Standar Kompetensi Lulusan: Reading(Membaca)

Read the following test and answer question number 1.

C A U T I O N
This water is unsafe
and not to be used
for drinking
washing or cooking

1. The text above means that we are...to consume the water.
a. permitted
b. allowed
c. suggested
d. prohibited

Read the following sign for the question number 2 and 3
Do not lean your bike
against this windows

2. where can you find such a sign?
a. At a camsite
b. a railway station
c. outside a building
d. outside a farm

3. What does the sign mean?
a. you must not come near a window
b. you must not lean your bike agains the windows
c. you must use a bike
d. you must keep the window clean.

The following text is for your qustions number 4 and 5

Dear Farah,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
With each year I'll love you more.
Remember that your best years are still
a head of you and I'll be there every ups,
down and in between.
Love Mom

4. What is Farah celebrating?
a. her mom's love
b. her mom's birthday
c. her birthday
d. her best year

5. What does the card say?
a. Farah's best years are over
b. Farah will love her Mom more and more
c. Mom is looking toward to her best year
d. Mom will support Farah in all condition

The following text is for questions number 6 to 8
To : kanaya@letsemail.com
CC :
Subject : How are you
Hi, Naya !
How are you? You started senior high school last month, so you must be busy. How is it? What
was your first day like? Did you meet any new friends? What is your class like? How many of
you all together in one class? Do you have a lot of things to do? Do you join any clubs or
extracurricular activities? It must be so exciting to be a high school students I cant wait for my
time next year. Please email me and let me know.
Your cousin,
Keisha
6. Who has just begun to study at senior high school?
a. Naya
b. Keisha
c. Naya and Keisha
d. Naya and Kishas cousin

7. What information does Keisha want to know?
a. the name of the senior high school where Naya studies
b. the nama of the senior high school where Keisha wants to study
c. Nayas new friends names
d. the number of students in Nayas class

8. From the text we know that
a. Keisha is enthusiastic about going to high school next year
b. Naya is asking about Keishas school life
c. Keisha expects Naya to talk about her family in her reply
d. Naya is in grade nine of junior high school

Read the text to answer questions 9 to 11
To commemorate National Education Day 2013. The school is going hold ceremonial activities
as follow:
1. Flag Raising Ceremony (compulsory for every student)
2. Sports Festival (Futsal,basketball, and table tennis)
3. English Debating Championship
The programs will be held on May 2
nd
,2013 in the school area.
Those who are interested to join the contests can enroll to the school committees from April 20
th

-30
th
.
There will be trophies and some other interesting prizes for the winners.

9. How many competions are going to be held?
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four
10. What should you do if you want to join the Debating Championship?
a. join the flag raising ceremony
b. take part in the sports festival
c. enroll to the school committee
d. get the trophies and prizes.

11. What is the purpose of the text?
a. to tell the readers the date of the National Education Day 2013
b. to inform the activities for the commemoration of the National Education Day
c. to give information about the committee of the education day celebration
d. to give readers interesting prizes and trophies.
Read the text for questions 12 to 13
16 capsules
PARACETAMOL
Easy swallow capsules
For pain relief

12. How much of the medicine is there?
a. sixteen capsules
b. two capsules
c. sixty-one capsules
d. Eighteen capsules

13. What can you use the medicine for?
a. skin rash
b. food poison
c. headache
d. eye irritation

The following text for questions number 14 and 15.
PRIORITY SEAT
Be considerate. Give up this seat
To a passenger with special needs

14. Where can you possibly find the texr?
a. in a supermarket
b. on a bus or train
c. in an office
d. on a plane

15. What does the text mean?
a. you should go with your granddad, mom and little brother
b. you should prioritize yourself and your acquaintances
c. you should stand up for old people, pregnant women, and infants.
d. you should not go by public transports

Read the text for question number 16
KEEP REFRIGERATED

16. What does the text mean?
a. keep the refrigerated clea
b. keep this food cold
c. the refrigerated is for keeping food
d. the refrigerated is not in use

The following text is for questions number 17 and 18
JUNIORS BUS CARD
Just one trip and the card could
Pay for itself. Anyone between 12-18
Can buy a JUNIORS BUS CARD
For just $500. It saves you
Of many bus fares in Kyoto for
A whole year, Available in any
Convenience stores.

17. Who can buy a Juniors Bus Card?
a. Infants
b. senior citizens
c. high school students
d. elderly people

18. Where can you buy the ticket
a. at school
b. at a co-op
c. from the driver
d. at a convenience store

Read the text for question number 19.
Ufa,
When you go to the shop, dont forget to buy 2 boxes of tissues,
A bottle of shampoo, and a bar of soap. Thanks
Mum

19. What is the purpose of the text?
a. to remind Ufa to buy several things for Mum
b. to tell Ufa that mum will buy several things for her
c. to show what mum will buy at the shop
d. to list the things at the shop

Read the text for question number 20

I passed my driving test. Come and help us
Celebrate . The party is next Friday
At 17 David Street, from 4.p.m
Celeste

20. What information do we get from the text?
a. Celeste is having a driving test
b. Celeste is a new driver
c. The party is at 17 oclock
d. Theres no celebration at the party

The following text is for questions number 21-24

Once there lived a rich couple, Mang Dondong and Aling Iska who had a twelve-year-old
daughter named Maria. Being dutiful, obedient, and kind, Maria was loved by everyone. But
shyness was one of her distinct features; she used to lock herself in her room. Maria had a
beautiful flower garden which was well-known all over town. She took care of her plants
tenderly and patiently as the plants were her source of happiness and enjoyment.

One day a group of bandits raided the village and killed every man they found for money.
When Mang Dondong noticed the arrival of the bandits, fearing his daughters safety, he decided
to hide Maria in the garden. Aling Iska hide herself in the house. She trembled with fear and
prayed, Oh My God! Save my daughter. Then suddenly the door opened and the bandits
entered the house. They hit Mang Dondong on the head and his soon fell to the ground. Aling
Iska tried to escape but was also hit by them on the head. The bandits pillaged the house and took
away the money and jewelry. The bandits left the house to plunder some other village.

When Mang Dondong and Aling Iska regained sonsciousness they ran to the garden to
took for Maria but she was not there. They searched again and again but Maria could not be
found. Then suddenly something pricked Mang Dondongs feet and he saw a tiny plant closing
its leaves. Both Mang Dondong and Aling Iska knelt at their knees and took a closer look at the
plant. After looking at the plant for a long time, they realized that the plant was their daughter
Maria. Indeed, to save her from the bandits God transformed into a small flower of the new plant
that they found in the garden.

After that Mang Dondong and Aling Iska tended to the plant with immense care, as they
knew that in reality the plant was their child Maria. The plant was as shy as Maria and so they
named it Makahiya, which in Tagalog means shyness

(adapted from: http:/ www.buzzle.com/articles/philippines-legends-and-myths.html)

21. What is the suitable title for the text?
a. Mang Dondong
b. Aling Iska
c. The bandits
d. The Makahiya

22. What is the main idea of paragraph two?
a. Maria was loved by everyone
b. Mang Dondong was worried about Marias safety
c. Aling Iska tried to escape
d. The bandits attacked the village

23. What was Maria like?
a. she was tenderly and patiently
b. she was happy and enjoyable
c. she was dutiful, obedient, kind but shy
d. she was fearful and conscious

24. What does the word plunder in paragraph two mean?
a. donate
b. steal
c. decorate
d. shop

The following text is for questions number 25-28

At the age of one, William Shakespeare was lucky to be alive. After he was born, a
deadly disease came to England. It was called the plague. It killed thousands of people. But
William Shakespeare lived.
Shakespeare grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He went to school nine hours a
day, six days a week. In 1582, at age 18, he married Anne Hathaway, a farmers daughter. She
was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins. In 1585,
Shakespeare left Stratford-Upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why
he left or what he did between 1585-1592.
In 1592, Shakespeare lived in London. He rented rooms or lived with friends. He visited
his wife and family once a year. Shakespeare became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He
usually acted in his own plays. Some of his most famous plays were Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet,
and Macbeth. He wrote 37 plays in all. They are still popular today.
Then the plague came again. Many people died. The theater closed for two years.
Shakespeare could not write plays, so he wrote poems. When the theaters opened, Shakespeare
wrote plays again. Shakerspeare had a theater group. It was the most successful group of that
time. Shakespeare earned almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from
acting. With this money he bought a large house in Stratford-Upon-Avon for his family. He was
friendly with the richest people in town. He was a gentleman- a man of high class who didnt
have to work.
At age 49, Shakespeare retired and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at 52.
He left money to his family. He left his genius to the world.
(from: What a life ! Stories of amazing people by Milada Broukal)

25. At what age did Shakespeare marry?
a. eighteen
b. twentyone
c. twentynine
d. thirtyseven

26. How did Shakespeare earn a living for his family?
a. by writing plays
b. by writing poems
c. by acting in theaters
d. by making friends with richest people

27. From the text we know that
a. Shakespeare was born long after plague disappeared from England
b. When the theaters closed, Shakespeare wrote poems
c. Shakespeare was married and had two children
d. Shakespeare worked in startford-upon-Avon

28. What does the wordplays in paragraph 3 means?
a. games
b. acts
c. poems
d.dramas

The following text is for questions number 29-32

My grandfather had a small farm where he raised beef and some grain for feed. He also
worked diligently as a factory laborer. He was a good neighbor and well-respected for honoring
his word.
When harvesttime came, he would piece together his old corn picker and oil it up for the
season. He pulled it behind a little tractor with a wagon hooked on the back. It was a noisy
contraption unlike the modern machines you see these days.
His whole operation was like that; basic. In fact, his life was like that, too. He worked
hard, helped others, and you could count on him to keep his promises even when it was too hard
for him to do it.
One autumn, he had promised to harvest a few ribbons of corn that wound around the
hills on his friends farm; however, after harvesting his own corn, Grandpas corn picker
coughed sputtered and quitted. It could not function until a particular part could be ordered, but it
would be too late to be able to help his friend. What was worse, the factory where grandpa
worked required him to work overtime. In order to keep his job there he had to leave the farm
before dawn and didnt get home until well after sunset.
One autum night, while harvest time was running out, grandpa and grandma sat at the
kitchen table trying to figure a way out of their dilemma.
theres nothing you can do, sais my grandma. You will have to tell him that you cant
help with the corn this year.
well that just doesnt fit me, said my grandpa. My friend is depending on me. I cant
let his harvest rot in the field, can I ?
If you dont have equipment, you just cant do it, she said.
Well, I could do it the way we used to do it. I could harvest it by hand, he said.
When do you think youd have time to do it? She asked. With the overtime youve
been working youd be up all nightbesides itd be too dark.
I know of one night that I could do it! Theres still one more full moon in October he
said.
As it happened, the harvest moon had yet to pass. Its called the harvest moon because it gives
farmers more light and more time to collect their crops. If the Lord gives us clear weather, I
think I can do it, he continued.
And so a few days later, after a long shift at the factory, my grandpa made his way to the
field where my grandma met him in the truck with dinner and a steaming thermos of strong,
black coffee. The weather was cold but clear, and the moon was brilliant. He worked through the
night to keep his word.
(Adapted from : harvest Moon by Kenneth L.Pierpont)

29. What was the writers grandfather?
a. a beef raiser and a grain feeder
b. a good and well-respected neighbor
c. a farmer and a factory laborer
d. a corn picker

30. What character did the grandfather have?
a. hardworking and trustworthy
b. helpless and promising
c. noisy and modern
d. basic and hard

31. What favor did the grandfather give to his friend?
a. giving his friend the equipment he needed
b. bringing him a steaming thermos of strong, black coffee
c. harvesting the corn on his farm
d. letting his harvest rot in the field.

32. What is correct about harvest moon?
a. it is a full moon
b. it gives farmers the least lights
c. it disables farmers to harvest at night
d. it happens in summer

The following text is for questions number 33-36
Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae. It is cultivated
for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit is known as a
peppercorn when dried. It is approximately 5 millimeters (0,20 in) in diameter, dark red when
fully mature, and , like all drupes, contains a single seed. Peppercorns, and the powdered pepper
derived from grinding them, may be described simply as pepper or more precisely as black
pepper (cooked and dried unripe fruit), green pepper ( dried unripe fruit), and white pepper
(dried ripe seeds).
Black pepper is native to south India. It is extensively cultivated there and elsewhere in
tropical regions. Currently Vietnam is the worlds largest producer and exporter of pepper,
producing 34% of the worlds Piper nigrum crop as of 2008.
Dried ground pepper has been used since ancient times for both its flavor and as a
medicine. Black pepper is the worlds most traded spice. It is one of the most common spices
added to European cuisine and its descendants. The spiciness of black pepper is due to the
chemical piperine. We can find this spice anywhere in the industrialized world. It is often paired
with table salt.
(Adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pepper)

33. How has dried ground peer been used since ancient times?
a. for its flavor
b. as a medicine
c. for trading
d. for both its flavor and as a medicine

34. What does the word native in paragraph one mean?
a. imported
b. indigenous
c. imitation
d. irregular

35. What does the word them in paragraph one refer to?
a. seeds
b. fruits
c. peppercorns
d. black pepper

36. What is paragraph three about?
a. pepper trading
b. the uses of pepper
c. ancient times
d. pepper with table salt

The following text is for questions number 37-39

How to make a telephone with plastic cups
Materials
- Two plastic cups (or recycled cans)
- Some string
- 2 small wooden sticks or paper clips
- Scissors
Steps:
a. Cut a piece of thread of about 6 feet in length
b. Take the cup and poke on the top of it
c. Pass the thread through the hole
d. Attach the thread in the middle of the small stick
e. Repeat the procedure with the second cup and stick
f. After you are done building the phone, ask a friend to play with you
Ask your friend to hold one cup while you hold the other. Pull the cups so that the string
is tight but not too tight that it might break. Ask your friend to talk into the cup while you
hold the other cup to your ear. You can each take turns talking and listening.

37. How many kinds of materials do we need to make a plastic cup telephone?
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four

38. What is the purpose of the text?
a. to tell readers to use a plastic cup telephone
b. to share experience of making a plastic cup telephone
c. to show the procedure of making a plastic cup telephone
d. to describe how to recycle plastic cups

39. What can we conclude from the text?
a. the string transmits sound waves, so you can use the phone for communication with a friend.
b. the plastic cup telephones are good examples of development in science and technology
c. to talk and listen to your friend, you dont need the telephone, just yell at him/her
d. its so difficult to make the phone because you need new and modern equipment

Read the text for question numbers 40-42
Lions are often called the kings of the jungle. They can weigh between 250 and 550
pounds. It depends on sex and age and they can grow up to be 14 years old in the wild and over
the age of 20 years old in capacity. They become capable at hunting at the age of two and are
fully grown after 5 or 6 years. Male lions are distinguishable for their impressive manes, which
signifies their masculinity and reflects their health. The darker and thicker the mane, the healthier
the lion is. It allows the lions to appear stronger and frightening to warn off enemies, particularly
humans. The manes also appeals to lionesses. It is scientifically proven that they mate more with
lions with thick and dark manes. Lions with no manes are either genetically inbred or have been
castrated.
( adapted from:http://www.lions.org/lion-the-animal.html)

40. What is the text about?
a. lions the kings of jungle
b. 250-550 pounds lions
c. fully grown lions
d. the lions mane

41. What does the word manes mean?
a. the lions sharp teeth
b. the lions impressive paws
c. the lions skin and fur
d. the lions hair growing on the neck

42. What is the purpose of the text?
a. to describe lions in general
b. to talk about the writers favorite animal
c. to persuade readers to like lions and their manes
d. to share the writers experience with lions

For questions 43-45, choose suitable words to complete the text below.

One Friday night I fell asleep early. I put my favorite doll next to me. It was a Barbie
doll. But something strange happened. I couldnt.(43).the doll when I woke up in the middle
of the night. I thought it was my mom or dad who put it away. I looked for her and found the doll
in my toy box. I then went on playing with her since it was still dark. Then I went back to bed
and laid the doll beside me.(44)I felt something touching my leg and moving up and down. I
pulled my blanket off and screamed My dolls legs are moving on mine!. Both of my parents
got up and rushed to my room. I told them what had happened but they didnt believe it. It was a
horrible.(45).that Ill never forget in my life.

43 a. find b. look c. meet d. sleep
44.a. easily b. suddenly c. expectedly d. exactly
45.a. doll b. bed c. experience d. knowledge

For questions 46-48, choose suitable words to complete the text below

I have a very old wallet that my friend told me I should throw away. Yet, I really love my
wallet and I wont part with it because of several.(46)First of all, it has my name on its side.
When my father bought the wallet for my twelth birthday, he asked the leather worker to stitsh
my name, Heracio. Second, I should keep the wallet forever. Once I went fishing and I dropped
the wallet into the water. I thought it would sink, but it floated. Then a guy with a net rescued it
for me.Finally, the wallet is a style of leatherwork from my hometown in Mexico. It was
very..(47). I left six years ago and havent been back since. With my wallet, I .(48)
have something from home by my side.

46. a. motivativations b. reasons c. purposes d. targets
47. a. strange b. typical c. luxurious d. expensive
48. a. always b. usually c. frequently d. rarely

49. Arrange the jumbled words into a good sentence
Suddenly along a robbery the street was walking I I when saw
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

a. 179382451
b. 179384265
c. 652481793
d. 652481739

50. Rearrange the following sentences to make a good paragraph.
1. Next the wind came up and made the windows shake loudly
2. Last night, I couldnt sleep because of the heat
3. Next time Im going to pay extra and stay in a decent place
4. When it finally began to cool down around 11.30 p.m. the mosquitoes started to come out
5. I woke up this morning with a sore neck.
6. This holiday is a nightmare
7. At this point I got my sleeping bag and went out to the car.

a. 6241735
b. 5624137
c. 5624173
d. 6241753