ENGLISH EXERCISE

Farah Mumtaza Budiawan (10)

Fauzan Hasan (11)

Luthfia Nur A. (20)

Raditya Daffa C. (26)

XII MIPA 2

The following text is for questions 1 to 4.

The Forbidden Chamber

Once there was an evil wizard who dressed as a beggar. He went from house to house
asking for alms and stealing pretty girls. One day he knocked on the door of a house.
There lived a man with three beautiful daughters. The eldest daughter opened the
door then wizard hypnotized her. He took her to his house in the midst of woods.
Everything was magnificent there. First daughter had all things she wished for.

One day, wizard had to go on a journey. He left keys of all rooms to her. She could
enter every room except one, otherwise she could die. He also gave an egg she needed
to care.

After wizard left his house, daughter looked into every room and found beautiful
things. Then she was curious to know about the forbidden room. She entered that
room and found hundreds of kidnapped girls who had fallen asleep. First daughter
frightened then ran out of the room. In a hurry, she dropped the egg that turned red.
Wizard came back. He knew what had happened. Then, he dragged her into that
forbidden chamber.

Next day, he went back to same house and took second daughter. But same thing
happened to her. He went back and kidnapped the youngest sister, but this girl was
very wise.

Before entering forbidden chamber, she put the egg in a cupboard. Having known that
there were many girls in that room including her sisters, she had an idea to release
them. Wizard thought that third daughter did what he said. He decided to marry her.

Before getting married, daughter asked wizard to send a full basket of gold to her
parents. In the bottom of that basket, there were her sisters covered with gold. While
wizard left his house, daughter let all girls free. She also asked those girls as well as
their parents to come to wizard’s house.

When wizard came back, those girls with their parents dragged him into that forbidden
chamber, locked the door and set fire to wizard’s house.

1. “… daughter looked into every room and found beautiful things.”

The underlined word is close in meaning to …
A. search
B. investigate
C. look
D. hunt
E. observe

2. What did the wizard do to kidnap the first daughter?

A. Knocked the daughter’s house.
B. Trespassed the daughter’s house window.
C. Asked the daughter’s father to took her.
D. Hypnotized the daughter and took her.
E. Broke the door of the daughter’s house.

3. “… she had an idea to release them.”

The underlined word refers to …
A. First Daughter
B. Second Daughter
C. Third Daughter
D. The Wizard
E. Housekeeper

4. What can we learn from the text?

A. Do everything what we want even though it is difficult.
B. Help anyone you can help even though it is hard.
C. You should ask if you are going to take someone.
D. If we are going to kidnap someone, we should learn to hypnotize.
E. Never listen to anyone suggestion.

The following text is for questions 5 to 8.

There is no best way to deal with pests in agriculture. Pesticides which are commonly
used may cause many problems. I think combining different management operations
is the most effective way to control pests.

Firstly, the chemicals in the pesticides may build up as residues in the environment and
in the soil, which absorbs the chemicals. This reduces the quality of farm product.
Secondly, pests can gradually become resistant to pesticides. This means that newer
and stronger ones have to be developed. Lastly, some pesticides affect non-target
plants and animals such as fish and bees and this affects the ecology and environment
as well.

So, understanding of ecology of an area helps a lot in pest control. Pesticides should
be chosen and applied carefully so that they don't affect the ecological balance and
environment. Therefore, integrated pest management is a safe and more effective
option to fight pest in agriculture and livestock.
Taken from: UN-SMA/MA-2010

5. Secondly, pests can gradually become resistant to pesticides. (paragraph 2)

The word resistant in the sentence means ....
A. unaffected
B. unbalanced
C. weak
D. fragile
E. damage

6. The best topic for the text is ….

A. Different management operation
B. The effects of ecology and environment
C. The ecological balance
D. The quality of farm product
E. Integrated Pest Management

7. One of the disadvantages of using chemical pesticides is ….

A. It inactivates the pest.
B. It kills fish and bees.
C. It creates balanced ecosystem.
D. It helps reducing pollutants in the environment.
E. It increases crops productivity.

8. The text explained that the use of pesticides might directly affect the followings,
except ….
 A. animals
B. ecology
C. plants
D. environment
E. human beings

The following text is for questions 9 to 12.

When I was a kid, I used to play hide and seek with friends. We used to play in the yard
behind my house. The yard was a perfect place because it was surrounded by dense
banana trees.

We usually played until late at night. One day, when I was trying to find a place to hide
among the banana trees, I slipped and fell into the river. I used to take a bath at the
river, but never at night! In the dark, everything looked different. I couldn’t think clearly,
I felt something tickling in my feet. I was struggling to go out, but my feet were trapped
in the mud.

Thank God, a friend finally came and helped me. He, then called others, and I was
saved.

9. The story happened ….

A. during the day
B. in the morning
C. at midday
D. in the afternoon
E. at night time

10. The writer fell into the river when ….

A. He was eating bananas near the river.
B. He was hiding near the banana trees.
C. He was taking a bath in the river.
D. He was tickling his feet near the river.
E. He was seeking his friends near the banana trees.

11. This text is an example of recount text because ….

A. It tells why banana tree is the best place to play hide and seek.
B. It tells how to play hide and seek with friends.
C. It tells why playing hide and seek is fun.
D. It tells what happened to the writer on that night.
E. It tells how the writer was struggling to get out of the mud.
12. From the text we can conclude that …
A. The writer’s leg wasn’t dirty.
B. The writer was good in hide and seek.
C. The writer didn’t have a friend.
D. The writer’s friends didn’t help him.
E. The writer’s house near the river.

The following text is for questions 13 to 16.

Two state-owned lenders — Bank Mandiri and Bank BNI — will build temporary houses
for 400 families displaced by the recent strong earthquake that hit Sigi District, Central
Sulawesi Province.

Second Assistant Secretary of Sigi District Government Iskandar Nontji informed that
the temporary houses for 100 families will be constructed by Bank Mandiri in the South
Sibayala area of Dolo Sub-district. Meanwhile, Bank BNI will erect the temporary
shelters for 300 families in Jonoge Village of Sigi Biromaru Sub-district that severely
suffered from soil liquefaction during the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that rocked the
area on Sept 28, he noted.

The temporary houses will be constructed on pieces of land, owned by the sub-district
government, village, and community members, he stated, adding that the Sigi district
government will facilitate all related parties to sign a letter of agreement.

“We are going to provide a letter of agreement that will be signed by all related parties
to avoid any unexpected eventuality in the future,” he explained.
(Antara, 17th October 2018)

13. What is the text about?

A. Building temporary houses for displaced family
B. Planning to displace the temporary house
C. Signing a letter of agreements to build a permanent house
D. New luxury house will be built by BNI
E. Assistant Secretary has built temporary houses

14. What can we infer from the text?

A. The temporary house will be built in the family lands
B. The displaced family will build 400 houses for two state banks
C. Shelters will be built by two state banks for the earthquake victims
D. Bank Mandiri will be built in the South Sibayala
E. Bank BNI will be built by the earthquake victims in Jonoge Village of Sigi
15. What makes 400 families displaced?
A. Local government
B. 7.4-magnitude earthquake
C. Temporary shelters
D. 400 houses
E. Mandiri bank and BNI

16. “The temporary houses will be constructed on pieces of land ...”

The temporary word has antonym of …
A. Momentary
B. Transitory
C. Limited
D. Permanent
E. Seasonal

The following text is for number 17 to 20.

For many years people believed that the cleverest animals after man were
chimpanzees. Now, however, there is proof that dolphins may be even cleverer than
these big apes.

Although a dolphin lives in the sea it is not a fish. It is a mammal. It is in many

ways, therefore, like a human being.

Dolphins have a simple language. They are able to talk to one another. It may
be possible for man to learn how to talk to dolphins. But this will not be easy because
dolphins cannot hear the kind of sounds man can make. If man wants to talk to
dolphins, therefore, he will have to make a third language which both he and the
dolphins can understand.

Dolphins are also very friendly towards man. They often follow ships. There are
many stories of dolphins guiding ships through difficult and dangerous waters.

17. Why talking to dolphin is not easy?

A. dolphins cannot hear the kind of man’s sounds
B. dolphins cannot think as human
C. dolphins like playing with man
D. dolphins feel annoyed by man
E. dolphins want to be free

18. What is the characteristic of dolphin according to the text?

A. fierce
 B. friendly
C. naughty
D. shy
E. not responsible

19. What is the main idea of the text?

A. Dolphins are friendly to human.
B. Dolphins are a clever animal.
C. Dolphins can make a third language.
D. Dolphins can understand human language.
E. Dolphins are mammals.

20. To tell the information, the writer mostly uses …

A. passive voice
B. simple past tense
C. present perfect tense
D. simple present tense
E. present continuous tense

The following text is for questions 21 to 24.

21. The purpose of the text is ....
A. to explain the steps in making pancake
B. to entertain readers about steps in making pancake
C. to share experience in making pancake
D. to give suggestion in making pancake
E. to persuade people in making pancake

22. According the text, the milk needed to make pancake is ....
A. two until three liters
B. one and a half liters
C. two until three milliliters
D. two hundred and fifty milliliters
E. two hundred and fifty liters

23. The text is possibly used in ....

A. the dining rooms
B. the living rooms
C. the bed rooms
D. the verandah
E. the kitchen

24. According the text, we could ... after it is ready to serve.

A. put flour on the pancake
B. pour sugar on the pancake
C. pour honey or syrup
D. put butter on the pancake
E. pour milk onto the pancake

The following text is for questions 25 to 28.

Losari beach is a beautiful beach and located on the edge city of Makassar. It is located
only about 3 km from the center of Makassar (Karebosi Park). The beach used to be
the longest café in Asia, because many cafes stand in along the beach, but now the
cafes are collected in a special place, so it does not spread along the coast. Charm of
the beach is mainly seen in the evening when the sunset stands out. This is a major
attraction of people’s coming to the Losari beach.

Every evening hundreds of people come to witness the panorama of red as the sun
will disappear into the ocean, so do not miss the sunset at the Losari beach. If the sky
is sunny, the scenery is absolutely perfect. Because of its location in a bay, the water of
Losari is even often quiet as usual pool water.

Losari is its waterfront of Makassar. The lengthy of the beach is approximately one
kilometer and it is a public space that can be accessed by anyone. On this beach there
is a park called the Pelataran Bahari (Marine Park), with semicircular area of nearly one
hectare. This place is a plaza with a clean floor for children to play and running around,
while parents and teens sit on concrete benches to enjoy the sea breeze. From this
place, you are also free to view out to the sea and watch the sunset slowly turns reddish
in the line of the horizon. The reflected light also creates sheen on the surface of sea
water.

The Pelataran Bahari also serves as the stadium of open water to watch the coastal
waters in front of Losari beach. This coastal water is often used as a racecourse jet ski,
boat races and traditional boat jolloro katinting, or become a transit point of rely of
Sandeq traditional sailboats and yachts.

In Losari there are also a few hotels. Some of them qualified as a tree stars hotel. The
hotel is offering panoramic beauty of the sea with luxury service treats. There are Losari
Beach Hotel, Losari Beach Inn, Makassar Golden Hotel, and Pantai Gapura Hotel. All of
the hotels located in Jalan Penghibur.

25. What is the main idea of the text?

A. Losari beach is a awful place.
B. Losari beach is a good place to visit.
C. No body visit Losari beach.
D. Many visitors on Pantai Gapura Hotel.
E. No one stay at Losari Beach Inn.

26. How many hotels does the writer mention?

A. Six hotels.
B. Five hotels.
C. Four hotels.
D. Three hotels.
E. Two hotels.

27. Where is Losari beach located?

A. Somewhere at Makassar City.
B. Locate at Jalan Penghibur.
C. Near Makassar City.
D. Far away from Losari Beach Inn.
E. Located only about 3 km from the center of Makassar (Karebosi Park).
28. “This is a major attraction of people’s coming …”
The word this refers to …
A. Charm of the beach
B. Losari Beach
C. Pelataran Bahari
D. Makassar Golden Hotel
E. Makassar

The following lyrics is for questions 29 and 30.

That’s What Friends Are For

Dionne Warwick

And I never thought I'd feel this way Keep smiling and keep shining
And as far as I'm concerned Knowing you can always count on me,
I'm glad I got the chance to say for sure
That I do believe, I love you That's what friends are for
And if I should ever go away In good times and bad times
Well, then close your eyes and try I'll be on your side forever more
To feel the way we do today That's what friends are for
And then if you can remember Keep smiling, keep shining
Keep smiling, keep shining Knowing you can always count on me,
Knowing you can always count on me, for sure
for sure That's what friends are for
That's what friends are for For good times and bad times
For good times and bad times I'll be on your side forever more
I'll be on your side forever more That's what friends are for
That's what friends are for Keep smiling, keep shining
Well, you came in loving me Knowing you can always count on me,
And now there's so much more I see for sure
And so by the way Cause I tell you, that's what friends are
I thank you for
Oh and then for the times when we're Whoa, good times and the bad times
apart I'll be on your side forever more
Well, then close your eyes and know That's what friends are for
The words are coming from my heart
And then if you can remember Songwriters: Burt F Bacharach / Carole Bayer Sager
That's What Friends Are For lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc

29. Who is the singer of the song?

 A. Chappell
B. Dionne Warwick
C. Burt F Bacharach
D. Carole Bayer Sager
E. Whitney Houston

30. What is the moral value of the song?

A. Friends will always help us in our bad or good time.
B. We must close our eyes to see our friends.
C. We must help our friend only in good times.
D. Friends will only help us in our bad times.
E. Life without friends is better.

31. The followings are suitable captions for the picture,

except …
A. Fortunately, the traffic is not busy.
B. Waiting for the traffic light to turn green.
C. The road is busy, but the heaven remains calm.
D. Such a lovely evening on the street.
E. Car-free road

32. The most appropriate caption that is relevant to

the picture is …
A. Due to the deserted situation, tons of carrots
turned rotten.
B. My rabbit is the only believer in health-
carroty food.
C. Market deserted, tons of carrot unsold.
D. Carrot price currently reached 100 dollars per
kg.
E. The carroty carrots could be found in
traditional market.
 B. Had
33. Kediri is famous …. its Jaranan C. Will have
A. From D. Have had
B. Of E. Had had
C. For
D. In 39. Unless she _____ a coat, she’ll catch
E. On a cold.
A. Puts on
34. I want to improve … my last exam B. Put on
result C. Have put on
A. On D. Had put on
B. By E. Will put on
C. With
D. For 40. If I had lost my job, what ________
E. To now?
A. Will I do
35. We were delighted … her news B. Would I do
A. Of C. Will I have done
B. With D. Would I have done
C. To E. Do I do
D. By
E. For 41. I wanted _____ if the concert tickets
are still available.
36. _____ being clever, my brother A. Knowing
never boasts about it. B. Know
A. Other than C. Am knowing
B. Instead D. To know
C. Nevertheless E. For knowing
D. Despite
E. Otherwise 42. When I was little, I _______ the
difference between my twin
37. My friends and I did not miss the siblings.
fried noodle ____ we already had A. Cannot tell
lunch B. Was telling
A. Other than C. Have told
B. Instead D. Could not tell
C. Even though E. Told
D. Otherwise
E. Moreover 43. I love living in New Zealand _______
the weather.
38. I would have gone by air if I A. Because
________ more money. B. For
A. Have C. Since
D. As B. Tony asked me why did she sing
E. Because of so loudly.
C. Tony asked why does she sing
44. Many people lost their job _____ so loudly.
cutbacks in the department. D. Tony asked me why she sang so
A. Because loudly.
B. Since E. Tony asked me why she did sing
C. As so loudly.
D. Due to
E. For 49. Sam has taken an English course.
Passive voice is:
45. She asked me to be his girlfriend A. Sam has been taken an English
but I _______. course.
A. Turned her off B. An English course taken by Sam.
B. Turned her out C. An English course has been
C. Turned her up taken
D. Turned her down by Sam.
E. Turned her in D. English courses have taken by
Sam.
46. I wish someone answered my call. E. Sam has been taken by an
It’s been ringing for five minutes. English course
The underlined sentence means...
A. Someone will answer the phone 50. By June 2019, we _____ from 28
B. Someone has answered the Senior High School.
phone
C. The phone has stopped ringing A. Will graduate
D. I would answer the phone B. Will be graduating
E. Nobody anwers the phone C. Will have graduated
D. Will be graduated
47. It was my classmate ____ E. Will graduating
accidentally hit the teacher’s head
with a tennis ball.
A. That
B. Whose
C. Which
D. Whom
E. None of the answers above is
correct.

48. Tony said to me: “Why does she

sing so loudly?”
A. Tony said to me why does she
sing so loudly.