertain the readers
Once upon a time, in the jungle there lived a fox. His name was Rox. No one didn’t know him.
Everybody in the jungle was afraid of him because his face and style look very vicious.
One day in a summer beautiful morning, when Rox was drinking at the side of the river, he saw a
little rabbit in danger. A snake came sneaking behind the little rabbit. The snake was going to eat
the rabbit. Rox jumped over the snake as soon as possible and scared the snake away.
The little rabbit then felt relieved that Rox just save his live from the treat of the dangerous snake.
After that, the little rabbit told the whole jungle that Rox was a kind fox. He just saved his life.
There was no need to afraid of him anymore.
1. “He just save hislife”, (paragraph 3). The underlined word refers to…
1. Rox
2. Little Rabbit
3. Fox
4. Snake
kangaroo, the Australian Identity
The first kangaroos inAustralialived in the forest. They ate only insects and were about the size of
large rats. They developed from type of possum that came down from the trees to search for food
on the forest floor. Today the kangaroos are much bigger than the ancient kangaroos. The
smallest kangaroos weigh 500 gram.
There are many types of small kangaroos in Australiaalthough most people only see and hear the
big ones. A lot of the smaller kangaroos, such as burrowing and brush-tailed bettongs, are in
danger of extinction. The sheep, cattle and rabbits eat their food and the tall grasses the use to
shelter from predator like foxes and feral cats.
The kangaroos’ hop is very unusual. It is different from the jump of a large animal. If you try to
hop up the street like a kangaroo, you will get tired quickly. A kangaroo can jump 65 km/h. It has
hind legs that can store a lot of energy when it hops. Its stomach pumps air in and out of their
lungs and saves their muscles a lot of work.
Kangaroos are marsupials. They rear their young in a pouch-like koalas and wombats. In a good
condition the females of some kangaroos (for example, the red) are almost always pregnant. A
day or two after the joey is born she mates again. A female kangaroo can produce different milk
from different teats for the older and younger joeys.
The text above tells us about…….
a. The first kangaroos inAustralia.
b. The life and habitat of kangaroos
c. The types of kangaroos
d. Kangaroos food.
Text for no 39 – 42
Joko was very busy last week. He wrote some letters for his parents and friends on Monday. On
Tuesday he visited Ratu Praditya’s school. He played tennis for two hours there. Ratu is his friend.
In the evening he went to the sport shop. He bought a new tennis racket. Then he played tennis
again the whole day on Wednesday.
He stayed home in the evening. He was very tired. Then, he spoke to his parents on the phone.
On Thursday he watched the football match on television. On the weekend he visited his brother’s
badminton club at Jalan Angsana I.
42. What does the word “there” in the first paragraph refer to?
a. his parents house
b. Ratu Praditya’s school
c. Joko’s school
d. His friends house.
Garuda is an important symbol in Indonesian culture. The Garuda eagle in Hindu Mythology is
most……(43) depicted as the vehicle of the God Vishnu. ….(44) often refers to the King of all things
that fly and it was ….(45) as the name of Indonesian Airlines.
43. a. Beautifully
b. fast
c. Commonly
d. Greatly
44. a. He
b. Its
c. Him
d. It
45. a. taken
b. take
c. took
d. takes
46. Last week the students of class 2 went camping. The campsite …in a village near kaliurang. It
was about 10 kms South of Mount Merapi.
a. was
b. is
c. were
d. are
a. 2, 4, 1, 3
c. 3, 1, 4, 2
b. 4, 2, 3, 1
d. 4, 1, 2, 3