PEMERINTAH KABUPATEN TANAH DATAR

DINAS PENDIDIKAN DAN TENAGA KERJA

TRY OUT UJIAN NASIONAL TP 2008/2009

LEMBARAN SOAL TRY OUT I PAKET. B

Mata Pelajaran : BAHASA INGGRIS
Kelas/prog : XII IPA/IPS
Hari/Tanggal :
Pukul :
Waktu : 120 Menit

PETUNJUK UMUM

1. Tulislah Nomor Ujian dan Mata Pelajaran pada lembaran jawaban yang disediakan!
2. Periksa dan bacalah soal-soal dengan teliti sebelum Anda menjawabnya!
3. Dahulukan menjawab soal yang dianggap mudah!
4. Periksa pekerjaan Anda sebelum diserahkan kepada pengawas!
5. Dilarang menggunakan Kalkulator, HP, Tabel Matematika!
6. Bila ada jawaban yang Anda anggap salah, dan Anda ingin memperbaikinya hapuslah sebersih mungkin dan
hitamkan kembali pada jawaban yang Anda anggap paling tetap!
Contoh :
Belum Dijawab : Sesudah dijawab: Sesudah diperbaiki:

A B C D E A B C D E A B C D E
Listening Section e. less than 250
In this section of the test, you will have the chance to
show how well you understand spoken English. There are 3. a. by rented car
three parts to this section with special directions for each b. by motor bike
part. c. by personal car
Part I (Question 1 to 5) d. by public bus
Direction : e. by fun bike
In this part of the test, you will hear some dialogues or
questions spoken in English. The dialogues or questions 4. a. join science club
will be spoken two times. They will not be printed in b. join science class
your test book, so you must listen carefully to understand c. become a scientist
what the speakers say. d. take science department
After you hear a dialogue and the question about it, read e. study more about biology
the five possible answers and decide which one would be
the best answer to the the question you have heard. Now 5. a. cancel the class
listen to sample question. b. meet one of the clients
You will hear c. attend the graduation day
Man : how about exercising tomorrow d. make an appointment
morning? e. see class performance
Woman : alright. Pick me up at six
You will also hear: Part II (Question 6 to 10)
Narrator : what will the man do? Direction :
You will read in your test book In this part of the test, you will hear a statement or
a. Do exercise at 6 question spoken in English, folllowed by four responses,
b. Go with six women also spoken in English. The statement or questions and
c. Take exercise alone the responses will be spoken two times. They will not be
d. Leave the woman alone printed in your test book, so you must listen carefully to
e. Come to the woman’s house understand what the speakers say. You have to choose the
The best answer to the question is “come to the woman’s best response to each question or statement.Now listen to
house” therefore, you should choose answer (e) a sample question.
You will hear :
1. a. she is satisfied with the man’s job Woman : Good morning, John. How are you ?
b. she dislikes the painting Man : …..
c. she likes the man You will also hear :
d. She is glad to see the man a. I am fine, thank you.
e. she will sell all her paintings b. I am in the living room.
c. Let me introduce my self
2. a. 215 d. My name is John Travolta
b. 250 The best answer to the question “How are you?” is
c. not more than 250 choice (a) .“I am fine, thank you”. Therefore you should
d. more than 250 choose answer (a).

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 6. Mark your answer in your answer sheet 16. What does text above tell us about?
a. Speech
7. Mark your answer in your answer sheet
b. Vocal cords
8. Mark your answer in your answer sheet c. Vocal organs
d. Speech sounds
9. Mark your answer in your answer sheet
e. Speech production
10. Mark your answer in your answer sheet
17. How can we alter the shape of the vocal tract?
Part III (Question 11 to 15)
a. By opening and closing the vocal cords
Direction:
b. By vibrating the air stream rapidly
In this part of the test, you will hear some monologues.
c. By exhaling the air from the lung
Each monologue will be spoken two times. They will not
d. By moving the tongue and lips
be printed in your test book, so you must listen carefully
e. By waving speech sounds
to understand what the speakers say. After you hear a
monologue and the question about it, read the five
8. Speech sounds will not be produced if ….
possible answers and decide which one would be the best
a. Our vocal cords move
answer to the questions you have heard.
b. Our air stream vibrate rapidly
11. a. Bewulf
c. The vocal tract does not change it’s shape
b. Grandel
d. There is a steady stream of air as we exhale
c. Denmark
e. Our vocal organ make speech sounds waves
d. Body guard
e. Grandel’s mother
19. These puffs are heard as a buzz.
The synonym of the bold-typed word means….
12. a. in the lake
a. speech
b. at the castle
b. clear voice
c. at Bewulf’s house
c. soft sound
d. in the king room
d. loud sound
e. at the Drandel’s house
e. humming sound
13. a. university professor
20. These movements change the acoustic properties of
b. publishing executive
the vocal tract, which in turn produce the different
c. government official
sounds of speech. (paragraph 4)
d. news paper reporter
What doeas these refer to?
e. local scientist
a. The movements of tongue and lips
b. The different sounds of speech
14. a. process of pingitan
c. The movements of tongue
b. Javanese wedding
d. The movements of tongue
c. traditional wedding
e. The shape of vocal tract
d. process of kembang siran
e. process of Siraman ceremony
Text 2 (for questions 21 to 25)
15. a. lulur
Nuclear power seems in some ways much
b. siraman
cleaner than other sources of energy. Take oil or coal as
c. pingitan
an example. When they are used in power stations, a
d. dukun rias
great deal of smoke is produced. The smoke contains a
e. kembang setaman
great deal of acid. Even if the smoke is cleaned by filters,
a lot of the acid still escapes into the air. This can be
Reading section carried by clouds from power stations in England to
Text 1 Scandinavia. When it rains there, the acid comes down
This is for questions 16 to 20 with the rain. As a result, the fish in lakes and trees in
Speech production is made possible by the
forests begin to die.
specialized movements of our vocal organs that generate
But many people are still against nuclear power.
speech sounds waves.
They believe that the problem is not just the danger of an
Like all sound productions, speech production
accident in the atomic power stations. Highly radioactive
requires a source of energy. The source of energy for
material is used. Radioactivity can cause cancer and
speech production is the steady stream of air that comes
other illnesses. Only a part of the material is used. The
from the lungs as we exhale. When we breathe normally,
rest-called-waste is just as radioactive. Although it is still
the air stream is inaudible. To become audible, the air
highly dangerous, this radioactive waste is often thrown
stream must vibrate rapidly. The vocal cords cause the air
into the sea. Nobody can certain what will happen to it
stream to vibrate.
there. Only one thing is certain. It will be highly
As we talk, the vocal cords open and close
dangerous for at least 240.000 years!
rapidly, chopping up the steady air stream into a series of
puffs. These puffs are heard as a buzz. But this buzz is
21. What does the above text discuss about?
still not speech.
a. An alternative energy
To produce speech sounds, the vocal tract must
b. The disadvantages of acid rain
change shape. During speech we continually alter the
c. The advantages of atomic power station
shape of the vocal tract by moving the tongue and lips,
d. The disadvantages of highly radioactive material
etc. These movements change the acoustic properties of
e. The advantages and disadvantages of nuclear
the vocal tract, which in turn produce the different sounds
power
of speech.

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22. What causes the fish and trees begin to die?
a. The acid from the smoke
b. The radioactive of nuclear
c. The cloud from power station
d. Nuclear energy
e. Coal and oil
23. The following are the disadvantages of nuclear
power, except:
a. It is dangerous for our health
b. It’s danger of an accident
c. It’s waste disposal
d. It’s radioactive
e. It’s clean
24. “Nobody can be certain what will happen to it there”
(paragraph 2)
The bold-typed word means….
a. locate
b. exist
c. come
d. occur
e. last
25. All of the following statements are true, except:
a. Acid rain makes plants fertile.
b. Nuclear power may cause some health problems
c. When oil or coal is burned, it produces some
smoke.
d. The smoke produced by the burning coal
contains a lot of acid.
e. People should be aware of the danger of
radioactive waste
Text 3 (for questions 26 to 30)
King Lir lived long ago in Ireland. He had four
children, two boys and two girls, whom he loved dearly.
However their step-mother was jealous. She wove a spell
that turned the children into swans.
Lir was heartbroken. His beard and hair turned
white with grief as he searched for his children. One day
he saw four swans. He did not realize who they were;
although, they recognized him as their father.
The spell could only be broken if the mountain
in the north was joined to the one in the south. This
seemed impossible, but after many years all the birds
flew into the air and form an arc between the mountains.
The swans were transformed and Lir saw his children
once more. They were no longer young, but had grown
old, with hair as white as their father.
26. Who made the children turn into swans?
a. Their father
b. Their brothers
c. Their sisters
d. Their step-mother
e. The King Lir
27. How could the birds broke the spell?
a. They formed an arc between the mountains
b. They flew above the mountains
c. They joined the mountains
d. They transformed the swans
e. They broke the mountains
28. The spell could only be broken if the mountain in the
north was joined to the … (paragraph 3)
The antonym of bold-typed word is….
a. separated
b. multiplied
c. divorced
d. combined
e. broken
29.“He did not realize who they were; although, they
regognized him as their father.” (paragraph 2)
What does the bold-typed word refer to?
a. The children of King Lir
b. The swans
c. The fathers of the swan
d. The birds
e. The children of the step-mother
30. Based on the text, we can learn the following thing,
except:
a. Nothing compare to the love of parents
b. Nothing can destroy the feeling of love
c. The sense of jealoucy makes one do bad things
to someone
d. There is no different between a step-mother’s
love and our mother’s.
e. Spell cannot do everything to the innocent
people.
Text 4 ( for questions 31-34)
It is important for all of us to use as little water
as we can. Needing to use less water has helped us to be
aware of how precious water is to us.
The water shortage, however, has not only been
caused by using too much water. Climate change has
meant lower rainfall and higher evaporation of the water
resources which supply water also cause the water
shortage.
Global warming causes climate change. In the
bigger picture, cutting down on electricity and fuel could
be just as important as using less water. Water is a very
precious resource and we have been using far too much.
Drought management should include using less water.
We need to think globally however and work personally
and politically to cut down carbon emissions. We all need
to use as little water, fuel and electricity as possible.
31. The following factors cause the water shortage,
except……
a. Lower rainfall.
b. Climate change.
c. Using too much water.
d. Cutting down on electricity and fuel.
e. Higher evaporation of the water resources.
32. Which statement is true based on what the writer
restates?
a. We need to cut down carbon emissions.
b. We need to use as little water as possible.
c. We need to use as much water as possible.
d. We need to think more about global warming.
e. We need to think globally and work personally.
33. What doeas the text mainly talk about?
a. The effect of global warming.
b. Water as a very precious resource.
c. How to cut down carbon emissions.
d. Cutting down on electricity and fuel.
e. Climate change caused by global warming.
34. “Water is very precious resource and we have been
using far too much.” (paragraph 3)
The antonym of the bold-typed word is…….
a. worthless
b. expensive
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 c. valuable “Sorry,” a man said when I climbed out of the car.
d. prized “We’ve never had this problem before. Please try again
e. costly tomorrow”

“He’s joking,” I thought. “I’ve had enough of cable cars

Text 5 ( for questions 35-to 38) for a lifetime.”

Natural Bridge National Park is a luscious 39. What kind of experience did the writer have in the
tropical rainforest. It is located 110 kilometres south of text?
Brisbane and is reached by following the Pacific a. nice experience
Highway to Nerang and then by traveling through the b. funny experience
Numinbah valley. This scenic roadway lies in the shadow c. happy experience
of the Lamington National Park. d. frightening experience
The phenomenon of the rock formed into a e. exciting experience.
natural ‘arch’ and the cave through which a waterfall
cascades is a short 1 kilometre walk below a dense 40. when did the writer get out of the cable car?
rainforest canopy from the main picnic area. Swimming a. in early morning
is permitted in the rock pools. Night-time visitors to the b. in the morning
cave will discover the unique feature of the glow worms. c. late afternoon
Picnic areas offer toilets, barbecues, shelter d. mid night
sheds, water and fireplaces; however, overnight camping e. mid day
is not permitted.
41. “It did not move and it was quite everywhere.”
35. What does the text above tell us about? (paragraph 2)
a. Tropical rainforest. What does the bold-typed word refer to?
b. Pacific Highway a. The mountain
c. Numinbah valley b. The cable car
d. Main picnic area. c. The cable
e. Natural Bridge National Park d. The car
e. The trip
36. What is not allowed in the picnic areas?
a. Overnight camping. 42. Which statement is true based on the writer’s last
b. Traveling to Numinbah valley statement?
c. Swimming in the rock pools. a. The cable car was so wonderful.
d. To visit the cave at night b. He will ride a cable car more often.
e. Barbecues. c. He does not want to be in the cable cars.
d. He enjoyed the experience so much.
37. The visitors can enjoy swimming……. e. He will never stop to get on cable car.
a. In Numinbah valley
b. Before they come to dense rainforest
c. In the main picnic area Text 7 ( for questions 43 to 46)
d. Below a dense forest canopy
e. In the cave 25 Brighton Boulevard
Leasington NSW 2066
38. The following statements are true based on the text,
except: 24 November 2006
a. The visitors come to Nerang through Pasific
Highway The Manager
b. Numinbah can be reached after coming to Steelwood Homes
Nerang 12 Scott Street
c. Barbecues can be enjoyed in the cave Leasington NSW 2066
d. Visitors may swim in the rock pools
e. Toilets can be found in the picnic areas
Dear Sir or Madam,

Text 6 ( for questions 39 to 42) I rent a house from your agency in Brighton Boulevard
and there is a problem with the stove. Two elements
Have you ever got stuck in a cable car? Well, I aren’t working and it is very difficult for me to cook a
have. Last February, I went on a ski trip to Switzerland. meal.
What a trip to remember!
The first morning, I got into a cable car and I This problem is urgent and I would appreciate if you
was so excited. I wanted to go to the top of the mountain could arrange to have the stove fixed immediately.
and ski down. The cable car started up and I looked
down. The mountain was so beautiful. But, suddenly, Your faithfully,
there was a terrible noise. Then, the car stopped. It did
not move and it was quite everywhere.
It started snowing and it began to get dark. I was Sarah Johnston
alone for, at least, two hours. I thought, “They’ve
forgotten me!” I felt so hopeless. Fortunately, at last, the
car started back. It went very fast.

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43. Based on the letter we can conclude that Sarah …. 49. the following things are the ingredients to make
a. is glad to rent the house omelette, except….
b. wants to repair her house a. some pepper
c. requests for an extra stove b. pinch of salt
d. asks manager to repair the stove. c. half cup of milk
e. Will rent another manager’s house. d. fifty grams of cheese
e. three tea spoons of cooking oil

44. What problem did Sarah have?

a. She didn’t have stove to cook.
b. She had a problem with the agency.
c. She had a problem with the stove.
d. She had a problem with the manager.
e. She had to fix the stove herself.
45. Where is the house rented by Sarah located?
a. 12 Scott Street, Leasington NSW 2066
b. 25 Brighton, Leasington NSW 2066
c. 25 Scott Street, Leasington NSW 2066
d. 12 Brighton, Leasington NSW 2066
e. Steelwood Homes
50. Which utensils are needed in making an omelet?
a. A bowl, a fork, a frying pan, a spatula, salt, and
a plate.
b. A bowl, a spoon, a cup, a knife, milk, and a
plate.
c. Two bowls, a fork, a frying pan, a spatula, and a
plate.
d. A bowl, a cup, a glass, a frying pan, some
pepper and a fork.
e. Two bowls, two forks, a frying pan, two cups,
and a knife.

46. The purpose of Sarah to write the letter is …. O O O GOOD LUCK O O O

a. to regret
b. to apologize
c. to congratulate
d. to complain
e. to thank

Text 8 (for questions 47 to 50 )

Cheese Omelet

Ingredients:
2 eggs
50 grams of cheese
¼ cup of milk
3 tablespoons of cooking oil
A pinch of salt
Some pepper

Crack the eggs into a bowl. Then, whisk the eggs with a
fork until smooth. After that, add some milk. Whisk well.
Grate the cheese into the bowl and stir. Then, heat the oil
in a frying pan. Pour the mixture into the frying pan.
Turn the mixture (i.e.the omelet) with a spatula when it
browns. Cook both sides. After the omelet is cooked,
place it on a plate and season it with salt and pepper. The
cheese omelet is ready to be served.

47. The main purpose of the text above is to tell us ….

a. the ingredients needed to make a cheese omelet
b. the process of making cheese
c. how to make a cheese omelet
d. a clear description of a cheese omelet
e. how to prepare a cheese omelet on a plate

48. After whisking the egg with a fork, don’t forget to …

a. Mix until it is smooth
b. Add some milk and whisk well
c. Grate the cheese into the bowl
d. Put a cracked egg into a bowl
e. Heat the egg in a frying pan

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 KUNCI SOAL BAHASA INGGRIS PAKET B
TRY OUT UJIAN NASIONAL SMA
TP 2008/2009

1. A
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. B
6. A
7. B
8. C
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. C
13. A
14. B
15. B
16. E
17. D
18. C
19. E
20. A
21. E
22. A
23. E
24. D
25. A
26. D
27. A
28. A
29. A
30. D
31. D
32. B
33. B
34. A
35. E
36. A
37. D
38. C
39. D
40. C
41. B
42. C
43. D
44. C
45. B
46. D
47. C
48. B
49. E
50. C