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.

1. 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

2. Which one has a distinctive taste?

A. The cigarette
B. The special food
C. The bean curd
D. The highly nutritious food

3. "Those who do not work here ..." (last sentence). The underlined word refers to ....

A. The local people

B. The factory workers
C. The farmers
D. The traders

Masjid Sultan Suriansyah

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.

4. Masjid Sultan Suriansyah was constructed in the era of ....

A. Banjar people
B. Dutch colonial
C. Kalimantan King
D. Sultan Suriansyah
5. What is mainly discussed in the text?

A. A king reign
B. A palace complex
C. An Islamic location
D. A historical mosque
6. 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

Read the following text to answer questions number 7 and 8.

Bale Kambang

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.

7. What makes Bale Kambang famous?

A. Small rocky islands

B. Long beautiful beach
C. Huge waves of ocean
D. Overseas cruisers

8. 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

Read the following text to answer questions number 8 to 10.

Barack Obama is the president of United States. He is an African-American. He is
tall and thin. He is bald. He has dark complexion, pointed nose, and oval face.

He is the first black man who becomes the president of United States. He is
known as a smart and wise man. He is a loving husband for his wife and a good
father for his two children. People from all over the world adore him because of
his spirit and action in creating peace in this world. He also looks friendly
because he always smiles a lot.
9. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To persuade the readers to choose him in the election

B. To entertain the readers about the story of Barack Obama
C. To report the life of the president of United States of America
D. To describe Barack Obama's physical appearance and personality

10. "... dark complexion, pointed nose, and oval face." The antonym of the underlined
word is ....
 A. Flat
B. Short
C. Straight
D. Handsome

Descriptive Text of Historical Place and Tourism Object 3

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.

5. 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,

6. 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,

Read the following text to answer questions number 1 to 3.

A Trip to the Zoo

Yesterday my family and I went to the zoo to see the elephant. When we got to the
zoo, we went to the shop to buy some food to give to the animals.

After getting the food, we went to the nocturnal house where we saw birds and
reptiles which only come out at night.

Before having lunch, we went for a ride on the elephant. It was a thrill to ride it.
Dad fell off when he let go off the rope, but he was ok.

During the lunch we fed some birds in the park. In the afternoon we saw the
animals being fed. When we returned home we were very tired but happy. It was
because we had so much fun activities at many places at the zoo.
1. What happened to the writer's dad when he rode an elephant?

A. He felt a thrill
B. He felt fun
C. He fell off
D. He failed
2. Why did the writer and his family feel very tired after having a trip to the zoo?

A. They had to visit many places in the zoo

B. They took a long time to reach the zoo area
C. They had to feed a lot of animals in the zoo
D. They had no time to take a rest in the zoo

3. ... our family felt tired after visiting the zoo, we were still happy.

A. Since
B. Because
C. Although
D. Nevertheless

Read the following text to answer questions number 4 to 7.

Last weekend, I visited my pen pal's house. His Name is Anto. There were many
activities I did there. In the morning, Anto and I had breakfast. We had traditional
food. I liked it very much.

After breakfast, he took me to the garden behind his house. The garden was very
big and beautiful. There is a big bird cage in the garden. There were many kinds
of birds in that cage. I spent a long time feeding the birds. I also took pictures
with those beautiful birds.

After visiting the bird cage, Anto and I went to the flower garden not far from his
house. We took a rest and had lunch under a big tree and watch butterflies flying
above colourful flowers. In the afternoon, we swam in the pool in the backyard. It
was so fun. I really enjoyed my time with Anto.
4. The text above tells us about ....

A. A holiday at a friend's place

B. A picture of bird
 C. A big bird cage
D. A big garden

5. What is the last paragraph about?

A. Anto had butterflies as his pet

B. The writer's friend is a good swimmer
C. There are a lot of flowers in Anto's house
D. The writer had a good time with his friend

6. Where did the writer spend his afternoon?

A. Under a tree
B. Inside big bird cage
C. In the flower garden
D. In the swimming pool

7. From the text, we know that the writer ....

A. Had gone and visited many places during his holiday

B. Lived in the same village with his pen pal, Anto
C. Liked butterflies and swimming very much
D. Spent his holiday at friend's house

Read the following text to answer questions number 8 to 10.

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 the 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. Damiri 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,”she said.
8. Who took Mrs. Damiri to the clinic?

A. Her son
B. Her husband
C. Her neighbour
D. Her children

9. The main idea of the second paragraph is ….

A. Mrs. Damiri got accident

B. Mr. Damiri was proud of his son
C. Yusuf asked his neighbour to help
D. Mr. Damiri and his other children had gone

10. How did the neighbour 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 ot the clinic
D. He called the fireman and advised Mrs. Damiri to stay calm

Read the following text to answer questions number 1 to 3.

A Story From The Farm Yard Two roosters were fighting fiercely to be the king of
the farm yard. One finally gained advantage and the other surrendered.

The loosing rooster slunk away and hid itself in a quiet corner. The winner flew
up to a high wall, flapped its wings and crowed its victory, as loud as it could.

Suddenly, an eagle came sailing through the air and carried it off, with its talons.
The loosing rooster immediately came out of its corner and ruled the farm yard
from then on.
1. From the text we know that ....

A. Only one rooster can rule the roost

B. The roosters are fighting to flap their wings
 C. The eagle had watched them all day
D. The farm needs a new king

2. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

A. An eagle watching the rooster from a distance

B. The loosing rooster came out from its hiding place
C. The eagle took the winning rooster as its prey
D. The winning rooster celebrates its winning proudly

3. What can we learn from the story?

A. There's always a bigger enemy in this life

B. Your friend can be your enemy
C. Always grab an opportunity before you
D. Don't be cocky when we have achieved our goal

Read the following text to answer questions number 4 to 7.

Mouse Deer and Mr. Crocodile

One day, a mouse deer was walking by the river. He was very starving because he
hadn't eaten since morning. It was midday. But he found nothing in the land but
dying trees. "Huh... I hate this branches, I don't like it!"

Across the river, there was green grassland, with young leaves. 'Hmm.. it seems
delicious' imagined the mouse deer, 'but how can I get there? I can't swim, the
current is very rapid?'

The mouse deer was figuring out the way how to reach there. Suddenly, he
jumped to the air,'aha.: he then walked to the edge of the river. He didn't see the
reflection because the water flowed very fast. He dipped one of his fore legs into
the water. A few moment later, appeared Mr. Crocodile showing his sharp teeth.
He then laughed, "Ha... ha... ha, you can't run away from me, You'll be my tasty
lunch!" said the crocodile.

"Of course I can't. You are very strong, Mr. Croco," replied the mouse deer
frightenedly. Then, the other crocodiles approached moving slowly.They
approached the edge of the river.

"But, before you all have a party, I wonder how many your members are there in
the river. If I know your number exactly, I can distribute my meat evenly,"said the
mouse deer.

"Oh...o, great, good idea! But we are a large group, I can't count it precisely," Mr.
Croco moaned. "Leave it to me, and I can make it for you!" Now, can you ask the
others to line up, from one edge to the other edge of the river? The mouse deer
requested. Then the crocodiles arranged themselves in line from one edge to the
other edge of the river. The mouse deer jumped to the body of one crocodile to
the others while he was counting, 'one, two, three; and so forth up to ten. Then at
last he arrived at grassland, and he thanked to the dumb crocodiles.
4. Why did mouse deer want to go across the river?

A. Because he was very hungry

B. Because he wanted to cheat Mr. Crocodile
C. He wanted to eat some dying trees
D. He was afraid of the current of the river

5. How many crocodiles were there in the story above?

A. Three crocodiles
B. Ten crocodiles
C. Thirteen crocodiles
D. Not mentioned

6. " .... But we are a large group, I can't count it precisely," The underlined word has
closest meaning with ....

A. Accurately
B. Objectively
C. Definitely
D. Obviously

7. After reading the text, we may conclude that the mouse deer was ....

A. Very greedy animal

B. Cunning animal
 C. Dumb animal
D. Frightened animal

Read the following text to answer questions number 8 to 10.

The Bear and the Two Friends

Once, two friends were walking through the forest. They knew that anything
dangerous can happen to them at any time in the forest. So they promised each
other that they would remain united in case of danger.

Suddenly, they saw a large bear approaching tern. One of the friends at once
climbed a nearby tree. But the other one did not know how to climb. So being led
by his common sense, he lay down on the ground breathless, pretending to be a
dead man.

The bear came near the man lying on the ground. It smelt his ears and slowly left
the place. Because the bear did not touch him, the friend on the tree came down
and asked his friend on the ground, "Friend, what did the bear tell you into your
ears?"The other friend replied, "He advised me not to believe a false friend.

8. What can we get from the story?

A. We have to save ourselves

B. We have to learn how to climb
C. Bear will not harm a dead man
D. True friend always stand by us in ups and downs

9. "He advised me not to believe a false friend." (Paragraph 3) The underlined word
refers to ....

A. The bear
B. The dead man
C. The friend who cannot climb
D. The friend who climb the tree

10. Where do you think the story happened?

A. In the river
B. In the park
C. In the woods
D. In the zoo