UJIAN SEKOLAH

TAHUN PELAJARAN 2023/2024

Mata Pelajaran : Bahasa Inggris

Hari/Tanggal : , Maret 2024
Kelas : IX (Sembilan)
Waktu :

PETUNJUK PENGERJAAN :
1. Bacalah Basmalah sebelum menjawab pertanyaan
2. Kerjakanlah soal yang mudah terlebih dahulu
3. Bacalah Hamdallah setelah selesai menjawab semua soal
4. Bekerjalah dengan penuh kejujuran dan rasa tanggung jawab

I. Pilihlah salah satu jawaban yang paling tepat pada pilihan A, B, C, dan D di bawah ini!
Quations No 1 to 4! D. play games
Read the the text beside to answer question below.
Sekar is a journa list. She works at a Quations No 5 to 8!
multinational newspaper publisher. I've got a friend named Halim. He's a compulsive
eater. He likes all kinds of food. He eats anything that
Sekar is very busy. She often visits is served to him. He weighs 85 kilograms and is a
many places, even remote spots, to very chubby-cheeked, funny and friendly person.
gather news. Occasionally, she is
sent abroad to cover international When he is absent, everyone will miss him as he
events. While covering an event, she always makes people laugh with his jokes. That is
always carries a black backpack why people love him very much.
containing her laptop, camera,
tripod and smartphone.
5. What is the text about?
Sekar has been interested in A. Halim's physical appearance
journalism since she was in junior B. The hobby of the writer's friend
high school. At that time she joined C. The family of the writer's friend
her School's newspaper agency. Her D. The description of the writer's friend.
interest in journalism continued
through her time at university. 6. From the text, we can conclude that Halim .....
A. is very fat
1. A journalist is a person who ..... B. has few friends
A. gathers and writes news C. likes to play tricks
B. writes and edits news D. likes playing sports
C. interviews people
D. reports news 7. What is Halim's character like?
A. Kind C. Diligent Generous
2. Sekar always collects news for her ..... B. Helpful. D. Generous
A. printing house
B. school agency 8. "He's a compulsive eater
C. school organization The underlined word can be replaced by .....
D. newspaper publisher A. creative C. uncontrollable
B. sensitive D. competitive
3. Sekar has been interested in journalism since she
was ..... 9. Look at the following graph. Choose the best
A. an OSIS member answer for the question.(Lihat grafik di samping
B. a junior high student untuk menjawab pertanyaan berikut).
C. a senior high student
D. a university student
4. Sekar needs a smartphone during her work to .....
A. chat with her family
B. interview people
C. listen to music
please step forward-for high five! You are the
best.Congratulations !

Uncle John

From the text above we know that Sunny .....

A. get a medal for the best student
From the medal table of Tokyo Olympic 2020 B. is the best student at school
above, we know that the country which got the C. graduates from high school
most medals was ..... D. got five for his test
A. Korea C. Japan
B. China D. Italy Read the following text to answer questions
number 15 to 17.
10. Fikri and Fadli join marathon competition. Fikri Ingredients
can run for 10 km. But Fadli gives up earlier than  2 dragon fruits
Fikri. Fikri can run ..... than Fadli.  20 grams sugar
A. far C. near  30 ml water
B. farther D. nearer
Wipping cream
11. The follwoing text is question number 11. 1. The following are the steps how to make an
Glad if you can attend and laugh with us in original dragon fruit juice, but before begin to try
Graduation Party it, make sure you choose the fresh dragon fruit
In respect of our Daughter 2. First of all, cut the fresh dragon fruit and remove
Silviana has graduated from Padjadjaran its skin.
University Accompany with us on 3. Put dragon fruit, sugar, and water into a blender.
Sunday, Mei 21, 2023 at 8 p.m. 4. After that, blend all of the ingredients in the
The Suite Room, Sheraton Hotel. blender. Blend about 2 minutes
Romeo and Meliana 5. Now, pour the juice into the glass. Add whipping
cream on top of it. The original dragon fruit is
Based on the invitation text above, we can ready to drink. It is easy, isn’t it? This is my
conclude that ..... favorite drink.
A. Meliana is Silviana’s daughter
B. The party will be held in Sheraton Hotel 15. The text mainly about .....
C. The party ended at 8 p.m A. What the dragon fruit juice is
D. The party is to celebrate Silviana’s Birthday B. How to make dragon fruit juice
C. How we get dragon fruit juice
12. The follwoing text is question number 12. D. What we need to get dragon fruit juice

16. After cutting the dragon fruit, we should .....

A. Add whipping cream
B. Add sugar and water
C. Put them into blender
Why did the writer send the card? Because ..... D. Blend them about 2 minutes
A. She wanted to encourage her teacher
B. She wanted to congratulate her teacher 17. After that, blend all of the ingredients in the
C. She wanted to be a good teacher blender”. The underlined word is closest in
D. She wanted to entertain her teacher meaning to .....
13. The follwoing text is question number 13. A. Hook C. Pull
B. Mix D. Fit

The writer sent the card above to her .....

A. Grand mother C. Mother
B. Grandfather D. Father
14. The following text is question number 14
Dear Sunny,
When your nameis called as the best student
Quations no 18 to 19! Java, at a depth of 10 kilometres.

So far, the damages caused by this earthquake

are still being assessed, but according to National
Disaster Mitigation Agency or locally known as BNPB,
there have been 310 casualties (298 of whom have
been identified) and 24 people are still missing as a
result of the earthquake. Furthermore, 73,862 people
have been displaced (73,525 in Cianjur district, 333
in Sukabumi district, 4 in Bogor district), and 4,645
people injured.

BNPB also reported that around 12,729 heavily

18. Why do we need to read the label of this Dietary damaged houses, 2,234 moderately damaged houses,
Supplement before we consume it? and 6,944 slightly damaged houses. One district
A. The label tells us all information we need hospital sustained moderate damage, while four
about this product. primary health facilities (PUSKESMAS) sustained
B. The label tells us the dosage of this product. heavy damages, which hindered health provision of
C. The label tells us the benefit of this product. health services for affected communities, including
D. The label tells us the materials of this referral activities.
product.
(source https://reliefweb.int/report/indonesia/indonesia-cianjur-
earthquake-dref-application-mdrid025)
19. Can we still drink this Milk Calcium in 2011, why?
A. No we cannot, because the expire date on the 21. Although BNPB has given data on casualties but
label is 27th April 2010, the underlined sentence can still mean that .....
B. Yes we can, although its expire date is 27th A. casualties can still be increasing
April 2010. It is usually still ok. B. casualties can still be decreasing
C. Yes we can, the expire date does not have C. BNPB has found all of the missing people
bad effect to the product. D. BNPB has identified 298 casualties
D. No we cannot, we have to ask the
manufacturer first. 22. According to BNPB, how many houses are
reportedly damaged?
20. Read the following text to answer questions A. 12,729 houses C. 6,944 houses
number 20. B. 2,234 houses D. 21,907 houses

23. Read the following text to answer questions

number 23.
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook Cianjur a
few months ago, with tremours felt as far away
as in Jakarta and in Tangerang. As of early
December 2022, the quake had not only
According to the label above, the product should destroyed buildings, houses, and infrastructure
be used ..... but also claimed at least 334 lives, wounded
A. at any time. 593 others, and made 114,683 people
B. on fifth of March two thousand twenty-three. homeless overnight. According to the
C. after fifth of March two thousand twenty- Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical
three. Agency (BMKG), the quake was a shallow or
D. before fifth of March two thousand twenty- surface quake, which did not need to be too
three. powerful to be destructive. The level of
destruction was mainly because the
Read the following text to answer questions number 21 infrastructure in the Cianjur area and its
and 22. residents were not disaster ready.
A Terrible Earthquake
(source: https://fulcrum.sg/cianjur-earthquake-and-
It happened in Cianjur on 21 November 2022. The disaster-resilience-in-indonesia/)
results of the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology
and Geophysics Agency analysis show that this According to BMKG, why the quake in Cianjur
current earthquake had a magnitude of 4. 3 and caused a lot of damages?
the epicentre of the quake was located at a distance A. because the level of destruction was high
of 7 kilometres northwest of Cianjur Regency, West B. because the tremours were felt as far as
Jakarta wonderful memory with my friends. It was a great
C. because 5,6 magnitude earthquake on land is trip.
rare
D. because the infrastructure in Cianjur area 25. From the text we know that the writer spent .....
and its residents were not disaster ready days long in Korea.
A. Three days C. Five days
24. Read the following text to answer questions B. Four days D. Six days
number 24.
When I was being in the mosque 26. Why the writer decided to take a nap after
It was around 13.21 local time in Cianjur and I arriving in Korea?
was being in a school’s mosque praying when A. He felt a bit happy after 6 hours long flight.
the quake suddenly hit Cianjur. Some teachers B. He felt a bit sad after 6 hours long flight.
were in the beginning of praying and all C. He felt a bit mad after 6 hours long flight.
students were still in their classrooms. We all D. He felt a bit tired after 6 hours long flight.
suddenly felt the tremors and began to scream
while rushing out of the classrooms. 27. From the text we know that the writer landed in
Incheon Airport Korea at 7 AM, what time the
The tremors kept going on but I was trying writer took off from Soekarno Hatta International
hard to stay in my position while being fully airport in Indonesia if the flight takes 6 hours
aware of the situation. At that time, I was also long?
worried. A few seconds later, my friend A. 1 PM C. 1 AM
touched me and asked me to get out of the B. 2 PM D. 2 AM
mosque soon. I then decided to cancel my
praying and rushed out of the mosque too. I Read the following text to answer questions number 28
also saw students and teachers running out of to 30.
the classrooms and got together in the The golden Snail
schoolyard.
One day a poor old widow, Mbok Rondo Dadapan,
who always fished along the river, found the golden
The followings are the reasons why the students snail and took it home as a pet. She put the snail in a
and teachers ran out of their classrooms, except.... jar and took good care of it. All of sudden, the
A. They felt earthquake unexpected good things took place in Mbok Rondo's
B. They were being in the classrooms, felt the life.
tremors
C. The teachers who were in the mosque Coming back from her daily fishing, she would find
worried about the quake. delicious dishes on the table and the house is
D. They got together in the school yard. cleaned. She wondered who had been so nice to take
care of her house, to do the cooking and house
Read the following text to answer questions number 25 chores. This strange event went on for several days,
to 27. she could not resist to find out who was the
I spent my last holiday in Seoul, South Korea. I went mysterious and kind person was. So, one day, instead
there with my friends. of fishing, she peeped through a hole in the wall of
her house.
On the first day, I was landed at Incheon Airport
around 7 AM after 6 hours long flight. Then I went to After waiting and hiding, finally she saw an amazing
Seoul by train and checked in to the hotel which I had scene. She saw a beautiful princess coming out of the
already booked. I decided to take a rest for a while. At jar and starting to clean the house and preparing the
night, I went to Hongdae, a famous district in South meal.
Korea. I went to eat traditional Korean food. On the
next day, I went to the Gyeongbokgung Palace and The next day, the same thing happened. Without
National Museum. I also went to learn how to make wasting any time Mbok Rondo rushed into the house
Kimchi and saw the scenery of Seoul from Seoul and smashed the jar altogether with the snail shell in
Tower. I went back to the hotel at 10 PM and it with stone mortar. The homeless Dewi Sekartaji
immediately went to sleep. could not turn back into a snail shell, and the magic
spell was broken. Mbok Rondo asked to the beautiful
I spent my last day in Myeongdong and bought some princes about her pedigree. Then the princes said
stuffs and souvenirs for my family and friends. I also that She is Dewi Sekartaji, Raden Panji Asmoro
ate the street food there. I went to the airport at 3 PM Bangun’s wife who was cursed by God Batara Narada
because my flight was at 5 PM. I felt tired but happy, I become the Golden snail in order to saved her from
had a fantastic experience in South Korea and made kidnapping accident who was done by The King of
Antah Berantah. After telling her pedigree, she was inside its stomach. He found nothing! Poor him!
then adopted by Mbok Rondo as her daughter. Though he very much regretted for his foolishness,
it’s already too late.
Meanwhile, Raden Panji Asmoro Bangun searching
for his wife. He wandered from one village to 31. The farmer regretted at the end of the story
another, finally reaching Dadapan village where he because .....
found his beloved wife. Filled with happiness and A. he had done something stupid to the goose
love, they went back to their kingdom, taking good B. he became a lazy and arrogant person
old Mbok Rondo. C. the goose did not lay golden eggs very often
D. the eggs were not ordinary ones
28. It can be inferred that the characteristic of Dewi
Sekartaji is ..... 32. “ ..... this goose will help you to ease your
A. Beautiful, spoil and lazy hardship .....” (Paragraph 2).What does the
B. Beautiful, selfish and rude underlined word refer to?
C. Beautiful, arrogant and spiteful A. The farmer. C. An old man.
D. Beautiful, kind and know how to treat people B. This goose. D. A golden egg.
properly
33. What can you learn from the story?
29. What would happen to Dewi Sekartaji if God A. Greedy people will get nothing in their life.
Batara Narada did not curse her become a snail? B. People must do everything to become rich.
A. The King of Antah Berantah would lose her. C. Animals can help people survive in their life.
B. The King of Antah Berantah would kidnap D. We must listen to old men to succeed in our
and marry her. life.
C. The King of Antah Berantah would help her.
D. The King of Antah Berantah would hate her. Read the following text to answer questions number 34
to 36.
30. The moral value which is described Mbok Once upon a time, there lived a father with his two
Rondo’s character is ..... beautiful daughters in a village. His wife had already
A. No matter how trivial the kindness, it will be died. The father raised the daughters by himself .He
paid by another kindness too. love them very much.
B. It does not matter if you are poor, but you
have to had a golden hearth. The father liked hunting very much. He often went to
C. We have to help the rich people, so we can the forest to hunt deer, rabbit or many kinds of birds
take a good benefit. in the forest. But the two girls disliked it. They didn’t
D. Kindness only can be done by the rich want their father killed animals. The father tried hard
people. to stop his hobby as the girls wanted

Read the following text to answer questions number 31 One day, when the father went around the village. He
to 33. met his friend. They talked about many white birds
Long time ago a remote village, in central China, was which came to the lake. They said it was good time to
inhabited mainly by farmers and hunters. One day, a hunt the bird. The men asked the father to hunt the
poor farmer lost his entire livestock because of a birds. The father couldn’t help himself. He forgot his
flood. He prayed hard to God for help or his family promise not to hunt anymore. The father went home
would die of starvation. to take his gun.

A few days later, an old man with a long grey beard, Knowing his father’s plan to go hunting, the eldest
passing by his house, took a pity on the farmer. He daughter said to her sister that she would wear long
gave him a goose and said “ I don’t have any white clothes and go to the lake. She pretended to be
expensive thing to give you and hope this goose will a white bird so that the father would kill her and
help you to ease your hardship.” A week later to his would stop hunting. When the eldest daughter went
surprise the farmer found an egg in his yard. It was away wearing long white cloth, the younger daughter
not an ordinary egg. It was a golden egg. He was wearing the same clothes, followed her sister.
suddenly filled with joy.
The two daughters ran away to the lake. The father
Thereafter, his livelihood had rapidly improved but who had already in the lake saw them. He taught that
the farmer had forgotten his earlier hardship. He they were birds. He shot both of them. How shocked
became lazy, arrogant and spendthrift. Strangely, the he was, when they cried in pain. He ran to them but it
goose only laid one golden egg every six months. The was too late both of his daughter had already died.
greedy farmer lost his patient and slaughtered his The father was shocked since then he never hunted
goose thinking there were plenty of golden eggs animals.
than the cost of the damage caused by periodic
34. What does the text tell us about? flooding.
A. The regret of father
B. The sadness of two daughters. Great flood myth is a story of mythological great
C. The effort of two daughters. flood sent by God to destroy a civilization in
D. The love of father to his daughter. retaliation for the great and often appears in the
mythology of various cultures in the world.
35. What was the main problem of the story?
A. The father hunter animal again. 39. From the text above, we can conclude that .....
B. The daughters were shot by the father. A. Flood is always caused by heavy rain.
C. The daughters pretended to be white birds. B. Damage caused by flood cannot be avoided.
D. The father raised the daughter by himself. C. People prefer moving away than staying in
the flood-prone area.
36. How could you describe the girls? D. Flood is natural phenomena that occurs
A. They were animals lovers. when water on land is not normally
B. They obey to their father. submerged
C. They hate their father.
D. They dislike their father’s friend. 40. What is the benefit of reading the text?
A. We can enrich our knowledge about the
37. How long is the sale? flood and its danger
A. Seven days C. Six days B. We can avoid from the flood damage
B. Five days D. Eight days C. We can take advantages to make a living in
flood-prone
38. What gods get 25% off ? D. We can protect our life from the disaster
A. Necklaces and watches caused by flood
B. Bags and briefcases
C. Bookcase and chairs. 41. Dear Lisa,
D. Dining tables and leathers sofas. Congratulations on your winning the first prize of
the English debate competition. I hear about it
Read the following text to answer questions number 39 from your Mom.
and 40.
FLOOD Love,Ella

A flood is an event that occurs when the flow of The correct statements is .....
excessive water soaking the mainland. EU directives A. Ela has joined a competition
define flood as a flood of temporary submersion by B. Lisa got a present from Ella.
water on land that is not normally submerged. In the C. Lisa is a winner of English debate.
sense of “flowing water”, the word can also mean the D. Lisa's mother teaches her about the English
inclusion of ocean tides. Flooding caused by the debate
volume of water in a body of water such as a river or
lake overflow or break down the dam so that water 42. Dear Mrs. Karen,
out of its natural limits. Our prayers and good thought to your whole
family. Hold on tightly to each other always! We
Size of the lake or body of water constantly changes are so blessed to have met Mr. Bram and will
according to changes in precipitation and melting always remember his most generous heart. Your
seasonal snow, but no major flooding unless the father was a great man, because he raised such a
water reaches the human uses such as villages, kind and noble son.
towns, and other settlements.
Warm regards,
Floods can also occur in rivers, when flow exceeds Mr. Smith and family
the capacity of the drains, especially at the bend in
the river. Floods often cause damage to homes and Who has just passed away?
shops were built on natural river floodplains. A. Mr. Smith’s father
Although flood damage can be avoided by moving B. Mrs. Karen’s son
away from rivers and other bodies of water, the C. Mr. Bram’s son
people living and working close to the water to make D. Mrs. Karen’s father
a living and take advantage of low costs as well as
travel and trade near the waters smooth. Humans 43. Happy Mother's Day
continue to settle in flood-prone areas is evidence Your smile brightens each day just as the
that the value of settled near the water is greater morning rays shines on the hills and it’s with
doubt that this gives us the courage to face the
new day with joy.

To whom the card is sent?

A. Mother C. Grandmother
B. Father D. Grandfather

44. To: Ruth.

I’d like to congratulate you on passing your exam.
I do hope you are always successful.
Love
Joshua

Joshua sends the card because .....

A. His exam is difficult to do
B. He wants to be successful
C. He wants to congratulate Ruth
D. He wants to tell Ruth about his exam

45. People work ..... they can earn money

A. wish C. in order to
B. hope D. so that

46. He has the ..... house among all his friends.

A. big C. bigger
B. biggest D. morr bigger

47. We ..... bring out mobile phone to the class ini

SMPN 1 ilmuguru
A. Must C. Have to
B. Must not D. Don't have to

48. Students ..... wear the school uniforms at school.

A. must C. mustn't
B. should D. shouldn't

49. I think you ..... practice more on your dance move.

A. must C. mustn't
B. should D. shouldn't

50. The underlined expression expresses .....

Mother : You know that Mira always takes
sleeping lately to solve her problems.
Father : That’s wrong! It can be dangerous for
her life if she doesn’t change her bad
habit.
A. Sympathy C. Agreement
B. Possibility D. Disagreement