Soal Bahasa Inggris Kelas 9

UJIAN TENGAH SEMESTER 1 TAHUN AKADEMIK 2009/2010

MADRASAH TSANAWIYAH (MTs) NURUL HUDA Nama Siswa : Mata pelajaran Kelas : IX

Hari/Tanggal : Bhs. Inggris Waktu : Jumlah soal : 40 butir soal pilihan ganda

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PETUNJUK UMUM: 1.  Jawaban dikerjakan pada lembar soal 2. Sebelum Sebelum mengerja mengerjakan kan soal-soal, soal-soal, tulislah tulislah terlebih terlebih dahulu dahulu pada lembar jawaban: jawaban: nomor peserta peserta ujian, ujian, nama lengkap, dan asal sekolah SMP/MTs! 3. Pilihlah jawaban yang tepat/benar dan berilah tanda kolom pilihan jawaban yang disediakan! 4. Berilah tanda pada satu pilihan jawaban saja untuk satu soal! Bila tanda X lebih dari satu untuk satu soal, maka jawaban dianggap salah. 5.   Jika terjadi kesalahan memilih jawaban, maka coretlah tanda dengan dua garis lurus mendatar pada   jawaban yang dianggap salah (contoh : X ), kemudian berilah tanda pada jawaban yang dianggap benar. 6. Tidak diizinkan diizinkan menggunakan menggunakan kalkulator, kalkulator, HP, tabel matematika, matematika, atau alat bantu bantu hitung hitung lainnya. lainnya. 7. Berdo’ Berdo’ala alah h sebel sebelum um meng menger erjak jakan an 8. Periksal Periksalah ah pekerjaan pekerjaanmu mu sebelum sebelum diserahka diserahkan n kepada kepada pengawas pengawas ujian! ujian!

1. Mr. Eka Nada

: Nada, who is he? : Oh, this is my friend in English Club. Dea … Dea : Nice to meet you, Mr. Eka. Mr. Mr. Eka Eka : Nic Nice e to to mee meett you you,, too too,, Dea Dea..  The correct statement to fill the blank is … a. Please meet Mr. Eka. b. Go from my house. c. Mr. Eka is asking about you. d. Say your name.

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: Can I help you? : Yes Yes … some some hand handker kerch chief iefs, s, please? Ardi : Yes, of course. Here you are. a. May I borrow b. Could I show you c. Would you mind helping me d. Could you show me.

a. Who can help me b. Can you help me c. Would you like any help d. Why do you need any help 8.

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: I will ill have a party arty for for my birthday. Why don’t you come? Desy : How nice of of you. Th Thanks a lot.  The underlined expression is showing … a. an order c. a command b. a refusal d. an invitation Wah Wahyu : Wha What do you wan want to drink ink? Wand Wandih ih : Just Just a glas glass s of of wate water. r. Than Thanks ks..  The underlined utterance expresses … a. asking for information b. offering something c. inviting people d. asking someone to do something Aulia

: Where are the English book, Ms. Gendis? Ms.Gendis: They are on the shelves near the window. Aulia : …. , Mom. a. I think so c. Oh, there! b. Thank you d. I see : Oh, Oh, than thank k you you for for the the pres presen ents ts,, students! It’s very kind of you. Stude Students nts : You You are are welco welcome, me, Mr. Mr. Malik Malik!!  The underlined sentence expresses … a. apo apolog logizin izing g c. showin owing g symp sympa athy thy b. gratitude d. greetings

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: Do you bring my dictionary with you? Ika : I’m sorry. I forgot. Novi : Well, but don’t forget to bring it tomorrow. I need it for the period class. Ika : I won’t. From the dialog, Ika is asking for … to Rina. a. help c. information b. approval d. an apology Ayim

: The bus fare will increase in next month. Anton toni : Oh Oh, I don’t think ink it’ it’s s goo good d. It will need more money to spend.  The underlined utterance is about … a. agreeing c. disagreeing b. ap apologizing d. re requesting

One day, the wolf was shaking his thirst at a stream when he chanced to see a lamb, also drinking, at some distance down the stream. Outraged, he growled. “You are muddying my drinking water, now I shall eat you.”  The lamb protested, “But, sir, how can I be muddying your drinking water? I am farther down stream than you are. The water is flowing from your part of the stream to where I am.” “Upstream or downstream, your drinking is muddying my water, and I shall eat you.” After saying, the wolf leaped upon the lamb and devoured him. 10. What can of text the story above is? a. narrative c. report b. recount d. descriptive

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Mr. Mr. Ich Ichya : …? Ms. Gendis: Yes, thank you. Can you lift this suitcase?

11. Where was the wolf shaking? a. at the forest c. at the mountain at a stream d. at the downstream 12. Why did the lamb protest? Because… a. the wolf wanted to eat him b. the lamb was at downstream c. the wolf was drinking near the lamb d. the lamb muddying the water

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13. Which paragraph is the introduction? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 14. What is the communicative purpose of the text? a. to amuse or entertain the reader b. to give information about the wolf  c. to describe something d. to retell the story in the past 15. What is the generic structure structure of the text? a. introduction – resolution – conclusion b. introduction – complication – conclusion c. introduction – complication – resolution d. orientation – steps – ending  You need: 1. A dig digit ital al came camera ra 2. An object object (class (classmat mate/f e/fri riend end)) Follow the steps below to take a picture: 1. Hold up the camera camera and and cente centerr the the object object in the LCD. 2. Move Move closer closer or or the the zoom zoom contr control ol for for the the result you want. 3. When When you you are ready ready to take take the the pict pictur ure, e, hold the shutter half way. It is very important, so the camera sets the focus, shutter speed, and various other calculations. calculations. This may take a few second. 4. A light light should should appear appear that lets you know know the camera is set to go. 5. Press Press shu shutte tterr all all the the way way down down.. It may necessary to turn off the LCD and use the view finder when there is extreme sunlight or to conserve battery life. The glare from the LCD does not work well with bright light.

16. What kind of text information above is? a. recount c. descriptive b. narrative d. procedure 17. How many steps we should do before we press the shutter of a digital camera all the way down? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 18. “When you are ready to take the picture.”  The underlined word could be best replaced with the word … a. paintings c. poster b. photograph d. drawings 19. What we should do before taking a picture? a. press the shutter and hold it half way b. press the shutter all the way down directly c. do not press the shutter at all d. turn off the LCD to conserve battery life 20. What is the generic structure structure of the text above? a. introduction – events – ending b. goal – steps – ending c. goal – material – steps d. orientation – material – conclusion My uncle Martin is my mother’s elder brother. He is my favorite among my mother’s brother. He is a very interesting man. He lives quite near us with my aunt Angela and my cousins Anne and Bob. I often go to his house. He is about 45 with grey hair. He is still quite good looking. He is tall and well built. He has blue eyes and strong face. He wears glasses. He is short sighted. He takes them off  when he doesn’t work.

Uncle Martin is a textile engineer. engineer. He works for a big firm in the city. He travels widely in his job. He is an expert in solving problems with machines. At present, he is in the United States. He is visiting the firm’s customer’s there. He is very fond of the sea. He has a boat at the seaside. He goes there every weekend in summer to sail it. I sometimes stay with my cousins at their house on the coast. When Uncle Martin is at home, he usually takes us out in the boat. 21. What kind of text the passage above? a. re recount te text c. pr procedure te text b. descriptive descriptive text d. narrative narrative text 22. The text above is about … a. Angela c. Uncle Martin b. Anne and Bob d. Martin’s boat 23. Who is Martin? a. Ann Anne’s e’s fat fathe herr b. Bob’s brother

c. Ange Angela la’s ’s husb husban and d d. writer’s uncle

24. What is the generic structure of the text? a. identification – description b. general classification – description c. orientation – complication complication - resolution d. orientation – sequence of events 25. “He travels widely in his job.” (paragraph 3) His in the sentence refers to … a. the writer c. a customer b. Un Uncle Martin d. Aunt Angela Nowadays many jungles in the world are threatened to extinction. Elephant in Africa, tigers in India, seals in the North and South poles, pandas in China, one horned rhinoceros in Indonesia. Human being has damaged the wild life. People hunt animals in order to get the advantages. advantages. They don’t pay attention to the importance importance of the conservations. They don’t understand understand that the life of the forest has a relative with the life of human being. They cut the trees to get a farming field. However, it threatens the environment. Each government in the world gives attention seriously to nature. Singariti national Park in Kilimanjaro valley, Kenya, is known as wild conservation. conservation. We find a lot wild animals in it. National park in Ujung Kulon, West Java is also known as wild conservation. These conservations are useful to keep animals from the extinction due to human. We must be ware that the existence of  relation between the human life and the environment is very important. 26. From the story, we know that … a. The animals must be protected. b. We must destroy the conservation. conservation. c. The conservation is not important for us. d. There is no conservation in Indonesia. 27. Where is Singariti Singariti National Park situated? a. Africa c. Australia b. America d. Asia 28. We may not destroy the jungles, kill the animals, cut the trees carelessly because they important … a. fo for our life c. as a dangerous area b. as as a wild ild lif life e d. for for huntin ting an anima imals 29. One of the following words that is similar to  jungles (paragraph 1) is …

a. plants c. forests b. trees d. wild life 30. The appropriate appropriate title for the text above is … a. Conservation Conservation b. Singariti National Park c. Wild Life d. The City 31. 1. An interesting program makes us keep watching it. 2. They are music, film, sports, news, and many more. 3. We can choose as we wish. 4. There are a lot of TV programs we can enjoy.  The best arrangement of the above sentence is … a. 4-3-2-1 c. 1-2-4-3 b. 4-2-3-1 d. 1-2-3-4 32. The best arrangement of these words to make a good sentence is … You – not – in – thank – for – area – smoking – this a. For not smoking in this area thank you. b. Thank you for not smoking in this area c. Not smoking in this area for thank you. d. In this area thank you not smoking for. 33. The best arrangement is … 1. Then, pour some oil into the frying pan and heat it 2. First, break the eggs 3. Now, the omelet is ready to be served 4. After that, season it with some salt and pepper 5. Finally, cook the omelet a. 4-3-2-5-1 c. 2-3-4-1-5 b. 2-4-1-5-3 d. 2-4-1-3-5 Dear Betty, I’m writing to you concerning of my last day in  Yogya. I just got back from Borobudur, the wonderful temple I’ve ever seen. The weather is fine. We are now staying in a hotel. It’s not far from Malioboro. We are treated well here. It has many excellent staffs who serve the customers. We plan to go around Malioboro after the children take a short nap. We want to enjoy having ‘lesehan’ there. It is a kind of a restaurant but we sit on the ground. Many kinds of local handicraft are sold along Malioboro street. Both domestic and foreign tourists are interested I them. I want o buy some as souvenirs. Don’t worry! I’ll also buy you the most interesting interesting one.

 Yours, Dara

34. The text gives us information about … a. The wonderful Borobudur temple. b. The souvenirs to be bought. c. Dara’s last day in Yogya. d. A comfortable hotel near Malioboro. 35. Who is the letter from? a. customers c. Betty b. the hotel staffs d. Dara 36. How do the staffs serve the customers of the hotel? a. proudly c. surely b. badly d. nicely 37. Where does the writer stay in Yogya? a. in Malioboro c. in a hotel b. at at Borobu obudur d. at ‘les ‘leseh eha an’ 38. When does the writer write the letter? a. after going to Yogya b. after lunch at ‘lesehan’ c. after getting back from Borobudur d. after getting back from Malioboro

COUNTRY Indonesia China India

1975 200 million 800 million 700 million

2000 280 million 1,4 billion 1,1 billion

39. How much is the population of China in 1975? a. 200 million c. 700 million b. 280 million d. 800 million 40. China has increased … people with in a time spend of about 25 years. a. 80 million c. 600 million b. 400 million d. 800 million

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