Soal Try Out 1 Bahasa Inggris A1 2011

Listening Section

 

In this section of the test, you will have the chance to show how well you understand spoken English. There are four parts to this section with special directions for each part.

 

PART I

Questions 1 to 3.

 

Directions:

In this part of the test, you will hear some dialogues and questions spoken in English. The questions and the dialogues will be spoken twice: They will not be printed in your test book, so you must listen carefully to understand what the speakers are saying:

After you listen to the dialogue and the question about it, read the five possible answers, and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard. Now listen to a sample question.

You will hear:

Woman     : What do you want for your birthday present, Mike? A watch, a bicycle, a mobile phone or a Power Ranger robot?

Man          : I'd rather you bought me a Portable Play Station 3:

 

Narrator : What did Mike want for his birthday present?

A. A robot.                                                                                        Sample answer

B. A watch.                                                                                                         

C. A bicycle.                                                                        

D. A mobile phone.                                                               A      B        C        D        E

E. A play station 3.

 

The best answer to this question is "A play station 3". Therefore you should choose answer (E)

 

Link Listening

 

1.      A. At the supermarket

         B. At the shop

         C. At the barber

         D. At the office

         E. At school

 

2.      A. She could come to the party.

         B. She cannot come to the party

         C. She will have a party

         D. She could have a party

         E. International Students Association gives her a party

 

3.      A. She needs to go to a restaurant

         B. She has to visit her mother

         C. She has to go to a seminar

         D. She has a plan of going surfing

         E. She will come to a party

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART II

Questions: 4 to 6.

 

Directions:

In this part of the test, you will hear some dialogues or monologues spoken in English. The dialogues or monologues will be spoken twice. They will not be printed in your test book, so you must listen carefully to understand what the speakers are saying. After you listen to the dialogue or monologue, look at the five pictures provided in your test book, and decide which one would be the most suitable with the dialogue or monologue you have heard.

 

4.

 

  

 

              1                            2                                3

 

 

 

            

                4                            5

 

 

A.    1

B.     2

C.     3

D.    4

E.     5

 

 

 

 

 

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                 1                                               2                                            3

 

 

 

          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4                                                                                              5

 

 

A.      1

B.       2

C.       3

D.      4

E.       5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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                     1                                                     2                                           3

 

 

 

 

              

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                    4                                                     5

 

 

A.    1

B.    2

C.    3

D.    4

E.     5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART III

Questions: 7 to 11

 

Directions:

In this part of the test, you will hear some incomplete dialogues spoken in English, followed by five responses, also spoken in English. The dialogues and the responses will be spoken twice. They will not be printed in your test book, so you must listen carefully to understand what the speakers are saying. You have to choose the best response to each question.

 

Now listen to a sample question.

Man          : I've got bad news about my test:

Woman    : What? You failed again?

Man          : ...

 

Narrator   : What will the man most likely reply?

A. Let me try again.

B. Don't worry. I'm fine:                             Sample answer

C. Sorry, I've disappointed you.

D. Never mind. You've done your best.       A      B        C       D        E

E. I'd like to apologize for my failure.

 

Narrator :    The best answer to the question "you failed again?" is choice C: Therefore,  you should choose answer C:

 

7.       Mark your answer on your answer sheet.

 

8.       Mark your answer on your answer sheet  

 

9.       Mark your answer on your answer sheet.

 

10.     Mark your answer on your answer sheet.

 

11.     Mark your answer on your answer sheet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART IV

Question 12 to 15.

 

Directions:

In this part of the test, you will hear several monologues. Each monologue will be spoken twice. They will not be printed in your test book, so you must listen carefully to understand what the speakers are saying.

After you hear the monologue and the question about it, read the five possible answers and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

 

12.       A. In Tokyo

            B. In Kyoto

            C. In Holland

            D. In radio station

            E. In meteorological station

 

13.       A. Yolanda Patiasina

            B. The radio reporter

            C. The authorities

            D. The Archid’s reporter

            E. The meteorogical spokesman

 

14.       A. Announcement of a party in Europe

            B. A weather report

            C. A trip advertisement

            D. An event in Cohen Brothers Industry

            E. A retirement of a chairman

 

15.       A. Until next term

            B. About twenty five years

            C. For five years

            D. Since he worked at Delight Corporation

            E. Since he went to Europe

 

 

This is the end of the listening section.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading Section

The following text is for Question 16 to 17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16.             What is the message about?

A.    Agus’s son

B.     Agus’s son is sick

C.     Didiek’s son is sick

D.    Taking someone to the hospital

E.     Didiek’s absence of the meeting

 

17.             Agus cannot pick up Didiek at the airport because ....

A.    he is afraid

B.     his son is waiting for him

C.     he has to go home directly

D.    the key is under the door mat

E.     he has to accompany his son in the hospital

 

The following text is for Question 18 to 19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18.         What is the purpose of this hotline?

A.    To tell about the latest information

B.    To inform about the upcoming city

C.   To tell about the City Events Hotline

D.   To inform public transportation routes

E.    To tell about upcoming special events

19.         What additional information does the hotline provide?

A.    Latest events information

B.    Information about new city

C.   Times and places information

D.   Public transportation information

E.    Information about upcoming events

 

The following text is for Question 20 to 21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20.  Which statement is not true according to the advertisement?

      The candidates should …

A.           be dynamic

B.           be talented

C.           have 2 year experience

D.           be either male or female

E.           be medical representative

 

21.  2 year experience in each ­­capacity.

The underlined word can be best replaced by ….

A.   ability

B.   position

C.   talent

D.   manager

E.   officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following text is for Question 22 to 25

 

JAKARTA: To improve the health services in remote areas, the Health Ministry is considering implementing a flying doctor program.

            Supriyantoro, director general of medical service at the ministry would prioritize Maluku and Papua for the program because both regions were difficult to access.

            “There are two options for this program”, he said. “First, we buy the plane and then let the airline run its operation. Second, we rent planes only for emergency cases, which is more cost efficient, but we cannot modify its interior design.”

            However, he added, the ministry was lacking in budget as one plane could cost around Rp 50 billion (US $ 5.6 million).

            Besides the flying doctor program, the ministry will also set up community health centers, mobile hospitals and add more medical students on study assignment to remote areas.

            The ministry target by 2014 to have 96 community health centers in the outer islands, 18 mobile hospitals and 7,020 health workers with incentives—JP

                                                            Taken from: The Jakarta Post, Sat, Nov 20, 2010

 

 

22.        Why does the government plan flying doctors?

A.     For spending the budget.

B.     To make doctors get jobs.

C.      In order that doctors can fly in the airline.

D.     To improve the health service in remote areas.

E.     Because of so many community health centers in cities

23.        What is the most essential thing to carry out the program in which the Ministry was lacking?

A.    Areas

B.     Budget

C.     Planes

D.    Doctors

E.     Services

 

24.        “There are two options for this program”, he said.(paragraph 3).

What does the word ‘he’ refer to?

A.    Health workers

B.     Medical student

C.     The health minister

D.    Remote area inhabitant

E.     Director general of medical service

 

25.        “the ministry will also set up community health centers” (Paragraph 5)

What is meant by the underlined phrase?

A.    Visit

B.     Inspect

C.     Arrange

D.    Evaluate

E.     Observe

 

The following text is for Question 26 to 29

 

Last year, my family and I visited our relatives in Greece. Well, we flew to Athens via Singapore. After flying for two hours from Athens, we arrived in Hydra where our relatives were. The interesting thing about Hydra is that no vehicles are allowed. We have to walk to get anywhere. People often get around on horses or mules. After Hydra, we visited Satorini by ferry. Then, we took a high speed catamaran to Mykonos. At least in Mykonos they have taxis and buses so we did not have to walk to go anywhere. From Mykonos we flew to the island of Skiathos where we spent a lovely week visiting beaches and eating wonderful Greek food. Finnaly, it was time to go back to Athens and ended our trip. After wandering around the old part of the city and taking lots of photos of the Acropolis and other ancient Greek monuments and statues, we had to get my taxi to the airport.

 

26.        What does text tell us?

A.    The beauty of Greece

B.     Flying for two hours from Athens

C.     The writer’s vacation in Greece

D.    The writer’s relatives in Greece

E.     The flight from Singapore to Athens

 

27.        Where do the writer’s relatives live?

A.    In Hydra

B.     In Athens

C.     In Mykonos

D.    In Singapore

E.     In the island of Skiathos

 

28.              Which statement is not true according to the text?

A.    We can ride any vehicle in Hydra

B.     The writer went to the airport by taxi

C.     People had to walk anywhere in Hydra

D.    The Acropolis is an ancient Greek monument

E.     The writer went to Mykonos by high speed catamaran

 

29.              Finally, It was time to go back to Athens and ended our trip.

The underlined word can be best replaced by ….

A.    cut

B.     delayed

C.     postponed

D.    continued

E.     finished

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following text is for Question 30 to 33

 

Many cars, motorcycles and other modern vehicles have fuel warning light vehicles. The warning light is usually red. It will switch on automatically when the level of fuel in the tank is very low. The warning light gives the driver information about the amount of petrol in the tank. When the light switched on red, it tells the driver that the petrol in the tank is almost empty. Therefore he has to put more fuel in the tank. How does the fuel warning light work?

Well, this is the way the fuel warning light works. When the level of fossil fuel falls, the float inside the tank will move downwards. When it happens, the arm also moves downwards. It makes the level touch an electrical contact. This switches on the fuel light in the car dashboard. The red light which appears in the fuel panel of the dashboard tells the driver that he needs more petrol for his car. When he/she pours more petrol into the tank, the fuel level rises and it pushes the float upwards. In return it disconnects to the electrical contact and makes the red light switch off.

 

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30.  What is the function of the fuel warning light?

1. To inform the driver about the amount of fuel in the tank.
2. To switch on the car machine automatically.
3. To make the car dashboard good-looking.
4. To move the float in the tank downward.
5. To ask the mechanic to fill the tank.

 

31.  Why can the float inside the tank move downwards and upwards?

1. The fuel warning light switches on red.
2. The fossil fuels in the tank are quite full.
3. There is an electrical contact in the tank.
4. The driver puts the fossil fuels in the tank.
5. There is a change in the level of fossil fuels.

 

32.  When he/she pours more petrol into the tank, the fuel level rises… (par 2)

What is the closest meaning to the underlined word?

1. Puts
2. Takes
3. Brings
4. Makes
5. Throws

 

33.  What is the communicative purpose of the text?

1. To persuade the readers to use fuel warning light.
2. To entertain the readers with fuel warning light.
3. To describe how to use fuel warning light.
4. To describe fuel warning light in general.
5. To explain how fuel warning light works.

 

 

 

The following text is for Question 34 to 37

 

Corruption has happened for many years and today it becomes a bad culture in Indonesia for three reasons

Most adult Indonesian or foreigners have known and admitted that corruptions happen in many places. The daily newspapers, news programs on TV and radio have reported corruptions are done everywhere, almost in all departments or public services of this country. Corruptions happen in health, education departments and banks.

The actions to eliminate corruption are weak. The ever stronger culture seems not to come to an end when the responsible institutions who have to reinforce the justice today commit corruption. This is the worst. Corruptions happen in police department, courts where judges, public prosecutors, lawyers make deals to do corruption. Perhaps you have to try to come to the local courts and see what happen there. You will see practices of bribery and other kinds of corruption. Therefore, we can say that corruptions become our culture. Do you like it?

The citizens have no goodwill to fight against the corruption. They create the situations in which people have opportunities to do corruptions. The citizens like to break the rules because they are not disciplined. For example, in the street when they drive a car or ride motorcycle, they do not have the driving license or necessary documents. Then, they are caught by the local policemen. To avoid more difficulties, they like to bribe the officer. The officer let them go then. In other words, the citizens and officers are the same, doing corruption together. If only the people were critical, disciplined, and obey the rules, and willing to report any wrong behaviors, this country will not be number one corrupting country in the world.

Conclusion Based on the reasons, we can conclude that corruption is becoming a bad culture in Indonesia if it is not ended soon by all of us. It seems that there must be more severe penalty for the Corruptors. Do we still care about the future of this country?

Written by Cahyono

 

34.      The text tells about …

A.            bad cultures of Indonesian people

B.             there are three ways to do corruption

C.             corruption happens everywhere in Indonesia

D.            corruption becomes a bad Indonesian culture

E.             we should give severe penalty for the Corruptors

 

35.      Which of the following is NOT the reason why corruption becomes a bad culture in Indonesia?

A.            The actions to eliminate corruption are weak.

B.             To avoid more difficulties, the people like to bribe the officer.

C.             The citizens have no goodwill to fight against the corruption.

D.            The citizens like to break the rules because they are not disciplined.

E.             The people are critical, disciplined, obedient, and report any wrong behaviors.

 

36.       Which of the following is NOT the practice of bribery in our country?

A.      The riders with no driving licenses like to bribe the police.

B.      People give a lot of money to the officer if they want to be a civil officer.

C.      The people are willing to report the bribery practices they know to the officer.

D.      To get some documents in public service offices we must pay a lot of money.

E.       The courts get a lot of money from the corruptors to free them from punishment.

 

37.         To avoid more difficulties, they like to bribe the officer. (paragraph 4)

The underlined word means …

A.      Offering extra salary for officers who do their best

B.      Giving some fee to people who do some works for us.

C.      Offering some jobs to other people with defined salary.

D.      Giving some money to other people because of their help.

E.       Offering something or some money to somebody to do something wrong.

 

The following text is for Question 38 to 41

 

We often hear lots of stories from road regarding people taking spill on motorcycle when they are riding without using helmet. Mostly the riders badly end up in mess.

Wearing a fitted protective helmet offers many benefits which reduces the negative aspects of riding. First and the most important is that wearing the correct helmet can save a rider's life, physical ability, family pain, and money. The recommended designs of motorcycle helmets can provide total protection. They not only protect riders from getting a worse road injured accident but also from flying bugs, such as rain, sleet, mud and other potential projectiles.

Second, wearing a helmet can gives the raiders a matter of style. Helmets give the opportunity for rider to express the image they may want to project when riding on they way. This benefit may not be important to some people, but to others, it means a lot and important. By choosing the most appropriate helmet from all of the various styles, such as beanie, shorty, German, and many others, wearing a helmet which can project an image is an inherent crucial part of motorcycling and help riders feel more confident when riding on the road.

However, what most important is wearing helmet when riding is a matter of using it properly. Bikers should use the helmets which are fixed to their head. It is really not good if they place simply the helmets on the head without settling them properly. The bikers should fasten the helmet correctly to their head in order to get safe and comfort.

 

38.              The text mainly tells about …

A.    Wearing the correct helmet can save the riders’ life

B.     The benefits of wearing a helmet for motorcycle riders

C.      Wearing a helmet can give the riders a matter of style

D.    The riders should use the helmets which are fixed to their head

E.     Wearing a helmet helps the riders feel more confident when riding on the road

 

 

39.              Which of the following is NOT TRUE about wearing a helmet when motorcycling?

A.    Wearing helmet can reduce negative aspects of riding

B.     Without wearing helmet mostly the riders badly end up in mess

C.     Wearing chosen helmet style can make the riders feel more confident

D.    The most important in choosing helmet for all people is about the style

E.     Wearing a helmet, a rider can express the image to project when riding on the way.

40.              Which one is not the effect of wearing a fitted protective helmet?

A.    Saving money

B.     Saving riders’ life

C.     Saving riders’ time

D.    Protecting rider’s head

E.     Giving convenience to the rider

41.              Wearing a fitted protective helmet offers many benefits which … (paragraph 2)

The synonym of the underlined word is …

A.    faith

B.     profits

C.     functions

D.    luckiness

E.     advantages

The following text is for Question 42 to 45

 

For some students, getting a job while they are still in high school is not an option. Working seems to be a necessity for them, as they might not get any help from their parents to pay for tuition or for living expenses. Therefore, they may not have any other choices but to accept a part- time job. However, working is not the only option if there are some better alternatives to help them.

There are several ways that students can attempt to get the necessary funds that they need, to pay for tuition, and living expenses. Student loans, grants, and scholarships are the best alternatives that students should turn to. Instead of working part time while going to school, attempting to win scholarships will not take much effort. They had better take the challenge to compete for scholarships than working. Moreover, it motivates students to keep striving to perform their best at schoolwork.

On the other hand, not many students have the opportunity to compete winning the scholarships. Taking the same efforts, students with average grade might have less opportunity to win. Therefore, working through school is a valid option. Finding a way to budget your time between school and work can take some effort, but it’s much easier than most students think. All the students need is discipline. With minimal effort, students should have no trouble striking a balance between work and school.

The bottom line is that working part-time while going to school can easily be done, if students are disciplined and budget their time accordingly. However, there are actually some better ways to overcome students’ financial problems.

 

Adapted from: http://epinions.com

 

42.  What does the text tell us about?

1. The advantages of part time job for students.
2. The negative effects of part time job to students.
3. The ways how the students get necessary funds.
4. The effort should be done by students to get funds.
5. The controversy whether students should take a part time jobs.

 

43.  The following are the students’ ways to get fund by themselves, except ... .

1. to find any grants
2. to get certain loans
3. to ask from parents
4. to apply scholarship
5. to take part-time job

 

44.  Why does a student have to take part time job?

1. To get a scholarship easily.
2. To be a discipline students.
3. To fulfill his/her living expenses.
4. To compete with his/her friends.
5. To perform their best at schoolwork.

 

45.  … as they might not get any help from their parents to pay for tuition or for living expenses. (par. 1)

What is the synonym of the underlined word?

1. Bus fare
2. School fee
3. Living cost
4. Pin money
5. Pocket money

 

The following text is for Question 46 to 50

 

Love in Perth is a movie produced by Dhamoo Punjabi and  Manoj punjabi in MD Pictures studio. This drama is written by Titien Wattimena and directed by Findo Purwono HW.

Lola (Gita Gutawa), a 16-year-old girl, won a scholarship at a famous high school in Perth, Australia. Lola would never think that Perth would change her life. This story starts with a friend who lived in the same apartment, Tiwi (Michella Putri) which later became the girl who really hates Lola, new friend named Ari (Petra Sihombing) and a guy named Dhani (Derby Romero).

Dhani is a rich and cool senior student. His relationship with Lola is as dogs and cats, and later he becomes a close friend of Lola, and even makes her fall in love with him. But when their relationship began closer and Lola began to love Dhani, eventually he disappointed her. His attitude, arrogance, selfishness, and all he did were only to take advantage of Lola for his own pleasure; causing Lola failed in the lesson. Lola was too busy taking care of Dhani, but he was too busy taking care of himself. Lola decided to stay away from Dhani, and then Ari began falling in Love with her. And when she left Dhani, he began to miss her and realized that he really loved her. But, then Lola had Ari. Lola had to choose Ari or Dhani…to find true love in a town called Perth.

How is the end of the story? Come and watch the movie at the theater near you. Remember that we should appreciate Indonesian movie as our own work of art.

 

                                                Adapted from http://indonesiamoviereview.blogspot.com

 

A.    Tiwi .

B.     Lola .

C.     Gita Gutawa.

D.    Michella Putri .

E.     Titien Wattimena.

48.        “But when their relationship began closer and Lola began to love Dhani” (paragraph 3)

What does the underlined word refer?

A.    Lola and Ari.

B.     Ari and Tiwi,

C.     Ari and Dhani.

D.    Lola and Tiwi.

E.     Lola and Dhani.

49.        to find true love in a town called Perth.” (paragraph 3)

Which one can replace the underlined word?

50.        Why did Lola fail her lesson?

A.    Reluctant to study

B.     Her lack of knowledge.

C.     Busy hanging out with Ari.

D.    Not attending the examination.

E.     Because of Dhani’s attitude and behavior.

 

 

-= Good luck =-