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

"And in attempts to understand a thing so simple and so huge" (4th stanza)
What is the closest meaning of 'attempt'?

Choose the words in the box that corresponds to the meanings.

a. Official opening of a business or new location = ____

What can we learn from the song lyrics?

"They went flying around in he rain
And their feathers, once so fine, grew torn and tattered" (2nd stanza)
What does it show?

    Middle-aged adults often find themselves saying, I wish I could go back and be a teen again. They (1)____to escape the hard work and stress associated with their adult live and return to the freedom and fun (2)____their teenage years. However, many teenagers today would argue that (3)____a teen is not all fun and games. Inf act, being a teen extremely (4)____because teen often find themselves under great amounts of pressure. This pressure is mainly imposed (5)____them by their schoolwork, their parents, and especially their peers.

    Hours and hours of the average teenage life (6)____the school year goes into his or her school work. The teen spends this (7)____either working in school or doing assignment outside of school. These conditions usually lead to the teen (8)____sleep and gaining mental strain. Constant hovering over textbooks and periods of elongated sitting (9)____by studying lead to great amounts of physical fatigue. In addition, most hardworking teens have to stay up late during the night (10)____assignments. This leads to severe loss of valuable sleep.
 

The most appropriate word to fill in the blank number (9) is ….

How many greatest hits will Elliot perform?

    Middle-aged adults often find themselves saying, I wish I could go back and be a teen again. They (1)____to escape the hard work and stress associated with their adult live and return to the freedom and fun (2)____their teenage years. However, many teenagers today would argue that (3)____a teen is not all fun and games. Inf act, being a teen extremely (4)____because teen often find themselves under great amounts of pressure. This pressure is mainly imposed (5)____them by their schoolwork, their parents, and especially their peers.

    Hours and hours of the average teenage life (6)____the school year goes into his or her school work. The teen spends this (7)____either working in school or doing assignment outside of school. These conditions usually lead to the teen (8)____sleep and gaining mental strain. Constant hovering over textbooks and periods of elongated sitting (9)____by studying lead to great amounts of physical fatigue. In addition, most hardworking teens have to stay up late during the night (10)____assignments. This leads to severe loss of valuable sleep.
 

The most appropriate word to fill in the blank number (8) is ….

    Middle-aged adults often find themselves saying, I wish I could go back and be a teen again. They (1)____to escape the hard work and stress associated with their adult live and return to the freedom and fun (2)____their teenage years. However, many teenagers today would argue that (3)____a teen is not all fun and games. Inf act, being a teen extremely (4)____because teen often find themselves under great amounts of pressure. This pressure is mainly imposed (5)____them by their schoolwork, their parents, and especially their peers.

    Hours and hours of the average teenage life (6)____the school year goes into his or her school work. The teen spends this (7)____either working in school or doing assignment outside of school. These conditions usually lead to the teen (8)____sleep and gaining mental strain. Constant hovering over textbooks and periods of elongated sitting (9)____by studying lead to great amounts of physical fatigue. In addition, most hardworking teens have to stay up late during the night (10)____assignments. This leads to severe loss of valuable sleep.
 

The most appropriate word to fill in the blank number (6) is ….

What does the first stanza describe?

    Middle-aged adults often find themselves saying, I wish I could go back and be a teen again. They (1)____to escape the hard work and stress associated with their adult live and return to the freedom and fun (2)____their teenage years. However, many teenagers today would argue that (3)____a teen is not all fun and games. Inf act, being a teen extremely (4)____because teen often find themselves under great amounts of pressure. This pressure is mainly imposed (5)____them by their schoolwork, their parents, and especially their peers.

    Hours and hours of the average teenage life (6)____the school year goes into his or her school work. The teen spends this (7)____either working in school or doing assignment outside of school. These conditions usually lead to the teen (8)____sleep and gaining mental strain. Constant hovering over textbooks and periods of elongated sitting (9)____by studying lead to great amounts of physical fatigue. In addition, most hardworking teens have to stay up late during the night (10)____assignments. This leads to severe loss of valuable sleep.
 

The most appropriate word to fill in the blank number (7) is ….