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TRY OUT
SEKOLAH MENENGAH PERTAMA
TAHUN PELAJARAN 2019/2020

NASKAH SOAL

Mata Pelajaran : BAHASA INGGRIS

Satuan Pendidikan : SMP/MTs
Kelas/ : IX
Hari, Tanggal :
Waktu : 120 Menit
Dimulai : Pukul
Diakhiri : Pukul

Petunjuk Umum:

1. Tulislah lebih dulu nomor dan nama peserta Anda pada lembar jawaban yang

yang telah disediakan

2. Periksalah dan bacalah soal dengan sebaik-baiknya sebelum Anda menjawabnya

3. Laporan kepada pengawas kalau terdapat tulisan yang kurang jelas, rusak atau

jumlah soal kurang

4. Semua soal harus terjawab

5. Dahulukan menjawab soal-soal yang Anda anggap mudah

6. Periksalah lagi lembaran jawaban Anda sebelum diserahkan kepada pengawas

Selamat Bekerja

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CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER!

The following text is for questions 1 and 2

1. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To inform someone that he/she gets success.
B. To congratulate someone on his/her success.
C. To advertise English news reader competition.
D. To persuade someone to follow English news reader competition.

2. Who is the sender of the card?

A. Toni.
B. Sindi.
C. Toni’s friend.
D. Sindi’s friend.

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The following text is for questions 3 and 4.

Mom, I’ll be home late this afternoon, around 4 pm maybe. I have to

attend a meeting about animation course that will be held during school
holiday next month. It’s free Mom. I’d like to develop my skill in
animation. Bye.

3. When will the meeting be held?

A. Next month
B. After school
C. Tomorrow afternoon
D. During school holiday

4.  “It’s free Mom.”

The underlined word refers to…
A. The meeting
B. school holiday
C. animation course
D. my skill in animation

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The following text is for questions 5 to 7.

1. What should the reader do if she / he want to join the course?

A. He / she should call immer

B. He / she should pay Rp.15.000
C. He / she should send gift to immer
D. He / she should have 3 skills of English
2. From the text we know that, the course will last…
A. One and thirty hours
B. One and a half hours
C. One and two hours
D. A half hours

3. What is the intention of the text?

A. To describe a course
B. To announce the course
C. To advertise an English course
D. To tell the readers how to speak English

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The following text is for questions 8 and 9.

ANNOUNCEMENT

A school seminar on the importance of routine physical exercises will be

held on Tuesday, 10th February from 2 pm-4 pm and Wednesday 11th February
from 3 pm-5 pm in the hall. The seminar will feature an interactive simulation on
physical exercise, so wear your tracksuit and make sure that you are fit to
participate in the simulation.

School Committee

4. “…that you are fit to participate in the simulation”

The underlined word has closest in meaning with…
A. join
B. want
C. interest
D. collaborate

5. The text is written to…

A. announce the seminar speaker.
B. describe the seminar rules and regulations.
C. inform the things and obligations to prepare.
D. announce the seminar schedule and requirements.

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The following text is for questions 10 to 12.
Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 1 pumpkin muffin
Amount per serving
Calories 550
%daily value
Total fat 24g 31%
Saturated fat 5g 25%
Trans fat 0g
Cholesterol 50mg 17%
Sodium 400mg 17%
Total Carbohydrate 77g 28%
Dietary fiber 2g 7%
Total sugars 40g
Include 0g added sugar 0%
Protein 6g 12%
Not a significant source of vitamin D, calcium, iron
and potassium
The % Daily Value tells you how much nutrient in a
serving of food contributes to a daily diet 2.000
calories a day is used for general nutrition advice

6. The label claim that the product has no…

A. Trans fat
B. Cholesterol
C. Dietary fiber
D. Saturated fat
7. “Not a significant source of vitamin D...”
What is the closest meaning of the underlined word?
A. Bad
B. Original
C. Artificial
D. Important

8. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To promote a product.
B. To give images about a product.
C. To advertise a supplement for children.
D. To give detailed information about a product.

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The following text is for questions 13 to 15.
Lembang is a very favorite place of interest in the north of Bandung. It
is located at an altitude of between 1.312 to 2.084 meters above sea level.
The highest point is the summit of Mount Tangkuban Perahu. As the area is
located in the mountains, the average temperature ranges between 17◦ -
27◦C.
Most people there work as vegetable farmers since the soil is very
fertile. They grow cabbage, spring onion, potato, beets and so on. Some
others prefer growing strawberry for their visitors need.
In this district there is Bosscha observatory, as well as various tourist
attractions such as Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Maribaya bathing center, Ir.
H.Juandaforest (Dago Pakar), and others.
Culinary tourism is the main attraction of the town of Lembang. Choice
of a wide variety of food ranging from typical Sundanese food or snacks
like roasted corn, roasted sticky rice, colenak and many others. “Donat
Madu” or honey donuts is one can now be used as souvenirs if we had
traveled to the valley. The outlet is also adjacent to the road Cijeruk “Tahu
Tauhid”.

9. What does the text tell us about?

A. Lembang
B. Tangkuban Perahu.
C. Bosscha observatory.
D. Maribaya bathing center.

10. Where is Lembang located?

A. Near Juanda forest.
B. In the north of Bandung.
C. In the center of Bandung.
D. At the top of Tangkuban Perahu.

11. “It is located at an altitude of between...”

The underlined word refers to…
A. Bandung
B. Lembang
C. favorite place

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 D. Mount Tangkuban Perahu
The following text is for questions 16 to 19.

Last Holiday, I went on a trip to Medan. On my last day of vacation, I

went fishing on beautiful lake. Unfortunately, I didn’t catch any fish and got
bored, so I decided to go sailing. When I stood up, my wallet fell out of my
pocket into the water. It had all my money, my plane tickets – everything. I
jumped into the lake to look for it. But I didn’t find anything.
The next morning, I wasn’t able to leave the hotel. I had no money to
pay the bill and no plane ticket or passport to go home. So what did I do?
Finally, I decided to apply new job as an office boy in the hotel. I
surprised, I was able to be an office boy there. Every day I must clean the
rooms, mop the floor, and clear the window’s mirror.
From that, I got some money to earn my life, pay the bill, buy the
ticket.
Month later, my boss called me and asked for some money. I have never
such the job experience.

16. What is the intention of the text?

A. To tell about an office boy
B. To tell about job experience
C. To inform about an office boy
D. To inform about terrible experience

17. Why did the writer look for the new job? In order to …
A. earn his life
B. buy the wallet
C. earn his family
D. buy some meals

18. “I was able to be an office boy there.”

The word “there” refers to….
A. In Medan
B. In the hotel

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D. In the office

19. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

A. The writer went on a trip to Medan
B. The writer decided to apply a new job
C. The writer wasn’t able to leave the hotel
D. The writer has never had such the job experience.

This text is for question number 20 to 23.

The place that I never forget is Covent Garden. It is one of the most
popular parts of London. Tourists and Londoners, adults and kids – they all
enjoy the great shops restaurants and cafes, and, most of all, they love the
street performers. At Covent Garden, you can see some of the best street
performers in the world. There are jugglers, clowns, magicians, living statues,
musicians – the list goes on and on!
Before they can perform there, performers have to pass a test (it doesn’t
cost anything). The shows are free and performers don’t go round and collect
money – but most people throw money into the hat! The performers can keep
all the money. Sometimes the audience is small, but often big, and due to that
they make a lot of money at the end of the show.
Chantelle plays the violin in an orchestra, but she prefers Covent
Garden! “The Crowds are always great here, she says, “and the money’s
better than my orchestra job!”

20. What is the text about?

A. The musicians of Covent Garden.
B. The performers in Covent Garden.
C. Getting some money in Covent Garden.
D. Covent Garden as a place for street performers.

21. What do the performers have to do before they can perform there?
A. Pass the test.
B. Collect some money

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 C. Show their performance.
D. Throw the money into the hat.
22. What will the readers probably do when they visit the Covent Garden?
A. Plan to be the street performers
B. Make a lot of money in Covent Garden
C. Prepare to pass the test of being street performer
D. Enjoy the street performances of Covent Garden

23. “and due to that they make a lot of money…”

The word “they “ refers to ....
A. people
B. tourists
C. audiences
D. performers

The following text is for questions 24 to 27.

How to repel Mice

Mice might look cute but they can be harmful pets that destroy
household items, eat and mess with food and can spread severe disease
through their feces and parasites they carry. Here are some useful tips on
how to repel house mice.
1. Use peppermint because mice don’t like the smell. Put the peppermint
near wall corner
2. Pour generous amount of peppermint oil on cotton balls.
3. Place the saturated cotton balls on areas where mice are possibly seen
around, such as counter tops or under the sofas in your living room.
4. Put them behind selves, wall corners or on the floor beneath your
kitchen sink.

24. What is the text about?

A. The steps of feeding mice
B. The ways of repelling mice

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 C. The steps of taking care mice
D. The directions of killing mice

25. Why do we use peppermint to repel mice? Because...

A. mice love peppermint
B. peppermint is fresh to breath
C. mice hate the smell of peppermint
D. mice will die of breathing peppermint

26. From the text above, we can conclude that...

A. mice love peppermint
B. peppermint is useful to repel mice
C. mice spread severe disease through food
D. we can place oil everywhere to repel mice

27. “Mice might look cute but they can be harmful pets that destroy household
items”.
The underlined word means...
A. ruin
B. disturb
C. remove
D. establish

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 This text is for questions 28 to 30.

FIRE
EXTINGUISHER
SAFETY
FROM CREATEDNICHE.COM

Remember:
Pull the pin and hold the
P extinguisher with the nozzle
pointing away from you

Aim low.
A Point the extinguisher at the
base
Of the fire

S Squeeze
evenly
the lever slowly and

S Sweep
side
the nozzle from side to

28. The text aims to ….

A. remind the fireman the safety of the product
B. show the easiest way to use fire extinguisher
C. tell the readers how to use the fire extinguisher
D. inform people the function of a fire extinguisher

29. How can we put off the fire effectively?

A. Pull the pin close to you
B. Sweep the nozzle slowly
C. Spray steadily to the fire
D. Squeeze the handle evenly

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30. What will likely happen when you aim high at the fire?
A. it will create less damage
B. it will instantly extinguish
C. it will make the fire bigger
D. it will reduce the heat level of the fire

Read the following text to answer questions number 31 to 34

Mouse Deer and Mr. Crocodile

One day, a mouse deer was walking by the river. He was very starving because he
hadn't eaten since morning. It was midday. But he found nothing in the land but
dying trees. "Huh... I hate this branches, I don't like it!"

Across the river, there was green grassland, with young leaves. 'Hmm…it seems
delicious' imagined the mouse deer, 'but how can I get there? I can't swim, the
current is very rapid?'

The mouse deer was figuring out the way how to reach there. Suddenly, he
jumped to the air, “aha…” he then walked to the edge of the river. He didn't see
the reflection because the water flowed very fast. He dipped one of his fore legs
into the water. A few moment later, appeared Mr. Crocodile showing his sharp
teeth. He then laughed, "Ha... ha... ha, you can't run away from me, you'll be my
tasty lunch!" said the crocodile.

"Of course I can't. You are very strong, Mr. Croco," replied the mouse deer
frightenedly. Then, the other crocodiles approached moving slowly. They
approached the edge of the river.

"But, before you all have a party, I wonder how many your members are there in
the river. If I know your number exactly, I can distribute my meat evenly, "said
the mouse deer.

"Oh...o, great, good idea! But we are a large group, I can't count it precisely,"
Mr. Croco moaned. "Leave it to me, and I can make it for you!" Now, can you ask
the others to line up, from one edge to the other edge of the river? The mouse

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deer requested. Then the crocodiles arranged themselves in line from one edge to
the other edge of the river. The mouse deer jumped to the body of one crocodile to
the others while he was counting, 'one, two, three; and so forth up to ten. Then at
last he arrived at grassland, and he thanked to the dumb crocodiles.   

31. Why did mouse deer want to go across the river?

A. Because he was very hungry
B. He wanted to eat some dying trees
C. He was afraid of the current of the river
D. Because he wanted to cheat Mr. Crocodile
32. How many crocodiles were there in the story about?
A. Ten crocodiles
B. Not mentioned
C. Three crocodiles
D. Thirteen crocodiles
33. " .... But we are a large group, I can't count it precisely," The underlined word
has closest meaning with....
A. Definetely
B. Obviously
C. Accurately
D. Objectively
34.  After reading the text, we may conclude that the mouse deer was....
A. Dumb animal
B. Cunning Animal
C. Frightened animal
D. Very greedy animal

Read the following text to answer questions number 35 to 38

The Yogya Kembali Monument is located in Yogyakarta. It is three

kilometres north of the Yogya city centre in the Jongkang village of the
Sleman Regency. The monument was inaugurated on June 29th, 1985 to
commemorate the historic Indonesian struggle for independence. Yogya

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Kembali means Yogya Returns, as a reminder of the returning of the
Indonesian Republic Government.

There are two sections of the Yogya Kembali Monument. The first section of
the Cureng Aircraft is on the eastern gate, while the other section of Guntai
Aircraft stands closer to the western entrance of the monument. The
Monument has two wheeled-machine guns which can be seen from a podium
towards the eastern and the western side. In the southern end of the yard,
there is a wall engraved with 420 names of freedom fighters who lost their
lives during a great struggle, from December 19th, 1948 to June 29th, 1949.
A poem by Chairil Anwar, titled Karawang Bekasi, is written on one side of
the wall dedicated to these unknown patriots.

The Yogya Kembali Monument is surrounded by fish ponds. It is divided into

four alleys which lead to the main building. The main building consists of
different floors displaying a wide range of collections during and after the
war times. It shows dioramas, carved reliefs or collection of clothes and
weapons.

35. What can be found in the western entrance of the monument?

A. Two wheeled machine guns.
B. A replica of the Guntai Aircraft.
C. A replica of the Cureng Aircraft.
D. A wall engraved with 420 names of freedom fighters.

36. What is the topic of the text above?

A. Yogyakarta.
B. The Guntai Aircraft.
C. The Yogya Kembali Monument.
D. The history of Indonesian struggle.

37. From the text above we can conclude that....

A. the collection during and after the war is displayed outside the
building
B. the Yogya Kembali Monument is surrounded by fish ponds

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 C. dioramas can be seen in one of the four alleys
D. the main building has only one floor

38. How many section of the Yogja Kembali Monument?

A. 1 section
B. 2 sections
C. 3 sections
D. 4 sections

Read the following text to answer questions number 39 and 40

ANZAC BISCUITS

You will need:

• 2 cups of rolled oats
• 1,5 cups of caster sugar
• 4 tablespoons of golden syrup
• 2 tablespoons of boiling water
• 1 cup of plain flour
• 250 grams of butter
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda

Steps:
1. Turn on the oven 160o C.
2. Lightly grease an oven tray.
3. Mix oats, flour and sugar in a large bowl.
4. Melt butter and golden syrup in a pan.
5. Mix baking soda and boiling water in a cup.
6. Add this mixture to melted butter and golden syrup.
7. Add this to the oats mixture in the large bowl, mix together well.
8. Roll tablespoon full of the mixture into balls. Put on the try 5 cm apart.
9. Press lightly on top of each with a fork.
10. Bake for 20 minutes.  

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39. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To tell how to make Anzac Biscuits
B. To see the ingredients of Anzac Biscuits
C. To announce a new recipe of Anzac Biscuits
D. To prepare everything for cooking Anzac Biscuit

40. Why do we use a fork to make Anzac Biscuits?

A. To roll the mixture

B. To put the balls on a tray
C. To press the balls of mixture.
D. To mix baking soda and boiling water

Read the following text to answer questions number 41 to 44.

Last year I joined the Chicago Marathon, my first marathon contest. I had to run
26.2 miles to complete it. It was hard.

At first, I just wanted to get the experience of joining a marathon. I thought it

would be one life time experience. After finishing it, I changed my mind. I wanted
to join another one. I was interested to complete at least one more marathon and
improve my time. I also experienced a good feeling between participants and the
spectators that made me happy. It was a very wonderful thing for me. So I decided
that I had to join another marathon the following year.

41. What is the text about?

A. The writer's good achievement in marathon.
B. The writer's wonderful feeling after watching marathon.
C. The writer's activities of watching Chicago marathon contest.

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 D. The changing of the writer's feeling after joining the marathon

42. To improve his achievement, the writer...

A. Ran faster and faster
B. Planned to join another marathon
C. Asked for advice how to run well
D. Practiced hard with other participants

43. What was the writer's intention when he decided to join his first marathon?
A. He would get the winner
B. He just wanted to get an experience
C. He planned to join another marathon
D. He wanted to complete 26.2 miles run

44. "... I change my mind." (Paragraph 2) The underlined word is closest in

meaning to...

A. Thought
B. Ambition
C. Decision
D. Suggestion

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Read the following text to answer questions number 45 to 48.

Jellyfish are not really fish. They are invertebrate animals. This means that unlike
fish or people, they have no backbones. In fact, they have no bones at all.

Jellyfish have stomachs and mouths, but no heads. They have nervous systems for
sensing the world around them, but no brains. They are made almost entirely of
water, which is why you can look through them.

Some jellyfish can glow in darkness by making their own light. The light is made
by a chemical reaction inside the jellyfish. Scientists believe jellyfish glow for
several reasons. For example, they may glow to scare away predators or to
attract animals they like to eat.

Most jellyfish live in salt water, apart from a few types that live in fresh water.
Jellyfish are found in oceans and seas all over the world. They live in warm,
tropical seas and in icy waters near the North and South poles.

45. Which one creates jellyfish's light

A. White blood
B. Salt water
C. Nervous system
D. Chemical reaction

46. Which one is TRUE about the jellyfish based on the text?
A. They cannot live in fresh water
B. They have heads like other animals.
C. They belong to invertebrate animals
D. Their brain helps them find the food

47. What is the text about?

A. Jellyfish
B. Kinds of all fish
C. All invertebrate animal

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 D. Some kinds of sea animals

48. “Some jellyfish can glow in darkness by making ...” (paragraph 3)

The word “glow” in the sentence means …

A. Move
B. Shine
C. Appear
D. Produce

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The text is for questions 49 to 50

Chicken Soup

Ingredients:
3 pound, whole fried chicken
6 to 8 cups of water
1 diced garlic clove
1 cup of sliced onion
1 cup of sliced celery
½ cup of sliced carrots
2 cup of chopped leeks
3 tablespoons of fresh chopped parsley
Freshly ground black pepper
Pinch of salt

Method:

Rinse the chicken.

Place the chicken in a bowl and add vegetables, and enough water to cover them.
Put the bowl into an oven and boil over medium-high heat.

Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered for 90 minutes. Remove the chicken from
the heat. Serve the steaming hot chicken, garnished with parsley, salt and ground
black pepper

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49. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To describe about the chicken soup

B. To explain what the chicken soup is
C. To show how to make the chicken soup
D. To entertain the readers about the chicken soup

50. What do we do first rinsing the chicken?

A. Put the bowl into an oven
B. Place the chicken in a bowl
C. Reduce heat to low and simmer
D. Add vegetable and enough water

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