CHOOSE EITHER A, B, C OR D FOR THE CORRECT ANSWER!
Questions 1 up to 8 are based on the reading text 1.
Reading Text 1
OCTOPUS
The octopus is a sea animal with eight powerful feet which it uses as hands. These are called tentacles. The word “Octopus” comes from two greet words that mean “eight feet”.
The octopus, the squid and the cuttlefish belong to the same family that has no outside shells. Their bodies are covered entirely with skin. Therefore the body of an octopus is soft. It looks like a big balloon. A-fuly-grown octopus can Be as large as 8,5 metres from the tip of one tentacles to the tip of another. It can weigh as much as 45 kilograms.
Beside using its tentacles to catch small fish, sea pants, crab and lobster, the octopus also uses them againts its enemies. The octopus wrap its tentacles around the victim and squeezes it before eating it.
The octopus escapes from its enemies by giving giving out a thick dark fluid to darken the water. It can also change the colour of its body to match its surrounding. It hides from its enemies by doing this.
1. Which group of sea creatures belongs to the same family.................
a. fish, octopus and crab c. Crab, cuttlefish and squid
b. squid, crab and octopus d. Cuttlefish, octopus and squid
2. how much a fully-grown octous can weight ?
a. 35 kilograms b. 40 kilograms c. 45 kilograms d. 55 kilograms
3. How does the octopus hunt for food ?
a. It uses colors b. It uses its teeth c. It uses magic colors d. It uses its tentacles
4. Before the octopus eats its victim it ...............
a. Changes the colours of its body c. Plays with
b. Realises a thich dark fluid d. Squeezes it
5. How large a fully-grown octopus can be from the tip of one tentacles to the tip of another ?
a. 6,5 metres b. 7,5 metres c. 8,5 metres d. 9,5 metres
6. What does the word “octopus” mean in Greek ?
a. Monster b. Fish c. Dark water d. Eight feet
7. The word “them” in paragraph 3 refers to the octopus’s ............................
a. Teeth b. Enemies c. Tentacles d. Lobster
8. What does the octopus do t escapes from its enemy?
a. It runs b. It gives out thick dark fluid to darken the water c. It swims d. Was read
9. Putri .................... a book
a. Read b. Reads c. Is read d. Was read
10. The birds ................... into the sky
a. Fly b. Flies c. Is fly d. Was read
11. Anita and Rasma ................... the same pen.
a. Has b. Have c. Are having d. Is having
12. She ................. at me
a. Smiles b. Smile c. Is smile d. smiling
13. The cat ............................all the plates on the table.
a. Break b. Breaks c. Breaking d. Are break
14. Agus does not ............ to sing
a. Like b. Likes c. To like d. Is like
15. The are Japanese. They ................speak Spanish well
a. Do b. Does c. Do not d. Does not
Questions 16 up to 20 are based on the reading text 2.
Reading Text 2
On the Beach
Amir and Bima are SMP students. They live in Bandung. Bandung and its surrounding are mountainous and hilly areas. They are usually go to the beach during the holidays, they an choose one from many beauiful beaches in Indonesia. Some of the beaches on Java Island are Pantai Carita, the beaches in Pelabuhan Ratu, Pangandaran, Ancol, Parangtritis, while Sanur and Kuta are in Bali.
16. What are Amir and Bima ?
a. teachers b. customers c. SMP students d. SMA students
17. Amir and Bima live in .......
a. Bandung b. Jakarta c. Padang d. Bali
18. Where do they usually go during the holidays?
a. the sea b. the mountain c. the beach d. the valley
19. These are beaches on Java Islan, except ..................
a. Pantai Carita b. Pangandaran c. Kuta d. Ancol
20. Kuta beach is located in ..................
a. Bandung b. Jakarta c. Aceh d. Bali
21. Rika : can you help me to get some food?
Santi : yes, of course.
The underlined words is an expression of ............................
a. request b. permission c. agreement d. invitation
22. Rani : what’s your opinions of the disasters, that keep happening in our country?
Anti : .............................
a. The room look very comfortable c. The cat is very cute
b. Well, i must say that i feel so sad d. I think i have headache
23. Lucy is 15 years old. Faisal is 16 years old. It means Lucy is ........... than Faisal
a. taller b. shorter c. older d. younger
24. There is ............... big garden in my city.
a. an b. a c. the d. and
25. .................... is your school?
a. What b. When c. Where d. whom
Read the dialogue and choose the right answers for the number 26 up to 28!
Tomi : where are you going to spend your holiday?
Tuti : in Batu, near Malang East Java.
Tomi : why are you going to spend the holiday there?
Tuti : it is not as crowded as Jakarta and Surabaya. The weather is rather cold at night.
Tomi : do you like quiet place?
Tuti : yes, i do
Tomi : so do i.
26. Where is Tuti goingto spend the holiday ?
a. In Jakarta b. In Surabaya c. In Samarinda d. In Batu
27. Tuti is going to spend the hoiday there because she like ?
a. interesting places b. quiet places c. crowded places d. isolated areas
28. Is Jakarta crowded?
a. perhaps b. maybe c. no, it is not d. yes, it is
Decide the right tense whether it is past tense or past continuous tense for the number 29 up to 36 !
29. I am sitting in class rightnow. I ............in class at this exact same time yesterday.
a. sat b. sit c. was sitting d. were sat
30. I didn’t want to go to the zoo yesterday because it ........................
a. was raining b. were raining c. rain d. rains
31. I ..................Roger at nine last night.
a. am calling b. was calling c. calss d. called
32. I didn’t hear the thunder during the storm last night because I.....................................
a. sleep b. was sleeping c. sleeps d. had sleep
33. It was a beautiful day when we ............... for a walk i the park yesterday.
a. go b. went c. goes d. going
34. I really enjoyed my vocation last January. While it ....................in Iowa, the sun was shining in Florida.
a. is snow b. was snowing c. is snowing d. Snows
35. My brother and sister were arguing about something when I ......................into the room.
a. was walking b. is walking c. walked d. walks
36. My stomach does not feel good. I .............. spicy food this morning.
a. ate b. eat c. eating d. was eating
37. Hendri : what do you think of Bali island?
Aldi : I think Bali is the most wonderful island in this world.
The italicised words is an expression of ...........................
a. request b. giving opinion c. invitation d. asking opinion
38. Lisa is 150 cm high, Ami is 170 cm high. It means Lisa is ..................than Ami
a. taller b. younger c. older d. shorter
39. Abdul : ......................another cup of tea, please?
Waitress : yes, of course.
a. do you think b. would you c. can you d. may I have
Questions 40 up to 44 are based on the reading text 3.
Reading Text 3
BOTANICAL GARDEN
I went to a botanical garden. It was large, landscaped park where plants were grown for scientific purposes and for public display. People could stroll down flowers bordered paths or sat on benches and admired the beautiful plants most of the plants were labeled with their popular as well as their scientific names.
In greenhouses, long, low buildings made of glass and artificially heated; the more delicate plants were cultivated. One of the greatest botanical gardens in the world today is the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew, England. It is commonly known as Kew Gardens. One of the largest botanical gardens in the United States is the New York Botanical Gardens, Bronx, New York, which contains 13.000 species varieties of plants.
40. What are botanical gardens? They are large, landscaped parks where ............................... are grown.
a. trees b. shrubs c. plants d. vegetables
41. What are botanical gardens used for? All the answers are correct, except ....................
a. for camping b. for scientific research c. for scientific purpose d. for public display
