PEMERINTAH KABUPATEN LEBAK

DINAS PENDIDIKAN
SMP NEGERI 2 BAYAH
Cihaseum Desa Sawarna

MID SEMESTER TEST

ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016

Subject : BAHASA INGGRIS

Class : IX (Sembilan )
Time Allocation : 60 menit

Text for question No. 1 - 7 c. Rock and Roll.

Rock Music
Rock music is part of popular music today.
It is
played and listened in almost every
countries in the
world. Rock and roll was the name given to
the music that developed in the early 1950’s.
It is believed that the term rock and roll was
first used by a disk jockey, Alan Freed.
In 1955, records of a young singer from
Tennessee,
Elvis Presley, were heard across the US.
After he
appeared on nation-wide television, Elvis
Presley’s
singing and his performing style came to
mean rock
and roll all over the world. Then came Bill
Haley and The Comets. Rock mainly
became the music of the young. They
understood its beat and sound, and its
lyrics.
The 1970’s were the time of big
developments in
the rock industry. Rock became a very big
business,
earned more money annually than any
other form of
entertainment including the film industry.
1. What is the best title for the text?
a. Music.
b. Kinds of Music.
c. Rock Music.
d. Music from Time to Time.
2. What is the main idea of paragraph one?
a. Rock and Roll was the name given by
Alan Freed.
b. Alan Freed was the one who used the
term rock
and roll.
c. Rock music is played and listened in most
countries.
d. Rock music is part of popular music
today.
3. What does the word “it” in paragraph
one line 1 refers to?
a. Popular music.
b. Rock music.
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d. All countries.
4. The main idea of paragraph two is….
a. in 1955
b. young singer
c. Elvis Presley’s voice was heard across
the US
d. young singer from Tennessee, Elvis
Presley
5. The supporting idea of paragraph two
is…. .
a. Elvis Presley’s singing and his
performing style
b. After Elvis appeared on nationwide
television
c. Bill Haley and The Comets
d. Elvis Presley’s performing style
6. What is the supporting idea of
paragraph three?
a. Rock mainly became the big business.
b. The 1970’s were the time of big
developments in rock music.
c. Rock music vs film industry.
d. By the early 1970’s.
7. Which statement is not true based on
the text?
a. Rock is popular among young
people.
b. The term rock and roll wasn’t first
used by a disk jockey, Alan Freed.
c. Rock became a very big business at
that time.
d. Bill Haley and The Comets sang rock
and roll in their times
Text for question No. 8 - 11
DIALOGUE
Riana has made some fruit kebabs. She
wants Angga
to taste them.
“Hi, Angga. Care to taste this?”
“What is it? It looks so delicious.”
“Well, I call this fruit kebab.”
“Oh I see. How do you make them?”
“It’s easy. I saw the recipe in my mom’s
magazine.”
“Great!” Of course I’ll taste it”

8. Riana has made a .

a. juice
b. snack
c. cookies

9. Angga’s expression to show his

admiration is .
a. what’s that?
b. oh, I see.
c. it looks so delicious!

10. Angga’s expression to show his

attention is .
a. oh, I see.
b. it looks so delicious.
c. great!

11. Does Angga want to taste fruit kebab?

a. No.
b. Yes, he does.
c. Not really.

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Text for question No. 12 - 15
Bees are flying insects closely related
to wasps and ants, and are known for their
role in pollination and for producing honey
and beeswax. There are nearly 20,000
known species of bees in nine recognized
families though many are undescribed and
the actual number is probably higher. They
are found on every continent except
Antarctica, in every habitat on the planet
that contains insect-pollinated flowering
plants.
Bees have a long proboscis (a
complex "tongue") that enables them to
obtain the nectar from flowers. They have
antennae almost universally made up of 13
segments in males and 12 in females, as is
typical for the super family. Bees all have
two pairs of wings, the hind pair being the
smaller of the two; in a very few species,
one sex or caste has relatively short wings
that make flight difficult or impossible, but
none are wingless.
The smallest bee is Trigona minima, a
stingless bee whose workers are about
2.1 mm (5/64") long. The largest bee in the
world is Megachile pluto, a leafcutter bee
whose females can attain a length of 39 mm
(1.5"). Members of the family Halictidae, or
sweat bees, are the most common type of
bee in the Northern Hemisphere, though
they are small and often mistaken for wasps
or flies
12. What is the text about?
A. Describing bees in general.
B. Explaining bees in Antarctica.
C. Telling the habitat of the bees.
D. Giving information about bees in
the Northern Hemisphere.
13. What is the main idea of paragraph one?
A. Bees live on every continent.
B. Bees belong to flying insects.
C. Bees produce honey and beeswax.
D. Bees only live with insect-flowering
plants.
14. Which of the following sentences describes
the physical appearance bees?
A. None has wings.
B. It has 13 antennae.
C. Its length is 39 mm.
D. Its tongue is complex.
15. “They are found on every continent except
Antarctica,…”
The word “they” refers to … .
A. ants
B. bees
C. insects
D. flying insects
Text for question No. 16 - 20
Puppets
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Puppets have been used for
centuries in Indonesia to tell the stories of
the ancient epics, the Ramayana and the
Mahabarata, as well as ancient myths.
Modern stories also utilize this ancient art
form for contemporary audiences.
Puppets fall into two major
classifications, wayang kulit the leather or
shadow puppet
of Central Java, and wa yang golek-wooden
puppets of West Java. There are several
varieties of wooden puppets. Some
expatriates enjoy collecting the same
character by various artisans, or all the
characters in a scene or story, or just
characters that strike their fancy. Good
guys, bad guys, gods,demons, nobles,
giants, clowns, princes and princesses and
monkeys, all can be found in traditional
puppet forms. Less commonly seen are the
Wayang Klitik, a flat at wooden puppet.
16. What did the puppets use for centuries
in Indonesia?
a. Used to tell the stories of the ancient
epics and myths.
b. Used to tell the stories of ancient art.
c. Used to form a local art.
d. Used to tell the characters of
Indonesian people.
17. What are the famous tales of puppets in
Indonesia?
a. Wayang kulit and wayang golek.
b. Wayang klitik and wayang orang.
c. Ramayana and Mahabrata.
d. Malin Kundang and Timun Mas.
18. What is wayang kulit also called?
a. Wayang golek.
b. Shadow puppet.
c. Skin puppet.
d. Wooden puppet.
19. Who are enjoying to collect characters of
Indonesian puppets?
a. Some tourists.
b. Some rich people.
c. Some elders.
d. Some expatriates.
20. What can we found in traditional
puppet forms?
a. Nature, animals, people.
b. Nature, kingdom, people.
c. Animals, people, demons.
d. Demons, nature, animals
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ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW:
Dance
Our body can perform some actions such as
rotating, bending, stretching, jumping, and
turning. With all these physical actions, we can
create a number of body movements.
Every culture emphasizes certain features in its
dance styles. For example, lilin dance from West
Sumatra, has some candles carried by the
dancer, or topeng dance from Betawi, uses a
mask to perform its dance. And there are many
more.
Basically, our body has the potential to be
developed, usually through long periods of
special training. For example, in ballet, the
ballerina exercises to rotate, or turn out the legs
at the hips and many more.
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21. What can our body perform?
22. What is the use of some physical actions?
23. Could you give an example that every
culture emphases certain features in its
dance?
24. Could you mention another example of our
body’s potential?
25. Where does the Topeng dance come from?
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