Latihan soal text 2

The Great Wall of China is the largest and the longest wall to have ever built by humans. Several walls were being built from as early as the 7th century BC by ancient Chinese states; selective stretches were later joined together by Qin Shi Huang (220–206 BC), the first Emperor of China. Little of the Qin wall remains. Later on, many successive dynasties have built and maintained multiple stretches of border walls. The most well-known sections of the wall were built by the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

Collectively, the Great Wall stretches from Dandong in the east to Lop Lake in the west. The construction materials  were mainly earth, wood, stones, sand, and bricks, used depending on construction era and construction site with different climate and local materials. Its average height ranges from 6 to 7 meters and the tallest part reaches around 14 meters. A comprehensive archaeological survey, using advanced technologies, has concluded that the walls built by the Ming dynasty measure 8,850 km. This is made up of 6,259 km sections of actual wall, 359 km of trenches and 2,232 km of natural defensive barriers such as hills and rivers. The entire wall with all of its branches measures out to be 21,196 km.

1. "using advancedtechnologies” (Par. 2). The underlined word is synonymous with ...

A. affordable

B. expensive

C. modern

D. old

E. Useful

Studying is a dreaded word that many college students hate to hear, but how about doing it internationally? Traveling the world is something many hope to do in life, so why not do it now while in college?

Exposure to international countries will allow college students the incredible experience of traveling. It also makes students aware of the way others work on a day-to-day basis. Students will also benefit socially from studying abroad due to the independence traveling internationally brings someone. Traveling abroad will make sure students will be more independent and mature than when they left. This is due to the student getting out of their comfort zone and trying something new.

Studying abroad has many advantages. There is no substitution for “being there.” In the twenty-first century we can experience things online but the only way to experience it fully is to travel.

2. Which of the following information can be found in the text?

A.Studying abroad may cost you a lot of money.

B. Studying abroad will improve your social skills.

C. Learning everything online is better than traveling abroad.

D. Studying in another country should be done as early as possible.

E. Students who study abroad are more successful than those who don’t.

3. What is the writer’s recommendation regarding studying abroad?

A.Students must travel to gain real experience.

B. The needs of students should be learned internationally.

C. Parents who don’t send their kids abroad need to be sanctioned.

D. Schools must make special programs for their students to study abroad.

E. Parents have to make a study abroad budget since their kids are in primary schools.

Dear Mr. Ferguson,

On the behalf of Domina Sales & Marketing Pvt Ltd, I am glad to invite you for the business summit 2020 to be held at the head office of our company on Friday February, 21st, 2020. The subject of this business meet is the distribution of all saleable products. We have enclosed a business meet imitation containing all essential detail of summit including venue, meeting hours and subjects of discussions for your ready reference.

We request you to bring all official documents in order to discuss all financial and distribution issues which you have been through in the year of 2019.

Yours Sincerely,

Manager- Sales & Marketing

4. Why is the text written?

A. To announce an office move.

B. To inform the company’s growth.

C. To invite Mr. Ferguson to the business summit 2020.

D. To present Domina Sales & Marketing Pvt Ltd and its clients.

E. To inform the new location of Domina Sales & Marketing Pvt Ltd.

Yogyakarta is one of the foremost cultural centers of Java, the seat of the mighty Javanese empire of 
Mataram from which present day Yogyakarta has the best inherited of traditions. The city itself has a a special charm, which seldom fails to captivate the visitor. Gamelan, classical and contemporary 
Javanese dances, leather puppet, theater and other expressions of traditional art will keep the visitor 
spellbound. Local craftsmen excel in arts such batiks, silver and leather works. Next to the traditional, contemporary art has found fertile soil in Yogya's culture oriented society. 

Yogyakarta is often called the main gateway to the Central Java as where it is geographically 
located. It stretches from Mount Merapi to the Indian Ocean. There is daily air service to Yogya from Jakarta, Surabaya and Bali as well as regular train service and easy accessibility by road. Yogyakarta is commonly considered as the modern cultural of Central Java. It is a very lively city and a shopper's delight. The main road, Malioboro Street, is always crowded and famous for its night street food-culture and street vendors. Many tourist shops and cheap hotels are concentrated along this street or in the adjoining tourist area such Sosrowijayan Street.

The key attraction of Yogyakarta is 'Kraton' (the Sultan's Palace), the centre of Yogya's traditional life and despite the advance of modernity; it still emanates the spirit of refinement, which has been the hallmark of Yogya's art for centuries. This vast complex of decaying buildings was built in the 18th century, and is actually a walled city within the city with luxurious pavilions and in which the current Sultan still resides. Yogyakarta is also the only major city, which still has traditional 
'Becak' (rickshaw-style) transport.

5. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To amuse the readers with Yogyakarta.
B. To describe the location of Yogyakarta.
C. To persuade the readers to go to Yogyakarta.
D. To promote Yogyakarta as tourist destination.
E. To tell the readers the history of Yogyakarta.

6. We know from the second paragraph that … .
A. plane is the most convenient access to reach Yogyakarta
B. many local tourists prefer staying in Sosrowijayan Street 
C. Sosrowijayan is also known as shopping and culinary delight
D. there are many convenient stores in the streets of Yogyakarta
E. MalioboroStreet is a crowded mainroad which is alive 24 hours

7. “ … spirit of refinement, which has been the hallmark of Yogya's art for centuries.(Pargraph 3)
The underlined word is closest in meaning …
A. Settlement
B. Development
C. Improvement
D. Involvement
E. Engagement



Mongoose is common name for several small carnivores found in Africa and Asia. They are
generally terrestrial mammals, but some are semi-aquatic, and others are at home in the
treetops.

The head and body of a typical mongoose are a total of 23 to 65 cm (9 to 26 in) long and
grayish or brownish in color. The animal has a tapered head, long tail, and short feet.
Mongooses live about 7 to 12 years in the wild, but in captivity they may live to more than 20
years. They have one to four young in each litter. They subsist on rodents and snakes and are
renowned for attacking even the largest and most poisonous snakes—to whose poison they are not immune—by an agile avoidance of their strikes. Mongooses have been introduced to many areas of the world in order to control rodents and snakes, but importation of mongooses into the United States is prohibited because they also destroy many useful animals.

A common species of mongoose inhabits India. The common Egyptian species, the ichneumon, was worshiped by the ancient Egyptians. A related animal, the suricate, or slender-tailed meerkat, of southern Africa, is easy to tame.

8. What is the topic of the text?
A. What mongoose is
B. Definition of mongoose
C. Classification of mongoose
D. Description of mongoose in general
E. Detailed information about mongoose

9. How can mongooses overcome the most poisonous snakes?
A. They feed on rodents and snakes
B. They can avoid the attack quickly
C. They subsist on rodents and snakes
D. They are not immune to the poison
E. They are protected from the poison

10. The main idea of the third paragraph is about … .
A. Southern African mongoose
B. different kinds of mongoose
C. typical description of mongoose
D. common species of mongoose
E. Indian and Egyptian mongoose

11. “The animal has a tapered head, long tail, and short feet. (Paragraph 2)
The underlined word is closest in meaning to … .
A. flared
B. headed
C. pointed
D. reduced
E. tempered

Latihan Soal Text

Choose the correct answer!

ANNOUNCEMENT

Due to the Education Ministry decree mentioned that all students especially in government high schools are obliged to take final Exam or Ujian Nasional based on computer or CBT, we are expectedly eager to invite all English teachers to come and join at CBT Training held by our MGMP on Monday, February 22, 2016, 08.00 PMat SMA Negeri 56 West Jakarta.

This announcement is legally made based on the instruction of the local authority and the official invitation will be distributed at the time. Please also bring your laptop and cable roll. To make it easier and more efficient, each participant is expected to prepare a softcopy of complete paper based test which is later going to be converted into CBT. A flask disc and modem will be necessary also.

Hopefully, this program will give any important contributions to our beloved students in facing the exam. Thanks for your attention and we are looking forward to   seeing all of you at the training.¹ 

1.  What is the text about? 

A. The instruction of using CBT for Ujian Nasional

B. The legal notification for using CBT in Ujian Nasional

C. The CBT training invitation for teachers in West Jakarta

D. The importance of using CBT for Ujian Nasional to students

E. The announcement of new regulation on CBT for Ujian Nasional

2. A teacher should bring … beside a laptop, cable roll, a flask disc and modem in the training.

A. the CBT training invitation

B.  the legal letter of invitation

C. an identity card

D. a manual complete paper based test

E. CBT software

A tornado can do a lot of damage. The wind of tornado rushes at great speed around a funnel-shaped cloud. It travels in a path a few hundred feet wide and about twenty-five miles long. As the wind circles counterclockwise, the funnel spirals higher and higher.  The  force  of  the  wind  sucks  tip  water,  dirt,  and  objects,  and  carries  them  along  with  it.  It  may  drop  them  again  many miles away. Houses and huge trees have been drawn into tornado funnels. At sea, ships have been nearly sunk by tornadoes dropping water on them. 

East of Australia people talk about a rain of blood. This is caused by a tornado picking up red dust and mixing it with water to make red rain. There are even stories about a rain of fish and frogs caused by a tornado sucking them up and then dropping them. 

3. A tornado is a …

A. Rainstorm  

B. dust storm

C. great circling wind  

D. huge funnel of water

E. a rain of blood  

4. The path of tornado is usually …

A. short and narrow 

B. wider than its length 

C. as long as its width 

D. as long as its width 

E. a and b

5. The wind in a tornado usually travels … .

A. straight up

B. up and around

C.  down 

D. botton
E. spiral

6. The “rain of blood” east of Australia made of … .... 

A. fishes and frogs 

B. red dust and water 

C. rusty water

D. real blood 

E. sea water

JK. Rowling was born in Chipping Sodury, July 31^st 1965. Her childhood was generally happy, although she does remember getting teased because of her name, “Rowling” – She recalls often getting called “Rowling pin” by her less than ingenious school friends. She studied at St Michael’s Primary School in Gloucestershire, before moving to Chepstow, South Wales at the age of nine.

From an early age, JK. Rowling had an ambition to be a writer. She often tried her hand at writing, although little came from her early efforts. Aged six she wrote a book about a rabbit with measles. After her mother praised her effort, Rowling replied ‘well get it published then.’ She admits it was a ‘Bit of an odd thing for a child of six to think. I don’t know where it came from…”

In 1991, she left England to get a job as an English teacher in Portugal. It was here that she met her first husband, Jorge Arantes – and had a child Jessica. However, after a couple of years, the couple split after a fierce argument; where by all accounts JK. Rowling was thrown out of the house.

On the 21^st December 2006, she finished her final book of the Harry Potter Series – “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows“. The book was released in July 2007, becoming one of the fastest selling books of all time. Rowling has said the book is her favourite, and it makes her both happy and sad. She has said she will continue writing but there is little chance of continuing the Harry Potter Series. She however, may release a dictionary of things related to Hogwarts and Harry Potter that were never published in other books.

Rowling currently lives in Scotland, on the banks of the river Tay, with her 2^nd husband Neil Murray; and has 3 children, two with husband Neil.³

7.  The text tells us about.... 

A. The achievement of J.K Rowling

B. The description of J.K Rowling

C. The childhood of J.K Rowling

D. The ambition of J.K Rowling

E. The life of J.K Rowling

8.  “The book was released in July 2007.” Synonym

The underlined word means....

A. edited.

B. written

C. launched

D. promoted

E.  announced

All butterflies have "complete metamorphosis". To grow into an adult they go some through its stages and each stage has a different goal.

A butterfly starts life as a very small, round, oval or cylindrical egg. The coolest thing about butterfly eggs, especially monarch butterfly  eggs,  is that if you  look close enough you can actually see the tiny  caterpillar growing inside of  it. Butterfly eggs are usually laid on the leaves of plants, so if you are actively searching for these very tiny eggs, you will have to take some time and examine quite a few leaves in order to find some.

When the egg hatches, the caterpillar will start his work and eat the leaf they were born onto. This is really important because the mother butterfly needs to lay her eggs on certain type of leaf which the caterpillar will eat - each type of caterpillar likes only certain types of leaves. Since they are tiny and cannot travel to a new plant, the mother caterpillar needs to hatch its egg on the kind of leaf it wants to eat. Caterpillars need to eat and eat so they can grow quickly. When a caterpillar is born, they are  extremely  small.  When  they  start  eating,  they  instantly  start  growing  and  expanding.  Their  exoskeleton  (skin)  does  not stretch or grow, so they grow by "molting" (shedding the outgrown skin) several times while it is growing.

The pupa stage is one of the coolest stages of a butterfly's life. As soon as a caterpillar has reached its full length or weight, it changes itself into a pupa, also known as a chrysalis. This is the stage of developing.

Finally,  when  the  caterpillar  has  fully  grown  adult  if  you  are  lucky,  you  will  see  an  adult  butterfly  emerge.  When  the butterfly emerges from the chrysalis, both of the wings are soft and folded against its body. The butterfly will be able to fly after the blood circulation reaches its wings.

9. The text is about ....

A.  the growth of a butterfly

B   the characteristics of a butterfly

C.  the lifecycle of a butterfly  

D.  fully grown butterfly

E.  the reproductive system of a butterfly   

10. What will happen if the caterpillar has reached its full weight and length? It will ....

A. lay eggs  

B.  start eating  

C.  search for food  

D. form a chrysalis  

E.  emerge a beautiful butterfly   

Everybody likes home sweet home however making office at home is possible and recommended. Of course home office will have both advantage and disadvantage. Therefore it is wise to consider the strengths and weaknesses to have a home office.

Some people will agree that having an office at home will make benefit. It saves time. We need no commuting which occasionally takes a long time. Besides we are free to set the work schedule. Having home office will save money as we need not to purchase or lease of office space from rent companies. What make it more flexible is that we can set part or all parts of our home just as a real office. What we need is only a wireless router to cover all parts of our house with Internet. We can run our business wherever part of house we want, from living room, bed room, veranda, etc even we can make sales or purchases by online shopping for things we need. Furthermore working at home might reduce stress, effort and time and divert it to other more productive things because while working, we are close to our families.

However making home as office also has some disadvantages. For some people, keeping the schedule is hard in flexible time. Such people type wills harder if they are working just from home. There will no clear border between working and breaking. Working just from home also reduces the possibility to meet new people. It is true that computer and Internet connection possibly relate people every time and everywhere but we will interact with them in a dimension which is not real face.

So considering carefully what we actually need in running our business is much recommended before choosing to have office at home or not.

11. What is the communicative purpose of the text?

A. To tell about advantages of a home office 

B. To persuade readers to have a home office

C. To explain how to do a home office

D. To discuss about having a home office

E.  To critics a home office

12. The followings are people‟s opinion about home office, EXCEPT: 

A. We do not need to set the work schedul 

B. Home office means we work at our home 

C. We  will have no border between working and breaking 

D. We will get closer to our families 

E. Keeping the schedule is hard in flexible time.

     

13. We need no commuting which occasionally takes a long time. 

      The underlined word has the closest meaning with

A. Travelling

B. Changing

C. Transferring

D. riding

E. driving

Pros and Cons of Savings Account

The traditional way to save money for families and individuals was to put your money into savings account, and then allow it to grow interest from there. Times have changed, and now some people think that the savings accounts that we once used and loved aren't as valuable to us anymore.

Savings accounts are fundamental money management tools that can help you meet your long- and short-term financial needs. Knowing the pros and cons of savings accounts can help you figure out how to use them effectively.

The most obvious advantage of a saving account is that deposited funds accrue interest over time. Money under your mattress or in a home safe misses out on valuable earning potential. The rate you earn depends on where you deposit your money. Online banks tend to offer more competitive interest rates because their overhead expenses are lower than those of brick-and-mortar banks. Another important advantage is security. When you place your money in a bank, the government insures it up to the maximum amount allowed by law. So, compared to a number of other options, your money is safe in a savings account.

Compared with certificates of deposit (CDs) and other higher-interest bank products, savings accounts generally pay a lower rate of interest. In other words, the interest that you get on your money saved is very low. If you're willing to keep your money deposited for a specific time period—anywhere from a few months to a few years, depending on what you choose—you generally can earn more interest with a CD than with a savings account. Some banks charge fees on their savings accounts. Be sure to compare the terms of different banks and look for those that offer savings accounts with no monthly maintenance fees.

Saving money for the future is an essential part of making responsible financial decisions. It’s worth your time to weigh the pros and cons before deciding on a savings account that works for you.

14. What is the greatest benefit of saving money in a bank according to the passage?

A. Saving money in a bank is more secure.

B. Customer’s deposit will rise periodically.

C. There are some competitive interest rates.

D.  Government guarantees customer’s deposit.

E.  Customers are able to manage their own money.

15. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

A. The periodic rise of customer’s deposit.

B. The secure way to save money in a bank.

C. The beneficial arguments of saving money in a bank.

D. The drawbacks of saving account in state or private bank.  

E. The government’s official guarantee on customer’s deposit.