SAOL ULANGAN BAHASA INGGRIS SMA KLS XII/IPA-IPS

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1st DAILY EXAM OF ENGLISH FOR THE 12th  GRADERS

Direction : Choose the best answer by writing A,B,C,D or E
Text 1 No. 1-4

THE  FIELD  OF  TREASURE

            There was once a farmer, who had three sons. The boys were not like him. The farmer liked work and he worked hard the whole day. Unlike him, his three sons were lazy and while their father was working, they played games or slept.
            The farmer worked so hard that at last he became very ill. As he lay on his bed, he thought to himself, “Soon I’ll die and what will become of my lazy sons? If they don’t work, they’ll become so poor that they’ll not have even rice to eat.”
            So he called his sons to him and said,” My sons, I’m dying. What I have I leave to you. All that I have is in our field. Dig it and you will find treasure.”
            Some time after this old farmer died. His sons buried him and then began to look for the treasure. They dug the field from one end to the other, not once but several times, but they could not find any treasure. Then the eldest son said to the others, “I’m sure there is no treasure here, but now that the field is ploughed we may as well sow it, harvest it and then sell the rice.”
            The others agreed and they began to work. The field was sowed. When the rice was yellow it was harvested and sold.
            When the money was received by the brothers, they remembered their father’s words. Now they understood that there was indeed treasure in the field, but it could only be got by hard work.
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1.      What was the farmer afraid of when he had died?
  1. His three sons were lazy.
  2. His three sons did not like working.
  3. His three sons would live in poverty.
  4. His three sons could not find any treasure.
  5. His three sons would not receive any money from him.

2.      Which statement from the text shows that the sons believed there was treasure in the field?
  1. They remembered their father’s words.
  2. They dug the field from one end to the other.
  3. Some time after this the old farmer died.
  4. The others agreed and they began to work.
  5. When the rice was yellow, it was harvested and sold.

3.      The fourth paragraph tells us about ………….
  1. the sons’ success to find the treasure in the field
  2. the farmer’s message to find the treasure in the field
  3. the farmer’s concern about the future of his sons
  4. the sons’ hard work to cultivate the land
  5. the sons’ effort to find the treasure in the field

4.      What is the moral lesson from the story?
  1. There is always treasure in the field.
  2. Poverty will always follow laziness.
  3. Success is not as sweet as you think.
  4. Success will always follow hard work.
  5. Success is measured by richness

Text 2 No. 5-8
 The Magic Box
Once upon a time, there was a poor farmer who lived with his wife. One day, he dug up his field and found a big box. He took it home with him and showed it to his wife. His wife cleaned the box and kept it in their house.
One sunny morning his wife dropped an apple into it. Suddenly, the box began fill up with apples. No matter how many the apples were taken out, more apples took their place. So, the farmer and his wife decide to sell the apples and in short time they were able to live quite comfortably.
One day, the farmer dropped gold into the box. At once, apples disappeared and the box began to fill itself with coins. Every day, the farmer and his wife collected hundreds of gold coins from the box. Soon, they became very rich.
Having heard that his son had gone rich, the farmer’s grandfather visited the couple. He was not very strong and he could not go out to work any more. So, the farmer asked the old man to help him take money out of the box. When his grandfather told his son that he was tired and wanted to have a rest, the farmer shouted at him, “Why are you so lazy? Why can’t you work harder?”
The old man did not say anything, and continued to work until he fell into the box and suddenly died. At once, the money disappeared and the box began to fill up with dead grandfathers.
The farmer had to pull them out and bury them. To do this, he had to spend all the money he had collected. When he had used up all the money, the box broke and the farmer was just as poor as he was before.
5.      What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
  1. The farmer dropped an apple into a big box.   E. The box became full of apples.
  2. The farmer and his wife sold the apples.
  3. His wife dropped an apple into the box.
  4. The farmer and his wife lived comfortably.
6.      “At once, the money disappeared and the box ….” (Paragraph 5)
       The synonym of the underlined word is ….
  1. Vanished                                 D. Looked
  2. Lost                                         E. Got
  3. Came
7.      According to the text, which of the following is TRUE?
  1. The farmer became rich ever after.
  2. The box was full of gold coins when it was found.
  3. The farmer’s wife was happy after the grandfather died.
  4. The poor farmer was finally dead because of his sadness.
  5. The farmer had to use up all his money to bury his grandfather.
8.      What can we learn from the story?
       We have to ….
  1. Work hard                                          
  2. Do everything happily
  3. Help poor people                                
  4. Collect money as much as possible
  5. Respect our parents

 Text 3 No. 9-12
The Rat and the Elephants

Once upon a time there lived a group of mice under a tree in peace. However, a group of elephants crossing the jungle unknowingly destroyed the homes of all the rats. Many of them were even crushed to death.
Then the king of rats decided to approach the elephant chief and request him to guide his herd through another road. And so the lives of the rats were saved.
One day elephant hunters came to the jungle and trapped a group of elephants in huge nets. Then the elephant king suddenly remembered the king of the rats.
The elephant went to the rat king and told him about the trapped elephants.
The rat king immediately took his entire group of rats and they cut open the nets which had trapped the elephant herd. The elephant herd was totally set free. They danced with joy and thanked the rats.

9.      What is the text about?
  1. Living together a group of mice and (a group of) elephants peacefully.
  2. The elephants asked the mice to take another route to avoid danger.
  3. They were dancing and living with joy to celebrate their victory.
  4. Destroying the homes of all the rats and apologizing to them.
  5. The mice and the elephants helped each other to be saved.

10.  What moral value can you get from this story?
  1. We should help anyone who is in trouble.
  2. Success is gained by helping each other.
  3. We need not care for anyone’s problem.
  4. We always ask for the King’s help.
  5. We need living peacefully

11.  The purpose of the text is…
  1. To entertain the readers how the mice and elephants helped each other.
  2. To give information where the mice and elephants were living.
  3. To explain the process of helping between them.
  4. To put forward the problems of the two kings.
  5. To describe elephant’s king and mice.
12.  Who were even crushed to death ?
  1. Both kings
  2. Elephants                                                                                                                             
  3. Hunters
  4. Mice                                                                               
  5. Herd

Text 4 No. 13-15
 A young boy was walking in the woods when he heard a small voice calling him. He looked all around, but could not see anyone. The voice called out again, and appeared from the roots of an enormous oak tree. There, the boy found a bottle, in which there was a tiny man who begged, “Let me out.”
So the student removed the cork, and a cloud of smoke emerged and grew into frightening giant.
“I am a genie,” said the giant, “and I was imprisoned in the bottle by magician. But now that I am free. Prepare to meet your end!”
“Wait a minute,” said the young boy, “I don’t believe one word you have said. A giant of your size could not have really come out of the little bottle. You could never get into it.”
“Of course I can,” said the genie, “I’ll prove it to you.” As soon as the genie returned to the bottle, the young boy replaced the cork. The next time, in order to get free, the spirit had to make a bargain with the boy: not only would it refrain from killing him, but it had also to give him a dagger which turned into gold everything it touched, and healed all wounds. And afterwards, thanks to that magic dagger, the boy became a rich and famous doctor.

13.  Where did the story take place?
A.     in a farm
B.     in a  village
C.     in  a bottle
D.     in a jungle
E.      in the boy’s house
14.  Why did the boy ask the giant to get into the bottle ?
A.     He didn’t believe that the big giant could come out of a little bottle.
B.     He wanted to imprisoned the giant so that he could not kill him.
C.     He wanted to know whether the giant is a genie or not.
D.     He wanted to asked the giant for a magic dagger
E.      He wanted to make a bargain with the giant.
15. What is the main idea of the 4th paragraph?
A.   The boy tricked the genie  to save himself
B.   The boy didn’t believe  the genie.
C.   The boy asked the genie to wait for a minute.
D.   The boy find a way to free the genie from the bottle.
E.    The genie could never get into the bottle.

Text 5 No. 16-20
e are Japanese Indonesian joint venture company, leader of automotive component
maker is looking for a highly motivated individual to fill in the following position:
FINANCE STAFF
Requirements:
Male/female
S1 graduated majoring in Economics
Fluency in English
Familiar with MS Office
Please send your complete application not later than February 17th, 2008 to: PT TOYOTETSU CORPORATION
MM 2100 Industrial Town, Block J-12,14,15 Kelapa Gading, Jakarta

16.What kind of work will a new employee deal with?

  1. Automotive component
  2. Personnel management
  3. Money matter
  4. Economics
  5. MS Office

17. What is one of the requirements that must be fulfilled by the applicant?

A.English mastery
B. Computer literacy
C. Financial adequacy
D. A university lecturer
E. A reputable university graduate
 Text 6

To save you time on your call, our concert and theater complex has installed an automated phone system. Special phone lines now link you directly with a trained representative for each of our services.
After calling our number,
dial 1 to purchase individual tickets;
dial 2 to purchase tickets for groups and organizations;
dial 3 to purchase tickets for a schedule of events; and
dial 4 to inquire about special services for the disabled

Line 5 is available for other information not covered by these categories.

18.What is the text about? It is about …

A.     how to save our time in phone call
B.     how to book a seat in a restaurant
C.     how to buy tickets in a theater
D.     how to use a telephone call
E.      how to organize a concert

19If you want to buy tickets for all students in your school, which number should you dial?
A.     1
B.     2
C.     3
D.     4
E.      5

20.“…dial 4 to inquire about special services for the disabled” (par. 2)
The underlined word has the same meaning as ...
A.     Officers
B.     Orphans
C.     Old people
D.     Poor people
E.      Handicapped



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