LATIHAN SOAL UNTUK KELAS XI

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER!

Julia Hanifah
Jl. Sudirman no. 18
Bandung, West Java
September 28, 2019

Dear Julia,
It’s been a while since we met last year. How are you now? I hope this letter finds you in best of your
health. I’m sorry I have not been writing a letter as regularly as I should.
I will move to Surabaya to join a short term course in cooking. It may take around 4 months. This
course will start next month. I was wondering if you would like to join the course with me. I know that you
have talent on it. It will develop your cooking ability and support your career in the future.
If you want to join this short course, you will get new skills, meet new friends, and also receive a
certificate as the sign of your accomplishment in joining the course. Besides, you will have your own
dormitory to live in during the course. This is the government program, so it is free of charge. Just let me
know if you are interested in joining the course. I will happily sign it up for you.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Kinds regards,

Anastasya Salim

1. What is the purpose of the letter?

A. Anastasya wants to meet Julia after being parted for a long time.
B. Anastasya persuades Julia to join a short cooking course in Surabaya
C. Julia wants to join a short cooking course with Anastasya.
D. Anastasya informs Julia that she will move to Surabaya next month.
E. Anastasya wants to inform Julia that she becomes a professional cook

2. What is the possible relationship between the sender and the recipient?
A. Pen pals.
B. Employees.
C. Boss and employee.
D. Teacher and student.
E. Mother and daughter.

3. What information can we get from the letter?

A. Anastasya and Julia will join a short course.
B. Anastasya will to Bandung for four months.
C. Anastasya is not going to Surabaya, but Bandung.
D. Julia is good at cooking because she studies culinary.
E. Anastasya has not sent a letter to Julia for a long period of time.

4. Why does a helmet have a correlation with fashion?

A. Because it is a wearable thing.
B. Since it provides protection to a rider.
C. As it can be customized with one’s own design.
D. Because it has a lot designs that fit one’s personality.
E. Since it can protect a rider from fatal in injures caused by accident.

5. Bagus won a national archery competition last week. He eliminated other candidates from all provinces
in Indonesia. He won the competition ….his hard work. He trained hard almost every day.
Which connector best completes the sentence?
A. since
B. because
C. for
D. because of
E. due to

6. The families live in poor condition …the children have small chances to have better life.
A. so
B. therefore
C. consequently
D. as a result
E. because

7. Sony will be difficult to get higher education …

A. owing to his parents’ laziness.
B. since he doesn’t get any championship.
C. because his family is persistent to earn money.
D. for his parents don’t have enough money to pay his school fee.
E. because he never tries to solve his education problem to his teacher.

8. The poverty of society is … unemployment in the country.

A. due to
B. since
C. owing to
D. because
E. because of

9. The government protects one-horned rhinoceroses ….

A. for they are wild animals in the forest.
B. because many people hunt these animals.
C. as they are extinct animals in Indonesia.
D. as they have great population in their habitat.
E. because they are unique and wanted by collectors.

10. People in several areas lack of water for drinking …a long dry season in that region.
A. due to
B. because of
C. owing to
D. therefore
E. consequently

Dear Sir,

I didn’t get a good impression about you when I first met you. I was a bit mad whenever you made me
stand up straight. I disliked the way you made me wear my uniform right. I disliked the way you made me
speak correctly. Most of all, I disliked the way that you wouldn’t accept my work unless it was the best I
could do. And the best always seemed more effort than I was willing to put in.
We had lots of arguments, at the start. I remember being kept in at lunch a lot. And despite my yelling
and threats even tears once or twice. I remember you never lost your temper. You were always patient with
me. You always took the time to listen to me, whenever I wanted to be heard.
I look back upon that time as so important in the development of the person that I am today. You taught
me discipline. You taught me dignity. Much more than English, which was what you were supposedly
teaching me, you taught me that I could achieve more than what I or other people thought that I was capable
of. I could be a success, instead of a clown.
For that lesson, I owe you so much. Thank you.

Rina Wardani,
Your student from class XI B
11. What is the purpose of the letter above?
A. To argue the teacher’s argument.
B. To complain the teacher’s way of teaching.
C. To criticize the teacher’s thinking during lesson
D. To say gratitude to the teacher for his coaching
E. To say thank to the teacher for receiving a good mark.

12. What subject does the teacher probably teach?

A. Biology
B. Physics
C. English
D. Math
E. Economics

13. “I could be a success, instead of a clown.”

What does the sentence mean?
A. The teacher becomes a clown in a Halloween party.
B. The writer can reach her dream instead of becoming foolish.
C. The writer can achieve her dream because of the clown’s help.
D. The teacher helps the writer reach success by becoming a clown.
E. The writer can be a successful person by becoming a famous clown in her town.

14. From the text we know that the teacher was ….

A. a great disciple
B. a brave person
C. a creative trainer
D. a poor motivator
E. a good educator

Earthquakes

Earthquakes being among the most deadly natural hazards strike without any prior warning, leaving
catastrophe in their wake with terrible loss of human lives as well as economic loss.
Technically, an earthquake (also known as a tremor, quake, or temblor) is a kind of vibration through
the Earth’s crust. This vibration occurs as a result of a powerful movement of rocks in the Earth’s crust.
These powerful movements trigger a rapid release of energy that creates seismic waves that travel through
the Earth. Earthquakes are usually brief but may repeat over a long period of time (Earth Science, 2001)
Earthquakes are classified as large and small. Large earthquakes usually begin with slight tremors, but
rapidly take the form of violent shocks. The vibrations from a large earthquake last for a few days known as
aftershocks. Small earthquakes are known to take down buildings and cause death and injury (Richter, 1935)
According to the statictics, there may be an average of 500.000 earthquakes every year, but only about
100.000 can be felt and about 100 or so can cause damage each year. Earthquakes are dreaded by everyone.
Adopted from: Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan RI, Bahasa Inggris SMA kelas XI, Jakarta, Kementrian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, 2017)

15. Which eartquakes take massive damage to the nature?

A. Aftershocks
B. Small earthquakes
C. Large earthquakes
D. Volcanic earthquakes
E. Tectonic earthquakes

16. What should we probably do to avoid injuries or even death when an earthquakes strikes?
A. Stay in the house under the table.
B. Don’t panic then run to an open place.
C. Run and hide inside the nearest building.
D. Run immediately to the hill or high place.
E. Use helmet to protect our head from falling objects
17. What is the main information of the text?
A. An aftershock is the effect caused by an earthquakes
B. A small earthquake is not dangerous for human living
C. Only a small portion of earthquakes can cause damage.
D. The rocks movement indicates the impact of an earthquake.
E. An earthquake is the deadliest natural disaster in human history.

All I want
(By Kodaline)
All I want is nothing more
To hear you knocking at my door
‘Cause if I could see your face once more
I could die a happy mam I’m sure

When you said your last goodbye

I died a little bit inside
I lay in tears in bed all night
Alone without you by my side

**But if you loved me

Why’d you leave me?
Take my body

Take my body
All I want is
And all I need is
To find somebody
I’ll find somebody like you …Oh…Oh..

So you brought out the best of me

A part of me I’ve never seen
You took my soul and wiped it clean
One love was made for movie screens

Back to **

18. What is the mood of this song?

A. Fun
B. Sad
C. Angry
D. Scared
E. Enthusiastic

19. What message can get from the song lyrics?

A. Don’t regret for what you have decided.
B. Saying goodbye will always make us cry.
C. Don’t give up finding a person you love.
D. Everything is temporal, so be prepared for the loss.
E. Saying goodbye is hard, but continuing life is more important.

20. “I lay in tears in bed all night” (stanza 2)

What is the meaning of the line?
A. The singer’s bed is wet because of his/her tears.
B. The singer is waking up all night sadly.
C. The singer is very sad, so he/she cries all night long.
D. The singer falls asleep and he/she suddenly cries.
E. The singer is feeling sad on the bed.
21. I’ll find somebody like you …Oh…Oh..
This line belongs to ….
A. simile
B. metaphor
C. hyperbola
D. paradox
E. personification

Many languages are rapidly becoming extinct. Of the almost 7,000 languages now in existence, only
half may still be spoken by the end of this century. Language such as Urarina (spoken by fewer than 3,000
people in the Amazon), Halkomelem (spoken by 200 in Canada), And Tofa (spoken by no more than 25
people in Siberia) face a precarious and uncertain future.
Native speakers stop using their original language for a variety of reasons. They may favor a different
language because it is more dominant, more prestigious, or more widely known. They may be motivated by
official state policies to suppress speech or by social pressure to speak differently. Children worldwide
experience subtle and overt pressures to switch to globally dominant languages.
When a language dies, much is lost: a unique knowledge of the planet and its creatures, a treasury of
myth and poetry, and a window in to the working of the human brain. Language conservationists are
working to revive those tongues that can still be saved and document those that cannot, before they vanish
forever.
Adopted from: National Geographic, Answer Book 10,000 Fast Fact about Our World, Washington DC, National Geographic, 2015.

22. What is the topic of the text?

A. How languages die.
B. Why languages develop.
C. How languages shape culture.
D. Why languages are important.
E. Why we have different languages.

23. What is the main cause of the phenomenon?

A. A treasury of myth and poetry.
B. A precarious and uncertain future.
C. A unique knowledge of the planet.
D. The use of globally dominant languages.
E. The development of the original languages.

24. What will happen if the phenomenon occurs?

A. Several cultures will disappear.
B. The languages will develop.
C. The myth and poetry will exist.
D. Dominant languages will vanish.
E. Native will speak original languages.

25. What do language conservationists do to overcome the problem?

A. Promote dominant languages.
B. Stop using original languages.
C. Improve widely known languages.
D. Revive and document the languages.
E. Motivate official states to speak differently.