SOAL LATIHAN SEMESTER 2

Text: 1` Is For Qoestions Number 1 to 5

          A tsunami is a series of waves generated when water in a lake or in the sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale. Earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions and large meteorite impacts all have the potential to generate a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastating.

          The term of tsunami comes from the Japanese language meaning harbour (tsu) and wave (nami). Although in Japanese tsunami is used for both singular and plural, in English “tsunamis” is well-established as the plural. The term was created by fisherman who returned to port to find the area surrounding the harbour devastated, although they had not been aware of any wave in the open water. A tsunami is not a sub-surface event in the deep ocean; it simply has a much smaller amplitude (wave heights) offshore, a very long wavelength (often hundreds kilometers long), which is why they generally pass unnoticed at sea, forming only a passing “hump” in the ocean.

          Tsunamis have been historically referred to as “tidal waves” because as they approach land they take on the characteristics of a violent onrushing tide rather than the sort of cresting waves that are formed by wind action upon the ocean (with which people are more familiar). However, since they are not related to tides, the term is considered misleading and its usage is discouraged by oceanographers.

1. The writer wrote the text ……..?
A. To entertain readers                               B. To describe a tsunami
C. To argue against a tsunami                    D. To tell funny things about tsunami
E. To persuade readers to prevent a tsunami

2. Waves which are created by a tsunami are very ……?
    A. Tiny            B. Long                   C. Strong             D. Exciting     

    E. Peculiar extraordinary

 3. “…… it simply has a much smaller amplitude (wave heights) offshore …….” (par.2)
    Which is the closest meaning to the underlined word.........?
    A. Only          B. Rarely         C. Really          D. Actually    E. Obviously

 4. Which doesn’t have the potential to generate tsunami.........?
    A. Earthquakes                   B. Volcanic eruptions             C. Large meteorite impacts
    D. Landslides                      E. Harbours

 5. ….. when water in lake or in the sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale.

    The   underlined word means …..?
    A. Fast                                B. Continuously          C. Generally
    D. Gradually                       E. Slowly

Text: 2` Is For Qoestions Number 6 to 11

Why do Volcanoes Erupt?

            A volcanic eruption occurs when hot, liquid rock from far beneath the earth’s surface bursts outward through an opening in the earth’s crust. A volcano that is eruption is said to be ‘active’. An ‘ extinct’ volcano is one which will not erupt again.

            There are active volcanoes in many parts of the world, both on land and under the ocean. As gases in the liquid rock or ‘magma’ build up pressure, they force the magma upward through the vent of the volcano.

            The magma bursts through an opening in the surface of the earth called a crater, together with ash, smoke, and steam. The magma is now called lava. The lava oozes down the outside of the volcano, where it cools and hardens in layers to from the volcano’s ‘cone’.

6.            What is the purpose of the text above?

a.             To describe volcanoes.

b.            To give readers information about volcanoes.

c.             To explain why volcanoes erupt.

d.            To convince that volcanic eruption had happed.

e.             To share information about volcanoes.

7.            What is the name given to volcanoes that not longer erupt?

a.             active volcanoes

b.            dead volcanoes

c.             extinct volcanoes

d.            dangerous volcanoes

e.             old volcanoes

 8.            What happens after the gases in the magma build up pressure?

a.             The volcanoes become an active volcanoes.

b.            The magma burst through a crater.

c.             Ash, smoke and steam burst through a crater.

d.            The gases force the magma upward through the vent of volcanoes.

e.             The magma was force by the pressure upward through the vent of the volcanoes.

 9.            The following items are included of the text above, except ….

a.             focus on generic, human participants

b.            simple present tense

c.             general nouns

d.            abstract nouns

e.             conjunction of time and close

 10.        The lava oozes down the outside of the volcano, …. ( the last sentence ).

                  The word ‘oozes’ has the similar meaning with ….

a.             spreads out

b.            runs

c.             climbs

d.            increases

e.             passes slowly

 11.        …., they force the magma upward through the vent of the volcano.

         The word ‘they’ refers to ….

a.             active volcanoes

b.            liquid rocks

c.             smoke

d.            gases

e.             layers

 

Text: 3` Is For Qoestions Number 12 to 15

             Rain always comes from clouds. But where do clouds come from? How does all the water get into the sky?

            Think about your bathroom. There is hot water in your bath. Steam goes up from the hot water. The steam makes small clouds in the bathroom. These warm clouds meet the cold walls and windows, and then we see small drops of water on the walls and windows.

            The word is like your bathroom. The water in the oceans is warm when the sun shines on it. Some of this water goes up into the sky and makes clouds. The wind carries the clouds for hundreds of kilometers. The clouds meet the cold air in the sky, then we’ll see drop of water. The drops of water are rain.

            The rain falls and runs into rivers. Rivers run into oceans. And the water from oceans changes into clouds and become rain. So water is always moving from oceans to clouds to rain to river to oceans.

12.        The text describes ….

a.             how rain falls

b.            what steam is

c.             the formation of rain

d.            the changing of clouds to rain

e.             how the steam changes into clouds

 13.        Which of the following is the right sequence in the formation of rain?

a.             cloud – rain – water – steam

b.            steam – cloud – rain – water

c.             water – steam – cloud – rain

d.            rain – steam – cloud – water

e.             water – cloud – steam – rain

 14.        In what way is the world like your bathroom?

a.             In their function.

b.            In how to make the water hot.

c.             In changing the water into rain.

d.            In the sequence of their formation.

e.             In the formation of small drops of water.

 15.        What will happen if the cloud carried by the wind meet the cold air in the sky?

         It will become ….

a.             drops of water

b.            heavy rain

c.             cold water

d.            floods

e.             clouds

 ESSAY TEST

How a Spider’s Web Forms

A spider web looks delicate but it is very strong. It can hold 4000 times a spider’s weight. But how does it form ?

 First the spider spin a thread of silk. The thread get blown over to a branch by the wind. Then she makes another two threads and makes a Y shape. Next she makes more threads and they look like spokes off wheel. Then spider goes in a spiral, out and back in, sits in the middle and waits for food. This is how a web is formed.

 Answer the following questions based on the text !

 1.            It can hold 4000 times a spider’s weight. ( par 1)

What does the word “ it “ refer to ..?

2.            A spider web looks delicate ….

“ delicate “ has similar meaning to…?

3.            What does the spider firstly do when it makes its web.. ?

4.            What does she do next… ?

5.            Where does she sit when its web is completely made ..?