Bimbingan belajar 9

PEMERINTAH KABUPATEN BOJONEGORO
DINAS PENDIDIKAN
SMA NEGERI 1 BOJONEGORO
BIMBINGAN BELAJAR INTENSIF KELAS XII TAHUN PELAJARAN 2009/2010

Mata Pelajaran : Bahasa Inggris
Kelas : XII IPA/IPS
Pertemuan ke : IX (Sembilan)


Text 1

Scott and his four companions were terribly disappointed when they got to the South Pole and found the Norwegians had beaten them in the race to be the first men ever to reach it. After planting the British flag at the people, they took a photograph of themselves before they left, and then started the 950-mile journey back.
The journey was painfully slow, and the joy and excitement had gone out of them. The sun hardly appeared, but the snow was soft, and snow storms often made it impossible to sight the stones they had set up to mark their way home. Then, to make things worse. Evans, whom they had all thought the strongest of the five, showed signs of weakening, fell into a deep hole in to he ice, and after struggling along for several days, suddenly collapsed and died.
The four who were left pushed on at the best ahead they could; they knew their strength was going and food was running short. The wind tired them out, so that each day the distance they traveled was shorter than the previous day’s. if they had warm food and dry sleeping bags, they might haveliyed, but each time they reached one of the places where they had left oil for cooking and heat, they found that there was less than they had expected. They hadn’t known that oil creeps out from tins in very low temperatures.
Captain oats had been suffering for some time from frozen feet; at night his feet swelled so large that he could scarcely put his boots on the next morning, and he walked in great pain. He was very brave. He did not complain, but he knew his slowness was making in his sleeping bag, but they refused, and helped him on a few miles, until it was time to put up the tent for another night.
The following morning, while the others were still in their sleeping bags, he said: I’m just going outside and may be gone some time, he was never seen again. He had walked out alone into the snow, hoping that his death would help his companions. It takes nothing away from his brave act that in the end it was in vain

1. The story is about ….
a. the race to the South Pole d. the 950-mile journey to the South Pole
b. the victory of the Norwegians e. the death of Captain Oats
c. the journey back from the South Pole

2. The journey back from the South Pole was extremely slow because …
a. food was running short and there were no sleeping bags
b. Evans got an accident and finally died
c. there was no more oil for cooking and heating
d. Captain Oats was terribly suffering from his frozen feet
e. extreme cold and hunger physically weakened Scott’s party

3. For the British team, the race to the South Pole was ….
a. great experience c. an honour e. a mystery
b. a tragedy d. a victory

4. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Captain Oats?
a. Captain Oats sacrificed himself for the good of the other members of the party
b. The other team members did not know that Captain Oats had left the tent
c. Captain Oats refused to stay in the tent and look leave from his friends the same night
d. Although his feet were badly swollen, Captain Oats was able to keep pace with the others
e. Captain Oats left his friends because he could not stand his friends attitude towards him


5. ‘In vain’ in the last sentence means ….
a. impractical c. illegal e, unavailable
b. useless d. imbalanced

6. From the text we may concluded that ….
a. Three members of the British party were alive
b. Scoot, being the party leader, became well-known
c. Britain celebrated the return of its party
d. none of the British party survived
e. Captain Oats was rewarded because of his bravery

Text 2

Cavemen who roamed the earth thousands of years ago must have thought it strange that the moon had many different shapes. Sometimes it appeared as a thin white curve, sometimes as a half circle, and at other times as a huge orange disc. How must they have explained the moon’s curious behaviour? Today, of course, we know our satellite appears to have many different shapes.
Once a month the moon travels in a complete circle around the earth. And as it moves in its circle, it seems to change shape. This is because we on earth see only that section of the moon that catches the sun’s rays.
When the sun, the moon, and the earth are in a straight line-with the moon in the middle – we don’t see the moon at all. In this position, we say that the moon is new.
As the new moon begins to circle the earth , part of its surface catches the sun’s light; and the shape of a half moon begins to appear. When it moves further around to the position where the earth is between the sun and the moon, we see the full moon.
Gradually the moon becomes smaller and until we cannot see it again. This cycle takes twenty-eight days or a month.
‘If the cave men had know these simple facts which explain how and why the moon ‘changes’. They probably would have saved themselves much unhappiness. They could have enjoyed the beauty of the moon instead of fearing it every time it went out’ and uncertain to reappear.

7. What is the text about?
a. Why the moon travels around the earth
b. What the cavemen though about the moon
c. What happens when the moon appears
d. Why the moon has different shapes
e. Why the moon can catch the sun’s light

8. Which of the following statements is FALSE about the cave men?
a. They didn’t build houses like we do
b. They must have wondered why the moon could change
c. They fully enjoyed the beauty of the moon
d. They didn’t understand why the moon could disappear
e. They were always afraid on dark, moonless night

9. The moon becomes round when ….
a. it is between the earth and the sun d. it is in a straight line with the earth
b. it is in the shadow of the earth e. the earth is between the moon and the sun
c. the sun is between the earth and the moon

10. In line 4, our satellite is …
a. the moon c. a disc in the sky e. the earth
b. a shape in the sky d. the sun

11. From the text we may conclude that …
a. the primitive men knew more about the universe than we thought
b. the moon looked a little different thousand of years ago
c. the cavemen knew very well that the earth was round
d. the changing moon was a great mystery to the cavemen
e. modern science was founded on the knowledge of the cavemen
Text 3

Once there was a women who was greatly troubled by her husband, he no longer loved her. He neglected her and seemed to care little wheter she was happy or sad.

So the woman took her troubles to the local witchdoctor. She told him her story. Full of pity for herself and her sad plight. “Can you give me a charm to make him love me again” she asked anxiously.

The witchdoctor thought for a moment and replied. “ I will help you, but first you must bring me three hairs from the mane of a living lion. I must have these before I can make the charm for you”.

The woman thanked the witchdoctor and went away. When she came hear to her home she sat down on a rock and began to think. “How shall I do thing. There is a lion who comes often near to my village, it is true. But he is fierce and roars fearfully.” Then she thought again and at last she knew what she would do.

And so, rising early next morning she took a young lamb and went to the place where the lion usually strolled about. She waited anxiously. At last she saw the lion approaching. Now was the time. Quickly she rose and, leaving the lamb in the path of the lion she went home. And so it was that every day early in the morning the woman would arise and take a young lamb to the lion. Soon in the lion came to know the woman, for she was always in the same place at the same time every day with a young and tender lamb, which she brought for his pleasure. She was indeed a kind and attentive woman.

It was not long before the lion began to wag his tail each time he saw her and coming close to her he would left her stroke his head and soothe his back and each day the woman would stay quietly stroking the lion, gently and lovingly. Then one day when she knew that the lion trusted her she carefully pullied three from his happily set out for the witchdoctor’s dwelling.

“She,” she said triumphantly as she entered, “here they are!”. And she gave him the three hairs from the lion’s mane.

“How is it you have been so clever “asked the witchdoctor in amazement.

And so the woman told him the story of how she patiently won the hairs from the lion.

A smile spread over the face of the witchdoctor and, learning forward, he said.” In the same way that you have tamed the lion, so may you tame your husband.

12. The woman went to the witchdoctor because she wanted …..
a. him to help her save her marriage
b. to share her sadness with him
c. him to take pity on her
d. to ask him why her husband neglected her
e. to ask him to persuade her husband to love her

13. The woman succeeded in taming the lion because ….
a. she approached him and soothed his back
b. she gave him a lamb to play with
c. she offered a lamb for his meal every day
d. she influenced him with the witchdoctor’s charm
e. she waited for him every day at the same place

14. To win her husband back, the woman was advised by the with doctor.
a. to please her husband with whatever he wanted
b. to treat her husband as lovingly as she had treated the lion
c. to serve delicious food for her husband every day
d. to get up early before her husband did
e. to be brave in achieving her goals


Text 4

In almost all developing countries, the lack of adequate supplied of cheap, convenient and reliable fuel is major problem. Rural communities depend largely on kerosene, wood and dung for their cooking and lighting needs. But kerosene is now priced out reach of any people and wood, exceptin heavily forested areas, is in short supply. The search for firewood oocupies a large part of the working day and has resulted in widespread deforestation.
Dung is in constant supply wherever there are farm animal and, when dried, it is convenient to store and use. But burning dung destroys its value as fertilizer, thus depriving the soil of much needed source of humus and nitrogen.
Rural areas of developing countries are also plaqued by a lack of adequate sanitation. Improper waste disposal spreads disease, contaminates water source and provides breeding grounds for diseade carrying insects.
The problems of improving environmental hygiene, conserving resources, and finding alternative sources of fuel may be unrelated. Their solutions, however, are not , as many countries experimenting with biogas technology are discovering. Biogas, a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide, is produced by the fermentation of organic matter. The process of anaerobic fermentation is a natural one. Occurring whenever living matter decomposes. By keeping the matter combustible gas be trapped and used as fuel for household lighting and cooking. The digested slurry that remains can be on the land as a soil conditioner and fertilizer.

15. What are the two main problems mentioned in the text
a. Pollution and the high price of fuel
b. Widespread deforestation and the us of dung
c. The lack of adequate fuel and hygienic conditions
d. The lack of humus and nitrogen in the soil
e. Contaminated water sources and rural areas

16. What is the text mainly about?
a. Socio-economic problems in developing countries
b. The process of producing biogas
c. The effect of burning dung on the soil
d. Biogas as a solution to many problems
e. The disadvantages of using dung as fuel

17. The disadvantage of traditional fuels used in developing countries is the they ….
a. reduce people’s energy d. do not meet people needs
b. are difficult to extract e. cause damage to the environment
c. make the soil poor

18. The main factor causing the lack of adequate sanitation is …..
a. the domestic use of biogas d. the badly-managed waste disposal
b. the great number of far animals e. the increase of-carrying insects
c. the pollution of water sources

19. Why is the digested slurry of the fermented organic matter considered valuable?
a. it improves the quality of the soil for agriculture
b. it increases the export from developing countries
c. it is considered a relatively cheap fertilizer
d. it is the best fertilizer in the world
e. it can be used as fuel for cooking

WORD ORDER

20. Which of the following sentences is CORRECT?
a. With her brother this morning she played a game of chess in my room.
b. This morning she played a game of chess with her brother in my room
c. She played a game of chess in my room with her brother this morning
d. She played a game of chess in my room with her brother this morning
e. She played a game of chess with her brother in my room this morning

21. Which of the following sentences is CORRECT?
a. Does she at home study every evening her lessons?
b. Does she every evening at home study her lessons?
c. Does she study her lessons at home every evening?
d. At home every evening does she study her lessons?
e. Every evening does she at home study her lessons?
22. Which of the following sentences is CORRECT?
a. The boys swam happily in the river this morning.
b. The boys swam in the river this morning happily.
c. The boys this morning swam happily in the river.
d. The boys swam happily this morning in the river.
e. Happily the boys this morning swam in the river.

23. The native speaker from the British Council who was invited by our institution came with ….
a. two English other instructors d. English instructors two other
b. two other English instructors e. other two English instructors
c. other English two instructors

24. Which of the following sentences is CORRECT?
a. I forgot almost to do my homework d. I forgot to do almost my homework
b. I forgot to do my homework almost e. to do my homework, I almost forgot
c. I almost forgot to do my homework

25. ‘Were all the people in that house killed in the fire?’
a. The only person could be rescued d. One person could be rescued only
b. Only one person could be rescued e. Could be rescued was only one person
c. One person could only be rescued

26. ‘All the girls in that boarding house have gone home on vacation, except Mira’. In other words ‘ ….
a. Mira is only the person left in that house
b. Only in that house is Mira the person
c. Mira is the only person left in that house
d. The person only left in that house is Mira
e. Mira is the person left in that only house

27. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
a. I think he is not enough strong to lift that box alone
b. I think he is not strong enough to lift that box alone
c. I think he is not enough strong alone to lift that box
d. I think he is alone not strong enough to lift that box
e. I think he alone is not enough strong to lift that box

28. … in the demonstration.
a. I ordered them to not become involved d. I ordered to them become not involved
b. I ordered not become involved to them e. I ordered become not involved to them
c. I ordered them not to become involved

29. Which of the following sentence is CORRECT?
a. Never I have climbed that mountain d. I have climbed that mountain never
b. I have climbed never that mountain e. Have I never climbed that mountain
c. I have never climbed that mountain

30. At the end of the street …
a. the post-office you’ll see on your right d. the post-office on your right you’ll see
b. you’ll see on your right the post-office e. on your right the post-office you’ll see
c. you’ll see the post-office on your right



31. …. You can always come to me.
a. you have whatever problems d. Have you whatever problems
b. whatever you have problems e. You have problems whatever
c. whatever problems you have

32. Which sentences is CORRECT?
a. Do you watch every Thursday evening the English program on television?
b. Do you watch on television the English program every Thursday evening?
c. Do you watch the English program on television every Thursday evening?
d. Every Thursday evening do you watch the English program on television?
e. Do you watch the English program every Thursday evening on television?

33. Which of the following sentence is CORRECT?
a. Early the farmer left home in the morning
b. The farmer left home in the morning ear
c. The farmer left home early in the morning
d. The farmer in the morning left home early
e. In the morning the farmer left early home

ELLIPSIS

34. Tom didn’t go to school yesterday, and ….
a. so I didn’t c. I neither did e. I didn’t too
b. nor I didn’t d. I didn’t either

35. I usually have breakfast at 7 and so ….
a. Ali has b. is Ali c. was Ali d. Ali will e. does Ali

36. He doesn’t have a pen.
He doesn’t have paper.
The above sentences can be joined as follows …..
a. He has pen neither paper d. He has neither a pen nor paper
b. Neither a pen nor paper he has e. A pen nor paper he neither has
c. Neither he has a pen nor paper

37. Karina doesn’t know much about cooking and …..
a. her sister either c. nor her sister e. so her sister does
b. neither her sister knows d. neither does her sister

38. We don’t have to return the book tomorrow, but he …
a. has b. returns c. have d. do e. does

39. Ani’s mother can’t speak English well, …
a. also my mother c. my mother doesn’t too e. and my mother can’t either
b. and so can my mother d. but my mother can’t

DERIVATIONALS

40. I asked the man how I could get to the station. He gave me very clear ….
a. directly c. directors e. directions
b. directing d. directness

41. People are wondering about his … behaviour
a. strange c. stranger e. estrangement
b. strangely d. estrange

42. He has made an important … in science.
a. discover c. discovered e. discovery
b. discoverer d. discovering

43. The personal department announced that all … would be interviewed next Monday.
a. applications c. applicable e. appliances
b. applicants d. applies

44. ‘My aunt lost her children during the war.’
‘She is … now’.
a. childish b. childless c. childlike d. childhood e. childbirth

AGREEMENT

45. The school has a lot of classroom; each of them … equipped with an over head projector.
a. are b. is c. they are d. being e. to be

46. Neither the football players nor their coach … satisfied with the referee’s decision.
a. was b. be c. were d. being e. he was

47. Five hundred miles … a long distance to drive in one day.
a. to be b. are being c. it is d. they are e. is

48. One of our relatives from Palembang has asked me to take … for a picnic to Puncak.
a. it b. us c. them d. her e. ourselves

49. “Tuti came home very late last night. Where did Budiman take her to?”
“ … “
a. She took him to the movies last night d. He took her to the movies last night
b. He took her last night to the movies e. To the movies he took her last night
c. Last night, she took him to the movies

50. He knew ….
a. that between Puncak and Bogor last night the accident happened
b. between that Puncak and Bogor the accident happened last night
c. that the accident happened between Puncak and Bogor last night
d. the accident happened that last night between Puncak and Borgor
e. that the accident between Puncak and Bogor last night happened