PEMERINTAH PROVINSI JAWA TENGAH

DINAS PENDIDIKAN DAN KEBUDAYAAN

SEKOLAH MENENGAH ATAS NEGERI 2 PATI

PTS SEMESTER GENAP FOR GRADE XI TINGKAT LANJUT

TAHUN PELAJARAN 2023/2024

My Name : __________________________________
My Class/ No. : _______________________________

Answer these questions carefully ! (Score = 100)

Text 1 Students’ Cheating
Students’ cheating is one of the biggest problems faced by teachers nowadays. Despite the fact
that teachers advise their students not to do dishonest acts during tests, some students still do cheating.
There are many kinds of cheating that students do during the test or examination, such as looking other
students’ work, put some notes under their clothes, write notes or formulas on their desks make hand
signals or go to rest rooms to get the answers from their friends.
In my view, students who do cheating are committing a crime. It is a sort of taking something illegally.
This crime causes negative results to the students. Students who always cheat deteriorate their mental
capacity. Cheating acts also create dependence. They weaken their self confidence. Instead of preparing
for the coming test, they are busy to organize notes on a piece of paper. If this awful habit continues,
the students will lose their opportunity to develop their intellectual and mind.
Therefore, school should consider cheating as a very serious problem. School board and
administration should go hand to overcome this matter. Honesty must be put in school’s vision. Harsh
punishment must be applied to students who commit this crime.

1. What is mainly discussed in the text?

2. What will the school do to eliminate students who commit cheating?
3. “Students who always cheat deteriorate their mental capacity.” (Paragraph 3)
The word “deteriorate” means…......

Text 2 The Importance of Having Breakfast

In a busy morning, people tend to skip their breakfast. Actually, there are many benefits of
having breakfast. Here are two reasons why it is important.
Having breakfast helps us feel more focused for the coming day. When we study at school and
didn't have breakfast before, we will more likely to not focus during the lesson. There's nothing worse
than being constantly aware that you are hungry and counting the minutes until lunchtime. Having
breakfast in the morning not only fuels us until lunchtime but actually gives our brains the essential
energy to function and focus better on tasks, so we can concentrate more.
Having breakfast will also control our appetite. If we don't eat breakfast, we are much more
likely to end up snacking throughout the morning, which could pile up the unhealthy calories! Stay
away from overly-refined snacks with added sugar, so if you do feel like snacking, have some slices of
fruits.
The two reasons above, to help us feel more focused and to control our appetite are only some of
many reasons out there on why having breakfast is important. There are indeed many other benefits of
having breakfast.

4. What is the text talking about ?

5. There are two reasons why having breakfast is important. What are they?
6. “In a busy morning, people tend to skip their breakfast”.(see paragraph 1). The word ‘their’ in that
sentence refers to ….
7. The generic structure of paragraph 2 in the text is called …..
8. “….but actually gives our brains the essential energy to….”.(see paragraph 2). What is the antonym
of the underlined word?
9. Find 2 sentences which use Simple Present Tense !
10. What is the generic structure of the last paragraph ?
11. The genre of the text above is …..
12. Why does the writer say that having breakfast can also control our appetite ?
13. “Actually, there are many benefits of having breakfast”.(see paragraph 1) The closest meaning to
the underlined word is ….
Text 3 Being On time
Being on time is a beautiful social ethic and one of great importance, as it creates efficiency in
system and implies respect for one another. However, it is one the many values that is not easy for our
students to learn.
Inner discipline, one that comes from an understanding of the set rules and regulation, is the
highest form behavior. Most excellent schools try to instill this with a loving environment. Why, even
adults arrive late to meeting, work, et c. Here, we do not agree that late comers should be shut out.
They can be given warnings, most of which are enough to make them try their best to reach the school
on time latter. If this fails, invite the parent to school.
By closing the gates, the school is behaving cruelly, to which we prefer not to expose our
children. Every school has responsibility to implant good educational principle, but it should be in
appropriate ways. Good schools create competitive students who can organize themselves effectively in
society, so that everyone gets a quality life as a result of the ethics and values learned for as long as 12
years.
Children are precious and dependent on the adult for guidance. Understanding them is the key,
and to this end, both parents and schools must work hand in hand without playing the blame game.

14. What should the school do if a student can’t stop his/her habit to come late to school?
15. What does the writer think to be “the highest form of behaviour” (in the second paragraph)?
16. ”Children are precious and dependent on the adults for guidance.
” The word “precious” is closest in meaning to ….......

Text 4 The government should provide a rehabilitation Program for Drug Users
Drug users are actually ill people who need help. Rehabilitation is one of the main things they
should get. Instead of punishing drug users in prisons, the government should provide rehabilitation for
them.
Most users are actually victims of persuasive peddlers and they suffer from consuming the
drugs. Therefore, by rehabilitating them, we are actually helping them out from traps, which they might
accidentally step on.
If we only arrest drug users and send them to jail, this doesn't solve the problem as drug users
will still be addicted unless proper rehabilitation is imposed on them.
Providing rehabilitation programs for drug users and forcing them to participate in the programs
is better than only arresting them and doing nothing to their illness. Only drug dealers, traffickers, and
wholesalers should be imprisoned.

17. Most drug users get drugs from ...........

18. Sending drug users to prison is not a good solution because ............

Text 5
Internet safety is the practice of following actionable guidelines, understanding modern
technology, and protecting your digital devices so you can defend against the malicious parts of
the online world. There are some reasons why internet safety is important
First, most people do not want pornography on their computer. Pornography is available on many
sites and sometimes masquerade son websites that sound like popular websites. Keeping pornography
out is a primary reason for safety precautions.
Second, predators prey on young children. Predators is luring them into dangerous
situations, often over Internet chat rooms they will disguise themselves as other kids and lure
kids into meeting them.
Third, thousands of people are either tricked by email scams or have their information
stolen resulting insignificant personal financial loss.
Fourth, adware, spyware and viruses dramatically slow your computer down. Commonly
referred to as malware these programs hide in seemingly innocent downloads.
Fifth, computer viruses can take over your computer to make your computer a drone in
doing all sorts of unlawfulactivity. Viruses can come attached in emails or by clicking on a
seemingly innocent weblink.
In conclusion, internet safety is very important. Internet safety requires you to have a firm
comprehension of the Internet, what’s on it, how it’s used, and how it operates. It also emphasizes
understanding the lesser-known areas of the Internet, like code, webpage interactions, and secure
connections.
 19. What is the topic being discussed in the text ?
20. The antonym of the word ‘dangerous’ in paragraph 3 is ….
21. Do you find any simple present tense in the text? Write two of them !
22. Find temporal/time connectives used in the text. Write two of them !
23. How many arguments in the text?
24. “….so you can defend against the malicious parts of the online world.” (see paragraph 1). The
underlined word has similar meaning with ….
25. How can computer viruses take over your computer ?
26. What kind of text is it ?
27. What is Argument 2 in the text ?
28. “It also emphasizes understanding the lesser-known areas of the Internet, like code, webpage
interactions, and secure connections.” (see the last paragraph). The word ‘It’ refers to .....

Text 6 Boarding School Education

There are many arguments in favor of a boarding school education. Nevertheless, the boarding
school is not always the best education institution for everyone.
At an early age interacting and communicating with people is very important for a child’s
personal life and can be especially helpful for his/her future. In a boarding school, shy children can take
advantage of interaction through communal activities. The boarding school also offers a great variety
of activities such as arts, sports, and music that allow children to demonstrate and develop specialized
skills in their free time.
Furthermore, the structured way of life and strict rules at the boarding school may helps students
to get used to a well ordered way of life. The manners and social skills will help them to become more
responsible and confident, and to develop their talents in leadership. Professionally trained teachers and
educators in the boarding school can offer excellent education without the parents’ constant
supervision.
In spite of these good points, it is not advisable to send a child to a boarding school if he/she is a
dependent learner. A boarding school usually demands that student learn independently. In addition,
the boarding school should not be seen as a measure to solve inappropriate behavior or unsatisfactory
study performance. Instead of improving, problematic children may close off their relationship with
their peers and teachers.
In conclusion although a boarding school may provide good education to many children, it is
not recommended for those who are strongly attached to their families. They may become frustrated
and socially isolated.
29. According to the writer, children in a boarding school can develop specialized skills in…......
30. Why do parents send their children to boarding school? Because….
31. From the text, we can conclude that…..

Text 7 MOBILE PHONES SHOULD NOT BE BANNED IN SCHOOL

Mobile phones is not used just for calling, but sending text, taking pictures, accessing internet,
and much more. Many students bring their phones to school. For them, mobile phone has many uses.
So, mobile phones should not be banned in school. Why do I said that?
Firstly, students call their parents for other needs. By mobile phone, student can call or their
close relative if they need something to be brought to school. In addition, mobile phone can be used to
call their children when one of their family were hit by disasters suddenly. And then, student can called
their parent to pick her up when want to go home.
Secondly, increased of knowledge among students. When trying to find answer of difficult task
at school, mobile phone can be used as a connecting to search the answer through GPRS or Wi-Fi
networks.
Finally, expand the network of friendship among students. School is the right place to find friend.
Average, student been at school about 7 hours or more. So that, a lot of students found their friend in
the school environment . Therefore, communication between friends should be kept on of which using
a mobile phone
So, I think mobile phone should not be banned in school. But, use your phone in the time and
right place so that no one was disturbed.
32. What is the purpose of the text?
33. Why the writer said that mobile phone are not banned in school?
34. The genre of the text is ....
35. Find one sentence that using conjunction in the text !
36. What is the writer’s recommendation about?
 Text 8
Home schooling
Home schooling is an education system which provides child’s main education program at home.
Home schooling takes the place of full-time school attendance and in the United States and Canada, it
usually meets state requirements for compulsory education. Although home schooling could achieve the
objectives of compulsory education, there are some points that should be noticed from the home
schooling.
First, the idea of taking our children’s education on home schooling can be a bit intimidating.
Since our country is so large and the people are from so many different kinds of backgrounds, students
need some kind of social glue to make them stick together and to give them a sense of unity in spite of
all the differences. They will not get such a unity when they are in home schooling. They will get the
sense of unity when they are in the compulsory public schools since it is the easiest and best places to
make this glue.
Then, the home schooling may not be able to prepare children to fit into the mass society, which
means, among other things, believing what most people believe and liking what most people like. Or it
may not be able to help children to find a set of values with which they could resist and reject at least
many of the values of the mass society.
Recognizing the lack of home schooling in the case of children’s socialization opportunity, we
should afford them abundant social opportunities. We can have active home school support groups. We
can hold ongoing park days, meetings at the zoo, the science museum, book clubs, history clubs, language
clubs, home school scouting troops and many more options to provide them opportunities to socialize
with others.
37. What does the text tell us?
38. Where does home schooling meet state requirements for compulsory education?
39. How many important points of home schooling should be noticed according to the text?
40. What do our children need to live in such big country?
41. What should be prepared for children to fit into the society according to the text?
42. Where do children get the sense of unity easily according to the text?
43. Do you find any abstract nouns in the text? Write two of them.
44. The word “it” in line 11 refers to .......
45. The word “them” in the last line refers to .....

Text 9 Learning English through Music

Learning English through music and songs can be very enjoyable. You can mix pleasure with
learning when you listen to a song and exploit the song as a means to your English progress. Some
underlying reason can be drawn to support the idea why we use songs in language learning.
Firstly, "the song stuck in my head" Phenomenon (the echoing in our minds of the last song we
heard after leaving a restaurant, shopping malls, etc) can be both enjoyable and sometimes unnerving.
This phenomenon also seems to reinforce the idea that songs work on our short-and-long term memory.
Secondly, songs in general also use simple conversational language, with a lot of repetition,
which is just what many learners look for sample text. The fact that they are effective makes them
many times more motivating than other text. Although usually simple, some songs can be quite
complex syntactically, lexically and poetically, and can be analyzed in the same way as any other
literary sample.
Furthermore, song can be appropriated by listener for their own purpose. Most pop songs and
probably many other types don't have precise people, place or time reference.
In addition, songs are relaxing. They provide variety and fun, and encourage harmony within
oneself and within one group. Little wonder they are important tools in sustaining culture, religion,
patriotism and yeas, even revolution.
Last but not least, there are many learning activities we can do with songs such as studying
grammar, practicing selective listening comprehension, translating songs, learning vocabulary, spelling
and culture.
46. Why can English through music and song be very enjoyable ?
47. Learning English through music and songs can be very enjoyable. Mention 4 reasons can be
drawn to support the idea why we use songs in language learning.
48. Find the two words from the text which have similar meaning with….
a. Exact, accurate = ……
b. Support, motivate = …..
49. From the text, we know that the reiteration/conclusion of the text is ……
50. In your experience, is learning English through music beneficial for you ? Why ?

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