Soal Biography

The text is for questions 1 to 5

Victoria Caroline Beckham is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, fashion designer and businesswoman. She was born on April 17, 1974, in Essex, England. She became famous in the 1990’s with the pop group “The Spice Girls” and was known as Posh Spice. In 1999, she married the Manchester United and England footballer, David Beckham. They have four children, three sons and a daughter.             After The Spice Girls split up, she pursued a solo singing career, but also started her own fashion range called dVb Style. Since this initial foray into fashion Victoria Beckham has brought out her own range of sunglasses and fragrance, entitled ‘intimately Beckham” and a range of handbags and jewelry.             In addition she had written two best-selling books : one her autobiography and the other, a fashion guide.

1. What did Victoria do before being a solo singer?

A. Married to David Beckham

B. Worked as fashion designer

C. Joined the Spice Girls

D. Created fashion style

E. Wrote many books

2. We found in the text that ...

A. Victoria named her fragrance by dVb style

B. Beckham is Victoria’s autobiography

C. Beckham is Victoria’s brand for her fragrance

D. Posh Spice is the title of her new album

E. Spice Girls is Victoria’s label for her wardrobe

3. Based on the text, what do we know about Victoria?

A. She is an ordinary woman

B. She is a multi-talented woman

C. She designed The Spice Girls

D.She married to an ordinary person

E. She arranged many songs for the spice girls

4.‘After The Spice Girls split up’. The synonym of the underlined word is ...

A. Separated

B. Joined

C. Combined

D. Worked together

E. Coordinated

5. “Intimately Beckham” is the title of her ...

A. Autobiography

B. Sunglasses and fragrance

C. Fashion guide

D. Books

E.Songwriter

The text is for questions 6 to 8

Cristiano Ronaldo was born on February 5, 1985, in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. Manchester United paid £12 million to sign him in 2003 - a record fee for a player of his age. In the 2004 FA Cup Final, he scored Manchester's first three goals and helped them capture the championship. In 2008, he set a franchise record for goals scored. In 2009, Real Madrid paid a record $131 million for his service. It was through his dad's work as an equipment manager at a boy's club that Ronaldo was first introduced to the game of soccer. By the time he was 10 years old, he was already recognized as a phenomenon - a kid who ate, slept and drank the game. "All he wanted to do as a boy was playing football," his godfather, Fernao Sousa, recalled for British reporters, adding, "He loved the game so much that he'd miss meals or escape out his bedroom window with a ball when he was supposed to be doing his homework." By his early teens, Ronaldo's talent and legend had grown considerably. After a stint with Nacional da liha da Madeira, he signed with Sporting Portugal in 2001. That same year, at the tender age of 16, Ronaldo turned heads with a impressing performance against Manchester United, wowing even his opponents with his footwork and deft skill. He made such an impression that a number of United players asked their manager to try and sign the young player. It wasn't long before the club paid Ronaldo's team more than £12 million for his services - a record fee for a player of his age.

6.  What was Ronaldo action for MU in year 2004?

A.  Signed new contract

B.  Scored goals to Real Madrid

C.  Won FA Cup Championship

D.  Got payment of $131 million for his service

E.   Paid $12 million

7.  We can learn from paragraph 2 that...

A.  Ronaldo was a talented football player

B.  Ronaldo was a very energetic football player

C.  Ronaldo gained his success by his early teens

D.  Ronaldo was a legendary young football player

E.  Ronaldo became the youngest player in Manchester

8. “After a stint with Nacional da liha da Madeira, he signed with Sporting Portugal in

2001.” (Paragraph 3)

The underlined word can be replaced by...

A.     Participated

B.     Went

C.     Followed

D.     Joined

E.      Wrote           

The text is for questions 9 to 12

Albert Einstein was born in 1879 in Germany. He graduated from the University of Zurich in Switzerland in 1905. In 1905 he also did some of his famous work in Physics. In 1919 he won the Noble Prize for Physics. Between 1919 and 1933 he lived in Germany and traveled a lot to talk to other scientists. Then, in 1933 he had to leave Germany because of Hitler and the Nazy Party. He moved to United States from 1933 until his death. He lived in Princetown, New Jersey. He died on 18th April 1955.

9.  What is the topic of the text?

A.   Albert Einstein’s home town 

B.   The life of Albert Einstein

C.   The story of Albert Einstein

D.   The achievement of Albert Einstein

E.   Albert Einstein’s study

  

10.  When did Albert Einstein win the Noble Prize?

A.  In 1905                                                                        

B.  In 1933                                    

C.  In 1919            

D.  Between 1919 and 1933

E.  In 1955

                               

11.  Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?

A.  Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prizes for Chemistry

B.  Albert Einstein had done some famous work in Physics before 1905

C.  Albert Einstein had spent the rest of his life in America for 21 years

D.  Albert Einstein died on age of 75 years old

E.   Albert Einstein was a Deutsch

12.  “In 1905 he also did some of his famous work in physics.”

        What is the similar meaning of the underlined word?

A.  Impressed                                                      

B.  Well known                          

C.  Excellent                                                       

D.  Great

E.  Very good     

    

The text is for questions 13 to 12

Mohammad Hatta             Every year has its great men and women who are remembered for what they have done for their country. One of Indonesia’s great men is Dr. Mohammad Hatta. He was a man with a deep love for his country and people.             Dr. Mohammad Hatta was born in Bukittinggi on August 12th, 1902. While still in junior high school in Bukittinggi, he became interested in politics and joined the League of Young Sumatrans. He left Bukittinggi to study in Batavia. Then he went to the Netherlands. He studied economics and gained a doctorate degree there. During his stay there he was active in the national Movement. Because of his activities, he was arrested.             In 1923 Hatta returned to Indonesia. He joined a political organization called “Pendidikan Nasional Indonesia”. One of its goals was to develop political awareness among the Indonesian people. His activities again led to his arrest. The colonial government exiled him to Boven Digul, and later to Banda Naira. Shortly before the Japanese invasion. He was brought back to Java.             When the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, Soekarno and hatta proclaimed Indonesia’s Independence. Hatta became the first vice-president of the Republic of Indonesia.             In 1956 Hatta resigned as vice-president and devoted himself to writing. On march 14, 1981, dr. mohammad Hatta passed away in Jakarta. Nowadays, he is no longer living among us. However, his spirit of loving the country and nation is one of the reason why he is well remembered.

13.  In 1956 Hatta resigned as vice-president.

     The synonym of the underlined is …

A. Surrendered

B. Maintained

C. Kept in position

D. Became

E. Brought

14. What made Moh. Hatta arrested?

A. Because he was exiled to Boven Digul

B. Because he studied in Netherlands

C. Because he was vice-president

D. Because he was active in the national movement

E. Because he was born in Bukittinggi

15. What is the main idea of paragraph four?

A. The Japanese invasion

B. Moh Hatta was exiled to Boven Digul

C. Moh. Hatta activities in political organization

D. The nationalist movement

E. The study in Netherlands

16.‘He is no longer living among us’

        What does us refer to?

A. Sumatra people

B. Indonesia people

C. Digul people

D. Netherlands people

E. Batavia people

17.‘Dr. Moh. Hatta passed away in 1981.

       What is the synonym of passed away?

A.Lived again

B.Died

C. Kept the position

D.Brought back

E. Joined in

18. What is the main idea of paragraph four?

A. The Japanese invasion

B. Moh Hatta was exiled to Boven Digul

C. Moh. Hatta activities in political organization

D. The nationalist movement

E. The study in Netherlands

19. Which statement is not true based on the text?

A. Moh Hatta gained his doctorate in Netherlands

B. Moh. Hatta was arrested by colonial government only once

C. Japanese brought Moh. Hatta back to java

D. Moh. Hatta became the first vice-president in Indonesia

E. He was founding father of Indonesia

20. How long did he live?

A. Seventy

B. Seventy four

C. Seventy seven

D. Seventy nine

E. Eighty

21. What was his first political party?

A. PNI

B. PDI

C. League of Jong Sumatran Bond

D. Jong Java

E. Jong Ambon

22. Where did he get his education first?

A. In Bukittinggi

B. In Batavia

C. In Netherland

D. In Digul

E. In Banda Neira

The text is for questions 23 to 25

Steven Paul Jobs was born on 24 February 1955 in San Francisco, California, to Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne who gave him up for adoption. He was taken in by Paul and Clara Jobs, and grew up with them in Mountain View, California. He attended Homestead High School in Cupertino California and went to Reed College in Portland Oregon in 1972 but dropped out after only one semester, staying on to "drop in" on courses that interested him. He took a job with video game manufacturer Atari to raise enough money for a trip to India and returned from there a Buddhist. Back in Cupertino he returned to Atari where his old friend Steve Wozniak was still working. Wozniak was building his own computer and in 1976 Jobs pre-sold 50 of the as-yet unmade computers to a local store and managed to buy the components on credit solely on the strength of the order, enabling them to build the Apple I without any funding at all. The Apple II followed in 1977 and the company Apple Computer was formed shortly afterwards. By the time production of the Apple II ended in 1993 it had sold over 6 million units. In 1985 Jobs was fired from Apple and immediately founded another computer company, NeXT. In the meantime, in 1986, Jobs bought The Computer Graphics Group from Lucasfilm. The group was responsible for making high-end computer graphics hardware but under its new name, Pixar, it began to produce innovative computer animations. Their first title under the Pixar name, Luxo Jr. (1986) won critical and popular acclaim and in 1991 Pixar signed an agreement with Disney, with whom it already had a relationship, to produce a series of feature films, beginning with Toy Story (1995). In 1996 Apple bought NeXT and Jobs returned to Apple, becoming its CEO. In 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and underwent surgery in 2004. Despite the success of this operation he became increasingly ill and received a liver transplant in 2009. He returned to work after a six month break but eventually resigned his position in August 2011 after another period of medical leave which began in January 2011. He died on 5 October 2011.

23.  Apple II was built in…

A. 1976                    D.  1995

B.  1977                    E.   1999

C.  1993

24.  Steve Jobs resigned from his position because…

A.  Apple fired him.

B.  He signed an agreement with Disney.

C.  He won critical and popular acclaim.

D.  His health condition became worse.

E.   He attended Homestead High School in Cupertino California

25.  What did Steve do when he was fired from Apple?

A.  Returning to Atari

B.  Founding NeXT

C.  Signing an agreement with Disney

D.  Producing a series of feature films

E.   Founding Pixar