RECOUNT TEST

This text is for questions 1-3

Last Friday, a friend of mine asked me to accompany him to buy a new shirt at a department store. We left
home at 03.00 p.m. by motorcycle. As soon as we arrived there, we went to the clothes section. I let him
choose one. An hour later, I got bored watching him confused in choosing a shirt. So I left him and went to
the cassette counter. Thirty minutes later, I went back to the clothes section but I couldn’t find him there. My
cell phone was broken so I couldn’t call him. I went to the parking area. I saw his motorcycle was there but I
couldn’t find him. I waited for him for a few moments then finally I gave up and decided to go home.

When I arrived home, my mother told me that my friend called. She said that he was in the department
store looking for me. My mother asked me to come back to the department store. Reluctantly, I walked to
the department store and you know what? When I arrived there his motorcycle was not in the parking area.
He just went home. I was very tired. There was no other choice, I had to walk home again. When I arrived
home, I was so tired. I was very angry but when I saw my friend’s broad smile greet me in front of the door, I
just could not help laughing.

1. The text above is about …

A. The writer and his friend.
B. The writer friends.
C. An embarrassing day.
D. Shopping with mother.
E. My friend and his motorcycle.

Pembahasan:
Sebelum membahas mengenai soal tersebut, perlu kiranya kamu mengetahui apa itu recount text. Dalam
bahasa Inggris, recount text adalah teks yang menceritakan tentang suatu tindakan atau aktifitas di masa
lampau. Tujuan dari recount text ialah untuk memberikan informasi atau menghibur pembaca.

Kembali pada soal, kamu bisa melihat fokus penceritaan teks tersebut ada pada si penulis dan temannya.
Hal itu dapat terlihat pada fokus cerita pada paragraf pertama. Pada paragraf tersebut, si penulis
mengisahkan pengalamannya berbelanja dengan temannya di pusat perbelanjaan.

Dengan demikian, jawaban yang tepat untuk soal tersebut adalah A.

2. The writer couldn’t contact his friend because …

A. He was in the parking area.
B. His cell phone was broken.
C. He went home alone.
D. His friend was still choosing a shirt.
E. He get lost at departement store.

Pembahasan:
Soal kedua ini menanyakan tentang salah satu bagian dari cerita dalam teks. Di dalam teks, penulis
menceritakan bahwa dia tidak bisa menghubungi temannya. Alasan mengapa si penulis tidak dapat
menghubungi temannya ada pada paragraf pertama, tepatnya pada kalimat ‘My cell phone was broken so I
couldn’t call him.’

Pada kalimat itu didapatkan informasi bahwa penulis teks tersebut tidak dapat menghubungi temannya
karena telepon genggamnya rusak. Dengan demikian, jawaban yang tepat untuk soal tersebut adalah B.

3. From the story above we can conclude that there was a problem because …
A. The writer’s friend was in the clothes section.
B. The writer and his friend couldn’t ride the motorcycle.
C. The writer couldn’t contact his friend.
D. The writer and his friend decided to go to the department store.
E. The writer mother didn’t inform about his friend calling.

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Hal yang ditanyakan pada soal tersebut mengenai topik permasalahan utama dalam teks. Kalau kamu sudah
membaca teks tersebut dengan seksama maka kamu akan dengan mudah mendapatkan jawabannya.

Kunci jawaban untuk soal tersebut ada pada bagian yang mengisahkan tentang tidak bisanya penulis
menghubungi temannya. Dari situlah terjadi persoalan utama, yakni penulis tidak dapat menemukan
temannya di departement store. Jadi, jawaban yang tepat untuk soal tersebut adalah C.

This text is for questions 4

On Wednesday, my students and I went to Yogyakarta. We stayed at Dirgahayu Hotel which is not far from
Malioboro.

On Thursday, we visited the temples in Prambanan. There are three big temples, the Brahmana, Syiwa and
Wisnu temples. They are really amazing. We visited only Brahmana and Syiwa temples, because Wisnu
temple is being renovated.

On Friday morning we went to Yogya Kraton. We spent about two hours there. We were lucky because we
were led by a smart and friendly guide. Then we continued our journey to Borobudur. We arrived there at
four p.m. At 5 p.m. we heard the announcement that Borobudur gate would be closed.

In the evening we left for Jakarta by wisata bus.

4. The purpose of the text is to…

A. Entertain readers.
B. Describe the smugglers
C. Report an event to the police.
D. Tell past events.
E. Inform readers about events of the day.

Sebelum menjawabnya, Quipper Video Blog ingin memberitahu kamu tentang macam-macam recount text.
Ragam macam recount text itu ada tiga macam Quipperian, yakni personal recount, factual recount, dan
imaginative.

Personal recount yaitu teks yang menceritakan kembali pengalaman si penulis. Factual recount ialah
laporan peristiwa yang benar-benar terjadi, seperti laporan kepolisian, percobaan ilmu pengetahuan, dan
lain sebagainya. Dan, imaginative recount ialah membuat cerita imajinatif lalu menuliskan peristiwa atau
kejadian yang telah dibayangkan.

Kembali pada soal, teks pada soal tersebut termasuk ke dalam jenis personal recount. Sebab, isi teks
tersebut menceritakan pengalaman dari penulis. Nah, pertanyaan soal tersebut ialah tentang tujuan dari
kutipan teks tersebut.

Untuk menjawabnya, kamu harus membaca teks secara menyeluruh. Kutipan teks tersebut sejatinya
menceritakan peristiwa yang telah terjadi secara runtut. Dengan demikian, tujuan dari penulisan teks
tersebut ialah menceritakan peristiwa yang telah terjadi. Dari penjabaran itu maka dapat diambil
kesimpulan kalau jawaban yang tepat adalah D.

This text is for questions 5

“I had a terrible day yesterday. First, I woke up an hour late because my alarm clock didn’t go off. Then, I
was in such a hurry that I burned my hand when I was making breakfast. After breakfast, I got dressed so
quickly that I forgot to wear socks.

Next, I ran out of the house trying to get the 9:30 bus, but of course I missed it. I wanted to take a taxi, but I
didn’t have enough money.

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Finally, I walked the three miles to my school only to discover that it was Sunday! I hope I never have a day
as the one I had yesterday.”

5. What happened to the writer yesterday?

A. He has a terrible day.
B. He got a terrible day.
C. He gets a terrible day.
D. He gets a good day.
E. He had a terrible day.

Soal tersebut menanyakan tentang apa yang terjadi kepada penulis pada hari kemarin. Untuk
menjawabnya, kamu harus membaca secara menyeluruh isi teks.

Secara garis besar, teks tersebut menceritakan tentang hari buruk bagi penulis. Hal itu sudah dapat kamu
ketahui dari kalimat pertama paragraf pertama, yakni pada kalimat ‘I had a terrible day yesterday.’

Mengenai kejadian buruknya, kamu bisa mendapatkan kunci jawabannya pada runtut peristiwa yang
diceritakan oleh penulis. Karena pertanyaannya tentang kejadian apa yang dirasakan oleh penulis di hari
kemarin, maka jawabannya harus menggunakan tense lampau. Jadi, jawaban yang tepat untuk soal tersebut
ialah E.

This text is for questions 6 - 8.

I usually woke up at 8 a.m. and went to the press center to check the daily schedule of briefings and press
conferences, usually held by the United Nations officials or disaster mitigation team chief, Alwi Shihab.

It was challenging to visit different refugee camps to find soft stories, human interest stories. Then, I went
back to the press center in between to cover the press conferences of the day.

It was heart breaking when I saw these survivors fight for food and secondhand clothing, which they said
were limited and inadequate. Emerging to a glaring, full noon, it was time to go back to the press center to
write stories and race against time, always fearing that the internet connection would come crashing down.

And after everything was done, only then I remembered to eat. Most times, I only ate once a day because
you always had to rush and it was difficult to find food. You had to travel quite far, about a 30-to 45-minute
trip by car to find fresh food.

6. How often did the writer eat a day ....

A. Three times
B. Seldom
C. Twice
D. Never
E. Once
Pembahasan:
Pada paragraf terakhir, “I only ate once a day because you always had to rush and it was difficult to find
food". Jadi jawaban yang tepat adalah satu kali Once.
Jawaban: E

7. " ........ mitigation team chief Alwi Shihab ." (Paragraph 1)

The synonym of the underlined word is ....
A. Decreases
B. Lightener
C. Reliever
D. Developer
E. Writer
Pembahasan:
Persamaan yang lepat untuk kata "mitigation" (peringanan) adalah Reliever.
Jawaban: C

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8. What is the writer's occupation ....
A. A social worker
B. A volunteer
C. A journalist
D. Presenter
E. A TV reporter
Pembahasan:
Jawaban yang paling tepat adalah seorang jurnalis. bisa diteliti dari kata, keyword, press conference, finding
soft story, fearing that the internet connection yang mempakan dunia dari jurnalistik. Jadi jawaban yang
tepat adalah A journalist.
Jawaban: C

This text is for questions 9 - 11.

Ryan, my roommate, and I had a great weekend. Last Saturday we got up early and had a big breakfast.
Then we took the bus to go downtown and went to an art museum. The museum opened at nine o’clock and
we stayed there all morning.

We saw some beautiful paintings. We had a guide who explained everything to us. I liked all the art, but
Ryan didn’t like the modern art very much. I bought copies of two paintings. I’m going to put them on the
wall of my bedroom.

At one o’clock, we were hungry so we had lunch at the museum cafeteria. After lunch, we took a walk in the
park near the museum. We went home at five o’clock. We were very tired, but we had a good time. On
Sunday we stayed home and studied.

9. What did the writer and his roommate do last weekend?

A. They had a big dinner
B. They went to an art museum
C. They watched people painting
D. They worked part time as a guide
E. They worked part time in a cafeteria
Pembahasan:
Pertanyaan "What did the writer and his roommate do last weekend?" (Apa yang dilakukan penulis dan
teman sekamarnya di akhir pekan lalu?) Yang dilakukan penulis adalah pergi ke museum seni, “They went to
an art museum”.
Jawaban: B

10. The main idea of the second paragraph is ....

A. The museum only displayed modern art
B. A guide accompanied the visitors
C. The writer liked all the art displayed at the museum
D. The guide helped visitors to buy the paintings displayed
E. Ryan and his roommate liked all the beautiful paintings at the museum
Pembahasan:
Ide pokok paragraf kedua adalah The writer liked all the art displayed at the museum.
Jawaban: C

11. Which of the following you don’t agree with about Ryan?
A. Ryan liked all the art displayed
B. Ryan was the writer’s roommate
C. Ryan and the writer had a great weekend
D. Ryan and the writer went to an art museum
E. Ryan and the writer had lunch at the museum cafeteria
Pembahasan:
Pernyataan yang tidak sesuai dengan Ryan adalah Ryan liked all the art displayed.
Jawaban: A

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This text is for questions 12 - 14.
I’ll never forget May 3, 1990, the dat Tien- Tien came into our lives. Ahong , the wife of my youngest brother
Ajiang, gave birth after a very difficult labour of five hours. We already had a name for the baby before she
was born. She would be called Tien-Tien which meant ‘sweetness’.

As we waited at the hospital, our joy quickly turned to grief when the attending physician announced that he
could detect no signs of life in Tien-Tien. There was no breathing, no heartbeat, so he finally declared the
baby dead.

Ajiang decide to lay the body next to the Taizi River. To outsiders, this might be strange: to us, a Chinese
family with almost no money or resources, the prospect of encouraging the baby’s spirit slip away to a
better world in a beautiful setting made a great deal of sense. We planned to return later to bury Tien-Tien’s
remains and pay honour to her.

Ajiang wrapped his child in a red fl oral quilt and set off for the river. He gently laid his baby in a patch of
grass along the bank of the river.

A week later, while I was walking home from work, I overheard several women talking about one of her
friends. They said their friend heard a baby crying and the sound came from a patch of grass along the river
bank. They further explained that the baby had been placed in a local orphanage.

Something inside me said it must have been Tien-Tien. Without waiting any longer, I ran to the orphanage.
In the room I saw Tien-Tien in a crib covered in dirt but very much alive.

12. What is the best title for the text?

A. The dead baby
B. The baby in a crib
C. The poor crying baby
D. The baby by the river
E. The newborn baby
Pembahasan:
Judul yang paling cocok adalah ini karena dalam cerita si Ajiang pada akhirnya menemukan seorang bayi di
dekat sungai. Maka, judul yang tepat adalah “The baby by the river”.
Jawaban. D

13. Why did they suddenly become unhappy?

A. The baby was heartless
B. The baby was already dead
C. The baby was declared alive
D. The baby had no sign of life
E. The baby could not be detected
Pembahasan:
Dalam cerita disebutkan “physician announced that he could detect no signs of life in Tien-Tien (baby)” yang
artinya bahwa tidak terdeteksi kehidupan pada Tien-Tien. Jawabannya adalah The baby had no sign of life.
Jawaban: D

14. From paragraph 3, we can conclude that ….

A. Ajiang came from a poor family
B. The baby was buried by the river
C. Ajiang’s family lived by Taizi River
D. The baby’s spirit would go to a better life
E. Tien-tien’s remains had been buried in the river bank
Pembahasan:
Dalam teks diceritakan bahwa Ajiang berasal dari keluarga yang tidak mempunyai uang “a Chinese family
with almost no money or resources.” Jadi, kesimpulannya Ajiang berasal dari keluarga yang miskin, Ajiang
came from a poor family.
Jawaban: A

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This text is for questions 15 - 19.

Dear Sally,

Last holiday, my friends and I visited Ponorogo in East Java. Ponorogo is a small city, but it is very natural
and beautiful. We spent the night at a villa in Jetis. On the first day, we visited Prigi southern beach. We
watched the amazing views of the sea and the white waves. We grilled fish and had “Nasi Pecel” for lunch.

On the second day, we visited “Dongko” mountain resort. There were a lot of plants, especially clove trees.
We camped there for a night. I love Ponorogo because the people are very friendly and the prices are
cheap.

I’II bring some pictures for you.

Love,
Anna

15. What kind of text is it?

a. Narrative
b. Procedure
c. Recount
d. Descriptive
e. Explanation
16 The following sentences are the reasons why the writer loves Ponorogo, EXCEPT ….
a. the views of the sea are amazing
b. the people are friendly
c. the prices are cheap
d. Ponorogo has beautiful views
e. the villa is comfortable
17. What does the text mainly tell us?
a. The beautiful place
b. The trip to Ponorogo
c. Dongko mountain resort
d. The prigi beach
e. A villa in Jetis
18. “… the prices are cheap there.”
What is the antonym of the italicized word?
a. Expensive
b. Reasonable
c. Clear
d. Fixed
e. Comfortable
19. “… but it is very natural and beautiful.”
The synonym of the italicized word is ….
a. extraordinary
b. pure
c. pretty
d. amazing
e. soft

Text 4 for number 20 - 24

THE BATTLE OF AMBARAWA
The Battle of Ambarawa was a battle between the recently (20) .... the Indonesian Army and the
British Army that accurred between 20 October and 15 December 1945 in Ambarawa, Indonesia.
On 20 October 1945, Allied troops under the command of Brigadier Bethell landed in Semarang to
disarm Japanese troops. Initially, the troops were welcomed in the area, with Central Java’s governor
Wongsonegoro (21)..... to provide them with food and other necessities in return for the Allies’ promise to
respect Indonesia’s sovereignty and independence.

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 However, when allied and NICA troops began freeing and arming freed Dutch POWs in Ambarawa
and Magelang, many locals were angered. Indonesian troops under the command of Lieutenant Colonel M.
Sarbini began besieging Allied troops stationed in Magelang in reprisal for their attempted (22)...... .
On the morning of 23 November 1945, Indonesian troops began firing on Allied troops stationed in
Ambarawa. A counter attack by the Allies forced the Indonesian Army to retreat to the village of Bedono.
On 11 December 1945, Soedirman held a meeting with various (23)....... of the Indonesian Army.
The next day at 4:30 AM, the Indonesian Army launched an assault on the Allies in Ambarawa. Indonesian
artillery pounded Allied positions, which were later overrun by infantry. When the Semarang-Ambarawa
highway was captured by Indonesian troops, Soedirman immediately ordered his forces to cut off the supply
routes of the remaining Allied troops by using a pincer maneuver.
The battle ended four days later on 15 December 1945, when Indonesia succeeded in regaining
control over Ambarawa and the Allies (24)...... to Semarang.

20. A. determined
B. created
C. worked
D. decided
E. prevented
.
21. A. agreeing
B. refusing
C. accepting
D. confusing
E. commanding

22. A. allied force

B. troops
C. disappoint
D. disarmament
E. Indonesian Army

23. A. captains
B. revolutionary
C. combatants
D. leaders
E. commanders

24. A. retreated
B. gave up
C. battle
D. strike
E. captured

Text 5 for number 25 - 27

Luis Lionel Andres Messi, born June 24th, 1987, is an Argentinian football player for FC Barcelona.
He is not very tall, mainly because of the growing problem he had when he was younger. His eyes are
brown. He never has short hair.
Lionel Messi started playing football at a very early age in his hometown, Newell’s Old Boys. From
the age of 11, he suffered from a hormone deficiency and as Lionel’s parents were unable to pay the
treatment in Argentina, they decided to move to Barcelona, Spain.
In the 2003-2004 season, when he was still only 16 years old. Messi made his first team debut in a
friendly match with Porto that marked the opening of the new Dragao stadium. The following
championship-winning season, Messi made his first appearance in an official match on October 16th, 2004,
in Barcelona’s derby win against Espanyol at the Olympic Stadium (0-1). And now, in 2010, 2011, and 2012
he is best player in the world.

25. What is main idea of the third paragraph?

A. He hasn’t really attractive face, but he’s a very good football player.
B. Lionel Messi is a good player for FC Barcelona.
C. His best characteristics are on the foot that has competitiveness.
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 D. He appears to be a quite good and modest person.
E. He has long black hair and brown eyes.

26. According to the text, Messi’s parentss moved to Barcelona .....

A. because they were very poor in Argentina
B. because they wanted Messi to be successful in soccer
C. so that Messi could learn in the best soccer club
D. to get Messi’s health problem cured
E. to find the best treatment to cure Messi’s health problem

27. There are the characteristics of recount, EXCEPT....

A. introducing personal participant
B. using chronological connection
C. using simple present tense
D. using lingking verb
E. using action verb

The text below is for question number 28 – 29

Koes Plus was well known as pop music group in the seventies until the eighties. At that time most
Indonesia people were ____(28) about their songs because they were nice and simple. Every radio station
broadcasted these songs and always put them in the top of pop music. Their music shows were always full
of _______ (29).

28 A. fanatical
B. dissatisfied
C. crazy
D. disappointed
E. boring

29. A. followers
B. spectators
C. participants
D. speakers
E. members