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Class
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LATIHAN ULANGAN SEMESTER I

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: 3
: English

I. Choose the multiple choice by give (X) to the correct answer

Read the text to answer number 1-6
One day while a mouse deer was walking in the forest, he saw a big
black snake 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 dont eat me now, said the
mouse deer. I have something important to do.
Look.Said the mouse deer. That is the kings 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 couldnt breathe. The
tiger asked the mouse deer to help him. But the mouse deer turned and ran
away into the forest.
1. What is the appropriate title for text above?
a. A big black snake in the
c. A beautiful belt
forest
d. The scared tiger
b. A mouse deer and a tiger
2. What kind of the text the story above is?
a. Narrative text
c. Report text
b. Recount text
d. Descriptive text
3. Why did the mouse deer trick the tiger by saying that the snake was a
kings 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

4. Where was the tiger sleeping?
a. In the middle of the forest.
b. next to the mouse deers house
c. next the black snake sleeping under the tree.
d. far away from the place where the mouse deer fell
5. After reading this story, we can learn that..
a. we have to behave like the mouse deer
b. we have to find a way to save ourselves from danger.
c. sleeping black snake was a dangerous animal.
d. we have to be careful with the mouse deer.
6. What is the communicative purpose of this text?
a. to inform the readers about activities happened in the past.
b. to describe something in general.
c. to give information about the mouse deer
d. to entertain the readers
7. The animal has four legs. It has very thick skin. The color of the skin is
grey and it has one or two horns on its nose. What is it?
a. Horse
b. Rhinoceros
c. Elephant
d. Tiger
8. Mr. Ahmad is a technician. He often .. radios, calculators, sound
system, etc.
a. fixing
b. fixes
c. fix
d. fixed
9. Ari : What time did you get up this morning?
Ina :
a. I got up at five
c. She is going to get up at
b. He gets up at four
four
d. they want to get up at five
10. Listen! The teacher .. the lesson.
a. explains
c. is explaining
b. explained
d. was explaining
11. Aldi
: Mr. Simon works very hard. He has many orders to make chairs,
cupboard, bookshelves, etc.
Ida
: What is his job?
Aldi
: he is a
a. Tailor
c. Fisherman
b. Carpenter
d. Bricklayer
12. Arrange these sentences into a good paragraph!
1. He lives in a small village as farmer.
2. This is because I like to see farmers working in the rice field
3. I have an uncle, Mr. Sanusi.

4. Next week I want to go there

a. 3-1-4-2
c. 1-2-3-4
b. 4-3-2-1
d. 3-4-1-2
13. The plant has short stiff leaves. It can be planted in the ground and
grows quite tall. Usually it is put in a hanging pot. It has beautiful flower
which are mostly purple and red. The flowers last long time before they die.
What flowers is it? It is ..
a. a rose
c. an orchid
b. a lily
d. a jasmin4
14. Tohar is my sisters son. He is my ..
a. brother
c. nephew
b. cousin
d. niece
15. If you .. see the object clearly you should face the microscope
to the light and adjust.
a. manage to
c. cannot
b. know how to
d. are able to
Read the text to answer number 14-18
Badminton is one of the popular sports in Indonesia. Many people like
playing it very much. It can be played indoors and outdoors. However, most
players play it indoors. Nowadays, there are many badminton halls in our
country.
Badminton is not a cheap sport. We need net, rackets, and
shuttlecocks to play badminton. We can get them in a sport shop. We need
to spend a lot of money in order to get good nets, rackets, and shuttlecocks.
Susi susanti is the best women badminton player that we have. She is
one of the best woman players in the world. She spent much money for
badminton in the past. Now, she gets facilities from government and her
sponsor.
14. The following are the things that we need to play badminton, except
.
a. ball
c. racket
b. net
d. shuttlecock
15. What does paragraph two tell us about?
a. the best women badminton player
b. the things needed for playing badminton
c. the facilities of badminton players
d. the way to be a good badminton player
16. Why doesnt Susi need to spend money for badminton at present?
Because

a. she is one of the best women badminton players in the world

b. she is one of the Indonesia woman badminton players
c. she gets facilities from the government and her sponsor
d. she has won several international championship
17. Why is badminton one of the popular sports in Indonesia?
a. it is not a cheap sport
b. many people like playing it very much
c. we have many potential players
d. most of us like watching badminton matches
18. we need to spend a lot of money. (paragraph 2)
a. give
c. lend
b. earn
d. pay out
19. What is the best title for text above?
a. Soccer
c. a sport shop
b. Badminton
d. the best sport
20. I cant wait to pack my bag and go home. The underlined words mean
the bag
a. ask someone to bring
c. put his belonging into
b. put on his clothes in
d. carry things with
21. Arrange the following word into a good sentence.
Noodles- a bowl-will-of-have-fried-I
a. 7-3-5-2-4-6-1
c. 7-3-5-6-1-4-2
b. 7-3-5-2-6-4-1
d. 7-3-5-2-1-4-6
22. Mr. Dendy
: Your uncle sent you two sweaters. The colors are nice, red
and blue one do you like?
Ardi
: I like the blue one.
a. Which
c. What
b. Whose
d. When
23. Tika
: Ihear a tiger died in the park. Someone killed it.
Ira
: .
a. Thats fun
b. Thats wonderful
c. C. I am sorry to hear that
d. Thats not so bad
Read the text to answer number 24-29
The Indonesian society consists of rural and urban society. Rural
society lives in villages. They usually make their livings by farming. Some
make their livings by working in home industries. Home industries are
usually small scale industries, so they dont need many workers.

There are many kinds of jobs people can do in cities. Cities are the
centre of big industries. Most government offices are also centered in cities.
Therefore, most people in the village want to move to cities.
The villagers move to cities in great numbers to get jobs. Some get
what they want, but most of them dont. they who have skills or good
education can become government civil servants or employees of private
enterprises. The unskilled and uneducated can only work in informal sectors
such as food sellers, porters and house servants.
As the cities are densely populate, the demand for daily needs
increases sharply. This condition motivates the growth of trade and new
merchants. Life in a city is competition. It is a hard life. Everyone must work
to earn a living.
24. How do the villagers make their living? By.
a. farming or working in home industries
b. becoming government civil servants
c. enjoying life in the villages
d. becoming employees of private enterprise
25. The second paragraph is about . In the cities.
a. how people life
c. rural people
b. the condition
d. big industries
26. Why do most villagers move to cities? Because ..
a. there are many jobs open for people
b. they no longer like farming
c. they are skilled and educating
d. there are no industries in their village
27. What is the best title of text above?
a. Indonesians job
c. Indonesian life
b. Good educations and
d. Civil servants
government
28. Home industries are usually small scale industries, so they dont need
man workers. (paragraph 1) the underlined word means ..
a. balance
c. measure
b. size
d. instrument
29. What is needed by a person to get a good job?
a. farming experience
b. skill in trade
c. ability to compete
d. skill and education

30. You . abroad next December

a. have gone
b. will go
c. went
d. go
II. Read the text carefully to answer these questions!
POPCORN CRUNCH
You will need:
1 cups of sugar
1 cup of golden syrup
cup of butter
8 cups of popcorn, already popped
2 cups of puffed wheat cereal
1 cup of toasted flaked almonds
1 teaspoon of vanilla
teaspoon of cinnamon
Time : 10 minutes
Place sugar and golden syrup in a heatproof dish, stir and cook until sugar is dissolved
(approximately four minutes of high). Add butter and cook for six minutes. Then, place
popcorn, puffed wheat cereal and almonds into a separate bowl. Add cinnamons and
vanilla to golden syrup mixture. Combine syrup with popcorn, cereal and almonds and
spread over a lightly greased 25 centimeter x 30 centimeter baking tray. Allow to cool,
and then cut into pieces, after that ready to serve.
1. What is the purpose of the text above?
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2. What should do firstly?
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3. How much butter is needed to make popcorn crunch?
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4. What does the word this in line three refers to
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5. What is combined with syrup?
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6. Does the text above belong to procedure?
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7. How do you know? Explain briefly!
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8. How many cups of popcorn needed?
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9. How much cinnamon needed? ________________________________________________________
10. Classify the text into appropriate generic structure!
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