2. The following text is for questions
number 1 and 2
Last Friday, a friend of mine asked me
to accompany him to buy a new shirt at a
department store. We left home at
03.00 p.m. by motorcycle. As soon as
we arrived there, we went to the clothes
section. I let him choose one. An hour
later, I got bored watching him confused
in choosing a shirt. So I left him and went
to the cassett counter. Thirty minutes
later, I went back to the clothes sections
but I couldn’t find him there. My cell
phone was broken so I couldn’t call him.
I went to the parking area. I saw his
motorcycle was there but I couldn’t find
him. I waited for him for a few moments
then finally I gave up and decided to go
home.
When I arrived home, my mother told
me that my friend called. She said that
he was in the department store looking
for me. My mother asked me to come
back to the department store.
Reluctantly, I walked to department
store and you know what? When I
arrived there his motorcycle was not in
parking area. He just went home. I was
very tired. There was no other choise, I
had to walk home again. When I arrived
home, I was so tired. I was very angry
but when I saw my friend’s broad smile
greet me in front of the door, I just could
not help laughing
1. The text above is about…
A. An embarrassing day
B. Shopping with mother
C. The writer and his friend
D. My friend and his motorcycle
2. The writer couldn’t contact his
friend because…
A. He went home alone
B. His cell phone was broken
C. He was in the parking area
D. His friend was still choosing a
shirt
The following text is for questions number
3 to 6
On Saturday night, we went to the
Town Hall. It was the last day of the year
and a large crowd of people had
gathered under the Town Hall clock. It
would strike twelve in twenty minutes’
time. Fifteen minutes passed and then,
at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The
big minute hand did not move. We
waited and waited, but nothing
happened. Suddenly someone
shouted,”It’s two minutes past twelve!
The clock has stopped!”
I looked at my watch. It was true. The
big clock refused to welcome the New
Year. At that moment, everybody began
to laugh and sing.
3. When does the clock stop?
A. At 5.12
B. At 11.55
C. At 12.00
D. At 12.02
4. Why did the people gather under
the Town Hall clock?
A. To welcome the New Year
B. To see the newly bought clock
C. To strike the laughing people
D. To stop people who shouted
5. What does the first sentence tell
you?
A. The opening of the story
B. The problem that the writer
met
C. An intiduction of characters
3. D. The funny thing in the story
6. When did the event happen?
A. in the middle of the year
B. the end of the year
C. Christmas celebration
D. at the weekend as usual
7. Which of the following is not true
according to the text?
A. the writer was waiting to
celebrate the New Year.
B. the writer brought a watch.
C. the writer was very happy.
D. The writer celebrated the
New Year with his family.
The following text is for questions number
8 to 10
It was the beginning of July, My
parents and I were a plane heading
home from our vacation.
A crew announced the passengers
that we were going to land in the airport
in a few minutes. While listening to
announcement, I was looking outside
through the window and saw how dark
the sky was. It was raining heavily and
lightning sparked here and there.
Suddenly, I felt the plane went
bumpy. The impact was low at the
beginning, however it gradually became
terrible. Everything shook terribly.
People started to scream in fear. I hold
my parents’hands. I heard my Dad was
praying while Mom tried to soothe me.
Fortunately, our plane landed safely at
the airport under that extreme weather.
I thanked God for saving my parents and
me.
8. What was the writer’s mother
doing during the turbulence?
A. She was holding her
husband’s hand.
B. She was calming the writer
down.
C. She was praying for help.
D. She was crying in fear.
9. The turbulence was caused by…
A. The bad weather
B. The size of the plane
C. The height of the flight
D. The damage on one of the
machines
10. What is main idea of paragraph
2?
A. The writer saw that it was
raining heavily and lightning
outside.
B. The writer was enjoying the
announcement made by the
crew.
C. A crew was announcing that
they were going to land soon.
D. The lightning outside scared
the writer.
The following text is for questions number
11 to 13
On Friday morning, 27 March 2009, the
sit Gintung dam which is located in
Cireundeu southern part of Tangerang
burst. It happenend early in the morning
at about 04.30 Indonesian Western Time
(WIB), when people in the nearby area
were still sleeping without potion on
flee.
The incident happenend because of
heavy rains. The dam could not hold
back the water and collapsed. A big
water full of rocks and pieces of wood
destroyed small poorly built houses. It
also swept away cars and broken
telephone lines. The flood water reaches
the height of up to four metres.
4. Hundreds of houses were totally
damaged and a lot of prosperity lost.
More than 100 people died and many
more still lost. The total lost could reach
billions even trillions of rupiahs because
of the disaster.
It was really a horrifying disaster in
early 2009. It made a lot of people lost
their husbands, wives, sons, daughters,
relatives and properties. It was an
unforgettable disaster happening close
to the country’s capital of Jakarta
11. What is the text mostly about?
A. Flood in the Jakarta province
B. The Bursting of Situ Gintung
dam
C. The victims of the flood
disaster
D. Heavy rains in Situ Gintung
12. “A big water full rocks and pieces
of wood destroyed small poorly
built houses” What does the
underline word mean?
A. Broke into pieces
B. Entered slowly
C. Go in gradually
D. Cut into pieces
13. Why did the Situ Gitung dam
burst?
A. Because it contains of lot of
water
B. Because the flood water
reached a height up to four
metres
C. Because it coldn’t hold the
water from the heavy rains
D. Because it is located in
dangerous area
The following text is for questions number
14 to 17
My friend, Hendry is diligent and smart
student in his school. He gets up at 4.00 a.m.
every morning. He always goes to school
ealier than his friends. He goes to school by
public transport and sometimes goes home
by motorcycle with his uncle. He’s never
absent. After school he usually helps his
parents. They have a cloth store beside their
house. In the evening he studies his lesson
and he does the assignments given by his
teacher. He seldom watches TV. He hardly
ever goes to bed late.
14. How does Hendry go to school?
A. On foot
B. By motorcycle
C. By train
D. By public transport
15. What is Hendry like?
A. He is diligent and smart
student.
B. He goes to school with his
uncle.
C. He’s sometimes absent in
his classroom.
D. He does his assignment
after going back from
school.
16. Whisch statement is TRUE based
on the text?
A. Hendry always goes to school
late.
B. After school, Hendry usually
helps his parents.
C. His uncle sometime goes to
school by public transport.
D. Hendry is never diligent to do
hid assignmets.
17. “After school he usually helps his
parents.” Line 4
The underline words can be
replaced with. . .
A. His father and grandfather
B. His mother and grandmother
C. His brother and sister
D. His father and mother
Accident
5. Last week, Mr. Damiri’s wife had an
accident. Her youngest child, Yusuf, was at
home when it happened. He was playing
with his new toy car. Suddenly Yusuf heard
his mother calling, “Help! Help! He ran to the
kitchen. His mother had burnt herself with
some hot cooking oil. She was crying with
pain and the pan was on fire. Mr. Damiri had
gone to his office. The other children had
gone to school.
Yusuf was too small to help his mother,
and she was too frightened to speak
sensibly to him. But he ran to the
neighbour’s house and asked his neighbor to
come and help his mother. The neighbor
soon put out the fire and took Yusuf’s
mother to the clinic.
When Mr. Dardiri came home, his wife
told him what had happened. He was very
proud of his son, “When you are a man, you
will be just like your father,” he said.
18. Who took Mrs. Damiri to the
clinic?
A. her son
B. her neighbour
C. her husband
D. her children
19. The main idea of the second
paragraph is. . .
A. Mrs. Damiri had an accident.
B. Mr. Damiri was proud of his
son.
C. Yusuf asked his the neighbor
for help.
D. Mr. Damiri and his other
children had gone.
20. How did the neighbor help Mrs.
Damiri?
A. He called Mrs. Damiri’s
husband and ran to the
kitchen.
B. He called the fireman and put
out the fire.
C. He put out the fire and took
Mrs. Damiri to the clinic.
D. He called the fireman and
advised Mrs. Damiri to stay
calm.
The following text is for questions number
21 to 24
One day, long ago, some sailors set out to
a sea their sailing ship. One of them brought
his pet monkey along for the long journey.
When they were far out at sea, a terrible
storm overturned their ship, Everyone fell
into the sea, and the monkey was sure that
he would drown. Suddenly a dolphin
appeared and picked him up.
They soon reached he island and the
monkey came down from the dolphin’s
back. The dolphin asked the monkey. “Do
you know this palce?” The monkey replied,
“Yes, I do. In fact, the king of the island is my
best friend. Do you know that I am actually a
prince?”
Knowing that no one lived on the island,
the dolphin said, “Well, well, so you are a
prince! Now, you can be a king!” The
monkey asked, “How can I be a king?” As
the dolphin started swimming away, he
answere, “That easy. As you are the oly
creature on this island, you will naturally be
the king!”
21. What does the text tell you about?
A. The sailors and their pets.
B. The monkey and the dolphin.
C. The king and the prince.
D. The dolphin and his friends.
22. What happened to the sailors’
ship?
A. The terrible storm
overturned it.
B. It drowned with all her loads.
C. It hit an island under the sea.
6. D. Its machine stopped working.
23. What does the dolphin like based
on the text?
A. A wild creature.
B. A helpful animal.
C. A good swimmer.
D. A nice friend.
24. What moral massage does the
story have?
A. We should help one another
in our real life.
B. We must not act like a real
monke in the woods.
C. Those who lie and boast may
end up in trouble.
D. We may not talk too much
about some new things.
The following text is for questions number
25 to 29
Once upon a time, there lived a woman
who had two daughters. The younger
daughter was nice and kind hearted, but the
older one was greedy and mean. The older
girl always bullied her younger sister.
One day, both of yhem went the forest,
looking for firewood. When they were
taking a rest, a poor old woman came and
begged for a drink. The older girl said
sharply, “God away! I don’t have anything
to share with you.” But the younger sister
said kindly, “Drink as much as you like.” She
poured water into a tin of cup for thr old
woman.
“Thank you, child! I wish to repay your
kindness with gift, and you will have your
gift also.” Said the old woman. And
suddenly the old woman disappeared.
The two girls went home and met their
mother. When the younger daughter
explained what had happened, the jewels
dropped from her mouth. And when the
older one began to speak, out of her mouth
came three snakes every time she spoke.
25. What is the title of the text?
A. The kind and the greedy
B. The kind family
C. The jewel and snake
D. The woman and her two
daughters
26. How many characters are there in
the story?
A. Two characters
B. Three chracters
C. Four characters
D. Five characters
27. What did you learn from the
story?
A. The kindness will repay with
the unkindness,
B. The kindness will repay with
kindness.
C. The kindness will repay with
thw badness.
D. The badness will repay the
kindness.
28. “the older girl always bullied her
younger sister.”
The underline word has the same
meaning with. . .
A. Obeyed
B. Loved
C. Took care of
D. Intimidated
29. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To entertain the readers
about a story of two sister.
B. To describe the kind-hearted
Girl.
C. To retell a story of forest.
D. To inform a story of an old
woman.
The following text is for questions number
30 to 33
Once farmer owned a donkey and a
lapdog. The donkey worked hard all day,
7. hauling heavy loads. The lapdog stayed
with his master all day, and lived in the
house with him. He did not work, but was
allowed to sit on the master’s lap. The
donkey grew jealous of the lapdog.
Perhaps if I behave like the dog, like wag
my tail and jump on the master, the master
will start loving me as much as he does the
dog. So the donkey decided to wait for his
chance.
One day, when he was left unattended,
the donkey broke his halter and ran into the
farmhouse kitchen. There the farmer sat at
table. The donkey rushed uo to him and
began wagging his tail vigorously, and
knocked off all the china from the table. He
then started jumping around and frolicking
like a little dog, and finally plonked himself
down on the farmer yelled for help. The
farmhands came running in and dragged
the donkey off to his stable, and gave him a
beating he did not forget for the rest of his
life.
30. What made the donkey jealous of
the dog?
A. The halter that he has to wear.
B. The beating that he has.
C. The farmer’s care to the dog.
D. The chance to stay inside the
house.
31. What is the main idea of
paragraph 3?
A. The donkey wanted to be love
by its master.
B. The way the farmer treated
the donkey.
C. The things done by the
donkey to be loved.
D. The dog’s habit is like by the
master
32. The best title for the text is?
A. The farmer and his dog.
B. The donkey and the lapdog.
C. The farmer and the donkey
D. The dog and it’s master
33. What can we learn from the text?
A. It is good to share things with
others.
B. It is not good to help others.
C. It is not good to be envious to
others.
D. It is good to keep your
promise.
The following text is for questions number
34 to 38
Malin Kundang
Once upon a time, so the story goes.
There was fisherman who lived with his
wife and son in a village near the mounth of
the river Batang Arau in West Sumatera.
They made their living by fishing, and
they were very poor. Their son, whose
name was Malin Kundang, was a spoiled
boy because he was their only son. His
family loved him very much.
They spoiled him, and Malin became lazy,
selfish and naughty. He even became a
burden to his parents.
One day Malin Kundang’s mother was
weaving a cloth when suddenly Malin
Kundang came and grabbed her spool. He
was about to run away with spool when he
fell and hurt his forehead just above the
eyesbrows. He cried and his mother came
to help him. She cleaned and bandaged the
wound. It healed quickly, but it left a large
scar on his forehead.
34. The communicative function of
the text is …
A. To tell the condition of Malin
Kundang and his parents.
B. To tell the experience
happened in the past.
C. To describe Malin Kundang.
D. To amuse the readers.
8. 35. Did Malin Kundang’s parents
have other child?
A. Yes, he did
B. Yes, they did
C. No, he didn’t
D. No, they didn’t
36. The following statement is NOT
correct according to the above
text …
A. Malin Kundang’s family lived
in poorness.
B. The story of Malin Kundang
came from West Sumatera.
C. There was no other child in
Malin Kundang’s family.
D. Malin Kundang became an
uselfish boy because his
parents loved him very much.
37. “…. became lazy, selfish and
naughty.”
The antonym of the underline
word is …
A. Kind
B. Cruel
C. Careless
D. Temperamental
38. We can find the complication of
the story in paragraph …..
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
The following text is for questions number
39 to 40
One day, a boy got up with the feeling
that the day was going to be unlucky day for
him. He found that it was already 6.50 a.m.,
he rushed into the bathroom. In a hurry he
did not see a piece of soap lying on the floor,
he stepped on it and slipped.
Then, he went into the dining room for his
breakfast. He gulped down the tea without
realizing that it was very hot, so it burned his
tongue. He got dressed and rushed to the
bus stop. Unfortunately, he just missed the
bus. He heart sank and knew that he would
be late for school and his teacher would be
angry with him again.
39. “He gulped down the tea without
realizing that it was very hot, …”
The word it refers to
A. The tongue
B. The toats
C. The tea
D. The coffee
40. What happened with the boy
when he got his breakfast?
A. His breakfast was not ready
B. He did not prepare it
C. He burned his toast
D. He hurt his tongue
Let we end by saying
“Alhamdulillah..”
