Nama : Wuan Tilasari

No : 30
Kelas : XI Elind B

Dear Sir/Madam.

I am writing to complain about an article in last Monday's newspaper, “Schools fail

low-income children.” As the head teacher of one of the largest junior high schools in the
city. I feel strongly that the article does not describe our school.

My school has children from many different economic backgrounds, but a large percentage
some from lower-income families. Nevertheless, our tests show that the children do well and
benefit from the excellent work our teachers do. Last year our school moved from 24m to
5th place according to the official assessment by the state government. This is clearly not
the ‘Tailure" that the article suggests.

I would be strongly recommend that more careful research should be conducted in the
future so that your newspaper will more realistically describe the true situation in our
schools.

Yours sincerely,

Joan Gonzales 1. The letter shows Ms. Gonzales's strong disagreement with the
newspaper’s claim that ....

A. Children from low-income families do not perform well in the official assessment
B. The poor students in her school fail in the national examination
C. Her school only admit students from economically advantaged families
D. Many of her students fail because of their parents' low income
E. Low-income children are not as good as high-income children

2. What is expected by Joan Gonzales from Monday's newspaper?

A. To present information based on facts

B. To conduct more research
C. To fix the information given
D. To explain more about that school
E. To be responsible for the report

Read the following text to answer questions number 3 and 4.

Dear Susan,

It feels like such a long time since the last time I saw you. I know it's only been several
weeks since I saw you. So far my summer has been great!

I spend my all my weekends at the beach. I am getting a nice tan and you can no longer say I
am paler than you. I have been playing lots of volleyball, surfing and building a nice collection
of sea shells. Just this past week-end I took second place in a sandcastle building contest!
On the weekdays I work. I drive an ice cream truck around and sell ice cream to the kids. It is
so cool. It is a combination of the two things I love most, ice cream and kids. The pay isn't
too great but I love the job so much.

I hope the summer's been going well for you too. There's only a month and a half left in
summer vacation and after that it's back to school. Would you like to meet up some time
before school starts?

Your friend,
Signature
P.S. John Austin.
3. The letter shows about ....

A. Spending time in summer

B. Happiness someone who meet her friends soon
C. The poor students in summer vacation
D. How to finished summer vacation
E. Missing old friend in summer

4. What is writer do on the weekdays?

A. She is getting a nice tan

B. Drive an ice cream truck around and sell ice cream
C. Spend her time with working
D. Playing lots of volleyball and surfing
E. Building a nice collection of sea shells

Read the following text to answer questions number 5 to 8.

Jerowaru, 1st February 2017

Dear Nathan

How are you? Hope everything is okay with you. I’m all right here.
We are going to have the national examination, aren’t we? Are you well prepared for it? Well,
to be honest, I just have some difficulties in preparing for it, especially in Science. There are
extra lessons in my school and I take them all. But, I feel that they don’t help. I’m still
confused in solving Mathematic problems. I’m just worried that I fail the national
examination. Do you have any suggestion for me? I really appreciate your help.
I look forward to hearing from you.

Your buddy

Rendy
5. What does the letter tell us about?

A. Asking for a friend to teach Mathematic

B. Preparing for the national examination
C. Asking for a friend’s suggestion to solve a problem
D. Giving a solution to a friend
E. Having extra lesson at school
6. Why is Rendy worried that he may fail the national examination?

A. There are extra lessons at Rendy’s school

B. He will have the national examination soon
C. He is confused in solving Mathematic problem
D. He appreciated Ivan’s help
E. His friends are all well prepared

7. “I’m still confused in solving Mathematic problems.” The underlined word means …

A. Unable to think clearly

B. Unable to speak fluently
C. Unable to perform well
D. Unable to read quickly
E. Unable to behave politely

8. “I’m just worried that I fail the national examination.” The antonym of the underlined word
is ....

A. Escape
B. Reach
C. Predict
D. Underestimate
E. Success

Read the following text to answer questions number 9 and 10.

Mr. Hasan Renaldi
PT Jaya Sentosa
Jl. Hasanudin 73
Makasar

Dear Mr. Hasan Renaldi,

In response to your letter of December 20, 2015 we apologize for the error in shipment. We
are sending immediately the additional 500 boxes of glossy photo papers, that were not
included in the shipment.

We value our relationship with your company, and we regret the inconvenience. You can be
assured that this will not happen again in the future. We also enclose some catalogues of
our new products.

Sincerely yours,

Hilman

Manager of order Department

9. The purpose of sending the letter is to ….

A. Request the paper excluded in the previous shipment

B. Complete another request from PT Jaya Sentosa
C. Request more orders of glossy photo papers
D. Ask for apology for the error in shipment
E. Enclose some new catalogues

10. We know from the text that the first shipment was .…
A. Not complete
B. Not insured
C. Damaged
D. Wrong
E. Late

II. Make the personal letter

Jakarta, 09 Januari 2020

Dear Latifah,
How are you? I hope you and your family are well. How was your trip to Japan? I am sorry to
not reply to your letter soon. I was away for one month. I went to my hometown in
Sukoharjo. I visited my mom, she was hospitalized. Now, she much better and able to do her
daily activities.
I am now back in Jakarta. What about your plan to Jakarta next month? Let me know your
plan. I will make myself available. I can pick you up from the airport. Can't wait to see you
here.
Your friend,
Wulan