ULANGAN TENGAH SEMESTER GASAL

TAHUN PELAJARAN 2018/2019

Mata Pelajaran : Bahasa Inggris
Kelas : IX
KODE e.A In order to be ready
10.Karin : How about going to the library?
I. CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER : A, B, C, or D! Aulia : ......................... We can also do our
1. The sentence which contain expression of writing project there.
congratulating is ....
a. I don’t think so actually.
a. You should be the winner.
b. I can’t go with you
b. It was great to hear about your
c. I have no idea about that
achievement on winning the competition.
d. That’s a great idea.
c. I suppose so.
11. Siti says we should eat enough in order ...
d. Do you think so?
a. To rich
2. Reno : Have you heard if I won the
singing contest last week? b. To be rude
Icha : Really? ....... c. To be beautiful
a. I hope you dont lie to me. d. To be healthy
b. You should be happy. 12.We should eat enough fruit so that ...
c. I must congratulate you. a. We are going to have a good skin.
d. How you did it? b. We will be smart
3. Which one is the expression of c. We are going to be pale
responding a compliment? d. We can be strong
a. Nice to hear that. 13.Ale : I feel so cold and i sometimes sneeze.
b. You are absolutely right. Jim : You should go to the doctor.
c. Thats nice. Get well soon. Lou : ........................... I think you just need
d. Oh, its nothing special actually. to take a medicine and take a good rest
4. Sonia : Hai, Fenita. I just won the first and drink alot of water.
place in speech contest. a. I agree with Jim.
Fenita : .............. b. I agree with but it can be done.
a. Well done. You did it finally. c. How true!
b. Exactly! d. I dont think that’s a good idea.
c. Thats very kind of you to say so. 14.Sally : We should ............................
d. I dont agree with you. Nida : So that there are no mosquitos in our
5. The weather is very cold. You should house.
wear a jacket ....
a. sweep and mop the floor.
a. To let you cold
b. wash the dishes
b. In order to look good
c. drain the clothes
c. So that we know your new jacket.
d. clean the house regularly.
d. So that you will feel warm.
15.Dina : We should use floor cleaner.
6. You have to be .....when you are in the
Tomi : .......................
library so that everyone will not be disturbed.
a. So that we will stay fresh
a. Quiet
b. Talkative b. In order not to get harmful bacteria.
c. Calm c. In order to get nce fragrance
d. Wise d. So that we will not get serious disease
7. My father goes to Jakarta .....a bussiness COLD BREAKER
by plane. LIKE YOU NEVER FEEL ANY COLD
a. So that Fast Relief For:
b. For Congestion 100 tablets
c. In order to Runny Nose USP
d. And Coughs 200 mg
8. We should clean our bedroom in the Headache
morning ..... Fever
a. So that our mother will be proud.
b. For an achievement 16. Which of the following sickness cannot be
c. In order to have a tidy room. relieved by this medicine?
d. So that we can sweep the floor. a. Headache
9. ........, Dani always try to go to bed early. b. Coughs
a. So that Dani is late. c. Cancer
b. In order not be late in the morning d. Fever
c. For watching movie 17. What's the writer's purpose to write the
d. text above?

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a. To inform the process of making Cold Breaker _________________________
b. To persuade people to use the product This product contains no artificial colors, flavors,
c. To explain the ingredients of the product preservatives, milk, egg, sugar, chemical solvent,
d. To describe the illnesses that can be cured starch or gluten.

Uses 21.What is the purpose of the text?

• Temporarily relives nasal congestion due to the A. To advertise a supplement for woman
common cold, hay fever or other upper respiratory B. To describe a product for adult
allergies, or associated with sinusitis C. To give detailed information about the
• Temporarily relieves these symptoms due to hay supplement
fever (allergic rhinitis): D. To tell the value of a supplement
- runny nose 22. “This product contains no artificial …”
- sneezing The word “artificial” in the sentence means ….
- itching of the nose or throat A. Original
- itchy, watery eyes B. Pure
• Temporarily restores freer breathing through the C. Unnatural
nose D. Inexpensive
Directions
Do not take more than 4 doses in any 24- hour POP 1000
period HEALTHY DRINK
Age Dose adults and children over 12 years 4 tsp
every 4 hours Vitamin Lemon
Children 6 to under 12 years 2 tsp every 4 hours Healthy and Fresh
Children under 6 years ask a doctor Under license by wellness Food Indonesia
In a bottle (140 ml) contains :
18.From the label above we know that .... Vitamin C 100 mg
a. This medicine is only for adult Energy 65 cal
b. This medicine is in the form of syrup Protein 0 g
c. Stomachache can be cured with this medicine Fat 0 g
d. Children under 12 cannot take this medicine Carbohydrate 16 g
19. Who must be consulted to the doctor Sugar 6g
before taking this medicine? Natrium 99 g
A. Adult Vitamin B 1 1.0 g
B. Children under 6 years Vitamin E 2.3 g
C. Children 12 years and over Niacin 2.3 g
D. Children 6 to under 12 years 23. How much liguis does the POP 1000 contain ?
20. "Temporarily restores freer breathing A. 100 mg
through the nose" The underlined word has B. 99 g
similar meaning with .... C. 140 ml
A. Damage D. 65 cal
B. Recall
C. Rehabilitate 24. The following are the vitamins in POP 1000,
D. Provide except …
A. Vitamin A
SUPPLEMENTS FACTS B. Vitamin B1
_________________________ C. Vitamin C
Serving size: 1 tablet D. Vitamin E
Servings per container: 30
_________________________ 25. From the label we know that POP 1000 does
Amount of serving % Daily value not contain …
Vitamin C (as non acidic calcium ascorbate) A. Carbohidrate
250 mg 416,67 mg B. Vitamin
Calcium (as calcium ascorbate) 50 mg 7,14 mg C. Protein
Citrus bioflavonoid* 50 mg D. Energy
Rutin* 25 mg
Hesperidin* 25 mg
Rose hips* 125 mg
Acerola* 5 mg
_________________________
*Daily value not established
Suggested use: 1 tablet after meal

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 1. What is advertised in the text?
A. A fine Persian cuisine. C. A
certain restaurant
B. A catering company. D. A kind
of food
8. What main cuisine is available in the
restaurant?
A. Bangladesh cuisine. C.
Persian cuisine
B. Pakistan cuisine. D. Indian
cuisine
9. People can order food ....
A. every day at certain time C. On
weekends only
B. every day at anytime D. on
weekdays only
Dear Hendra,
Hi.... I hope this letter finds you well. Do
you remember today is a friendship day. In this
occasion I want to express my deep feeling of
gratitude to you for being my best friend. You
know for me you’re the one and the only best
friend ever. You are humorous in nature. And I
love it. You make me laugh all time with your
clever jokes. I want to be a humorist like you,
but unfortunately, I can’t.
The moment we have shared so far is
unforgettable. Remember when I wanted to
borrow a book from the library for my project
and my library ID-card was left; you lent me
your ID-card even though you needed it to
borrow some books for your own project. It

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was really touching. That showed how kind you 14. Whom did Renny go to Borobudur with?
are. Moreover, many times, you brought me a. Her tour guide c.
some novels although I knew you didn’t like Renny’s friends
reading such kind of books. Furthermore, you b. Her classmates d. Some
always helped me with my tasks whenever I foreigners
found difficulties in my maths problems. You 15. Renny admired the temple because of its ...
are very brilliant in maths. I really thank you a. visitors c. stones
very much for all those things you have done to b. reliefs d. size
me. 16. Which of the following statements is not true
Finally, I want to say that I intend to about Renny?
express this feeling for a long time but I can’t. a. She is a student c. She
On this friendship day, through this letter, let lives at Jalan Timun Puan 45
me show my appreciation for becoming my good b. Mellyani is one of her friend d. she
friend. May you always be my good friend really enjoyed visiting the Borobudur temple
forever.
There are about 5,000 different
Your best friend,
species of ladybugs in the world. These
Santi
much loved critters are also known as lady
2. The text is written to.... beetles or ladybird beetles. They come in
A. tell Hendra that he is still her best friend.
many different colors and patterns, but the
B. tell Hendra her past experience in
most familiar in North America is the seven-
borrowing a book.
spotted ladybug, with its shiny, red-and-
C. ask Hendra to teach her how to be a
black body.
humorist person.
The name “ladybug” was created by
D. express the writer’s gratitude to Hendra for
European farmers who prayed to the Virgin
the friendship.
Mary when pests began eating their crops.
11.What did Hendra do when the writer got a
After ladybugs came and wiped out the
trouble in borrowing a book?
invading insects, the farmers named them
A. Lending his books to her.
“beetle of Our Lady.” This eventually was
C. Helping her make a new ID-card
shortened to “lady beetle” and “ladybug.”
B. Lending his ID-card to her.
In many cultures, ladybugs are
D. accompanying her to go to the library
considered good luck. Most people like
12.Which of the following touches Santi’s
them because they are pretty, graceful, and
feeling?
harmless to humans. But farmers love them
A. He was very humorous so that many people
because they eat aphids and other plant-
liked him.
eating pests. One ladybug can eat up to
B. He lent her some good novels which he
5,000 insects in its lifetime!
didn’t read anymore.
Most ladybugs have oval, dome-
C. He was very brilliant in math so that Santy
shaped bodies with six short legs.
was proud of him.
Depending on the species, they can have
D. He was willing to lend his ID-card though
spots, stripes, or no markings at all. Seven-
he needed it for himself.
spotted ladybugs are red or orange with
three spots on each side and one in the
13.From the text we can conclude that Santi....
middle. They have a black head with white
A. sometimes cannot express her feeling easily
patches on either side.
C. Is very brilliant in mathematics
Ladybugs are colorful for a reason.
B. has many best friends including Hendra
Their markings tell predators: “Eat
D. is as humorous as Hendra
something else! I taste terrible.” When
Dear Mellyani, threatened, the bugs will secrete an oily,
On my last school holiday, my classmates and I foul-tasting fluid from joints in their legs.
went to Borobudur. The Borobudur temple is really They may also play dead. Birds are
magnificent. The hugeness of the temple really ladybugs’ main predators, but they also fall
impressed me. How could our ancestors build such a victim to frogs, wasps, spiders, and
big temple? It was amazing. In the temple, we went dragonflies.
upstairs step by step. Walking around the temple, Ladybugs are happy in many different
we saw many reliefs on the temple walls. Some habitats, including grasslands, forests,
foreigners seemed interested in them. I overhead cities, suburbs, and along rivers. Seven-
their conversation with the guide. Actually the reliefs spotted ladybugs are native to Europe but
tell a story. It was really a nice experience! I hope were brought to North America in the mid-
you can go there someday. 1900s to control aphid populations.
Love, Ladybugs are most active from spring
Renny until fall. When the weather turns cold, they
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look for a warm, secluded place to hairs. The younger, on the contrary, not wishing to
hibernate, such as in rotting logs, under become the wife of an old man, was equally
rocks, or even inside houses. These zealous in removing every gray hair she could
hibernating colonies can contain thousands find. Thus it came to pass that between them both
of ladybugs. he very soon found that he had not a hair left on
17. What is the main idea of paragraph 3? his head.
A. Many cultures have ladybugs symbols
24. What did the elder women demand to the
C. People love ladybugs colors
man?
B. Ladybugs are symbols of good luck
A. To pull out of some portion of his gray-
D. Farmers love ladybugs for eating insects
black hair.
18. Which animal does not eat ladybugs?
B. To remove some of his brown hair.
A. Aphids
C. To pull out of some portion of his black
C. Frogs
hair.
B. Dragonflies
D. To remove every gray hair she could find.
D. Birds
25.“The elder woman, ashamed to be courted by a
19. What is not one of the characteristics of
man younger than herself…” The
ladybugs?
underlined word refers to . .
A. Dome-shaped bodies
A. A man C. The
C. Six short legs
younger woman
B. Seven spots
B. The elder woman D. The
D. Red-black heads
old man
20. What do ladybugs do in winter?
26.What finally happened to the middle – aged
A. Eating aphids
man after he fulfilled all his sweethearts’ wish?
C. Hibernating
A. He became bald. C. He
B. Laying eggs
became poor
D. Looking for food
B. His hair turned to grey. D. his
21. What does “they” in Birds are ladybugs’ main
hair looked shiny again
predators, but they also fall victim to frogs,
27.What can we learn from the story?
wasps, spiders, and dragonflies.” refer to?
A. Those who seek to please everybody please
A. Ladybugs
nobody.
C. Frogs
B. People should please everybody.
B. Birds
C. We can not date two people at the same
D. Wasps
time.
Walk in interview D. We should have good attitude toward
PUBLIC RELATION IN HOUSE others.
Requirements
- Male /female min 21
Every time I remember this, I always laugh. It
- Fluent in English
- Exp min 2 years in the some field was such an embarrassing moment. My friends
Submit CV and enclosures before 25th June 2009 were laughing all day because of this incident. On
PO BOX 24533 the same day I got the nickname as Mr. Clumsy.
East – Bandung At that time I was 8 years old. My friends and I
were playing on the playground. We played a
22. Which qualification that applicant mustn‟t have?
game of hide and seek. We played happily until it
a. More than 21 years of age
was my turn to look for them. I was looking for
b. three years experience in the same field
them one by one and managed to find them.
c. graduated from high school
However, one of my friends named Hadi was very
d. able to speak English actively
clever at hiding. I could not find him. Then, I kept
23. “ Walk in interview “ means…
looking for him. I remembered that Hadi was
a. a job vacancy
wearing a red shirt and blue pants. As I was
b. you are directly interviewed
passing the elephant statue, I saw a kid wearing a
c. you are accepted directly
red shirt and blue pants. Without thinking, I
d. you are interviewed walking
immediately approached him. After getting close, I
pulled and took him to my friends. I wanted to tell
The Man and His Two Sweethearts
them that I had managed to find him. However, I
A MIDDLE-AGED MAN, whose hair had
became silent, when I saw Hadi standing among
begun to turn gray, courted two women at the
my friends. He shouted at me, “Hi, why didn’t you
same time. One of them was young, and the other
find me?” I was confused. I saw my friends laugh.
well advanced in years. The elder woman,
Then, I looked at the child I dragged from the
ashamed to be courted by a man younger than
elephant statue. I was surprised to find out that it
herself, made a point, whenever her admirer
was not Hadi but he was someone else wearing
visited her, to pull out some portion of his black
similar clothes.
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 The boy looked at me a bit angrily. All of my c. fishermen around the beach can be very
friends there were laughing at me. I was very friendly tourist guides
embarrassed. Finally, I apologized to the boy. d. Raja Ampat is the home for beautiful
Since then my friends called me Mr. Clumsy. underwater corals and beach
33.Based on the text, what can we conclude about
28.What made the writer feel very embarrassed?
Raja Ampat?
A. Hadi was finally found.
a. It offers only the beauty of the underwater
C. He had found a wrong person
scenery.
B. The boy was angry with him.
b. It is famous as a place for breeding many
D. two boys wore the same clothes
types of fish.
29.Based on the text what we can conclude that
c. It does not provide the tourists any guides
the writer was ....
for the tourists.
A. a careless person
d. It becomes the home for the various corals,
C. A good hide and seek players
fish and mollusks.
B. very good at hiding
D. never able to find other players A long time ago, in a desert lived a tortoise. The
30.... at the child I dragged from the elephant tortoise had a brown wrinkly body because the
statue. (Paragraph 2) Which of the following is sun always beating down on him, without any
closest meaning to the underlined word? protection his skin was getting burnt.
A. Pulled One day, the tortoise was running a race with a
C. found cheetah; he was running so fast. The cheetah
B. Pushed couldn’t see him. Suddenly the tortoise tripped
D. met and then tumbled down a steep, rocky mountain.
Later that day, at the bottom of the mountain the
I have an exciting experience visiting tortoise woke up, spinning on his back. The
Raja Ampat. It is a famous island located off the tortoise felt all dizzy and he had a lot of pain, he
north west tip of Bird's Head Peninsula on the tried to get up but he couldn’t. He felt
island of New Guinea, in West Papua Province. It something hard and heavy on his back. He
is well known as a diving heaven for people realized he had a cracked rock on his wrinkle
around the world. body.
Raja Ampat covers a very wide area of The cheetah came crashing down the mountain to
land and sea, where many types of corals, coral see if the tortoise was OK. He tried to help the
fish and mollusks live. It makes Raja Ampat the tortoise to get up and pull the rock off his back.
most diverse living library for world’s coral reefs The tortoise screamed in pain because the rock
and underwater biota. wouldn’t come off. The cheetah said “You look
Besides that, Raja Ampat has a beautiful better with the rock and it will protect you from
scenery, especially of its underwater corals and the sun”.
beach. Under the water of Raja Ampat Island, I
34.Why did the tortoise scream in pain?
can see many natural coral reefs never touched
A. He crashing down the mountain
by humans. I can also find many fishes of various
C. He looked better with the rock
colors and types. They usually hide between the
on his back
coral reefs to take a rest or breed. In addition, I
B. He felt all dizzy and in a lot of pain D.
can explore many war planes and ships sunk in
the cheetah pull the rock off but it
World War II.
wouldn’t come off.
There is also another thing that I can
35.What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
also enjoy besides the underwater scenery. I can
A. the tortoise couldn’t get up
meet many fishermen around the beach, some of
C. The tortoise felt something
whom become the tourist guides for the foreign
hard on his back
tourists. The fishermen are very friendly and they
B. the tortoise had a lot of pain
will offer you “Pinang” (betel nuts) or some sweet
D. the tortoise had a shell to
candies.
cover its body
31.What makes Raja Ampat attractive?
a. The very wide area
C. The helpful fishermen 36.What does the text tell us about?
b. The strategic location A. How the tortoise felt dizzy.
D. the underwater scenery C. How the cheetah became the
32.Paragraph 4 tells us that .... fastest animal
a. Raja Ampat is located in New Guinea B. How tortoise got his shell
island D. how the cheetah pull the rock
b. a living library for underwater biota is off the tortoise’back
found in Raja Ampat 37.What can we learn from the story?

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 A. Sometimes a bad situation can give you a • Be yourself; allow your own personality to shine
good thing in your speech. (Adapted from
B. Don’t go for a race in a rocky mountain www.speechtips.com)
C. You should help your friend when he needs
you
D. Never give up when something bad happen 43.“Make sure that you have a good appearance .”
to you The underlined word is similar in meaning
to ....
Peach is a kind of edible juicy fruit native to
A. look C. fluency
China. The peach tree grows to 4-10 m tall.
B. shape D. clarity
The leaves fall in certain seasons. The
44.“This helps to build the trust and relationship
leaves are (38) ... 7-16 cm long. The flowers
between the speaker and the audience.”
bloom in the early spring before the leaves.
What does the underlined word refer
They are solitary or paired with about 2.5-3
to?
cm in diameter. The flower is pink in colour.
A. Try to take your time speaking.
Peach fruit is very nice and smells good.
C. Make eye contact with your audience
The skin of the peach is smooth or velvety.
B. Speak clearly, and adjust your voice.
The (39) .... of the flesh is yellow or white.
D. effectively used a pause in your speech
The flesh is soft and juicy. It is delicious. It is
45.What is the tip written for?
a little bit harder when it is unripe. Inside
A. To make someone speak better in public.
the flesh, there is a large single seed. The
C. To tell the ways to prepare a speech
seed about 1.3-2 cm in length is oval in
B. To describe how to write speech script.
shape. Its color is red- brown. A wood-like
D. to give speech delivery tips.
husk (40) ... this seed.
38.a. Very c. About
b. Really d. exactly
39.a. Fragrance c. Flavour
b. Colour d. size Milk Strawberry Soda
40.a. Divides c. Uncover Ingredients:
b. Removes d. surrounds • Full cream milk
41.Which of the following sentence is the • Strawberry soda •Fresh apple •Ice cubes
expression of certainty? Steps:
A. Well, I’m very sure about that. • Firstly, pour full cream milk into a glass.
C. I know you can do it well. • (46) ..., add a little of strawberry soda and stir it.
B. Well, I’m not so sure about that. • After that, pour strawberry soda into the glass
D. Don’t know, I will help you. and put ice cubes.
42.Which of the following sentence is the • Stir with a (47) ... once again.
expression of uncertainty? • Next, slice the fresh apple, and (48) ... the glass
A. Sorry, I’m not so sure about that. with it.
C. I know you can do it well • Put the straw on the glass.
B. Well, I’m very sure about that. • The milk strawberry soda is ready to serve.
D. Don’t worry, I will help you
46.A. When C. Then
B. Until D. after
47.A. Spoon C. Knife
Tips to improve the public speaking skill
B. Bowl D. cup
• Make sure that you have a good appearance.
48.A. Cover C. Serve
• Speak clearly, and adjust your voice so that
B. Remove D. decorate
everyone can hear you.
• Don't shout for the sake of being loud. 49.Arrange these words or phrases into a good
• It is common to speak rapidly when nervous, try sentence
to take your time speaking. express and let to please deepest the me
• Effectively used, a pause in your speech can be children you my sympathies
used to emphasize a point, or to allow the audience 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
to react to a fact, anecdote or joke. 9 10 11 12
• Make an eye contact with your audience. This a. 5 – 3 – 6 – 10 – 8 – 1 – 2 – 7 – 12 – 4 – 11
helps to build the trust and relationship between you –9
and the audience. b. 5 – 3 – 8 – 1 – 11 – 6 – 12 – 4 – 10 – 2 – 7
• Do not fidget or make other nervous gestures –9
with your hands. c. 5 – 3 – 8 – 1- 7- 9- 10 -2 – 11 – 6 – 12 – 4
• Do not keep your hands in your pockets. d. 5 – 3 – 4 – 12 – 6 – 11 – 1 – 8 – 9 – 7 – 10 -
• Do use hand gestures effectively. 2

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50.Arrange these sentences into a good
paragraph!
1. They are invertebrate animals.
2. Jellyfish have a stomach and a mouth, but
no heads.
3. This means that they have no backbones.
4. They are made almost entirely of water.
Thats why we can look through
them.
5. They have a nervous system for sensing
the world around them, but no
brains.
6. In fact, they have no bones at all.
7. Jellyfish are not really fish.
a. 7 – 1 – 3 – 6 – 2 – 5 – 4
c. 2 – 5 – 4 – 7 – 3 – 1 – 6
b. 7 – 1 – 3 – 5 – 4 – 2 – 6
d. 2 – 5 – 4 – 6 – 7 – 3 - 1

GOOD LUCK

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