Soal Try Out Bahasa Inggris Kelas 9 SMP Ujian Nasional TA 2015/2016
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Pilihlah jawaban yang kamu anggap paling benar dengan memberi tanda silang (X) pada huruf a, b, c, atau d pada lembar jawaban yang telah tersedia
1. The following notice means that pedestarians should…..the grass.
A. not cut
B. not water
C. not keep
D. not walk on
2. The warning means……..
A. It will be good if we take the picture of the sun
B. If we aim camera directly to the sun, the sun will have problem
C. It will be better if we take the picture of other intense light sources
D. Our eyes might be in danger if the camera is aimed into the sun or intense light resources
Read the text to answer questions no. 3 and 4.
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3. Why does Dony send the card? Because …..
A. Erika has won a competition
B. Erika graduated from her school
C. he got the best achievement at his school
D. Erika graduated with the best achievement.
4. ” You really deserve it”
What does the underlined word refer to?
A. Your study.
B. Achievement.
C. Greeting card.
D. Congratulation.
Read the text to answer questions no.5 and 7.
5. “…see my dentist…”
The underlined word means….
A. A person who likes to help people.
B. A person who wants to visit a patient.
C. A person whose teeth are in a good condition.
D. A person whose job is taking care of people’s teeth.
6. Why does the writer send the message?
A. To send regards to Laela and Dinar.
B. To ask the readers to join the study club.
C. To tell Susanti that she can’t come to the study club.
D. To tell Rahma that she has got problem with his dentist.
7. From the message we know that the writer… .
A. has a problem with her tooth
B. will join the study club
C. does not know Laela
D. is a dentist
Read the text to answer questions no. 8 and 9.
8. The text is written in order to … .
A. to announce the weeding anniversary party
B. to inform the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hansen
C. to invite someone to the wedding anniversary party
D. to congratulate the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Brown
9. The word wedding has similar meaning with… .
A. divorce
B. marriage
C. proposal
D. engagement
Read the text to answer questions no. 10 and 12.
10. What is the announcement about?
A. A Student Organization.
B. An English Speech Contest.
C. A National Day Celebration.
D. A National Education Day Ceremony.
11. What programs that students can do individually?
A. Debate.
B. Interesting program.
C. English speech contest.
D. Wall magazine competition.
12. “The program will be held on May 2nd 2011, started from 8 am until 1 p.m”
What is synonym of the underlined word?
A. Begun
B. Thought
C. Finished
D. Accomplished
Read the text to answer questions no. 13 and 15.
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13. The writer’s purpose to write the text is to… .
A. invite people join some activities in iceland
B. persuade people to have holiday in iceland
C. announce people to come to Iceland
D. ask people to stay in Reykjavik
14. “…., enjoy a sauna, go sledging, fishing…” the underlined word means do activity with…
A. vehicle pulled by dogs or horses.
B. skateboard on the snow.
C. surfboard on the sea.
D. skating on the hill.
Read the text to answer questions no. 15 and 18.
April 7th, 2009
Mataram Street 16
Semarang
Dear Andi
How is life? Hopefully, everything runs well.
You know we have been together for three years. It's a long time to understand you but it seems I can't do it anymore.
We have a lot of good time together but we also very often have a fight. It is hard for me to make up this decision but I have to end our relationship because you are never changing. You never care about me. Besides, you have an affair with Sari, my best friend. We'd better walk on our own way. I'm sorry.
Best Regard
Fatma
15. Who lives in Mataram Street 16, Semarang?
A. Sari
B. Andi
C. Fatma
D. Sari and Andi
16. Why does Fatma want to end the relationship?
A. Because Fatma is Sari's best friend
B. Because Andi cares of Fatma much
C. Because Andi has an affair with Sari
D. Because they have great time together
17. "We'd better walk on our own way.
The underlined word refers to ….
A. Andi and Sari
B. Sari and Fatma
C. The writer and Sari
D. The writer and Andi
18. "How's life? Hopefully, everything runs well"
The word runs well has the same meaning to ….
A. dull
B. all right
C. exciting
D. interesting
Read the text to answer questions no. 19 and 21.
Wade Robson
King of the Dance
Wade is a teenager, just like you. But superstars Britney Spears and the members of the ‘NSyinc band love him. These superstars do what Wade tells them to do. Why? Wade Robson is their teacher!
Wades started dancing at the age of two. As a child, he loved watching Michael Jackson’s thriller. He liked those cool dance steps, especially the moon walk. At age five, Wade was already a dance champion.
Wade is originally from Australia. Now he lives with his family in Los Angeles, California. The family was poor. But Hollywood noticed Wade’s awesome dance talent. Wade is now rich and calls Britney Spears and the members of ‘NSync his friends! When you see Britney Spears’ famous 2001 Pepsi commercial, think of Wade. Those are his moves!
19. What is the text about?
A. Wade Robson.
B. Britney Spear.
C. Michael Jackson.
D. Kings of the dance.
20. What is the main idea of paragraph three?
A. Wade’s career began at two.
B. Wade’s personal family background.
C. Wade as Britney Spears’ teacher of dance.
D. Wade is influenced by Michael Jackson’s thriller.
21. He liked those cool dance steps, especially the moon walk (second paragraph)
The word “He” refers to… .
A. Wade Robson
B. Britney Spears
C. Michael Jackson
D. ‘NSyinc’s member
Read the text to answer questions no. 22 and 25.
My family and I went on a recreation to Solo. We went there on Monday by car. We stayed at grandparents’ house.
On Tuesday we interested went to Tawangmangu we enjoyed the scenic view with its waterfall and ate lunch there. We had traditional foods like gudangan, tempe bacem, fried fish and fried chicken. Then we continued our trip to Taman Jurug.
The next day we went to Kasunanan Palace. We saw many kinds of historical heritage of the palace. After that we had shopping at Klewer Market and Solo Grand Mall. I bought some souvenirs for my cousins. In the evening we went sightseeing the town.
On Thursday morning we said goodbye to our grandparents and went home. I really enjoyed my holiday it was fun.
22. What place did the writer and his family visit on Tuesday?
A. Solo
B. Taman jurug
C. Tawangmangu
D. Kasunanan Palace
23. What did the writer and his family do on Wednesday evening? They …
A. had shopping at Klewer Market and Solo Grand Mall.
B. saw many kinds of historical heritage of the palace.
C. bought some souvenirs for the writer’s cousins.
D. went sightseeing the town.
24. “In the evening we went sightseeing the town.” (par. 3)
The underlined word is closely in meaning with … .
A. going around
B. having dinner
C. going shopping
D. watching a movie
25. “On Thursday morning we said goodbye… .” (par.4) The word “we” refers to … .
A. The writer
B. The writer’ s parents
C. The writer and his family
D. The writer and his grandparents
Read the text to answer questions no. 26 and 29.
The Stingy and the Generous
Long, long time ago there lived two brothers. They had completely different characters. The big brother was very stingy and greedy. He never shared his wealth with poor people. The little brother was exactly the opposite. He was generous and kind to poor people. He even had no money left because he had shared it with the poor.
One day the generous brother was sitting in his garden when suddenly a little bird fell on his lap. It was wounded. He took care of it, fed it, and put it in a nice cage. After the bird was healthy, the generous brother let it fly. After some time the bird returned to him and gave him a watermelon seed.
The generous brother, then, planted the seed and watered it until it grew into a good watermelon plant. Yet, the plant was very strange. It had only one fruit; a big and heavy one. When the watermelon was ripe enough, the generous brother picked it and cut it into two. How surprised he was. The watermelon was full of gold.
The generous brother sold the gold and became very rich. He built a big house and bought a very large field. Still, he never forgot to share his wealth with the poor.
26. What does the text tell us about?
A. Different characters of two brothers
B. Generous and poor people
C. Stingy and greedy people
D. Wealth and poor people
27. “It had only one fruit . . .” ( Paragraph 3 )
“It” in the above sentence refers to . . . .
A. gold
B. watermelon
C. watermelon plant
D. watermelon seed
28. “He took care of it . . . “ ( Paragraph 2 )
The underlined word has similar meaning with . . . .
A. looked forward
B. looked ahead
C. looked after
D. looked for
29. What can we learn from the story above?
A. If we like to help others, we will get fortune
B. We will get reward from what we did
C. The stingy people will get watermelon
D. Make a great friend with birds
Read the text to answer questions no. 30 and 32.
Tropical Fruit Juice
Ingredients
· 4 slices (400 gr) papayas
· 1 slice (100 gr) pineapple
· 1 tablespoon red syrup
· 1 piece (300 gr) soursoup
· 1 tablespoon vanilla syrup
· Some ice cubes
What to do:
1. Put the slice of papaya, pineapple, red syrup together with some ice cubes into a blender and blend them on high for one minute.
2. Next do the same to the remaining sour soup, vanilla syrup and some ice cubes.
3. Finally, pour the juice into some glasses, the white juice is on the bottom and the red juice is on the top.
30. The text shows us about how to make a kind of ….
A. food
B. drink
C. cake
D. meal
31. What should we do before pouring the juice into the glass?
A. Blending the remaining syrup, vanilla syrup and some ice cubes.
B. Blending papaya, pineapple, red syrup and ice cubes.
C. Cutting papayas and pineapple into slices.
D. Serving the juice and enjoy it.
32. "…and blend them on high for one minute."
The word 'blend' has nearly the similar meaning with….
A. change
B. move
C. make
D. mix
Read the text to answer questions no. 33 and 36.
Insects are small creatures. They have no bones, but have six legs. Insect live everywhere, in the house, in our garden, in the fields and many other places. Insects are not always bad as sometimes people think. Bad insects are for instance flies, cockroaches, and mosquitoes. Such insects are not only bad but sometimes also dangerous. Flies like to live on rubbish and other dirty places. They may cause disease such as typhus, cholera, etc. A certain type of mosquito brings malaria.
Some insets are useful to people. For example, bees which produce honey. Bees like to fly from one flower to other flower. When a bee moves from one flower to other flower, this may cause the produce seeds.
Bees are not usually dangerous, except you make them angry. If you disturb bees they will be angry. And if they are angry they will fly to attack you wherever you go. This is very dangerous.
33. What insects are dangerous for our health?
A. Insects which like to fly among the flower.
B. Mosquitoes which make people angry.
C. Insects which live on dirty places.
D. Certain type of bees and flies
34. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?
A. Bees are not usually dangerous.
B. Bees will disturb people if they are angry.
C. Bees fly to attack people wherever they do.
D. Bees always attack when people disturb them.
35. Why do flies cause disease? Because ….
A. they are bad insects
B. they live on rubbish
C. they disturb us
D. they are dirty
36. “If you disturb bees they will be angry”(par. 3)
The word “disturb” has similar meaning with…
A. attack
B. force
C. bother
D. admit
Read the text to answer questions no. 37 and 39.
The Old Grandfather and His Grandson
Once upon a time, there was a very old grandfather. His eyes were almost blind, his ears were deaf and his knees shook. When he sat at the table, he could not hold the spoon strongly. He spilled soup on the tablecloth. Besides, some of his soup would run back out of his mouth.
His son and his son’s wife were annoyed. Finally they made the old grandfather sat in the corner behind the stove. They gave him not enough food in a clay bowl. He sat there and looked at them sadly. He was almost crying.
One day, the old grandfather could not hold the bowl because his hands were too weak. The bowl fell to the ground and broke. The woman scolded him. However, the old grandfather did not say anything. He could only cry. Then, they bought him a wooden bowl and made him eat from it.
Once the husband and wife were sitting in the dining room, their four-years-old son put together some pieces of wood on the floor. His father asked him what he was doing. The little child said that he was making a bowl for his father and mother to eat from when he became an adult.
The man and the woman looked at each other. They began to cry. They brought the old grandfather to the table immediately. Since then, they always let him eat there. If he spilled a little, they did not say anything.
Adapted from : Scaffolding English for grade VIII Junior high school (SMP/MTs)
37. How did they spouse treat the old man?
A. They treated him nicely.
B. They treated him like a child.
C. They treated him very badly.
D. They treated him very carefully.
38. “They began to cry.” (Paragraph 5). What does the word ‘they’ refer to?
A. The woman and the grandson.
B. The man and the grandfather.
C. The man and the grandson.
D. The man and the woman.
39. What can we learn from the story above?
A. We should not ignore our children.
B. We should not hurt our parents’ feeling.
C. We should provide good food for our parents.
D. We should love and take care of our parents no matter how they are.
Read the text to answer questions no. 40 to 42.
WHAT IS THUNDER?
Thunder sounds like an explosion. Lightning causes thunder. The sound comes from air that suddenly gets very hot.
A bolt of lightning can make the air around it as hot as 18,000° Fahrenheit (10,000° Celsius). That’s hotter than the surface of the Sun! The hot air rushes away from the lightning bolt. The air rushing away makes the loud sound of thunder.
You often hear the thunder after you see a bolt of lightning. This is because sound travels slower than light. The farther away the lightning is, the longer it takes for you to hear the thunder. You can tell how far away the lightning is. You can count the seconds between the lightning and the sound of the thunder it makes. Sound travels about 1 mile (about 1.6 kilometers) every 5 seconds. If you count slowly to 5 and hear thunder, the lightning bolt was about 1 mile away. If you count to 15 before you hear thunder, the lightning bolt was 3 miles away.
40. From the text we can conclude that … .
A. thunder causes lightning.
B. lightning causes thunder
C. thunder comes after lightning
D. thunder and lightning happens in the same time
41. Why do we often hear the thunder after seeing the lightning?
A. The thunder is very hot to feel.
B. The lightening is farther away.
C. The air rushes to heat the earth.
D. The sound is slower than the light in speed.
42. ”That’s hotter than the surface of the Sun” (paragraph 2)
What is the similar meaning of the underlined word?
A. land
B. core
C. cover
D. outside
Read the text to answer questions no. 43 and 45.
Gregory is my beautiful grey Persian cat. He walks with pride and grace, performing a dance of disdain as he slowly lifts and lowers each paw with the delicacy of a ballet dancer. His pride, however. Does not extend to his appearance, for he spends most of his time indoors watching television and growing fat. He enjoys TV commercials especially those for Meow Mixs and 9 Lives. His familarity with cat food commercials have led him to reject generic brands of cat food in favor of only the most expensive brands.
Gregory is finicky about visitors as he is about what he eats, befriending some and repelling others. He may struggle up against your ankle, begging to be petted, or he may imitate a skunk and strain your favorite trousers. Gregory does not do this to establish his territorry, as many cats experts think, but humiliate me because he is jealous of my friends.
43. What does the text tell us about?
A. A ballet dancer.
B. A Writer’s cat.
C. A growing cat.
D. A persian cat.
44. What does the cat mostly like to do at home?
A. Dancing.
B. Sleeping.
C. Begging.
D. Watching TV.
45. The underlined word in “… Gregory is as finicky about visitors…” has similar meaning with… .
A. attractive
B. common
C. particular
D. attentive
ESSAY
46. Read the text and answer the following questions.
HOW TO MAKE TIKKA KEBAB
Ingredients:
1. Cubes of lambs
2. Square of green pepper
3. Onions
4. Salad
5. Tikka seasoning mixture
Step:
1.Cut onions into quarters
2.Put cubes of lambs, squares of green pepper and onion,squares on bamboo
Skewers and marinate them in Tikka seasoning.
3.Grill them.
4.Serve them with a salad(cury like seasoning from India).
Questions:
a. What is the purpose of the text?
b. How many ingredients are needed to make Tikka kebab?
c. What must we do to the onions?
47. Read the text and answer the following questions.
It was a winter holiday in December. I was sitting in the Chicago airport lounge, waiting for my plane to Hawaii. I wanted to spend my holidays in the nice tropical weather of Hawaii. I don't like the weather in Chicago. It was freezing. It snowed hard almost every day.
As I was sitting, I imagined what I would be like in Hawaii. The sun would shine its warmth. The wind breeze would blow. I think that sunbathing in the Wakiki beach would be very nice.
Suddenly, the announcer said that all flights to Hawaii were cancelled. I was struck from my imagination. I felt disappointed and imagined a snow storm was approaching my hometown.
All my dream of Hawaii was shattered at that moment. I decided to spend my holidays in front of my fire place and take a rest.
Questions
a. What does the text tell us about?
b. “I was sitting in the Chicago airport lounge” What does the word “I” refer to?
c. Who said that all flights to Hawaii were cancelled?
48. Make some questions based on the following answers.
A rain forest, a very dense forest, is usually found in tropical areas. These forests have warm climates. Rain forests also receive a high amount of rain fall. A special trait of these forests is the large amount of plants and animals living in them.
Another trait of the rain forest is the forest canopy. This canopy is formed by the branches and leaves of the trees.
Unfortunately, rain forests are rapidly depleting. People are clearing more and more rain forest for timber. Some people are cutting down trees illegally.This is called illegal logging. If the forests are cleared, many animals and plants may become extinct.
Answers:
a. The purpose of the text is to describe rain forest in general.
b. The word “This” refers to cutting down trees illegally.
c. Rain forest is usually found in tropical areas .
49. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words provided in the box.
I think my first memories began when I started school at about five years old. I lived in a suburb of Sydney. I had a happy childhood. I remember playing in a big garden. I … (a) from a big tree and broke my hand. I remember I had a … (b) friend named Giant-O, because he was fat. He liked hitting and pulling my head. It was so pathetic. One day I hit him over the head with my bag. His parents were very angry with me. But I didn’t sorry at all at that time. Nevertheless, since then Giant-O has become my good friend. It was such an … (c) childhood.
50. Re-arrange into good sentences.
a. and – butterflies – there - Once upon a time – a – two - wise frog –lived
b. is - Fatimah – not only – a diligent girl – but also - beautiful
c. case - Do - use - in - fire - of - lift - not