Soal Bahasa Inggris Kelas 8 Ulangan UTS/UAS Semester 2 2023 serta Kunci Jawaban Pilihan Ganda-Essay

Read the textand answer questions 19 to 23

I have a papaya plant. It grows at the front yard. The papaya tree is tall, about three meters high. It has no branch es. The steam is soft and weak because it has the flimsy wood and a hollowcenter. The leaves emerge directly from the upper part of the stem in a spiral fashion.

I like to harvest the lower most papaya fruit. The oldest, mature fruit is the lowest one, and the youngest the upper most one. The ripe fruit has yellow skin. The flesh is bright orange orpinkish, with small black seeds clustered in the center

19. What is the purpose of the t ext?

A. To amuse the reader
B. To tell the past experience
C. To tell how to do something
D. To describe something

20. Why is the stem of the papaya tree soft and weak? Because.................

A. It has flimsy wood and a hollow cent er
B. It has no branches
C. It s leaves emerge from t he upper part of the st em
D. It is very t all

21. What are clust ered in t he center of the papaya fruit ?

A. Fresh water
B. The flesh of the papaya fruit .
C. Big seeds of t he papaya
D. Small black seeds of the papaya.

22. “................. flimsy wood and a hollow cent er.” (Paragraph 1)
T he word ‘flimsy’ has the similar meaning wit h................

A. Hard
B. Thick
C. Soft
D. Long

23. “The papaya tree is tall” (P aragraph 1) t he word ‘tall’ has t he opposit e meaning with...............

A. Small
B. High
C. Wide
D. Short

Read the text to answer questions 24-28

Mr. And Mrs. Charles were on a tour to Europe. They were travelling on a guided tour to fivecountries. They were going to travel through the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, and France for two weeks. The guide for the tour was a Swiss.

On the first day of the travel the guide told them to check their passports, their traveller cheques and their foreign cash. He told them to keep them safety .

They traveled in a comfortable coach with a toilet, music and video. The guide stopped the coach at many famous places. He explained the cultural importance of the places. They stayed in big hotels for the night and ate in the restaurants.

On the way , they stopp d at a small restaurant for lunch. In big towns, they went for shopping. They bought many souvenirs for their friends. They enjoyed the two-week tour tremendously .

24. The text is about.................

A. Travelling
B. Shopping
C. Tracking
D. Visit ing

25. Where did they go?

A. Netherlands
B. Europe
C. Australia
D. America

26. "..........At many famous places"
The underlined word has t he synonym with .........

A. Good
B. Ugly
C. Popular
D. Bad

27. ‘He explained the cultural importance of the place’ (Paragraph 3) The word ‘He’ refers to........................

A. Mr. Charles
B. Mrs. Charles
C. Thir friends
D. The guide

28. “They enjoyed the twoo-week tour tremendously” (Last Paragraph)
The underlined word has t he same meaning as.......................

A. Got bored with
B. Got pleasure from
C. Became addicted to
D. Became amazed at

Read the text to answer questions 29-30

Dear fernando,
I will arrive at home about seven p.m and your father will arive about six p.m.
Take care at hom e and don’t forget to turn on the lam p.
Love, Mom

29. Who write the message?

A. Fernando
B. Fernando’s mot her
C. Fernando’s father
D. Fernando’s sist er

30. Who will arrive earlier at home?

A. Fernando
B. Fernando’s mother
C. Fernando’s father
D. Fernando’s sister

Soal Essay:

1. The crocodile … hungry.

2. He … the gold in the box.

3. “my dress is beautiful”, she …

4. My father … to his office this morning.

5. They … to my party last Sunday.

KUNCI JAWABAN:

1.A

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.C

11.D

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.A

17.D

18.A

19.D

20.A

21.D

22.C

23.D

24.A

25.B

26.C

27.D

28.B

29.B

30.C

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