Soal Bahasa Inggris Kelas 10 Semester 2

TEXT 1

WHY THE SKY IS HIGH

A long time ago, the sky was close to the earth. When you stood up and stretched your arms, you
could touch it.
One day, a farmer brought some coconuts for his wife. His wife wanted to drink the juice inside.
She knocked on of the coconuts against a rock to break open the shell
“That’s not the way to do it, “her husband said. “You should cut it open with a knife”
He gave her his bolo or jungle-knife
His wife raised the knife to cut the coconut shell. “crack !”. As she lifted the knife about her head
it split open the sky and there was heavy rain.
The woman told the sky, “Will you please go a little higher? I can’t raise my knife high enough to
cut this coconut shell”
She raised the knife over her shoulder the second time. Once again, it hit the sky and there was
thunder and lightening
“You are still too low,” the woman said to the sky. “Please go higher.”
She raised the bolo a third time. It still cracked the sky. There was a typhoon, and the woman’s
house was almost blown away by the fierce wind.
“What are you doing?” cried her husband, “Can’t you even try to open a coconut shell without
causing a typhoon?”
“It’s not me,” his wife answered. “It’s the sky which is too low”. I need more room to use the
knife.”
Finally, the woman became very angry. She looked up and shouted at sky. “You’d better do as I
told. Otherwise I shall cut you to pieces.”
The clouds rose and rose and the sky went up higher and higher. That’s why it is now so high.

1. What is the type of the text above?

a. narrative
b. descriptive
c. report
d. recount
e. news items
2. What is the social function of the text?
a. To describe about coconut shells
b. To entertain the readers with fairy legend
c. To inform readers about coconut shells
d. To describe how the farmers open the coconut shells
e. To explain to readers why it’s hard to open coconut shells
3. Based on the text above, what made the woman get angry?
a. The sky went up too high
b. He husband didn’t want to help her
c. She couldn’t cut the sky into pieces
d. Her husband forbade her to crack the coconut shell open
e. The sky gave her rain, thunder, lightening, and typhoon
4. Which one of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the text?
a. A bolo is a jungle knife
b. The woman tore the sky for several times.
c. A very long time ago, the sky was very low
d. The farmer broke the coconut with the knife for his wife
e. The farmer’s wife wanted to drink some coconut water
5. “She knocked one of the coconuts against a rock to break open the shell” (paragraph 2).
The underlined word can be replaced by__ .
a. cut
b. stroke
c. opened
d. kicked
e. threw

TEXT 2

Kendari SAR Team Found 3 More Victims

KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi, on Thursday a searching and rescue team found three
more victims from a ship that sank in Banda Sea, who had been missing since the incident
occurred on Friday last week. They were Aris Triono, the captain of Amami cargo Ship, Takub, a
crewman, and Suharto, a passenger.
They were found on Thursday floating in waters close to Menui Island, Central Sulawesi
Province. The province is adjacent to South East Sulawesi Province, within those territory lies
the Banda Sea. Two other victims were earlier saved by SAR team in the Banda Sea on Saturday
last week only a day after the ship sank due to the bad weather.
The SAR team is still searching for 10 crew members and a passenger still missing from
the incident, said Rocky Asikin, the head of Kendari SAR Team.

6. The communicative purpose of the text is ___ .

a. to retell past experience
b. to describe particular thing
c. to explain about SAR team’s work
d. to persuade readers to help victims
e. to inform readers about an important event
7. Why did the ship sink to the sea? It happened because ______
a. the weather was bad
b. the ship was broken
c. the ship was over loaded
d. there was a leak in the ship
e. the ship crashed another ship
8. How many crew members and passengers included in the accident?
a. two
b. three
c. five
d. sixteen
e. more than sixteen
9. Who is the source of the news?
a. SAR team
b. Yakub, a crewman
c. Suharto, passenger
d. Aris Triono, the captain
e. Rocky Asikin, the head of SAR team
10. SAR team found three more victims.
The underlined word means ___ .
a. a passenger of a ship
b. a person who join the SAR team
c. a person who cures the sick people
d. a person who helps the injured people.
e. a person that is injured or killed in an accident

TEXT 3

Della and Jim Young, newly married, were poor. Jim’s wage was enough to rent only a very
small apartment. But there were two things of which each was extremely proud. Della had the
longest and most beautiful hair in all New York, thought Jim, as he watched her combing it; and
Jim possessed a magnificent gold pocket watch, given by his father.
Christmas was drawing near, and Jim and Della began to think what present they could
afford to give each other. Della always noticed sadly, when Jim looked at his watch (which he
did whenever he had an excuse to), that it was fixed to the button-hole of his coat by common
old leather strap. He really needed a gold chain. And Jim often thought, as he looked at Della
doing her long hair, how well it would looked if only he could buy her jeweled comb to hold it in
place. But a gold watch-chain or jeweled hair-comb would have cost far more money than either
of them possessed.
Now it was Christmas Eve. With tearful eyes Della had counted the money she had saved
for Jim’s Christmas present for the tenth time 87 cents. “If only I knew ...” she thought. Then
suddenly she had a wonderful idea. She hurriedly putting on her old hat and coat, she ran down
the street to the shop with the notice “Hair bought”. She entered and an hour later walked out of
the shop richer by 15 dollars, but without her chair! On the way home she stopped at every
watchmaker’s shop until at last she found exactly the right chain to suit Jim’s watch.
Returning home, with one dollar and 87 cents left in her pocket, she had just enough time
before Jim arrived home from work to wrap the precious gift. She also curled her remaining hair.
When Jim saw it, he was speechless. “Oh Jim, don’t look at me like that. It will grow again”,
Della cried. “And I had to do it. Here. She gave the parcel to Jim,” you see, “I had to sell my hair
to get money for your present! Merry Christmas, dear”.
When Jim opened it, he collapsed on a chair. “I think we’d better put our presents away
for a while,” he said gently at last, “You see, I’ve sold my watch to but this comb for your hair”.
He gave the package to Della.
Nodding while tears rose in her eyes too, Della gave Jim a brave smile and said, “Our
gifts are the best presents in the world, you know?”
11. What did Della do to get the money to buy her husband a Christmas present after she
counted that her saved money wasn’t enough?
a. she didn’t want to spend the money she had saved
b. she couldn’t think what to buy for 87 cents money
c. she did not understand why she had such little money
d. she thought Jim hadn’t saved any money
e. She sold his long and beautiful hair
12. Della thought theirs were “the best Christmas present in the world” because they ___ .
a. had cost a lot of money
b. would be useful for a long time
c. how I could get some more money
d. spent really a great deal of time
e. showed how much they loved each other
13. Which one is TRUE according to the text?
a. Della and Jim were a well-to-do family
b. Della and Jim could give each other a Christmas gift
c. Della didn’t want to sell her long and beautiful hair
d. Jim finally gave his magnificent gold pocket watch to his wife as a Christmas present
e. Della and Jim couldn’t celebrate the Christmas since they didn’t have enough money.
14. She hurriedly putting on her old hat and coat (paragraph 3).
The word “putting on” means ___ .
a. charging
b. ironing
c. wearing
d. washing
e. keeping

TEXT 4
Denpasar, Bali; Environmental Organization Fauna Conservation for Life (EOFCFL)
claimed that Bali is the biggest site of turtle trading in the country.
In the period between May through to August 1999, it was reported, some 9,400 of the
protected animals had been traded.
According to Putu Lisa Kusuma Mustika, a reptile expert from the Indonesian World
Wildlife Fund (WWF), tortoises have long been killed in several of Indonesia, with the highest
number in Bali.
“Most of them are consumed as food while some of them are used for traditional
ceremonies,” Putu told Antara.
Besides its meat, Putu said, tortoise shells are also used as souvenirs for tourists.

15. The communicative purpose of this text is ___ .

a. To describe the threatened turtle in Bali
b. To tell the readers that turtles are threaten to extinct
c. To inform about important and newsworthy events
d. To explain the important of protecting turtles
e. To describe the way how to preserve turtles
16. What is the main information of the article above?
a. Turtle trading
b. A reptile expert
c. The protected animals
d. Fauna Conservation for life
e. Souvenirs from tortoise shells
17. It can be concluded form the text that ___ .
a. Turtles are not protected animals
b. Turtles are mostly traded in Bali
c. Turtles mainly traded for souvenirs
d. Traditional ceremonies always require turtle
e. Because they are not preserved, turtles are threatened to extinct

Text 5
The sugar glider is a marsupial, just like the other Australia animals – the Kangaroo, the koala
and the wombat for instant. The sugar glider is a possum – very similar to the tupai in Indonesia.
It basically lives in trees. It eats leaves and fruit. However, the Australia sugar glider has a very
special skill. It can jump from tree to tree like a tupai but it can also ‘sort of fly’ as well. In fact, it
glides or terbang laying in Bahasa Indonesia. When it jumps from one tree to another it spreads
its four legs out wide; and its extra skin also spreads out and function like a parachute.
18. What does the text mainly tell us about?
a. The Koala.
b. The sugar glider.
c. The Kangaroo.
d. The wombat.
e. Australia animals
19. Why can sugar glider jump from tree to tree?
a. It eats leaves and fruit.
b. It basically lives in trees.
c. It has a very special skill
d. It can spread its legs and skin out wide.
e. It is very similar to the tupai in Indonesia.
20. “ … it spreads its four legs out wide … “
The underlined word means …
a. executes
b. expand
c. exceeds
d. examines
e. extends

TEXT 6
Young Stars

The finalists of “Akademic Fantasi Indonesia 1” (AFI) are wonderful young people.
Mawar who was born on 26 February 1985 is a cute girl. She has straight, short hair. Her bright
skin, chubby cheeks and lovely smile make her look very marvelous. She is not very tall.
However, her weight which is 40 kgs matches her body well and makes her look cute.
 Unlike Mawar, Ve looks tall. She is 1.69 meters tall. She looks quiet slim. She weighs 45
kgs. Compared to Mawar, Ve looks darker. The 22-yeas-old girl has black, straight hair.
Another finalist is Ismail who is better known as Smile. The young man who was born on
16 September 1983 looks much bigger and taller than his two female friends. He is tall and
muscular. His complexion is fair and his hair is short and straight.

21. What is the main information of the text?

a. Ve AFI
b. Mawar AFI
c. Ismail AFI
d. The finalist of AFI
e. The characteristics of AFI
22. What is the organization of the text above?
a. general statement – description
b. general classification – description
c. identification – description
d. orientation – event – resolution
e. orientation – complication - resolution
23. Which one is true about Mawar?
a. She is taller than Ve.
b. She is heavier than Ve.
c. Her skin is darker than Ve’s
d. She taller than smile
e. She is younger than Smile.
24. “Her bright skin, chubby cheeks.“ (Paragraph 2)
The underlined word can mean …
a. white
b. dark
c. black
d. brown
e. brownish

TEXT 7
The students of IA have just finished doing an experiment in the laboratory. It is nine
fifteen. It is time for them to have a break now. Etvia and her friends are in his canteen. The
canteen is big and clean. There is a washing table with the sentence “wash your hands before and
after eating” above it. There are bowls of side-dishes and drinks sold in the canteen. All the
students queue up to buy their food. Discipline and obedience help to make sure every body
follows the canteen rules. The rules are to queue up to buy food and not to split on the floor. If
the students are cooperative, the canteen will be clean and safe.

25. Where are the students now?

a. In the laboratory
b. In the library
c. In the canteen
d. In the classroom
e. In the office
26. What are the canteen rules?
a. Discipline and obedience.
b. Don’t be noisy in the canteen
c. Work together to prepare food.
d. Wash your hands before and after eating.
e. Queue up to buy food and not to spit on the floor.
27. “There is a washing table with the sentence ‘wash your hands before and after eating’
above it”.
The word ‘it’ refers to …
a. The washing table
b. The sentence
c. The canteen
d. The hand
e. The rule

TEXT 8

CAREER OPPURTUNITY

Our company-one the biggest national pharmaceutical trading company (pharmaceutical raw
materials including food; feed; cosmetics)is offering a challenging position.

OPERATIONAL DIRECTOR

Right candidate should possess a degree from reputable University either abroad/ local with at
least 10 years experience in company with similar activities. Being a team leader you are
expected to be dynamic; innovation with a strong capacity to perform in a multicultural
environment. Sharp with a strong initiative; self motivated and hardworking. For the right
candidate we are willing to offer competitive and benefit package which will suit to your needs
for your long term career development. Please forward your application letter with your CV
covering details of your previous employment records professional achievement plus a recent
photograph and contact phone number to

PO. BOX 199 JKP 10019

Application should reach us by 10 the October 2008 and will be treated with the strictest
confidence. Only applicant who meets our requirements will be contacted for selections and on
interview.

28. Which one is not requirement needed?

a. good at operating computer
b. a degree from reputable university
c. innovative, self motivated and hard working
d. at least 10 years experience in a company
e. dynamic and innovative to be the team leader
29. “Please forward your application letter with your CV....”, Line 1
The underlined word stands for…
a. Cultural variety
b. Curriculum vitae
c. Company vacancy
d. Competence and vita
e. Creativity and validity
30. The text above is a kind of functional text in the form of ____
a. Announcement
b. Advertisement
c. Invitation
d. Brochure
e. Notice
31. What position is the company offering?
a. A team leader
b. A challenging position
c. A career opportunity
d. An operational director
e. A marketing manager

Essay

1. How many tenses in English?

2. What is your favourite sport?
3. Who is the third president of indonesia?
4. Please write down expression of greetings!
5. Please elaborate about your introductions!