Ulangan Harian Recount Text Bahasa Inggris Kelas X
GARY ANDERSON
Anderson and his parents came to America when Gary was 18. His parents left South Africa because they didn't like the South African government's policy of apartheid. Apartheid separates blacks and whites and doesn't give blacks equal rights.
Anderson and his family settled in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. The second day there, Anderson took some footballs to the high school field to see if he could kick them the way he had kicked rugby and soccer balls all his life. Anderson had never touched an American football before.
The high school football coach happened to see Anderson kicking. He was impressed. He told Anderson he knew the coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and could arrange tryout the next day; Anderson kicked a 50-yard field goal on his very first try! Four college coaches were at the tryout. They each offered Anderson football scholarships to their colleges on the spot. Anderson chose Syracuse University in upstate New york.
Anderson is now one of the best place-kickers in NFL history. He and his wife and two sons live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvannia. "People don't think about Americans favorably overseas, " Anderson says.
"Nobody likes the biggest (country). But Americans are the kindest people in the world."
01. What does 1st paragraph tell us about?- (A) Gary Anderson and his family's life in pennsylvania.
- (B) Gary Anderson's parents' reason for leaving South Africa.
- (C) Gary Anderson's hatred toward apartheid.
- (D) Gary Anderson's first career in the United States.
- (E) South African government's policy of apartheid.
Kunci Jawaban: B
02. Which statement is not true?
- (A) Gary Anderson played American football prior to rugby.
- (B) Anderson's kicking touched the high school football coach.
- (C) Anderson won the scholarship for his talent.
- (D) Anderson's family consists of four persons.
- (E) Anderson worships the Americans.
Kunci Jawaban: A
03. To reveal events occurred to Gary Anderson, the writer uses ........
- (A) indirech speech.
- (B) direct speech.
- (C) simple past tense.
- (D) adverbs.
- (E) of time causal conjunction.
Kunci Jawaban: C
04. "Four college coaches were at the tryout." The underlined word is the closest meaning to ........
- (A) an audition in certain field.
- (B) an effort that is done to get rid of something.
- (C) a test to ascertain the skills of applicants.
- (D) an agreement between two persons or more.
- (E) the act of imparting skills or knowledge.
Kunci Jawaban: C
05. "People don't think about Americans favorable overseas," The underlined word is has the similar meaning to .......
- (A) well
- (B) boring
- (C) uninterestingly
- (D) drearily
- (E) difficulty
Kunci Jawaban: A
A Memoir of WS Rendra
Willibrordus Surendra Broto Rendra, known as WS Rendra was born in Solo on November 7, 1935. He was a poet, writer, dramatist, cultural activist, and theater director. He was one of the most talented artists and often called "the peacock" by the press.
Rendra studied at the American Academy of dramatic Arts, the same school as Marlon Brando, the greatest movie actor of all time. After he graduated, he returned to Indonesia in 1968, and he founded Bengkel Teater (Theater Workshop) in Yogyakarta. The group quickly astonished audiences with works that were artistically experimental. Rendra rose to fame as a poet in the 1950's. He is also credited as the man who brought modern Indonesian theater to its maturity through his experimental works with bengkel teater. Rendra brought traditional expressions into modern context.
In 1969, he created a series of dramas without any dialogues where actors employed their bodies and simple sounds such as bip bop, zzz, and rambate rata-rata. The journalist poet Gunawan Mohamad dubbed these experimental performances as a 'mini-word theater".
Rendra died at the age of 73, but the remained the most influential poet in the country.
06. How did Bengkel Teater amaze their fans?
- (A) They created up to date art work.
- (B) They introduce a new drama workshop.
- (C) They changed traditional theater into modern one.
- (D) They performed artistically experimental works.
- (E) They performed modern expressions to the audience.
Kunci Jawaban: D
07. Why did Gunawan Muhamad call Rendra's series of drama as a "mini-word theater"? Because ........
- (A) they did not use verbal and body language.
- (B) they used only simple sounds.
- (C) they did not use dialogues.
- (D) the actors only used their bodies.
- (E) the actors just kept silent during the show.
Kunci Jawaban: C
08. What does the writer suggest Rendra was?
- (A) A multi-talented artist.
- (B) An astonishing drama writer.
- (C) The exemplary artist of Indonesia.
- (D) The greatest movie actor of all time.
- (E) The peacock of the Indonesian drama.
Kunci Jawaban: E
One day in July 2005, I went fishing on Sodus bay, I casted under our own dock with a rubber worm and BOOM!
A big bass took off to the other side of the dock and I was sure the line was going to break because
his pulling was rubbing the line againts sharp rocks. Three times I pull him back to my side of the dock
and three times he got back to the other side of the dock. Finally, I got him to my side and he was tired.
I knew that this was the biggest bass I had ever seen. I worked him towards me and got down on my belly, reached down and gripped him. However, I didn't have a good grip at first and I let him
down to the water for a few seconds to get a better grip. The next thing I knew he was swimming away.
The screamed louder than I ever had. It was the first time I cried over a fish. What a huge fish. This is a
true story and a sad one for me.
09. Where did the writer cast his line?
- (A) Under his own dock.
- (B) On his own dock.
- (C) At his cottage.
- (D) On a bay.
- (E) At home.
Kunci Jawaban: A
10. The main idea of paragraph 2 is ........
- (A) the writer got a big bass.
- (B) the writer pulled the bass.
- (C) a big bass took off to the sea.
- (D) the bass made the writer tired.
- (E) a big bass broke the writer's line.
Kunci Jawaban: A
11. What happened after the writer could grip the big bass?
- (A) He picked the big bass up.
- (B) He cleaned the big bass up.
- (C) He laid down the big bass.
- (D) He stored the big bass in his dock.
- (E) He lost the big bass.
Kunci Jawaban: C
Kang Chol Hwan was born into a loyal family that had once lived in the large Korean community of Japan. In Kyoto, his grandfather had been supporter of Kim II Sung, North Korean's Great Leader since 1945. In 1961 the grandfather returned with his family to North korea and had importantgovernment post.
Within months, however, he was complaining to friends that North Korea was not the country he had expected. He was shocked to see so much poverty, which he eventually came to blame on the government's stifling grip on the economy. One morning in July 1977, when kang was nine, his
grandfather left for work and never returned.
A few weeks later, seven plain clothes, security guard stormed into Kang's house "Your grandfather betrayed the fatherland," one of them stated "You must be punished."
Kang's parents and grandmother sobbed as they forced to pack their belongings into two army trucks. The family was driven off, but Kang's mother was left behind, "spared" because her own father was regarded as a revolutionary hero. That was the last kang ever saw her.
Inside North Korean's Gulag, by Daviii Tracey
12. What was a reason for kang's grandfather
never returned to Kang's house?
- (A) A supporter of Kim II Sung.
- (B) Accused of betraying North Korea.
- (C) Regarded as a hero.
- (D) As an important person in Korea.
- (E) Force kang's family to leave their homeland.
Kunci Jawaban: B
13. What is mainly discussed in the last paragraph?
- (A) The last minutes' Kang gathered together with his mother.
- (B) The day Kang ever saw his grandma meet grandpa.
- (C) The moment Kang's father was regarded as a hero.
- (D) The last day kang's parents and his grandma sobbed.
- (E) The sad moment when Kang's parents meet grandma.
Kunci Jawaban: A
14. Why did Kang's grandfather disappear?
- (A) He left for work and went somewhere else.
- (B) He returned to North Korea.
- (C) He was supporter of Kim II Sung.
- (D) He went to the government's office.
- (E) He was kidnapped and punished by the security guards.
Kunci Jawaban: E
15. A few weeks later, seven plain clothes security guards stormed into kang's house. The underlined word has the same meaning as ........ .
- (A) destroyed
- (B) attacked
- (C) knocked
- (D) involved
- (E) knotted
Kunci Jawaban: B
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