Selasa, 17 Maret 2015
At 2p.m. we arrived at
the Catimor Homestay, an inn remaining from the Dutch colonial era. Now owned
by the PTP Nusantara VII coffee plantation at Blawan and within the
plantation’s housing complex. Here we … (30) by soaking in the near hot sulfurous
water in a structure managed by the local government.
Very early in the
morning, with a tour guide, we climbed up toward the crater lake. The trail we
took was almost never … (31), just constant uphill grades. We had to stop
several times just to catch our breath … .(32), we were consoled by the
spectacular views of the glorious Merapi and Gunung Raung in the distance.
After three hour … (33) a
half walk, we came to the crater rim. We cried out loud when we saw the
stunning view, the turquoise colored water, wreathed in fog, with dense sulfur
fumes in the distance. We sat at the … (34) of the caldera and gazed at the
beauty of Ijen crater. It was really a unique, impressive trip.
30. A. provided
B. relaxed
C. made
D. took
31. A. downhill
B. uphill
C. rising
D. flat
32. A. Furthermore
B. In addition
C. Moreover
D. However
33. A. nor
B. but
C. and
D. or
34. A. wall
B. edge
C. surface
D. bottom
35. Rearrange the jumbled sentences below.
1. Here’s how
double rainbows form.
2. Sometimes
you see two rainbows, a bright one inside a faint one.
3. This light
comes back out of the drop and makes a bright rainbow.
4. When light
enters a raindrop, a lot of it bounces off the back surface of the drop.
5. Some light,
however, bounces around inside the raindrop a couple more times before it
manages to escape.
6. Every
rainbow is actually a double rainbow, but the bigger on is usually too dim to
see.
7. This smaller
amount of light makes the faint second rainbow.
A. 2 – 7 – 6 – 3 – 5 – 1 – 4
B. 2 – 4 – 1 – 5 – 3 – 6 – 7
C. 2 – 1 – 4 – 3 – 5 – 7 – 6
D. 2 – 3 – 4 – 1 – 6 – 5 – 7
36. Rearrange the jumbled sentences below.
1. After
observing the plants, we went back to school
2. We really
had great fun
3. Then we went
into our classroom and talked about our today’s environment
4. We arrived
at school at 12 o’clock.
5. This
learning activity of my school was great.
6. So we asked
our teacher to do this way of learning again the following weeks.
A. 2 – 1 – 5 – 4 – 3 – 6
B. 1 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 2
C. 1 – 4 – 3 – 6 – 5 – 2
D. 2 – 5 – 1 – 3 – 4 – 6
37. Rearrange the jumbled words below.
the girl – I – is
able to – know – well – that – music – play
1
2 3 4 5
6 7 8
A. 2 – 8 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 1 – 3 – 4
B. 2 – 6 – 4 – 3 – 1 – 7 – 8 – 5
C. 2 – 4 – 1 – 6 – 3 – 8 – 7 – 5
D. 2 – 6 – 1 – 4 – 7 – 5 – 3 – 8
Text for number
38 - 40
Last month my
family and I went to Toraja to attend Grandpa’s funeral. It was my first time
to go to such a ceremony. We gathered there with our kin in the ceremony.
Overall, the
ceremony was quite elaborate. It took about a week. Several days before the
ceremony was done, grandpa’s body was kept in a series of houses arranged in a
circular row around an open field called Longkonan. His corpse was dressed in a
fine wearing.
The funeral was
performed in two phases. First, we slaughtered the pigs and buffaloes, and the
moved the corpse to face north. In this ceremony we wore black clothes. After
that, the corpse was placed in a sandal wood coffin. Then, it was brought out
of the house and placed on an open platform beneath the granary. Meanwhile, my
uncle, my brother, and I prepared the wooden puppet and a funeral tower called
lakian. The next phase of the ceremony was held in this place. The coffin is
borne from the house and placed in the Lakian. During the day, there were also
buffalo matches. They were great matches. In the night, we were feasting,
chanting, and dancing.
On the last
day, the grandpa’s coffin were lowered from the funeral tower and brought up to
the mountain side family graveyard. It was followed by great shouting and
excitement from the relatives and the guests. Finally, we installed the wooden
puppet on a high balcony where other puppets representing the members of a
whole family were already there. The funeral ceremonies made my family and me
tired. However, we were grateful because it ran smoothly.
38. How prepared the wooden puppet and a funeral tower?
A. The writer’s uncle, brother and the writer.
B. The writer’s uncle and brother.
C. The writer’s relatives.
D. The writer’s family.
39. Why did the writer and his family feel grateful? Because .…
A. the funeral was very exciting
B. the funeral was quite elaborate
C. they slaughtered pigs and buffaloes
D. the funeral ceremonies ran smoothly
40. What is the main idea of paragraph three ?
A. The funeral was performed in two phases.
B. In this ceremony we wore black clothes.
C. We slaughtered the pigs and buffaloes.
D. The coffin is borne from the house.
