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Terimakasih, itulah kata yang diucapkan ketika kita mendapat bantuan, pemberian, hadiah, ataupun sekedar ucapan pujian. Saya berterimakasih kepada Bapak Kidam, beliau adalah salah satu pemateri dalam acara bedah SKL yang saya ikuti hari sabtu 12 desember baru-baru ini, terkait persiapan menjelang ujian nasional. Saat ini meskipun ujian nasional tidak menentukan kelulusan peserta didik, kata beliau, seorang guru tetap harus bersemangat memberikan yang terbaik kepada murid-muridnya. Bentuk pemberian terbaik itu bisa berupa cara mengajar yang efektif, inspiratif dan memberikan kenyamanan dalam belajar. Beliau menambahkan, dalam pengajaran bahasa hal penting yang diingat dan dilakukan adalah drill (pengulangan, latihan), praktek langsung, dan menemukan inner motivation (motivasi diri) sehingga mampu optimal dalam meraih target-target yang ada. Ketrampilan guru dalam menyusun soal merupakan salah satu kompetensi yang mempengaruhi kualitas soal itu sendiri apakah sudah sesuai indikator atau belum, reliable atau tidak, valid atau tidak, dan seterusnya. Meskipun kemampuan dan bakat siswa itu berbeda-beda, paling tidak terdapat kriteria ketuntasan minimal dari suatu mapel, biasa disingkat dengan KKM. Hal ini, berdampak pada suka atau tidak, siap atau tidak, enjoy atau tidak, si murid dalam belajar, mengerjakan soal, mengikuti kegiatan pembelajaran, dia harus mencapai kriteria ketuntasan minimal tadi.

Beliau menambahkan, nantinya ujian naional ini akan disediakan untuk tolok ukur kompetensi murid yang sekaligus sebagai bahan pertimbangan untuk masuk ke Perguruan Tinggi Negeri yang ada di Indonesia. Maka nilai rapor dari semester 1 hingga semester 6 akan dibandingkan dengan nilai murni ujian nasional, apakah terdapat perbedaan yang mencolok atau tidak, artinya nilai rapor yang tinggi itu diikuti oleh nilai ujian nasional yang tinggi atau tidak, ketika perbedaan ataupun rentang tidak begitu jauh maka pihak universitas melihat sekolah dari si murid tersebut kredibel. Berikut ini adalah salah satu oleh-oleh yang diberikan oleh beliau, dimana gelar lengkap beliau adalah Dr. Kidam, MS. Ed, salah satu materinya berikut ini:

CONTOH PEMBUATAN SOAL

A. Dialog

    1. Informasi tertentu

            Man     : Do you have time?

Woman: Sure. I have no class today.

Man     : It’s about our planning to set up an English squad.

Woman: What?

Man     : A group of students whose English are excellent. We’ll empower them to help their peers.

Woman: That’s great. I have made a list of such students in my classes.

Narrator:  What are the speakers going to create?

A.    A time table

B.     A power plant

C.     An English class

D.    An English squad

E.     An English school

     2. Informasi rinci

            Man        : I didn’t see you at the reunion. It was a wonderful gathering.

            Woman  : I’m sorry. I had an interview test.

            Narrator : Why did the woman not come at the reunion?

A. She had a test.

B.  She was tired.

C.  She became an interviewer.

D. She had a wonderful activity.

E.  She did not know the gathering.

     3. Gambaran umum

Man         : I am always nervous when speaking in front of the audience.

Woman   : You’d better join public speaking training. I believe it can help you.

What are the speakers talking about?

1. A speaking contest.
2. The woman’s experience
3. The man’s health condition.
4. Speaking in front of the audience.
5. The man’s problem in public speaking

4. Melengkapi kalimat

Man       : My  friend told me there’s a cell phone expo.

Woman  : That’s right. I’m planning to see it.

Man       : I guess I’m free now. 

Woman  : …

1. What is there?
2. Where will it be held?
3. Is there a cell phone expo.
4. Is it okay  if I go with you?
5. So, Would you go with me?

B. Reading

     The Great Wall of China, one of the greatest wonders of the world, was enlisted in the World Heritage by UNESCO in 1987. Just like a gigantic dragon, the Great Wall winds up and down across deserts, grasslands, mountains and plateaus, stretching approximately 6,700 kilometers (4,163 miles ) from east to west of China. With a history of more than 2000 years, some of the sections of the great wall are now in ruins or even entirely disappeared. However, it is still one of the most appealing attractions all around the world owing to its architectural greatness and historical significance.

2. Gambaran umum

    This text mainly describes….

1. UNESCO
2. East of China
3. West of China
4. The Great Wall
5. Wonders of the world.

3. Informasi tertentu

How long is The Great Wall?

1. 3,613 miles
2. 4,153 miles
3. 4,163 miles
4. 5,413 miles
5. 6,413 miles

4. Informasi rinci

Why do people like to see the Great Wall?

1. The significance of its architecture and history.
2. The importance of its existence.
3. The strength of its structure.
4. The location and its size.
5. The scenery

Heavy blizzards hit the States

Now the news in detail.

Snowstorms and blizzards have been blamed for at least 16 deaths across the country. Wisconsin declared a state of emergency after it was hit by up 48cm of snow earlier in the week. Across the country, flights have been cancelled, roads closed and power cut off to thousand of people. Freezing temperatures affected the Multnomah waterfalls in Oregon.  Some children took time out to play in the snow as schools were closed across the country. However, the snow failed to bother thousands of snow geese headed to Washington for the winter season, passing by Mount Baker.

5. Informasi tersirat

How was the weather like?

1. fine
2. clear
3. rainy
4. terrible
5. cloudy

Graduation Fundraiser Wrapping Paper Sale From September 21st  to October 6th 2009 11th Grade is selling wrapping paper to raise funds for graduation. Come buy from our 11th graders in the morning in the front hall or you can go to the website and order: www.fundraiser.com  Any questions, please contact Indah at 08158030832 Thank you in advance of your support for our fundraiser!!!

Gambaran umum

The text is mainly about the announcement of ….

A. website

B. fundraiser

C. graduation

D. contact person

E. wrapping paper

 Informasi tertentu

Where can students buy the wrapping paper?

A. In the front hall.

B. In the classroom.

C. At the school yard.

D. Opposite of the hall.

E. In the 11^th graders’ room.

The Sears Tower, a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, has been the tallest building in North America since 1973. It surpassed the World Trade Center, which itself had surpassed the Empire State Building only a year earlier. Commissioned by Sears, Roebuck and Company, it was designed by chief architect Bruce Graham and structural engineer Fazlur Khan of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.  Construction commenced in August 1970 and the building reached its originally anticipated maximum height on May 3, 1973. When completed, the Sears Tower had overtaken the World Trade Center in New York City as the world's tallest building. The tower has 108 stories as counted by standard methods, though the building owners count the main roof as 109 and the mechanical penthouse roof as 110. The distance to the roof is 1,450.58 feet (442 m), measured from the east entrance.

        In February 1982, two television antennas were added to the structure, increasing its total height to 1,707 feet (520 m). The western antenna was later extended to 1,730 feet (527 m)  on June 5, 2000 to improve reception of local NBC station WMAQ-TV.

        Black bands appear on the tower around the 29th–32nd, 64th–65th, 88th–89th, and 104th–109th floors. These are louvers which allow ventilation for service equipment and obscure the structure's belt trusses which Sears Roebuck did not want to be visible as on the John Hancock Center. On August 12, 2007, the Burj Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates was reported by its developers to have surpassed the Sears Tower in all height categories.

Gambaran umum

What does the text describe?

1. The tallest building.
2. The site of Sears Tower.
3. The construction of Sears Tower 
4. A skyscraper, called Sears Tower.
5. People who constructed skyscrapers.

Makna kata

“Construction commenced in August 1970 and … ” (Paragraph 2)

      The word ‘commenced’ is closest in meaning to …

1. constructed
2. calculated
3. informed
4. designed
5. began

Kata rujukan

 “…, which itself had surpassed the Empire State Building only a year earlier.” (Paragraph 1)

What does the underlined word refer to?

1. Sears Tower
2. A skyscraper
3. World Trade Center
4. The tallest building.
5. Empire State Building

 Informasi tersirat

 We can conclude that the Sears Tower …

1. was constructed before 1970.
2. is not the tallest building anymore.
3. is as tall as the World Trade Center.
4. is lower than the Empire State Building.
5. has never been counted as the tallest building.

When traveling out of town, Jakartans are increasingly worried whether the main toll road to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport is flooded, especially now at the height of the rainy season. It seems even a low-intensity rainstorm is enough to flood the city, including the airport toll road, especially when the Java Sea is seeing a high tide. Flooding on the Prof. Sediatmo turnpike -- the official name of the tollway to the airport -- is becoming a regular event for Jakartans.  Flooding on the Sediatmo toll road is bad, not only for Jakarta's economy, but also for the whole country. It is bad, especially, for Visit Indonesia Year 2008. Imagine, thousands of tourists lured by the Visit Indonesia campaign and flying to Indonesia via Soekarno-Hatta airport, and being greeted not by flowers but by floods. That would be a disaster for our tourism industry because word would spread that Indonesia is submerged and not worth visiting. Word of mouth is more powerful than any advertising campaign.

Pikiran utama

The second paragraph mainly tell about …

1. the impacts of flooding on the toll road.
2. the decline of tourism industry in Indonesia.
3. the occurrence of natural disaster in Indonesia
4. the effect of flooding on the toll road on tourism.
5. the effect of flooding on the toll road on economy.

Once upon a time there was a stone cutter. The stone cutter lived in a land where a life of privilege meant being powerful. Looking at his life he decided that he was unsatisfied with the way things were and so he set out to become the most powerful thing in the land.             Looking around his land he wondered to himself what is it to be powerful. Looking up he saw the Sun shining down on all the land. "The Sun must be the most powerful thing that there is, for it shines down on all things, and all things grow from its touch." So he became the Sun.  Days later, as he shone his power down on the inhabitants of the land, there came a cloud which passed beneath him obstructing his brilliance. Frustrated he realized that the Sun was not the most powerful thing in the land, if a simple cloud could interrupt his greatness. So he became a cloud in fact, he became the most powerful storm that the world had ever seen. And so he blew his rain and lightning, and resounded with thunder all over the land, demonstrating that he was the most powerful. Until one day he came across a boulder.       Down and down he poured and his thunder roared, lightning flashed and filled the sky, striking the ground near the boulder. His winds blew and blew and blew, and yet, despite all his efforts, he could not budge the boulder.       Frustrated again, he realized that the storm was not the most powerful thing in the land; rather it must be the boulder. So he became the boulder. For days he sat, unmovable, and impassive, demonstrating his power, until one day, a stone cutter came and chiseled him to bits.

Informasi tersirat

 From paragraph three we conclude that the stone cutter was ….. of becoming the sun.

1. smart
2. afraid
3. pleasant
4. impressive
5. unsatisfied

 Pesan Moral

 What can we learn from the story?

1. We should be thankful to what we have now.
2. Working hard is a key for success.
3. We should live in a simple way.
4. Helping others is a good thing.
5. It is better to do like others.

Drug abuse, also known as substance abuse, involves the repeated and excessive use of chemical substances to achieve a certain effect. These substances may be “street” or “illicit” drugs, illegal due to their high potential for addiction and abuse. They also may be drugs obtained with a prescription, used for pleasure rather than for medical reasons.

       Different drugs have different effects. Some, such as cocaine or methamphetamine, may produce an intense “rush” and initial feelings of boundless energy. Others, such as heroin, benzodiazepines or the prescription oxycontin, may produce excessive feelings of relaxation and calm. What most drugs have in common, though, is overstimulation of the pleasure center of the brain. With time, the brain’s chemistry is actually altered to the point where not having the drug becomes extremely uncomfortable and even painful.  This compelling urge to use, addiction, becomes more and more powerful, disrupting work, relationships, and health.  What makes one person abuse drugs to the point of losing their home, their family and their job, while another does not? There is no one simple reason. Drug abuse and addiction is due to many factors. A powerful force in addiction is the inability to self- soothe or get relief from untreated mental or physical pain. Without the self-resilience and support to handle stress, loneliness or depression, drugs can be a tempting way to deal with the situation. Unfortunately, due to the changes drugs make to the brain, it can only take a few times or even one time to be on the road to addiction.

 Perbandingan paragraph

How do you compare the first and the third paragraphs?

A.    The first paragraph tells the definition and the third tells the reason of drug abuse

B.     The first paragraph tells the reason and the third tells the effect of drug abuse.

C.     Both paragraphs tell the people who involve in drug abuse.

D.    Both paragraphs tell the danger of drug abuse.

E.     Both paragraphs tell the effect of drug abuse.