Latihan PAT Bahasa Inggris X Lintas Minat

I. CHOOSE THE RIGHT ANSWER
Text 1

Mobile Phone

A mobile phone is a very small portable radio telephone. The mobile phone can be used to communicate over long distances without wires. It works by communicating with a nearby base station which connects it to the main phone network. The network is the company that provides the phone service. In most areas, there will be more than one mobile network. Customers choose networks based on how well the different networks work in their area, or by price.
There are different kinds of phones. A flip phone flips open, and is best for calling. A bar phone is shaped like a candy bar, and the keys and screen are on one face. A slate phone is a phone that has almost no buttons, and uses a touch screen. Most smartphones are slates. A slider phone slides on rails. It can slide out number keys or a mini keyboard, but some do both. Some digital mobile phones need a separate microchip, called a Subscriber: identity Module or SIM, to work. The SIM has information like the phone number and payment account and this is needed to make or receive calls.
A majority of new mobile phones from the 21" century are smartphones. These phones can be used for email, browsing the internet, playing music and games, and many other functions that computers can perform. This is because mobile phones basically are small computers. Older phones also used computer technology, but lacked many of the parts of a computer that were too big to ht into a phone.

1. How does the mobile phone works?
A. By using the mobile portable phone.
B. By communicating with the fattest base station.
C. By communicating with a nearby base station which connects it to the main phone network.
D. By communicating over long distances without wires.
E. By activating the provider

2. How many kinds of phones based on the text?
A. There are two kinds of phones.
B. There are three kinds of phones.
C. There are four kinds of phones.
D. There are five kinds of phones.
E. There are six kinds of phones.

3. What is slate phone?
A. A phone that the keys and screen are on one face
B. A phone that is best for calling.
C. A phone that has a SIM information.
D. A phone that has no SIM information
E. A phone that has almost no buttons, and uses a touch screen.

4. “These phones can be used for email, browsing the internet, playing music ”. The phrase “these phones’ refers to?
A. SIM
B. Keyboards
C. Computers
D. Smartphones
E. Technology

5. ”Older phones also used computer technology, but lacked many of the parts of a computer..." The synonym of word lacked is ....
A. planty
B. insufficience
C. increase
D. lot
E. extra

Text 2
HIRED TODAY

CAREER & HlGHER
EDUCATION FAIR 2015

Tanggal 9-10 Oktober 2015
GD. SMESCO Jakarta
DAPATKAN TIKET BEBAS ANTRIAN

6. What advertisment is that?
A. Goods
B. Bad
C. Services
D. Students
E. Events

7. What event is advertised?
A. Fair
B. Match
C. Concert
D. Sports
E. Circuss

8. Who is the main target reader?
A. Business man
B. Bank staff
C. Music lovers
D. Sportsman
E. Students

9. What cannot you get from this event?
A. Cheap books
B. Collage information
C. Bank loan information
D. Scholarship information
E. Book talk show

Text 3
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest English dramatist of all time. His work influenced generations of later artists.
We know little about Shakespeare's early years. His father, John Shakespeare, was a merchant and a man of some importance in his local community. His mother, Mary Arden, was a higher social class. Although there are no records, it seems that Shakespeare attended the local grammar school at Stratfordupon Avon, where he was born. in 1582, Shakespeare married Anna Hathaway, who was eight years older than him. They had three children. In 1594, Shakespeare became a leading member of the newly-fanned acting company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. This company became the King’s Men when James I became a king. Shakespeare stayed with them for the rest of his career. In 1599, the company occupied the now famous Globe theatre in London. Shakespeare lived and worked in London, while his family remained in Stratford. Shakespeare’s plays are still performed more often than those of any other playwright. Film versions appear frequently.

10. John Shakespeare was a merchant and a man of some importance in his local community. The word his refers to ....
A. Shakespeare
B. John Shakespeare
C. Anna Hathaway
D. Mary Arden
E. Shakespeare’s mother

11. Shakespeare became a leading member of the newly-formed acting company in ....
A. 1594
B. 1582
C. 1516
D. 1588
E. 1599

12. This company became the King’s Men when James I became a king. This company refers to ....
A. Globe
B. Stratford
C. Lord Chamberlains’ Men
D. William Shakespeare
E. King’s Men

13. Shakespeare stayed with them for the rest of his career. Them refers to ....
A. King James I family
B. Shakespeare’s family
C. Shakespeare’s member of the company
D. Shakespeare’s daughter
E. Shakespeare’s sons

14. Film versions appear frequently.F requently has the same meaning with ....
A. sometimes
B. never
C. often
D. Hardly ever
E. Seldom

II. Answer the questions

                                                         Octopus

                The Octopus is an ocean creature with eight effective feet which it utilizes as hands. These are called tentacles or limbs. “Octopus” originates from two words that have meaning “eight feet”.

The octopus, the squid and the cuttlefish fit in with the same family that has no outside shells. Their bodies are secured totally with skin. Along these lines the assortment of an octopus is delicate. It would appear that a huge blow up. A completely developed octopus can be as huge as 8,5 meters from the tip of one arms to the tip of another. It can weigh as much as 45 kilograms.

            Other than utilizing its tentacles or limbs to catch little fish, ocean plants, crab and lobsters, the octopus additionally utilizes them against its adversaries. The octopus wraps its appendages around the exploited person and crushes it before eating it

            The octopus escapes from its adversaries by giving out a thick dull liquid to obscure the water. It can likewise change the color of its body to match its surroundings. It escapes its enemis by doing this.

15. Before the octopus eats its victim, the octopus ...

16. How does the octopus look for food?

17. What does the octopus do to run away or escape from its enemy?

18. What does the word “octopus” mean in Greek?

19. How large a fully-grown octopus can be from the tip of one tentacle to the tip of another?

III. FIND THE MEANING AND THE ANSWER ABOUT PROVERBS
20. Some characteristics of proverb are ...
21. Early bird catches the worm.
22. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
23. Empty vessels make the most noise.
24. However long the night, the dawn will break.
25. Better late than never 

IV. ANSWER THE RIDDLES BELOW
26. I am made and bought by someone who doesn’t use me. But the one who uses me doesn’t know that they are using me. Who am i?

27. I have one leg and three eyes
28. I am tall when I am young, but I am short when I am old.
29. What table can you eat?
30. What is the easiest way to double your money?

V. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING “too or enough”APPROPRIATELY.
31. We couldn’t eat the soup. It is ______hot
32. Nobody could move the piano. It is _______heavy to move.
33. I can’t take a photograph. It Is _____dark in here
34. l am ____ nice to be politician.
35. The assignment is _____ difficult for students to complete.
36. She can’t get married yet. She isnot old ____
37. Prabu would like to buy a car but he hasn’t got ___ money.
38. l couldn’ t make coffee for everyone. There weren ’t ____coffee.
39. Are you warm ___? Or shall I switch on the heating.
40. It is only a small car. This is not big_____ for all of you.