SOAL LATIHAN PAT

KELAS XI
BAHASA INGGRIS
A. Choose the correct answer by to find other ways to cover the lack of the
crossing a, b, c, d, or e! national budget by not cutting the subsidy of
fuel.
Text 1
Fuel Price Must Be Dropped 1. What should be canceled?
Government should cancel the rise of
fuel price done in the beginning of October a. fuel price
2005. Most of Indonesian people badly beg it b. industry products
for some basic reasons. c. the rise of industry products
First, for industry, the rise of fuel price d. fuel price for industry
will increase their production cost because the e. the rise of fuel price
must pay more for fuel and electricity used in
the process of production. Consequently, it will 2. What is the purpose of the text?
raise the selling price for the product. If the
product price is increased, it will be hard for the a. Fuel price must be dropped
product to compete with the goods from other b. To persuade the readers or listeners that
countries. The export will decrease rapidly and rise of fuel price is should or should not
government will lose the income from be in the case
exporting goods. c. To persuade the readers that the topic
Second, for workers, the rise of fuel must be concerned about
price will force the company where they work d. The reasons about the rise of fuel price
to limit the budget to low the production cost. e. The text have a clear in statements
One of the ways that is usually done by the
3. Who suffer most of rise of fuel prices?
employees of a company is by cutting of the
a. company
number or workers. It means hundreds even
b. the ordinary people
thousands of workers will lose their jobs. The
c. government
jobless people will increase instability of
d. the workers
nations because they will do whatever they can
e. developer
do to get some money, even by doing crime.
4. Why must rise of fuel be canceled?
What a dreadful nightmare!
a. because there are some negative impact
Thirdly, for ordinary people, they must
b. because the government will get profit
manage their finance to survive because the rise
c. because the fuel prices in Indonesia is
of the fuel rice will increase the price of their
still cheap
basic need‟s price. They have to find alternative
d. because the company will increase the
ways to survive; reducing the meals,
products
postponing the buying of unnecessary things or
e. because there are not many crimes
event for the formal school. This is the worst.
5. Why does the company cut of the number
Based on the facts above, considering
of workers?
the negative impact of the rise of the fuel price
a. the workers have been old
above, government must cancel the rise and try
 b. the workers have stolen the company Thirdly, many kinds of soap opera waste
products out time to think unreal phenomena while we
c. the company wants to limit the budget are facing many kinds of living problems.
to low the production cost In brief, for the reason, I think television
d. the workers want to increase their salary station must stop showing mystery soap opera.
e. the company wants to get some profit They are bad influences for people, frightening
6. “They must manage finance to survive” in our children and destroying their belief to god.
paragraph four the words they refers Thank you very much for your attention.
to ……… 7. Who is the writer?
a. companies a. lady
b. the citizen b. watcher soap opera
c. industry products c. a gentleman
d. the rich people d. the man who liked speeches
e. the workers e. a lecture
8. What is the really profession of the writer?
Text 2 a. the minister
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen b. the lecturer at university of Indonesia
Thank you very much for the House of c. the teacher of SMU
Representatives which had invited me to give d. Budi Santoso
the speech concerning about the mystery soap e. the government
opera shown in many televisions presently. My 9. Where did the give speech?
name is Budi Santoso, a lecturer at University a. at the company
of Indonesia majoring in mass communication. b. at the university
Here, I represent the academics point of view c. at the house of representatives
about the subject we discuss this morning. d. at television
As we know, there are many mystery e. at the mosque
soap opera shown on Television stations 10. How many reasons does the speaker
presently. The soap opera depict horrible scenes mention to support his argument?
about the spirit world. It is described that spirits a. 1 argument
often disturb people by frightening them in the b. 2 arguments
darkness, when they walk alone at night or at c. 3 arguments
the cemetery. The spirits are pictured as d. 4 arguments
frightening appearance such as white clothes e. 5 arguments
flying corpse, shattered face copse etc. the 11. What program does the speaker critic?
show must be abandoned for several reasons. a. soap opera on TV
Firstly, it makes a wrong perception of b. drama soap opera
people especially children and women to do c. love story soap opera
activity at nights, for example going to the d. spirits soap opera
wells, even cooking at kitchen alone. How do e. mystery soap opera
you fell if you always live in anxiety? 12. “They are bad influences for people” in last
paragraph. They word they refer to …..
a. soap opera
 b. people 15. Which statement is not true based on
c. watchers the story?
d. spirits a. The police were searching for a thief
e. audiences b. The police failed to take his picture
c. The police had taken pictures of the
Text 3 thief
The police at the big city were looking for a d. The policeman were attacked by the
thief. At last they caught him. But while they thief
were taking photographs of him-from the front, e. The police took pictures of the thief
from the left, from the right, with a hat, without from many angles
a hat-he suddenly attacked the policeman and 16. Did somebody know where the thief was?
ran off. They tried to catch him, but he got a. Yes, he was
away. b. No, he wasn‟t
Then a week later the telephone rang in the c. Yes, he did
police-station and somebody said. “You are d. No, he didn‟t
looking for Bill Cross, aren't you?" f. Yes, they were
“Yes.” 17. Which statement is true about the
“Well, he left here for waterbridge an hour." story?
Waterbridege was a small town 150 a. The thief did not get away
kilometers from the city. The city police at once b. Someone called the police from the big
sent four different photographs of the thief to city
the police in Waterbridge. c. The caller was Bill Cross
Less than twelve hours later they got a d. The thief was still in Waterbridge
telephone call from the police in Waterbridge. e. The thief was on the way to
“We have caught three of the men.” they said Waterbridge
happily, “and we will catch the fourth this 18. Where was the thief when someone
evening, we think" called the police station?
13. Who were looking for thief? a. in the big city
a. The police b. he was not in Waterbridge yet
b. The big city c. in Waterbridge
c. The police in the big city d. in the small city
d. People in the big city e. at police station in Waterbridge
e. The writer 19. Did the policeman in Waterbridge catch
the real thief?
14. How did the police take photographs of a. Yes, they did
the thief? b. No, they didn‟t
a. from the front c. Yes, they were
b. from the left d. No, they were not
c. from the right e. Yes, they do
d. without a hat 20. How did the police in big city possibly fell
e. all answers are true about the capture?
a. happy
 b. worried a. the police
c. sad b. detectives
d. confused c. the police and the thieves
e. disappointed d. someone and the police
21. The police at the big city were looking for e. the detectives, the police, the thieves,
a thief. someone
The bold sentence is called.... 24. How many detectives were there in the
a. orientation Customs House when they opened the
b. event parcel?
c. complication a. Many detectives
d. twist b. One detective
e. resolution c. Two detectives
d. Three detectives
Text 4 e. Four detectives
Too Late 25. Where did two men take the parcel
The plane was late and detectives were after the arrival of the plane?
waiting at the airport all morning. They were a. into the Custom House
expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from b. in the plane
South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had c. in the airport
told the police that thieves would try steal the d. in the plane cabin
diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the e. at the door
detectives were waiting inside the main
building while others were waiting on the Text 5
airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane Joe was going into his usual bar before
and carried it into the customs House. While lunch when he saw a poorly dressed man
two detectives were keeping guard at the door, fishing in a small pool of rain-water about
two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, five centimeters deep outside it.
the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! Joe stopped and watched the man for a
22. Which sentence showed the first event? few minutes. He saw that most of the people
a. The plane was late and detectives were who passed by him believed he must be
waiting at the airport all morning rather mad.
b. They were expecting a valuable parcel Joe pitied the man, so after a few
of diamonds from South Africa minutes he went up to him and said kindly,
c. When the plane arrived some of the „Hello, would you like to come into the bar
detectives were waiting inside the main and have a drink with me?‟
building The fisherman was delighted to accept
d. A few hours earlier, someone had told his offer, and the two men went into the bar
the police that thieves would try to steal together. Joe bought the fisherman a few
the diamonds. drinks, and finally said to him, „You‟ve
e. Two man took the parcel off the plane been fishing outside here, haven‟t you?
and carried it into the Customs House How many did you manage to catch this
23. Who are the participants in the story? morning, if I may ask?‟
 'You‟re the eighth,‟ the fisherman When they told the turtle they were going to
answered merrily. leave, he said,” I‟ll die here without any water
and without any friends. Take me within you.”
The duck answered,” We can‟t. We are going to
26. Who were the participants in the story? fly, and you have no wings.”
a. Joe The turtle thought for a minute and then
b. Fisherman said,” Please wait here.” Then he went away
c. Barber and found a strong, straight stick. He brought it
d. Joe and the fisherman back to his friends, put the middle of it in his
e. Poor man mouth and said,” Now if each of you takes me
27. Where do you think the story happened? one end of the stick in his mouth, you can lift
a. School me up and carry me with you “
b. Bar “There is one danger,” said the ducks,” If
c. Restaurant you try to talk while we‟re carrying you
d. Café through the air, you won‟t be able to hold the
e. Sea stick, so you‟ll fall down along way and break
28. Why did the most people who passed the your shell.”
fisherman believe that he rather mad? “All right,” answered the turtle,” I promise
Because… not to talk while we‟re in the air.” So the ducks
a. He was dinking in the bar took the stick and flew away, with the turtle
b. He was fishing in a small pool of rain- between them. All went well until they were
water flying over a town. Then some people saw them
c. He was fishing in the bar and shouted,” Look, those ducks are carrying a
d. He was looking for a fish in the bar cat!”
e. He was taking his lunch in the bar First the turtle very proud of himself
29. What did the fisherman actually catch? because of his idea he could fly. But when he
a. Fish heard that, the turtle got very angry,” A Cat? I
b. Shrimp am not........,” he said, but he didn‟t get any
c. Food further because he opened his mouth, the stick
d. people came out of his mouth and the poor turtle fell to
e. Customer the ground.
30. The communicative purpose of this text
Text 6 is....
The Ducks and the Turtle a. To entertain or amuse the readers
Two ducks who lived in a big lake had a b. To give a view of an art work
friend who was a turtle. One year there was a c. To inform the readers
very little rain and the lake began to dry up. d. To describe a thing
One of the ducks said to the other,” Soon, e. To explain a place
there‟ll be no water in this lake. Let‟s go and 31. Tina : Who involved in the story?
look for another lake.” “Yes.” Answered the Rita : They were....
second duck,” But first let‟s say goodbye to our a. two turtles and a duck
friend, the turtle.” b. two ducks and a turtle
 c. a duck and three turtles
d. two ducks and turtles
e. a duck and turtle
32. Henny : How did the turtle solve his
problem?
Ardi : ....
a. By drying up the lake
b. By flooding the lake
c. By flying away from the dry lake with
the help of the ducks
d. By flying down over the town by the
help of himself
e. By dropping the turtle down
33. Linda : What problems faced by the ducks?
Ferry :....
a. A lot of water flows to the lake
b. Much water flows out of the lake
c. Long rainy season
d. Long dry season
e. Trying to fly
34. What can we learn from the story?
a. One may proud of himself
b. One must keep his promise
c. One may angry to others
d. One may not too boastful of himself
e. One must always be patient to others
Text 7
Once upon a time, a rabbit wanted to cross a
river but he could not swim. He had an idea. He
saw a boss of crocodile swimming in the river.
The rabbit asked the boss of crocodile, “How
many crocodiles are there in the river?” The
boss of crocodile answered, “We are twenty
here.‟‟ “Where are they?” the rabbit asked for
the second time. “What is it for?” the boss of
crocodile asked.
“All of you are good, nice, gentle and kind,
so I want to make a line in order. Later I will
know how kind you are,” said the rabbit. Then,
the boss of the crocodile called all his friends
and asked them to make a line in order from
one side to the other side of the river. Just then,
the rabbit started to count while jumping from
one crocodile to another; one ... two ... three ...
four ... until twenty, and finally, he thanked all
crocodiles because he had crossed the river.
35. The story mainly tells us about....
a. twenty crocodiles
b. the boss of the crocodile
c. a rabbit and twenty crocodiles
d. a rabbit and the boss of crocodile
e. the boss of the crocodile and all his
friends
36. We know from the first paragraph that the
rabbit actually wanted…
a. to cross the river
b. to swim across the river
c. to meet the boss of crocodile
d. to know where the crocodiles are
e. to know the number of crocodiles there
37. “All of you are good, nice, gentle and
kind ....” (Paragraph 2)
The underlined word has different
meaning with....
a. unkind
b. cheerful
c. easy going
d. diligent
e. honorable
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. Under what heading is this text likely found? d. leading a daily newspaper
a. Housing. e. being a human resource manager
b. Job vacancy 40. The Jakarta Post, a leading English-
c. Education. language daily newspaper, requires a
d. Travel agency qualified reporter.
e. Furniture. The underlined word means....
39. The Jakarta Post is looking for a person a. hires
who is qualified in .... b. find
a. teaching English c. needs
b. writing news reports d. looks
c. making a series of tests e. employs

B. Answer the question below!

Change the sentence into passive!

1. My brother has read some novels written by Andrea Hirata.

2. I am eating a very delicious pancake made by Chef Marinka.

Change the word in bracket! (Conditional sentence)

3. We would go around the world if we ........(have) much money.

4. If you had tried more, you ................(get) more.
Read the following text and then answer the question!
Dear my best friend,
I would like to invite you to come to my wedding party. It will be held:
Date : Sunday, September 28th, 2014
Place : Pancasila Building Bandar Lampung
Time : 08.30 a.m.
Hopefully you can come to my precious moment; your coming is my honor, Thank you very much for
your coming.
Juwita
5. What kind of party held by Juwita?