Soal Bahasa Inggris Kelas 11 SMA Semester 2 Kurikulum Merdeka 2025, Kunci Jawaban Pilihan Ganda

14. Andi : To begin with our discussion today,
     Let’s have a look on Kompas today’s headlines.
     Mita : Yeah, That’s right.
The underlined expression is used to express ….
a. closing discussion
b. opening a discussion
c. asking for input
d. clarifying ideas
e. offering thing
Answer: b

15. Sandy : So, what do you think about our food cleanliness?
Tuty   : That’s ok, but I think we need to imporove the quality.
The underlined expression is used for expressing ….
a. closing discussion
b. opening a discussion
c. asking for input
d. clarifying ideas
e. giving order
Answer: c

Fill in the blank based on the following text for number 16 to 20.

Joseph Lister is famous as the surgeon …..(16) invented antiseptic surgery. Lister was born on April 5, 1827 in Upton in Essex. He was one of 7 children and his father….. (17) a merchant. The Lister family were Quakers. At the age of 11 Joseph Lister was sent to school in Tottenham. Then in 1844 when he was 17 Lister went to University College London. Lister excelled at his studied and he passed his medical degree in 1852. In 1856 Lister…. (18) assistant surgeon at Edinburgh Royal University. Later he married Agnes Syme. They did not have children.

In 1860 Joseph Lister moved to Glasgow …. (19) that time it was common for injuries to become infected after surgery but Lister thought of an answer. In 1865 Louis Pasteur published his theory that putrefaction is caused by germs. Lister tried treating injuries with carbolic acid and found that it was effective in preventing infection. In 1867 Joseph Lister published papers in the medical journal The Lancet, describing his discovery. As a result of the method invented by Joseph Lister rates of death from infection dropped dramatically. Gradually his methods were adopted around the world.

In 1869 Lister moved back to Edinburgh. In 1877 he moved to London. However Lister lost his wife in 1892. In 1893 Lister retired from surgery. Meanwhile Joseph Lister had become very famous. In 1883 he was made a baronet and in 1897 he was …. (20) Baron Lister of Lyme Regis. In 1895 Lister was made president of the royal Society (a scientific organization). In 1907 aged 80 Lister was given the Freedom of the City of London. However in 1908 Lister moved to Walmer in Kent. Joseph Lister died on 10 February 1912. He was 84 Lister was buried in Hampstead.

16. a. who
b. whom
c. which
d. whose
e. who has
Jawaban: a

17. a. is
b. am
c. are
d. where
e. was
Jawaban: d

18. a. become
b. becomes
c. became
d. becoming
e. becometh
Jawaban: c

19. a. in
b. on
c. at
d. under
e. for
Jawaban: c

20. a. make
b. makes
c. making
d. made
e. madding
Jawaban: d

The following text is for number 21 to 25.

House Husband’s Heart Risk

Most people assume that life in the rat race is bad for your health. But reversing the traditional gender roles, being a house husband is a stressful business, according to the latest research by American scientist.

By giving up their jobs in order to become houses husbands, men increase their risk of heart attack or coronary disease by as much as 82 persen, according to research based on 10 year study of 2,500 people in Boston, USA.

According to Dr. Elaine Eaker, the key to the problem is that some men became stressed about performing a role not traditionally assign to them by society. Men who stays at home tend not to have the same levels of support from friends and family as women do the same.