Soal dan Jawaban Bahasa Inggris USBN Kelas XII
Read the following text to answer the questions no 11 to 12!
WIN PIZZA
Authentic Italian Pizza by True-blue Neapolitan Chef
A cozy little restaurant with creamy, sand-colored
walls, deep-toned, wooden counters and furnishings
and natural grey stone.
Food and Beverage:
Italian Cuisine (Italian Pizza and Pasta)
Various Kinds of juice
Best Italian Wine
Business Hour:
Sunday to Thursday: 11.30 AM to 2.30 PM
Friday to Saturday 11.30 AM to 5.30 PM
Address
30 Robertson Quay Riverside View
#01-14 Singapore 277798
Tel: +659484938
1. What does the restaurant look like?
A. Located in Italia.
B. Serves only Italian food.
C. Open on weekends till night time.
D. Amazing with delicious food.
E. Cozy with creamy, sand-colored walls.
2. How many kinds of food does the restaurant serve?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
E. Five
Read the following text to answer the questions no 13 to 16!
A long time ago, there lived on the island of Bali a giant-like creature named Kbo Iwo. The people of Bali used to say that Kbo Iwo was everything, a destroyer as well as a creator. He was satisfied with the meal, but this meant for the Balinese people enough food for a thousand men.
Difficulties arose when for the first time the barns were almost empty and the new harvest was still a long way off. This made Kbo lwo wild with great anger. In his hunger, he destroyed all the houses and even all the temples. It made the Balinese turn to rage.
So, they came together to plan steps to oppose this powerful giant by using his stupidity. They asked Kbo Iwo to build them a very deep well, and rebuild all the houses and temples he had destroyed. After they fed Kbo Iwo, he began to dig a deep hole.
One day he had eaten too much, he fell asleep in the hole. The oldest man in the village gave a sign, and the villagers began to throw the limestone they had collected before into the hole. The limestone made the water inside the hole boiling. Kbo Iwo was buried alive. Then the water in the well rose higher and higher until at last it overflowed and formed Lake Batur. The mound of earth dug from the well by Kbo Iwo is known as Mount Batur.
3. Which one of the following fact is true about Kbo Iwo?
A. Kbo Iwo ate a little amount of meat.
B. Kbo Iwo is a destroyer that cannot make anything.
C. Kbo Iwo was angry because his food was stolen by Balinese people.
D. Kbo Iwo destroyed all the house but not the temple.
E. Kbo ate food equally for food of thousand people
4. “So, they came together to plan steps to oppose this powerful giant ...” (Paragraph 3).
The underlined word can be replaced by....
A. small
B. big
C. huge
D. support
E. defeat
5. What is the purpose of the writer by writing the story above?
A. To describe Bali island.
B. To persuade the reader to go to Bali
C. To entertain the reader of the story
D. To explain about Kbo Iwo
E. To discuss about Lake Batur.
6. What is Mount Batur?
A. A lake build by Kbo Iwa
B. A well dug by Kbo Iwa
C. The mountain built by Kbo Iwa
D. A mound of earth dug from the well by Kbo Iwa
E. A home build by Balinese people to Kbo Iwa
Read the following text to answer the questions no 17 to 18!
Dizzy, tired and fed up. It has been three years I’m hiding my sickness. Now I’m beat, but I still need to go to school and try to take the lessons. My best friend asked me, “I’m okay, only tired”.
I didn’t go home. I attended an extra-curricular activity. When I gathered with my friends, my chest was hurting, “Oh my God, Why do I need to feel this suffering every day? I just want to hang out together with my friends, my family, everybody … I don’t want my best friends know this”.
Talking of the devil, my best friend was waiting for me by the front gate. I then went home with him, but then suddenly my body was trembling, my head was spinning, and blood to sorting out from my nose. I fainted unconsciously, and was brought to hospital by my best friend.
Before informing my parents, I asked the doctor and he said. “You are suffering a heart cancer. Your heart is continuously getting weaker, and I’m afraid you can’t hold much longer. We must conduct a surgery as soon as possible.”
I took my cell phone and called my parents. Then soon arrived at the hospital; arriving in the state of shock and pity on my condition, with all the life sustaining equipment stuck on my body.
One week has passed, and I’ve been unconscious for I went into a coma. Every day, my friends watched over me. They even brought me some food, “We made that for you.” they said.
Then finally my parents agreed to conduct the surgery. They hoped for the best because they knew that God is still kind to me.
7. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To tell the readers about an extra-curricular activity.
B. To inform the readers about suffering a heart cancer.
C. To persuade the readers in order to hold a heart surgery.
D. To inform the readers about saving patients with a heart cancer.
E. To tell the readers about the writer’s experience with his sickness.
8. From the text we know that the writer ….
A. had just had a heart surgery
B. waited for his friends in the hospital
C. fainted unconsciously in the hospital
D. told his parents to stay in the hospital
E. has just known that he had serious illness.
Read the following text to answer the questions no 19 to 23!
Singapore to Develop Marine Tourism in Riau Islands of Indonesia
Singapore has expressed its interest in developing marine tourism in Natuna, Anambas and Lingga, three beautiful yet hidden regencies in the Riau Islands province of Indonesia According to Riau Islands deputy Governor. Soeryo Respationo, the three areas have their own beauty but lack of adequate infra-structure to boost tourism.
Singapore's investment in the tourism sector would perfectly match with the islands' need, he said recently. Soeryo said that Singapore Ambassador Anil Kumar Nayar visited the Riau islands administration on Tuesday to show the country's commitment in developing the marine tourism sector.
9. What sector is Singapore interested in making investment in?
A. Tourism in the islands in Riau
B. Tourism in the sea around the three islands in Riau
C. Building marine infrastructure in the three islands in Riau
D. Building tourism infrastructure in the three islands in Riau
E. Developing tourism industry in the three islands in Riau
10. “Soeryo said that Singapore Ambassador Anil Kumar Nayar visited the Riau islands administration on Tuesday to show the country's commitment in developing the marine tourism sector”.
What does the underlined word refer to?
A. Singapore
B. Riau Islands
C. Indonesia
D. Natuna
E. Anambas and Lingga
11. What is the main idea of paragraph 1?
A. Singapore shows its commitment in developing the marine tourism sector.
B. Singapore ambassador visited the three islands in Riau
C. Singapore forbids to invest in the three islands in Riau
D. Anil Kumar Nayar is the Singapore ambassador in Indonesia
E. Marine Tourism is the best sector to invest your money in Riau
12. ...the three areas have their own beauty but lack of adequate infrastructure to boost tourism.
(Paragraph 1).
What is the underlined word closest meaning?
A. Enough
B. Shortness
C. Increase
D. Addition
E. Lot of
13. Based on the text above, why would Riau Islands of Indonesia be invested by Singapore’s investment?
A. Singapore’s investment would not build Riau
B. Singapore’s investment would show the country’s Marine Tourism
C. Singapore’s investment would develop tourism sector in Riau Islands
D. Riau Island has only three beautiful regencies
E. Riau Island has to build infrastructure
Read the following text to answer the questions no 24 to 27!
Nobody likes paying taxes. Event those who know that taxation is necessary and reluctant to pay taxes. It is not pleasant to see part of your monthly income taken away from your income tax. Ignorant people think this is injustice and make grievance of it.
Every country has a government. The primary duties of a government are to protect the life and property of the citizens, to maintain law and order, and settle dispute between citizens in a just and orderly way through the law-courts, to defend the country from foreign foes and to maintain and direct education, provide hospitals for the sick and attend to sanitation. All these great to be kept up and have to be paid.
Furthermore, schools and teachers have to be provided and supported, health experts and sanitary engineers have to be employed. Now where is all from? Tax is needed for the benefits of the public. It is the people as a whole rich and poor that benefit by security of the life and property, by the sound roads, by public hospital, public school and good sanitation.
Therefore, it is necessary for people to pay taxes. The money will be back to them in the form of public service and facility.
14. The topic of the text is about ….
A. the description of taxes
B. the way people pay taxes
C. the necessity of paying taxes
D. the objection of paying taxes
E. the facilities to pay taxes
15. Based on the text we know that …
A. defending country from foes is not the job of the government
B. it is pleasant to give your money income to pay taxes
C. government has a simple duty to handle its people
D. ignorant people think it is necessary to pay taxes
E. some people think paying taxes is injustice
16. What is the main idea of paragraph three?
A. Tax is needed for the public’s benefit.
B. Government should maintain good roads.
C. Good sanitation is necessary for the public.
D. Both rich and poor people have to pay taxes
E. Government should provide good school and sanitary facilities.
17. The underlined word in sentence, “...to maintain law and order, and settle dispute between citizens..” (paragraph 2) has the same meaning as...
A. violate
B. introduce
C. preserve
D. reform
E. revise
Read the following text to answer the questions no 28 to 29!
The term of “tsunami” comes from the Japanese which means harbour (“tsu”) and wave (“nami”). A tsunami is a series of waves generated when water in a lake or the sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale.
A tsunami can be generated when the sea floor abruptly deforms and vertically displaces the overlying water. Such large vertical movements of the earth’s crust can occur at plate boundaries. Subduction of earthquakes is particularly effective in generating tsunamis, and occurs where denser oceanic plates slip under continental plates.
As the displaced water mass moves under the influence of gravity to regain its equilibrium, it radiates across the ocean like ripples on a pond.
Tsunami always bring great damage. Most of the damage is caused by the huge mass of water behind the initial wave front, as the height of the sea keeps rising fast and floods powerfully into the coastal area.
18. What makes a tsunami cause great damage?
A. The water rapidly displaced on a massive scale
B. Subduction of earthquake generated tsunami
C. The huge of water rises fast and powerfully
D. The water generates floods
E. The earth’s crust occurs at plate
19. The second paragraph mainly tells us about ....
A. The movement of the earth’s crust
B. The earth’s crust at the floor generates tsunami
C. The sea floor abruptly forms tsunami
D. How tsunami can be generated
E. Water displaces the earth’s crust
Read the following text to answer the questions no 30 to 33!
Spiders are predatory invertebrate animals. They are not classified in the class of insects. A spider has eight legs while an insect never has more than six legs.
Spiders have a body with two main divisions, four pairs of walking legs and two other pairs of abdominal spinnerets for spinning threads of silk. This silk can be used to aid climbing, build egg sacs and catch prey.
Spiders kill so many insects, but they never do the least harm to man’s belongings. Spiders are busy for at least half of the year killing insects. It is impossible to find out insects trying to kill, since they are hungry creatures, which cannot be contented with only three meals a day.
20. The text tells us about .…
A. many kinds of insects killed by the spider
B. the factual information about spider
C. the two main divisions of spider
D. the classification of spiders
E. the hungry creatures
21. Why can’t spiders be classified in the class of insects? Because ....
A. their bodies have two main divisions.
B. they eat more than three meals a day.
C. they have more than six legs.
D. they have walking legs.
E. kill many insects.
22. What is the use of threads of silk in spiders? It is used for ….
A. classifying the insects
B. spinning and dividing preys
C. walking and hiding their preys
D. dividing insects into two parts
E. climbing, building egg sacs and catching prey
23. “They never do the least harm to man’s belonging”
The underlined word is closest in meaning to ….
A. command
B. damage
C. relation
D. pleasure
E. intervention
Read the following text to answer the questions no 34 to 36!
How to make Mango Juice
Materials:
- A piece of mango
- A half glass of water
- A glass of ice pack
- A spoon of sugar
Steps:
1. First, peel the mango and clean it.
2. Next, cut the mango into pieces and put into juicer.
3. Then, put the water, ice and sugar.
4. After that, turn on the juicer and wait about 15 seconds.
5. Finally, pour the mango juice into the glass and ready to drink.
24. What is the purpose of the text above?
A. To tell the reader how to do something.
B. To entertain the reader about the story.
C. To inform the reader about the events.
D. To describe about the thing.
E. To explain to the readers about mango.
25. What are the ingredients to make the mango juice?
A. A piece of melon, a glass of water and a spoon of sugar
B. A piece of strawberry, a half glass of water and a spoonful of sugar
C. A piece of mango, a half glass of water, a glass of ice pack and a spoon of sugar
D. A piece of mango, a half glass of water, two glasses of ice pack and a spoon of sugar
E. A piece of mango, a glass of water, two glasses of ice pack and a spoon
26. What must we do after cutting the mango into pieces and putting them into the juicer?
A. Put the mango juice into the glass and ready to drink.
B. Peel the mango and clean it
C. Put the water, ice and sugar
D. Cut the mango into pieces
E. Turn on the juicer and wait about 15 second.
Read the following text to answer the questions no 37 to 40!
Many people say that examinations should be abolished because they are not the best measure of student’s capabilities. These people believe that students can study on their own and do better without the nagging worry and pressure exerted by examinations.
Yet, there are persuasive reasons to show that examinations should not be abolished. It is insufficient that teachers assign homework and correct it. Because this is not done under supervision, they cannot be sure that it is really the work of the students themselves. Moreover, homework is not a test of student’s ability. Homework is a method of merely keeping him occupied.
Nowadays, in the hunt for jobs, students need to produce some evidence of their capabilities. Prospective employers like to see copies of examination results. This is the only way a student’s qualifications can be judged. This attitude greatly encourages the use of examinations, since it is considered it necessary for them to measure their capabilities.
27. From the text above, we can infer that ….
A. the examination is still used for measuring students’ qualifications.
B. all people agree the examination as the quality control.
C. the examination is not necessary to use for measuring the students’ abilities.
D. the examination is used as means of measuring students’ abilities annually before ending their education.
E. the government obliges educational practitioners conducting the examination for increasing the quality.
28. It is insufficient that teachers assign homework and correct it.
The underlined word refers to ....
A. many people
B. examination
C. student
D. homework
E. ability
29. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
A. The examination is still necessary for some reasons.
B. The teachers’ roles supervise the students.
C. The homework is important for students.
D. The homework is useless for students.
E. The teachers are insufficient in school
30. “Examinations should be abolished...”
The underlined word can be replaced by ....
A. Evacuated
B. Elaborated
C. Estimated
D. Eliminated
E. Enhanced
A. SOAL URAIAN
Read the following text to answer the question no 41 and 42!
Once upon a time there was a man who liked hunting very much. He often went to the forest to hunt any animal he met.
One day he went hunting into the forest. He intended to shoot any animal he saw. He brought his gun with him. When he was searching for his prey, suddenly he saw a bird perching on a branch of a tree. It was a dove. When he was aiming his gun at the dove, suddenly an ant came and bit his foot. He was so startled that he didn’t shoot the dove. It was safe and then flew away.
Several days later, the dove was flying over a lake. He saw an ant floating on the surface of the water. It was the ant that had saved the dove’s life from the hunter. The ant was almost drowned. The dove got an idea, he picked up a big leaf and dropped it onto the surface of the water near the ant. Luckily the ant could get on the leaf.
The ant tried to bring the leaf to the edge of the lake and landed on the ground. The ant was safe because the dove helped him.
31. Why did the man go into the forest?
32. “When he was aiming his gun at the dove, ...” (paragraph 2)
The underlined word can be replaced by ...
33. Arrange these sentences below in good order!
How to make bregedel tempe
a. Put the mashed tempe in a bowl and mix with the flour and royco, followed by an egg.
b. Shape the tempe into the size of a golf ball and fatten with a little with a fork
c. Fry until golden brown on both sides, drain on absorbent and serve hot with chili or source
d. Mash the tempe with a fork
e. Heat the vegetable oil in a medium flame, when the oil is hot, drop the tempe into the oil, five or six at A time.
Giraffe
Giraffe is the tallest animal in the world. Its height can reach 4.8 to 5.5 meters and it weighs about 1360 pounds. Giraffe has a unique characteristic. They have a very long neck and two small horns on its head. Giraffes have big brown eyes and protected by thick and long eyebrows. Her body is covered with a unique pattern that is attached by brown spots all over their body.
Just like camels, giraffes can survive without drinking for long time because giraffes can rely on the water contained in leaves they eat. Giraffes are very selective in choosing food. They always eat young leaves that grow in the tree tops. Their tongue shaped like a knife help them to cut branches which are very hard.
Female giraffes can start to get pregnant at the age of five years, with a gestation period of 15 months. Commonly female giraffes bear one baby, but sometimes two babies at once. Giraffes bear their baby with a standing position. When the baby is about to be born, they just drop it to the ground from a 1.5 meter of height. Baby giraffe can stand about 20 minutes after being born, and begin breastfeeding within an hour of birth.
34. What is the generic structure of the text above?
35. Rearrange the following sentences to form a meaningful paragraph!
1. He won his first tournament just days before his 18th birthday.
2. Bjorn Rune Borg was born on June, 1956 in Stockholm, Sweden.
3. He dropped out of school to devote himself to training fulltime when he was 13 years Old.
4. At the age of 11, he won his first tennis tournament.
5. Borg qualified for the Swedish Davis up team, at age 15 and won both of his single matches.
A. Kunci Jawaban Soal PG
No Soal | Kunci | No Soal | Kunci | No Soal | Kunci | No Soal | Kunci |
1 | E | 11 | A | 21 | C | 31 | |
2 | B | 12 | B | 22 | E | 32 | |
3 | E | 13 | C | 23 | B | 33 | |
4 | C | 14 | C | 24 | A | 34 | |
5 | C | 15 | E | 25 | C | 35 | |
6 | D | 16 | A | 26 | C | 36 | |
7 | E | 17 | C | 27 | A | 37 | |
8 | E | 18 | C | 28 | D | 38 | |
9 | D | 19 | D | 29 | A | 39 | |
10 | A | 20 | B | 30 | D | 40 |
B. Pedoman Penskoran Soal Uraian
No | UraianJawaban/Kata Kunci | Skor |
41 | a. Mampu menentukaninformasi tertentu /to hunt any animal he met | 6 |
b.Tidak mampumenentukaninformasi tertentu | 0 | |
Jumlah | 6 | |
42 | a. Mampu menyimpulkanmakna kata /targeting | 5 |
b. Tidak mampu menyimpulkanmakna kata | 0 | |
Jumlah | 5 | |
43 | a.Mampu menyusun kalimat dalam bentuk susunan/cara yang benar/ D-A-B-E-C | 4 |
b. Tidak mampu menyusun kalimat dalam bentuk susunan/cara yang benar | 0 | |
Jumlah | 4 | |
44 | a.Mampu menentukan bagian-bagian struktur text sesuai generic structure pada text report/1. General classification2. Description | 6 |
b. Tidak mampu menentukan bagian-bagian struktur text sesuai generic structure pada text report | 0 | |
Jumlah | 6 | |
45 | a. Mampu menentukan susunan kalimat yang benar pada bagian paragraf yang disusun acak /2-4-3-5-1 | 4 |
0 | ||
Jumlah | 4 | |
Total | 25 |