Read the following text to answer questions number 1 and 2.

Dear Sir/Madam.

I am writing to complain about an article in last Monday's newspaper, “Schools fail low-income
children.” As the head teacher of one of the largest junior high schools in the city. I feel strongly that
the article does not describe our school.

My school has children from many different economic backgrounds, but a large percentage some
from lower-income families. Nevertheless, our tests show that the children do well and benefit from
the excellent work our teachers do. Last year our school moved from 24m to 5th place according to
the official assessment by the state government. This is clearly not the ‘Tailure" that the article
suggests.

I would be strongly recommend that more careful research should be conducted in the future so
that your newspaper will more realistically describe the true situation in our schools.

Yours sincerely,

Joan Gonzales

1. The letter shows Ms. Gonzales's strong disagreement with the newspaper’s claim that ....

A. Children from low-income families do not perform well in the official assessment
B. The poor students in her school fail in the national examination
C. Her school only admit students from economically advantaged families
D. Many of her students fail because of their parents' low income
E. Low-income children are not as good as high-income children

2. What is expected by Joan Gonzales from Monday's newspaper?

A. To present information based on facts

B. To conduct more research
C. To fix the information given
D. To explain more about that school
E. To be responsible for the report

Read the following text to answer questions number 3 and 4.

Dear Susan,

It feels like such a long time since the last time I saw you. I know it's only been several weeks since I
saw you. So far my summer has been great!
I spend my all my weekends at the beach. I am getting a nice tan and you can no longer say I am
paler than you. I have been playing lots of volleyball, surfing and building a nice collection of sea
shells. Just this past week-end I took second place in a sandcastle building contest!

On the weekdays I work. I drive an ice cream truck around and sell ice cream to the kids. It is so cool.
It is a combination of the two things I love most, ice cream and kids. The pay isn't too great but I love
the job so much.

I hope the summer's been going well for you too. There's only a month and a half left in summer
vacation and after that it's back to school. Would you like to meet up some time before school
starts?

Your friend,
Signature
P.S. John Austin.

3. The letter shows about ....

A. Spending time in summer

B. Happiness someone who meet her friends soon
C. The poor students in summer vacation
D. How to finished summer vacation
E. Missing old friend in summer

4. What is writer do on the weekdays?

A. She is getting a nice tan

B. Drive an ice cream truck around and sell ice cream
C. Spend her time with working
D. Playing lots of volleyball and surfing
E. Building a nice collection of sea shells

Read the following text to answer questions number 5 to 8.

Jerowaru, 1st February 2017

Dear Nathan
How are you? Hope everything is okay with you. I’m all right here.
We are going to have the national examination, aren’t we? Are you well prepared for it? Well, to be
honest, I just have some difficulties in preparing for it, especially in Science. There are extra lessons
in my school and I take them all. But, I feel that they don’t help. I’m still confused in solving
Mathematic problems. I’m just worried that I fail the national examination. Do you have any
suggestion for me? I really appreciate your help.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Your buddy

Rendy
 5. What does the letter tell us about?

A. Asking for a friend to teach Mathematic

B. Preparing for the national examination
C. Asking for a friend’s suggestion to solve a problem
D. Giving a solution to a friend
E. Having extra lesson at school

6. Why is Rendy worried that he may fail the national examination?

A. There are extra lessons at Rendy’s school

B. He will have the national examination soon
C. He is confused in solving Mathematic problem
D. He appreciated Ivan’s help
E. His friends are all well prepared

7. “I’m still confused in solving Mathematic problems.”

The underlined word means …

A. Unable to think clearly

B. Unable to speak fluently
C. Unable to perform well
D. Unable to read quickly
E. Unable to behave politely

8. “I’m just worried that I fail the national examination.”

The antonym of the underlined word is ....

A. Escape
B. Reach
C. Predict
D. Underestimate
E. Success

Read the following text to answer questions number 9 and 10.

Mr. Hasan Renaldi

PT Jaya Sentosa
Jl. Hasanudin 73
Makasar

Dear Mr. Hasan Renaldi,

In response to your letter of December 20, 2015 we apologize for the error in shipment. We are
sending immediately the additional 500 boxes of glossy photo papers, that were not included in the
shipment.

We value our relationship with your company, and we regret the inconvenience. You can be assured
that this will not happen again in the future. We also enclose some catalogues of our new products.

Sincerely yours,

Hilman

Manager of order Department

9. The purpose of sending the letter is to ….

A. Request the paper excluded in the previous shipment

B. Complete another request from PT Jaya Sentosa
C. Request more orders of glossy photo papers
D. Ask for apology for the error in shipment
E. Enclose some new catalogues

10. We know from the text that the first shipment was .…

A. Not complete
B. Not insured
C. Damaged
D. Wrong
E. Late