Read the following caution!
NO SWIMMING IN THE AREA,
DANGEROUS!
1.Where do we possibly find such a caution?
A.At the harbor.
B.At the beach.
C.At the airport.
D.At the pond.
The text is for question 2.
Dear Tommy,Congratulation on Your SuccessHopefully your success in the regional selection of “Indonesian Idol” leads you to win in the national one.Best regardsJohan
2.What is the goal of the text?
A.Tommy congratulates Johan
B.Johan congratulates Tommy
C.Tommy tells Johan’s success
D.Johan tells Tommy’s success
The text is for question 3 and 4.
Sari, we can’t type our Biology report in my house because my PC is error. We will do it again after I repair it. I’m sorry.Thanks,Tiara
3.Where will Sari and Tiara type Biology report?
A. At school
B. In Sari’s house
C. In Tiara’s house
D. At a rental Computer
4.What is the purpose of the text above?
A.To tell Sari that Biology report typing will be cancelled.
B.To tell Sari that Tiara will repair her computer.
C.To tell Sari that Tiara’s computer is error.
D.To tell Sari to type the Biology report.
Read the text and answer question 5 and 6!
Dear SonyaHi, friend, here I invite you to my 14th birthday party.
Date : Sunday, May 15, 2009Time : 4. p.m.Place : My houseJln. Kuningan no. 32 Jakarta
Please come!
Cheers,Intan
5.How old will Intan be in 2020?
A. 23.
C. 24.
B. 25.
D. 26.
6. What is the purpose of the text?
A. Inviting someone
C. Telling past event
B. Giving compliment
D. Entertaining reader
Read the announcement below and answer question 7 to 9!
Attention,Tomorrow is the last day for you to join the English Debate Competition. So, joint it now!Contact: Ida, class VIII A
7.What competition is announced?
A. English telling stories Contest.
B. English Debate Competition.
C. English Club Competition.
D. English Speech Contest.
8.How can the students join the competition?
A. By leaving Ida.
B. By inviting Ida.
C. By contacting Ida.
D. By reminding Ida.
9.“… the last day to join the English Debate Competition”. What does the underlined word mean?
A. See
C. Perform
B. Register
D. Take part
Read the text carefully!
Our school is on Jalan Sudirman. It has eighteen classroom, two laboratories, one library, one headmaster’s room, one teacher’s room, one staff’s room, one music room, one computer’s room and one canteen. We always hold a flag ceremony in our school yard. Our school yard is not so big, that’s why if we have Physical Education lesson, we practice at the field beside our school.
10.How many kinds of rooms does the writer’s school have?
A. 9
B. 18
C. 27
D. 36
11.Where do the students have Physical Education lesson?
A.In the laboratory
B.In the classroom
C.In the school yard
D.In the field beside school.
12.What does the text tell us about?
A.School
C.Classroom
B.School yard
D.School field
Read the following text and answer the questions 13 to 15!
Dear Mellyani,On my last school holiday, my classmate and I went to Borobudur. The Borobudur Temple is really magnificent. The hugeness of the temple really impressed me. How could our ancestors build such a big temple? It was amazing.In the temple, we went upstairs step by step. Walking around the temple, we saw many relieves on the temple walls. Some foreigners seemed interested in them. I overheard their conversation with the guide. Actually, the relief tells a story.It was really a nice experience!
13.Who went to Borobudur temple?
A.The guide and I
B.my classmate and I
C.The writer and her/his friends
D.The foreigner and the ancestor
14.It was amazing. The word it refers to ….
A.our ancestor
B.Borobudur temple
C.relief on the temple’s wall
D.the hugeness of the temple
15.Borobudur temple is very magnificent. The underlined word means….
A.interesting
B.impressed
C.luxurious
D.huge
Read the following text and answer question 16 to 18!
Banana PenyetIngredients :Sweet bananaPalm sugar
Steps :First, stew the bananas. After that, peel the bananas and flatten them. Next, bake them in a pan, add some water and boil it. Finally, put the flattened the bananas on plate and pour them with some palm sugar sauce.
16.What should we do after we prepare the sauce?
A.Put the palm sugar in pan.
B.Pour the water to the sauce.
C.Peel and flatten the bananas.
D.Put the bananas on the plate.
17.How many steps are there in the text?
A.1
B.2
C.3
D.4
18.“After that, stew the bananas”. The underlined word means…
A.fry
C.boil
B.baked
D.steam
Read the text below and answer questions 19 to 22!
One day, while a mouse deer was walking in the forest, he saw a big black snack sleeping under the tree. When he saw the snake, the mouse deer was frightened. When he wanted to run away from the snake, he suddenly fell on top of a tiger which was sleeping not far from the snake. The tiger woke up and took hold of the mouse deer. He told the mouse deer that he was going to eat him for lunch. “Please don’t eat me now!” said the mouse deer. “I have something important to do”.“Look!” said the mouse deer. “That is the king’s belt. He asked me to stay here and watch it while he was away in the forest”. The tiger looked at the snake and said, “That is a beautiful belt. I need a belt like that. Can I wear it?” He asked the mouse deer.“Oh, all right, “said the mouse deer, so he picked up the snake and winded it around the tiger. Then the snake woke up and saw the tiger. The snake twisted itself tighter and tighter until the tiger couldn’t breathe. The tiger asked the mouse deer to help him. But the mouse deer turned and ran away into the forest.
19.Where was the tiger sleeping?
A.On the hill in the middle of the forest.
B.Next to the mouse deer’s house.
C.Near to the black snake sleeping under the tree.
D.Far away from the place where the mouse deer fell.
20.He told the mouse deer that he was going to eat him for lunch. What does the underlined word refer to?
A.the mouse deer
B.the mouse
C.the snake
D.the tiger
21.After reading the story we can learn that….
A.we have to behave like the mouse deer
B.we have to be careful with the mouse deer
C.sleeping black snake was a dangerous animal
D.we have to find a way to save ourselves from danger
22.Why did the mouse deer trick the tiger by saying that the snake was a king’s belt?
A.The mouse deer liked to trick other animals.
B.The mouse deer was a clever animal
C.The tiger wanted to eat him.
D.The tiger wanted to wear it.
Read the label below!
Washington AppleTotal Number of Crates Imported (by year)1996-5235651997-6556001998-5500001999-6687102000-9992502001-989222
23.How much is the crate imported of apple in 1997?
A.523565
B.550000
C.655600
D.999222
24.The total amount of crates of apples imported increased sharply in 2000. The antonym of the underlined word is….
A.dropped
B.decreased
C.multiplied
D.progressed
Read the text and answer questions 25 and 26!
My Home BaliBali is one of the beautiful islands in Indonesian country. Many tourists visit Bali to see the beautiful scenery and interesting festivals. They like to swim in the warm seas, look at the beautiful mountains and valleys, and shop for inexpensive and beautiful clothes, paintings, and woodcrafts.Bali is situated in the south of the equator of Indonesian archipelago. It is 120 kilometers wide from east to west and 80 kilometers from north to south. Bali is shaped like a diamond. Mount Agung, a volcano, is 153,142 meters high and visible from far away. Most people are Hindus. There are many temples and many religious festivals there.
25.What do the tourists visit Bali for?
A.To know that Bali is shaped like a diamond.
B.To see that there are many Hindus people in Bali.
C.To see the beautiful scenery and interesting festivals.
D.To know that mount Agung is 153,142 meters high.
26.Bali is situated in the south of equator …. (Paragraph 2) The underlined word means ….
A.inhabited
B.shaped
C.located
D.visited
Questions 27 to 29 are based on the following text.
I had a bad experience when I did shopping with my sister because of the shop assistance’s fault. She accused me for stealing a brown shirt.That was a Sunday afternoon. My sister and I went to Jadi Baru Toserba. I went to the fashion store and that time I wore a brown shirt with a revenue stamp still adhered on it. I forgot to take it up when I bought it before. While I was choosing a T-shirt, a shop assistant came and asked me, “Have you paid the shirt you are wearing now?” I said, “Yes, why?” She asked me again, “When did you buy this shirt?” “Two week ago”, I answered. “But why does the revenue stamp still adhere on it?” said her. I said, “I’m sorry, I forget to take it up”. But the shop assistant didn’t believe me. She took me to the manager’s room. I was asked to take up my shirt by shop assistant to check it. After all things were clear, I said sorry to the manager and the shop assistant.
27.What is the purpose of the text above?
A.To entertain readers.
B.To describe something.
C.To retell past event.
D.To find something.
28.What is the main idea of paragraph above?
A.The shop assistant did not believe in the customer.
B.Someone was asked to take up his/her shirt in the shop to check it.
C.Someone was asked by shop assistant while she was choosing a T-shirt.
D.Someone forgot to take up the revenue stamp from the shirt when shopping.
29. How many people did the writer mention in the text?
A.4.
B.5.
C.6.
D.7.
Read the text below and answer questions 30 to 33!
The largest animal alive is the blue whale. Fully grown, these great creatures reach a length of over 30 meters and weight as much as twenty-four large elephant are more than 1.500 men. The heart of a blue whale is more than a meter in diameter.The blue whale is not a fish, even though it spends its entire life in the sea. Whales are mammal, just like us. A mother whale gives birth to a live baby whale, not an egg. She feeds her baby with grown milk. While fish are cold-blooded, whales are warm-blooded and their lungs and breathe air like us.For all its size, blue whale feeds mainly on tiny shrimps. It is harmless to men. Unfortunately, for the blue whales, men are not harmless to them. So many blue whales have been hunted and killed that very few of these magnificent animals are not alive.
30.Which statement is TRUE according to the text above?
A. Blue whale is a name of fish.
B. Blue whale has warm blood.
C. Blue whale is a land animal.
D. Blue whale lays eggs.
31.What do whales eat?
A. Small shrimps
C. Little fish
B. Lobsters
D. Algae.
32.What is the text about?
D. The blue whale
A. Sea Animals
B. Kind of fish
C. All animals
33.The largest animals alive are the blue whale”. The underlined word is nearly similar in meaning to….
B. strongest
A. smallest
D. biggest
C. fattest
Read the text below and answer questions 34 to 36!
SENTOSA HOTELThe cozy place to staySentosa Hotel, with 100 rooms, is located in the suburban area of Semarang.The Hotel provides the calms and quiet of the suburban area. The ideal location of the hotel which is about 15 km from A. Yani airport makes it a top choice for business travelers. The hotel has a restaurant which serves many kinds of Indonesian and international cuisine.The hotel has an elegant ball room, meeting rooms for meeting, conferences, exhibition and weddings. To make reservation, please call Sentosa Hotel at (024) 7607979 or visit our website at : www.sentosahotel.com E-mail: info@sentosahotelsemarang.com
34.Which statement is TRUE based on the text?
A.The restaurant serves Indonesian cuisine only.
B.The hotel is located in the town centre.
C.You can make reservation by phone.
D.There is no ball room in the hotel.
35.What makes Sentosa Hotel a top choice for business travelers?
A.It has a restaurant which serves many kinds of food.
B.It is located only about 15 km from A. Yani airport.
C.It provides the calms and quiet of the suburb area.
D.It is located in the suburban area of Semarang.
36. “The hotel has a restaurant which serves many kinds of Indonesian and international cuisine”. The underlined word can be best replaced by ….
A. souvenirs
B. cruise
C. drink
D. food
Read the following text and answer questions 37 to 40 !
Jl. Sisingamangaraja 20PurwokertoJanuary 24, 2009
Dear Khotijah,Khotijah, I’m so glad knowing that you and your family will come to my hometown next holiday. We haven’t met each other for a long time. I miss you so much. If you come to Purwokerto, I will take you to Baturraden. It is a nice place on the bottom of Slamet Mount.You said you and your family will catch a train. Therefore, I will pick you up at the railway station.Please reply soon.
Yours sincerely,Anisa
37.When will Khotijah’s family visit Purwokerto?
A. Next month
C. Next holiday
B. Next week
D. Next year
38.How will Khotijah’s family go to Purwokerto?
A. By plane.
C. By bus.
B. By train.
D. By taxi
39.“It is a nice place on the bottom ….” What does the underlined word refer to?
A. Hometown.
C. Baturraden
B. Purwokerto
D. Slamet mount
40.“You said you and your family will catch a train”. The underlined word has closest meaning with….
A. bring
C. make
B. prepare
D. take
Read the text below and answer questions 41 to 43!
SENDING AN EMAIL IN YAHOO•On Yahoo mail welcome screen or on any of the mail screens, you can see Compose and Compose Text Message buttons displayed. Select either one of them. If you click Compose button, you can include special fonts, emoticons, colors etc. – Normally you select this. If you click Compose Text Message, you cannot include any special pictures or icons.•Enter an email address in the To fields (mandatory) and if necessary the Cc and Bcc fields.•Type the topic of your email in the Subject fields.•Type your email, in the large editing area. If your email is in English, you can spell check the message.•Click Send to send the message. You should receive a confirmation screen saying the message was sent.Source: http://www.oeupdates.com/send email--yahoo.html
41.What do we click if we want to add picture, based on the text above?
A. Compose Text Message
B. Compose
C. Bcc
D. Cc
42.What is the text about?
A. Several steps to type an email in yahoo.
B. Ways to compose text message in yahoo.
C. Ways to include picture in an email in yahoo.
D. Several steps to send an email in yahoo.
43.Why do people normally click Compose button to send their email?
A. To make the message unique and artistic
B. To make the message strange
C. To make the message short
D. To make the message long.
Read the following text and answer questions 44 to 46!
An Amphibian is an animal that has moist and hairless skin.Amphibians are cold-blooded, which means they can not make their own body heat. They (44)…warm in the sun and cool off in the shade.The three main groups of amphibians are frogs and toads, salamanders and caecilians. All amphibians have backbones. The three kinds of amphibians look very different from other. Frogs and toads have legs but do not have (45)…. Salamanders have short legs and long bodies ending in tails. Caecilians do not have any legs. They look a lot of like big earthworms. Amphibians live in two habitat, they can live in (46)… and on land.
44.
A. get
B. tell
C. take
D. throw
45.
A. tails
B. ears
D. nose
C. hands
46.
A. air
B. bush
C. water
D. house
For questions 47 and 48 arrange the words into good sentences!
47. turn – electronic – devices – off – your – in – library – the – please
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
A. 9 – 1 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 5 – 7 – 3 – 2
B. 9 – 2 – 4 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 3 – 5 – 1
C. 9 – 1 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 8 – 7 – 2 – 3
D. 9 – 1 – 4 – 5 – 2 – 3 – 6 – 8 – 7
48. lovely – has – Sandra – is – pretty – she – and – girl – nails
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
A. 3-4-1-8-6-9-2-5-7
B. 3-4-5-8-7-6-2-1-9
C. 3-1-4-6-9-2-5-7-8
D. 3-1-4-8-6-9-2-5-7
49.Which one is the best arrangement of the sentences below?
1.His short bill could not reach the water. 2.He looked everywhere to find some water, but there was not any.3.Then, he found a tall jar with a very low water in it.4.At last, he drank the water as much as he liked.5.Soon, he filled the jar with stones so the water came up higher.6.One day a crow was very tired and thirsty.
A. 4 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 4 – 5
B. 6 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 5 – 4
C. 2 – 3 – 1 – 6 – 5 – 4
D. 5 – 4 – 6 – 2 – 3 – 1
50.
1. So, I took my bike at home and tried to deliver it.2. Fortunately, the owner of the wallet was my classmate’s neighbor.3. Yesterday, when I was walking home, I found a wallet.4. After looking at the ID card, I knew that address is quite far from my home.5. That’s why my classmate and I could find the house easily.6. When I was looking for the address, I met` my classmate.7. I found an ID card and some money in the wallet.8. Then, I stopped and asked him about the address.
Which one is the best arrangement of the sentences above to make a good text?
A. 3 – 7 – 1 – 4 – 2 – 5 – 6 – 8
B. 3 – 7 – 4 – 2 – 6 – 8 – 1 – 5
C. 3 – 7 – 4 – 1 – 6 – 8 – 2 – 5
D. 3 – 7 – 4 – 1 – 8 – 6 – 5 - 2
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