Text 1 The Magic Box Once upon a time, there was a poor farmer who lived with his

wife. One day, he dug up his field and found a big box. He took it home with him and showed it to his wife. His wife cleaned the box and kept it in their house. One sunny morning his wife dropped an apple into it. Sudenlly, the box began fill up with apples. No matter how many the apples were taken out, more apples took their place. So, the farmer and his wife decide to sell the apples and in short time they were able to live quite comfortably. One day, the farmer dropped a gold coin into the box. At once, apples disappeared and the box began to fill itself with coins. Every day, the farmer and his wife collected hundreds of gold coins from the box. Soon, they became rich. Having heard that his son had gone rich, the farmers grandfather visited the couple. He was not very strong and could not go out to work any more. So, the farmer asked the old man to help him take the money out of the box. When his grandfather told his son that he was tired and wanted to have a rest, the farmer shouted at him, Why are you so lazy? Why cant you work harder? The old man did not say anything, and continued to work until he fell into the box and suddenly died. At once, the money disappeared and the box began to fill up with dead grandfathers. The farmer had to pull them out and burry them. To do this, he had to spend all the money he had collected. When he had used up all the money, the box broke and the farmer was just as poor as he was before

1. Which statement is true according to the story?

A. B. C. D. E. His wife clean and kept the box for her. The box was full of valuable things when it was found The farmer had to pull dead grandfathers out and bury them. The poor farmer was finally killed by his grandfather. The farmers wife was happy after the grandfather passed away.

2. How was the farmer according to the writer? A. Mean B. Kind C. Rich D. Generous E. Humorous 3. He was not very strong and ( paragraph 4 ) .What does the word He refer to. A. The Farmer B. The poor man C. Grandfather D. His son E. His wife

4.. The communicative purpose of the text is. A. To describe an event in the past B. To present information about a current issue C. To tell the readers what really happened in the past. D. To inform the reads how and why something works E. To amuse and entertain the readers with problematic events 5 What can we learn from the story? A. All that glitters is not gold B. It is good to be honest in life C. We must respect our parents D. Being honest is not always wise E. Being a miser is sometimes important 6. Anggel : Benny, do you think that we can live in the desert? Benny : I dont think so, Anggel. I think there are only few creature that can live in the desert. Anggel : So, how can cacti camels survive there? Benny : Well, Im not quite sure, but I think they have special organs that support them to live in the desert Anggel : I see From the dialogue we hear Anggel and Benny are expressing A. suggestion B. opinion C. advice D. agree E. pain 7. Director Staff Director Staff Director : Do you know that this is an important report? : Yes, Maam : But youre late in submitting this report. Im very annoyed. : Im very sorry : Look here. The report is not complete. . with your work. I cant say Im pleased with this Staff : Im very sorry. Can I retype and complete that report? Director : Yes. Make sure that you can complete it today. Staff : Yes, Maam Complete the dialogue above! A. I think B. No problem C. By all means D. Im not satisfied E. Its really painful

Text 2 Report Do you know Arachnids? I mean, it is a spider. Spiders are not insects. I mean spiders are Arachnids. Arachnids have four pairs of legs but they only have two body parts while insects have three pairs of legs and three body parts. The most surprising thing is that spiders have two to four pair of eyes. They can see extremely well. Spiders eat small insects such as flies and mosquitoes and you know what? They sometimes bite people. When a spider bites an insect, it doesnt kill the insect immediately but a special poison passes through its fangs, and this poison paralyzes the body of the unlucky insect. Most spiders make their own homes. They do this with a special substance produced by their bodies. In the corner of some rooms it is possible to find a spiders web where the spider is waiting for its next dinner guest.

8. How many pairs of leg does Arachmids have ? A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four E. Five 8. What does the text tell us about ? A. Flies B. Spiders C. Insects D. Mosquitoes E. Arachmids Text 3

In Australia there are three levels of government, the federal government, state governments and local governments. All of these levels of government are necessary. This is so for a number of reasons. First, the federal government is necessary for the big things. They keep the economy in order and look after things like defence. Similarly, the state governments look after the middle sized things. For example they look after law and order, preventing things like vandalism in schools. Finally, local governments look after the small things. They look after things like collecting rubbish, otherwise everyone would have diseases. Thus, for the reasons above we can conclude that the three levels of government are necessary

9. The topic of the text above is. A. local government B. collecting rubbish C. vandalism in Australia D. three levels of government in Australia E. the Federal government is necessary 10.the federal government is necessary for the big things. The synonym of underlined word is. A. need B. useful C. important D. advantage E. benefit