55 Contoh Soal Descriptive Text untuk Belajar dan Lengkap dengan Jawabannya

28 Februari 2023 14:40 WIB

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Sonora.ID - Berikut ini adalah contoh soal descriptive text yang dapat kamu gunakan untuk belajar dan sudah lengkap dengan jawabannya.

Descriptive text merupakan salah satu jenis teks yang digunakan untuk menggambarkan sesuatu hal, seperti benda, orang, atau tempat.

Jenis teks ini selalu muncul sebagai materi Bahasa Inggris karena sangat penting untuk dipelajari guna meningkatkan kemampuan writing dan memperkaya kosa kata.

Dengan begitu, soal descriptive text pun akan selalu dijadikan sebagai bahan materi ujian dalam mata pelajaran Bahasa Inggris di sekolah.

Kamu bisa menyimak 55 contoh soal descriptive text berikut ini untuk belajar dan mempersiapkan diri dalam menghadapi ujian; sudah lengkap dengan kunci jawaban.

Soal Descriptive Text

The Shard is an 87-storey skyscraper, which sits in the heart of London. It is known as the shard of glass. Construction began in 2009 and was completed three years later in 2012, making it Western European’s tallest building.

Designed by architect Renzo Piano, The Shart is the second tallest free standing structure in the UK. Its exterior boasts 11,000 glass panels — that’s equivalent in area to eight football pitches or two-and-a-half Trafalgar Squares.

The building was developed to have multiple uses, describes on the website as a ‘vertical city where people can live, work and relax’. This motto was clearly taken on board that was found on the 72nd floor towards the end of construction.

1. What is the text about?
A. The architect Renzo Piano
B. The Shard glass panels
C. The Shard, building in London
D. The tallest building in London
E. The heart of London

2. In Europe, the Shard gains popularity on its …
A. Location
B. Function
C. Height
D. Age
E. Usage

3. What probably makes people interested to stay in the Shard?
A. It has multiple uses
B. It is the tallest building in UK
C. It was built by famous architect
D. It is located in the heart of London
E. It is very cheap5.

What does the text tell you about? A. Gondola.

B. Traghetti.C. VeniceD. Italy.E. Venetian boat

4. “…, making it Western European’s tallest building.” What does the underlined word “it” refer to?
A. The Shard
B. The glass
C. London
D. Skyscraper
E. Renzo Piano

Venice is a city in northern Italy. It has been known as the “Queen of the Adriatic”, “City of Bridges”, and “The City of Light”. The city stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy.

Venice is world famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of 117 islands formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands on which the city is built are connected by about 400 bridges. In the old centre, the canals serve the function of roads, and every form of transport is on water or on foot.

You can ride gondola therE. It is the classical Venetian boat which nowadays is mostly used for tourists, or weddings, funerals, or other ceremonies. Now, most Venetians travel by motorised waterbuses which ply regular routes along the major canals and between the city’s islands. The city has many private boats. The only gondolas still in common use by Venetians are the Traghetti, foot passenger ferries crossing the Grand Canal at certain points without bridges.

5. What does the text tell you about?

A. Gondola.

B. Traghetti.

C. Venice

D. Italy.

E. Venetian boat

6. What transport crosses the Grand Canal for foot passengers at certain points without bridges?

A. Gondolas.

B. Traghetti.

C. Waterbuses.

D. Lagoon.

E. Ship

7. From the text we can say that Venice belongs to a city of ….

A. water

B. ceremonies

C. buses

D. funerals

E. Gondola

8. What does the second paragraph of the text tell us about?

A. The forms of transport in the worlD.

B. The canals and roads that people like to usE.

C. The archipelago that has a lot of islands.

D. Venice as the world famous for its canals.

E. Venice is the city of light

The Suramadu Bridge (Indonesian: Jembatan Suramadu), also known as the Surabaya–Madura Bridge, is a bridge with three cable-stayed sections constructed between Surabaya on the island of Java and the town of Bangkalan on the island of Madura in IndonesiA. Opened on June 10, 2009, the 5.4-km bridge is the longest in Indonesia and the first bridge to cross the Madura Strait.

The cable-stayed portion has three spans with lengths 192 m, 434 m and 192 m. The bridge has two lanes in each direction plus an emergency lane and a dedicated lane for motorcycles. The first toll bridge in Indonesia, fares have been initially set at Rp. 30,000 (US$3 in 2009) for four-wheeled vehicles and Rp. 3,000 (US$0.30) for two-wheelers.

The bridge was built by a consortium of Indonesian companies PT AdhiKarya and PT WaskitaKarya working with China Road and Bridge Corp. and China Harbor Engineering Co. LtD. The total cost of the project, including connecting roads, has been estimated at 4.5 trillion rupiah (US$445 million).

Construction was started on August 20, 2003. In July 2004, a girder collapsed, killing one worker and injuring nine others. Work on the bridge halted at the end of 2004 due to lack of funds, but was restarted in November 2005. The main span of the bridge was connected on March 31, 2009, and the bridge was opened to the public in June 10, 2009.Within a week of the opening, it was discovered that nuts and bolts as well as maintenance lamps had been stolen and that there was evidence of vandalism of cables supporting the main span.

9. Suramadu’s bridge also known as….
A. Longest bridge
B. sura and madu
C. Surabaya-Madura bridge
D. toll bridge
E. cable bridge

10. Suramadu’s bridge connects the island….
A. Java and Sumatra
B. Java and Bali
C. Sumatra and Kalimantan
D. Java and Madura
E. Java and Surabaya

11. Length of the Suramadu’s bridge is….
A. 5.400 kilometers
B. 192 meters
C. 494 meters
D. 526 meters
E. 2004 meters

12. The following statement is true, except ….
A. Suramadu’s bridge is also known Surabaya-Madura bridge
B. The long of Suramadu’s bridge is 5400 kilometers
C. Suramadu’s bridge connects the islands of Java and Madura
D. Bridge was opened on March 31, 2009
E. The bridge was built by Surabaya government

On the banks of the Chao Phraya, Bangkok’s “River of Kings”, lies a hotel that has already set new standards of hospitality for this celebrated city.

Set in magnificently landscaped tropical gardens, the Shangri-La Bangkok provides guests with all the charm and warmth of the orient and, at the same time, unsurpassed range of facilities and leisure activities. There is a choice of 12 superb settings in which to wine and dine, a large free-form swimming pool that overlooks the river, convention and meeting facilities for up to 2000 people, and a 24-hour business centre.

And, from every single guest room and suite, there is a breathtaking view of all the exotic hustle and bustle of the fabled “River of Kings”. One might expect such a well-equipped and positioned hotel to be miles away from the city center but, at Shangri-La Bangkok the business district and main shopping areas are mere minutes away.

From more than 200 years, Bangkok’s grandeur has been reflected in the waters of the Chao PhrayA. Today, the Shangri-La Bangkok towers beside this majestic river, offers its guests the golden promise of the East.

13. For how many people the meeting facilities are up to?

A. 5000 people.

B. 4000 people.

C. 2000 people.

D. 1000 people.

E. 500 people.

14. The text mainly focuses on…

A. Bangkok’s grandeur.

B. Bangkok’s ”River Kings.”

C. The water of the Chao Phraya.

D. The majestic river in Bangkok.

E. Shangri-La Bangkok.

Angkor Wat was faced a Hindu temple, a man of Budhist temple completed in Cambodia. It is the largest religious monument in the world. The temple was built by the Khmer King, Suryawarman II in the early twelveth century in Yosadapura, the capital of the Khmer Empire as this temple of eventual moslem. It is dedicated to Wisnu.

It is designed to represent Khmer Meru, frame of the Devis in Hindu mithology within the mouth and has an outer wall which is 3 to 7 km long. It has three rectangular galleries which races about the neck. At the centre of the temple stand Queen Cap of Tower.

15. What is the monolog about?
A. Gallery complex.
B. Buddhist mythology.
C. Cambodia.
D. Khmer Empire.
E. Angkor Wat.

16. In the twelveth century which Empire was strong enough to build the biggest temple of the world?
A. Old Empire.
B. Yosadapura Empire.
C. Meru Empire.
D. The King Empire.
E. Khmer Empire.

Natural Bridge National Park is luscious tropical rainforest.

It is located 110 kilometers from south of Brisbane and is reached by following the Pacific Highway to Nerang and then by travelling through the Numinbah Valley. This scenic roadway lies in the shadow of Lamington National Park.

The phenomenon of the rock formed into a natural ‘arch’ and the cave through which a waterfall cascades is a short one-kilometer walk below a dense rainforest canopy from the main picnic areA. Swimming is permitted in the rock pools. Night-time visitors to the cave will discover the unique feature of the glow worms. Picnic areas offers toilets, barbeque, shelter sheds, water and fireplaces; however, overnight camping is not permitted.

17. What is the function of paragraph 1?

A. As an identification

B. As an orientation

C. As a thesis

D. As a classification

E. As an abstract

18. The text above is in form of………….

A. Hortatory exposition

B. Narrative

C. Description

D. Report

E. Explanation

19. What is the communicative purpose of the text?

A. To present two points of views about natural bridge national park

B. To explain the bridge national park

C. To describe the bridge national park

D. To retell the bridge national park

E. To persuade readers to treat preserve the bridge nationl park

20. Where is the natural bridge national park located?

A. 110 kilometers from South of Brisbane

B. 110 kilometers from Pacific Highway

C. 110 kilometers from Numinbah Valley

D. 110 kilometers from Lamington National Park

E. 110 kilometers from Nerang

21. What the visitors will see in the night?

A. A common glow worm

B. The unique feature of the glow worms

C. A great dark cave

D. The unique rocks

E. The fantastic bridge

This museum is located in Ambarawa in central JavA. The musseum focuses on the collection of steam locomotive. Ambarawa was a military city during the dutch colonial government. King Willem I ordered the construction of the new railway station to enable the government to transport it’s troops to Semarang. On may the 21st 1873, the Ambarawa railway station was built on 100,027,500 squares meter land.

Back then it was known as the Willem I station. The Ambarawa railway museum was established much later on October 16, 1976 in the Ambarawa station to preserve the steam locomotive. They were coming to the end of their useful life when the 3 feet 6 inches guard railway or the Indonesian state railway or Perusahaan Negara Kereta Api was closed. The steam locomotives are parked in the open air next to the original station.

22. What was the Ambarawa called during the dutch colonial government?
A. A military city
B. A railway museum,
C. A new railway town,
D. King Willem I station.
E. Steam locomotives station,

23. Why was the Ambarawa railway museum established?
A. To build new railway museums.
B. To transport government troops.
C. To preserve the steam locomotives
D. To build a new government station.
E. To park the locomotives at the original station.

Kartikasari was born on December 15, 2004 in Bandung. Her friends call her Ika. She lives at Jl. Gatot Subroto 12A, Bandung. She is an SMP students. Kartikasari now is in the seventh grade. Ika is quite tall and slim.

She has long wavy hair and dark eyes. She looks beautiful with her long hair. Meanwhile, she will not have hair cut, because she prefers it that way.

Everyone knows she is very serious person and very discipline with her main duty as a student. That’s why she always does well in her class. She is also symphatic, honest, kind and friendly. Her parents must be proud of her.

24. What is her nick name?
A. Sari
B. Ika
C. Tika
D. Ira

25. What does she look like?
A. She has long wavy hair and brown eyes
B. She has short wavy hair and dark eyes
C. She has short curly hair and brown eyes
D. She has long wavy hair and dark eyes

26. What does she do? she is a ….
A. Friendly
B. Punctual
C. Honest
D. Sympatic

27 What is the text about?
A. The architect Renzo Piano
B. The Shard glass panels
C. The Shard, building in London
D. The tallest building in London
E. The heart of London

28. In Europe, the Shard gains popularity on its …
A. Location
B. Function
C. Height
D. Age
E. Usage

29. What probably makes people interested to stay in the Shard?
A. It has multiple uses
B. It is the tallest building in UK
C. It was built by famous architect
D. It is located in the heart of London
E. It is very cheap

30. “…, making it Western European’s tallest building.” What does the underlined word “it” refer to?
A. The Shard
B. The glass
C. London
D. Skyscraper
E. Renzo Piano

Petruk cave is one of the leading tourist attractions in Kebumen, Central Java. The cave is located in the dukuh Mandayana Candirenggo Village, Ayah District, Kebumen regency. In the petruk cave there is no lighting that illuminates the cave. It is still very natural cave so that petruk cave is very dark to be entered. Petruk cave’s name is taken from the punokawan of puppet characters that is Petruk. The cave Named Petruk cave because the length of cave is as long as petruk’s nose.

In the cave there are 3 floors that are the first is a basic cave, Hindu caves and Petruk Cave. The base cave is a short cave which is just 100 meters away. The cave is used for tourist attractions. Hindu cave is part of the cave that is usually used to put offerings to the ancestor. Inside Petruk cave there are so many stalactites and stalagmites which are really awesomE. If you want to explore this cave, you must be led by guides who are ready to take you through the cave. After arriving at the end of the cave, you can see the beach or waterfall located near at the end of the cave

31. What is the text purpose?

A. To inform readers about tourism in Kebumen

B. To entertain reader about Petruk Cave

C. To explain the reader about floors in Petruk Cave

D. To Introduce The Local tourism in Kebumen

E. To describe Petruk Cave

32. Why did Petruk cave named as one of character in Punokawan puppet?

A. Because the cave is belong to Petruk

B. Because Petruk is the first explorer of the cave

C. Because Petruk is buried at the cave

D. Because the cave’s length is as long as Petruk’s nose

E. Because the cave’s depth is as deep as Petruk’s hair

33. Which part of Petruk Cave which used for place to put foods for ancestor?

A. In the basic cave

B. In petruk cave

C. In Hindu cave

D. In front of the cave

E. Inside the cave

34. What is stalactites means?

A. A type of formation that hangs from the ceiling of caves

B. Types of formation that lay on the floor of caves

C. Types of food given to ancestor

D. Someone who guide the visitor in the cave

E. Kind of animals in the cave

35. What is “lead” means in paragraph 2?

A. Guide

B. Take

C. Bring

D. Put

E. Place

Kediri is a name of a town. It is situated in a valley between the Kelud and Willis mountains and inhabited by about 1.3 million peoplE. In the centre of the town there is a large hill which is called the Dathok Mountain. Because of the topography of the region, Kediri is called a chilly town by the locals. There is a big river called Brantas cutting off the centre of the town.

Beside the temples, Kediri is also famous for its products like cigarettes and a special kind of tofu or bean curd. This highly nutritious food is delicacy of Kediri and has a distinctive taste. The cigarettes factory dominates the town economy and employs the majority of the women labor force.

Kediri and the cigarettes factory are inseparable and it is considered the biggest cigarette factory in Indonesia. Most of the local people work in this factory. Those who do not work here are farmers or traders.

36. What does the above text tell about?
A. The history of Kediri
B. The famous products of Kediri
C. The description of Kediri
D. The people
E. 1.3 million people

37. Which one has a distinctive taste?
A. The cigarette
B. The special food
C. The bean curd
D. The highly nutritious food
E. Tofu

38. “Those who do not work here …” (last sentence). The “those” word refers to ….
A. The local people
B. The factory workers
C. The farmers
D. The traders
E. Woman labour force

My classroom is very big. There are twenty classroom and forty chairs for students. The teacher’s table is in front of the classroom. The teacher sit behind the table. Behind her is the whiteboard. Beside the whiteboard is a map of Indonesian archipelago. Under the map, there is a bookshelf. There are two windows in the room. Between the windows is a picture of Prambanan temple. I like my classroom very much.

39. "My classroom is very big". The underlined word …
A. Large
B. Little
C. Short
D. Small

40. Where does the teacher sit?
A. In front of the classroom
B. Behind the table
C. Behind the whiteboard
D. Behind the board

41. Where is the whiteboard?
A. Behind windows
B. Behind teacher
C. Beside the teacher
D. In front of teacher

42. Does the writer like his class very much?
A. Yes, the writer does
B. Yes, the writer is
C. No, the writer does not
D. No, the writer is not

Masjid Sultan Suriansyah is a historical mosque. Built 300 years ago, this building is the oldest mosque in South Kalimantan. The mosque is located in the North Kuin Village of Banjarmasin. It was built in the reign of Sultan Suriansyah known as Pangeran Samudera.

He was the first Banjarnese King who converted into Islam. This mosque was found on the bank of the Kuin River, near KampungKraton, which was destroyed by the Dutch colonial.

The construction of Masjid Sultan Suriansyah was unique. The roof is layered. It took the Banjar’s past architecture before Islam came. Different from any other old mosques in Banjar, the mihrab has its own roof, separated from the main building.

43. Masjid Sultan Suriansyah was constructed in the era of ….
A. Banjar people
B. Dutch colonial
C. Kalimantan King
D. Sultan Suriansyah

44. What is mainly discussed in the text?
A. A king reign
B. A palace complex
C. An Islamic location
D. A historical mosque

45. From the text we know that ….
A. Some construction of the mosque takes the local style
B. Banjar people burned down the mosque
C. There is nothing special from this mosque
D. The Dutch colonial built the mosque

Paris is the capital city of France. It is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It is also one of the world’s most crowded cities. Lovely gardens and parks are found throughout Paris. At night, many palaces and statues are lit up.

For this reason, Paris is often called the city of light. Every year, millions of people visit Paris. The most popular place to visit is the Eiffel Tower.

This huge structure has become the symbol of Paris. D’Louvre, one of the world‘s largest art museums draws many visitors. The Cathedral Notre Dame, a famous church, is an other favourite place to visit.

46. What is the monologue about?

A. Paris

B. The Louvre

C. Notre Dame

D. The crowded city

E. The city of light

47. What has become the symbol of Paris?

A. The Louvre

B. The Cathedral

C. The Eiffel Tower

D. The lovely garden

E. The light structure

Bale Kambang is a small village in the Southern coast of East Java, seventy kilometers from Malang town and two hours’ drive from South. It is well known for its long beautiful white sandy beach as well as the similarity of its temple to the one of Tanah Lot in Bali.

In Bale Kambang, there are three small rocky islands namely Ismaya Island, Wisanggeni Island, and Anoman Island, those names are taken from “wayang” figures (Java traditional puppets). These islands are surrounded by Indonesian Ocean which huge waves frighten most overseas cruisers.

48. What makes Bale Kambang famous?
A. Small rocky islands
B. Long beautiful beach
C. Huge waves of ocean
D. Overseas cruisers
E. three small rocky islands

49. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?
A. There are three rocky islands in Bale Kambang
B. Huge waves frighten many overseas cruisers
C. Names of rocky islands are taken from “wayang”figures
D. The rocky islands are in the middle of the sea
E. Small village of Bale Kambang

Natural Bridge National Park is luscious tropical rainforest. It is located 110 kilometers from south of Brisbane and is reached by following the Pacific Highway to Nerang and then by travelling through the Numinbah Valley. This scenic roadway lies in the shadow of Lamington National Park.

The phenomenon of the rock formed into a natural ‘arch’ and the cave through which a waterfall cascades is a short one-kilometer walk below a dense rainforest canopy from the main picnic area.

Swimming is permitted in the rock pools. Night-time visitors to the cave will discover the unique feature of the glow worms. Picnic areas offers toilets, barbeque, shelter sheds, water and fireplaces; however, overnight camping is not permitted.

50. What is the function of paragraph 1?
A. As an identification
B. As an orientation
C. As a thesis
D. As a classification
E. As an abstract

51. The text above is in form of………….
A. Hortatory exposition
B. Narrative
C. Description
D. Report
E. Explanation

52.What is the communicative purpose of the text?
A. To present two points of views about natural bridge national park
B. To explain the bridge national park
C. To describe the bridge national park
D. To retell the bridge national park
E. To persuade readers to treat preserve the bridge nationl park

53. Where is the natural bridge national park located?
A. 110 kilometers from South of Brisbane
B. 110 kilometers from Pacific Highway
C. 110 kilometers from Numinbah Valley
D. 110 kilometers from Lamington National Park
E. 110 kilometers from Nerang

54. What the visitors will see in the night?
A. A common glow worm
B. The unique feature of the glow worms
C. A great dark cave
D. The unique rocks
E. The fantastic bridge

55. The word ‘luscious’ in the text means………..
A. Succulent
B. Dense
C. Dull
D. Dry
E. Arid

Kunci Jawaban Soal Descriptive Text

1. D

2. C

3. D

4. A

5. C

6. B

7. A

8. D

9. C

10. D