SMA Bahasa Inggris: Pertanyaan, Jawaban, Latihan Soal & Pembahasan

ATTENTION

Due to the fact that the next two days are national holidays of Christmas and followed by the first semester holiday; all students are requested to study at home during those days starting on tomorrow. School will begin on January 5^th, 2014.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday

Principal.

 

What does the text tell about ?

               Dr. Mohammad Hatta was born in Bukittinggi, West Sumatera, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). He was Indonesia’s first Vice President, later also served as the country’s prime minister. Known as the ‘proclamator’, he and a number of Indonesian people including the first President of Indonesia Soekarno, fought for the Independence of Indonesia from Dutch. Despites his efforts to gain Indonesian independence, he studied in the Netherlands from 1921 until 1932.

                Moreover, after his early education, he studied in Dutch Schools in Indonesia. He is more remembered as Bung Hatta (Bung is an affectionate title used to address collegues, popular in the early 1900 and is still used by Indonesians).

 

"Known as the 'proclamator', he ..." (paragraph 1)

The underlined word means a person who ....

                Dr. Mohammad Hatta was born in Bukittinggi, West Sumatera, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). He was Indonesia’s first Vice President, later also served as the country’s prime minister. Known as the ‘proclamator’, he and a number of Indonesian people including the first President of Indonesia Soekarno, fought for the Independence of Indonesia from Dutch. Despites his efforts to gain Indonesian independence, he studied in the Netherlands from 1921 until 1932.

                Moreover, after his early education, he studied in Dutch Schools in Indonesia. He is more remembered as Bung Hatta (Bung is an affectionate title used to address collegues, popular in the early 1900 and is still used by Indonesians).

 

The first paragraph is about ....

                Dr. Mohammad Hatta was born in Bukittinggi, West Sumatera, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). He was Indonesia’s first Vice President, later also served as the country’s prime minister. Known as the ‘proclamator’, he and a number of Indonesian people including the first President of Indonesia Soekarno, fought for the Independence of Indonesia from Dutch. Despites his efforts to gain Indonesian independence, he studied in the Netherlands from 1921 until 1932.

                Moreover, after his early education, he studied in Dutch Schools in Indonesia. He is more remembered as Bung Hatta (Bung is an affectionate title used to address collegues, popular in the early 1900 and is still used by Indonesians).

 

Based on the text above, we know that ....

                Dr. Mohammad Hatta was born in Bukittinggi, West Sumatera, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). He was Indonesia’s first Vice President, later also served as the country’s prime minister. Known as the ‘proclamator’, he and a number of Indonesian people including the first President of Indonesia Soekarno, fought for the Independence of Indonesia from Dutch. Despites his efforts to gain Indonesian independence, he studied in the Netherlands from 1921 until 1932.

                Moreover, after his early education, he studied in Dutch Schools in Indonesia. He is more remembered as Bung Hatta (Bung is an affectionate title used to address collegues, popular in the early 1900 and is still used by Indonesians).

 

Why was Mohammad Hatta called Bung Hatta?

 

"...,hopefully you will uderstand ..."

The underlined word refers to all ....

From the text, we can see that ....

         Mr. Bambang is an English teacher. He speaks English fluently. His wife, Mrs. Vanya is a (4) …. She helps sick people. She doesn’t speak English. Mr. Bambang has two children. They study English not only at school but also at home. They are (5) … students. Their father teaches them every night, so they can speak English (6) … He is very proud of them.

         Thomas Edison (46)… two thousand different materials in search of a proper filament for the light (47) … . His assistant complained, “All our work is useless.” Edison replied (48) …, “Oh we have come a long way and we have learned a lot. We know that there are two thousand elements which we cannot use to make a good light bulb.”

         Thomas Edison (46)… two thousand different materials in search of a proper filament for the light (47) … . His assistant complained, “All our work is useless.” Edison replied (48) …, “Oh we have come a long way and we have learned a lot. We know that there are two thousand elements which we cannot use to make a good light bulb.”