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

 

Northeastern University	Center for Academic Services Arts and Sciences Department
September 23rd , 2012
Center for Academic Student Services     Meserve Hall 617 373 3980 [email protected] Visit Our Website www.northeastern.edu	To all undergraduate and graduate students of Arts and Sciences Department   There will be an open dialogue for students and members of the committee discussing Arts and Sciences Department and Academic Research Journal on September 26th , 4:30-6:00 p.m., in 31B Currie Student Center Attached is a list of published Academic Journals. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.northeastern.edu/collegestructure/ by attending this dialogue, hopefully you will understand more about Academic Journal.   (This meeting has been rescheduled from September 21st )

From the text, we can see that...

Arrange these sentences below into a good paragraph.

1. It was long

2. My holiday was great.

3. My family and I visited my grandparents.

4. We stayed at my grandparent's house for five days.

5. We did a lot of things together.

6. After that we ate them.

7. We traveled by car.

We cooked and prepared our meals.

Arrange the sentences bellow into a correct paragraph

1. We left our house at about 5 o’clock in the morning. We took a taxi to the railway station.
2. Finally our train came. All of us rushed to get on the train.
3. Last Lebaran, my family and I went hometown. We decided to take a train because it is more comfortable.
4. It took about 5 to 7 hours to get to our hometown. We enjoyed our journey.
5. We took the carriage no 3 according to our tickets.
6. But without any prior information, our trains was late for about fifteen minutes, so we had to wait a bit longer.
7. After finding our seats we could sit comfortably.
8. We arrived at the station at six. Our train would leave at 6.40.

When I was at the 8^th grade of Junior High School, my family and I went to Bali for three days. I … many experiences during the vacation. First day, we visited Sanur Beach in the early morning. We saw the beautiful … together. On the second day, we spent the day on Tanjung Benoa beach. We spent our last day in Sangeh. We enjoyed the green and shady forest … In the afternoon, we had to check out from hotel. We went back home bringing s many amazing memories of Bali.

When I was at the 8^th grade of Junior High School, my family and I went to Bali for three days. I … many experiences during the vacation. First day, we visited Sanur Beach in the early morning. We saw the beautiful … together. On the second day, we spent the day on Tanjung Benoa beach. We spent our last day in Sangeh. We enjoyed the green and shady forest … In the afternoon, we had to check out from hotel. We went back home bringing s many amazing memories of Bali.

Once upon a time, there was a poor woman who had lost her husband and had a son named Malin Kundang. One day, Mali Kundang went sailing to other place. Ever since Malin Kundang leaving, his mother went to the shore everyday, waiting for Malin Kundang to return.

After years, her waiting came to an end when a luxurious ship docked at the shore. A young couple in extravagant clothes stepped down from the ship. Malin’s mother was sure that the young man was her son. She tried to embrace him, but he threw her away. He didn’t admit the woman as his mother.

Being denied and humiliated, Malin’s mother cursed her son. After a moment, the luxurious ship was attacked by a hurricane and the cursed son turned into rock.

 

What can we learn from the story?

Once upon a time, there was a poor woman who had lost her husband and had a son named Malin Kundang. One day, Mali Kundang went sailing to other place. Ever since Malin Kundang leaving, his mother went to the shore everyday, waiting for Malin Kundang to return.

After years, her waiting came to an end when a luxurious ship docked at the shore. A young couple in extravagant clothes stepped down from the ship. Malin’s mother was sure that the young man was her son. She tried to embrace him, but he threw her away. He didn’t admit the woman as his mother.

Being denied and humiliated, Malin’s mother cursed her son. After a moment, the luxurious ship was attacked by a hurricane and the cursed son turned into rock.

 

Malin Kundang step down from the ship with his...

Once upon a time, there was a poor woman who had lost her husband and had a son named Malin Kundang. One day, Mali Kundang went sailing to other place. Ever since Malin Kundang leaving, his mother went to the shore everyday, waiting for Malin Kundang to return.

After years, her waiting came to an end when a luxurious ship docked at the shore. A young couple in extravagant clothes stepped down from the ship. Malin’s mother was sure that the young man was her son. She tried to embrace him, but he threw her away. He didn’t admit the woman as his mother.

Being denied and humiliated, Malin’s mother cursed her son. After a moment, the luxurious ship was attacked by a hurricane and the cursed son turned into rock.

 

What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

Once upon a time, there was a poor woman who had lost her husband and had a son named Malin Kundang. One day, Mali Kundang went sailing to other place. Ever since Malin Kundang leaving, his mother went to the shore everyday, waiting for Malin Kundang to return.

After years, her waiting came to an end when a luxurious ship docked at the shore. A young couple in extravagant clothes stepped down from the ship. Malin’s mother was sure that the young man was her son. She tried to embrace him, but he threw her away. He didn’t admit the woman as his mother.

Being denied and humiliated, Malin’s mother cursed her son. After a moment, the luxurious ship was attacked by a hurricane and the cursed son turned into rock.

 

The old woman cursed her son because...

Helen Adams Keller was born as a healthy child on June 27^th, 1880, to Captain Arthur H. and Kate Adams Keller of Tuscumbia. At the tender age of 19 months, she was stricken with a severe illness which left her blind and deaf.

At the age of six, the half-wild, deaf and blind girl was taken to see Dr. Alexander Graham Bell by her parents. From this visit, Helen met her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan. She was so gifted that by the end of August, in six months, she knew 625 words, learned Braille and learned to write shortly afterward.

By the age of 10, Helen had mastered Braille as well as the manual alphabet and even earned to use the typewriter. By the time she was 16, Helen could speak well enough to go to preparatory school and to college. In 1904, she graduated “cum laude” from Radcliffe College. The teacher stayed with her through those years, interpreting lectures and class discussion for her.

Helen Keller became one of world’s most remarkable women. She dedicated her life to improve the conditions of the blind and the deaf-blind around the world, lecturing in more than 25 countries on the five major continents. Wherever she appeared, she brought new courage to millions of blind people.

 

"... she was tricken with a severe illness which left her blind and deaf." (paragraph 1)

The underlined word is similar in meaning to ...