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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

English Test for Class X_smt2_0910

Direction:
Read the two texts below carefully then choose the best answer; A, B, C, D, or E.
After  finishing your work,  you must send it to my e-mail at: d.din73@gmail.com.
Note: DO NOT DISCUSS TO DO THE TASK.

TEXT 1 is for question 1 to 5

SAUDI ARABIA: Twenty-one people were killed when two vehicles collided on a highway near the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
         Al-Riyadh newspaper said the accident occurred on Friday when a vehicle carrying 14 Yemenis and two Saudis tried to avoid a police checkpoint by going around it, and rammed into an incoming car carrying five passengers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Sudan.
         Around 4,000 people die each year in road accidents in Saudi Arabia mainly due to recklessness. –Reuters                                                                                
                                                          The Jakarta Post, August 6, 2006.

1. The type of the text above is a/an……..
     A.  Descriptive
     B.  News item                                          
     C.  Narrative
     D.  Procedure                                            
     E.  Recount
2. Background events of the text can be found in paragraph ……..
     A. 1
     B. 3                                                         
     C. 2-3
     D. 2
     E. 1-2
3. “Around 4,000 people die each year in road accidents in Saudi Arabia mainly due to
recklessness.”
     The closest meaning to the italic word is ……
     A.  careless
     B.  useless                                                
     C.  illness
     D.  happiness                                                 
     E.  careful      
4. What media released the news?
     A.  A radio
     B.  A magazine
     C.  A newspaper
     D.  A tabloid
     E.  A television
5. When did the accident take place?
     A.  On Saturday
     B.  On Friday
     C.  Last year
     D.  Last Friday
     E.  Each Year

TEXT 2 is for question 6 to 10

Peter is the youngest in our family. He is fourteen years old and four years younger than me.     
He has long, straight hair, bright eyes and a friendly smile. Sometimes he is rather naughty at home, but he usually does what he is asked to do.
Peter is interested in sports very much, and at school he plays football and tennis. He is the best badminton player in our family.

6.   What is the text mostly about ........
       A.  Peter.
       B.  Peter's hobby.
       C.  Peter's family.
       D.  Peter's elder brother.
       E.  Peter’s father
7.   From the text we know that Peter is ........
       A.  the writer's youngest brother
       B.  the writer's elder brother
       C.  a naughty boy
       D.  a friendly boy
       E.  a clever boy
8.   Based on the text we know that the writer is ........ years old.
       A.  Fourteen
       B.  Sixteen
       C.  Eighteen
       D. Nineteen
       E.  twenty
9.   "Peter is interested in sports very much, and at school he plays football and tennis".
The italic phrase can be replaced with ........
       A.  dislike sport
       B.  really likes sport
       C.  hates sport very much
       D.  finds sport not really entertaining
       E.  disagree sport
10.  The type of the text above is a/an….
       A.  Recount
       B.  Procedure
       C.  Narrative
       D.  Descriptive
       E.  News Item