This Try out is for grade 9 who wants to prepare the final exam

1. Read the label below and answer question no. 1
1. The label is telling us about … of a dietary supplement.
A. the information
B. the usage
C. the materials
D. the benefits
The invitation below is to answer question no. 2 and 3
2. Which information can be found in the text?
A. The meeting is held at 4496 St.Claude Ave
B. Food and drink will be served during the meeting
C. Mr. Nan Roman will talk about politics in the US
D. The meeting will be done in the afternoon.

2. 3.“Join us at our 20th
Anniversary meeting”.
The underlined word refers to…
A. unity organization
B. homelessness people
C. New Orleans citizen
D. Nan Roman, the speaker
Read the advertisement and answer question 4 and 5
4. Which of the following statement is true according to the advertisement?
A. Only ladies made to measure
B. Only suits and shirts made to measure
C. Making suits need longer time than shirts
D. Gentlemen and ladies can make their suits
5. What does the VIP Tailor offer to the customer?
A. Only shirts
B. Only suits
C. Shirts and suits
D. Suits, shirts and trousers
The following text is for questions number 6 to 7
6. What is preloaded into the phone?
A. Hindi movie
B. A user manual
C. Expandable memory
D. Service center directory
VIP TAILOR
Gentlemen’s Tailor
Jl. Gejayan 12 Yogyakarta
Telp. (0274) 813671
Suits, shirts and trousers made to measure
Suits made in 48 hours. Shirts made in 24 hours

3. 7. How can people buy the item?
A. they should come directly to the shop
B. They can call, text, or send an e-mail
C. They can contact the service center
D. They can leave a message for them.
Read the text and answer question 8
There are six persons in my family. They are my father, my mother, my one sister, my two
brothers and my self. My father is a teacher and my mother is housewife. I’m thirteen years old,
and I’m student of SMP 1 Panggarangan. My sister, Siti is SMK student. She is two years older
than me. My brother, Dodi, is an SMA student and Titi is an SD student. Hadi, the youngest 13
three years old.
8. How many persons are there stated in the text?
A. Three persons
B. Four persons
C. Five persons
D. Six persons
This text is for number 9 and 10
9. The route that has the earliest time to Bangkok is…
A. Bangkok – Chantaburi
B. Bangkok-Rayong
C. Bangkok – Kanchanaburi
D. Bangkok – Kamphaeng phet
10. The timetable showed that …
A. the route Onkhaluk – Thalallonkkleay has one trip
B. there are eight routes from Bangkok to other cities
C. the longest distances is Bangkok – Chantaburi
D. the cheapest fare is route Bangkok - Rayong

4. Read the text and answer question 11 to 13
Last week, Mr ariyanto and his family had a picnic. They went to Sanur and Kuta Beach.
They left by car at four in the afternoon. Mr Ariyanto drove his car carefully. They arrive at
Sanur at six in the evening. Then they went to a motel near Sanur Beach, They spent the night
there.
The next day they went to Sanur Beach. They went there on foot because the motel is not
more than a kilometer from the beach. They started early in the morning because they wanted to
see sun rice. After the sun rose, they enjoyed other activities. Mr Ariyanto and his wife looked at
a tourist painting in a small gallery. Their children enjoyed a boat trip. There were glad because
they had never done it before. At ten o’clock they went back to the motel. They stayed and had
lunch there.
At four in the afternoon, they left for Kuta Beach. They went there by car. Then they walked
along the seashore. They saw some foreign tourists lay on the sand and had a message, other
were surfing. They spent two hour on Kuta Beach.
11. Why did they go to the beach early in the morning?
A. Enjoying a boat trip
B. Looking at paintings
C. Seeing the sun rice
D. Ordering the lunch
12. How long did it take to Mr. Aryanto’s family to Sanur Beach by car?
A. One hour
B. Two hours
C. Three hours
D. Four hours
13. “They stayed and had lunch there” (paragraph 2)
The underlined word refers to …
A. Motel
B. Gallery
C. Sanur Beach
D. Kuta Beach
Read the text and answer question 14 to 16
A big storm happened two days a go. It destroyed everything in the city. The electricity went
off. All big trees went down. Some people lost their houses animals died. Students cannot go to
school because their schools were broken.
The Indonesian Re-Cross Society helped all the people in the city. They gave them some
food, some cloths, and some blanked to protect their body from the cold. They also gave some
medicine to the sick people there.
Some people from other village gave their hands to help the people in the city rebuild their
houses, schools, and mosques. They worked together without giving any complaint.
14. Who helped the people in the city?
A. The army
B. The president
C. People from other village
D. The Indonesian Red-Cross Society
15. Which of the following statement is FALSE according to the text?
A. The Indonesian Red-Cross Society rebuild the houses.
B. A big storm destroyed everything in the city.
C. Some people from other village helped to rebuild the houses, schools and mosques.
D. Because of the schools broke, the students couldn’t go to school.

5. 16. They gave them some food. (paragraph 2)
What does the underlined word refer to ?
A. Some people from the city.
B. The students from the village.
C. Some people from other village.
D. The Indonesian Red-Cross Society.
Read the text and question 17 to 20
WHY DO HAWK HUNT CHICKS?
Once upon a time, a hawk fell in love with a hen. The hawk flew down from the sky and
asked the hen, “will you marry me?”
The hen loved the brave, strong hawk and wished to marry him. But she said, “I cannot fly
high as you can. If you give me time, I may learn to fly as high as you. Then we can fly together.
The hawk agreed. Before he went away, he gave the hen a ring. “This is to show that you
have promised to marry a rooster: 50, when the rooster saw the ring, he became very angry.
“Throw that ring a way at once!” shouted the rooster. The hen was so frightened at the rooster’s
anger that she threw away the ring immediately.
When the hawk came a few month’s later, the hen told him the truth. The hawk was so
furious that he cursed then hen, “why didn’t you tell me earlier?” now, you’ll always be
scratching the earth, and I’ll always be flying above to catch your children.” Said the hawk.
17. Why did the hawk curse the hen?
A. The hen didn’t tell him the truth.
B. The hen couldn’t fly as high as the hawk.
C. The hawk didn’t want to marry the hen.
D. The hawk couldn’t catch the hen children.
18. Which statement is TRUE based on the story above?
A. The rooster gave the hen a ring.
B. The rooster saw the hen wearing the ring.
C. The rooster taught the hen flying in the sky.
D. The rooster saw the hen walking with the hawk.
19. “The hen loved the brave, the strong hawk …” (paragraph 2)
What is antonym of the underline word?
A. bold
B. weak
C. fear
D. angry
20. What can we learn from the story above?
A. Never say the truth.
B. Do not ever lie to others.
C. Never be a loyal person.
D. It’s not important being hones.

6. Read the text and question 21 to 24
21. What is the last step you should do in making the cake?
A. bake in a moderately hot oven for 10 to 15 minutes
B. ice with butter icing when the cakes are cool
C. beat butter and sugar to cream
D. sift flour and salt together
22. How much sugar do we need to make Patty cakes?
A. ¼ teaspoon
B. 3 tablespoons
C. ¼ cup
D. 1 cup
23. “Fold in dry ingredients alternately with mil.” (step 4)
The underlined word is similar in meaning to…
A. add
B. drop
C. beat
D. mix
24. “Beat them well.”(step 2)
The word ‘them’ in the sentence refers to…
A. butter and sugar
B. beaten egg and vanilla
C. cream, beaten egg and vanilla
D. beaten egg, vanilla, butter and sugar.
Read the text and question 25 to 29

7. 25. The text is about …
A. Tuk-tuks in Bangkok
B. Bangkok traditional transportation
C. All means of transportation in Bangkok.
D. Visitors’ favourite transportation.
26. How many group-ups can be carried restfully in a tuk-tuk?
A. One
B. Two
C. Six
D. Seven
27. Passengers of tuk tuk cannot see what is going around them because…
A. The covers of tuk tuk slant downwards
B. Their positions during the journey is great.
C. The sight along the way is not good enough
D. Their views are blocked bu tuk-tuk’s canopy
.
28. What is the first paragraph about?
A. The reason why tourists like tuk-tuk in Bangkok
B. Quality that makes Bangkok irresistible for people
C. The undeniable transportation that all Thai people like
D. The visitors use tuk-tuk as a means of transportation.
29. From the text we know that tuk-tuk…
A. Doesn’t attract visitors to travel with it.
B. Is a good transportation for all journeys
C. Is one of students’ favorite transports
D. Is the only way for sightseeing in Bangkok.
Read the text and question 30 to 20
30. What makes Jessica’s airplane different from common planes?
A. It has been certified and practiced for 89 hours.
B. It is one of the best airplanes in the world
C. Jessica can fly it without using arms
D. Jessica can fly it without any license
31. What subject did Jessica Cox study formally?
A. Psychology
B. Pilot school
C. Flying school
D. Dancing

8. 32. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
A. Jessica Cox can drive like a normal person.
B. Jessica Cox has good skills in Tai Kwon-Do
C. Jessica Cox does everything differently from normal people
D. Jessica Cox uses her feet to do her daily activities.
33. “Jessica Cox suffered a rare defect …” (paragraph 1)
The underlined word is similar in meaning to…
A. imperfection
B. suffering
C. handicap
D. disability
Read the procedure text for the question 34 and 35
Do you like drinking tea? I do. I drink about 3 cups of tea every day. This is how you make tea.
First, boil some water and pour it into a cup. Second, put a teabag into the cup and jiggle it to let
the flavor of the tea out of the bag. Third, add some sugar to the tea and stir it until the sugar
dissolves. Finally drink it while it is still hot.
34.How many tea-bags does the writer spend in a week?
A. 20
B. 21
C. 22
D. 23
35.“Put a tea bag into the cup”
The antonym of the underlined word is …
A. Take
B. Buy
C. Bring
D. Drink
Read the text and answer question 36 to 37
Hi Harris street,
Essex
England
21st
June 1985
Dear Ina,
Thanks for your letter.
You asked me about meals in Britain. You said that nearly everyone in Indonesia eats rice:
at breakfast, lunch and dinner. Well, in Britain, hardly anyone eats rice. Nearly everyone starts
the day with eggs, and sometimes toast and coffee or tea.
Many people in Britain eat bread every day. In cities, lost of people bring sandwiches at
home and bring them to their office or factory to eat.
Nearly everyone eat meat of fish and potatoes and vegetable for dinner in the evening. After
dinner, most British people drink tea with milk and sugar.
Please tell me more about life in Indonesia. Oh yes, give my hello to Ulfa, Meta and Sisilia.
How are they going now?
36. “Lots of people bring sandwiches at home …” (paragraph 2)
What does the underline word refers to?
A. Britain
B. Sandwiches
C. Food and drink
D. Jeanne’s family

9. 37.Who was the letter for?
A. Ulfa
B. Meta
C. Ina
D. Sisilia
Read the text and answer question 38 to 41
38. How tall is a gardenia tree?
A. 3 – 25 cm
B. 5 – 12 cm
C. 5 – 50 cm
D. 1 – 5 cm
39. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. It is easy to plant a gardenia tree
B. A gardenia plant needs high humidity
C. It’s not easy to plant gardenia as a house plant
D. A good drainage is important for gardenia plant.
40. From the text we know that…
A. People don’t like the strong scent of flower
B. Gardenia is widespread in Asia
C. The flower is easy to plant
D. The flower is expensive.
41. “…because it originated in warm ..”(paragraph 3, line 10).
The underlined word refers to …
A. The flower
B. The species
C. The soil
D. The leaf
42. Arrange the following sentences into a good paragraph
1. She lived with her bad step mother.
2. Snow white met seven dwarfs who help her from her mother’s evil plan.
3. Her step mother sent her to the forest.
4. Long a go, there life a very beautiful princess called snow white.
5. A handsome price met her and they lived happily ever after.
A. 3 - 2 - 4 - 1 - 5
B. 2 - 3 - 1 - 4 - 5
C. 4 - 1 - 3 - 2 - 5

10. D. 4 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 5
43. Arrange the following sentences into a good paragraph!
1. It all happened very quickly, people just stood and watched.
2. A car stopped outside the shop, and two men go out.
3. He threw the brick at the windows and smashed it.
4. They had masks on.
5. One of them held a brick in his hand.
6. One man took the coats from the window and the other put them in the back of the car.
A. 2 - 3 - 4 - 1 - 6 - 5
B. 2 - 4 - 5 - 3 - 6 - 1
C. 2 - 4 - 6 - 3 - 1 - 5
D. 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 2 - 1
44. Arrange the following words into a good sentence!
although – the journey – good – well – was – run – the weather – not
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
A. 7 – 5 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 4 – 6 – 8
B. 2 – 5 – 8 – 3 – 1 – 7 – 6 – 4
C. 2 – 6 – 4 – 1 – 7 – 5 – 8 – 3
D. 7 – 6 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 1 – 2 – 8
For questions 45 to 47, choose the most suitable to complete the paragraph
Most dolphins … (45) in the sea. They are very good swimmer and they seem to like people.
Dolphins sometime swim beside the boats. Sometime they save people who are in danger or help
injured dolphins. Some drivers think that dolphins are the … (46) animals … (47) believe that
dolphins can think like humans.
45.
A. live
B. lives
C. lived
D. is living
46.
A. diligent
B. intelligent
C. beautiful
D. dangerous
47.
A. It
B. He
C. She
D. They
For questions 48 to 50, choose the most suitable to complete the paragraph
The coach of the Indonesia basketball team calls a time-out and instruction his players to change
their strategy. He … (48) Jody to keep the ball as long as possible. Jody is good at dribbling the
ball. His skill is controlling the ball is … (49) but he is not suite good at shooting. Togar is better
at shooting and he is also the fastest player in the team, … (50) only weakness is that he is very
thin and not very strong.
48.

11. A. tells
B. knows
C. thinks
D. leaves
49.
A. preventive
B. imperfect
C. excellent
D. doubtful
50.
A. her
B. their
C. our
D. his