Friday, 15 January 2016

Englist Mid-Semester 1 Test for X Graders


Part 1.    Choose the correct answer!

1.            The students at Islamic boarding schools always . . . the Holy Quran every morning.


A.          read
B.           reads
C.           red
D.          reading



2.            He . . . Dinda in the Masjid yesterday.


A.          meet
B.           meets
C.           met
D.          meeting



3.            My cousin . . . as a medical assistant for almost one year.


A.          has worked
B.           have worked
C.           works
D.          worked



4.            Did Tia and Ari . . . the song together at the party last night?


A.          sing
B.           sang
C.           has sung
D.          have sung



5.            John . . . in that house since 2010.


A.          has lived
B.           having live
C.           had live
D.          have living



6.            Which one is correctly ordered?
A.          My funny, tall, middle-aged, Italian husband.
B.           My tall, funny, middle-aged, Italian husband.
C.           My middle-aged, tall, Italian, funny, husband.
D.          My middle-aged, Italian, tall, funny, husband.

7.            Susan has . . .
A.          curly, long, blonde hair.
B.           long, curly, blonde hair.
C.           blonde, long, curly hair.
D.          long, blonde, curly hair.

8.            Qasmir     : Hi, Mush’ab. What’s wrong with you? Why are you sad?
Mush’ab   : I am really sad because my close friend passed away yesterday.
Qasmir     : ________________________________ I understand how you miss him.
A.          I am glad to hear that.
B.           I am sorry to hear that.
C.           He must be very upset.
D.          He is sorry to hear that.

Read the following text to answer question 9-11
Have you ever visited Kediri? Kediri is a town in Indonesia. It is located in a valley between the Kelud and Wilis mountains.
Kediri is inhabited by around 1.3 million people. In the center of the town, there is a large hill which is called the Dathok mountain. There is also a big river called Brantas cutting off the center of the town. Because of the topography of the region, Kediri is called a chilly town by the locals.
Kediri is famous for its products such as cigarettes and a very special kind of tofu, the highly nutritious food which is a delicacy of Kediri and it has distinctive taste. The cigarette factory dominates the town’s economy and employs the majority of the women labor force. Kediri and the cigarette factory are inseparable and it is considered as the biggest cigarette factory in Indonesia. Most of the local people work in this factory while those who do not work here are farmers or traders.
9.            The type of the text above is …….


A.          descriptive
B.           narrative
C.           discussion
D.          explanation



10.        What does the above text tell us about?
A.          The history of Kediri
B.           The famous products of Kediri
C.           The description of Kediri
D.          The people of Kediri

11.        Those who do not work here….”
The underlined word refers to….


A.          the local people
B.           the factory workers
C.           the farmers
D.          the traders

12.        What is the generic structure of the descriptive text?


A.          Identification – Descriptions – Closing
B.           General Classification – Descriptions
C.           Orientation – Events – Resolution
D.          Orientation – Complication – Resolution – Reorientation

13.        “What a nice dress.”
The sentence above is the expression of giving . . .


A.          Sympathy
B.           Complement
C.           Congratulations
D.          Permission


Read the following text to answer question 14-16 
The new plasma TV has a screen as the largest regular TV set, but it is only 15 cm thick. It consists of hundreds of thousands of small cells that contain xenon and neon gas. The advantage of this plasma display technology is that you can produce ultra large screens using super thin materials. The image is also very clear because each pixel is lit individually making the image look good from almost every angle.

14.        What is the advantage of this plasma display technology ?
A.          It can produce a screen as the largest regular TV set
B.           It can consist of thousands of small cells
C.           It can contain xenon and neon gas
D.          It can produce ultra large screens

15.        . . . is lit individually making the image look good from almost every angle.
The word printed in bold means …
A.          the position from which something is viewed
B.           the direction for someone see
C.           the place where someone watch
D.          the time when someone see

16.        The communicative purpose of this text is …
A.          to share an amusing incident with others
B.           to inform the readers the beauty of plasma TV or monitor
C.           to describe plasma TV or monitor
D.          to persuade people to buy plasma TV or monitor

Read the following text to answer question 17-21

Doraemon is one of the characters in a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko Fujio. Doraemon is a robotic cat. He has small body and white hands and feet. Although he can hear perfectly well, Doraemon has no ears.
Doraemon possesses a large pocket that can produce many gadgets from the future. The pocket is called yojigen-pocket, or fourth-dimensional pocket.
Doraemon’s favorite food is dorayaki. It is a Japanese treat filled with red bean paste.
This robotic cat has the tendency to be panic during emergencies. In an emergency situation, he will frantically pull out every unnecessary gadget from his pocket. Nevertheless, Doraemon is a good cat. He always helps Nobita.

17.        What does the text mainly talk about?
A.          Doraemon
B.           Fujiko Fujio
C.           Robotic cats
D.          Nobita

18.        Does Doraemon have ears?
A.          Yes, he doesn’t.
B.           Yes, he has.
C.           No, he doesn’t.
D.          No, he does.
19.        What does the second paragraph talk about?
A.          Doraemon’s weakness
B.           Doraemon’s fourth-dimensional pocket
C.           Doraemon’s favorite food
D.          Nobita

20.        “… he will frantically pull out every unnecessary … “ (paragraph 3).
The underline word can be best replaced by …
A.          happily
B.           calmly
C.           worriedly
D.          diligently

21.        What is the weakness of Doraemon?
A.          He has a magic pocket
B.           He gets panic easily
C.           He is only a robotic cat
D.          He likes eating Dorayaki

Read the following text to answer question 23-25      

The Terrifying Headmaster
Mr. Tucker is the headmaster of my school. He does not wear glasses. His eyes always frighten me even when I refuse to face them. They are sharp, hard, and cold, and he uses them like a whip.
He always washes his hands in an enamel basin in the corner of the room. After he has washed them, he will walk over to his desk and stand behind looking at the pupils while he dries his hands on a small, white towel. He dries each finger separately, beginning with the first finger. His fingers are long and white. He rubs them briskly without losing the effect of deliberation and as he rubs them, he looks at us with his eyes.
No one moves while he dries his hands, no one speaks. When he finishes, he will fold the towel and put it in the desk drawer. Then, he will awkwardly smile at us. He really terrifies me.

22.        What is the purpose of the text?
A.          to terrify the readers
B.           to describe the writer’s headmaster
C.           to promote the writer’s headmaster career
D.          to inform the readers about a terrifying school

23.        Where does Mr. Tucker usually wash his hands?
A.          corner of the room
B.           in front of the room
C.           beside of the room
D.          behind of the room

24.        “He dries each finger separately….”
The underlined word has similar meaning to…
A.          everything at once
B.           all together
C.           individually
D.          in a time
25.        “He really terrifies us”
The italic word has similar meaning to these words, except…
A.          frighten
B.           scare
C.           horrify
D.          warm


Part 2.    Answer the questions correctly!

26.        Complete the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets! (Use the correct tense: Present Simple, Past Simple, or Present Perfect !)
a)      Anton . . . late yesterday. (get up)
b)     The sun . . . in the east. (rise)
c)      She . . . for that company for three years. (work)

27.        Put the adjectives in the brackets in the correct order!
a)      It is . . . (exciting - French - new - band)
b)     She puts a beautiful vase of flower on the . . . (square - wooden - old - table)
c)      He wears . . .(dirty - old - cotton - tie)

28.        Complete the short talks with expressions of sympathy!
a)      Speaker 1 : My beloved father passed away the day before yesterday.
Speaker 2 : ________________________
b)     Speaker 1 : I’ve been rather sick lately.
Speaker 2 : ________________________
c)      Speaker 1 :  Our debating team was defeated by Chinese on the English Debating Championship 2014.
Speaker 2 : ________________________

29.        What are the language features of descriptive text?


30.        Write a descriptive text describing a person, place, building or thing around you in at least three paragraphs!

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