Read the text to answer questions 1 to 5.

Mr. and Mrs. Charly were on a tour to Europe. They were traveling on a guided tour to five countries. They were going to travel through the Netherland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, and France for two weeks.


The guide for the tour was a Swiss. On the first day of the travel the guide told them to check their passports, their traveler checks, and foreign cash. He told them to keep them safely.
They traveled in a comfortable coach with a toilet, music, and videos. The guide stopped the coach at many famous places. He explained the cultural highlights of the places.


They stayed in big hotels at night and ate in the restaurants. On the day, they stopped at small inns to eat lunch. In big towns, they went for shopping. They bought many souvenirs for their friends. They enjoyed the two-week tour.

1. The text is about....

A. travelling
B. shopping
C. tracking
D. visiting

Jawaban: A

Pada teks dijelaskan They were traveling on guided tour to five countries. Jadi, teks tersebut adalah tentang traveling.

2. Where were Mr. and Mrs. Charly touring?

A. Africa,
B. Europe,
C. America,
D. Australia.

Jawaban: B

Jawabannya pertanyaan di atas terdapat pada kalimat awal teks: Mr. and Mrs. Charly were on a tour to Europe.

3. The guide told them to check their immigration such as passports, visa, and exit permit.

A. papers
B. letters
C. records
D. documents

Jawaban: D

Benda-benda seperti paspor, visa, dan surat izin keluar dari suatu negara merupakan dokumen resmi. Jadi kata yang kita butuhkan adalah documents.

4. What is paragraph four about?

A. Shopping in big towns.
B. Staying in famous places.
C. Visiting interesting places.
D. Eating in big restaurants.

Jawaban: C

Pada paragraf empat dibahas tentang tampat - tampat yang Mr. dan Mrs. Charly kunjungi tempat menarik dan terkenaL Jadi pada paragraf keempatdibahas tentang kunjungan mereka ke tempat-tempat menarik (visiting interesting places).

5. “They enjoyed the two-week tour.”

The underlined word has the same meaning as ....

A. got bored with
B. got pleasure from
C. became addicted to
D. planned well became amazed at

Jawaban: B

Kata enjoyed berarti “menikmati”.
got bored with = merasa bosan dengan
got pleasure from = mendapat kesenangan dari
became addicted to = menjadi ketagihan
planned well became amazed at = direncanakan dengan matang
Jadi, kata enjoyed mempunyai makna yang sama dengan got pleasure from.

Read the text and answer questions 6 to 8.

Hooray! We had Fun with English in our school! We enjoyed this event on Thursday, January 17, 2008, at Yos Sudarso Primary School Karawang. We had waited for the event since September 2007. So when the day came, we were really happy. We played many games such as matching colors, matching picture, horse racing, run and find, and spelling bee. We had story -telling, too.


All students from grade 1 to grade 6 joined Fun with English, so there were 3 slots for the activities. We really had fun and we could practice our English. We also sang together about the parts of body, and do - re - mi.


Many prizes were given in this event. There were tickets from Ice World and Gondola of Ancol Bay City, tickets from Water Boom of Lippo Cikarang, tickets from Insects World and Freshwater World ofTMII, T-shirts, pens, stickers, and many other merchandizes.

6. The text merely tells us about....

A. learning English at Yos Sudarso Primary School
B. learning English through fun activities
C. getting prizes in learning English
D. getting tickets from English activities

Jawaban: B

Secara keseluruhan teks bercerita tentang pembelajaran bahasa Inggris yang dilakukan melalui kegiatan yang menyenangkan (learning English through fun activities).

7. What is the main idea of paragraph three?

A. Many prizes given in the event.
B. All students of the school joined the game.
C. The students had fun during the game.
D. “Fun with English” is a nice program.

Jawaban: A

Pokok pikiran paragraf biasanya terletak di awal atau di akhir paragraf. Pokok pikiran paragraf ketiga terletak pada kalimat pertama, yaitu Many prizes were given in this event.

8. Why were there three slots for the activities?

A. There were so many activities to join.
B. There were some prizes to win.
C. Students from grade 1 to grade 6 joined the games.
D. All students of Yos Sudarso Primary School joined the games.

Jawaban: C

Perhatikan kembali kalimat pertama paragraf 2: All students from grade 1 to grade 6 joined Fun with English, so there were 3 slots for the activities (Semua murid dari kelas 1 sampai kelas 6 mengikuti Fun with English, jadi terdapat 3 giliran waktu untuk aktivitas-aktivitas tersebut). Jadi, terdapat 3 giliran waktu untuk aktivitas tersebut karena muridmurid dari kelas 1 sampai 6 mengikuti permainan-permainan itu (students from grade 1 and 6 joined the games).

Read the text and answer questions 9 and 10.

Last week, Mr. Damiri’s wife had an accident. Her youngest child, Yusuf, was at home when it happened. He was playing his new toy car. Suddenly Yusuf heard his mother calling, “Help! Help!" He ran to the kitchen. His mother had burnt herself with some hot cooking oil. She was crying with pain and the pan was on fire. Mr. Damiri had gone to his office. The children had gone to school.


Yusuf was too small to help his mother, and she was too frightened to speak sensibly to him. He, then ran to the neighbor’s house and asked his neighbor to come and help his mother. The neighbor soon put out the fire and took Yusufs mother to the clinic.
When Mr. Damiri came home, his wife told him what had happened. He was very proud of his son. “When you are a man, you will be like your father,” Mrs. Damiri said.

9. Who took Mrs. Damiri to the clinic?

A. Her son.
B. Her husband.

C. Her neighbor.
D. Her children.

Jawaban: C

Jawaban perntanyaan di atas terdapat pada kalimat “The neighbor soon put out the fire and took Yusuf's mother to the clinic" (Si tetangga segera memadamkan api dan membawa ibu Yusuf ke klinik).

10. The main idea of the second paragraph is

A. Mrs. Damiri had an accident
B. Mr. Damiri was proud of his son
C. Yusuf asked his neighbor for help
D. Mr. Damiri and his other children had gone

Jawaban: C

Pada paragraf 2 diceritakan [Yusuf] then, ran to the neighbor’s house and asked his neighbor to come and help his mother (Yusuf berlari ke rumah tetangganya dan memintanya untuk datang dan menolong ibunya). Jadi, pada paragraf kedua Yusuf meminta bantuan tetangganya (Yusuf asked his neighbor for help).

Read the text to answer questions 11 to 13.

Marie Currie was born in Poland 1867. She was the only person who gained two Nobel Prizes at that time. She achieved one on physics and one on chemistry. She was born as Marie Sklodowska, the daughter of a chemistry professor. She was the first woman who attended the University of Sorbonne in Paris. As a poor student, she lived in Paris on only ten cents a day for 3 years. In 1895, she married Pierre Currie, a chemist. They had two daughters: Irene and Eve. Marie managed three lives as a researcher, wife, and mother.


In 1898, Marie discovered radium. Later she developed a concept of radioactivity, which marked the beginning of the atomic age. During World war I, Marie and her daughter completed a new medical tool - the X-ray. Marie died in 1934, only a year before her daughter, Irene, won the Nobel Prize in chemistry.

11. What is Marie Currie’s achievement during World War I?

A. She lived with only en cents a day for three years.
B. She married to her husband and had two daughters.
C. She completed the X-ray machine with her daughter.
D. She was the first woman to study in Sorbonne University.

Jawaban: C

Di paragraf 2, terdapat kalimat berbunyi “During World war I, Marie and her daughter completed a new medical tool - the X-ray." Jadi, jawaban yang tepat adalah C.
12. From the text, we know that....

A. Marie Currie’s passion for chemistry was followed by her daughter
B. Pierre Currie was a Chemistry professor in Sorbonne University
D. Pierre Currie lived in Paris and went to Sorbonne University
C. Irene Currie and Mari Currie’s sister had a similar passion

Jawaban: A

Kalimat pada paragraf 2 menyatakan “her daughter, Irene, won the Nobel Prize in

chemistry.” Kalimat di paragraf 1 berbunyi “She was the only person who gained two Nobel Prizes at that time. She achieved one on physics and one on chemistry." Dari kalimat tersebut, kita dapat menyimpulkan bahwa anaknya mengikuti jejak ibunya. Jadi jawaban yang tepat adalah A.

13. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

A. Marie’s daughter are Irene and Eve.
B. Marie Currie and her Nobel Prizes.
C. Marie’s achievement as a scientist.
D. Marie’s family background.

Jawaban: C

Paragraf 2 berisi tentang penemuan Marie, maka jawaban yang tepat adalah C.

Read the text to answer questions 14 to 15

In 1854, Louis Pasteur was appointed professor of chemistry at the University of Lille. He demonstrated that organism, such as bacteria, were responsible for souring wine, beer, even milk. He, then, invented a process where bacteria could be removed by boiling and the cooling the liquid. Today the process is known as pasteurization. He completed the first test on April 20, 1862.


In 1865, Pasteur helped to save a silk industry. He proved that microbes were attacking healthy silkworm eggs, causing the diseases, and the disease can be cured by eliminating the microbes.


Pasteur’s first vaccine discovery was in 1879. The vaccine was against a disease called chicken pox. After accidentally exposing chickens to the attenuated form, he demonstrated that they became resistant to the actual virus. Pasteur went on to extend his germ theory to develop prototype of vaccine for diseases, such as anthrax, cholera, TB, and smallpox.

14. What happened to Pasteur in 1879?

A. He found his first vaccine.
B. He invented pasteurization process.
C. He developed the vaccine prototype.
D. He was appointed as chemistry professor.

Jawaban: A

Kalimat di paragraf 3 menyatakan “Pasteur’s first vaccine discovery was in 1879.” Jadi, jawaban yang paling tepat adalah A.

15. From the text, we can conclude that....

A. Louis Pasteur had his own silk industry
B. Louis Pasteur is a method of processing milk
C. Louis Pasteur invented a method called pasteurization
D. Louis Pasteur did not find the cure for anthrax and cholera

Jawaban: C

Pikiran utama dari paragraf pertama adalah penemuan process pasteurisasi oleh Louis Pasteur. Proses pasteurisasi dinamakan sesuai dengan nama penemunya. Jadi, jawaban yang tepat adalah C.