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BTW, ini sepenggal cerita dari perjalanan kami. Sesampai di sana, kami sangat terpesona dengan sambutan hangat tuan rumah yang kental banget dengan budaya Yogyakarta. Kami disambut dengan ramah dan plus tamah tentunya.
Setelah basa basi sejenak, mulailah kami di beri paparan tentang berbagai program yang telah mereka lakukan kaitannya dengan pelaksanaan program Moving Class tentunya. Dari mulai Kepala Sekolah, Waka Kurikulum, Waka Humas dan Pengelola ICT Bp. Bandono, MM, dengan segala kesabaran dan ketulusan beliau-beliaunya mau berbagi dengan kami yang datang jauh-jauh dari Kebumen.
Kamipun diberi kesempatan untuk melihat-lihat ruang kelas dan pelaksanaan Kegiatan Belajar Mengajar (KBM).
Namun ada sedikit ganjalan bagi kami, yaitu kami tidak bisa melihat/masuk kedalam ruang/kelas Sejarah, yang menurut mereka satu-satunya kelas yang telah di set sesuai dengan kharakteristik mapel tersebut. Padahal kami benar-benar sangat berharap hal itu, agar nantinya kami punyai gambaran yang lebih real....
Anyway, terimakasih banyak kami sampaikan kepada seluruh civitas akademika SMA Negeri 7 Yogyakarta atas segala yang telah di berikan kepada kami. Semoga apa yang kami dapatkan, nantinya benar-benar bisa kami terapkan di sekolah masing-masing and keep your spirit. Good Luck!

Text 1 for questions number 1 to 4

Yogyakarta: Two children in Yogyakarta died of dengue fever at Sardjito Hospital Monday, raising to 12 the number of deaths caused by the disease in the last four months. “They were very ill when they arrived. We did our best.” The head of the hospital’s pediatric ward, Ida Safitri, said on Tuesday.
Sardjito spokesman Trisno Heru Nugroho said there had been a significant increase in the number of dengue fever patients at the hospital in recent months. In January, 69 patients were treated at the hospital, 88 in February and 102 in March.

1. What kind of text is it?
a. Descriptive d. Report
b. Narrative e. Anecdote
c. News item
2. What’s the purpose of the text?
a. To amuse the reader d. To persuade the reader
b. To inform the reader e. To describe the reader
c. To entertain the reader
3. What caused the death of two children in Yogyakarta based on the news?
a. Yellow fever d. A harmless illness
b. Dengue fever e. A serious illness
c. An unidentified illness
4. How is the total victims caused by that disease?
a. 10 people d. 15 people
b. 12 people e. 16 people
c. 14 people

Text 2 for questions 5 to 8

Gold is a precious metal. Gold is used as ornaments or as money.
Gold is found in many places, but in a small supply. It is often found on the surface of the earth. Since gold is a heavy substance, it is sometimes found loose on the bottom of rivers. The gold is found together with sand and rocks, and must be separated from them. It is simple to search for this type of gold.
It is not usually necessary to drill for gold, but when a layer of gold is located deep below the surface of the earth, it is possible to drill a hole into the ground. Engineers have developed modern process for removing gold from rocks.
Since gold is not very hard, it is sometimes melted and added to other substances for making rings, coins, and art objects. It will be priced forever because it is beautiful, rare, and useful.

5. The best title of the text above is ….
a. Gold d. Rare Ornaments
b. Type of Gold e. Removing Gold from Rocks
c. Previous Metal
6. The following are associated with gold, EXCEPT ….
a. useful d. expensive
b. precious e. unnecessary
c. beautiful
7. The text above is mainly intended to … about gold.
a. discuss d. elaborate
b. classify e. document
c. describe
8. “It will be priced forever because …” (Paragraph 4)
The underlined word means ….
a. valuable d. wonderful
b. worthless e. eye catching
c. interesting

Text 3 for questions 9 to 13

I personally think that reading is a very important activity in our life. Why do I say so? Firstly, by reading we can get a lot of knowledge about many things in the world such as science, technology, sport, arts, culture, etc written either books, magazine, newspaper, etc.
Secondly, by reading we can get a lot of news and information about happening in any parts of the world which can’t we see directly.
Another reason, reading can give us pleasure too. When we are tired, we read books, newspaper or magazine on the entertainment coloumn such as comedy, short story, quiz, etc. to make us relaxed.
The last, reading can also take us to other parts of the world. By reading a book about Irian Jaya we may feel we’re really sitting in the jungle not at home in our rooms.
From the facts above, it’s obvious that everyone needs to read to get knowledge, information and also entertainment. Or in summary we can say reading truly important in our life.

9. Why is reading very important in our life? Because ….
a. by reading we can get a lot of friends, relatives, experience, etc.
b. by reading we can get little knowledge but a lot of entertainment
c. by reading we are always relaxed
d. by reading we are always happy
e. by reading we can get a lot of knowledge, news, information and entertainment
10. If we want to get knowledge, what should we do?
a. Buy a lot of books d. Sell and buy many expensive books
b. Borrow a lot of books e. Read a lot of books and other printed materials
c. Look for newspaper and magazine
11. What does the text tell us about?
b. The description of reading d. The disadvantages of reading
c. The function of reading e. The purpose of reading
d. The importance of reading
12. What is the social function of the text?
a. To tell a story d. To give information
b. To describe the reader e. To persuade the reader
c. To entertain the reader
13. The text above is in the form of ….
a. report d. analytical exposition
b. explanation e. hortatory exposition
c. discussion

Text 4 for questions 14 to 16

Sanyo’s coffee san

Sanyo’s coffee san is the only 10-cup coffee maker with a coffee grinder built in. so you get freshly ground coffee every time. Just pour in whole beans, set the timer, and a perfect pot of coffee will be waiting for you tomorrow morning.

14. What does the text about?
a. Coffee d. Coffee grinder
b. Coffee maker e. Bean
c. Coffee pot
15. What is the purpose of the text?
a. To explain how to make coffee d. To report something
b. To review a product e. To explain how to do something
c. To describe a thing
16. How many cups can you make with that product?
a. 2 d. 10
b. 3 e. 15
c. 5

Text 5 for questions 17 to 18
English Speaking Club

There will be a program to develop our speaking skills next Sunday. We’ll practice guiding tourists in Prambanan Temple. Please enroll soon since there are limited seats.

Departure Time : 08.00 a.m.
Fee : Rp. 20.000,-
Contact Person : Salsa, Biyan

Chief,
Naila Zahwa Dzakiyya

17. Which statement is true about the announcement of the English Speaking Club?
a. Salsa and Biyan are supervisors of the program
b. The implementation of the program is on Sundays
c. Each participant has to pay Rp. 20.000,- to the chief
d. The aim of the program is to guide foreign tourists
e. The participants will guide foreign tourists in Prambanan Temple
18. “Please enroll soon since there are limited seats.”
The underlined word means ….
a. record d. register
b. answer e. subscribe
c. appeal

Text 6 for questions 19 to 23

Everyone has a favourite teacher, someone who we feel a special connection with. In primary school, my favourite teacher was Mrs. Salami. I was not such a good pupil, but just looking at Mrs. Salami made me feel that I was going to learn.
Mrs. Salami was 45 years old and rather short about 1.50 meters. Since I’m short too, I always feel a bit nervous with tall teacher who tower menacingly over me. It was reassuring to be around Mrs. Salami. Also, I always enjoy the fragrance of the herbs that she grew in our classroom.
On the top of her round head, Mrs. Salami always wore a colorful headscarf with an intriguing design. This, plus her warm smile, brightened the lesson in her classroom. However, the best part of her face was her kind eyes that said to her students, “I care deeply about you.”
Mrs. Salami usually wore bright long sleeve blouse that went well with her coffee-color skin. She did not wear much jewelry, just a simple Casio watch on her left hand and a ruby red ring on the ring finger of her right hand. The other ‘decoration’ on her hand came from types of ink from whiteboard markers and other sources.
On most days, Mrs. Salami wore loose-fitting pants. Finally, on her feet, she often had brown closed-toe shoes with just a slightly raised heel that made a peculiar ‘clip-clop’ sound as she walked. The low-heeled shoes made it easy for Mrs. Salami to walk briskly around the classroom to help us when we were doing group activities.
I can still feel her friendly touch on my shoulder as she stood listening carefully to our group or explaining something that none of us could figure out.

19. The type of the text above is ….
a. descriptive d. explanation
b. narrative e. exposition
c. discussion
20. What is the purpose of the text above?
a. To tell what happened with Mrs. Salami d. To entertain the reader with Mrs. Salami
b. To describe how Mrs. Salami looks like e. To report about Mrs. Salami’s life
c. To tell someone how to make favourite teacher

21. The Identification of the text can be found in paragraph ….
a. 3 d. 1
b. 4 e. 2
c. 5
22. The text tells us about ….
a. The favourite teacher d. The favourite teacher’s characteristic
b. Mrs. Salami and her characteristic e. The favopurite teacher and Mrs. Salami
c. Mrs. Salami’s life
23. “On top of her round head, Mrs. Salami always wore a colorful headscarf with an intriguing design.”
The underlined word means ….
a. very exciting d. very surprising
b. very amazing e. very wonderful
c. very interesting

Text 7 for questions 24 to 28

Long time ago a remote village, in central China was inhabited mainly with farmers and hunters.
One day, a poor farmer lost his entire livestock to flood. He prayed to God for help or his family would die of starvation.
Few days later, an old man with long grey beard, passed by his house took pity on him. He gave him a goose and said “I don’t have any expensive thing to give you and hope this goose will help you to ease your hardship.”
A week later to almost surprise the farmer found and egg in his yard. This was no ordinary egg. It was a golden egg. He was suddenly overcome with joy.
Thereafter, his livelihood had rapidly improved but the farmer had forgotten his earlier hardship. He became lazy, arrogant and spendthrift.
Strangely, the goose only laid one golden egg every six months. The greedy farmer lost his patient and slaughtered his goose thinking there were plenty of golden eggs inside its stomach.
Though he very much regretted for his foolishness, it’s already too late.

24. What did the story teach us?
a. It thought us to pray to God for help d. It thought us not to be lazy or arrogant
b. It thought us foolishness did not pay e. It thought us not to forget a good deed
c. It thought not to be greedy and contended with what we had
25. What is the communicative purpose of the text?
a. To share an amusing story with other d. To persuade the reader to read the story
b. To describe how the farmer got rich e. To entertain the reader with an interesting story
c. To inform readers about the farmer and the goose
26. Which of the statement describe his downfall?
a. He prayed for God’s help or his family would die
b. He did not believe the old man
c. A week later to his utmost surprised he found a golden egg
d. He lost his patient and slaughtered his goose
e. He forgotten his hardship and became lazy, arrogant and spendthrift
27. Which part of the story is orientation?
a. One day, a poor farmer lost his entire livestock
b. Few days later an old man, with long grey beard, passed by his house took a pity on him
c. A week later to his utmost surprise the farmer found an egg in his yard
d. Long time ago, a remote village, in central China, was inhabited mainly with farmers and hunters
e. Strangely, the goose only laid one golden egg every six months
28. Which of the following statement is not true according the text above?
a. The goose only laid one golden egg every six months
b. The farmer had forgotten his previous hardship
c. The farmer found an unordinary egg in his yard
d. He prayed to God for help or his family would die because lack of food
e. The greedy farmer lost his patient and killed his goose

Text 8 for questions 29 to 32

If you want to make ice tea, first prepare a half glass of tea, one or two spoonful sugar and ice. Next step is put the sugar into the glass of tea, stir it well. After that, add some pieces of ice into the glass and stir it again and the ice is ready to serve.


29. If we want to make ice tea we need to prepare ….
a. ice, sugar, coffee, glass d. ice, salt, sugar, tea
b. ice, tea, chocolate, water e. sugar, tea, coffee
c. tea, water, sugar, ice
30. After putting the sugar into the glass, … it for about two minutes.
a. make d. serve
b. add e. prepare
c. stir

31. …. the ice into the glass and shake it well!
a. drop d. buy
b. put e. sell
c. send
32. What is the communicative purpose of the text?
a. To explain how to make ice tea d. To persuade the reader to make ice tea
b. To describe how ice tea is made e. To describe the way ice tea is
c. To explain the process involved in making ice tea

Text 9 for questions 33 to 40

My Day at the Beach

Last week my friends and I were bored after three weeks of holidays, so we rode our bikes to Smith Beach, which is only five kilometres from where I live. When we arrived at the beach, we were surprised to see there was hardly anyone there. After having a quick dip in the ocean, which was really cold, we realized one reason there were not many people there. It was also quite windy.
After we bought some hot chips at the takeaway store nearby, we rode our bikes down the beach for a while, on the hard, damp part of the sand. We had the wind behind us and, before we knew it, we were many miles down the beach. Before we made the long trip back, we decided to paddle our feet in the water for a while, and then sit down for a rest. While we were sitting on the beach, just chatting, it suddenly dawned on us that all the way back, we would be riding into the strong wind.
When we finally made it back home, we were both totally exhausted! But we learned some good lessons that day.

33. What is the purpose of the text above?
a. Retell events for the purpose of research d. Retell events for the purpose of persuading
b. Retell events for the purpose of explaining e. Retell experience for the purpose of entertaining
c. Retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining
34. When did the writer go to the beach?
a. Yesterday d. Now
b. Last week e. Then
c. Three weeks of holidays
35. What is the name of the beach?
a. John d. Omaha
b. Brown e. Smith
c. Alpha
36. Which is not true based on the story?
a. The writer and his friends went to the beach because they were boring
b. They bought some hot chips
c. It needed to ride about 5 kilometres to reach the beach
d. They were facing windy road
e. Many people were at the beach when they got there
37. Who are the participants in the story?
a. The readers d. Smith
b. The people e. The writer and his friends
c. The hot chips
38. How did the story end?
a. Embarrassing d. Happy
b. Annoying e. Funny
c. Sad


39. How is the generic structure of the text above?
a. Orientation-events-evaluation d. Orientation-events-reorientation
b. Twist-events-reorientation e. Goal-material-steps
c. Orientation-twist-reorientation
40. Which of the following word belongs to temporal sequence?
a. Arrived at d. After
b. Three weeks e. Was
c. Hot chips

II. Give the following dialogues or questions with the correct forms of response or answer!

41. Complete the following dialogue with the statement expressing SYMPATHY.
Axl Rose : When my brother and I were going to school, a car hit him. He broke one of his legs.
Sharon : Oh, … I hope he’ll be well soon.

42. Complete the following dialogue with the statement expressing OFFERING HELPING.
Shop assistant : Good evening, Ma’am ….
Miss. Nai’la : Good evening. I will have a birthday party. Can you show me some long evening dresses?

43. Husband : My car’s battery is very weak.
Wife : Why don’t we get a new one.
Husband : I think we should, but I wish I could recharge the battery.
The underlined expression means that he … recharge the battery.

44. Complete the following dialogue with the statement expressing UNCERTAINTY.
Salsa : Our class is going to Tanah Toraja.
Will you join us, Biyan?
Biyan : ….

45. Complete the following dialogue with the statement expressing HOPE/EXPECTATION.
Verentsya : Do you think the Indonesian football team will play in the World Cup next year?
Dzacky : ….

Yah, kemunculan Si Dukun cilik yang tiba-tiba menyeruak dalam kehidupan kita, ternyata benar-benar telah mampu menyedot begitu banyak perhatian kita. Dari mulai rakyat jelata sampai yang bukan jelata (Sich siapa ya yang bukan jelata?)
Sebetulnya gerangan apa yang sedang terjadi dengan masyarakat kita ya? Ketika ribuan bahkan puluhan ribu masyarakat kita berdesak-desakan antri untuk mendapatkan mukjizat dari batu-nya Si Ponari. Logika kita kandas disana. Kita dibuat terheran-heran dengan semua fenomena tersebut. Dokter, Paramedis dan "Si Sakit" yang sering memerlukan waktu lama untuk mengobati sebuah penyakit, terhenyak dengan kejadian tersebut.
Kita dibuat tercengang ketika harus menyaksikan bahwa ada sebagian dari calon pasien Si Dukun, yang dengan penuh keyakinan mengambil air dan tanah di sekitar rumah Ponari.
Dan ketika Aparat yang berwenang melarang Si Dukun untuk berpraktikpun, ternyata tidak mampu menghentikan laju dari para pencari kesembuhan tersebut, bahkan ketika MUI mengeluarkan fatwanyapun hal tersebut tetap berjalan.
Sehingga dalam hal ini siapakah yang salah? Apakah Ponari yang salah? Ataukah mereka yang datang untuk mencari kesembuhan atas penyakit yang dideritanya?
Cukupkah pemerintah, melalui aparat sebagai kepanjangan tangannya, hanya mengeluarkan segala larangan ini dan itu? Kayaknya enggak tuch...! Pemerintah harusnya bisa bersikap lebih arif lagi dalam mensikapi hal tersebut. Sudah cukupkan fasilitas kesehatan yang disediakan oleh pemerintah untuk rakyatnya? Sudah terjangkaukah layanan kesehatan yang diberikan oleh pemerintah bagi masyarakat kecil khususnya? Kalau melihat fenomena Ponari (dan mungkin ada banyak Ponari-Ponari yang lainnya yang tidak terekspose) maka jawaban dari pertanyaan-pertanyaan tersebut adalah ....... belum kale!

Yang pertama, saat aku melihat pisang itu aku langsung teringat akan kebesaran Allah SWT. Begitu sempurna dan lengkap segala ciptaan-Nya.
Keberadaan pisang itu mengingatkanku pada apa yang pernah diomongin sama anak lelakiku, Abigael Dzacky Abiyan atau yang biasa kami panggil Biyan. Dia pernah ngomong ke aku, "Pak kenapa Allah memberi kita dua mata dan dua telinga, kenapa tidak satu saja? dan kenapa mulut kita hanya satu, bukan dua?" Dia bukanya minta jawaban dariku, tapi dia sendiri yang menjawabnya. Menurutnya bahwa Allah memberi kita dua mata itu berarti bahwa kita harus lebih banyak belajar dengan melihat, demikian juga dengan telinga kita yang dua harusnya lebih banyak kita gunakan untuk mendengar dibandingkan dengan mulut kita yang cuma satu. Intinya, menurut dia bahwa kita harus lebih banyak melihat dan mendengar daripada berbicara. Hi guys, jangan serius banget bacanya donk! Enjoy aja. Ok.
Kembali ke pisang dempet tadi. Apa gerangan maksud Allah menciptakan pisang yang seperti itu? Kalau ada temen-temen yang emang punya pendapat atau jawaban dari pertanyaan tersebut tolong kasih tau aku ya? Karena sampai detik ini aku hanya tau satu jawaban, yaitu bahwa pisang dempet ternyata mempunyai khasiat yang sangat manjur. Apa sich khasiatnya. Khasiatnya yaitu bisa untuk ngobatin orang yang sedang lapar. Pasti dijamin manjur kalau makan pisang dempet. Gimana gak manjur orang makan 2 pisang.