Bank Soal B. Inggris : Semester 2
Fatimah Dwi
June 16, 2019
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SOAL 2
The following text is for number 11-15.
Picasso was one of the most outstanding and important artist of the 1900’s. He is best known for his paintings. Almost every style in modern art is represented in Picasso’s works.
Picasso was born in 1881 in Malaga, Spain as the son of an art teacher. He studied painting from his father and his college level course of study at the academy of arts in Madrid.
From about 1895 to 1901, he painted realistic works in traditional style. He then entered what was called the Blue Period. During this time, he only used shades of blue in his paintings to show the poverty he saw Barcelona.
After 1908, he entered into style of cubism. Among his ell-known cubist paintings are “Three Musicians” and “Man with a Guitar”.
Picasso died in Moughins, France in 1973. He was really great artist.
11. Why did Picasso become so popular? Because….
a. he was the most outstanding artist of the 1990’s.
b. he was known for his great paintings.
c. he painted in traditional style.
d. he was son of an art teacher.
e. he studied in art school.
Answer: b
12. According to text, Picasso….
a. died in Spain 1973.
b. was born in Malaga, Italy.
c. was famous for his painting style.
d. had a father who worked as an art teacher.
e. finished his study at the Academy of Arts in Madrid.
Answer: e
13. What can be inferred from the text?
a. Picasso’s father was not good at art.
b. Picasso passed away at the age of 92.
c. Picasso was unpopular artist of 1990’s.
d. Blue Period shows the prosperity in Barcelona.
e. For 8 years, Picasso painted realistic works in a traditional style.
Answer: c
14. What is Picasso’s occupation?
a. Painter
b. Musician
c. Actor
d. Singer
e. Dancer
Answer: a
15. How long has Picasso painted the modern art with traditional Style?
a. 5 years
b. 6 years
c. 7 years
d. 8 years
e. 9 years
Answer: b
The following text is for number 16-17
Picasso was one of the most outstanding and important artist of the 1900’s. He is best known for his paintings. Almost every style in modern art is represented in Picasso’s works.
Picasso was born in 1881 in Malaga, Spain as the son of an art teacher. He studied painting from his father and his college level course of study at the academy of arts in Madrid.
From about 1895 to 1901, he painted realistic works in traditional style. He then entered what was called the Blue Period. During this time, he only used shades of blue in his paintings to show the poverty he saw Barcelona.
After 1908, he entered into style of cubism. Among his ell-known cubist paintings are “Three Musicians” and “Man with a Guitar”.
Picasso died in Moughins, France in 1973. He was really great artist.
11. Why did Picasso become so popular? Because….
a. he was the most outstanding artist of the 1990’s.
b. he was known for his great paintings.
c. he painted in traditional style.
d. he was son of an art teacher.
e. he studied in art school.
Answer: b
12. According to text, Picasso….
a. died in Spain 1973.
b. was born in Malaga, Italy.
c. was famous for his painting style.
d. had a father who worked as an art teacher.
e. finished his study at the Academy of Arts in Madrid.
Answer: e
13. What can be inferred from the text?
a. Picasso’s father was not good at art.
b. Picasso passed away at the age of 92.
c. Picasso was unpopular artist of 1990’s.
d. Blue Period shows the prosperity in Barcelona.
e. For 8 years, Picasso painted realistic works in a traditional style.
Answer: c
14. What is Picasso’s occupation?
a. Painter
b. Musician
c. Actor
d. Singer
e. Dancer
Answer: a
15. How long has Picasso painted the modern art with traditional Style?
a. 5 years
b. 6 years
c. 7 years
d. 8 years
e. 9 years
Answer: b
The following text is for number 16-17
Victoria C. Beckham
Victoria Caroline Beckham is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, fashion designer and business woman. She was born on April 17, 1974, in Essex, England. She became famous in the 1990’s with the pop group “The Spice Girl” 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 Girl split up, she pursued a solo singer career, but also started her own fashion range called dVd 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.
16. We found in the text that….
a. Victoria named her fragrance by dVd 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
Answer: b
17. 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
Answer: b
The following text is for number 18-20
Chairil Anwar
Chairil Anwar (26 July 1922-28 April1949) was an Indonesia poet and member of the “1945 generation” of writers. He estimated to have written 96 works. including 70 individual poems.Anwar was born and raised in Medan, North Sumatra, before moving to Batavia with his mother in 1940, where he began to enter the local literary circles. After publishing his first poem in 1942, Anwar continued to write. However, his poems were at times censored by the Japanese, the occupying Indonesia. Living rebelliously, Anwar wrote extensively, often about death. He died in Jakarta because of an unknown Illness.
His work dealt with various themes, including death, individualism, and existentialism, and where often multi-interpretable. Drawing influence from foreign poets, Anwar used everyday language and new syntax to write his poetry, which has been noted as aiding the development of the Indonesian language. His poems were often constructed irregularly, but with individual patterns.
18. How old is Chairil Anwar when he died?
a. 25 years old
b. 26 years old
c. 27 years old
d. 28 years old
e. 29 years old
Answer: c
19. When did Anwar published his first poem?
a. In 1941
b. In 1942
c. In 1943
d. In 1944
e. In 1945
Answer: b
20. Where did Chairil Anwar die?
a. Jakarta
b. Surabaya
c. Malang
d. Surakarta
e. Semarang
Answer: a
