SOAL TRY OUT BAHASA INGGRIS 2009/2010

Mata Pelajaran : Bahasa Inggris Paket : 1
Jenjang : MTs Waktu : 120 Menit




1. What are people supposed to do when they see this sign?
A. Stop their car
B. Do not walk
C. Do not throw away trash
D. Feed animal




2. Where do you usually find the sign?
A. In drugstore
B. At the hospital
C. On the beach
D. On the street










3. What is the text about?
A. Sympathy on Tom failure
B. Praise on Tom Success
C. Praying for Tom final exam
D. Gift for Tom highest score achievement

4. The following statements are true, except.......
A. Tom got the minimum score in English
B. Tom joined the final exam and got the highest score in English
C. Aunt Susan was proud of Tom achievement
D. Tom is capable in English subject









5. Why does Shirley’s Mom leave this short message?
A. She will go out of town
B. She works in hospital until late
C. She is sick
D. She has to accompany grandpa in hospital


6. What is the most suitable statement based on the text?
A. Shirley’s mom will go home soon
B. Shirley should not prepare everything herself
C. Shirley should go after her mom to hospital if she wants something to eat
D. Shirley should look after herself and her house



7. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To accept invitation
B. To decline invitation
C. To invite someone
D. To reject invitation

8. ”...join us online.......”. What does us refer to?
A. Reader
B. Product producer
C. Consumer
D. Buyer
















9. When are the visitors allowed to fish?
A. Any days
B. Any other days but Sunday
C. Sunday
D. Saturday and Sunday

10. Who do you think writes the announcement?
A. Children in the park
B. The park authorities
C. The park guard
D. Visitors of the park



Singapore

Singapore is an island city of about 14 million people. It is a beautiful city with lots of parks and open spaces. It’s also a clean city.
Most of the people live in high-rise flats in different parts of island. The business district is very modern with lots of tall new office buildings. Singapore also has some nice older sections. In China town, there are rows of old shop houses. The government buildings in Singapore are very beautiful and date from colonial days.
Singapore is famous for its shops and restaurants. There are many good shopping centers. Singapore restaurants sell Chinese, Indian, Malay and European food, and the prices are quite reasonable.

11. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To describe Singapore in detail
B. To amuse reader
C. To tell experience
D. To inform steps

12. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
A. China town in Singapore
B. Modern and traditional side of Singapore
C. Population dwelling
D. Governmental buildings

13. The following statements are true, except…..
A. The price of food in Singapore is very expensive
B. Singapore is modern industrial country
C. Singapore is well known for its shops and restaurants
D. There are many kinds of food in Singapore Restaurant


Tobey Maguire
Tobey Maguire is an American actor. His full name is Tobias Vincent Maguire. He is known for his role as Peter Parker /Spider-Man in Spider-man film series. He stands about 172 cm. Besides, he has muscular body that can really figure a super hero. He has big round eyes and black straight hair. His physical appearance really supports his role as a super hero. Moreover he is very friendly that makes him loveable.


14. What do people think about Maguire role as Spiderman?
A. He is not a good model for superhero
B. He is too small as a Spiderman
C. He is an appropriate model for Spiderman
D. He does not have ideal body for a superhero

15. Moreover he is very..... The following words has the same with the underlined word, except... moreover
A. Besides
B. Furthermore
C. However
D. Likewise



Price cuts: Yudhoyono's generous gift ahead of polls
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono decided Monday to lower fuel and electricity prices before Indonesians go to the polls this year. Yudhoyono also issued a policy to immediately force public transportation operators to slash fares and allow the public to directly enjoy the impact of a string of fuel price cuts.
Prices for subsidized Premium gasoline and diesel for private motorists will be cut by 10 percent to Rp 4,500 per liter, and by 6.25 percent to Rp 4,500 per liter, respectively, while subsidized kerosene prices remain unchanged at Rp 2,500 per liter. The new fuel price scheme, the third so far since December last year, will take effect on Jan. 15.
Yudhoyono said the policy was aimed at bolstering household consumption to keep the economy robust amid a deepening global economic crisis, “[The policy] will help sustain the people’s purchasing power and prevent mass layoffs. These are the utmost outcomes the government wants to achieve,” Yudhoyono said after a Cabinet meeting.
Yudhoyono’s fuel price cut, the first ever taken by an Indonesian president, is seen by analysts as a short-term populist election gambit. Indonesians will pick legislators in April 9 and a president in July. Acting Coordinating Minister for the Economy Sri Mulyani Indrawati promised consumers there would not be a fuel shortage ahead of the price cut as a result of losses that gas station owners would bear because of the price discrepancies. “[Gas stations] will begin purchasing fuel at the new prices [on Monday night], but people will enjoy the new price effectively on Jan. 15,” she said. (Jakarta Post, 1/13/2009)
16. What is the text about?
A. Government policy to increase the price of fuel and electricity
B. Government policy to decrease the price of fuel and electriciy
C. Government policy on public transportation
D. Government policy on political campaign

17. What force does the government give to public transportation operators as the impact of price cuts on fuel and electricity?
A. Cut on public transportation fare
B. Increase public transportation fare
C. Reduce public transportation operators
D. Punish public transportation operators

18. What is the purpose of governmental policy on the price cuts?
A. To reduce people purchasing power and continue mass layoffs
B. To keep people's purchasing power going and prevent mass layoffs
C. To reduce people purchasing power and permit mass layoffs
D. To lower public transportation fare

19. What is the most appropriate statement based on the text?
A. The price cuts will be experienced by all kinds of fuel
B. The price cuts will start after general vote
C. The price cuts for all types of fuel are more than 20 percent
D. The price cuts will be given to some types of fuel

20. These are the most.....These (Paragraph 3) refers to....
A. Price cuts
B. Global economic crisis
C. Sustaining people purchasing power and preventing mass layoffs
D. Policies

Connectiong Flash Disk to a Computer
1. Plug the flash disk directly into an available USB port on your dekstop or notebook compuer
2. When the flash disk is successfully connected to a computer, the flashdisk's LED will light up. Removable disk drive with a newly assigned drive letter indicating the flash disk will appear in the My Computer Window. In addition, a removeable hardware icon and and icon QuickMenu (provided you setup flashdisk elite) will appear in the Windows System Tray.
3. After the Flashdisk is connected to the computer, you can start transferring data to the flash disk. Just drag and drop files or folders directly onto the removable disk icon that represents flashdisk.

21. What does the text tell you about?
A. Describing flash disk
B. How to operate computer
C. How to make flash disk
D. Steps to connect flash disk to a computer

22. How can you begin transferring data to and from flashdisk?
A. Drag and drop files or folders directly onto the removable disk
B. Just take files or folders directly
C. Plug the flash disk directly
D. Wait until the flashdisk's LED light up

23. What happened when flashdisk successfully connected to a computer?
A. Flashdisk's LED will turn down
B. Flashdisk's LED will light up
C. Flashdisk's LED will darken
D. Flashdisk's LED will light down

24. What is the most appropriate statement based on the text?
A. Flashdisk belongs to detachable drive
B. Flashdisk belongs to fixed drive
C. Flashdisk belongs to preset drive
D. Flashdisk belongs to permanent drive

25. Plug the flashdisk……..into……What is the synonym of the bold word?
A. Put
B. Stop
C. Link up
D. Unconnected to

The Magic Candle
Oneday, a young wanderer got lost in a forest. Suddenly he saw a light from an old hut. He knocked on the door, and an old woman opened it. She was crying. She said that the devil had stolen her magic candle. The candle could grant anything she asked. The wanderer asked her where the devil lived, ”In a castle not far from here”, said the old woman.
The wanderer went to the castle. There he found the devil. But he was old and weak. Therefore, when the wanderer grabbed the candles from the devil’s table and ran away, he couldn’t chase him.
But the wanderer was not a kind man. He didn’t return the candle to the old woman, but kept it for himself. He lit the candle and made a wish, ”I want go far away from here.” Suddenly the genies appeared and took him to a beautiful palace. There was a party in the palace.
The wanderer wanted to make some money. So he lit the candle again and wished for some jewelry. He sold them to the guests and was soon making a lot of money. Then princess came to buy the jewelry, but there was nothing left. The wanderer fell in love with her and asked to marry him. The kind princess said yes, and they got married the next day.
In his happiness, the wanderer told the princess about his adventure and the magic candle. Hearing that, the princess got angry. At night she lit the candle and wished that the wanderer disappeared.
In the morning the wanderer awoke and found himself back in his ugly house in the village.

26. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To amuse reader
B. To describe the candle magic
C. To tell the steps in getting candle magic
D. To tell experience

27. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?
A. The kindness of the wanderer
B. The wanderer went to party
C. The wanderer didn’t return the candle
D. The evil inside the wanderer



28. Why was the devil not able to catch the wanderer?
A. Because the wanderer was a strong guy
B. Because the devil let the wanderer run away
C. Because the devil was old and weak
D. Because the wanderer run fast

29. Why did the princess get angry to the wanderer?
A. Because she hate the wanderer after hearing his adventure
B. Because she wanted to take the magid candle herself
C. Because she was a devil
D. Because the wanderer was not a rich man

30. What do you think the princess was?
A. She was devil
B. She has evil spirit in herself
C. She has angel in herself
D. She was cruel


Prorinse
Acidic rinsing agent for neutralising alkaline floor polish stripper before applying new emulsion polish. Prevents reaction and powdering of new polish. Orange liquid.
Dilution 1 to 20 pH 4
Case Qty. 4 x 5L Unit 5L Code C255-05

31. What is the text about?
A. Body wash
B. Floor rinsing agent
C. Facial wash agent
D. Hair washing product

32. When can we use this product?
A. When the floor is dirty
B. When we want to add paints on our floor
C. When we want to sweep the dirty floor
D. When we want to remove old polish from the floor

Technology
When we think about technology, we cannot help thinking about computers, planes, satellites, and many more advanced tools. However, technology is not merely about all those things. We can find technologies around us that are also important but that we take for granted, just because they serve simple application. Take a ladder for example. Have you ever thought of a ladder as a technology? As a matter of fact, it is. Even though it is simple, it serves its purposes nicely. Imagine what you would do without a ladder when you wanted to go on the roof, or when your father wants to trim the branches.
Some technologies, such as hammers, saws, ladders, can openers, etc…, are called light technologies. Besides usually being lightweight, they are called light technology because they are based on uncomplicated applications of science and their usage is pretty easy.
Now can you think of examples of electronic technologies? Some examples of electronic technologies are televisions, radios, telephones, computers, projectors, and many more. We can find these technologies everywhere, in our homes, schools, offices, hotels, or even streets. Besides helping us to work more efficiently, there technologies also provide us with entertainment and education. Take a computer, for example. We have expanded the primary purpose of home computers from being used mostly for typing to being used for all sorts of information and communication through the Internet. We can also play games for our enjoyment with our computers.



33. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
A. Pretty easy of light technologies usage
B. Lightweight technologies
C. Uncomplicated application of science
D. Modern and complicated technologies

34. Why do we take technologies around us for granted?
A. Because they are sophisticated technologies
B. Because they are traditional technologies
C. Because they serve simple usage
D. Because they serve complicated application

35. According to the text, the followings statement is true, except.....
A. A ladder belongs to a technology
B. People usually do not neglect simple technology
C. Light technology is usually slightly considered
D. Hammer, saws, ladder and can opener do not belong to technology

36. .....because they are based on.....They (paragraph 2) refers to....
A. Light technologies
B. Complicated technologies
C. Ladders
D. Modern technologies provide

37. Technology also prodives us .......the underlined word has the same meaning with the following words, except....
A. Supplies
B. Gives
C. Offers
D. Withhold














38. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To entertain reader
B. To attract reader to join with
C. To amuse reader about computer
D. To describe about computer

39. How much money should be paid by the first 50 registrant?
A. Rp.150.000,00
B. Rp. 100.000,00
C. Rp. 135.00,00
D. Rp. 140.000,00
















40. What is the most suitable statement based on the text?
A. The vacation packages is unlimited
B. Water sport is not included to the package
C. Children pay nothing for staying and eating
D. We cannot plan the meal as we want

41. What do you think about the price of the vacation packages?
A. It is less expensive
B. It is more expensive
C. It is the most expensive
D. It is the same

42. .....we are offering.......What is the synonym of the word in the text?
A. Preventing
B. Providing
C. Stopping
D. Buying

January 12, 2008
Mr. Emilo Employer
Vice President
Corporate Sales, Inc. 777 Industrial Way
Northridge, California 91330

Dear Mr. Employer,
We met at a Northridge Chamber of Commerce meeting last week. I was vey impressed with your speech on ”Building a Better Business Community”. I was particularly inspired by your call for business mentors for students. As I promised, I am sending you a copy of my resume.
I spent the last two years focusing on small business management courses, and I have some good ideas to share with Corporate Sales, Inc. I noticed on your web page that you are beginning a new community relations project this fall. I recently completed upper level course in Project Management.....I also interned at Microsoft last summer, working in their community relations department.
You will find my resume enclosed. I would like to arrange for an interview. I will call your office next Monday to schedule a time and date.

Sincerely,
Joe Jobseeker

43. What does the text tell you about?
A. Congratulating someone
B. Expressing symphaty
C. Responding news
D. Applying for a job




44. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
A. Informing about Joe’s capability and idea
B. Joe’s ideas to share with Corporate Sales,Inc
C. Joe’s time spent for the last two years
D. Course taken by Joe

45. What was impressed Joe much?
A. The big company
B. Speech on ”Building a Better Business Community”
C. The intereesting job
D. The bonafide company

















46. Why did Nia experience a terrible moment on her vacation?
A. Because she was alone
B. Because there were limited restaurants
C. Because the weather is bad and the food is not good
D. Because she missed Galang

47. The followings are Nia’s moment on her vacation, except.....
A. She got wonderful moment
B. She got awful moment
C. Her vacation is horrifying
D. Her vacation is terrifying

48. This is a report on TV Viewing Survey. (48) ..........................the survey, most students do not watch TV when they do their homework. Some students watch TV while they do their homework.
A. With
B. Moreover
C. Although
D. According to

49. Rearrange the jumbled words into an appropriate sentence!

Need – grow – to – you – first – plants – seeds – from – some
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
A. 5 – 4 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 9 – 6 – 8 – 7
B. 5 – 4 – 1 – 3 – 2 – 9 – 6 – 8 – 7
C. 5 – 4 – 1 – 9 – 7 – 8 – 6 – 3 – 2
D. 5 – 4 – 1 – 8 – 6 – 9 – 7 – 3 - 2

50. Rearrange the jumbled sentences below into a good paragraph!
1. According to history, the first Ancient Olympic Games were held in 776 BC
2. These games were conducted every four years
3. At the time, people conducted games in Olympia to honor the Olympian Gods
4. The Olympic Games take place every four years
5. The prizes for the champions were wreaths from a sacred tree

A. 4 – 1 – 3 – 2 – 5
B. 4 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 5
C. 2 – 1 – 3 – 4 – 5
D. 2 – 1 – 5 – 4 - 3