Latihan 50 soal Bahasa Inggris SMP kelas 2 semester 2




Choose the best answer!
Rasi             : I need a good English dictionary. ...........(1)
Shopkeeper : Sure. Here they are. We've got two. Which one do you prefer?
Rasi             : The red one I think. By the way, it is completed with the list
                      of irregular verb.
Shopkeeper : Sure. It is.
Rasi             : Well, I'll take it.
Shopkeeper :..............(2)
Rasi             : Yes, please. It will make it keep clean then.

1. .................
    A. Do you bring it?
    B. Do you have it?
    C. Do you need one?
    D. Do you give me one?

2. ................
    A. Do you need a plastic bag?
    B. Do you want me to wrap it?
    C. Do you need some stationaries?
    D. Do you want me to put the uplastic cover on?

Read the dialog to answer questions 3 and 4!
Choose the best answer!
Yohana   :Our school camping is about to come. I don't really like to join.
                 Is it a must for us?
Nata       : Of course. I think camping is so interesting. I love it.
Yohana   : .............(3)
                 You never joined such a program before. It might be boring
                  and tiresome
Nata        : ..........(4)
                  It's challenging and worthy trying

3. ............
    A. How do you know?
    B. Do you know that?
    C. Are you Okay?
    D. IS it fine?

4. ...........
  A. I don't know what to say
  B. I don't know what to think
  C. Well, I don't like to think it
  D. Well, I'm thinking an opposite way

The following test is for questions 5 to 8
Babies usually.......(5).. a lot. However, Yolla is different. She........(6) cries. She cries only when she..........(7) thirsty or hungry. She does not cry loudly. She just........(8) a bit

5. ...........
     A. cry
     B. cries
     C. smile
     D. Laugh

6. ...........
     A. never
     B. often
     C. rarely
     D. always

7. ...........
     A. is
     B. do
     C. are
     D. done

8. ........... 
     A. hoot
     B. weep
     C. shout
     D. whoop

The following text is for numbers 9 to 12.
How are you Mum
         Bob1976@yahoo.com                                      Friday 4,50pm

To gabriella_evans@gmail.com

How are you Mum? I miss you so much. We are not going anywhere this morning. We are staying in hotel, but everybody is busy.  They are enjoying themselves. Joan and Noumi is swimming. Georgi is still having breakfast. Shally is doing exercise at the hotel gym. I am at swimming pool right now, but I am not swimming. I'm reading a novel. I'm too tired to do anything, I guess. We will leave the hotel at eleven. Oh, Ican't wait to see you soon, mum.

Big hug
Jenny

9. Who is Gabriella?
    A. Jenny's classmate
    B. Jenny's friend
    C. Jenny's mother
    D. Jenny's sister

10. Who is at the gym?
    A. George
    B. Naomi
    C. Shally
    D. Joan

11. Why is Jenny not swimming?
    A. She is busy
    B. She is sleepy
    C. She can't swim
    D. She is exhausted

12. From the text, we know that......
    A. Jenny is swimming
    B. George is reading a novel
    C. They are waiting until eleven o'clock to go home
    D. George, jenny, Shally, Naomi and Jane are doing the activities outside the hotel

The following text is for numbers 13 to 16
Hi Laura!

How are you doing now? Here all my family is well. Though I am really busy right now, I m still writing for you. What a good friend, right? Ha ha!

We are getting ready for my grandmother's seventieth birthday. There is a big family party this evening in the garden, with about 40 people. Some of my aunts, uncles and their children are here because to day we are preparing for the party. My dad is putting up light in the garden at the moment. My uncle are organizing tables and chairs. My mother is cooking in the kitchen and my aunts are helping her.

My cousins are here too. However, they are not helping much. They are playing computer games right now. Are you wondering what I am doing now? Why am I not helping them? Actually, I am helping to prepare music. Now I am downloading some old songs. Then I remember that you know much more about music than me. Do you have any suggestion about the best music for my grandmother's birthday party?

If you are online, please write an email soon. I am waiting for your replay.

Peter

13. What is Peter doing?
     A. Peter is playing computer games
     B. Petter is searching many sweet songs for the party
     C. Peter is writing a letter to Laura because he is missing her
     D. Peter and his family are preparing his grandmother's party since he is busy

14. By reading the text, a reader know that.......
     A. Laura is Peter's best friend
     B. Peter's family is consisted of 40 people
     C. The party will be held between the end of the afternoon and night
     D. Peter is not helping his family for getting ready the grandmother's party since he is busy

15. "However, they aren't helping much." (paragraph 3)
     The underlined word refers to?
     A. The people
     B. Peter's aunts
     C. Peter's uncles
     D. Peter's causins

16. What will Laura probably do after reading the message? She.......
     A. replies Peter's  letter immediately
     B. attends Peter's grandmother celebration
     C. answers and then sends the best old songs soon to Peter via email
     D. gets online and then chats about old sweet song with Peter via email

The following text is for questions 17 to 21.
            Nanda and Caca are twin.They look the same, but they have some differences. Nanda is 39 kg, but Caca is 47 kg. So, Caca is (17).........than Nanda. Caca is 160 cm tall, but Nanda is 163 cm tall. So, Nanda is (18).......than Caca.
            Caca likes outdoor activities, but Nanda does not. So, Caca's skin is (19)........than Nanda's. Nanda always passes the mathematics tests. Caca is (20)...........at mathematics than Nanda. Both Nanda and Caca like to collect comics. Nanda has 25 comics and Cacac has 30 . Caca has (21).........comics than Nanda does. 

17. ............
     A. thinner
     B. heavier
     C. smaller
     D. slimmer

18. .............
     A. taller
     B. fatter
     C. bigger
     D. shorter

19. .............
     A. fairer
     B. whiter
     C. darker
     D. shorter

20. ............
     A. the best
     B. better
     C. good
     D. worse

21. ............
     A. many
     B. more
     C. much
     D. the most

Read the following text to answer questions 22 to 24!
I have a friend named Julie Rose. She is my classmate in Junior High School grade 8. She is 15 year old. She likes music, swimming and going to the cinema. She also likes hanging out with friends. She is very kind and friendly.

She is very normal. American girl. But, she has one unusual hobby. She loves extreme sports like parachuting, bungee jumping, wing-suit flying, kite surfing, skateboarding, and many more.

Julie joins one sport club. This club conducts one extreme sport on Sunday. twice a month. Julie wins many competitions of this kind of sport. Julie wants to be a professional athlete of extreme sport.

She is never afraid of danger of being injured. She always says that extreme sports are a part of her life. She is alive and feels joy of life while doing the extreme sport. 


22. What is the writer's intention of writing the text?
      A. To express the writer's proud on her friend
      B. To describe the writer's friend named Julie Rose
      C. To introduce Julie Rose as the writer's new classmate
      D. To congratulation Julie Rose on being a professional athlete

 23. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?
      A. The activities which Julie Rose does for her pleasure when she is not at school
      B. The writer's classmate in junior high school grade 8
      C. Julie rose's nationality
      D. Julie Rose's sport

24. What competition that Julie Rose join in? She takes part in.......
      A. swimming
      B. skateboarding
      C. extreme sport
      D. wing-suit flying

The following text is for numbers 25 to 28.
I am so happy to have a close friend. She is my beloved classmate, Fafa. We have known each other since we were in grade 7. We were in the same class, and we still are in grade 8 until now.
Fafa is very kind and friendly girl. She is always ready to help other people. Although she comes from rich family, she never looks down on other people. She is very sociable and has a lot of friends. She can interact easily with people from different ages. Therefore, she is also popular among teachers and parents. 

25. What is the text about?
     A. The writer's sister
     B. The writer's family
     C. The writer's deskmate
     D. The writer's best friend

26. What is the main idea of paragraph two?
     A. Fafa has good character
     B. Fafa comes from a rich family
     C. Fafa is an seven grader student
     D. Fafa is pupular among neighbours

27. She can interact easily with other people from other ages.
      The word "interact" is closest meaning to....
     A. agitate
     B. introduce
     C. influence
     D. communicate

28. Based on the text, we know that.......
     A. Fafa is known  as unfriendly person
     B. The writer studies at higher grade than Fafa
     C. Fafa is very sociable person, but she is unkind to the lower class
     D. Although Fafa is from a prosperous family, she never underestimate on other people

The following text is for questions 29 to 32. 
         Alana and Joe walked through the thick underground looking at the tall trees around them. There was a mist in the air. The forest was surprisingly shady because the tall trees had spreading branches on the top blocking out the harsh sunlight.
        Alana was walking in front of Joe when she heard a violent rustling of leaves and Joe shouted for help. She turned around but she couldn't find Joe. Instead she found a huge bole in the ground. It was an animal trap. She quickly run over to the trap, Where Joe's voice seemed to be coming fromand peeped in. The animals  trap must have been set up for larger animals because it was large enough to fit the two of them.
       Alana began to search for a way to get Joe out of the trap. She looed around and saw some creeper plants growing on a tree. They felt heavy and strong , just like a thick rope. She dropped one and into the bole for Joe and tied the other end around a thick tree truck.

           Joe grabbed onto the plant. With much effort, he managed to climb out of the bole. Then he set on the ground floor with Alana to eat, drink and rest. The still had along way to go before they got back to their cabin.

29. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?
     A. Alana lost in forest
     B. Joe trapped a large animal
     C. Joe was trapped in a huge hole
     D. Alana helped Joe from the animal trap

30. Alana helped Joe from the hole by using.......
     A. a thick rope
     B. a thick tree trunk
     C. some creeper plants
     D. some spreading branches

31. "They still had along way to go before they got back to their cabin...."
       The underlined word means.....
     A. a small wooden hut in the forest
     B. a small student house in the forest
     C. a room for sleeping in a boat or ship
     D. a part of an airplane for passenger seat

32. "They felt heavy and strong, just like a thick rope"
       What does the underlined word refer to?
     A. branches of three
     B. trunk of tree
     C. creeper plant
     D. larger animals

The following text is for numbers 33 to 36.
My Idol

         Hello my name is Florence. I want to tell you about my idol from which my name is taken from. Her name is Florence Nightingale. She was born in 1820 to a wealthy English family. She decided in her teens to become a nurse, even though her parents dissapproved. At that time, most nurses were from poor families and had little or no training. ButNighttingale was determined to have her way. In 1850 and 1851, she received training at hospital in Egypt and Germany.

        In 1853, Nightingale took charge of a hospital in London, England. Here she showed skills as a nurse and an organizer. She had bells put beside patients' beds.When patients needed a nurse, they rang their bells. Nobody had thought of this idea before.

        Nightingale devoted the rest of her long life for improving public health and educating people about the importance of good hygiene. Britain's hospitalsaccepted her ideas, and they become cleaner and healthier places.

       in 1860, Nightingale set up a training school for nurses in London. The "Nightingale nurses," as its graduates were called, helped spread Nightingale's ideas around the world. Nightingale died in 1910 at the age of 90.

33. What is the purpose of the text above?
     A. To portray Florence's life
     B. To describe florence's idol
     C. To explain writer's role model
     D. To tell about flowrence's origin name

34. From the text, we can conclude that Florence Nightingale's prominent character are.......
     A. persistent and caring
     B. Intelligent and devious
     C. structured and fanciful
     D. Prosperous and negligent

35. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?
     A. Florent devoted her life to public health
     B. A wealthy girl can determine to be a nurse
     C. The cleverness of Nightingale is shown on the use of the bell
     D. The writer's idol had ideas to establish nursing training school

36. ".....helped spread Nightingale's ideas around the world"
      The ideas can be replaced by.......
     A.  deeds
     B. works
     C. dreams
     D. estimations

The following text is to answer questions number 37 to 39.
I had funny experience when I had to catch a train for a meeting. I have never been traveled on train before. I took an early morning train to where I had to meet my professor.

At the station, I read a sign "For Oakleigh Station, Please Board Four Rear Cars only."
Then I boarded the train but did not notice the position of my carriage. When I got to my destination, the train door was locked. It could not be opened. I panicked and forced it to open. I thought there must be something wrong. There was no platform. So I jumped off the train lines and had to cross the railway lines to reach the platform. A fast train came from the other direction. I was so shocked. After I met my professor, I told him the story. He explained, if the sign says please board four rear cars only, it means that the train only has a short platform. I realized that I was so stupid but I was so lucky that morning.

37. What is the text about?
    A. Getting on the train
    B. Going to train station
    C. Visiting Oakliegh area
    D. meeting with professor

38. Why did the writer panic on the train when he got to his destination?
   A. He never traveled on the train before
   B. He did not meet the professor again
   C. The train ran too fast to destination
   D. The train door was locked

39. "Then I boarded the train but did not notice the position of my carriage,"
   The underlined word is closest meaning to.....
   A. Got on
   B. Got in
   C. Got off
   D. Got out

40. Arrange the jumbled sentences into a correct recount text.
  1. I went on many rides.
  2. Recently, I went to disneyland in Los Angeles.
  3. It went very fast and I got a little wet.
  4. My favorite ride was splash Mountain.
  5. I really had a wonderful time there.
  6. I also enjoyed Tom Sawyer's Island.
  7. We went there through a hanging bridge and walked through caves.
    A. 2-1-3-4-6-5-7
    B. 2-3-1-4-5-6-7
    C. 2-1-5-3-6-4-7
    D. 2-5-1-4-3-6-7


Fill in the blanks with the correct words and change the italic words into right answers.



Mr. Yadi is an English teacher. He speaks English fluently. His wife, Mrs. Diva (41).......a doctor. She helps sick people. She does not speak English. Mr. Yadi only (42).........one son. His son (43)........(work) as a policeman. They (44)......very proud of him.




Dhiaz (45)......helping  to cut some onions, chilies, carrot, potatoes and other vegetables. She is also writing her grandmother's recipe. She plans to make chicken soup at home next Monday. She is (46).....(make) the chicken soup for her mother. Next Monday is her mother's birthday. An hour later, Dhiaz and grandparents have finished eating chicken soup. Now, Dhiaz is (47)....(listen) to her granmother's story. Dhiaz als loves listening to her grandpa's story.




When I (48)......at the 8th grade of junior high school, my schoolmates and I (49).....(go) to Bali for five days. I got many experiences during vocation. First day, we visited Sanur beach in the early morning. We (50)....(see) the beautiful sun rise together. On the second day, we spent the day on Tanjung Benoa beach. We spent our last day in Sangeh. We enjoyed the green and shady forestspleasantly. In the afternoon, We had to check out from the hotel. we went back home bringing so many amazing memories of Bali.



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