SOAL LATIHAN UTS KELAS X

SOAL LATIHAN UTS KELAS X

I. Answer These Questions based on the text below!

Many years ago, there lived a hermit in a forest of Kalimantan. He did not grow food but depended on the jungle fruit to survive. Soon, there was a drought and all the plants and fruit trees in the jungle died.
The old hermit had nothing to eat now, so he turned to be a beggar. He went to a nearby village trying to get some food. At first, the villagers were happy to help him. However, when he came continually, they refused to give him food anymore. He told him to grow his own food.
One day, while the hermit was sitting in his hut, sad and hungry, he began to think about growing his own food. Just then, a boatman stopped by. The boatman took pity on hermit and give him some padi seeds.
Before the boatman went away, he said, “These seeds will grow and give you everlasting harvests if you work very hard. If you are tired of the work, the padi plants will turn into weeds.”
The old hermit worked hard to clear the land sowed the seeds before the rains came. Strangely, after a short period of time, the padi was ready for harvesting. The old hermit got a lot of rice from the harvest. After each harvest, the plants grew back again right away. When the villagers heard about the hermit and his wonderful padi, the flocked to his padi-field and took home as much padi as they could.
One day, the hermit become so tired of harvesting the padi that he shouted, “Oh, stop growing, you wretched me things!” As soon as he said that, the padi plants turned into weeds.

1. Why did the padi plants turn into weeds? Because……
2. The main idea of paragraph 5 is ……
3. What kind of the text is it?
4. What is the major complication of the story?
5. Which statements is true about the hermit?

Text 2

A group of frogs were travelling through the woods.Two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told. ’’the pit is very deep. It’s difficult to climb up. You’d better die in the pit.’’
The two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit again. The other frogs kept on telling them to stop, that they were as good as dead. Finally, one of the frogs took heed to what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down and died.
The other frogs continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. He jumped even harder and finally made it out. When he got out, the other frogs said, “Did you not hear us?” The frog explained to them that he was deaf. He thought that they were encouraging the entire time.

1. What is the type of the text?
2. “The frog explained that he was deaf.”
It means that the frog ….
3. The setting of the story is …..
4. Why did one of the frogs fall?
5. What does this story tell you?

Text 3

There was once a little fly who thought he was very important. He felt proud of himself. One sunny morning, he flew around looking for someone to talk to. He saw a bull grazing in a field. He decided to fly down to talk him.
The little fly flew down and buzzed around the bull’s head. The bull did not bother him. He went on chewing grass.
The fly then buzzed right inside the bull’s ear. The bull continued chewing grass. The fly thought, “What a stupid animal!”
Now the fly decided to land on one of the bull’s horns to make the bull notice them. He waited for the bull to say something, but the bull kept quiet.
The fly then shouted angrily, “Oh, Bull, if you find that I am too heavy for you, let me know and I’ll fly away!”
The bull laughed and said, “Little fly, I don’t care if you stay or leave. You are so tiny that your weight does not make any difference to me, so please be quiet and leave me alone.”

1. Where is the setting of the story?
2. Who was the fly?
3. What did the fly do to the bull?
4. Why did the fly shouted angrily to the bull?
5. What is the message of the story?

Text 4

Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia. It is centrally located within the country on the northwest coast of Java Island at the mouth of the Ciliwung River. Jakarta dominates Indonesian’s administrative, economy, cultural activities, and is a major commercial and transportation hub within Asia. With a population of about 9 million, Jakarta has more people than any other cities in Indonesia. The climate is hot and humid year-round. Rainfall occurs throughout the year, although it is the heaviest from November to May. The average annual precipitation in Jakarta is 1,790 mm. The city lies on a flat, low plain and is prone to flooding during periods of heavy rainfall.
Kota is the city’s oldest commercial area. It is located south of the old Sunda Kelapa harbor. Glodok, the south of Kota is a banking, retail and residential neighborhood with a large Chinese population. Merdeka Square with Monas (The National Monument) dominates the city’s central district. Surrounding the square are Istana Merdeka, the presidential palace, the National Museum, and the Istiqlal Mosque.

1. What kind of the text is it?
2. How much population of Jakarta?
3. What does Indonesia dominate ?
4. Where is the locations of Kota?
5. What kind of climate is in Jakarta?

Text 5
The award-winning Shang Palace restaurant has appointed Liu Ching Hai as its new executive Chinese chef.
Named by Jakarta Kilni magazine as the most popular Chinese restaurant in town, Shang Palace promises that Liu will bring a fresh and new spirit to the restaurant.
Shang Palace is also famous for its sumptuous Dim Sum.
Starting his career at the age of 15, Liu has more than 20 years of culinary expensive.
Liu won the “Best Culinary Skill Award” competition organized by the Hong Kong Tourism Association in 1989.

1. Who is Liu Ching Hai ?
2. When did he start his career?
3. Shang Palace is also famous for its sumptuous Dim Sum.
The bold word means…….
Text 6
Adi : Oops. Sorry.
Boy : It’s okay. Oh, your books are wet.
Adi : It doesn’t matter. It’s my fault.
Boy : Here. I’ll wipe your books with my handkerchief.
Adi : No, thank you. It’s not necessary. Don’t worry about it.

1. What happened to Boy?
2. The underlined expression expresses……

3. Rina : How are you, Jono ?
Jono : I’m fine thanks, how about you?
Rina : I am fine, too. I am impressed … your performance.

4. Dara : Did you come to concert last night?
Anti : Yes, I did.
Dara : How was it?
Anti : ……

The sentence that cannot be used to complete the above dialogue

5. Bedu : Happy birthday to you.
Ruben : ……..

6. Lani : You look so beautiful with your blue blouse.
Umi : ………

1. The ship …… Medan last Sunday.
2. When father arrived home, we …….. chess.
3. Would you like ….. me a glass of water , please?
4. Rany said, “I will go to Jakarta”. The correct indirect sentence is….
5. Mother asks me, “Open the door!”. The correct indirect command is...
6. He …….. hard to prepare his exam everyday.
7. She has………………………
8. English is …….. (easy) than Mathematec.
9. Desta : Congratulation on your success, Nadia.
Nadia : ……..
10. The merchant …… his shop at seven every morning.
11. The gold is ……… than silver.


Do the questions based on each instruction!

1. Change the sentences into indirect sentences!
a. Toto said, “ I will study more diligent”.
b. Maryam asks me, “Why do you like English?”.
2. Complete the following dialogue using suitable expressions
Rany : I would like you to come to my party tonight.
Yani : ……………………………………………….
Rany : ……………………………………………….
3. Arrange these words into correct form of noun phrase!
a. A - long – hair – curly – girl.
b. new – book – English – expensive – The.
4. Put the correct form of the verb in the bracket!
1. My brother ……..(play) football every Sunday.
2. My mother…….(cook) in the kitchen everyday
3. A day ……. (have) 24 hours.
4. I ……. (read) newspaper every morning.
5. Write the sentences into correct form of degrees comparison using the word in bracket of the situation below!

Tuti is 155 cms, Hanny is 160 cms, and Mimy is 165 cms. (tall)