PEMERINTAH KABUPATEN SRAGEN

SMP NEGERI 1 MIRI

Alamat : Ds. Girimargo Kec. Miri Kab. Sragen 57276

ASSESMEN TENGAH SEMESTER GASAL TAHUN PELAJARAN 2024/2025

LEMBAR SOAL
Mata Pelajaran : Bahasa Inggris
Kelas : IX (Sembilan)
Hari/ tanggal : Rabu, 25 September 2024
Waktu : 07.00 – 08.15 WIB

I. Choose the correct answer A,B, C, and D by crossing one of the available circles on your
answer sheet.

The following text is for questions 1 to 5.

Giraffe

The giraffe is the highest animal in the world. Its height can reach 4.8 to 5.5 meters and its weight is
about 1360 pounds. Giraffe has unique characteristic. They have a very long necks and two small
horns on its head. Giraffes have big brown eyes and are protected by thick and long eyebrows. Her
body is covered with a unique pattern that is attached by brown spots all over their body.
Just like camels, giraffes can survive without drinking for a long time because giraffes can rely on the
water contained in the leaves they eat. Giraffes are very selective in choosing food. They always eat
young leaves that grow in the tree tops. Their tongue shaped like a knife help them to cut branches that
are very hard.
Female giraffes can start pregnant at the age of five years, with a gestation period of 15 months.
Commonly female giraffes bear one baby, but sometimes two babies at once. Giraffes bear their baby
in a standing position. When the baby is about to be born, they drop it to the ground from a 1.5-meter
height. A baby giraffe can stand for about 20 minutes after being born, and begin breastfeeding within
an hour of birth.
1. What kind of text is above?
A. Report text
B. Descriptive text
C. Narrative text
D. Spoof
2. The text tells us about?
A. Giraffe's reproduction
B. The strange animals
C. The highest animal
D. Baby giraffe
3. The unique characteristic of a giraffe is?
A. Two horns on its head
B. Their long neck
C. Brown spot
D. Their food
4. The second paragraph mainly discussed?
A. Giraffe's food
B. Giraffe's characteristic
C. Giraffe's life
D. Giraffe's reproduction
5. The word "it" in the third paragraph refers to?
A. Neck
B. Horn
C. Baby giraffe
D. Food
The following text is for questions 6 to 8.
Ant-eaters are perhaps the most curious-looking animals. Their long head and snout look like
tubes, and they have no teeth.
Their front legs are very strong and armed with heavily curved claws with which they break open
the nets of ants and termites and then, when the insects rush out, use their long, sticky tongues to lick
them up at great speed.
True ant-eaters are found in the swamps and forests of Central and South America. Scaly ant-
eaters, or pangolins, are found in Africa and tropical Asia.
Various other insect-eating animals are sometimes called ant-eaters, although they really belong
to other groups of animals.
One of them is the ant-bear, which lives on the plains of South and Central Africa. This has long,
erect ears but short blunt claws, an almost hairless tail, yellow-brown in color. Unlike the true ant-
eaters, it has small teeth.

6. The text tells us ...

A. the story of ant-eaters.
B. the report of ant-eaters.
C. the discussion of ant-eaters.
D. the description of ant-eaters.

7. From the passage above, we can conclude that ...

A. all ants are friends of other insects.
B. ants live in disgusting places.
C. ants are classified as predators.
D. ants belong to the insect group.

8. What is the ant-bear?

A. The animal has long, erect ears and small teeth.
B. The animal looks like a pangolin.
C. The animal has no sticky tongue
D. The animal does not like to eat ants.

The following text is for questions 9 to 12.

This day the people of Pangkal Pinang can enjoy an iconic theme park like those in other big cities,
such as Bandung and Jakarta. This new theme park is known as Bhayangkara Park of Pangkal Pinang
Bangka Belitung or Babel Bhay Park.
Babel Bhay Park is located near the administration office complex of Bangka Belitung Province. To
be precise, it sits beside the Police Force headquarters of Bangka Belitung region. The area of the park
is only rented for a year and the contract will possibly be extended for public needs. This park makes
the office complex become more attractive and beautiful.
This park has several places to relax and take pictures for your social media with several unique
themes. Those themes are named based on the divisions in Polda Kepulauan Bangka Belitung. They
are Traffic Park from Dirlantas Polda Babel, Hobbit House from Sarpras Polda Babel, Bird Park from
Brimob Polda Babel, Outdoor Playground from Ditreskrimsus Polda Babel, and many other parks.
There are also a jogging track around the lake, unique photo spots, and a cafe made of containers as
decorations. Visitors may have several activities there. This park can be an educational place for
children. They can play and learn about traffic regulations there.

9. People will be interested to visit the place because of ...

A. the letters of Babel Bhay Park.
B. the education place for children.
C. the unique theme park.
D. the decoration of the cafe.

10. The theme park gets their names from ...

 A. the attractions the parks have.
B. the location near the police headquarter.
C. the social media voting.
D. the names of the police divisions.

11. What exercise can visitors do in the park?

A. Jogging
B. Bowling
C. Diving
D. Swimming

12. " ….. the contract will possibly be extended for public need."
The underlined word has the closest meaning to ...
A. enlarged
B. widened
C. lengthened
D. straightened

The following text is for questions 13 to 15.

Paddlefish is the common name for ray-finned fish. An elongated, paddle-like snout characterizes
it with minute barbels, a large mouth with minute teeth, and along gill rakers.
There are only two modern species of these fish, i.e. the plankton-feeding American paddlefish
(Polyodon spathula) and the piscovorous Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius).
Paddlefish are not closely related to sharks. However, they have several body parts resembling
sharks, such as their skeletons and deeply forked heterocercal tail fins.
Paddlefish provide important economic, ecological, and aesthetic values. During the last century,
paddlefish and sturgeon have been commercially exploited for their eggs (roe) called caviar. Paddlefish
and sturgeon are two of the most important fish for freshwater caviar.
Their unique shapes and large sizes also add to the joy of nature for humans, including sport
fishing. However, exploitation and habitat changes, among other factors, have significantly reduced the
paddlefish population.

13. After reading the text, it is expected that the readers ...
A. consume paddlefish.
B. sell and buy paddlefish.
C. breed paddlefish in aquariums.
D. preserve paddlefish from extinction.

14. From the text we know that paddlefish ...

A. have a common shape.
B. have a small and long mouth.
C. have similar skeletons as sharks.
D. are mostly exploited for its meat.

15. Why does the population of paddlefish decrease?

A. They are predators.
B. They are difficult to bread.
C. People destroy their habitats.
D. People commercially exploit them.

The following text is for questions 16 to 20.

Orangutans are great apes from Indonesia. Orangutan means man of the forest. They live in
Sumatra and Borneo. The scientific name of Orangutan from Northern Sumatra is Pongo Abelii and
the scientific name of Orangutan from Borneo is Pongo Pygmaeus. Orangutans have big bodies. A
male orangutan can be more than 100 kilograms and can be quite tall. His height can be up to 150
centimeters tall. Female orangutans are smaller and shorter than the males. A mature female
orangutan’s weight is about 40 kilograms. Her height is about 120 centimeters tall.
 Orangutans have reddish brown hair. Unlike monkeys, they do not have tails. They have strong
arms. They use their arms to swing between branches. Orangutans live with their small family groups.
They usually live in the tree branches where they build their nests. Orangutans’ favorite food is fruits.
They also eat insects, honey, bird eggs, bark, and plants. They sometimes eat meat too. When they are
thirsty, they sometimes drink the water from holes in the tree branches. Orangutans are an endangered
species because their habitat is threatened by people doing deforestation. The number of Bornean
orangutans around 2017 was estimated at about 104,000 and the Sumatran orangutans about 7,500.
16. Orangutans are …
A. Monkeys
B. Apes
C. Birds
D. Reptiles

17. A male orangutan can be … meters tall.

A. 150
B. 1.5
C. 120
D. 1.2

18. Orangutans have strong …

A. Arms
B. Hair
C. Fur
D. Tails

19. Orangutans can be categorized as …

A. Herbivores
B. Carnivores
C. Insectivore
D. Omnivores

20. There are about … orangutans in Sumatra and Borneo.

A. 104,000
B. 7,500
C. 111,500
D. 200

The following test is for questions 21 to 25.

21. The bike belongs to me. It is ______ bike.

A. his
B. her
C. my
D. your

22. The house has a red roof. ______ roof is red.

A. Your
B. Its
C. His
D. Her

23. We have a dog and a cat. They are ______ pets.

A. my
B. it's
C. our
D. their
 24. Betty and Daniel have three children. ______ children are very nice.
A. Their
B. His
C. Her
D. Our

25. Amy watches _____ favorite program on TV.

A. Me
B. His
C. Her
D. She

II. Match Colom A with Colom B

Colom A Colom B
1. The girls ___ arranged this party a. My
2. The child ___ a beautiful bicycle. b. Your
3. _____ father works in a bank. c. Her
4. Where does ________ father work? d. His
5. They are in ___________ classroom. e. Its
6. She lives with __________ mother. f. has
7. My computer is very old. ______ keyboard doesn't work g. Our
well. h. Their
8. David and Sarah don't go out at night. ________ father i. Our
doesn't let them j. Have
9. One of ________ friends came to visit him. k. We
10. ……. like living in our farm. l. I
m. She

III. Essay.
Read this text carefully!
LINGHTNING

Lightning is a sudden, violent flash of electricity between a cloud and the ground, or
from cloud to cloud. A lightning flash, or bolt, can be several miles long. It is so hot, with
an average temperature of 34,000° Centigrade, that the air around it suddenly expands with
a loud blast. This is the thunder we hear.
Lightning occurs in hot, wet storms. Moist air is driven up to a great height. It forms
a type of cloud called cumulonimbus. When the cloud rises high enough, the moisture
freezes and ice crystals and snowflakes are formed. These begin to fall, turning to rain on
the way down. This rain meets more moist air rising, and it is the friction between them
which produces static electricity. When a cloud is fully charged with this electricity, it
discharges it as a lightning flash.

Question.
1. What is the text about?
2. What is the main idea of paragraph 1 ?
3. How much the mean of degree the Lightning ?
4. How the Lightning could be happens ?
5. What forms a type of cloud ?