SOAL MIDTEST SEMESTER 1 XII IPA

MADRASAH ALIYAH NEGERI BABULU
ENGLISH MID SEMESTER EVALUATION
TAHUN PELAJARAN 2010/2011
Grade: XII Science and Social Study

Read the text to answer questions 1 to 5!
What Causes Weather?
Weather is the physical condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place. It includes temperature, air pressure and water content.
Weather is produced when air moves from place to place. This moving air is known as wind. Winds are formed when the cooler air moves in to replace the rising warm air. Warm air is usually less dense than cooler air; therefore, it creates low air pressure. Cool air is more dense and creates high pressure.
Usually we have fine weather when the air pressure is high and there are clouds, rain and snow when the air pressure drops.

1. What does the text explain?
a. Moving air
b. Air pressure
c. Low air pressure
d. Types of weather
e. The formation of weather

2. “Warm air is usually less dense than cool air …” (par.2)
The underlined word has the opposite meaning to ….
a. sparse
b. tick
c. solid
d. heavy
e. compact

3. The second paragraph mainly tells us that ….
a. Warm and cool air create air pressure
b. Winds are caused by warm air rising
c. Weather is produced by moving air
d. The moving air is called wind

4. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the text?
a. Weather is the physical condition of the atmosphere at a particular time
b. Weather is fine when the air pressure drops
c. Cool air creates high air pressure
d. Warm air is usually less dense than cool air
e. Weather happens when air moves from place to place

5. “… therefore it creates low air pressure.”
The word “it” refers to ….
a. Weather
b. Wind
c. Rain
d. Temperature
e. Warm air

The text is for questions 6 to 9.
Marijuana is a dry, shredded green/brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. It usually is smoked as a cigarette or in a pipe. Marijuana smoke has a strong and distinctive, usually sweet-and-sour odor. There are countless street terms for marijuana including pot, herb, weed, grass, widow, ganja, and hash.
Long-term marijuana use leads to an addiction. The short-term effect of marijuana addiction can include problems with memory and learning, difficulty in thinking and problem solving, loss of coordination and increased heart rate. Smoking marijuana increases the possibility of developing cancer of the head or neck. Marijuana use also has the potential to promote cancer of the lungs and other parts of the respiratory tract because it contains irritants and carcinogens. In fact, marijuana smoke contains 50 to 70 per cent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than does tobacco smoke. Depression, anxiety and personality disturbance have been associated with marijuana addiction. Students who smoke marijuana get lower grades and are less likely to graduate from high school, compared with their non-smoking friends.

6. What is the text about?
a. Marijuana smokers
b. Bad effects of marijuana
c. The pros and cons of marijuana
d. Smoking marijuana
e. What marijuana looks like

7. Smoking marijuana has the following effects, except ….
a. Causing difficulty in thinking and problem solving
b. Increasing the possibility of head cancer
c. Promoting cancer of the lungs
d. Decreasing the heart rate
e. Causing loss of coordination

8. Why can marijuana use promote cancer of lungs and other part of respiratory tract?
a. It contains irritants and carcinogens
b. It has a strong and distinctive odor
c. It is usually smoked in cigarettes
d. It has smoke like tobacco
e. It leads to addiction

9. “Marijuana smoke has a strong ad distinctive,…” par 1.
The word distinctive has closest meaning to ….
a. Similar d. weak
b. Typical e. fresh
c. Nice

The text is for questions 10 to 13.
Seasons come to us regularly. We have probably noticed that it gets warmer in summer or dry season while it gets colder in the winter or wet season. However, do we know how these seasons change?
Season happen and change every year. This happens because the Earth tilts back and forth as it goes around the Sun. During the summer, the Earth tilts toward the Sun. it makes half of the Earth hotter. This condition is what we call summer. During the half of the year, the Earth tilts away from the Sun. As a result, it makes that half of the Earth cooler. This cool condition is then what we call winter.
The different parts of the world have the same season at different times. In the northern half of the world, winter happens during the months of December, January and February. The regions are such North America and Europe. On the other hand, the southern half of the world has winter during the months of June, July and August. The regions are like South America and Australia. How does the difference happen? The same season happens at different times because the top and the bottom halves of the Earth tilt away from the Sun at different times.

10. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
a. How seasons come to us
b. The weather condition in dry and wet seasons
c. Why seasons happen and change every year
d. The difference of seasons in some parts of the world
e. When summer and winter happen in some parts of the world

11. The same season happens at different times because the top and bottom halves of the Earth ….
a. Get cooler
b. Get warmer
c. Tilts toward the Sun
d. Tilt away from the Sun at different times
e. Tilt away from the Sun at similar times

12. Which statement is NOT TRUE according to the text?
a. The Earth tilts toward the Sun in winter
b. Half of the earth is cooler when the Earth tilts away from the Sun
c. In South America and Australia winter happens in June, July and August
d. The Earth tilts back and forth as it goes around the Sun
e. The weather gets warmer in summer

13. “… as it goes around the sun.” par 2.
the word “it” refers to ….
a. Summer
b. Winter
c. A planet
d. Season
e. The Earth

This text is for questions 14 to 16.
How Do Birds Fly?
Birds have a body “deigned” for flight. Their bones are light, with space full of air, body tapered. They have powerful muscles to move their wings, and a breastbone like a ship’s prow to cut through the air! Their wings are specially shaped, and, like the tail, have feather of many shapes and textures, according to their job. Bird’s flight can be ‘gliding’ or ‘beating’. In the gliding flight, the bird slides through the air, wings stretched out, quite still, carried by currents of air. In ‘beating’ flight, the bird moves its wings like oars, using its tail like a rudder to change direction.
Mot birds take off almost vertically from land or water, body straight and wings beating quickly. Once in the air, it leans its body forward and the wings bet more slowly. For landing, the movements are reversed-straightening it body and beating its wings quickly before landing.

14. The bird’s bones are ….
a. Solid and strong
b. Light and brittle
c. Solid, with spaces full of air, body tapered
d. Light, with spaces full of air, body tapered
e. Light and spherical

15. “Their wings specially shaped, and, like the tail, have feathers of many shapes and …”
(Paragraph 2) The word ‘shapes’ means ….
a. Forms d. parts
b. Characteristics e. appearance
c. Ships

16. In ‘beating’ flight, a bird uses its tail to….
a. Slide through the air
b. Straighten its body before landing
c. Change direction
d. Make the body straight
e. Make its body carried by currents of air

The text is for questions 17 to 21
Why do People Need Glasses?
When we use camera, the image of an object is focused on the lens which I produced upside-down and reduced on to the film.
With the eye, the lens is the pupil and the film is the retina. When an object is ‘in focus’ - that is, seen clearly - the image is formed on the retina.
If the image is behind the retina, that is long-sightedness, where a person sees best the things which are furthest away.
If the image is in front of the retina, that is short-sightedness, where a person needs to have things close to be able to see them clearly.
Just as a photographer would adjust his camera, so an optician carries out tests and finds the best lenses to enable a person to focus an image on the retina.
Many people wear glasses for reading, drawing, studying, watching television, computer work, and driving.
Any artificial light alters the elasticity of the eye and its ability to focus.

17. What is the text about?
a. Some eye problem
b. A description of the eye
c. An explanation of how eyes work
d. How an eye is similar to a camera
e. An explanation why people need glasses

18. Where is the image formed on a person who sees the best something which is far from him/her?
a. On his retina
b. Behind his pupil
c. Behind hi retina
d. In front of his pupil
e. In front of hi retina

19. “Just a photographer would adjust this camera …” (par.5)
What is the synonym of the word ‘adjust’?
a. Adapt d. supply
b. Increase e. reduce
c. Upgrade

20. Which of these statements is NOT TRUE based on the text?
a. The retina works like the film of a camera
b. Any artificial light alters the elasticity of the eye
c. An image is seen clearly if it is formed on the pupil
d. The pupil on the eye works like the lens of a camera
e. An optician’s task is to enable a person to focus an image on the retina

21. ‘Any artificial light alters the elasticity of the eye and its ability to focus.” (Last paragraph)
What does the word ‘its’ here refer to?
a. Artificial light
b. Any light
c. The elasticity of light
d. The eye
e. The pupil of the eye

The text is for questions 22 and 23.
How does an Electric Lamp Work?
There are many types of electric lamps – and in each one, electricity is used in slightly different ways to give us light.
In ordinary light bulbs, there is a filament through which runs an electric current, and when this glows, it produces light. If a filament is exposed to air, it will break in a moment – that is why it is enclosed in a glass bulb in which there is a vacuum or gas which will not make it burn out. This type of lamp gives out a warm light.
There is also a filament in a halogen lamp, but the bulb is a little cylinder of quartz in which there are vapors of a halogen chemical. This also gives a beautiful warm light. Halogen lamps are often used for car headlights.
Fluorescent lamps give out a whiter light, with gas flowing through a current. This current stimulates the gas electrons which react by giving out light. The gases mostly used are neon, argon, sodium and mercury.

22. Light bulbs can give us light because ….
a. They give out a warm light
b. A filament is enclosed in a glass bulb
c. Gas in the bulbs flow through a current
d. A filament will break a moment if it is exposed to air
e. There is a filament through which runs an electric current, and when this glows it produces light

23. “In ordinary light bulbs, there is a filament through which …” (paragraph 2)
The antonym of word ‘ordinary’ is ….
a. Unusual
b. Messy
c. Awesome
d. Common
e. Excellent

Read the text to answer questions 24 to 16!
The Four Brothers and the Lost Camel

Four brothers, who were all good at tracking, met an Arab who asked them if they had seen his missing camel.
The four brothers asked the Arab whether the camel had lost its tail and wanted to know if it was bearing a sack of grain on one side and a jar of honey on the other.
To his surprise all the questions were true about his camel. And this made the Arab convinced that they were the thieves. So he bought them before a judge.
But the explanation was simple.
The first brother began, “The camel had only gazed on one side of the path, so it must be blind in the other eye. Lone of its hoof prints was less marked than the others, and that means it must be lame in one foot.”
“As for me,” said the second brother, “I noticed that all its dropping were in one heap, instead of being spread around as usually happens, so I thought that this camel must be missing its tail.”
“On one side,” explained the third brother, “some wheat grains had fallen on the path and ants were carrying them away. On the other side of the path, the flies were sucking at the drops of honey.”
There upon the judge freed the four brothers, and took them into his own services.

24. One of the brothers thought that the camel was lame because of ….
a. The grass on one side of the path
b. The hoof prints of the camel
c. The ants and the flies
d. The camel’s eye
e. The camel’s tail

25. The second brother observed that the camel ….
a. Was lame
b. Had no tail
c. Had no eyes
d. Brought with grains
e. Sucked drop of honey

26. Which of the following saying related to the text?
a. Saying is believing
b. Think before saying something
c. Don’t accuse someone without evidence
d. Don’t judge someone because of his appearance
e. Don’t give evidence for what you’re not sure of

Read the text to answer questions 27 to 29!
Nasreddin’s Coat
One day Nasreddin had been invited to the dinner party. He went to the party by wearing old clothes.
When he arrived in the party, nobody gave him a seat. He got no food in the party so he went home and change his clothes.
Next he put on his best clothes. He wore his newest coat and went to the party again. The host at once got up and came to meet him. The host offered him the best table and gave him a good seat and served him the best food.
Nasreddin sat and put off his coat. He put his coat and said; “Eat the food, Coat!” The hosts and guests were very surprised and asked Nasreddin; “What are you doing?” Nasreddin replied calmly; ‘When I came here with my old clothes, nobody looked at me. Then I went home and put on my best clothes. I came back in my newest coat and you all give me this best food and drink. So, you give food to my coat instead of me.” Getting Nasreddin’s answer, they just shook the head.

27. Why was the host surprised?
a. Because Nasreddin gave his coat food
b. Because Nasreddin changed his clothes and came back
c. Because Nasreddin was a rich man
d. Because Nasreddin’s coat was eaten
e. Because Nasreddin wore old clothes

28. Which of the following statement is true according to the text?
a. Nasreddin was a rich man and entrepreneur
b. Nasreddin had not been invited to the party
c. Nasreddin changed his clothes twice to go to the party
d. His coat was special
e. The host is very friendly to everybody

29. What can we learn from the text?
a. Serve the guest the best
b. Don’t go to the party by wearing old cloth
c. Give special service to the rich man
d. Don’t discriminate to the guest
e. Wear the best clothe for going to the party

The text is for questions 30 to 34.
Once upon time a hawk fell in love with a hen. The hawk flew down from the sky and asked the hen “Won’t you marry me?”
The hen loved the brave, the strong hawk and wishes to marry him. But she said, “I cannot fly as high as you can. If you give me time, I may learn to fly as high as you. Then we can fly together.”
The hawk agreed. Before he went away, he gave the hen a ring. “This is to how that you have promised to marry me,” said the hawk.
So it happened that the hen already promised to marry a roaster. So, when the roaster saw the ring, he got very angry. “Throw that ring away at once! Didn’t you tell the hawk that you’d already promised to marry me?” shouted the roaster. The hen was so frightened at the roaster‘s anger that she threw away the ring immediately.
When the hawk came the next day, the hen told him the truth. The hawk was so furious that he cursed the hen. “Why didn’t you tell me earlier? Now, you’ll always be scratching the earth, and I’ll always be flying above you to catch your children,” said the hawk.
The curse seems to have come true.

30. Why couldn’t the hen say, “Yes” right away?
a. Because she didn’t love the hawk
b. Because she had no ring to exchange
c. Because it would make the roaster angry
d. Because the hawk was too brave and strong
e. Because she had to learn how to fly as high as the hawk

31. The hawk flew down from the sky and asked the hen, “Won’t you marry me?” (par.1)
What does the underlined utterance mean?
a. The hen wanted to marry the hawk
b. The hen refused to marry the hawk
c. The hen agreed to be hawk’s wife
d. The hawk proposed the hen to be his wife
e. The hawk wanted to marry the hen at the sky

32. Why was the roaster angry when he saw the ring?
a. The hen betrayed him
b. The hen had stolen the ring
c. The ring was too expensive for the hen
d. The hen didn’t wear her own ring
e. The ring was too small for the hen

33. The message of the story is ….
a. We must take care of our children
b. We must keep our promise
c. We must love another
d. We must listen the others
e. We must marry soon

34. What is the purpose of the text?
a. To inform the reader about the story
b. To explain why the hawk always catches the children of the hen
c. Too persuade the reader to commit with the promise
d. To entertain the reader with the story
e. To describe the hen and the hawk

This text is for questions 35 to 39.
The Golden Snail
Once upon time, there was a king of Antah Berantah kingdom curses Dewi Sekartaji by changing her into golden snail, Keong Emas. The god Narada told Keong Mas to drift along the river in order to find her husband, Panji Asmoro Bangun.
One day, a poor widow, Mbok Rondo Dadapan, who always fished along the river, found the golden snail and took it home. There, she put the snail in a jar and took care of it. All of sudden, unexpected good thing took place in Mbok Rondo’s life.
Coming back from her daily fishing, she found delicious dishes on the table and the house cleaned. She wondered who had been so nice to take care of her house and to do cooking. When this went on for several days, she could not resist her temptation to find out who a mysterious kind person was. So one day, instead of fishing, she peeped through a hole in the wall of her house. She was very surprised because the golden snail changed into beautiful girl and had done all of the mysterious events.

35. Who wanted to marry Dewi Sekartaji?
a. The god Narada
b. The King of Antah Berantah Kingdom
c. Panji Asmoro Bangun
d. Keong Mas
e. Mbok Rondo Dadapan

36. The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph means ….
a. The river
b. The snail
c. Mbok Rondo Dadapan’s home
d. The dishes
e. The jar

37. What did Mbok Rondo Dadapan do to know the mystery in her house?
a. She ate the delicious food on the table in her house
b. She did her daily fishing
c. She didn’t do fishing and peeped through a hole in her house
d. She went home early from her daily fishing and peeped through a hole in her house
e. She looked for someone hiding in her house

38. All of sudden, unexpected good thing took place in Mbok Rondo Dadapan’s life.
What does the words “took place” mean?
a. Came
b. Visited
c. Participated
d. Took part
e. Happened

39. The purpose of the text above is to ….
a. Inform the readers about Dewi Sekartaji and Mbok Rondo Dadapan
b. Describe how Mbok Rondo Dadapan to find the answer of all the mystery
c. Amuse the readers with the story
d. Persuade the reader to read the story
e. Explain how Dewi Sekartaji to find his husband

The text is for questions 40 to 43.

Once upon a time, a rabbit wanted to cross a river but he could not swim. He had an idea. He saw a boss of crocodile. “How many crocodile are there in the river?” The boss of crocodile answered, “We are twenty here.” “Where are they?” the rabbit asked for the second time. “What is it for?” the boss of crocodile asked.
“All of you are good, nice, gentle, and kind, so I want to make a line in order. Later I will know how kind you are”, said the rabbit. Then, the boss of the crocodile called all his friends and asked them to make a line in order from one side to the other side of the river. Just then, the rabbit started to count while jumping from one crocodile to another, one… two… three… four… until twenty, and finally, he thanked all crocodiles because he had crossed the river.

40. The story mainly tells us about ….
a. Twenty crocodiles
b. The boss of the crocodiles
c. A rabbit and twenty crocodiles
d. A rabbit and the boss of crocodile
e. The boss of crocodile and all his friends

41. We know from the first paragraph that the rabbit actually wanted….
a. To cross the river
b. To swim across the river
c. To meet the boss of crocodile
d. To know where the crocodiles are
e. To know the number of crocodiles there

42. “All of you are good, nice, gentle, and kind …” (par.2). The bold typed word has the opposite meaning with….
a. Wild
b. Diligent
c. Cheerful
d. Easygoing
e. Honorable

43. “… We are twenty here.” (par.1). The bold typed word refers to ….
a. Many crocodiles
b. The rabbits
c. The boss of crocodiles and rabbit
d. The rabbit and many crocodiles
e. The boss and many crocodiles

This text is for questions 44 to 46.
LEGAL EDUCATION SEMINAR PRESENT
WORKER’S COMPENSATION
ISSUES & STRATEGIES

Thursday, April 3, 2008
The Kalimantan Hotel
Penajam, Kaltim
Our experience faculty will:
1. Alert you to key changes in legislation, regulation, and case law
2. Take you from the basic through advanced areas of worker’s complementation law
3. Show you how to anticipate new trends in defense
4. Give you many practical strategies

44. The text is about ….
a. How to influence the law
b. How to advance your career
c. Where to practice your new skill
d. How to argue to defense your policy
e. Seminars on worker’s compensation

45. This seminar would be likely attended by ….
a. Doctors
b. Lawyers
c. Workers
d. Legislators
e. Employees

46. “… show you how to anticipate new trends in defense.” The underlined word means ….
a. Let down
b. Foresee
c. Avoid
d. Hope

The text is for questions 47 and 48.
Announcement
English Speaking Club

There will be a program to develop our speaking skills next Sunday. We’ll practice guiding tourists in Prambanan Temple. Please enroll soon since there are limited seats.
Departure time : 08.00 a.m.
Fee : Rp. 20,000.00
Contact Person : Osa, Vita

Chief

Neola Tamaris

47. Which statement is true about the announcement of the English Speaking Club?
a. Osa and Vita are supervisors of the program
b. The implementation of the program is on Sundays
c. Each participants has to pay Rp20,000.00 to the chief
d. The aim of the program is to guide foreign tourists
e. The participants will guide foreign tourists in Prambanan Temple

48. “Please enroll soon since there are limited seats.” The underlined word means ….
a. Record
b. Answer
c. Appeal
d. Register
e. Subscribe

This text is for questions 49 and 50.
To All Third Grade Students
All library books have to be returned on the twenty-second of May, 2009. They should be covered with non-colorful wrapping plastic. Lost books must be replaced with the ones of similar subjects. Fine will be charged to the late return of the books. Students who have handed on all books will get receipts that have to be submitted to the administration officers.
Library Staff

49. What is informed in the announcement?
a. A request to return library books
b. The subjects of the library books
c. A compulsory to replace lost books
d. The library administration officers
e. Submission of receipts

50. What will happen if the book you borrowed is lost?
a. You will get receipts
b. It should be covered by non-colorful plastic
c. The librarian will be fined for certain of money
d. You should cover with wrapping plastic
e. It should be replaced with similar subject