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This text is for questions 1 to 6
The Magic Box
Once upon a time, there was a poor farmer who dug up a big box in his field. He 
took it home and showed it to his wife. His wife cleaned it and kept it in their house. One day, she dropped an apple into it. Immediately the box began to fill up with apples. No matter how many were taken out, others took their place. So the farmer and his wife sold the apples and were able to live quite comfortably.
took it home and showed it to his wife. His wife cleaned it and kept it in their house. One day, she dropped an apple into it. Immediately the box began to fill up with apples. No matter how many were taken out, others took their place. So the farmer and his wife sold the apples and were able to live quite comfortably. Then the farmer dropped a coin into the box. At once, the apples disappeared and the box began to fill itself with coins. Everyday the farmer and his wife collected hundreds and hundreds of coins from the box. Soon they became rich.
Now the farmer’s grandfather lived with the couple. He was not very strong and he could not go out to work. So the farmer asked the old man to help him to take the money out of the box. When his grandfather become tired and wanted to rest, the farmer shouted at him, ”Why are you so lazy? Why can’t you work harder?”
The old man did not say anything but he continued working until he fell inside the box and died. At once the money disappeared and the box began to fill up with the dead grandfathers.
The farmer had to pull them out and bury then. To do this, he had to spend all the money he had collected. When he had used up all the money, the box broke and the farmer was just as poor as he was before.
(Adapted from Ujian Nasional 2005/2006 Program Studi Bahasa)
Choose the best answer
1. The main idea of paragraph two is that.........
- a. the farmer and his wife had a magic box
- b. the farmer became rich because of the box
- c. the farmer dropped a coin into the box to have a lot of money
- d. the apples disappeared accidentally because of the farmer’s fool
- e. the farmer and his wife competed to collect the money from the box
- a. rich
- b. patient
- c. greedy
- d. friendly
- e. generous
- a. his wife cleaned and kept it for her
- b. the grandfather died because he was killed
- c. the farmer became richer after his grandfather died
- d. the box was full of precious things when it was found
- e. the poor farmer found a big box when he dig his field
- a. it’s good to be tricky
- b. it’s not good to be greedy
- c. all the glitters is not gold
- d. flattery will get you nowhere
- e. being honest is very important in life
5.“.........the apples and were able to live quite comfortably. The antonym of the bold word is.........
- a. comfortable
- b. unsatisfied
- c. inconvenient
- d. under pressured
- e. coincidence
- a. gathered
- b. roamed
- c. misplaced
- d. dug up
- e. tore up
Nancy : About seven o’clock
York : Were you at home?
Nancy : Yes, I.........when he came
- a. watched TV
- b. watch TV
- c. will be watching TV
- d. am watching TV
- e. was watching TV
Customer : Oh, I need a trouser. Can I see the brown one?
Salesgirl : Sure. Here it is.
The bold utterance is used to......
- a. ask for information
- b. ask for permission
- c. accept an offer
- d. ask for help
- e. offer help
Jordan : ......... I have to visit my friend’s father in the hospital
- a. I’m glad to hear that
- b. oh, that’s great
- c. I’m afraid I can’t
- d. of course
- e. it’s a good idea
Y : I wish my father hadn’t bought that old car for our family. It means.........
- a. my father had bought that old car
- b. my father has bought that old car
- c. my father buys that old car
- d. my father bought that old car
- e. my father didn’t buy that old car
This text is for questions 11 to 15
Lost Wax
Hello. Have you ever-heard about “Cire Perdue” or “Lost Wax”? Guess what. Right Cire Perdue is French. Lost Wax is very close to metal sculpture. Well, let me explain. Cire Perdue (French, “lost wax”) is a process of wax casting in making metal sculpture.A model is coated with wax. The solidified wax is encased in a two-layer mold of plaster or clay. Hmm... it is then melted or otherwise removed from the mold, and metal is poured into the space where the wax had been. Oh. I almost forgot, after cooling, the mold is broken to free the metal object.
This ancient method is used to produce sculpture, jewelry, and utilitarian products such as dentures. Okay, is it clear? Not yet. How about going to the library and finding more information about Lost Wax? See you and good luck.
(Taken from Penjajagan Ujian Nasional 2005/2006 SMA)
11.The type of the text above is a/an .........
- a. report
- b. description
- c. explanation
- d. exposition
- e. discussion
- a. to inform how to make Lost Wax
- b. to describe Lost Wax
- c. to tell the readers about Lost Wax
- d. to explain the process of Lost Wax
- e. to present how Lost Wax works
- a. describes Lost Wax
- b. tells the two-layer mold of plaster in Lost Wax
- c. informs the metal object in Lost Wax
- d. presents the mold and the metal in Lost Wax
- e. explains the sequenced of how and why Lost Wax occurs
- a. general statement-description of the parts and qualities
- b. goal-material needed-steps
- c. newsworthy events-background-source
- d. orientation-events-reorientation
- e. general statement-sequenced explanation of how, why-closing
- a. loot
- b. gem
- c. glow
- d. coinage
- e. bond
John : Of course I will
Bill : How about your children?
John : My children will ……… by our housemaid while we are away
- a. be looking after
- b. be looked after
- c. looking after
- d. looked after
- e. look after
- a. doesn’t use
- b. didn’t use
- c. don’t use
- d. is not using
- e. are not using
This text is for questions 18 to 21
THE SUN
Our sun is just an ordinary star, not special in any way. But to the people on earth it is the source of life. The nuclear radiation that goes on in the inner areas of the sun produces large quantities of energy. This energy is emitted in all directions in the form of light and heat radiation. Only our planet uses a small part of the radiated energy. Earth, for warmth and the development of life forms. Green plants have the ability to use some of the sun’s radiation to produce food.The radiant energy emitted by our sun is not constant but varies slightly in predictable cycles. Astronomers have long known about sunspots, which are major disturbances of the sun’s outer regions. Statistical analysis of data concerning sunspots’ activity indicates a fairly well defined frequency of occurrence. A full theoretical understanding of sunspots’ activity is not currently available, but scientist hypothesizes about the nature of the instabilities of the sun’s atmosphere.
(Taken From Ujian Nasional 2005/2006 Program Studi IPA/IPS)
18.What is the text about? It is about ........
- a. the substances produced by the sun
- b. the radiant energy emitted by the sun
- c. the forms of energy emitted by the sun
- d. the value of the sun for people on earth
- e. the nature of the instability of the sun’s atmosphere
- a. the sun activity is not currently available
- b. the sun spots are familiar among the astronomers
- c. the radiant energy released by the sun is inconsistent
- d. a full theoretical understanding of the sun spots’ activity is not available
- e. there is a hypothesis about the nature of the instabilities of the sun’s atmosphere
- a. the sun emits energy in one direction
- b. a large quantity of energy is produced by the sun
- c. the green plants can produce food without the sun radiation
- d. the radiant energy is constantly emitted in predictable cycles
- e. the earth uses the radiated energies to warm and to develop people’s life
21.“This energy emitted in all directions in the form of heat radiation.” (Paragraph one) The bold word means.........
- a. spread
- b. refined
- c. released
- d. scattered
- e. displayed
- a. rain forest and swamp
- b. dangerous liquid
- c. cloud and weather
- d. rare animals
- e. star and planet
- a. explained
- b. exclaimed
- c. detected
- d. not changed
- e. summarized
Tina : I am,.........?
Gabe : Don’t you remember you have ever been late?
- a. don’t I
- b. don’t you
- c. am not I
- d. do I
- e. aren’t I
- a. to evaporate
- b. to absorb
- c. to lessen
- d. to hide
- e. to accumulate
Mat : Are they coming from Sweden?
Joy : No........ of them is from England
- a. each
- b. few
- c. both
- d. none
- e. all
- a. flood
- b. humid
- c. drought
- d. climate
- e. hurricane
“It is because of the poor maintenance of .........facilities”
- a. their
- b. they
- c. theirs
- d. its
- e. it
“Three months ago, after I .........from the university”
- a. graduate
- b. was graduating
- c. to graduate
- d. have graduated
- e. had graduated
- a. was delayed
- b. had to be delayed
- c. was going to be delayed
- d. had going to be delayed
- e. was not delayed
Bobby : It’s true. Reading books make us know the world,......?
- a. don’t you
- b. don’t we
- c. does it
- d. doesn’t it
- e. don’t they
“No, I didn’t. If only ..........”
- a. I would insure it
- b. I had insured it
- c. I will insure it
- d. I wouldn’t insure it
- e. I should insure it
- a. ought to take
- b. would have take
- c. should take
- d. should have taken
- e. must have taken
- a. during
- b. due to
- c. prior to
- d. after
- e. because of
- a. even if
- b. as soon as
- c. while
- d. although
- e. so that
“Why don’t you have a mechanic ......... it.”
- a. checked
- b. in checking
- c. to check
- d. checking
- e. check
37.My parents always advice me to avoid ......... drugs and liquor.
- a. consumed
- b. to consume
- c. consuming
- d. consumes
- e. being consumed
This text is for questions 38 to 41
The Kiwi
The kiwi lives only in New Zealand. It is a very strange bird because it cannot fly. The kiwi is the same size as a chicken. It has no wings or tail. It does not have any feathers like other birds. It has hair on its body. Each foot has four toes. Its beak is very long.A kiwi likes a lot of trees around it. It sleeps during the day because the sunlight hurts its eye. It can smell things with its nose. It is the only bird in the world that can smell things. The kiwi’s eggs are very big.
There are only a few kiwis in New Zealand now. People never see them. The government says that people cannot kill kiwis. New Zealanders want their kiwis to live.
There is a picture of kiwi on New Zealand money. People from New Zealand are sometimes called Kiwis.
There are only a few kiwis in New Zealand now. People never see them. The government says that people cannot kill kiwis. New Zealanders want their kiwis to live.
There is a picture of kiwi on New Zealand money. People from New Zealand are sometimes called Kiwis.
(Taken From Ujian Nasional 2005/2006 Program Studi IPA/IPS)
- a. kiwi’s eggs
- b. a very strange bird
- c. why kiwi cannot fly
- d. a description of Kiwi
- e. the process how Kiwi breeds
- a. kiwi cannot fly
- b. kiwi’s eggs are very big
- c. kiwi does not have wings
- d. kiwi sleeps during the night
- e. kiwi can smell things with its nose
- a. kiwi cannot fly
- b. kiwi’s eggs are very big
- c. kiwi cannot smell things
- d. kiwi’s mouth is very long
- e. kiwi does not have any feathers
41.“Kiwi is very strange bird.” (Paragraph 1). The bold word could most easily be replaced by .........
- a. rare
- b. unique
- c. unpopular
- d. unfamiliar
- e. inexpensive
- a. to be crying
- b. to cry
- c. cry
- d. cried
- e. crying
Y : No, I did not
X : The police accused Mr.Howard ......... stealing some money
- a. off
- b. about
- c. on
- d. of
- e. in
Bob : No, I didn’t notice it
Ann : The girl smiled ......... you
- a. on
- b. in
- c. at
- d. to
- e. with
- a. brought
- b. had brought
- c. were brought
- d. had been brought
- e. were being brought
- a. on
- b. in
- c. at
- d. to
- e. with
- a. are
- b. were
- c. is
- d. been
- e. be
- a. have
- b. has
- c. had
- d. were
- e. was
- a. they are served
- b. being served
- c. be serving
- d. serving
- e. served
‘Have you taken it to the service center,.......?
- a. to have to check it
- b. they will check for you free
- c. you should check it
- d. they have to check it
- e. to have it checked
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