LATIHAN SOAL UJIAN D.

before fifth of March two thousand twenty-

three.
SEKOLAH SMP NEGERI 1
JONGGOL Read the following text to answer questions number 4 and
TAHUN PELAJARAN 2023/2024 5.
A Terrible Earthquake
MATA PELAJARAN BAHASA INGGRIS
It happened in Cianjur on 21 November 2022. The
results of the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and
Quations no 1 to 2 Geophysics Agency analysis show that this current
earthquake had a magnitude of 4.3 and the epicentre of
the quake was located at a distance of 7 kilometres
northwest of Cianjur Regency, West Java, at a depth of
10 kilometres.
So far, the damages caused by this earthquake
are still being assessed, but according to National
Disaster Mitigation Agency or locally known as BNPB,
there have been 310 casualties (298 of whom have
been identified) and 24 people are still missing as a
result of the earthquake. Furthermore, 73,862 people
have been displaced (73,525 in Cianjur district, 333 in
Sukabumi district, 4 in Bogor district), and 4,645 people
injured.
1. Why do we need to read the label of this Dietary
BNPB also reported that around 12,729 heavily
Supplement before we consume it?
damaged houses, 2,234 moderately damaged houses,
A. The label tells us all information we need and 6,944 slightly damaged houses. One district
about this product. hospital sustained moderate damage, while four
B. The label tells us the dosage of this product. primary health facilities (PUSKESMAS) sustained
C. The label tells us the benefit of this product. heavy damages, which hindered health provision of
D. The label tells us the materials of this health services for affected communities, including
product. referral activities.

2. Can we still drink this Milk Calcium in 2011, why? (source https://reliefweb.int/report/indonesia/indonesia-
A. No we cannot, because the expire date on cianjur-
the label is earthquake-dref-application-mdrid025)
27th April 2010,
B. Yes we can, although its expire date is 27th 4. Although BNPB has given data on casualties but the
April 2010. It underlined sentence can still mean that .....
is usually still ok. A. casualties can still be increasing
C. Yes we can, the expire date does not have B. casualties can still be decreasing
bad effect to the product. C. BNPB has found all of the missing people
D. No we cannot, we have to ask the D. BNPB has identified 298 casualties
manufacturer first.
5. According to BNPB, how many houses are
3. Read the following text to answer questions number reportedly damaged?
3. A. 12,729 houses C. 6,944 houses
B. 2,234 houses D. 21,907 houses

6. Read the following text to answer questions number

6.
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook Cianjur a few
months ago, with tremours felt as far away as in
Jakarta and in Tangerang. As of early December
2022, the quake had not only destroyed buildings,
houses, and infrastructure but also claimed at least
334 lives, wounded 593 others, and made 114,683
people homeless overnight. According to the
According to the label above, the product should be Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical
used ..... Agency (BMKG), the quake was a shallow or surface
A. at any time. quake, which did not need to be too powerful to be
B. on fifth of March two thousand twenty-three. destructive. The level of destruction was mainly
C. after fifth of March two thousand twenty- because the infrastructure in the Cianjur area and its
three. residents were not disaster ready.
 8. From the text we know that the writer spent ..... days
(source: https://fulcrum.sg/cianjur-earthquake- long in Korea.
anddisaster-resilience-in-indonesia/) A. Three days C. Five days
B. Four days D. Six days
According to BMKG, why the quake in Cianjur
caused a lot of damages? 9. Why the writer decided to take a nap after arriving in
A. because the level of destruction was high Korea? A. He felt a bit happy after 6 hours long
B. because the tremours were felt as far as flight.
Jakarta B. He felt a bit sad after 6 hours long flight.
C. because 5,6 magnitude earthquake on land is C. He felt a bit mad after 6 hours long
rare flight. D. He felt a bit tired
D. because the infrastructure in Cianjur area and after 6 hours long flight.
its residents were not disaster ready
10. From the text we know that the writer landed in
7. Read the following text to answer questions number Incheon Airport
7. Korea at 7 AM, what time the writer took off from
When I was being in the mosque Soekarno Hatta International airport in Indonesia if
It was around 13.21 local time in Cianjur and I the flight takes 6 hours long?
was being in a school’s mosque praying when the A. 1 PM C. 1 AM
quake suddenly hit Cianjur. Some teachers were in B. 2 PM D. 2 AM
the beginning of praying and all students were still in
their classrooms. We all suddenly felt the tremors and Read the following text to answer questions number 11 to
began to scream while rushing out of the classrooms. 13
The tremors kept going on but I was trying hard to The golden Snail
stay in my position while being fully aware of the One day a poor old widow, Mbok Rondo Dadapan,
situation. At that time, I was also worried. A few who always fished along the river, found the golden
seconds later, my friend touched me and asked me to snail and took it home as a pet. She put the snail in a
get out of the mosque soon. I then decided to cancel jar and took good care of it. All of sudden, the
my praying and rushed out of the mosque too. I also unexpected good things took place in Mbok Rondo's
saw students and teachers running out of the life.
classrooms and got together in the schoolyard. Coming back from her daily fishing, she would find
The followings are the reasons why the students and delicious dishes on the table and the house is cleaned.
teachers ran out of their classrooms, except.... She wondered who had been so nice to take care of
A. They felt earthquake her house, to do the cooking and house chores. This
strange event went on for several days, she could not
B. They were being in the classrooms, felt the tremors
resist to find out who was the mysterious and kind
C. The teachers who were in the mosque worried about
person was. So, one day, instead of fishing, she
the quake.
peeped through a hole in the wall of her house.
D. They got together in the school yard.
After waiting and hiding, finally she saw an amazing
scene. She saw a beautiful princess coming out of the
Read the following text to answer questions number 8 to jar and starting to clean the house and preparing the
10 meal.
I spent my last holiday in Seoul, South Korea. I The next day, the same thing happened. Without
went there with my friends. wasting any time Mbok Rondo rushed into the house
On the first day, I was landed at Incheon Airport and smashed the jar altogether with the snail shell in it
around 7 AM after 6 hours long flight. Then I went to with stone mortar. The homeless Dewi Sekartaji could
Seoul by train and checked in to the hotel which I had not turn back into a snail shell, and the magic spell was
already booked. I decided to take a rest for a while. At broken. Mbok Rondo asked to the beautiful princes
night, I went to Hongdae, a famous district in South about her pedigree. Then the princes said that She is
Korea. I went to eat traditional Korean food. On the Dewi Sekartaji, Raden Panji Asmoro Bangun’s wife
next day, I went to the Gyeongbokgung Palace and who was cursed by God Batara Narada become the
National Museum. I also went to learn how to make Golden snail in order to saved her from kidnapping
Kimchi and saw the scenery of Seoul from Seoul accident who was done by The King of Antah Berantah.
Tower. I went back to the hotel at 10 PM and After telling her pedigree, she was then adopted by
immediately went to sleep. Mbok Rondo as her daughter.
I spent my last day in Myeongdong and bought Meanwhile, Raden Panji Asmoro Bangun searching
some stuffs and souvenirs for my family and friends. I for his wife. He wandered from one village to another,
also ate the street food there. I went to the airport at 3 finally reaching Dadapan village where he found his
PM because my flight was at 5 PM. I felt tired but beloved wife. Filled with happiness and love, they went
happy, I had a fantastic experience in South Korea and back to their kingdom, taking good old Mbok Rondo.
made wonderful memory with my friends. It was a great
trip. 11. It can be inferred that the characteristic of Dewi
Sekartaji is .....
A. Beautiful, spoil and lazy
 B. Beautiful, selfish and rude
C. Beautiful, arrogant and spiteful 16. What can you learn from the story?
D. Beautiful, kind and know how to treat people A. Greedy people will get nothing in their life.
properly B. People must do everything to become rich.
C. Animals can help people survive in their life.
12. What would happen to Dewi Sekartaji if God Batara D. We must listen to old men to succeed in our
Narada did not curse her become a snail? life.
A. The King of Antah Berantah would lose her. 17. Dear Lisa,
B. The King of Antah Berantah would kidnap Congratulations on your winning the first prize of the
and marry her. English debate competition. I hear about it from your
C. The King of Antah Berantah would help her. Mom.
D. The King of Antah Berantah would hate her. Love,Ella

13. The moral value which is described Mbok Rondo’s The correct statements is .....
character is A. Ela has joined a competition B.
..... Lisa got a present from Ella.
A. No matter how trivial the kindness, it will be C. Lisa is a winner of English debate.
paid by another kindness too. D. Lisa's mother teaches her about the English
B. It does not matter if you are poor, but you debate
have to had a golden hearth.
C. We have to help the rich people, so we can 18. Dear Mrs. Karen,
take a good Our prayers and good thought to your whole family. Hold
benefit. on tightly to each other always! We are so blessed
D. Kindness only can be done by the rich to have met Mr. Bram and will always remember his
people. most generous heart. Your father was a great man,
because he raised such a kind and noble son.
Read the following text to answer questions number 14 to Warm regards,
16 Mr. Smith and family
Long time ago a remote village, in central China,
was inhabited mainly by farmers and hunters. One day, Who has just passed away?
a poor farmer lost his entire livestock because of a A. Mr. Smith’s father
flood. He prayed hard to God for help or his family B. Mrs. Karen’s son
would die of starvation. C. Mr. Bram’s son
A few days later, an old man with a long grey beard, D. Mrs. Karen’s father
passing by his house, took a pity on the farmer. He
gave him a goose and said “ I don’t have any 19. Happy Mother's Day
expensive thing to give you and hope this goose will Your smile brightens each day just as the morning rays
help you to ease your hardship.” A week later to his shines on the hills and it’s with doubt that this gives
surprise the farmer found an egg in his yard. It was not us the courage to face the new day with joy.
an ordinary egg. It was a golden egg. He was suddenly
filled with joy.
To whom the card is sent?
Thereafter, his livelihood had rapidly improved but
A. Mother C. Grandmother
the farmer had forgotten his earlier hardship. He
B. Father D. Grandfather
became lazy, arrogant and spendthrift. Strangely, the
goose only laid one golden egg every six months. The
greedy farmer lost his patient and slaughtered his 20. To: Ruth.
goose thinking there were plenty of golden eggs inside I’d like to congratulate you on passing your exam. I
its stomach. He found nothing! Poor him! Though he do hope you are always successful.
very much regretted for his foolishness, it’s already too Love
late. Joshua

14. The farmer regretted at the end of the story because Joshua sends the card because .....
..... A. His exam is difficult to do
A. he had done something stupid to the goose B. He wants to be successful
B. he became a lazy and arrogant person C. He wants to congratulate Ruth
C. the goose did not lay golden eggs very often D. He wants to tell Ruth about his exam
D. the eggs were not ordinary ones
21. People work ..... they can earn money
15. “ ..... this goose will help you to ease your A. wish C. in order to
hardship .....” (Paragraph 2).What does the B. hope D. so that
underlined word refer to?
A. The farmer. C. An old man. 22. He has the ..... house among all his friends.
B. This goose. D. A golden egg. A. big C. bigger
 B. biggest D. morr bigger D. a university student

23. We ..... bring out mobile phone to the class ini 30. Karishma needs a smartphone during her work
SMPN 1 Jonggol to .....
A. Must C. Have to A. chat with her family
B. Must not D. Don't have to B. interview people
C. listen to music
24. Students ..... wear the school uniforms at school. D. play games
A. must C. mustn't
B. should D. shouldn't Quations No 31 to 34
I've got a friend named Halim. He's a compulsive
25. I think you ..... practice more on your dance move. eater. He likes all kinds of food. He eats anything that is
A. must C. mustn't served to him. He weighs 85 kilograms and is a very
B. should D. shouldn't chubby-cheeked, funny and friendly person.
When he is absent, everyone will miss him as he
always makes people laugh with his jokes. That is why
26. The underlined expression expresses .....
people love him very much.
Mother : You know that Mira
always takes sleeping lately to solve her
31. What is the text about?
problems.
A. Halim's physical appearance
Father : That’s wrong! It can be dangerous for her life if
she doesn’t change her bad habit. B. The hobby of the writer's friend
A. Sympathy C. Agreement C. The family of the writer's friend D.
The description of the writer's friend.
B. Possibility D. Disagreement

32. From the text, we can conclude that Halim .....

Quations No 27 to 30
A. is very fat
Read the the text beside to answer
question below. B. has few friends
Karishma is a journalist. She C. likes to play tricks
works at a multinational newspaper D. likes playing sports
publisher.
Karishma is very busy. She 33. What is Halim's character like?
often visits many places, even A. Kind C. Diligent Generous
remote spots, to gather news. B. Helpful. D. Generous
Occasionally, she is sent abroad to cover international 34. "He's a compulsive eater
events. While covering an event, she always carries a The underlined word can be replaced by .....
black backpack containing her laptop, camera, tripod A. creative C. uncontrollable
and smartphone. B. sensitive D. competitive
Karishma has been
interested in journalism since she 35. Look at the following graph. Choose the best
was in junior high school. At that time she answer for the question.
joined her School's newspaper agency.
Her interest in journalism continued
through her time at university.

27. A journalist is a person who .....

A. gathers and writes news
B. writes and edits news
C. interviews people
D. reports news

28. Karishma always collects news for her .....

A. printing house
B. school agency
C. school organization
D. newspaper publisher

29. Karishma has been interested in journalism since

she was .....
A. an OSIS member
B. a junior high student
C. a senior high student
 A. Meliana is Silviana’s daughter
B. The party will be held in Sheraton Hotel
C. The party ended at 8 p.m
D. The party is to celebrate Silviana’s Birthday

38. The follwoing text is question number 38

Why did the writer send the card? Because .....

A. She wanted to encourage her teacher
B. She wanted to congratulate her teacher
C. She wanted to be a good teacher
D. She wanted to entertain her teacher

39. The follwoing text is question number 39

From the BRI Liga 1 table above, we know that the team
which got the second position was .....
A. Borneo FC C. Bali United FC
B. Persib D. Persija

36. Arya and Krishna join marathon competition. Arya

can run for 10 km. But Krishna gives up earlier than The writer sent the card above to her .....
Arya. Arya can run ..... A. Grand mother C. Mother
than Krishna. B. Grandfather D. Father
A. far C. near
B. farther D. nearer 40. The following text is question number 40
Dear Sunny,
37. The follwoing text is question number 37. When your nameis called as the best student
Glad if you can attend and laugh with us in please step forward-for high five! You are the
Graduation Party best.Congratulations !
In respect of our Daughter
Silviana has graduated from Padjadjaran Uncle John
University
Accompany with us on From the text above we know that Sunny .....
Sunday, Mei 21, 2023 at A. get a medal for the best student
8 p.m.
B. is the best student at school
The Suite Room, Sheraton Hotel.
C. graduates from high school
Romeo and Meliana
D. got five for his test
Based on the invitation text above, we can conclude
Read the following text to answer questions number
that .....
41 to 43
 3. Put dragon fruit, sugar, and water into a blender.
4. After that, blend all of the ingredients in the
blender. Blend about 2 minutes
5. Now, pour the juice into the glass. Add whipping
cream on top of it. The original dragon fruit is
ready to drink. It is easy, isn’t it? This is my favorite
drink.
Ingredients
• 2 dragon fruits
• 20 grams sugar
• 30 ml water

Wipping cream
1. The following are the steps how to make an
original dragon fruit juice, but before begin to try it,
make sure you choose the fresh dragon fruit
2. First of all, cut the fresh dragon fruit and remove
its skin.

46. How could you describe the girls? A. They were animals lovers.
B. They obey to their father.
C. They hate their father.
D. They dislike their father’s friend.

47. How long is the sale?

41. The text mainly about ..... A. Seven days C. Six days
A. What the dragon fruit juice is B. Five days D. Eight days
B. How to make dragon fruit juice
C. How we get dragon fruit juice 48. What gods get 25% off ?
D. What we need to get dragon fruit juice A. Necklaces and watches
B. Bags and briefcases
42. After cutting the dragon fruit, we should ..... C. Bookcase and chairs.
A. Add whipping cream D. Dining tables and leathers sofas.
B. Add sugar and water
C. Put them into blender Read the following text to answer
questions number 49 and 50. D. Blend them about 2 FLOOD
minutes A flood is an event that occurs when the flow of
excessive water soaking the mainland. EU directives
define flood as a flood of temporary submersion by
water on land that is not normally submerged. In the
sense of “flowing water”, the word can also mean the
inclusion of ocean tides. Flooding caused by the
volume of water in a body of water such as a river or
lake overflow or break down the dam so that water out
Once upon a time, there lived a father with his two of its natural limits.
beautiful daughters in a village. His wife had already Size of the lake or body of water constantly
died. The father raised the daughters by himself .He changes according to changes in precipitation and
love them very much. melting seasonal snow, but no major flooding unless the
The father liked hunting very much. He often went water reaches the human uses such as villages, towns,
to the forest to hunt deer, rabbit or many kinds of birds and other settlements.
in the forest. But the two girls disliked it. They didn’t Floods can also occur in rivers, when flow exceeds
want their father killed animals. The father tried hard to the capacity of the drains, especially at the bend in the
stop his hobby as the girls wanted river. Floods often cause damage to homes and shops
One day, when the father went around the village. were built on natural river floodplains. Although flood
He met his friend. They talked about many white birds damage can be avoided by moving away from rivers
which came to the lake. They said it was good time to and other bodies of water, the people living and
hunt the bird. The men asked the father to hunt the working close to the water to make a living and take
birds. The father couldn’t help himself. He forgot his advantage of low costs as well as travel and trade near
promise not to hunt anymore. The father went home to the waters smooth. Humans continue to settle in flood-
take his gun. prone areas is evidence that the value of settled near
Knowing his father’s plan to go hunting, the eldest the water is greater than the cost of the damage
daughter said to her sister that she would wear long caused by periodic flooding.
white clothes and go to the lake. She pretended to be a Great flood myth is a story of mythological great
white bird so that the father would kill her and would flood sent by God to destroy a civilization in retaliation
stop hunting. When the eldest daughter went away for the great and often appears in the mythology of
wearing long white cloth, the younger daughter wearing various cultures in the world.
the same clothes, followed her sister.
The two daughters ran away to the lake. The father
who had already in the lake saw them. He taught that
they were birds. He shot both of them. How shocked he
was, when they cried in pain. He ran to them but it was
too late both of his daughter had already died. The
father was shocked since then he never hunted
animals.
43. After that, blend all of the ingredients in the blender”. The underlined word is closest in meaning to .....
A. Hook C. Pull
B. Mix D. Fit

Read the following text to answer questions number 44 to 48.

39. From the text above, we can conclude that ..... A. Flood is always caused by heavy rain.
B. Damage caused by flood cannot be avoided.
C. People prefer moving away than staying in the flood-prone area.
D. Flood is natural phenomena that occurs when water on
land is not normally submerged

44. What does the text tell us about?

A. The regret of father 40. What is the benefit of reading the text?
B. The sadness of two daughters. A. We can enrich our knowledge about the flood and its
danger
C. The effort of two daughters.
D. The love of father to his daughter. B. We can avoid from the flood damage
C. We can take advantages to make a living in flood-
prone
45. What was the main problem of the story? D. We can protect our life from the disaster caused by flood
A. The father hunter animal again.
B. The daughters were shot by the father.
C. The daughters pretended to be white birds.
D. The father raised the daughter by himself.