Soal latihan Pra UN XII IPA

TRY OUT UJIAN NASIONAL


MATA PELAJARAN : BAHASA INGGRIS
KELAS/PROGRAM : XII IPA
WAKTU : (60 MENIT)


Reading Section.
In this part of the test, you have to choose the best answer to each question from the alternatives given.


Text 1 : Read the following text to answer questions 1 and 3.

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

There once was a poor woodcutter, named Ali Baba. He lived in the small wooden house near the forest.
One day he was gathering wood in the forest when a band of thieves approached. He hid and watched them enter a cave that opened when they said the words, “Alakazam, open!” After they departed, Ali Baba stood before the cave and gave the command “Alakazam, open!” He was surprised, the cave opened to reveal an enormous supply of gold and treasures. Ali Baba packed some of the gold on his donkeys and returned home.
His brother Qasim was rich but hardhearted merchant, discovered Ali Baba's new wealth, he demanded an explanation. The next day Qasim visited the cave and greedily gathered as much treasure as he could, but forgot the formula for leaving the cave. The thieves opened the cave and found Qasim over there. The leader of the thieves killed him.
Qasim’s wife was worried why her husband did not come home for a day. She asked Ali Baba to look for him. Ali Baba went to the cave and was surprised that his brother killed. He brought his brother’s body home and one knew it and reported that to the leader of the thieves.
The following day the leader of the thieves planed to kill Ali Baba and he came to his house. He tried to kill him, fortunately his slave, Murganah, helped him. She swung a sword and killed the leader of the thieves. Murganah freed Ali Baba from the murder.
Finally Ali Baba married Murganah and they lived happily ever after.

1. What is the purpose of writing a narrative text?
a. To review the story.
b. To amuse the reader.
c. To give the good lesson.
d. To describe the life of someone.
e. To tell the condition of the character.

2. Who helped Ali Baba?
a. Qasim
b. Himself
c. Murganah
d. Qasim’s wife
e. The leader of the thief

3. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the text?
a. The leader of the thieves killed Qasim
b. Ali Baba lived in the small wooden house near the forest.
c. Ali Baba tried to kill the leader of the thieves in the caves
d. Ali Baba married Murganah and they lived happily ever after
e. Ali Baba was surprised, the cave opened to reveal an enormous supply of gold and treasures.

Text 2 : Read the following text to answer questions 4 and 7.

Dear Mr. Mayor,
I’m writing to you about the park across Bond Street my school.
Firstly, it is a nice park and if you wreck ot and built a block of units there, there will be no playing ground for children of any age who live in the area near the school.
Secondly, there are lovely trees in the park. Birds perch on their branches and people can hear them singing and chirping. However if you wreck it and build a block of units, there will be no singing and chirping birds anymore.
Thirdly, my school is opposite the park. Sometimes my teachers take the children there to do some exercises. If you wreck the park there will be no place to do some exercises.
Therefore, Mr. Mayor, please make sure you don’t build the block of units and try to stop the builders.
Yours sincerely
Anna Smith
4. What is Anna Smith?
a. She is a mayor
b. She is a student
c. She is a teacher
d. She is a builder
e. She is a singer

5. What problem is Anna talking about?
a. Lovely trees in the park
b. Birds perching and singing in the park
c. The park across Bond Street near her school
d. The teachers who take the students in the park
e. The students who do some exercises in the park

6. What is her purpose to write the letter?
a. She wants Mr. Mayor to build the block units in the park across Bond Street.
b. She wants Mr. Mayor to wreck the block of units in the park across Bond Street.
c. She wants Mr. Mayor to cancel building the block of units in the park across Bond Street.
d. She wants Mr. Mayor to take the children to do the exercises in the park across Bond Street.
e. She wants Mr. Mayor to continue building the block of units in the park across Bond Street.

7. What is her third argument?
a. There are lovely trees in the park
b. The Mayor tries to stop the builders.
c. There will be no playing ground for children of any age
d. Teachers take the children to the park to do some exercises
e. Birds perch on their branches and people can hear them singing and chirping

Text 3 : Read the following text to answer questions 8 and 10.

Here are some statistics that may heighten your interest in the Pacific Basin. Half of the world’s wealth and over half of its population live in the 34 countries and 23 island states that embrace the Basin, which itself consists of 70 million square miles. Ninety-five percent of the world’s natural silk can be found there as well as 88 percent of its natural rubber, 22 percent of its oil resources, and 64 percent of its cotton. Well over a thousand languages are spoken in this area, and it is the source of some of the richest religious and cultural traditions in the world.
The most rapidly expanding economy in the region is Taiwan, with South Korea expected to be amongst the richest countries in the world in the twenty-first century. Not enough can be said about the market potential of China. As these countries continue to develop, their market for advanced technology will expand. The telecommunications industry, for instance, will soon take off.
It is educated labour force as well as the work ethic that accounts for the growing manufacturing power of the pacific nations. Lying on the trade routes to both East and West, this area has a unique advantage, something that few businesses can ignore.

8. Who is this report most likely intended for?
a. Companies wanting to expand their market reach
b. Translators for the Pacific region languages
c. Natural rubber manufacturers
d. The Department of Labour
e. The Pacific nations

9. Only five percent of what product can be found outside the Pacific Basin?
a. Oil
b. Cotton
c. Natural silk
d. Natural rubber
e. Telecommunications industry

10. How should readers of this report view the Pacific Basin?
a. As a growing market.
b. As a powerful opponent.
c. As a developing countries.
d. As a forbidding competitor.
e. As an overly populated region with little buying power.

11. Why is the Pacific Basin becoming the focus of the business community?
a. The area has a unique advantage.
b. The cost of labour is considerably less.
c. The area has superior educational standards.
d. It is well poised for great economic expansion.
e. There are few trade restrictions in the countries there.

Text 4 : Read the following text to answer questions 12 and 14.
Tender young shoots from many species of bamboo are eaten. Some are infinitely superior, lacking the bitterness of others; bamboo shoots from a cooler climate including those grown in higher altitudes are generally much sweeter. Only when you have tasted delicious fresh winter bamboo shoots or one of the finest high altitude varieties can you understand why Chinese poets waxed so lyrical over this vegetable.
12. Only when you have tasted delicious fresh winter bamboo shoots or one of the finest high altitude varieties
The underlined word has the similar meaning with …
a. flat
b. yummy
c. flavorless
d. unexciting
e. unpleasant

13. Which of the following sentences is NOT TRUE according to the text?
a. Many species of bamboo are eaten.
b. Superior shoots do not have the bitter taste.
c. The Chinese poets waxed so lyrical over bamboo shoots.
d. Bamboo shoots from a cooler climate are generally sweeter.
e. Bamboo shoots grow in higher altitudes are generally much sweeter.

14. The purpose of the text is … .
a. To describe the bamboo shoots
b. To persuade the reader to eat bamboo shoots
c. To explain why bamboo shoots has the finest high altitude varieties
d. To discuss different kinds of bamboo shoots, the sweet and bitter ones
e. To inform readers why Chinese poets waxed so lyrical over bamboo shoots

Text 5 : Read the following text to answer questions 15 and 17.

Honey is a sweet, thick sugary solution made by bees. The composition of honey consists of varying proportions of fructose, glucose, water, oil and special enzymes produced by bees.
The first step in making honey begins when field bees fly from flower to flower collecting the sweet juices or nectar that a flower provides. With their tongues, the field bees suck out the nectar and store it in sacs within their bodies. After filling their sacs with these sweet juices, the field bees fly back to their bee hive and regurgitate the stored nectar into the mouths of house bees.
These house bees are assigned the job of adding enzymes from their bodies to the nectar. The enzymes cause the water in the nectar to evaporate-thereby turning the nectar into honey. Lastly, the nectar is stored in a cell of a honeycomb. Overtime, the nectar ripens and becomes honey.

15. What is the text about?
a. How to make honey.
b. Honey is made by bees.
c. How honey bees make honey.
d. How to make the house of bees.
e. Inform how to describe the bees.

16. Overtime, the nectar ripens and becomes honey.
The underlined word has the similar meaning with ….
a. shines
b. refines
c. matures
d. acquires
e. contracts

17. Which of the following sentences is NOT TRUE according to the text?
a. The composition of honey consists of varying proportions.
b. Bees fly from flower to flower collecting the sweet juices or nectar.
c. The field bees suck out the nectar and store it in sacs within their bodies.
d. The field bees fly back to their bee hive and regurgitate the stored nectar into the cell house bees.
e. The enzymes cause the water in the nectar to evaporate-thereby turning the nectar into honey.

Text 6 : Read the following text to answer questions 18 and 21.

Working in the hospital isn’t always enjoyable. Some days nothing goes right and then it’s very frustrating.
Working with older people is much more difficult. They take much longer to get better. A lot of the older patients don’t want to leave hospital at all. They feel safe there and they have lots of friends. When they go home, they feel very lonely. They miss their friends. Sometimes nurses go and visit them at home when they can. But it’s hard to get the time. It causes that some of them will never really get well again. Every nurse feels sorry for them but they can’t show them how they feel. They have to be cheerful and do what they can. Nurses always try to do their best for all patients.
Thus nurses should be creative to develop amusing and enjoyable environment in order to help patients recover from their illness.

18. What is the purpose of the text?
a. To advice readers to be careful with their illness.
b. To persuade readers how to be a good nurse.
c. To inform readers how to be a nurse.
d. To share a problem with readers.
e. To describe a nurse’s job.

19. When nurses are on duty, they sometimes feel frustrated because ….
a. they have to visit their patients
b. they feel very lonely all the time
c. they always work with older people
d. they should do their best at all times
e. their jobs don’t always run smoothly
20. What is the problem faced buy nurses?
a. Older patients feel happy in the hospital.
b. These older patients have lots of friends.
c. A lot of older patients feel safe in the hospital.
d. Some older patients get worse when they are home.
e. Nurses are asked to go and visit the patients at home.

21. The writer suggests that nurses should ….
a. be creative to develop enjoyable environment when they are on duty
b. send the patients home as soon as they are recovered
c. let the patients be with their family
d. know the patient’s wealth
e. make a lot of friends

Text 7 : Read the following text to answer questions 22 and 25.

For many people, a funeral is a time of great sadness, but not for the Toraja people of southern Sulawesi. For them, a funeral is an important event and time for celebrations. According to their religion, The Toraja people believe that after they die, their soul will become angry and jealous if people do not perform special funeral ceremonies for the dead. If the ceremonies are not performed it will bring bad luck to them. That is why many of the Toraja people today still perform their ancient funeral ceremonies.
Sometimes a Toraja person is not buried immediately after death. The dead body is p[reserved in a special way in a coffin, and kept in the house until the family is ready to perform the funeral ceremony. This may be two or three years after the person’s death. When the time comes for the funeral, the coffin is taken out of the house, wrapped in a beautiful cloth, and placed inside a special construction which is made to carry the coffin. It is built like a Toraja house, with a beautiful pointed roof. Nearby a carved wooden statue of the dead person sits waiting to be carried with the coffin to the burial place. The statue is called tau-tau. Now the village people dancer around the tau-tau and the coffin, singing ancient Toraja funeral songs. Later the coffin will be buried.
22. What do the village people do before they bring the coffin to the burial place?
a. They sit nearby the coffin and cry for the dead.
b. They dance and sing old Toraja funeral songs.
c. They sit and pray together around the coffin.
d. They sit around waiting to carry the coffin.
e. They sing some beautiful funeral songs.


23. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the text?
a. If there is no funeral ceremony, there will be bad luck.
b. The Toraja people believe that there is life after death.
c. A funeral for the Toraja people is a time of great sadness.
d. A funeral ceremony is not always held immediately after a person died.
e. The coffin is put in the building like a Toraja house with a beautiful pointed roof.

24. What do Toraja people do to the dead body after the death?
a. They take it out of the house.
b. They dance and sing around it.
c. They wrap it in a beautiful cloth.
d. They preserve it in a special way in a coffin.
e. They keep it in a carved wooden construction.

25. The dead body is kept in good condition in a special way in a coffin.
The underlined words mean….
a. put
b. laid
c. buried
d. wrapped
e. preserved