SANGAT RAHASIA
UJIAN SEKOLAH
BERSTANDAR NASIONAL
TAHUN PELAJARAN 2017/2018
KABUPATEN/KOTA MAKASSAR
UTAMA
SMA/MA
PROGRAM STUDI
IPA
BAHASA INGGRIS
KAMIS, 22 Maret 2018 (07.30 – 09.30)
DINAS PENDIDIKAN
PROVINSI SULAWESI SELATAN
MATA PELAJARAN
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Mata Pelajaran : Bahasa Inggris
Jenjang : SMA/MA
Program Studi : IPA/IPS
WAKTU PELAKSANAAN
Hari/Tanggal : Kamis, 22 Maret 2018
Jam : 07.30 – 09.30
PETUNJUK UMUM
1. Periksalah Naskah Soal yang Anda terima sebelum mengerjakan soal yang meliputi:
a. Kelengkapan jumlah halaman beserta urutannya.
b. Kelengkapan nomor soal beserta urutannya.
2. Laporkan kepada pengawas ruang ujian apabila terdapat lembar soal, nomor soal yang
tidak lengkap atau tidak urut, serta lembar jawaban yang rusak atau robek untuk
memperoleh gantinya.
3. Gunakan bolpoin/pulpen yang bertinta hitam atau biru untuk mengisi Lembar Jawaban
dengan ketentuan sebagai berikut:
a. Tulislah Nomor Peserta Anda pada kotak yang disediakan.
b. Tulislah Nama Anda pada kotak yang disediakan.
c. Tulislah Nama Mata Pelajaran yang diujikan pada kotak yang disediakan.
d. Kode Mata Pelajaran dan Kode Peserta diisi oleh panitia USBN.
e. Berilah tanda silang (X) pada huruf jawaban yang Anda anggap benar.
f. Apabila ada jawaban yang Anda anggap salah dan Anda ingin memperbaiki,
coretlah dengan dua garis lurus mendatar pada jawaban Anda yang salah, kemudian
beri tanda silang (X) pada huruf jawaban yang Anda anggap benar.
Contoh:
Pilihan salah : A B C D E
Dibetulkan menjadi : A B C D E
4. Mintalah kertas buram kepada pengawas, bila diperlukan.
5. Waktu yang tersedia untuk mengerjakan Naskah Soal adalah 120 menit.
6. Naskah terdiri dari 40 butir soal pilihan ganda yang masing-masing dengan 5 (lima)
pilihan jawaban dan 5 butir soal uraian.
7. Dilarang menggunakan kalkulator, HP atau alat bantu hitung lainnya.
8. Periksalah pekerjaan Anda sebelum diserahkan kepada pengawas ruang ujian.
9. Lembar soal boleh dicoret-coret, sedangkan lembar jawaban tidak boleh dicoret-coret.
SELAMAT MENGERJAKAN
Berdoalah sebelum mengerjakan soal.
Kerjakan dengan jujur, karena kejujuran adalah cermin kepribadian.
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A. PILIHAN GANDA
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4. The main idea of the second parapgraph is….
A. the writer’s visit to Gantung
B. the journey to Belitung
C. the trip on the second day
D. the writer’s impression on the island
E. what the writer did in Gantung
5. .”It was long journey, but we felt excited that” (line 6, paragraph 2)
The word journey has the closest meaning as ….
A. destination
B. holiday
C. itinerary
D. travel
E. trip
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8. No one will know,” they thought. (Paragraph 4)
The word ‘they’ refers to …..
A. people
B. the families
C. the king
D. passers by
E. the man and his wife
Benteng Belgica of Belgica fort is a heritage fortress from Portugese built in Bandaneire,
Maluku Tengah. Bandaneira was important for Dutch and Portuguese since it produced some
of rare spices. Since this city was the center of trading, a fortress needed to be built. This
fortress also played the role as a prison and the place for keeping the gun.
In addition to the historical value, this place also has stunning view. The building has been
standing for 400 years. Belgica has another name; the Indonesian pentagon, because of its
pentagon shape.
By having typical European style, this fort has ‘bastion’ on the building. Bastion is a hole in
the wall of the fortress, to place the cannon inside it. In fact, we can see the existence
of the cannon at this place, a genuine cannon sine the Dutch era. Moreover, Belgica has open
space located in the middle of the fortress and it was used as a prison. There are towers at
each side of the fort, and stair to reach the peak of the tower. From the peak, we can see the
Banda Islands with naked eyes.
To reach this place is easy. If you are coming from Ambon, you can use a ship to Yos Sudarso
Seaport in Bandaneira. After arriving at the seaport, you can use a public transport to the
fortress, such as taxi, ojek, or angkot.
10. According to the text, we can learn historical value in Belgica fort because ….
A. It offers some of original and old weaponry
B. It was built in the middle of Banda Islands
C. It can be reached easily
D. It is near Yos Sudarso airport
E. It has European architecture
11. Bandaneira was important for Dutch and Portuguese since it produced rare species.
(para. 1)
The underlined word means ….
A. A lot
B. Many
C. Few
D. Big
E. great
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Jellyfish are not really fish. They are invertebrate animals. This means that unlike fish
or people, they have no backbones. In fact, they have no bones at all.
Jellyfish have stomachs and mouths, but no heads. They have nervous systems for
sensing the world around them, but no brains. They are made almost entirely of water, which
is why you can look through them.
Some jellyfish can glow in darkness by making their own light. The light is made by a
chemical reaction inside the jellyfish. Scientists believe jellyfish glow for several reasons. For
example, they may glow to scare away predators or to attract animals they like to eat.
Most jellyfish live in salt water, apart from a few types that live in fresh water.
Jellyfish are found in oceans and seas all over the world. They live in warm, tropical seas and
in icy waters near the North and South poles.
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November 1st
Josie Waters
Fielders Pharmacy
14 Broadway
London, SE1 7DG
I trust that a period of two weeks is sufficient for you to find a replacement for my
position. I would be pleased to help train the individual you choose to take my place.
Thank you for employing me for the past three years. My experience as clerk,
supervisor, and floor manager has been very positive and I’m confident that I will use
many of the skills I have learned at Fielders in the future.
Annie Wright
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Text for questions 18 to 20.
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Mice might look cute, but they can be harmful pest that destroy household items, eat,
and mess with food and can spread severe diseases through their feces and parasites they
carry. Here are some useful tips on how to repel house mice.
First, use peppermint, put the peppermint near wall corners. Then, pour generous
amount of peppermint oil on cotton balls. After that place the saturated cotton balls on areas
where mice are possibly seen-around counter tops, under the sofas in your living room.
Finally, put them behind shelves, wall corners or on the floor beneath your kitchen sink.
23. “can spread severe diseases through their feces and parasites they carry. (Paragraph 1)
What does the underlined word mean?
A. Food
B. Feces
C. disaster
D. illness
E. Parasites
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24. Why did the authorities lower the alert status of the volcano level 4 to level 3?
Because …
A. The eruption was not dangerous anymore
B. The ash falling lasted only 140 seconds
C. The volcanic activities had decreased
D. The volcanic eruptions did not cause any destructions
E. The volcanic level 4 was the highest level of alert status
25. PVMBG has installed a detector on Mt. Agung to serve as an early warning system.
The word ‘ installed’ has the same meaning as ….
A. Fixed
B. Repaired
C. Improved
D. Set
E. Created
2. “Many plant and animal species around the world are endangered.” (line 1)
The word “endangered” has the same meaning as ….
A. threatened
B. risk
C. protected
D. kept
E. survived
Abdullah was one of the richest men in town, but you could easily mistake him for a
beggar. It was his theory that since there were so many people rob a rich man, it was safe to
pretend to be poor. And so he did.
But he really didn’t have to pretend. Stingy to the core he found it very easy to be
poor. So what it if people sniggered and children called out, Kanjoos! Kanjoos! (miser, miser)
whenever he passed by in his worn out clothes. Abdullah became more content with his
growing pile of money as the years went by.
One day, he bought a huge lump of gold with all the money he had amassed. He dug a
hole in the ground near an unused well and buried the gold by there. He was sure that no thief
would be able to find that place. With this happy thought, Abdullah checked on his treasure
daily. But can you really keep a hiding place hidden if you looked at it every day?. Before
long the town was whispering about Abdullah’s mysterious visits to the unused well in the
dead of the night. It wasn’t long before a curious soul discovered the gold, let out a yell of joy
and ran away with the miser’s treasure.
Naturally, on his next visit, Abdullah found the hole empty. He began howling with
grief and soon a crowd had assembled. They watched him grieve the way people mourn the
loss of a dear one.
Finally, a neighbor came forward and asked him to stop it. “You want your gold? Just
pick up a heavy stone and drop it in the hole. Pretend it is the gold you lost”
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“How can you make fun of me at a time like this,” wailed the stricken man. “I’m not
making fun of you, friend!” said the wise neighbor. “How did you use the gold while it was
here, except gaze at it every day? You could do the same with the stone.”
Abdullah was silenced
Global warming is the significant increase in the Earth’s temperature over a relatively
short period of time as a result of human activity. Scientists believe that the Earth is currently
facing period rapid warming brought by the rising levels of heat-trapping gases, known as
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases occurs naturally and without them, the
planet would be too cold to sustain life as we know it.
How does global warming occur? It occurs when carbon dioxide (CO2) and other air
pollutants and greenhouse gases collect in the atmosphere and absorb sunlight and solar
radiation that have bounced off the earth’s surface. Normally, this radiation would escape into
space—but these pollutants, which can last for years to centuries in the atmosphere, trap the
heat and cause the planet to get hotter. That's what's known as the greenhouse effect.
In the United States, the burning of fossil fuels to make electricity is the largest source of
heat-trapping pollution, producing about two billion tons of CO2 every year. The country’s
second-largest source of carbon pollution is the transportation sector, which generates about
1.7 billion tons of CO2 emissions a year.
The impacts of global warming are tremendous. Extreme heat waves have caused tens of
thousands of deaths around the world in recent year. Antarctica has been losing about 134
billion metric tons of ice per year since 2002 . This rate could speed up if we keep burning
fossil fuels at our current pace, some experts say, and causing sea levels to rise several meters
over the next 50 to 150 years.
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Stephen King’s new ‘Joyland’ mixes chills with amusement park thrills
Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story
of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carrier and
confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and ways both will
change his life forever.
“Joyland” has a patina of the supernatural : There is the ghost as well as Devin’s
friendship with a 10-year-old disabled boy named Mike, who is gifted with an “authentic
psychic ability” that is “like touching another world.” Still, for all that this helps drive
the narrative, it ultimately brings us back to Devin, to the novel’s human heart.
The newest novel from the prolific Stephen King, Joyland is not what I was
expecting. We often talk about reader expectation here at The book Smugglers, usually
in the context of the hype preceding a book, or the marketing campaign around said
book. In the case of Joyland, from the vague synopsis and pulpy cover, I confess that I
was expecting something gloriously ostentatious, something excessive. A horror story
about a haunted carnival ground, in which Evil itself has manifested in the murder of
unsuspecting pretty young things, perhaps, Imagine my delight then, when I discovered
this most certainly was not the case.
But ultimately? Joyland isn’t about ghost of murders or unmasking a killer. A
heart, it’s a book growing up and moving on. It’s a bittersweet tale of love and
heartbreak, sadness and healing. And aren’t those the best kind of stories? One of the
best Stephen King novels I’ve read in years, I thoroughly enjoyed Joyland-and it’s in the
running for one of my notable books for 2013. It absolutely recommended. Joyland will
be coming out in paperback, and folks who want to read it will have to buy the actual
book.”
38. “The newest novel from the prolific Stephen King, ...” (Paragraph 3)
The underlined word is closest in meaning to ....
A. interesting
B. productive
C. worthwhile
D. important
E. valuable
ANNOUNCEMENT
Bandung, May 1st
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Mr. Arif Hidayat will be the head of branch office of our firm here. He has been
successfully handling the finance in the head office of our firm in Jakarta. He is
extremely knowledgeable in the field of accounting. He has been scheduled to come to
our office on May 1st, accompanied by Mr. Prabowo, the marketing manager. He will
start working on the next day.
H.R. Manager
Natharisyah
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B. URAIAN
Announcement
Free conversational English classes start
at Chermside library: Hamilton Road Chermside
on Wednesday, February 3, 2012 at 4 p.m.
and ends at 5 : 30 p.m.
People from all language levels are welcome.
Please call Steve on 0411 025 125 or
Judy at 0434 525 382
for further information
42. Read the text again, find the similar meaning from the text of the following words:
1. Begin : start
2. Without charge : free
J. K. Rowling is a British novelist who writes the phenomenal fantasy book series of
Harry Potter. The books have got worldwide attention. They have become the best selling
book series in history. The books were sold more than 400 million copies.
Joanne Rowling was born on 31th July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England. So, she
is 52 years old by 2017. J.K Rowling has average height. She is about 165 centimeters high.
and weighs 54 kilograms. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. She has married two times.
Now, she has got three children.
JK. Rowling is a terrific and successful novelist that becomes the richest woman in
England. In fact, once she had become unemployed with a destitute life. She is a determinant
and hard working person. By writing Harry Potter books which are loaded with spectacular
magic and high imagination, she turns to be very famous and wealthy.
43. How many copies of Harry Potter series were sold? 400 million
44. How did JK. Rowling become a very famous and wealthy woman? By writing Harry
Potter books which are loaded with spectacular magic and high imagination.
45. The word’ terrific’ has similar meaning as Fantastic, incredible, excellent, etc
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