PEMERINTAH KOTA SURAKARTA

DINAS PENDIDIKAN PEMUDA DAN OLAHRAGA

LATIHAN UJIAN NASIONAL
SMP/MTs. KOTA SURAKARTA
Mata Pelajaran : Bahasa Inggris
Hari, tanggal : Selasa, 5 Maret 2013
Waktu : 08:00 – 10:00 (120 menit)

I. Choose the correct answer by blackening option a, b, c, or d on the answer sheet.

Text for question no. 1

PLEASE NOTE OUR
CHECK OUT TIME

AFTER THE ABOVE TIME

ANOTHER DAY WILL BE
CHARGED
LEAVE THE KEY

HAVE YOU LEFT ANYTHING?

THANK YOU
COME AGAIN

1. We can find such the notice above in ….

A. hospital
B. hotel
C. airport
D. office
Text for question no. 2 – 3.

2. What is the social communication of the text above?

A. To congratulate on someone’s success
B. To give warm wishes to new street cred
C. To congratulate for earning glory
D. To cheer someone up
 3. “You have earned your new street cred.” The underlined word has the closest
meaning as …
A. had
B. gained
C. took
D. found

Text for questions no. 4 – 6.

My dog, Brownie

I have a pet. It is a dog and I call it Brownie. Brownie is a Chinese breed. It is

small, fluffy and cute. It has got thick brown fur. When I cuddle it, the fur feels soft.
Brownie does not like bones. Everyday it eats soft food like steamed rice, fish or bread.
Every morning I give her milk and bread. When I am at school, Brownie plays with my
cat. They get a long well, and never fight maybe because Brownie does not bark a lot. It
treats the other animals in our house gently, and it never eats shoes. Brownie is really a
sweet and friendly animal.

4. How does Brownie look like?

A. gently, thick and soft
B. fluffy, small and cute
C. friendly, fluffy and brown
D. fluffy, gently and friendly

5. “They get a long well, ....” The underlined word means ...
A. Brownie and the cat
B. The writer and the cat
C. The writer and Brownie
D. Brownie and other animals

6. Why does Brownie never fight with the writer’s cat ? Because ....
A. Brownie never eats shoes
B. Brownies eats steam food
C. Brownie does not like bone
D. Brownie does not bark a lot

Text for questions no 7 – 8.

Tim, sorry your lecture at

13:00 has been moved to
14:30. UoE. To reply, start
with HUM.
7. The message above is informing us about …
A. the appointment of the sender with his friend
B. the cancellation of the program
C. the apologizing from the sender
D. the delay of the lecture
8. What time was the message received?
A. at 13.00 c. at 3.52
B. at 14.30 d. at 4.30

Text for questions no 9.

9. From the text we know that ….

A. the guests should confirm to Graceland Gates
B. there are three programs for the invitation
C. the event lasts for four hours
D. the event invites adults

Text for no. 10 – 12. Complete the text with the suitable words

My city, Huanzu, is a beautiful city in China and it is … (10) all over the world. Huanzu is
… (11) between the river and West Lake. Several hills spread around West Lake, and
some mountains stand by the river. These give the city many beautiful scenes, and so
Huanzu is famous for its beauty. It is beautiful in the spring when the trees bud green and
the peach trees flower with their red blossoms. It is beautiful in the fall when the leaves
turn yellow and red. And it is beautiful in the winter when the snow gives white clothes to
the mountains. So Huanzu is beautiful all year. It is beautiful when the … (12) is bright
because the hills make shadows in the lake. It is beautiful when the rain falls and makes
the frogs rise from the lake. My city is always beautiful

10. A. well-known C. strategic

B. fabulous D. interesting
11. A. located C. location
B. locating D. locate
12. A. moonlight C. sunlight
B. flashlight D. torchlight

Text for questions no 13 – 14

13. What does the text tell us about?

A. Complaint
B. Shipment
C. Information
D. Relationship

14. Why did the sender send the letter?

A. To order the goods
B. To decide the relationship
C. To complain the damage of goods
D. To check the damage of shipment

Text for questions no. 15 – 17.

New York City is definitely a busy city. No matter where I go, I can see
confusion that never seems to end. There seems to be an endless amount of cars
flowing through the streets and honking their monotone horns. Some of the vehicles
are large trucks that seem to add the never-ending noise generated by rest of the
things around me. Everyone seems to be in a hurry.
I just arrived at Penn Station in New York City. The underground terminal we
are in reminds me of Underground Atlanta and has stores and shops lining the walls.
As I walk by, I can smell all sorts of things. When I walk by the Starbucks Coffee, I can
smell coffee and milk.
When I pass by the numerous bagel shops, I can smell bagels and cream
cheese. It is so busy here; I can even smell the cologne on the people hurriedly passing
by. When I look around, I see the huge departures board with names of stations and
corresponding train numbers and departure times. Looking down, all I can see is the
movement of a mass of people. Some are carrying bags. Some are dragging rolling
backpacks. All seem to be unconscious of anything going on around them, but they
somehow manage not to run into anyone else, almost operating like a clock.

15. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. The public facilities in the city
B. New York people activities
C. The crowded city of New York
D. The noisy vehicles in the city

16. The writer could smell the cheese ….

A. when passing by in front of the bagel shop
B. when arriving at Penn Station in New York
C. when seeing the movement of a mass of people
D. when looking around and seeing the departure board

Text for questions no 17 – 18.

17. When was Desmond born?

A. In 2003
B. In 2004
C. In 2005
D. In 2006

18. How can the guests attend the party?

A. By calling Penelope
 B. By joining the birthday party
C. By sending email after August 15
D. By making confirmation on the address

Text for questions no. 19 – 21

It was still raining when I was home. The rain did not stop and became heavier
when the night had come. People were standing in front of their house, hoping that the
flood would not come. In the middle of the night, I got news that South Purwodadi had
been drowned.
The next day, Purwodadi had become a flood area. All activities were paralyzed. No
one went for work or school because the land had been covered by flood. However, I thank
God for not allowing the flood entered my house. Even my house had been changed into
an emergency kitchen. It was so crowded there. My father and I took a walk around the
center market and Central Purwodadi. All that we could see was water and water. At night,
the flood looked like a beautiful ocean with the moonlight on it. I felt as if I was one of the
passengers of Titanic who was sailing on the sea.
Finally, the flood was starting to decrease in the next morning. My family
and I cleaned our front yard together. That was the greatest flood that I had ever
experienced in my hometown. 

19. What did the writer do on the following day?

A. She accompanied her friend to get a bus
B. She walked around to see the situation
C. She stood in front of the house
D. She made emergency kitchen

20. Finally, the flood was starting to decrease in the next morning. (last par.)
What is the other word for ‘decrease’?
A. diminish
B. increase
C. rise
D. dry
21. What is the purpose of the text?
A. Describing about a city named Purwodadi
B. Informing readers how to survive from flood
C. Telling someone’s experience about a big flood
D. Persuading people to save themselves in flood disaster

Text for questions no 22 – 23.

22. From the text above, we can conclude that ....
A. the program will be held in the morning
B. there is no ribbon cutting ceremony
C. the host is Garden Grove Hyundai
D. they celebrate soft opening

23. “Refreshment will be provided.”

The underlined phrase means ....
A. visible
B. available
C. openable
D. forgettable

Text for questions no. 24 – 26.

Things You'll Need

 24 inch-by-16-inch piece of cloth
 2-inch-wide lace trims
 Elastic
 Scissors
 Stick pins
 Thread
 Sewing machine
 Ribbon in a coordinating color

Instructions
1. Place the cloth on a flat surface with the finished side facing the flat surface. The
left and right sides of the cloth are the 24-inch-long sides.
2. Fold the bottom 3/4-inch toward the center of the cloth. Press it into place with a
hot iron. Fold the bottom a second time the same way, and press it into place with
the iron. Flip the fabric over, so the finished side is facing up. Cut two pieces of
lace 18 inches long, and place the lace on the edge of the top and bottom of the
cloth. Overlap the edge by 3/4 inch, and pin into place with stick pins. Sew the
fabric 1/2 inch in from the edge of the cloth. Repeat this step with the top of the
fabric. Remove the stick pins.
3. Fold the left side over.
4. Cut a 3-inch-long piece of ribbon. Fold the ribbon in half. Place it inside the folded
edge of the fabric on the right side, 1 inch from the top. The folded side of the
ribbon should be inside the folded fabric. Let the ribbon hang over the outer edge
by 1/2 inch.
5. Line up the right edge, and pin it into place. Make sure you pin the ribbon in place.
Begin sewing 1/2 inch from the top of the fabric. Sew the edge 1/4 inch away from
the pinned edge. Stop sewing 1/2 inch from the bottom. Remove the pins
6. Turn the plastic bag holder finished-side-out.
7. Cut 2 pieces of elastic 12 inches long. Thread the elastic through the 1/2-inch tube
at the bottom of the plastic bag holder. Pull the elastic through; line up the two ends
so they are even, wrap them around your finger and tuck the ends through the loop
to create a knot. Pull the knot tight. Hide the ends inside the tube. Repeat the
 procedure for the tube at the top. Once the knots are in, you can hang the plastic
bag holder by the ribbon at the top.

24. Why should the folded side of the ribbon be inside the folded fabric?
A. To place it inside the folded edge on right side, 1 inch from the top
B. To let the ribbon hang over the outer edge by 1/2 inch
C. To turn the plastic bag holder finished-side-out
D. To fold the left side over

25. What is the text about?

A. It shows how to fold the cloth
B. It informs the things to make plastic bag holder
C. It describes the way how to hang the plastic bag holder
D. It shows the things and the ways to make plastic bag holder

26. Where should we thread the elastic? ... of the plastic bag holder.
A. At the side
B. At the end
C. At the bottom
D. At the top

Text for questions no. 27 – 29.

Once, there was a kingdom. The king was wise. He had a daughter named
Anastasia. She was beautiful and also kind-hearted.
One day, she took a vacation in a village without her bodyguard. In the middle of
trip, her horse trod a thorn. Suddenly the horse ran fast and Anastasia could not handle the
horse, then she fell from horseback. A young man helped Anastasia. He brought her to his
house. The young man named Dino. Anastasia fell in love with him. But the king didn’t
know about that.
The next day, Dino and Anastasia played in the palace garden, Dino read a poem
for Anastasia. Not long after that, the king went to the garden to meet Anastasia. But
when the king saw Anastasia with Dino, he was angry. Then, the king drove Dino away.
He didn’t bless Dino and Anastasia. Thus, the king asked Anastasia to marry with a prince
from other kingdom. Meanwhile, Dino still loved Anastasia until he died.

27. What is the best title for the text above?

A. Fisrt love
B. Forbidden love
C. Anastasia’s life
D. A young man and the Princess

28. What is the second paragraph talking about?

A. A brief description about Anastasia
B. Anastasia’s vacation to a village
C. Anastasia’s forbidden love
D. A kind-hearted princess

29. Why was the king furious with the young man? Because….
A. he read a poem for Anastasia
B. the king saw Anastasia with him
C. Anastasia married with a prince
D. the young man didn’t love Anastasia
Text for questions no 30 – 31.

30. What does the text tell us about?

A. A job vacancy in Stewart’s Tree Service
B. An advertisement about Stewart’s Tree Service
C. An information how to call stewart’s tree service
D. An announcement about Stewart’s Tree Service

31. “FREE ESTIMATE”. The underlined word means ....

A. a fix priced of size, value, amount, cost of something
B. a guess of size, value, amount, cost of something might be
C. a prediction of excact size, value, amount, cost of something
D. a sum of excact size, value, amount, cost of somethingmight be

Text for questions no. 32 – 34.

Percussion Instruments
Percussion means striking. All percussion instruments make musical sounds when
struck by the hands, by the fingers, or by some suitable implement. Bells and gongs, bars
of wood or metal, and even bowls and thin stones make fine percussion instruments.
The orchestras of Eastern people sometimes have a wonderful variety of these and
other kinds of percussion instruments, including drums of every size and shape. But in
Western symphony orchestra percussion instruments are not very numerous. The bowl-
shaped kettle drums, or timpani, are almost always present. They give a clear, definite note
and a sonorous tone that can be as soft or as loud as the player wishes. 
Other types of drums may also be used. Cymbals are brass plates that are clashed or
jangled together. The triangle is a metal rod left open at the corner. The xylophone is a row
of wooden bars. The glockenspiel has metal bars that sound ringing and enchanting. It is
often played by keyboard, called a celesta. Only the kettledrums are
regular percussion sections of the orchestra in Western music. 
(Adapted from The Instruments of Music )

32. How can we play percussion?

A. By hitting it
B. By blowing it
C. By clashing it
D. By breaking it
33. What is the difference between orchestra of Eastern and Western symphony?
A. Western orchestra has more instrument than eastern symphony
B. Western orchestra has bells and gongs, eastern orchestra doesn’t
C. Eastern orchestra has more instrument than western symphony
D. Eastern orchestra is less complicated than the western one

34. From the third paragraph, it is intended to ….

A. mention the other types of music instrument for orchestra
B. inform what the music of instruments made of
C. describe the Western music orchestra
D. show the variety of music

Text for questions no. 35 – 37.

Last Sunday, I was setting in the local library, I started to read a medical
encyclopedia that was lying on the table in front of me. The first illness I read about was
cholera. As I read the list of symptoms, it occurred to me that perhaps I had cholera
myself. I sat for a while, too frightened to move.
Then, in a kind of dream, I started to turn the pages of the book again. I came to
malaria. Yes, there was no doubt about it – I had malaria, too. And I certainly had
hepatitis. And yellow fever. And so it went on. I read through the whole book, and by the
end I came to the conclusion that I had every illness. There was only one illness I didn’t
have – and that was housemaid’s knee.
I sat and thought, and I became more and more worried. I wondered how long I had
to live. I examined myself. I felt my pulse. At first, I couldn’t find it at all; then, suddenly
it seems start off. I looked at my watch to time it – it was beating 147 times a minute. I
tried to feel my heart. I couldn’t feel it. It wasn’t beating. I stuck my tongue out and tried
to look at it. I could only see the end of it, but from that I was even more certain than
before that I had yellow fever.
I went straight to my doctor, who was a good friend of mine. “What’s the matter with
you?” he asked. “I have every illness in the medical encyclopedia.” I told him how I read
the medical encyclopedia. Then he opened my mouth and looked at my tongue, and he felt
my pulse, and he listened to my heart. Then he sat down and wrote a prescription.
It said:
 3 good meals every day
 A two-mile walk every day morning
 Be in bed at 11 o’clock every night
 Don’t read medical books!
I followed the doctor’s instructions, and I am happy to say that I now feel quite well
again.

35. What was the first illness he thought he had?

A. Malaria
B. Cholera
C. Hepatitis
D. Housemaid’s knee

36. How did the writer check himself?

A. He felt his pulse.
B. He went to a doctor.
C. He examined himself.
D. He read an encyclopedia.
37. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To entertain the encyclopedia readers
B. To tell how to read the encyclopedia
C. To retell the writer’s experience
D. To decribe kinds of illness

Text for questions no 38 – 39.

AUGUSTA BALLET SCHOOL
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES 2011-12 EVANS STUDIO

Primary & Elementary Divisions

  MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

Grade I Grade I
4:00–5:00 p.m. (8 years old)   (8 years old)  
Jessica Bailey Jessica Bailey

Creative Movement I/II

4:00–4:45 p.m.       (4 & 5 years old)
Carlee Snyder

Pre-Ballet II
4:00 – 4:45p.m   (7 years old)    
Jessica Bailey

*ALL SCHEDULES SUBJECT TO CHANGE

38. From the schedule above, we know that ....

A. Grade I Class will be held once a week
B. Pre-Ballet II will be taught by Carlee Snyder
C. Pre-Ballet II will be taught by Jessica Bailey
D. Creative Movement I/ II class is only for 7 years old students

39. How long will the class of Pre-Ballet II take place?

A. 4 hours
B. 40 hours
C. 45 minutes
D. 50 minutes

Text for questions no. 40 – 42.

Sigarlaki and Limbat, Folklore from North Sulawesi

A long time ago in Tondano, there lived a great hunter. His name was Sigarlaki. He
was very skillfull with his spear. He had a servant named Limbat. Sigarlaki was very
lucky, Limbat was always loyal to him. Everywhere Sigarlaki hunted, Limbat was next to
him. One beautiful morning, Sigrlaki and Limbat went to the jungle to hunt some animals.
Sigarlaki prepared his spear. But, it was not his lucky day. They had huntered
several hours. For the first time in his life, Sigarlaki could not bring home an animal. This
made Sigarlaki angry. He became angrier when Limbat told him that their food at home
was stolen. Sigarlaki accused Limbat of stealing the food.
Limbat was sad. He never thought that his master would accused him. Then
Sigarlaki asked Limbat to prove his innocence. Sigarlaki would throw his spear into a big
pond. Simultaneously, Limbat had to jump into a big pond. If the spear emerged from the
water before Limbat, it meant that Limbat was innocent of stealing the food.
However if Limbat emerged before spear, he was guilty. The strange verdict made
Limbat very sad, but he really wanted to prove his innocence. So he simultaneously
jumped into the pond as Sigarlaki threw his spear. But when the spear reached the bottom
of the pond, Sigarlaki spotted a deer near the pond.
Sigarlaki immediately jumped into the pond to retrieve his spear. Just before
Sigarlaki was ready to throw his spear, the deer was gone. That meant Limbat was
innocent. The spear emerged before he did. Sigarlaki did not want to admit that. So he
demanded a second throw. As he was ready to throw his spear, suddenly a big crab bit
him.
“Ouch! That hurts!” Sigarlaki screamed in pain. Seeing this, Limbat came to help
his master. Sigarlaki was ashamed. He already accused Limbat, but Limbat helped him. He
realized he was punished. A big crab had bitten him!

40. What did Sigarlaki ask Limbat to do to prove his innocence?

A. To throw the spear and jumped into the pond
B. To jump into the pond before Sigarlaki threw the spear
C. To throw the spear when Sigarlaki jumped into the pond
D. To jump into the pond simultaneously as Sigarlaki threw his spear

41. What made Sigarlaki angry?

A. Limbat had stolen his food
B. Limbat left him in the jungle
C. An animal had made him hurt
D. He could not bring any animal home

42. What is the moral value of the text?

A. Don’t accuse without any proof
B. Don’t be easily angry to anybody
C. Respect others if you want to be respected
D. Don’t be ashamed to ask if you don’t know something

Text for questions no. 43 – 45.

How to Clean a Laptop Screen and Keyboard

Cleaning Tools: smooth cloth, old toothbrush, laptop cleaner
Methods:
1. Turn off your laptop. Allow a few minutes to cool down, then unplug it.
2. Clean your screen. LCD screens are fragile. Check your manufacturer’s
recommendation on the best way to clean it. Usually, all you need to do is to wipe
it with a damp smooth cloth. Moisten the cloth with laptop cleaner. If your laptop
manufacturer recommends differently, don’t use alcohol or amonia-based cleaners.
3. Wipe the keyboard. Remove dust and dirt using an old toothbrush. Clean it
carefully.
Note: Always use a soft cloth to clean your computer. Never spray any cleaner directly
onto your computer. Always moisten the cloth with the cleaner.

43. From the text, we can conclude that ....

A. We should turn the computer on while cleaning
 B. We can spray the cleaner directly onto the computer
C. We should wet the cloth to clean the computer screen
D. We can apply ammonia-based cleaner to all LCD screens

44. “LCD screens are fragile”.

What does the underlined word mean?
A. Easily eat
B. Easily stained
C. Easily broken
D. Easily cleaned

45. “recommendation on the best way to clean it”. The word ‘it’ refers to ....
A. keyboard
B. komputer
C. screen
D. cloth

Text for no.46 – 48. Complete the text with the suitable word
Last morning, Dinar, my roommate … (46) late and she had to go to campus. When she
wanted to take her motorcycle, in fact she couldn’t move it because there were some
motorcycles blocked up her motorcycle. She tried to move all of the motorcycles, so that
her motorcycle could move from the … (47). But she couldn’t do it. Then, she called Adel
who had that motorcycle which blocked it up. After that, her friend helped her. ... (48),
she could move her motorcycle and rode it to campus.
 
46. A. took a nap C. went home
B. woke up D. slept

47. A. room C. garage

B. yard D. house

48. A.Wonderfully C. Gratefully

B. Carefully D. Finally

49. Arrange these words into a good sentence

appeared little cute eggs ducklings cracked the some ¿

− − − − − − − −
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

A. 7 – 4 – 1 – 9 – 8 – 2 – 3 – 5 – 6
B. 7 – 4 – 6 – 9 – 8 – 3 – 2 – 5 – 1
C. 8 – 2 – 3 – 5 – 1 – 9 – 7 – 4 – 6
D. 8 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 6 – 9 – 7 – 4 – 1

50. Arrange these sentences into a good paragraph.

1. Jakarta dominates Indonesian’s administrative, economy, cultural activities,
and is a major commercial and transportation hub within Asia-with a
population of about 9 million.
2. Kota is city’s oldest commercial area. It is located south of the old Sunda
Kelapa harbor.
3. The climate is hot and humid year-round. Rainfall occurs throughout the year,
although it is the heaviest from November to May.
4. Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia. It is centrally located within the country
on the northwest coast of Java Island at the mouth of the Ciliwung river.
5. To average annual precipitation in Jakarta is 1, 790 mm. The city lies on a flat,
low plain and is prone to flooding during periods of heavy rainfall.
6. Merdeka Square with Monas (The National Monument) dominates the city’s
central district.
7. Glodok, the south of Kota is a banking, retail and residential neighborhood
with a large Chinese population.
8. Surrounding the square are Istana Merdeka, the presidential palace, the
National Museum, and the Istiqlal Mosque.

A. 4–1–3–2–7–6–8–5
B. 4–3–5–2–7–6–8–1
C. 4–3–5–2–1–7–6–8
D. 4–1–3–5–2–7–6–8