Latihan Soal Biography Text

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 dVb 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.

1. What did Victoria do before being a solo singer?

A. Married to David Beckham

B. Worked as fashion designer

C. Joined The Spice Girl

D. Created fashion style

E. Wrote many book

2. We found in the text that ….

A. Victoria named her fragrance by dVb 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

3. 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

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) — Astronomer and Scientist. Galileo developed a superior telescope and made many significant discoveries in astronomy. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by the inquisition for his support for the Copernican theory that the sun was at the centre of the solar system.

Galileo was born in Florence, Italy in 1564 to a poor but noble family His parents recognized their child’s innate intelligence and talents and so made sacrifices to have him educateD. At his father’s insistence, Galileo studied the profitable career of medicinE. But, at the University of Pisa, Galileo became fascinated in a wide range of subjects. He was also critical of many of Aristotle’s teaching which had dominated education for the past 2,000 years.

Galileo was appointed to be a mathematics professor at the University of Pisa, but his strident criticisms of Aristotle left him isolated among his contemporaries. After three years of persecution, he resigned and went to the University of Padua, where he taught maths. His entertaining lectures attracted a large following and he was able to spend the next 18 years pursuing his interests in astronomy and mechanics.

4. Something that we can learn from Galileo Galilei’s biography is …

A. We must always believe whatever the society believes to avoid getting persecuted.

B. We must never go against the believe of the society to avoid getting imprisoned.

C. We should believe in something and stay faithful to it no matter how hard

D. We must sacrifice everything to get ourselves educated.

E. We should spend 18 years to pursue our interests.

5. From the fact that Galileo Galilei was imprisoned for supporting the Copernican theory, which later was proven to be true, we know that Galileo Galilei was …

A. Reckless

B. Stubborn

C. Tenacious

D. Arrogant

E. Foolish

6. According to the biography, why did Galileo Galilei resign from his teaching job at the University of Pisa?

A. He had attracted many followers.

B. He was persecuted for three years

C. He was appointed as a mathematics professor.

D. He had a better offer from the University of Padua.

E. He wanted to pursue his interests in astronomy and mechanics.

7. “His parents recognized their child’s innate intelligence and talents and so made sacrifices to have him educated.” (Paragraph 2). The underlined word “innate” is closest in meaning to …

A. Acquired

B. Ingenious

C. Multiple

D. Inborn

E. Strident

Maria Yuryevna Sharapova is a Russian professional tennis player. She was born in 1987 in Ngayan, Siberia.

At the age of three, Sharapova moved with her family to Sochi. She began playing tennis at the age of four using a racket given to her by Yevgeng Kafelnikov’s father. At the age five or six, at a tennis clinic in Moscow, Sharapova was spotted by Martina Navratilova, who urged her parents to get her serious coaching in the USA.

At the age of seven, she and her father boarded a plane to the USA with only $700. Her father took her to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy where one of the coaches check her out. The story goes that maria knocked his hat off with the tennis ball, thereby making a favorable impression. This led her obtaining a scholarship. At the age of nine, she was signed up by a number of sponsors including Prince (racquets), Oakley and Nike.

In 2004, Sharapova became the second youngest Wimbledon women’s champion in open era (after Martina Hingis) by defeating defending two-time champion Serena Williams in straight sets (6-1, 6-4). In the process she also became the first Russian ever to win that tournament.

8. What is the text about?

A. The family of maria Sharapova

B. Professional tennis players in the world

C. The happiness of having a great father

D. The working experienceof maria Sharapova

9. In what age was miss Sharpova being a model of some products?

A. Three

B. Four

C. Five

D. Nine

10. “… was spotted by Martina Navratilova …” (Paragraph 2). The synonym of word “spotted” is…

A. seen

B. searched

C. placed

D. introduced

Ans:

1. C

2. C

3. B

4. C

5. C

6. B

7. D

8. B

9. D

10. A