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Listening Soal Dan Pembahasan 2016-2017
Listening Soal Dan Pembahasan 2016-2017
PART 1
Questions 1 to 4.
Directions:
In this part of the test, you will hear some dialogues and questions spoken in English. The
questions and the dialogues will be spoken twice. They will not be printed in your test book,
so you must listen carefully to understand what the speakers are saying.
After you listen to the dialogue and the question about it, read the five possible answers, and
decide which one could be the best answer to the question you have heard. Now listen to the
sample question.
You will hear:
Narrator: The best answer to this question “What is does the man think about Kathy?” is
“Kathy is a thrifty woman”. Therefore you should choose answer (C).
PART II
Questions: 5 to 7.
Directions:
In this part of the test, you will hear some incomplete dialogues spoken in English, followed
by five possible answers, also spoken in English. The dialogues and the responses will be
spoken twice. They will not be printed in your test book, so you must listen carefully to
understand what the speakers are saying. You have to choose the best response to each
question.
The best answer to the question is “What is the best response to the woman’s statement?” is
“Let me take you to the book store.” Therefore, you should choose answer (A).
PART III
Questions: 8 to 11.
Directions:
In this part of the test, you will hear some dialogues or monologues spoken in English. The
dialogues or monologues will be spoken twice. They will not be printed in your test book, so
you must listen carefully to understand what the speakers are saying. After you listen to the
dialogues or monologues, look at the five pictures provided in your test book, and decide
which one would be the most suitable with the dialogues or monologues you have heard.
8. Picture A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5
9. Picture A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5
10. Picture A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5
11. Picture A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5
PART IV
Questions: 12 to 15.
Directions:
In this part of the test, you will hear several monologues. Each monologue will be spoken
twice. They will not be printed in your test book, so you must listen carefully to understand
what the speakers are saying. After you hear the monologues and question about it, read the
five possible answers and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you
have heard.
12.
A. West Nusa Tenggara (NTB)
B. Hosting a festival in NTB
C. Coral reefs
D. The conservation destinations
E. The environmental issues
13.
A. More hotels and restaurants will be free
B. More festivals will be conducted by the tourists
C. More income will be generated for the government and local people
D. More islands will be explored for hotels and restaurants
E. More trees will be removed from the islands
14.
A. A biography of General Soedirman
B. The family of General Soedirman
C. The death of General Soedirman
D. A spirit of General Soedirman for the Indonesian Armed Forces
E. The military forces commanded by General Soedirman
15.
A. His uncle’s name was also Soedirman
B. January is the month of Maulud
C. Soedirman was shot and died in the military war
D. Soedirman died when he was relatively young
E. Soedirman died on 1 March 1949
6. Man : Susan, are you ready to go to school now? I have been waiting for
you downtown.
Girl : Dad, I am not going to school today.
Man : Darling, what is the matter with you?
Girl : I am not feeling well today but I have some test today. What should I
do, Dad?
Man :…
Narrator : What is the best response for the father?
A. You must go to the park to have a test
B. Take a rest and I will call your teacher
C. It’s up to you. And I don’t care
D. I will take the test
Jawaban :B
Pembahasan :
Dalam dialog tersebut, anak gadis itu merasa tidak enak badan tetapi dia memiliki
banyak tes hari itu. Lalu dia meminta pendapat ayahnya. Saran yang diberikan oleh
ayahnya yang cocok adalah menyuruh anaknya untuk beristirahat dan dia akan
memintakan ijin dengan menelpon gurunya.
7. Woman : Excuse me. Would you please come to the meeting after lunch.
Man : Why not? I am a new employee. I am ready to go anythime.
Woman : Thank you. Don’t forget to bring your laptop.
Man : Yes, ma’am. Anything else?
Woman : Okay. Thank you.
Man :…
Narrator : What does the man probably reply?
A. Sorry I don’t understand you
B. It’s okay. Don’t disturb me
C. You know actually I’m busy
D. You’re welcome
Jawaban :D
Pembahasan :
Wanita itu mengucapkan terimakasih maka respon yang tepat adalah You’re welcome.
8. Narrator :
This is the place where you can get the information about the past. Some parts of the
place have been designed to look the same as the past. Some other parts are used to
keep some artifacts and some unique things found in some areas. The teachers usually
ask the students to attend this place so that they can learn by themselves. However
many teenagers are not interested. They like going to cinemas or malls.
Question : What is the place the speaker describes?
Jawaban :C
Pembahasan :
Tempat yang dideskripsikan adalah museum. Hal ini dapat disimpulkan dari deskripsi
bahwa itu adalah tempat dimana kita bisa mendapatkan informasi tentang masa lalu.
Kemudian ada bagian dari tempat tersebut yang dibentuk seperti masa lalu.
9. Narrator :
This place is one of Bali most important landmark, fame for its unique out shore
setting and sunset back drop. An ancient Hindu shrine perches on the top of mid
crushing way. This place is simply among Bali not to be missed icon. Nearby there is
visitor leisure facilities including restaurants, shops, and cultural parks presenting
regular dawn performances. The temple is located in Beraban village of the Tabanan
Regency approximately 20 kilometers northwest of Kuta. And it is included Bali most
visited of Bali western and center region.
Question : Which picture is described in the monolog?
Jawaban :C
Pembahasan :
Deskripsi yang dimaksud adalah Tanah lot karena dekat dengan pantai dan ada candi
atas bukit.
10. Narrator :
Nearly everyone has heard about King Tut which tomb was discovered by Howard
Carter in 1922. The tomb is filled with wonderful artifacts and certainly the most
valuable one ever found in one place in the world. Absolutely the best of the bunch is
King Tut dead mask crafted of gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian and other semi precious
stone. King Tut in common was shortly faired during dynasty of Egypt. King Tut
mummy has probably been investigated more than any others in history.
Question : Which picture is described in the monolog?
Jawaban :A
Pembahasan :
Yang dideskripsikan di dalam monolog adalah topeng emas dari Raja Tut.
11. Narrator :
This is the form of liquid droplets that appears on thin exposed objects in the morning
or evening due to condensation. As the exposed surface cools by radiating its heat,
atmospheric moisture condenses at the rate greater and in that way at which can
evaporate, resulting in the formation of water droplets. When the temperature is low
enough it takes the form rises. This form is called frost.
Question : Which picture is described in the monolog?
Jawaban :A
Pembahasan :
Berdasarkan bagian terakhir dari monolog tersebut maka jelas yang dimaksud adalah
proses terjadinya embun beku (frost). Gambar yang tepat adalah (A).
Narrator :
West Nusa Tenggara will host festival on November 5 and 6 centering on three
islands namely Gili Trawangan, Gili Air and Gili Manuk. In addition to attracting the
tourists, the three Gili in the festival is aimed to promoting the three islands as
conservation nation. That is why the festival will hold serious event that rely on
environmental issue, like restoring roral reef, seed planting and beach cleaning. The
tourist and cultural agency head, Lalu Muhammad Faso said in Mataram on Tuesday.
The festival will open with releasing a hundred of turtles on Gili Trawangan on early
morning on November 5, said Lalu. And the event will be closed by beach cleaning
activity which participants expected to include community members, tourists and the
representative of hotels and restaurants on the three islands. We are aiming at
attracting at least 10 thousands tourists to join in the activity, said Lalu.
12. Question : What is the topic of the monolog?
Jawaban :B
Pembahasan :
Topic dari monolog tersebut adalah menjadi tuan rumah untuk festival di Nusa
Tenggara Barat (hosting a festival in NTB).
13. Question : What will happen if the festival is successful?
Jawaban :C
Pembahasan :
Berdasarkan baris terakhir, Lalu mengatakan jika mereka mengharapkan dapat
menarik 10 ribu orang turis untuk dapat mengikuti festival tersebut. Maka dapat
disimpulkan jika festival tersebut berhasil maka baik pemerintah local maupun
masyarakat local akan mengalami kenaikan pendapatan.
Narrator :
General Soedirman was high ranking of military Officer during Indonesian National
revolution. He was the first commandeering chief of the Indonesian armed forces and
continued be widely respected in the country. On 12 November 1945 at the election to
decide commandeering chief in Yogyakarta, the 24-years old General Soedirman was
chosen over Oerip Sumoharjo in the close vote. While waiting to be confirmed,
Soedirman was ordered to be South on British and Dutch forces in Ambarawa. The
issuing battle and the British drawing strengthened Soedirman popular support and he
was automatically confirmed in the position on 18 December.
General Soedirman commanded military activity throughout Java including short
forces in Yogyakarta on the 1 March 1949. When the Dutch began with the drawing
in July 1949, Soedirman was recalled to Yogyakarta and forbidden to fight further. In
the late 1949, Soedirman was asked to return and retired to Magelang when he dies
slightly more than a month after the Durch recognition Indonesian Independence. He
was buried in Hero Cemetery in Yogyakarta.
14. Question : What is the monolog about?
Jawaban :A
Pembahasan :
Monolog tersebut adalah biografi dari Jendral Soedirman. Maka jawaban yang benar
adalah (A) A biography of General Soedirman.
15. Question :What can we infer from the monolog?
Jawaban :D
Pembahasan :
Pernyataan yang benar berdasarkan monolog adalah pernyataan (D) yaitu Jendral
Soedirman meninggal dengan umur yang relative masih muda. Hal ini dapat kita
simpulkan yaitu dia terpilih menjadi komander di usia 24 tahun di tahun 1945 dan
perkiraan dia meninggal tidak lama setelah Belanda mengakui kemerdakaan
Indonesia tahun 1949. Itu artinya Jendral Sordirman meninggal sekitar usia 29-30
tahun.
Reading Section
Luis Leonal Andres Messi, born June 24 1987, is an Argentina football player for F.C
Barcelona. He is not very tall, mainly, due to the a growing problem he had when he was
younger. His eyesare brown. He never has short hair.
Lional Messi started playing football at a very early age in his hometown’s Newell’s Old
Boys. From the age of, 11 he suffered from a hormone deficiency and as Lionel’s parents were
unable to pay for the treatment in Argentina, they decided to move to Barcelona, Spain.
In the 2003-2004 season when he was still only 16 years old, Messy made his first team
debut in a friendly with Porto that marked the opening of the new Dragao stadium. The
following championship-winning season, Messy made his first appearance in an official match
on October 16 2004, in Barcelona’s derby win against at the Olympic Stadium (0-1). And
now, in 2010, 2011, and 2012 he are best player in the world with collect 3 Ballon D’Or.
You have been selected to attend a Focus Group as part of the consultation period
Northampton Borough Council is running on propesed changes to Housing Allocation
and Tenancy Strategy. It is very important that you attend and give your views on the
proposals as they could significantly affect the future of the way social housing is
allocated and managed.
The date of the event is 10th May 2017 at 5.30 p.m. in the Court Room, The Guildhall,
and should take no more than an hour.
Please confirm your attendance by calling 01 604 837112 or 01 604 837942.
If you require any further information or assistance, please do not hesitate to contact the
numbers above.
Yours faithfully,
Nicky McKenzie
Team Leader
Housing Choice 7 Resettlement
19. “It is very important that you attend give your views on the proposals ...”
The underlined word has closest in meaning to ....
A. Sceneries
B. Convictions
C. Ideas
D. Opinions
E. Believes
Jawaban :D
Pembahasan :
Kata ‘views’ didalam kalimat tersebut diartikan pendapat sehingga memiliki
sinonim dengan kata “opinion.’
21. What will you do after finishing with the mind maps?
A. Make sure that you are not working on the same concept
B. Take turns to present the mind maps to each other
C. Invite the classmates to study together
D. Develop the minds maps of the concept
E. Ask questions and give feedbacks
Jawaban :B
Pembahasan :
Setelah selesai membuat peta konsep maka hal yang dilakukan berikutnya adalah
bergantian mempresentasikan. Hal ini terdapat dalam kalimat “After you’ve
finished with your mind maps, you and your study mates can takes turns to present
the mind maps to each other.”
22. What are the steps suggested by the author to make studying more fun?
A. Get friends to join, create mind maps, and present the mind maps
B. Get friends to join, create mind maps, present the mind maps, and ask
questions and give feddbacks
C. Get friends to join, create mind maps, work on different things, present the
mind maps, and ask questions and give feedbacks
D. Get friends to join, create mind maps, work on different things, use colorful
visuals, present the mind maps, and ask questions and give feedbacks
E. Get friends to join, create mind maps, work on different things, use colorful
visuals, present the mind maps, ask questions, and give feedbacks
Jawaban :D
Pembahasan :
Berdasarkan paragraph kedua maka urutan langkahnya untuk membuat belajar
menjadi lebih menyenangkan adalah : mencari teman – membuat peta konsep –
mengerjakannya dengan cara yang berbeda-beda – mempresentasikan – dan pada
saat presentasi saling bertanya dan memberikan feedback.
23. “However, independent studying can be very tedious and hard.” (Lines 1-2)
The underlined word is closest in meaning to ....
A. Arduous
B. Difficult
C. Boring
D. Tiring
E. Hard
Jawaban :C
Pembahasan :
Kata’tedious’ memiliki arti yang sama dengan kata ‘boring.’
Dear Jen,
How have you been? I plan to continue my study in Australia. I have prepared
everything, starting from applying for the scholarship, looking for accommodation to
browsing nice places to visit.
I hope one day we can meet up and hang out, just like we did in Bali.
Cheers,
Ananda
28. What does the passage tell us about the writter’s opinion on the issue at hand?
A. Text messaging creates more risk than undistracted driving
B. Mobile communication doesn’t have relation with accident
C. Many people lost their lives because of injury
D. Distracted driving is still safe for the drivers
E. Only adult drivers involved in the accident
Jawaban :A
Pembahasan :
Penulis berpendapat di dalam teks di atas jika mengirim pesan sambil menyetir itu
menciptakan resiko yang lebih besar karena membuat terganggunya konsentrasi
pada saat menyetir dibandingkan jika tidak. Hal ini sesuai dengan paragraph
pertama.
Penguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost esclusively in the
southern hemisphere, espectially in Antartica. Highly adapted for live in the water,
penguins have counter shaded dark and white plugmage, and their wings have evolved
into flippers. Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid, and other forms of sea life caught
while swimming underwater. They spend about half of their lives on land and half in the
oceans.
The largest living species is the Emperor Penguins on average adults are about 1.1
m(3 ft 7 in) tall and weigh 35 kg (75 lb) or more. The smallest penguin species is the
Little Blue Penguin, also known as the Fairy Penguin, which stands around 40 cm tall
(16 in) and weighs 1 kg (2.2 lb).
Among extant penguins, larger penguins inhabit colder regions, while smaller
penguins are generally found in temperate or even tropical climates. Some prehistoric
species attained enormous sizes, becoming as tall or as heavy as an adult human. These
were not restricted to Antarctic regions, on the contrary, sub Antarctic regions
harboured high diversity, and at least one giant penguin occurred in a region not quite
2,000 km south of the equator, in a climate decidedly warmer than today.
34. “Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have counter shaded dark and
white plugmage and their wings have evolved into flippers.” (Paragraph 1)
The underlined word means …
A. Rare
B. Valuable
C. Adjusted
D. Demanded
E. Dependent
Jawaban :C
Pembahasan :
Kata ‘adapted’ memiliki arti beradaptasi atau menyesuaikan diri sehingga
bersinonim dengan kata ‘adjusted.’
Every part of the body has specific function including the human brain.
The human brain, with an average weight of fourteen kilograms, is the control center
of the body. It receives information from the senses, processes the information, and
rapidly send out responses, it also stores the information that is the sources of human
thoughts and feelings. Each of the three main parts of the brain-the cerebum,
cerebellum, and the brain stem-has its own role in carrying out these functions.
The cerebrum is by far the largest of the three parts, taking up 85 percent of the brain
by weight. The outside layer of the cerebrum, the cerebral cortex, is grooved and
bumpy surface covering the nerve cells beneath.
The cerebellum, located below the cerebrum in the back part of the skull, is made of
masses of brunched up nerve cells. It is the cerebellum that controls human balance,
coordination and posture.
The brain stem, which connects the cerebrum and the spinal cord, controls various
body processes such as breathing and heartbeat. It is the major motor and censoring
path way connecting the body and the cerebrum.
38. “It also stores the information that is the sources of human thoughts and feeling
...” (Paragraph 2).
What is the closest meaning of the underlined word?
A. Processes
B. Shops
C. Delivers
D. Releases
E. Keeps
Jawaban :E
Pembahasan :
Kata ‘store’ memiliki arti yang sama dengan ‘keeps’ yang artinya menyimpan.
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of United States (1861-1865), who
preserved the State Union during the American Civil War and brought about the
emancipation of the slaves.
Among American heroes, Lincoln was seen having a unique appeal for his fellow
country men and people of other countries. This charm derived from his remarkable
life sotry-the from the huratle origins to a dramatic death-and his distinctively human
and humane personality as well his historical role as the savior of the Union and
emancipator of the slaves. In his view, the Union was worth saving not only for its
own sake, but also because it embodied an ideal and the ideal of self-government.
In recent years, the politicalisation of Lincoln’s character and historical views in
particular, have come under close scrutiny, as scholars continue to find him a rich
subject for research. The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., was dedicated to
him on May 20 1922.
42. “... because it embodied an ideal and the ideal of self-government” (Paragraph 2)
The underlined word is closest in meaning to ....
A. Attracted
B. Dedicated
C. Appealed
D. Represented
E. Described
Jawaban :D
Pembahasan :
Kata ‘embodied’ memiliki arti yang sama dengan kata ‘represented’ yang artinya
membawa.
45. According to the text, why does the writer want all kinds of houbara bird hunting be
banned?
A. The population of houbara bird is getting smaller and smaller
B. The captivation of houbara bird has been unsuccessful
C. The houbara bird is difficult to catch
D. The houbara bird is beautiful
E. The hunters are reckless
Jawaban :A
Pembahasan :
Penulis ingin jika perburuan semua burung Houbara dilarang karena jumlahnya
semakin lama semakin mengecil (the population of houbara bird is getting smaller
and smaller).
46. From the passage, we can conclude that people can resume hunting the houbara bird
only ... a sustainable population is reached.
A. After
B. When
C. Because
D. If
E. Before
Jawaban :A
Pembahasan :
Kata sambung yang tepat untuk melengkapi kalimat tersebut adalah AFTER sehingga
artinya menjadi “Orang dapat kembali berburu burung Houbara hanya SETELAH
populasi yang mencukupi berhasil dicapai.”
50. They are broad and set on wooden piles that can reach as high as 3 meters (10 feet) of
the ground.
They word ‘they’ refers to ....
A. Floor levels
B. Wooden piles
C. Upsweeping ridges
D. Three tiered projections
E. Gables and upsweeping ridges
Jawaban :D
Pembahasan :
Kata ‘they’ mengacu pada kata ‘three tiered projections.’