Contoh Soal UTS Bahasa Inggris Kelas 9 Semester 2

A. Choose the correct answer by crossing (X) a, b, c or d for the following questions!

The following text is for questions 1 to 5

Our body can perform some actions such as rotating, bending, stretching, jumping, and turning. With all these physical actions, we can create a number of body movements.

Every culture emphasizes certain features in its dance styles. For example, lilin dance from West Sumatra, has some candles carried by the dancer, or topeng dance from Betawi, uses a mask to perform, its dance, and there are many more.

Basically, our body has the potential to be developed, usually through long periods of special training. For example, in ballet, the ballerina exercises to rotate, or turn out the legs at the hips and many more.

1. The text tells us about ….

a. Puppets

b. Dances

c. Ancient stories

d. Fictions

2. The following things are well-known dances in Indonesia, except ….

a. Lilin dance

b. Saman dance

c. Topeng dance

d. Belly dance

3. Where is the “mask” dance from?

a. Bali

b. Jakarta

c. Padang

d. Aceh

4. Every culture emphasizes certain features in its dance styles. (paragraph 2)

The bold word refers to ….

a. Every culture

b. A feature

c. Dance

d. Style

5. The word “create” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ….

a. Leap

b. Jump

c. Make

d. Find

The following text is for questions 6 to 8.

6. What is the text about?

a. How to grind spices

b. How to fry chicken

c. How to make thick coconut milk

d. How to cook white chicken curry

7. “… turn to low heat until it is tender.” The word it refers to .…

a. Heat

b. Spice

c. Chicken

d. Vegetable oil

8. Why do we need to simmer after adding coconut milk?

a. To make the chicken tender

b. To get attractive color

c. To make the curry spicy

d. To enhance flavor

The following text is for questions 9 to 11.

9. The writer’s friend has just bought … from blowfish shoes products.

a. A new match shoes

b. A new stylist foot legs

c. A trendy and attractive shoes

d. A brand and bright color shoes

10. Why does the writer admire her friend?

a. She likes wearing an international trade mark shoes.

b. She always wants to be a trendy and attractive woman.

c. She has the most suitable shoes on her physical appearance.

d. She really has perfect appearance with her wonderful shoes.

11. Writer writes the text in order to …

a. Describe her friend’s style and her new shoes.

b. Explain an international trademark shoes.

c. Share her experience with her friend.

d. Tell blow fish shoes products.

The following text is for questions 12 to 14.

My Worst Mistake

Hi Diary,

I’ve just had the worst day ever! It all began at morning break. This horrible boy came over and pushed me for no reason. When I pushed him back I was the one who got into trouble. I was given a nasty note from Ms Thomas to take home to mom.

Later when mum read the note she blamed me – she wouldn’t even listen to my side of things. It’s not fair. Now I’m grounded for a month and all I did was stick up for me.

Still I have learned one thing today – violence won’t solve my problems but telling tales just might!

12. What did the writer take home for his mom?

a. Good report from school

b. The photo of the horrible boy

c. The nasty note from Ms. Thomas

d. Punishment letter from the principal

13. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

a. The boy had a horrible life.

b. The writer was blamed by his mom.

c. Ms. Thomas gave him a nasty note.

d. Something has to be learned from his experience.

14. What did the writer learn from his experience?

a. Violence won’t solve problems.

b. Telling tales makes life worse.

c. Being given a nasty note is a fun.

d. Making friend is not necessary.

The following text is for questions 15 to 18.

A man with his donkey carrying two sacks of wheat was on his way to the market. After a little while he was tired and they rested under a tree.

When he woke up from his nap he could not see the donkey and started searching for the donkey everywhere. On the way he met a boy, he asked the boy, “Have you seen my donkey?” The boy asked, “Is the donkey’s left eye blind, his right foot lame and is he carrying a load of wheat?” The man was happy and said, “Yes, exactly! Where have you seen it?” the boy answered “I haven’t seen it.” This made the man very angry and he took the boy to the village chief for punishment.

The judge asked, “Dear boy, if you had not seen the donkey, how could you describe it?” The boy answered, “I saw the tracks of a donkey and the right and left tracks were different from this. I understood that the donkey that passed there was limping. And the grass on the right side of the road was eaten but the grass on the left was not. From that I understood that his left eye was blind. There were wheat seeds scattered on the ground and I understood that he must have been carrying a load of wheat. The judge understood the boy’s cleverness and told the man to forgive the boy.

15. The text shows that the boy knew about the donkey based on .…

a. The clues that he saw.

b. The words which people said.

c. The report made by passers by.

d. The people who told him.

16. “…and I understood that he must have been carrying a load of wheat.”

What does the underlined word in the sentence refer to?

a. The donkey

b. The traveler

c. The man

d. The village chief

17. What lesson can we learn from telling the story?

a. Punishment should be done as soon as possible.

b. Law enforcement must be done to everyone.

c. We should not jump into conclusion quickly.

d. We must not belittle people especially children.

18. “Is the donkey’s left eye blind, his right foot lame and is he carrying a load of wheat?” The underlined word means that the donkey’s right footwas .…

a. Very strong.

b. Unable to walk.

c. Very weak.

d. All right.

The following text is for questions 19 to 21.

19. a. Today

b. One day

c. Tomorrow

d. The next day

20. a. Kept

b. Let

c. Met

d. Said

21. a. Come here

b. Come in

c. Go ahead

d. Go back

22. Arrange the words to make a meaningful sentence.

Forty – let – minutes – for – the chicken – in – the seasoning – marinate – about

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

a. 2-5-1-3-8-9-6-7-4

b. 2-5-8-6-7-4-9-1-3

c. 2-8-5-7-6-9-4-1-3

d. 2-6-5-8-4-7-9-3-1

23. Arrange the words to make a meaningful sentence.

Felt – but – excited – I – tired – my holiday – after

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

a. 6-1-5-2-4-3-7

b. 6-1-2-5-4-3-7

c. 4-1-5-2-3-7-6

d. 4-1-3-2-6-5-7

24. Arrange the following sentences into a good paragraph.

1) It is at 69 Sultan Agung Street.

2) I put the computer on my table.

3) I love my office because it is very comfortable.

4) This is my office.

5) There is also a cupboard near my table.

6) In my office there is a set of personal computer.

7) I keep some books in the cupboard.

The best arrangement of the sentences is….

a. 3 – 6 – 2 – 4 – 1 – 5 – 7

b. 3 - 4 - 1 – 5 – 7 – 6 – 2

c. 4 – 3 – 1 – 6 – 2 – 7 – 5

d. 4 – 1 – 6 – 2 – 5 – 7 –3

25. Arrange the following sentences into a good paragraph.

1. Skateboarders skated on streets or sidewalks.

2. In the beginning, skateboarding was simple.

3. Today’s skaters are like flying acrobats.

4. What secret powers do these skateboarders have?

5. Doesn’t gravity apply to them?

6. They leap, skid over obstacles, flip, and turn at amazing speeds.

7. Their most exciting trick was to slide down the top of a hill.

8. The answer is simple: understand the laws of physics.

a. 2-1-3-7-4-6-5-8

b. 2-7-1-6-3-5-4-8

c. 2-6-7-1-5-8-4-3

d. 2-1-7-3-6-4-5-8

B. Match in the blank with the correct answer in the box bellow !

The Legend of Pesut Mahakam

A long time ago, there was a village in East Kalimantan. The village was near the Mahakam River. The villagers always worked hard. Although they were (26) … , they were very happy. Theyalso helped each other.In the village, there was a rich family. The head of the family was Pak Pesut. Everybody knew Pak Pesut. He was known not because of his (27) … , but because of his stinginess. He did not like to help others. His family always ignored people. That’s why, Pak Pesut’s family always lived alone and never mingled with others.

At the moment was a very long dry (28) … . All the rice fields could not get water properly. The villagers could not harvest the rice. Therefore, all villagers were planning to (29) … their village and find another place to stay. Then, they sent some young men to look for a place that had (30) … water for their rice fields.

After several weeks looking for a new place, finally those young men arrived. They (31) … good news. There was a waterfall, and it was enough to water their rice fields. Later, all the villagers rushed to the new place. Some villagers went to Pak Pesut’s house to (32) … about the waterfall. Although Pak Pesut was stingy, the villagers did not (33) … him.

“I’m not going with you! I will stay here. I have enough rice for my family. We will survive!” said Pak Pesut arrogantly.

The villagers knew it was useless to ask Pak Pesut to join them. So, they all left him and his family alone in the village. When they arrived at the new place, they all were very happy. They had enough water from the waterfall. In the meantime, Pak Pesut and his family were beginning to worry. Their rice slowly was gone. Soon

they would not have enough rice to eat. It was in the morning when Pak Pesut’s wife was cooking their last portion of rice. Suddenly, someone knocked the door. A (34) … came to his house.

“Go out! I don’t have enough rice,” said Pak Pesut. He was lying.

“Please mercy me. I’m so hungry. Give me a little rice please,” asked the beggar.

Pak Pesut immediately asked his family to eat the rice. He was worried the beggar would enter his house and stole the rice.

“But the rice is still in the cooking pot. Mother is still cooking it. If we eat the rice, it will be very hot,” said his son.

“I don’t care! If you all don’t eat now, you will never eat again,” said Pak Pesut. Later, Pak Pesut and his family ate the rice. It was so hot that they needed water to drink.

They rushed to Mahakam River. It was so hot that they finally (35) … to the river. The beggar saw the incident. He then prayed to God. Amazingly, Pak Pesut and his family slowly changed into fish. The fish looked like dolphins. Since then, everybody named the fish as Pesut.

Source:August 10,2009

http://indonesianfolklore.blogspot.com/search/label/East%20Kalimantan

C. Read the text below and answer the questions.

Puppets have been used for centuries in Indonesia to tell the stories of the ancient epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabarata, as well as ancient myths. Modern stories also utilize this ancient art form for contemporary audience.

Puppets fall into two major classifications, wayang kulit the leather or shadow puppet of Central Java, and wayang golek-wooden puppets of West Java. There are several varieties of wooden puppets. Some expatriats en joy collecting the same characters by various artisans, or all the characters in a scene or story, or just characters that strike their fancy. Good guys, bad guys, gods, demons, nobles, giants, clowns, princes and princesses and monkeys, all can be found in traditional puppet forms. Less commonly seen are the Wayang Kulit, a flat wooden puppet.

36. What is the text tell about ?