Soal Bahasa Inggris dan Jawabannya

            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

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.

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. ‘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

10. ‘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

11. 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

12. 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

13. How long did he live?

A. Seventy

B. Seventy four

C. Seventy seven

D. Seventy nine

E. Eighty

14. What was his first political party?

A. PNI

B. PDI

C. League of Jong Sumatran Bond

D. Jong Java

E. Jong Ambon

15. Where did he get his education first?

A. In Bukittinggi

B. In Batavia

C. In Netherland

D. In Digul

E. In Banda Neira