English Final Semester Assessment 2024/2025 for Grade XA & XB

What is the social function of a descriptive text?

• To describe a particular place, thing or person

• To persuade people

• To entertain the readers

• To give report of a recent event

• To retell past experience

What is the generic structure of a descriptive text?

• Orientation, complication, resolution

• Identification, description

• Orientation, events, reorientation

• Introduction, method, results, discussion

• Goals, materials, steps

What kind of tenses mostly used in a descriptive text?

• Simple past tense

• Simple future tense

• Simple present tense

• Present continuous tense

• Present perfect tense

Boaz Solossa is the of the best soccer player in Indonesia. He was born on March 16, 1986 in Sorong, Papua. He is known as one of the best strikers in Indonesia.

Boaz Solossa has good dribbling skills, passing range, and shooting accuracy. When it comes to scoring goals, Boaz is the only national footballer who is able to compete with foreign strikers to become the top scorer in the Indonesian Super League (ISL).

Boaz is known for his dribbling skills and speed. He is able to make punctures through quick dribbles and spins that are difficult for opposing defenders to stop. He has scored many goals with his style.

Speed is not his only skill. He is known as the executor of long-range kicks. Also, Boaz often scores free kick goals in areas near the opponent’s penalty box, especially on the right side. Blessed with left-handed kick skills, his kick is known to be very hard. Apart from being good at free kicks, Boaz is also quite good at taking corner kicks. His high pass allows the tall players on his team to score goals with headers.

The purpose of the text is ……….

• To retell the life of Boaz Solossa

• To persuade the readers to watch football game

• To explain how Boaz Solossa is famous

• To describe the skills of Boaz Solossa

• To amuse the readers with a story about Boaz Solossa

Boaz Solossa was born on March 16, 1986 in Sorong, Papua.

• Boaz Solossa was born on March 16, 1986 in Sorong, Papua.

• Boaz Solossa was born on March 16, 1986 in Jakarta, Java.

• Boaz Solossa was born on March 16, 1986 in Medan, Sumatra.

• Boaz Solossa was born on March 16, 1986 in Denpasar, Bali.

From the text, we can conclude that Boaz Solossa is ……….

• A. Humble

• B. Loyal

• C. Pessimistic

• D. Dedicated

• E. Skillful

The main idea of the last paragraph is ……….

• A. Boaz is good at kicking skills

• B. Boaz often scores many goals in every match

• C. Boaz is quite good in scoring goals with heading

• D. Boaz is always appointed as the executor of penalty

• E. Boaz is difficult to beat because he is quick an agile

Boaz is known for his dribbling skills and speed. He is able to make punctures through quick dribbles and spins that are difficult for opposing defenders to stop. He has scored many goals with his style. The similar meaning of “quick” is ………..

• Slow

• Fast

• Lazy

• Clumsy

• Useless

From the text, we can conclude that Maria is……...

• Was born on March 23

• Doesn’t like to exercise

• An office worker

• Not a friendly person

My sister’s name is Maria and she is 23 years old. She works in an office. She’s tall and has long, brown, wavy hair and she has green eyes. Maria sometimes wears red glasses and she often reads books in the library. When she doesn’t read, you can sometimes find her in the gym. She likes to exercise two or three times a week. Because she likes to exercise, she is thin, strong, and healthy. She is also very funny person and she loves to talk with people and make them laugh, so she has lots of friends. Maria has a big, friendly smile and I think she is a beautiful person.

• Smiling

• Wearing red glasses

• Having green eyes

• Read books in the library

• Cutting hair