SOAL UUB SEMESTER GENAP MEI 2018

KELAS X K13
JAKARTA BARAT

B. READING SECTION
In this part of the test, you will have the chance to show how well you understand written
English.
PART V.
Directions :
Questions 16 – 30 are based on a selection of reading materials, such as texts, letters, articles,
etc. You are to choose the one best answer the questions (A), (B), (C), or (D). Answer all the
questions following each reading selection on basis of what is stated or implied in the selection.

Questions number 16 – 20 refer to the following recount text.

On Thursday 24 April we went to the Botanical Garden. We walked
down and boarded the bus.
After we arrived at the garden, we walked down to the Education Centre.
The third grade students went to have a look around. First, we went to
the first farm and Mrs. James read us some information. Then, we looked
at all the lovely plants. After that we went down to a little spot in the
Botanical Garden and had a morning tea break.
Next, we did sketching and then we met the fourth grade students at
the Education Centre to have lunch. Soon after that, it was time for us
to go and make our terrariums while the fourth year students went to have walk.
A lady took us into special room and introduced herself, then she explained
what we were going to do. Next, she took us to a pyramid terrarium. It was
really interesting.
After we had finished, we met the fourth grade students outside the gardens.
Then we reboarded the bus and returned to school.

16. Most events mentioned in the text happened...

a. at the Education Centre
b. in the Botanical garden
c. on the bus to Botanical Garden
d. outside the school

17. The writer of the text is ...

a. a fourth grade students
b. a school teacher
c. a third grade students
d. Mr. and Mrs. James

18. What did the fourth grade students do after lunch?

a. They had a walk
b. They made their terrarium
c. They returned to school
d. They went to a pyramid terrarium

19. What was the second activity of the writer during the excursion to the Botanical Garden?
a. Gathering at the Education Centre
b. Going to a small garden
c. Looking at the lovely plants
d. Making the terrarium

20. “It was very interesting.” (par. 4) What does the underlined word refer to?
a. A pyramid terrarium
b. A specific room
c. Education Centre
d. First farm
 Questions number 21 – 23 refer to the following recount text.
In the middle of a bright day, I had an appoinment with my friend for lunch. I drove along the
main road at reasonable speed.

About fifty metres before the crossroads, a pedestrian who was walking on the pavement
suddenly ran across the road in front of my car. I was so suprised that I braked as hard as I could.
I really panicked and I had to swerve to avoid the pedestrian. I crashed into a car which was
parked by the side of the road.

Fortunately, the pedestrian was not injured, but I had a bad cut on my face because my head hit
the wind screen. I did not wear my seat belt.

Then, an ambulance arrived and took me to the hospital where I had to have five stiches and
rested for a few hours. There was a lot of damage to my car; the wind screen was broken and the
bodywork was badly damaged. Later, I was interviewed by the police at the hospital.

21. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

a. Where the accident happened.
b. When the accident occurred.
c. How the accident happened.
d. Why the accident happened.

22. While the writer was driving, suddenly …

a. A pedestrian hit his car
b. A pedestrian ran into his car
c. A pedestrian greeted him
d. A pedestrian ran across the road

23. From the text we can conclude that …

a. The pedestrian was careless
b. The writer broke traffic rules
c. The writer drove his/ her car fast
d. The witness helped the victims

Questions number 24 – 26 refer to the following recount text.

Cristiano Ronaldo was born on February 5, 1985, in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
Manchester United paid £12 million to sign him in 2003 - a record fee for a player of his age. In
the 2004 FA Cup Final, he scored Manchester's first three goals and helped them capture the
championship. In 2008, he set a franchise record for goals scored. In 2009, Real Madrid paid a
record $131 million for his service.

It was through his dad's work as an equipment manager at a boy's club that Ronaldo was
first introduced to the game of soccer. By the time he was 10 years old, he was already
recognized as a phenomenon - a kid who ate, slept and drank the game. "All he wanted to do as
a boy was playing football," his godfather, Fernao Sousa, recalled for British reporters, adding,
"He loved the game so much that he'd miss meals or escape out his bedroom window with a ball
when he was supposed to be doing his homework."

By his early teens, Ronaldo's talent and legend had grown considerably. After a stint with
Nacional da liha da Madeira, he signed with Sporting Portugal in 2001. That same year, at the
tender age of 16, Ronaldo turned heads with a impressing performance against Manchester
United, wowing even his opponents with his footwork and deft skill. He made such an
impression that a number of United players asked their manager to try and sign the young
player. It wasn't long before the club paid Ronaldo's team more than £12 million for his
services - a record fee for a player of his age.

24. What was Ronaldo action for MU in year 2004?

a. Signed new contract
b. Scored goals to Real Madrid
c. Won FA Cup Championship
d. Got payment of $131 million for his service

25. We can learn from paragraph 2 that...

 a. Ronaldo was a talented football player
b. Ronaldo was a very energetic football player
c. Ronaldo gained his success by his early teens
d. Ronaldo was a legendary young football player

26. “After a stint with Nacional da liha da Madeira, he signed with Sporting Portugal in
2001.” (Paragraph 3)
The underlined word can be replaced by...
a. Participated
b. Went
c. Followed
d. Joined

Questions number 27 – 30 refer to the following recount text.

DR. ABDULRAHMAN SALEH

1909 - 1947

Born into a family of doctors in Kampung Ketapang, Kwitang Barat, Jakarta,

Abdulrachman Saleh also became a doctor. After finishing MULO, he studied at
STOVIA. While still a student, he was appointed assistant at the laboratory of
physiology. Graduating from STOVIA, Abdulrachman Saleh continued his work at
the lab while having his own medical practice.
Abdulrachman Saleh’s role in medicine was significant. He became a lecturer
in Jakarta, Surabaya, Malang, and Klaten. For his meritorious service in medicine,
specifically in physiology, in 1958, the University of Indonesia bestowed him the title
of Bapak Ilmu Faal (Father of Physiology).
Abdulrachman Saleh was a man of many interests. He was involved in youth
organizations like Boy Scouts and Indonesia Muda. He was also a member of
Aeroclub, and co-founded theVerenigde Oosterse Radio Omroep (VORO), an
organization of broadcasters. It was he who established the Voice of Free
Indonesia, the radio station which spread the proclamation of Indonesia’s
independence to the world.

27. Abdulrachman Saleh was bestowed the title Father of Physiology because ...
a. he was a lecturer in the Medical faculty of the University of Indonesia
b. he was a lecturer as well as a doctor
c. he had significant contribution in physiology
d. he was a lecturer in many parts of Indonesia

28. The main idea of the first paragraph is that Abdulrachman Saleh ...
a. had his own medical practice
b. studied at the medical school in STOVIA
c. became a doctor because of his family
d. started his career as a doctor in STOVIA

29. Besides medicine, Abdulrachman also had a special interest in ...

a. laboratorium assistance
b. student organizations
c. aeroplane designing
d. broadcasting

30. .......”the University of Indonesia bestowed him the title of Bapak Ilmu Faal
(Father of Physiology).” (Paragraph 2).
 The underlined word can be replaced by...
a. Award
b. Take
c. Gain
d. Obtain

Questions number 31 – 33 refer to the following letter.

Dear Clara,
How are you? Last Saturday I went on a nice trip with some friends. We went to a lovely
beach about 30 kilometers from my town. We left on the bus at nine o’clock in the morning and
arrived at the beach at ten. We spent the morning playing in the beach. We also made a castle
from sand. Then, we had lunch in a small restaurant overlooking the beach. After lunch we
climbed a large hill behind the beach and saw the beautiful view from the top. We got back to
the bus around three o’clock and then we came back to town.
What is your holiday experience? Please share with me.
Sincerely yours,

Hilda

31. The letter tells us about ....

a. Hilda’s holiday experience
b. a lovely beach
c. Hilda’s feeling
d. Hilda’s daily activities

32. How long were Hilda and her friends in the beach and its surrounding?
a. Three hours
b. Five hour
c. Seven hours
d. Four hours

33. Where did the writer have lunch?

a. In a small restaurant overlooking the hill
b. Near a hill, behind the lovely beach
c. At the small restaurant on the top of the hill
d. In a small restaurant overlooking the beach

34. Andy : Why weren’t you at the training session this morning?
Davina : I thought it was cancelled.
Andy : No, yesterday’s session was cancelled but not today.
Davina : Oh, I am sorry...I misunderstood the information.
Andy : It’s OK.

Why did Davina miss the traning session this morning?

a. she had the wrong information
b. she was not feeling well
c. she did not get the information
d. the training was cancelled

35. Sari : This printer doesn’t seem to be working. I just fill the ink tube but
still it” tube but still it’s not working.
Indah : Make sure you put some papers into it. Then check the cord. It may
have have been unplugged
Sari : Oh..you’re right. Maybe someone used it with a laptop computer.
What was probably the problem with the printer?
a. It needed more ink.
b. It did not have any paper
c. It was not connected
d. The cord was damaged
 36. Andrea : Hi, Dean. It’s good to see you. It’s been a long time. How’s
everything?
Dean : I am good. What about you? Are you still working in Springdale Estate?
Andrea : No, I have moved to another company. It gives me more benefit.
Dean : Oh, I see. That’s good thing. When did you begin your new job?
a. At nine o’clock every morning.
b. Three weeks ago.
c. Maybe next year.
d. I don’t know yet.

37. She ... three letters this morning, but she hasn’t posted them yet although it
is already 3:00 p.m.
a. write
b. writes
c. wrote
d. written

38. Diana : Would you like some cake? I ... it this morning.
Vera : Thanks, but I have just had my lunch.
a. Bought
b. Buy
c. Buys
d. Buying

39. He didn’t ... anybody strange. He ... something strange.

a. saw – saw
b. see – saw
c. saw – see
d. see – see

40. Jason usually comes back home at 7pm and watches TV till midnight,but
yesterday he ... home at 9:00 pm and ... a shower.
a. come – have
b. came – have
c. come – had
d. came – had

Questions 41 – 44 refer to the following text

A Woman and the Wolves

A long time ago, very few people lived in the New Territories. There were only a few
villages. If the people wanted to go from one village to another, they often had to pass
through wild and unsafe forest.

One day, a farmer’s young wife went to the next village to visit her own mother and
brother. She brought along her baby son. When it was time for her to leave, her brother
said “ it is getting dark. Let my son, Ah Tim go with you though the forest.”

So Ah Tim led the way and the young woman followed behind, carrying her baby. When
they were in the forest, suddenly they saw a group of wolves. They began to run to avoid
the danger, but Ah Tim kicked against a stone and fell down. At once the wolves caught
him. The young woman cried to the wolves, “ please eat my own son instead.” Then, she
put her baby son on the ground in front of the wolves and took her nephew away.

Everyone understood that this was because the woman was very good and kind. She had
offered her own son’s life to save her nephew.

They ran back to the house and called for help. All men in the village fetched thick
sticks and went back with her into the forest. When they got there, they saw something
very strange. Instead of eating the woman’s baby the wolves were playing with him.

41. What separated between one village to another a long time ago in the New
Territories?
 a. Another village
b. Mountains
c. Forests
d. Hills

42. Who was Ah Tim ?

a. The young woman’s brother
b. The young woman’s son
c. The young woman’s brother and nephew
d. The young woman’s brother’s son

43. The woman gave her son to the wolves because

a. She loved her nephew than her son.
b. She thought about how her brother would be.
c. She wanted her son was eaten by the wolves.
d. She kept a grudge on his brother.

44. What is the purpose of the writer by writing the story above?
a. To describe the danger of the villages
b. To entertain the readers of the story
c. To tell the villagers’ relationship
d. To explain how important a relative is
Questions 45 – 47 refer to the following text.
The Legend of Toba Lake

Once a fisherman named Batara Guru Sahala lived in Batakland. One day, he caught a
fish. To his surprise, he found that the fish could talk! It begged Sahala to set it free. Sahala did
accordingly.

As soon as the fish was free, it changed into a woman. She was so beautiful that the
fisherman fell in love with her at once. He asked her to marry him. The woman agreed to marry
Sahala. However, she told him that he must never let out the secret that she was once a fish. Sahala
promised her that he would not tell anyone about it.

They were happily married, and had two daughters. Every morning, Sahala went out
fishing. His daughters would bring him his lunch. One day, however, instead of bringing the food
to their father, the girls ate it. When Sahala learnt what they had done with his meal, he got very
angry. He shouted at them, saying, “You behaved exactly like the daughters of a fish.”
The girls did not understand what their father meant. They went home and asked their
mother about it. When they told her what he had said, she was very annoyed. Although Sahala
apologized to her later, she would not forgive him for breaking his promise.
Then, the earth began to tremble, and volcanoes started to erupt. The earth cracked to form
a big hole. People said that this hole became Lake Toba.

45. Why did the girls’ mother get angry with Sahala?
a. She broke his promise.
b. He did not get the food.
c. She apologized for the daughters.
d. The girls did not understand him.

46. What is the main idea of last paragraph?

a. The earth began to erupt and tremble very hard.
b. What happened after Sahala broke his promise.
c. The volcanoes erupted as soon as the earth trembled.
d. The earth and the volcanoes made a hole for the people.

47. What is the moral value of telling the story?

a. Father has to care all his daughters.
b. Children must obey their mother.
c. It is not good to break our promise.
d. We have to be good with our wife.
 Questions 48 – 50 refer to the following text.
Faraday

Faraday studied the magnetic field around a conductor carrying a DC electric current.
While conducting these studies, Faraday established the basis for the electromagnetic
field concept in physics, subsequently enlarged upon by James Maxwell. He similarly
discovered electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism, and laws of electrolysis. He
established that magnetism could affect rays of light and that there was an underlying
relationship between the two phenomena. His inventions of electromagnetic rotary
devices formed the foundation of electric motor technology, and it was largely due to his
efforts that electricity became viable for use in technology.

As a chemist, Michael Faraday discovered benzene, investigated the clathrate hydrate of

chlorine, invented an early form of the Bunsen burner and the system of oxidation
numbers, and popularized terminology such as anode, cathode, electrode, and ion.

Although Faraday received little formal education and knew little of higher mathematics,
such as calculus, he was one of the most influential scientists in history. Historians of
science refer to him as the best experimentalist in the history of science. The SI unit of
capacitance, the farad, is named after him, as is the Faraday constant, the charge on a
mole of electrons (about 96,485 coulombs). Faraday’s law of induction states that
magnetic flux changing in time creates a proportional electromotive force.

Faraday was the first and foremost Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal
Institution of Great Britain, a position to which he was appointed for life.

Albert Einstein kept a photograph of Faraday on his study wall alongside pictures of
Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell.

Faraday was highly religious. He was a member of the Sandemanian Church, a Christian
sect founded in 1730 that demanded total faith and commitment. Biographers have noted
that a strong sense of the unity of God and nature pervaded Faraday’s life and work.

48. What was Michael Faraday expert?

a. science, history and religion
b. chemistry, electricity and calculus
c. electronic, technology and religion
d. chemistry, physic and mathematics

49. Which of the following statements closely relates to Michael Faraday?

a. Michael Faraday dedicated his life in science and religion.
b. Michael Faraday was downhearted his life in science.
c. Michael Faraday concentrated his life in technology.
d. Michael Faraday was one of successful scientists.

50. Based on the first paragraph, we conclude that ….

a. Faraday and James found the similar electromagnetic
b. James discovered a DC electric current
c. James invented the motor technology
d. Faraday found the electromagnetic induction