Mata Pelajaran : Bahasa Inggris Kelas : IX

Jenjang : SMP/MTs Semester : 2 (dua)

Nama Nomor Induk

Kelas Tanda Tangan

A. Choose A, B, C or D for the correct 3. “Destiny is how you accept your

answer.
Read the dialog and answer questions 1
and 2.
Kevin : Mom! Where are you?
Mother : I’m in the backyard, Kevin. What’s up?
Kevin : Look, Mom! My article was published in
this teen magazine! Can you believe it?
Mother : I can’t believe it! It’s yours!
1. What is the dialog about?
A. Kevin who loves reading teen
magazines.
B. The publishing of Kevin’s article
in a teen magazine.
C. A mother and her son.
D. A boy who loves helping his mother
in the backyard.
2. Where do you think the dialog happen?
A. At home.
B. At school.
C. In an office.
D. In a publishing house.
Read the text and answer questions 3 to 5.
To a woman who complained about her
destiny, the Master said, “It is you who make your
destiny.”
“But surely I am not responsible for being
born a woman?”
“Being born a woman isn’t destiny. That is
fate. Destiny is how you accept your
womanhood and what you make of it.”
Source: March 12, 2010, Anthony de Mello, SJ, One Minute
Wisdom <http://www.inspirationalstories.com/2/241.html>
womanhood and what you make of it.” What
is the underlined word refer to?
A. The woman’s responsible.
B. The Master’s explanation.
C. Destiny.
D. Fate.
4. “Destiny is how you accept your
womanhood and what you make of it.”.
The underlined word can be best
replaced by ________.
A. deny B. reply
C. miss D. receive
5. What can you learn from the story?
A. We can change our destiny, but not our
fate.
B. We have to receive our destiny as it is.
C. Never complain what you’ve already
got.
D. We have to help each other.
Read the text and answer questions 6 to 8.
Once there were three trees on a hill in
the woods. They were discussing their hopes
and dreams when the first tree said, “Someday
I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled
with gold, silver and precious gems. I could be
decorated with intricate carving and everyone
would see the beauty.”
Then, the second tree said, “Someday
I will be a mighty ship. I will take kings and
queens across the waters and sail to the corners
of the world. Everyone will feel safe in me
because of the strength of my hull.”
Finally, the third tree said, “I want to grow
to be the tallest and straightest tree in the forest.
People will see me on top of the hill and look up
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God and how close to them I am reaching. I will her Violetta, for her eyes reminded them of the
be the greatest tree of all time and people will color of violets.
always remember me.” Source : April 12, 2009
Source: March 12, 2010 <http://www.childrenstory.com/tales/lpg/lpg1.html>
<http://www.inspirationalstories.com/16/1630.html> 9. What should the man in the story do to the
6. What is the purpose of the text? king?
A. To inform about three precious trees. A. Send their daughters to the palace to
B. To describe about three trees. become maids.
C. To entertain the readers. B. Give four basketfuls of fruit to the king.
D. To report about trees. C. Help the king in the palace.
D. Work in the king’s fields.
7. What happened to those trees?
A. Each of them had their own wish. 10. “Once upon a time, a peasant worked hard
B. The third tree was the most valuable one. to make a living from his land.”
C. They tried to show their power one to (Sentence 1)
another. The underlined word can be best replaced
D. They quarelled to be the most precious by ________.
tree. A. soldier B. farmer
C. maid D. cook
8. “Everyone will feel safe in me because of the
strength of my hull.” What does the 11. How was the king?
underlined word refer to? A. Wise. B. Tricky.
A. A treasure chest. C. Heartless. D. Selfish.
B. The second tree. 12. The peasan’t daughter was called Violetta
C. A mighty ship. by the folk because ________.
D. The highest and strongest tree in the A. she wore a violet dress
woods. B. she loved the color of violet
Read the text and answer questions 9 to 12. C. the color of her eyes was violets
D. she was as beautiful as the color of
Once upon a time, a peasant worked hard
violet
to make a living from his land. Every year his
pear tree produced four basketfuls of fruit which Read the text and answer questions 13
had to be given to the king, a greedy ruler who and 14.
grew rich at the expense of the poor.
One year, part of the pear harvest went There’s a place in your heart
bad and the peasant was able to pick only three And I know that it is love
and a half baskets of fruit. The poor man was And this place could be much
beside himself with fear, for the king refused to Brighter than tomorrow.
take less than four basketfuls, and the peasant And if you really try
would be cruelly punished. You’ll find there’s no need to cry
All he could do was put his youngest In this place you’ll feel
daughter into one of the baskets and cover her There’s no hurt or sorrow.
with a layer of pears, so the basket looked full. There are ways to get there
The king’s servants took away the four baskets If you care enough for the living
without ever noticing the trick, and the little girl Make a little space, make a better place.
found herself all alone in the pantry, under the Source: March 12, 2010 <http://www.lyrics007.com/Michael
pears. %20Jackson%20Lyrics/Heal%20The%20World
%20Lyrics.html
One day, the cook went into the pantry
and discovered her. Nobody could understand
where on earth she had come from, and not
knowing what to do with her, it was decided she
should become a maid in the castle. Folk called
13. “And if you really try” (line 5)

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 The synonym of the word ‘try’ is Read the text and answer questions 17
________. and 18.
A. attempt B. persuade
Monday, 09:10
C. choose D. decide
I was very happy today. Do you want to
14. The lyric mainly tells us about ________. know, my diary? It was because I went home
A. a better place to stay early. I There was no class, except a hoisting
B. someone’s wish flag ceremony. My teachers had important
C. a better future meeting downtown. That was what I knew.
D. love
17. The writer was happy because ________.
Read the text and answer questions 15 A. teachers had important meeting
and 16. downtown
In the beginning of the world, the B. she just attended the hoisting flag
Kangaroo tribe were very good hunters. They ceremony
moved from place to place hunting for food. C. she finally found her diary at home
When they came to a new place, they D. she went home early
would spend many days building new houses to
18. When did the writer write her diary?
live in. There was one man in the tribe who was
A. On Monday.
very clever and very lazy. Every time the tribe
B. At 10:09.
moved, he was angry because he did not want to
C. At noon
build another house. He decided to make a
D. In the afternoon.
house that he could carry on his back. When he
told the others, they laughed at him. For questions 19 and 20, arrange the
One night he left the tribe carrying his following words to make good sentences.
house on his back. As time went by, his house
19. before – had – there – studied –
got heavier and heavier. He tried to pull it off but 1 2 3 4
it was stuck. He began to get smaller and smaller
from the weight of the house until he could only your brother – Japanese – he – ever –
crawl along the ground. 5 6 7 8
Today he can be seen sliding along the worked – ?
9 10
ground looking for food with a large shell on his
back. A. 2–7–8–4–6–1–5–9–3–10
Source: Endang Nila P., Writing Bahan Ajar Diklat Guru B. 2–5–8–4–6–3–9–7–1–10
Bahasa Inggris Sekolah Menengah Pertama Tingkat Dasar, C. 2–5–8–4–6–1–7–9–3–10
Jakarta, Depdiknas Direktorat Jenderal Pendidikan dasar D. 2–5–4–6–1–7–8–9–3–10
dan Menengah Pusat Pengembangan Penataran Guru
Bahasa, 2004. 20. whom – me – this morning – met – we –
1 2 3 4 5
15. The Kangaroo tribe moved from one place to
place because ________. yesterday – the girl – called
A. they were lazy 6 7 8
B. they searched for food A. 7–1–5–4–3–8–2–6
C. they wanted to find better houses B. 7–1–5–4–6–8–2–3
D. they had to build new houses in the new C. 7–1–5–6–8–4–2–3
place D. 7–1–8–4–5–2–6–3
16. At the end of the story, the very clever, but
B. Rewrite a story that you have ever read.
lazy, man changed into ________ .
A. a kangaroo B. a turtle
C. a snake D. a hare

Jawaban Review B

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A. Pilihan Ganda
1. B. Percakapan itu menceritakan Kevin
yang mencari ibunya. Setelah bertemu,
ia menjelaskan bahwa artikelnya dimuat
di majalah remaja. Ia dan ibunya sangat
senang. Jadi, percakapan itu mencerita-
kan tentang dimuatnya artikel Kevin di
majalah remaja.
2. A. Percakapan itu terjadi antara Kevin
dengan ibunya. Pada saat itu, ibu Kevin
ada di halaman belakang (backyard).
Kesimpulannya, percakapan itu terjadi di
rumah (at home).
3. C. Kata ’it’ menggantikan kata benda
tunggal yang telah disebutkan
sebelumnya, yaitu destiny.
4. D. Kata ’accept’ dan ’receive’ artinya
sama, yaitu menerima. Pilihan jawaban
yang lain salah; (A) artinya menyangkal,
(B) menjawab, dan (C) meleset.
5. A. Berdasarkan kalimat terakhir cerita
tersebut, disimpulkan bahwa kita bisa
mengubah nasib kita, tetapi kita tidak
bisa mengubah takdir.
6. C. Teks tersebut berbentuk narrative.
Tujuan narrative adalah menghibur
(to entertain) para pembacanya.
7. A. Cerita itu mengisahkan tiga pohon
yang masing-masing mempunyai
harapan. Cerita itu diakhiri dengan
harapan pohon ketiga yang ingin menjadi
pohon tertinggi agar selalu diingat orang.
Jadi, cerita itu menjelaskan
keinginan/harapan setiap pohon itu.
8. B. Kata ’me’ tersebut terdapat dalam
kalimat harapan yang diucapkan oleh
pohon kedua. Jadi, pilihan jawaban yang
tepat adalah (B).
9. B. Pilihan jawaban (B) ini benar karena
sesuai dengan kalimat kedua
paragraf satu, ”Every year his pear tree
produced four basketfuls of fruit which
had to be given to the king, . . . .” yang
artinya ”Setiap tahun pohon pirnya
menghasilkan empat keranjang buah
yang harus diberikan kepada raja.”.
10. B. Kata ’peasant’ artinya petani. Pilihan
jawaban yang artinya sama adalah
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pilihan jawaban (B) farmer (petani).
Pilihan jawaban yang lain salah;
(A) artinya tentara, (C) artinya pelayan,
dan (D) artinya tukang masak.
11. D. Sifat raja dalam cerita tersebut
adalah greedy yang artinya tamak. Hal
ini disimpulkan dari kalimat terakhir
paragraf satu, ”. . . to the king, a gredy
ruler who . . . .”. Pilihan jawaban yang
artinya sama dengan kata tamak adalah
pilihan jawaban (D) selfish. Pilihan
jawaban yang lain salah; (A) artinya
bijaksana, (B) artinya licik, dan
(C) artinya jahat.
12. C. Gadis itu disebut Violetta karena
mata gadis itu berwarna violet (warna
lembayung). Hal ini sesuai dengan
kalimat terakhir cerita tersebut, ”Folk
called her Violetta, for her eyes
reminded them of the color of violets.”
yang artinya ”Orang-orang itu
menyebutnya Violetta karena matanya
mengingatkan mereka akan warna
lembayung.”.
13. A. Kata ’try’ artinya mencoba.
Persamaan katanya adalah ’attempt’
yang juga berarti mencoba. Pilihan
jawaban yang lain salah; (B) artinya
membujuk,
(C) memilih, dan (D) artinya
memutuskan.
14. D. Inti lirik tersebut dituangkan pada
baris kedua ”And I know that it is love.”
yang artinya ”Dan saya tahu bahwa itu
cinta.”. Kemudian, baris-bari berikutnya
adalah gagasan penjelas makna cinta.
15. B. Jawaban ini sesuai dengan kalimat
kedua paragraf pertama bacaan
tersebut, ”They moved from one place
to place hunting for food.” yang artinya
”Mereka berpindah dari satu tempat ke
tempat lain untuk mencari makan.”.
16. B. Berdasarkan kalimat terakhir cerita
yang artinya ”Sekarang ia dapat dilihat
merayap di tanah mencari makan
dengan membawa tempurung besar di
punggungnya.”, disimpulkan bahwa laki-
laki yang sangat pintar tetapi malas itu
berubah menjadi kura-kura. Ia selalu
 membawa rumahnya ketika mencari
makan.
17. D. Jawaban ini sesuai dengan kalimat
yang ditulis penulis dalam buku
hariannya ”It was because I went home
early.” yang artinya ”Itu karena aku
pulang awal.”.
18. A. Dalam buku harian itu tertulis
”Monday, 09:10.”. Itu artinya buku harian
itu ditulis pada hari Senin, pukul 09.10,
bukan pukul 10.09 seperti pada pilihan
jawaban (B).
19. C. Urutan kata yang tepat sehingga
membentuk kalimat yang bermakna
adalah (2) Apakah (5) kakakmu
(8) pernah (4) belajar (6) bahasa Jepang
(1) sebelum (7) ia (9) bekerja (3) di sana
(10)?.
20. B. Urutan kata yang tepat sehingga
membentuk kalimat yang bermakna
adalah (7) Gadis (1) yang (5) kita
(4) jumpai (6) kemarin (8) menelepon
(2) saya (3) tadi pagi.
B. Esai
Contoh jawaban:
A Tragedy or a Blessing?
Years ago in Scotland, the Clark family
had a dream. Clark and his wife worked and
saved, making plans for their nine children and
themselves to travel the United States. It had
taken years, but they had finally saved enough
money and had got passports and reservations
for the whole family on a new liner to the United
States.
The entire family was filled with
anticipation and excitement about their new life.
However, seven days before their departure, the
youngest son was bitten by a dog. The doctor
sewed up the boy but hung a yellow sheet on
the Clarks’ front door. Because of the possibility
of rabies, they were being quarantined for
fourteen days.
The family’s dreams were dashed. They
would not be able to make the trip to America as
they had planned. The father, filled with
disappointment and anger, stomped to the dock
to watch the ship leave—without the Clark
family. The father shed tears of disappointment
and cursed both his son and God for their
misfortune.
Five days later, the tragic news spread
throughout Scotland—the mighty Tittanic had
sunk. The unsinkable ship had sunk, taking
hundreds of lives with it. The Clark family was to
have been on that ship, but because the son
had been bitten by a dog, they were left behind
in Scotland.
When Mr. Clark heard the news, he
hugged his son and thanked him for saving the
family. He thanked God for saving their lives and
turning what he had felt was a tragedy into
a blessing.
Although we may not always understand,
all things happen for a reason.
Source: January 8, 2010
<http://www.inspirationalstories.com/0/56.html>