SEKOLAH TINGGI AGAMA ISLAM

(STAI) AL-MASUDIYAH

NYALINDUNG KAB. SUKABUMI

Jl. Kampus Rindu Alam, Raya Sukabumi-sagaranten KM. 20 Nyalindung

Sukabumi
Soal UTS Tahun Akademik 2007/2008
Mata Kuliah

: Bahasa Inggris 2

Semester

: II (dua)

I. Reading the following text carefully and answer some questions based on
the text! (score:20)
Education is the greatest importance for everybody. Its purpose is to fit them
for life its should comprise three branches, namely, moral, mental, and physical
development.
Moral education means the teaching of boys and girls to be good, truthful,
honest, and generous. Mental education teaches the children useful knowledge as
literature, History, Mathematic, Physic, Chemistry, Language and other.
Education is to build up the nation building. To reach it the education
curriculum must be relevant to the peoples demand. It must address the need to
train people who can exploit our country natural resources, and the curriculum
must meet the demand of modern industry. If not, unskilled workers will result in
an employment. It is also said that we have lots of education people, but their
education does not fit the requirements of the job market.

1.

The best title for the text above

is
2.
The purpose of teaching are:
..
.
3.
The main function of education is:
.
4.
It must address the need to train people who can exploit our country natural
resources. The word It refers to..
5.
What do you think of education system in Indonesia?
.................
.......

II. Fill the blank words with the suitable choice of words in the box! (score:
20)
..(6) Hasan al-Basri fell sick. His neighbor,.(7), came to pay
him a visit. "O Imam," he exclaimed, "I detect a bad smell." The Imam told him it was

caused by .(8), but the neighbor insisted: "That is not the odor of sickness. It
is a lavatory smell. For the love of Allah, tell me what it is!"
He had not noticed that sewage was leaking from his house into that of the Imam.
When the neighbor pressed him, the Imam finally said: "For some ..(9) your
drain has been seeping through to our side. I tried to fix it, ..(10) without success."
His neighbor asked why he had not told him before, but the venerable Imam said: "I
might have offended you."
The unbeliever was so impressed by this ethical refinement that he was ennobled with
True Faith, for he recognized the Imam's morality as a ray of Islam.
a. an unbeliever
f. then

b. one day
g. sleeping

c. illness
h. said

d. months
e. but

III. Grammar Focus (score: 25)

Change the following sentence into negative (-) and in interrogative (?) sentences!
11.
Mr. Ahmad and Mrs. Fatimah are teachers at STAI Al-masudiyah
(-).
(?)
12. Aisyah went to Jakarta yesterday
(-).
(?)
Complete the following sentences using question tags!
13. Hasan is not a student, ..?
14. Students of STAI Al-masudiyah are learning English now, ?
15. Mr. Faiz graduated his study from Indonesian University last year, ?
16. Budi never come on time to campus,?
IV. Translate into Indonesia and Indonesia into English! (Score: 25)
Once, there was a small house near to a river bank. There were three people living in
the house. A man, his wife, and his old father. The man was very happy with his wife
and they had good life. But his father was very old and sick and often used to be a
trouble for both of them whole day and night.
17.

18. Mr. Andi adalah seorang dokter. Dia lahir pada tanggal 10 Juni 1977. Ibunya
bernama Fatimah, dan Bapaknya Ahmad. Mereka adalah guru.
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V. Question 19 to 20: Complete the following dialogue! (score: 10)
A : Hi, how do you do?
B : ...
A : ...
B : I am buying some home properties
A :
B. My wife at home
A. Ok, good bye
B. Bye-bye