A. Choose the right answer by crossing a, b, c, or d! - Soal Bhs. Inggris. Kls. VIII. I.

A. Choose the right answer by crossing a, b, c, or d! Read the following text for answer no. 1 – 5!

  

Mr. Warsidi has a garden in his yard, and he likes to work there. He says it is fun . Today he is planting

flowers in the garden. There is also an old mango tree in the yard. He always cuts the leaves and the

branches in taking care of it. He said that the flowers must get more sun. Mr. Warsidi often involves his

children to take care together of the garden. So they will understand how to take care their environment.

Many people tell Mr. Warsidi how beautiful his garden is.

  a. black suede colour bag

  d. She is not going to anywhere

  c. She is going to Bima’s party

  11. To whom is the memo given ?

  d. white suede colour and bag without pocket

  c. black suede colour with one side pocket bag

  b. black suede colour with two side pocket

  10. Which bag does Putri borrow from her mother?

  b. Mother

  b. She is going to Mother’s party

  a. She is gooing to market

  9. Where is putri going?

  Read the following memo for answer no. 9 – 11! Mom, I borrowed your clutch bag the one with black suede colour and two side pocket. I need it for Bima’s birthday party tonight. Thank youvery much Putri

  d. thousand years

  c. Less than 2,500 ago

  a. Putri

  d. Putri’s father

  c. Putri’s mother

  a. advertisement

  c. Everyday for one month

  a. twice a week for one month

  13. How often are courses held?

  d. memo

  c. brochure

  b. leaflet

  12. What kind of functional text is it?

  a. last year

  c. drum

  e. organ

  b. Piano

  d. violin

  a. Guitar

  

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will get a 20 % discount. Courses are held once a week for three months. Fees charge : Rp. 300.000 per

course. Types of musical instrument courses are:

  Read the following text for answer no. 12 – 13!

  b. 3,500 years ago

  8. When did redwood trees star growing ?

  1. What is Mr. Warsidi’s hobby

  d. flower

  4. Why does he always cut them ?

  d. rambutans

  c. flower

  b. mango

  a. coconut

  3. What tree does he always cut its leaves and branches ?

  c. mango

  b. To plant

  b. rambutans

  a. tree

  2. What is he planting in the garden today?

  d. decorating

  c. climbing

  b. singing

  a. planting

  a. to take care of it

  c. to grow

  d. 100 centimetres tall

  b. Redwood trees

  c. 100 km tall

  b. less than 100 metres tall

  a. more than 100 metres tall

  7. How high is it?

  d. California Trees

  c. Whitewoods trees

  a. Backwood trees

  d. to be died

  6. What is the name of plant ?

  Read the following text for answer no. 6 – 8! Redwood trees are the largest and the oldest living growing in California, USA. They can be more than

100 metres tall. These giant redwoods have a very thick trunk. Twenty men with arms outstreched, cannot

circle them. Some of the living redwoods started growing 3,500 years ago.

  d. Because many trees are in his garden

  c. Because his garden has flower

  b. because his garden is beautiful

  a. because his garden is bad

  5. What do many people think about his garden?

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  Read the following text for answer no. 14 – 16! I went to Rahman’s house yesterday to do homework, I went there with Dodi. After finishing the

homework, Rahman made rujak. Rahman likes spicy food, so he made it very spicy. Actually, I am not used

to eating spicy food, but yesterday I could not restrain myself from eating it. The rujak was very tasty,

although it was spicy. I ate it too much. The next morning I got stomachache and I could not go to school.

  14. What kind of text is it?

  a. descriptive text

  b. Procedure text

  c. Narrative text

  d. Recount text

  15. What is the orientation of text above?

  a. I, Rahman’s house, Yesterday

  c. Rahman’s house, yesterday, rujak

  b. I, homework, rujak

  d. Went, made, got

  Read the following text for answer no. 16 – 20! Last Monday I flew to Bali. Two days before, I went to my office in Yogyakarta and Bought my ticket.

  

Then, very early on Monday morning, I went to the office again with my Luggage and got into the bus with

the other passengers. The bus took us to the airport. There, people took our luggage and put in the aeroplane and then, after about twenty minutes, we got in too. I was little afraid at first because it was my first flight. Then, a kind lady, she was the stewardess, brought some sweets and spoke to me, and soon I was quite happy again.

  16. The type of the text about ?

  a. description

  b. narration

  c. recount

  d. report 17. From the text we know that the writer went to Bali by ....

  a. car

  b. plane

  c. bus

  d. ship

  18. Did the writer feel afraid at first ?

  a. Yes, he did

  b. No, she wasn,t

  c. Yes, he does

  d. No, she doesn’t 19. “ She was the stewardess” the underlined means in Indonesia is ....

  a. kapten

  b. kasir

  c. pelayan

  d. pramugari

  20. Who put the luggage in the Aeroplane ?

  a. The Captain

  b. The People

  c. The passangers

  d. The kind lady

  Read the following text for answer no. 22 – 25!

On the sea people have many kinds of ship. There are some big ships such as ferries, cruises, submarines,

and ocean liners. There are also small ships like boats, steamboats, motorboats, and rafts. In the air, people have many kinds of airplanes. They are helicopters, jet planes, bombers, gliders and passenger

planes. They usually use a passanger plane to carry passengers and load things for long distance between

two cities in one island or in different islands.

  21. There are many sea transportations such as :

  a. ferries and buses

  b. cruise and taxi

  c. jet and ship

  d. ferries and submarines

  22. Indonesia’s Submarine accross the Atlantic Ocean. The underlined means in Indonesia is ..

  a. ferry

  b. pesawat

  c. kayak

  d. kapal selam 23. The followings are big ships except, ....

  a. ferry

  b. steamboat

  c. ocean liner

  d. cruise 24. The text talks about ....

  a. kinds of ship

  c. kinds of plane

  b. kinds of boats

  d. kinds of transportations 25. The followings are air transportations, except ....

  a. motorboat

  b. jet plane

  c. bomber

  d. cargo plane

  Read the following letter for answer no. 26 – 27! To : Rio Hi please come to my house. I have a birthday party. It held today on 06.00 PM.

  Don’t miss it. John

  26. What is the message about ?

  a. birthday party

  b. wedding party

  c. meeting

  d. studying

  27. Whose the sender in this invitation card ?

  a. Rio

  b. 06.00 PM

  c. birthday party

  d. John

  Read the following letter for answer no. 28 – 29! Thanks Aunt Siska for the beautiful shoes that you sent to me. 3 days ago.

  a. has

  c. is break

  b. breaks

  a. break

  d. is smiles 43. The cat ……… all the plates on the table.

  c. is smile

  b. smiles

  a. smile

  d. is having 42. She ……. at me.

  c. are having

  b. have

  d. 2 – 3 – 6 – 4 – 7 – 1 – 8 – 5

  a. like

  c. 2 – 6 – 4 – 3 – 8 – 1 – 7 – 5

  b. 5 – 1 – 2 – 7 – 3 – 8 – 4 – 6 41. I …….. a mango tree in my yard.

  a. 2 – 6 – 3 – 4 – 8 – 1 – 5 – 7

  8

  7

  6

  5

  4

  3

  2

  1

  d. are break 44. Andi does not …….. to sing.

  b. likes

  d. driven

  d. the 48. There is …… new kid in class. His name is Edi.

  c. Well done d. I would love to.

  b. No, I disagree about that.

  50. Would you like to come to my party tonight? a. It does not matter.

  d. is have

  c. had

  b. has

  a. have

  d. some 49. An octopus …… eight foot.

  c. the

  b. an

  a. a

  c. it

  c. to like

  b. an

  a. a

  d. smaller 47. …… moon is so bright.

  c. bigger

  b. shorter

  a. taller

  d. does not 46. A chimpanzee is an African ape. It is ……… than a gorilla.

  c. do not

  b. does

  a. do

  d. is like 45. They are Japanese. They …….. speak Spanish well.

  40. In – Rafflessia – the – biggest – is – world – Arnoldi – the flower

  d. gone

  It really save some money. I used my money to buy another school equipments. Sender Pedro 18/10/2007 09.15 PM

  c. drill

  a. d – c – a – b – e

  e. I can’t say I would like to go back to my uncle’s house. It wasn’t a very good holiday. Arrange the sentences above into correct order?

  c. Unfortunately, Seno and I disagree on most things d. I went to my uncle’s house in batam last month. They have a son, named, Seno.

  b. Seno didn’t want to go to the Vietnam camp, so I went on my own but I didn’t enjoy it

  d. Where 32. a. We visited Batam Center, and Waterfront center

  c. When

  b. Who

  a. Why

  31. Ucok : ............do you live? Putra : I lived at Salon Makmur Sentosa no 62

  d. hoe

  b. saw

  c. c – d – a – b – e

  a. tools

  d. 18/10/2007 30. I used my money to buy another school equipments . The synonime of the underline is ……………..

  c. Pedro

  b. 3 days ago

  a. 09.15 PM

  29. When did the shoes arrive to him ?

  d. School equipment

  c. aunt’s Siska

  b. shoes

  a. Pedro

  28. Who give the special present ?

  b. b – c – a – d – e

  d. a – b – c – d – e

  d. having

  a. fly

  c. drive

  c. going

  c. had

  b. driving

  b. went

  b. has

  37. a. have 38. a. go 39. a. drove

  Fill in the blanks of the text below on number 37 – 39!

Last weekend my family ___37___ picnic to the Botanical Garden. We ___38____ there by car. My Father

____39____ the car carefully.

  d. was read

  c. is flewn

  b. flies

  d. are broken 36. The birds ......... into the sky.

  33. Toni and Rendi are the same age. It means Toni is ................... Rendi

  c. is broken

  b. breaks

  a. break

  d. done 35. The cat ........... all the plates on the table.

  c. did

  b. does

  a. do

  d. as handsome as 34. Snakes ................... not have legs.

  c. as old as

  b. as long as

  a. as high as

  …..Good Luck…..