soal uTs PPB eNgLish Lesson

I. Read the text carefully and then answer the following questions base on the text! (1 point for each correct answer). Text 1 (question no. 1 – 5) My name is Mr. Jackson. My first name is Willard and my middle name is Ross. I was born in November 1965 in Pennsylvania. I live in New York. My native language is English. I speak a little Spanish, a little German, and a little Japanese. I don’t speak these languages very well. I often make mistakes when I speak these languages. My wife’s name is Jane Jackson. Her family name is Smith. My wife’s native language is English, but she speaks several languages. She speaks French exceptionally well. She speaks Spanish and Portuguese too. She speaks a little Arabic. Her father’s native language is English. But her mother’s native language is French. My wife’s father is an engineer and so am I. 1. What is the topic of the text above? a. Mr. Jackson’s family b. Mr. Jackson’s identity c. Mr. Jackson’s native language d. Mr. Jackson’s wife 2. What is Mr. Jackson’s middle name? a. Mr. Jackson middle name is Ross b. Mr. Jackson middle name is Willard c. Mr. Jackson middle name is Jackson d. Mr. Jackson middle name is Smith 3. Where was he born? a. He was born in December 1975 b. He was born in Pensylvania c. He was born in November 1965 d. He was born in New York 4. What is the main idea of paragraph two? a. Mr. Jackson’s occupation b. Mr. Jackson’s native language c. Mr. Jackson’s wife d. Mr. Jackson’s father 5. What is the word native synonymous to? a. First c. Foreign b. Second d. Original Text 2 (question no. 6 – 10) Work and Careers Sometimes we say that someone we know is “a square peg in a round hole”. This simply means that the person we are talking about is not suited for the job he is doing. He may be a book keeper who really wants to be an actor or a mechanic who likes cooking. Unfortunately, many people in the world are ‘square pegs’: they are not doing the kind of work they should be doing, for one reason or another. As a result, they probably are not doing a very good job and certainly they are not happy. Choosing the right career is very important. Most of us spend a great par of our lives at our job. For that reason we should try to find out what our talents are and how we can use them. We can do this trough aptitude test, interviews with specialist, and study of book in our field of interest. There are many careers open to each us. Perhaps we like science, then we might prepare ourselves to be chemists, physicists, or biologists. May be our interest take us into the business world and such work as accounting, personnel management or public relations. Many persons find their place in government service. Teaching, newspaper work, medicine, engineering, offer fascinating careers to persons with talent and training. 6. “a square peg in a round hole” means …. a. The right man on the good job b. The right man on the great job c. The right man on the wrong job d. The right man on the right job 7. Which one is not true according to the text? a. Most of us spend a great part of our life at our job b. Many people are not doing the kind of work they should do. c. Talent and training aren’t important to obtain prospective careers d. There are tree ways that we can find the right career 8. What is the main idea of paragraph three? a. A square peg in a round hole. b. Choosing the right career. c. Business world. d. Possible prospective careers. 9. What does the word “they” refer to? (Paragraph 1 line 4) a. Some one b. The person c. Book keeper d. People 10. What is the word ‘aptitude’ synonymous to? a. Interest b. Talent c. Training d. Specialist Text 3 (question no. 11– 15) Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged during the war and has been silent ever since. One night, however, our vicar woke up; the clock was striking the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o’clock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure that he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer. “What are you doing up here Bill Wilkins?” asked the Bill Wilkins in surprised. “I’m trying to repair the bell,” answered Bill Wilkins. “I’ve been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise.” “You certainly did give me a surprise!” said the vicar. “You’ve probably woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, I’m glad the bell is working again.” “That’s the trouble vicar.’ Answered Bill. “It’s working all right, but I’m afraid that at one o’clock it will strike thirteen times and there is nothing I can do about it.” “We’ll get used to that Bill Wilkins.” Said the vicar. “Thirteen is not as good as one, but it’s better then nothing. Now let’s go downstairs and have a cup of tea.” 11. Why did the big clock strike the hours day and night? Because …. a. The vicar is always raising money. b. The vicar has never managed to get enough money to have the clock repaired. c. The clock damage during the war. d. Bill Wilkins repaired the clock. 12. What was the time when the vicar woke up? a. It was one o’clock b. It was two o’clock c. It was three o’clock d. It was four o’clock 13. How many times did the clock strike? a. It’s struck 3 times b. It’s struck 13 times c. It’s struck 30 times d. It’s struck 33 times 14. What did the vicar bring when he went up into the clock tower? a. A clock b. A Torch c. A tower d. Local grocer 15. What is the antonym of the word “damage”? a. Good b. Better c. Fit d. Fix Text 4 (question no. 16 – 20) It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunch time. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside. “What a day!” I thought. ‘It’s raining again.’ Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. ‘I’ve just arrived by train.’ She said. ‘I’m coming to see you. ‘But I’m still having breakfast,’ I said. ‘What are you doing?’ she asked. ‘I’m having breakfast,’ I repeated. ‘Dear me,’ she said. ‘Do you always get up so late? It’s one o’clock!’ 16. What is the topic of the text a. Getting up early b. Having Breakfast c. Breakfast or lunch d. Early or late 17. What happened to the writer last Sunday? a. He got up very late b. He got up very early c. He had breakfast early d. He didn’t have his breakfast 18. Who telephoned the writer? a. My aunt b. Her aunt c. His aunt d. Your aunt 19. “I have just arrived by train”, she said. The underlined word refers to…. a. the writer b. The writer’s aunt c. The reader d. The reader’s aunt 20. What is the antonym of the word “dark”? a. Clean c. White b. Clear d. Bright II. Choose the correct answer a, b, c, or d. (1 point for each correct answer). 21. The sun ….. in the east a. Rise c. Set b. Rises d. Sets 22. The students ….. English now. a. Study b. Studies c. Is studying d. Are studying 23. Yulia Rahman is ….. She is an artist. a. Beauty b. Beautify c. Beautiful d. Beautifully 24. Are you happy?...... a. Yes, I do. b. No, I don’t. c. Yes, I am. d. No, You are. 25. Last year, I …. My family abroad. a. take b. Takes c. Took d. Am taking 26. My older sister sends the laundry…… a. every Sunday b. last Sunday c. next Sunday d. two Sundays ago 27. I…. football yesterday afternoon. a. do b. don’t c. doesn’t d. didn’t 28. Be quiet, please. I …… to concentrate. a. try b. tries c. tried d. am trying 29. ……..she speak English well? a. do b. does c. did d. didn’t 30. Sam …. Sick. He is healthy. a. is b. isn’t c. are d. aren’t III. Match the question below with the correct answer in the box (2 points for each correct answer). 31. The flower isn’t ugly. It’s …. 32. I …. Get up early everyday. 33. …..., I visited my grand mother in Jogjakarta. 34. …… you like English? 35. The students are doing examination …. 36. Where ….. Yoko and Rita? 37. I …… him yesterday. 38. Yuli always ….. a good film 39. Diana can’t come to the phone … she is washing her hair. 40. Don’t be noisy, please. The baby ….. sleeping. IV. Choose one of the underlined words or phrases that is not appropriate! (2 points for each correct answer). 41. He speak foreign language very A B C well D 42. Reading, writing, and swimming A B is my hobby C D 43. Amir sends a latter to her mom A B C once a week. D 44. Does his mother cook dinner last A B C night? D 45. My brother always studies and A B practice English anytime and C anywhere. D 46. After three days of the rain, I’m A B C glad that the sun shines again D today. 47. Did the airplane arrived at A B C London yesterday? D 48. They usually goes to Miami in A B C D the winter. 49. Lucy looks rather thin, perhaps A B because he is tall. C D 50. The cinema are at the corner of A B C Smith and Charles street. D V. Essay! (3 points for each correct answer). I’m a half mad It was a fruit seasons. Almost all people at that country planted fruit trees. So did Nasreddin. He had a lot of grapes trees. He picked two baskets full of grapes and wanted to sell the grapes to the market. He put the two baskets on his donkey and brought them to the market. It was a very hot midday. The market was still far before him. He stopped and had a drink in the food stall nearby. Then several men with several donkeys bringing grapes came and took a rest at the same food stall. After having lunch, they fell asleep. Nasreddin did not fell asleep. Seeing the men were sleeping, he went out. He began taking out some grapes from the men’s baskets putting then into his. Suddenly one of the men woke up and saw him. “What are you doing?” “Oh, I’m a half mad. Sometimes I do strange things and do not know what I am doing.” Said him. “Really? Then why don’t you sometimes take grapes from your baskets and put them into our baskets?” asked the man angrily. Meanwhile the other men woke up. They approached Nasreddin. Nasreddin was afraid. “You don’t understand me, a said I am half mad. So, I still can differentiate which ones are my baskets and which ones others”. But I can not differentiate where others’ baskets are if mine are there also.” Answer the questions based on the text! 51. What did Nasredin do in fruit season? 52. How did Nasredin bring his grapes to the market? 53. What did he do when the market was being still far before him? 54. What happened to several men’s grape while they were sleeping? 55. Where did it happen? Use either the simple present tense or the present continuous of verbs in parentheses! 56. Catty (sit / usually) in the front row during class, but today she (sit) in the last row. 57. I wrote to my friend last week. She hasn’t answered my letter yet. I (wait / still) for a reply. Change the following sentences into negative and interrogative form! 58. She finished her studies at the age of twenty. 59. I had a busy day yesterday. 60. Linda’s brother is a famous actor THE ANSWER KEY I. Multiple choices 1. b 2. a 3. b 4. c 5. d 6. d 7. c 8. d 9. d 10. b 11. c 12. a 13. b 14. b 15. c 16. c 17. a 18. c 19. b 20. d 21. d 22. d 23. c 24. c 25. c 26. a 27. d 28. d 29. b 30. b II. Matching 31. E 32. H 33. B 34. A 35. F 36. D 37. G 38. C 39. J 40. I III. Identifying Errors 41. A 42. C 43. C 44. A 45. C 46. D 47. B 48. B 49. D 50. A IV. Essay 51. In fruit season, he planted fruit trees. 52. He brought his grapes to the market by putting them on his donkey. 53. When the market was being still far before him, he stopped and had a drink in a food stall nearby, 54. While they were sleeping, Nasredin took some grapes from the men’s baskets and putting them into his. 55. It happened outside the food stall. 56. Catty usually sits in the front row during class, but today she is sitting in the last row. 57. I wrote to my friend last week. She hasn’t answered my letter yet. I am still waiting for a reply. 58. (-) She didn’t finish her studies at the age of twenty. (?) Did she finish her studies at the age of twenty? 59. (-) I didn’t have a busy day yesterday. (?) Did you have a busy day yesterday? 60. (-) Linda’s brother is not a famous actor. (?) Is Linda’s brother a famous actor?