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Soal : Soal SBMPTN Bahasa Inggris (Latihan)
Oleh : Mahdia Efendi, S.Si
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Question 1 5 refer to following passage
Warmans, the makers of office materials, had advertised for a travelling
salesman. Mr Barlow applied for the job, and soon afterwards was invited to the
company head office to meet MR. Snell, the sales manager. Mr. Snell asked Mr.
Barlow what experience he had as a salesmen.
I worked as a salesman for a brush company until six months ago. I sold brushes,
dusters, tins of polish, things like that. I went from door to door selling direct to
housewives Mr. Snell then asked him why he had left the job. Well to be honest, it
was very hard work Mr. Barlow replied. it meant walking sometimes six or eight
miles a day. But the real reason for leaving was I didnt think very highly of the goods
that I was selling, and that made difficult for me to be sincere when I had to tell
housewives what wonderful. Brushes they were. I knew perfectly well they wouldnt
last beyond a month.Whats more, they pay was rather poor. I realized after a while
that I wouldnt be able to support a family on the money I was earning.
I see, said Mr. Snell. so what did you do the next ?
For the last six month I have been a salesman in a department store said Mr.
Barlow.
And do you think you could sell Warmans office materials with a clear
conscience? Mr. Snell asked. Do you think you could be sincere about selling the
papers, ink, copying machines and so on that we produce here? Mr. Barlow said
that he could, that Warmanss office materials enjoyed a very high reputation, and
that in his department at Caldwells he sold almost nothing else. He said that he had
always wanted to work for a big company with a good name, to travel all over the
country selling goods to the other companies, rather than to houswives on the
doorstep and he added with a smile to enjoy the money and the working
conditions offered with the job for which he had applied.
Mr. Barlow, said Mr. Snell, Do you have a clean driving license ? yes I do,
Mr. Barlow replied. Than as long as your medical examination proves to be
satisfactory, Im quite prepared to offer you the job. Mr. Snell got up and shook Mr.
Barlow by the hand. Congratulations he said, and welcome to Warmans
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1. The text tell us about ......
A. The experience of Mr.
Barlow a salesman
B. Mr. Barlows ideals of his
future career
C. Mr. Barlows miserable life at
a brush company
D. What Mr. Barlow likes about
Warmans.
E. The acceptance of Mr.
Barlow at Warmans
2. The purpose of inviting Mr.
Barlow to Warmans head office
is ....
A. To have Mr. Barlow apply
for the advertised job
B. To find out if he were the
right man for the job
C. To explain to him more
about travelling salesman
D. To introduce him to
Warmans sales manager
E. To see what kind of products
he has been selling.
3. Which of the following
statements is TRUE about Mr.
Barlows ?
A. He worked for a brush
company for six months.
B. He was unemployed for six
month after leaving the
department store.
C. He worked for the
department store six months
ago
D. He applied at Warmans six
months after he left the
brush company.
E. He had worked for
Caldwells before he worked
for the brush company
4. The main reason why Mr.
Barlow quitted the brush
company was that ....
A. He was too tired to walk six
or eight miles.
B. He realized that the products
were not of good quality.
C. He believed that the
company would stop
producing brushes
D. He found it difficult to deal
with housewives
E. He know that this customers
did not really like that
products
5. At Caldwells, Mr. Barlows was
in charge of selling ....
A. Groceries
B. Machines
C. Machine
D. Office materials
E. Dusters
6. Dodi has a very ............ mind,
he will make a good scientist
A. Analyze
B. Analyst
C. Analytical
D. Analysis
E. Analytically
7. Both my brother and I refused
to sign the petition. Nobody
could force ..... to do it.
A. Him
B. Them
C. Me
D. Us
E. You
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8. When did the accident
happen?
When the goods ...... from the
truck.
A. Were unloading
B. Were being unloaded
C. Being unloaded
D. They were unloaded
E. Unloaded
9. All the quests admired the ......
hall where the bridge and
bridgeroom were seated.
A. Beautiful decoration
B. It was beautifully decorated
C. Beautifully decorating
D. Beauty of decoration
E. Beautifully decorated
10. Is Evi still sick?
Yes, I was she ...... here now to
help me type the report.
A. Is
B. Will be
C. Were
D. Hade been
E. Woud be
11. Did you plan the program for
our high school reunion
yourself?
No, ...... .
A. Adi had me do it
B. I had Adi do it
C. I had to do it for Adi
D. I had Adi to do it
E. I had Adi doing it
12. My daughter ...... a lot of
photographs of the Borobudur
when she went there on her last
vacation.
A. Has taken
B. Has been taking
C. Would take
D. Took
E. Had taken
13. The lady ......... this letter is
addressed has moved to
another city.
A. Who
B. To which
C. To whom
D. Whom
E. Which
14. Tono got an A for English.
Thats great ! He ...... about it.
A. Must be happy
B. Had to be happy
C. Could have been happy
D. Should have been happy
E. Has to be happy
15. Would you please call me
........... ?
A. Wheter the books we
ordered have arrived
B. When the books we
oredered have arrive
C. That the books we ordered
have arrive
D. When have the books we
ordered arrive
E. Where the books we
ordered arrive
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PENYELESAIAN
1. Kunci : C
Alasan: Bacaan tersebut jelas
lebih menyiratkan tes
wawancara penerimaan Mr.
Barlow pada perusahaan
Warmans tersebut
(baca wacana)
2. Kunci : B
Alasan: Berbagai pertanyaan
yang diajukan Mr. Snell jelas
menunjukkan proses mencari
tenaga salesman yang cocok
untuk pekerja pada perusahaan
Warmans tersebut.
3. Kunci : B
Alasan: Pada alenia II baris
pertama; I worked as a
salesman for a brush company
until six months ago.
4. Kunci : B
Alasan: Pada alenia II baris ke
lima : ........ I didnt think very
highly of the goods that I was
selling.
5. Kunci : D
Alasan: Pada alenia III baris ke
lima dan ke enam : ........ that
Warmans office materials ........
and that this department store
at Caldwells he sold.
6. Kunci : C
Alasan : kata very selalu harus
diikuti adjective.
Analytical = analisis
7. Kunci : D
Alasan : Kata kerja force
membutuhkan object dalam hal
ini my brother dan I yaitu us.
8. Kunci : B
Alasan :
Rumus kalimat pasif :
S + to be + V-III
S + to be + being + V-III
9. Kunci : E
Alasan : Untuk menerangkan
kata hall pada the ....... hall
dibutuhkan adjective. Atau
principle (V.ing/V-III). Jadi
pilihan yang tepat ialah ; the
beautifully decorated (ruangan
gedung yang didekorasi dengan
indahnya).
10. Kunci : C
Alasan : Karena pertanyaan
memakai Verb is maka
subjunctive-nya memakai
were.
11. Kunci : B
Alasan :
Rumus Causative have
(menyuruh) :
S + have + Obj. Aktif + inf tanpa
to
S + have + Obj. Pasif + V-III
Jadi yang paling tepat adalah :
I had Adi do it (saya menyuruh
Adi untuk mengerjakannya).
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12. Kunci : E
Alasan : Keterangan waktu
yang digunakan berbentuk
Simple Past Tense (when she
went there) maka kalimat yang
tepat harus memakai bentuk
Past Perfect.
13. Kunci : C
Alasan : Kalimat tersebut
terbentuk dari dua kalimat,
yaitu:
The lady has moved ti another
city
The letter is addresed to her.
jadi kata sambung yang paling
tepat adalah to whom (to tidak
boleh dihilangkan)
14. Kunci : A
Alasan : Dari kalimat tersebut
disimpulkan bahwa dia pasti
senang (bangga) dengan nilai
tersebut.
15. Kunci : B
Alasan : Pertanyaan tersebut
menyimpulkan bahwa buku-
buku itu belum datang.
Jadi anak kalimat yang tepat
harus berhubungan dengan
waktu (when) dan harus
berbentuk statement => Kata
tanya + S + P
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