PAKET 3

TEXT 1

Letters or articles intended for publication, including those sent by e-mail, should be
brief and accompanied by a fax identity card with a note “ your letters should contain the
writer‟s name, address and phone number”.
Unsolicited features and opinion articles are welcome but we cannot be responsible for
the return of unpublished articles.
Please send letters and opinion articles to opinion @ thejakartapost . com or
jktpost 2@ cbn.net.id and other articles to Sundaypost @ thejakartapost.com. or
features @ thejakartapost. com.
A brief biodata of writer is also needed.

1. The text is about a………on sending letters or article to be published.

A. message
B. warning
C. requirement
D. announcement
E. advertisement
2. “ A brief biodata of the writer is also needed . “ (paragraph 4)
The underlined word means ………
A. fast
B. short
C. little
D. limited
E. temporary
3. Letters intended for publication, including those sent by e-mail, should be brief and
accompanied by a fax identity card ….(paragraph 1). The underlined word refers
to_____
A. notes
B. letters
C. publication
D. fax identity car
E. name, address, and phone number

TEXT 2

Dear Ms Liu
I‟ve sent the file of the design for your latest product to your email. Please check it. Hope to
hear your comments shortly.
Ariel

4. Who is the recipient of the message?

A. Email
B. Ariel
C. Ms Liu
D. Design Department
E. Ariel and Ms Liu
5. In the message above, Ariel asks Ms. Liu to ...
A. give the design of the product
B. check the comments
C. give comments on the design
D. send the design of her latest product
E. send an email to Ariel
TEXT 3

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Fragrance that stays on skin , leaves you and baby smelling fresh and fragrant .
Directions:
~ Sprinkle powder on to hand and smooth on to skin
~ Close tightly after use

Warning :
For external use only keep out children`s reach , do not apply on broken skin or on new born
baby`s novel , keep powder away from baby`s eyes , nose and mouth .

Produced by PT MALIDAS STERILINDO, Surabaya Indonesia.

6. What is promoted in the text above ?

A. New Johnson`s baby
B. New baby powder blosoms
C. New Johnson `s blossom
D. New Johnson floral scednts
E. New fragrance
7. These statement are true , except ……………
A. Only for external
B. Keep out of children`s reach
C. Apply on broken skin
D. Do not apply on new born baby`s novel
E. Keep away from children`s eyes

TEXT 4
Kendari: On Thursday, a search and rescue team found three more victims from a
ship that sunk in the Banda Sea, who had been missing since the big storm occurred on
Friday night last week. They were Aris Triono, the captain of the cargo ship, Yakub, a crew
and Suharno, a passenger.
They were found on Thursday floating in water close to Menui island, Central
Sulawesi. The province is adjacent to South Sulawesi, within those territories lies the Banda
Sea. Two other victims were first saved by the SAR team in the Banda Sea on Saturday last
week, only a day after the ship sunk.
The SAR team is still looking for 10 crew member and a passenger still missing from
the incident, said Rocky Asikin, the head of Kendari SAR team.
8. What is the communicative purpose of the text?
A. To entertain the readers by presenting the sinking ship
B. To report the result of the search for the victims of the sinking ship
C. To persuade the readers to find the victims
D. To explain how the ship sank
E. To describe the sinking ship
9. When did the ship sink?
A. Monday
B. Tuesday
C. Wednesday
D. Thursday
E. Friday
10. ….who had been missing since the big storm occurred on Friday night last week (first
paragraph).The underlined word can be best replaced by_____
A. Tricked
B. Taken placed
C. Destroyed
D. Connected
E. Applied
11. Which one is true according to the text?
A. There were two dead victims found
B. The victims were sinking when they were found
C. The SAR team was looking for 11 more victims
D. Yakub was the passenger on the ship
E. The three victims were found more than a week after the accident

TEXT 5
One day I went to Surabaya with my friend for a vacation. We went there on a
night bus.
When we arrived in Lamongan, the bus stopped at a small restaurant for a rest. I
got of the bus to get a cup of ginger tea, and my friend drank some cold lemonade.
Then I went to the toilet. It took only a few minutes.
When I came out again, the bus was not there. It had gone! My friend was not
there too. Feeling shocked and confused I asked a waitress about the bus. She said
that the bus departed about five minutes ago.
I tried to call my friend on my cell-phone, but the battery was running low.
I couldn‟t do anything but hope and pray. After several minutes, my wish came
true. The bus came back! I got on the bus and walked to my seat.
I was so ashamed when everybody on the bus looked at me. I could feel my face
turn red.
12. What does the story tell us about?
A. The writer and his friend enjoyed their trip to Surabaya
B. The writer arrived in Lamongan to visit his relatives
C. The writer could contact his friend with the cell-phone
D. The writer went to Surabaya on a night train
E. The writer was left by the bus on his trip to Surabaya
13. What did the writer do when the bus stop for a rest in Lamongan?
A. Ate some gingers
B. Drank some cold lemonade
C. Bought some souvenirs
 D. Went to the toilet
E. Had a prayer in the mosque
14. What is the purpose of text above?
A. To amuse to entertain readers
B. To tell past events in sequence
C. To describe a night bus
D. To express sorrow
E. To tell on going events
15. It can be inferred from the text that_____
A. The bud appeared when the writer came out of the toilet
B. The writer was very angry to be left behind
C. The writer was successful in calling for help
D. The writer felt embarrassed because of the incident
E. The bus continued running to Surabaya without the writer

TEXT 6
What is thunder and lightening?
Lightening is a sudden, violent flash of electricity between a cloud and the ground,
and between cloud to cloud. A lightening flash, or bolt , can be several miles long. It is so
hot, with an average temperature of 34,000 centigrade, that the air around it suddenly
expands with aloud blast. This is the thunder we hear.
Lightening occurs in hot, wet storms. Moist air is driven up to a great height. It forms
a type of cloud called cumulonimbus. When the cloud rises height, it forms a type of cloud
rise high enough, the moisture freezes and ice crystals and snowflakes are formed. These
begin to fall, turning to rain on the way down. This rain meets moist air rising, and it is the
friction between them which produce static electricity. It discharges it as a lightning flash.
16. What is the type of text above?
A. Narrative
B. Descriptive
C. Explanation
D. Report
E. Discussion
17. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To entertain the readers
B. To explain a process
C. To present two points of view about an issue
D. To persuade the readers to do something
E. To inform the readers about something in common
18. It can be concluded that____
A. Lightening is a violent flash happening in a cloud
B. Lightening occurs all of a sudden
C. Cumulonimbus will not cause rain
D. Thunder is a cloud blast of moist air
E. Ice crystals and snowflakes are formed when lightening happens
19. In order to rain, the following things are likely to happen except_____
A. Cumulonimbus should be formed high up in the sky
B. A violent flash of electricity occurs between a cloud and the ground
C. The friction among the moist air rising will cause a lightening flash
D. Cumulonimbus rises high enough to form ice crystals and snowflakes
E. Ice crystals and snowflakes begin to fall and turn into rain on the way down.
TEXT 7

The Importance of English Language

I personally think that English is the world‟s most important language. Why do I say
that?
Firstly, English is an international language. It is spoken by many people all over the
world, either as a first or second language.
Secondly, English is also the key to open door of scientific and technical knowledge,
which are needed for the economic and political development of many countries in the world.
Thirdly, English is a top requirement for those who seeking for jobs. Applicants who
master either active or passive English are more favorable than those who don‟t.
From the facts above, it is obvious that everybody needs to learn to greet in the global
era

20. What is the type of the text above?

A. report
B. explanation
C. analytical exposition
D. hortatory exposition
E. description
21. What is the purpose of the text above?
A. to state that English is the most important language
B. to present an idea that English is not very important
C. to give the writer`s opinion and reasons about the importance of English
D. to say that English is the top requirement to seek a job
E. to give an opinion that English is the key to open door of science and technical
knowledge
22. What is the main idea of the paragraph three?
A. the relationship between English and political development
B. the relationship between English and economic development
C. the relationship between English and many countries in the world
D. the relationship between English and science
E. the relationship among English, science and technical knowledge
23. What do you call the last paragraph?
A. title
B. argument
C. reiteration
D. thesis
E. complication

TEXT 8
What Are The Advantages And Disadvantages of being Famous Celebrities ?
Famous celebrities are well treated with due respect and courtesy. They live in a
world of kindness, respect, and difference. They are well served and respected wherever they
go. People will do everything they can to please them, simply because they are celebrities
Celebrities earn their living easily. They are paid exorbitantly just for appearing in
ceremonies or pomp. However, they spend them on their extravagant lifestyles.
The common disadvantage happens to celebrities is their loss of privacy. Their
personal live are being watched and encroached by public, The public want to know every
single detail about them. Which sometimes make their lives very miserable.
 Once the celebrities become popular, they are desperate to stay there. In order to
maintain their fame, some celebrities will do anything just to appear in the tabloids. They
enjoy the publicity. Then, they always complain that the paparazzi are taking their
photographs or are being harassed by them to attract public sympathy. Conversely, they
actually enjoy the media attention
They are unable to distinguish who are their genuine friends among the false ones.
Some people would like to befriend the celebrities because they also wanted to be in the
limelight too. Yet, when the celebrities are in trouble, these friends will leave them as fast as
they wanted to befriend them
Given this situation, I would prefer to live a normal life, going anywhere or do
anything, without being watched or scrutinized

24. The above text mainly discusses about ….

A. The price to pay for being famous celebrities
B. The extravagant lifestyles of the famous celebrities
C. The celebrities‟ personal lives
D. The pros and cons of being famous celebrities
E. The benefits of being with famous celebrities
25. Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the text ?
A. Celebrities work very hard to get famous
B. Celebrities dislike paparazzi
C. Celebrities are delighted to let the public know their personal lives
D. Celebrities cannot differentiate between genuine and false friends
E. Celebrities must have good looks
26. What does the word ”encroached” in paragraph 3 mean ?
A. Enjoyed
B. Read
C. Intruded
D. Seen
E. followed
27. What is the communicative purpose of the above text ?
A. To convince the readers to accept with the writer‟s point of view
B. To request the readers to decide on their own
C. To entertain the readers
D. To retell a story
E. To describe an event

TEXT 9
Good morning ladies and gentlemen,
First off all, I would like to thank the organization for giving me the opportunity to
say a few words at this seminar. In this occasion I‟d like to speak about abortion. Is abortion
one of the methods of birth control?
To begin with, let me say that abortion is one of the methods of birth control. Let‟s
see the fact about the population problem in a country. When a country faces the problem of
population explosion, the government should find method to solve it. But since no method of
contraception is one hundred percent effective and successful, abortion becomes the only way
out when prevention fails.
On the other hand, abortion may cause many negative effects for women‟s health.
Women risk their health and lives in bearing the weight of operation and its consequences.
The most common complication is inflammation, interruption of menstrual pattern, infertility,
endometriosis, myoma of the uterus and many other kinds of ovary illness.
So far, abortion becomes a dilemma for countries with large number of citizens. On
one hand, it can control the birth rate but on the other hand it brings terrible consequences
especially for the women‟s health.

28. Which statement is not true about abortion?

A. It is morally justified in other country
B. It is the only way when prevention fails
C. It may cause many negative effects for women‟s health
D. It brings terrible consequences especially for women‟s health
E. It becomes a dilemma for country with a large number of citizens
29. What genre does the text belong to?
A. Review
B. Narrative
C. Discussion
D. Descriptive
E. Explanation
30. Why would the speaker like to thank the organizing committee? It is because of_____
A. The chance given
B. The population problem in a country
C. The problem of population explosion
D. The only way out when prevention fails
E. The weight of the operation and its consequences
31. What is the main point discussed in the text?
A. Abortion is one of the method of birth
B. The problem of population explosion
C. Abortion may cause many negative effects for women‟s health
D. Abortion becomes a dilemma for countries with a large number of citizens
E. Abortion is dangerous for women‟s health
TEXT 10
The story to ‘Kung Fu Panda‟

The story to „Kung Fu Panda‟ is nothing really new, but it is told so well as to actually
pack an emotional punch. And it never comes off as laughable, which in lesser hands could
easily have happened. Speaking of laughs, there are many to be had here as well. „Kung Fu
Panda‟ works on just about every level a family movie can.

The cast features Jack Black as Po the Panda. The furious five, the most feared group
of warriors in all of China, consists of Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Monkey (Jackie Chan),
Mantis (Seth Roger), Viper (Lucy Liu), and Crane (David Cross). Their master is Shifu
(Dustin Hoffman), a fur ball creature who is a legendary teacher of Kung Fu. Escaped from
prison and on high way to claim the Dragon Scroll, which will make him the all powerful
Dragon Warrior, is the good gone bad Tai Lung (Ian McShane). But first, he‟ll have to
muscle his way around 400 pounds of panda to get to it.
„Kung Fu Panda‟ is a damn good time at the movies. This was the movie that
Dreamworks Animation so desperately needed after the disappointing „Shrek The Third‟.
With gorgeous animation, spectacular action, a great cast and dramatic weight of an Akira
Kurosawa film, Kung Fu Panda is one of the favourite movie of the year.
32. Which of the following quality does not describe the movie?
A. Funny
B. Touching
C. Stunning movie picture
D. Excellent actors
E. Unexciting
33. Shrek The Third is ….
A. as desperate as Kung Fu Panda
B. not produced by Dreamworks
C. not a moving picture
D. not a first-rate movie
E. a brilliant movie
34. The antagonist role of the movie is ….
A. Po
B. Tigress
C. Shifu
D. Tai Lung
E. Viper
35. The phrase ‟a fur ball creature‟ means….
A. An animal who likes to play fur ball
B. A ball-size creature which is hairy
C. An animal with black and white skin
D. An animal who is good at Kung Fu
E. A hairy animal

Text 11
The Incas used to be a large empire of 990,000 km2 in Peru of South America. Their city
was high up in the Andes Mountains. They were well-known from their great wealth,
especially gold. This great empire was unfortunately destroyed in an attack by the Spaniards
who were searching for their famed gold. Although this empire existed way back 1493, it was
not backward but complex and well-organized.
The empire was ruled by the Sapa Inca, Lord of the World, Son of the Sun. He owned
everything in the empire – the land, soil, gold and even the people. The people, therefore had
no freedom.
Boys and girls were to live a life of obedience and tradition. They began working in their
ayllu or family groups. The rule was Ama sua, ama Ilulla, ama Sheklla, which menas, “Do
not steal, do not lie, do not be lazy”
Despite this difficult way of life, the Incas were very skillful. They constructed drainage
system and underground water reservoirs. Their buildings were made from huge stones.
These were cut to fit perfectly together so that no mortar was needed. Their rope ridges were
so strong that even a horse could gallop across them!
The Incas had no written language. Information was recorded on knotted strings called
quipus. These were also as calculators. Strong and healthy young boys were chosen as
chasquis or couriers messages from one place to another.
36. The text mainly tells about ….
a. chasquis d. Spaniards
b. the Incas e. The Andes
c. Sapa Inca
37. “They constructed drainage system and underground water reservoirs” (Paragraph 4)
The underlined word has the same meaning as….
 a. grew d. existed
b. bore e. renovated
c. built
38. How was the empire destroyed?
a. The empire was destroyed by huge stones
b. It was destroyed by well-organized ayllu
c. The empire was ruled by Sapa Inca
d. It was reconstructed by systems
e. It was attacked by the Spaniards.
39. What did they use to calculate?
a. Quipus d. Chasquis
b. Strings e. Huge stones
c. Mortars
40. X : where is Vivin? I haven‟t seen her for about a month
Y : Vivin is in hospital. She is very sick I‟m worried about her
The underlined words express….
a. Assurance b. Sympathy
c. Anxiety d. Apology
e. Hope
41. Passanger : It is allowed to bring a bird on the plane?
Custom officer : I am sorry, that‟s not allowed
The underlined utterance expresses….
a. Regret b. Caution
b. Admiration d. Permission
e. Prohibition
42. Sinta : Merry missed all the English last week
Rara : I‟m really surprised to hear that. She never comes late
Sinta : Well, I know that. She might have been sick
The underlined sentence tell us that …
a. Merry is sick b. Merry was sick
c. Merry is probably sick d. Merry is certainly sick
e. Merry was probably sick
43. Oky : Could you accompany me to attend Nia‟s wedding party?
Anita : Well, I‟m sorry. I can‟t accompany you
Oky : Why? Is it because of your friend? I heard that he was very jealous.
Anita : Oh, no…that rumour
a. I‟m positive b. I expect
c. I deny d. I‟m convinced
e. I‟m sorry for
44. A : I was very disappointed that I didn‟t apply for a job in a cruise liner
B : your English is perfect. If you had applied for it you would have been accepted
A. A must have been accepted
B. B applied for the job and so did A
C. Both A and B are workers on a cruise ship
D. A did not apply for the job
E. A‟s English is so perfect that he applied for the job
45. The Red Cross has a duty to alleviate the suffering of the victim of natural disaster or war
and to provide shelter, assistance and first aid.
The underlined word means…
 a. ease b. care of
c. reduce d. decrease
e. comfort
46. For centuries doctors have used narcotics to relieve the pain of the sick or injured. “to
relieve” means to…
a. detect b. cure
c. recover d. increase
e. lessen
47. Nancy : I hear Sari will studying in London
Dany : Yes she is likely study there
The underlined utterance shows….
a. disappointment b. sympathy
c. possibility d. regret
e. thanks
48. We must eat adequate quantities of nutritious food. The underlined word means….
a. large b. enough
c. small d. great
e. full
49. He was forced by ignorance to take work…
The word „ignorance‟ means : lack of….
a. confidence b. information
c. allowance d. knowledge
e. understanding
50. Kiki : Do you think Nando is going to ask this kind of question?
Sony : I can‟t say that for sure
The underlined word means….
a. advice b. surprise
c. regret d. unability
e. uncertainty