READING COMPREHENSION TEST
Number of questions : 40 questions
Max time : 120minutes
Instructions: choose a, b, c, d or e based on the correct answer according to you and cross it in your answer sheet.
Read the following text to answer questions
number 1 to 5.
KEDIRI
Kediri is a name of a town. It is
situated in a valley between the Kelud and
Willis mountains. 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.
Kediri is also famous for its
products like cigarettes and a special kind of
tofu. This highly nutritious food is delicacy
of Kediri and has a distinctive taste. 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 of Kediri
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
4. What is the name of big river in
Kediri
A. Kelud
B. Wilis
C. Dathok
D. Brantas
5. What is the propose of the text?
A. To entertain the reader
B. To persuade the readers
C. To report the about Kediri
D. To describe about Kediri
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number 6 to 8.
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 governing 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.
 6. Masjid Sultan Suriansyah was 9. What makes Bale Kambang famous?
constructed in the era of .... A. Small rocky islands
A. Banjar people B. Long beautiful beach
B. Dutch colonial C. Huge waves of ocean
C. Kalimantan King D. Overseas cruisers
D. Sultan Suriansyah 10. What is the main idea of the second
7. When was Masjid Sultan Suriansyah paragraph?
built ? A. There are three rocky
A. 300 years ago islands in Bale Kambang
B. 300 month ago B. Huge waves frighten many
C. 300 week ago overseas cruisers
D. 30 month ago C. Names of rocky islands are
8. Masjid Sultan Suriansyah was taken from "wayang"figures
located in? D. The rocky islands are in the
A. Banjarmasin middle of the sea
B. Samarinda 11. The name of rocky island are,
C. Kampung kraton except…..
D. Dutch A. Ismaya Island
B. Wisanggeni Island,
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C. Anoman Island
number 9 to 11.
D. Bale Island
Bale Kambang
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Bale Kambang is a small village in questions number 12 to 14.
the Southern coast of East Java, seventy
Barack Obama
kilometers from Malang town and two
hours' drive from South. It is well known for Barack Obama is the president of
its long beautiful white sandy beach as well United States. He is an African-American.
as the similarity of its temple to the one of He is tall and thin. He is bald. He has dark
Tanah Lot in Bali. complexion, pointed nose, and oval face.
He is the first black man who becomes the
In Bale Kambang, there are three president of United States.
small rocky islands namely Ismaya Island,
Barrack Obama is known as a smart
Wisanggeni Island, and Anoman Island,
and wise man. He is a loving husband for
those names are taken from "wayang"
his wife and a good father for his two
figures (Java traditional puppets). These
children. People from all over the world
islands are surrounded by Indonesian
adore him because of his spirit and action in
Ocean which huge waves frighten most
creating peace in this world. He also looks
overseas cruisers.
friendly because he always smiles a lot.
 12. 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
13. "... dark complexion, pointed nose,
and oval face." The antonym of the
underlined word is ....
A. Flat
B. Short
C. Straight
D. Handsome
14. How many children that Obama
Have?
A. One son and daughter
B. Two children
C. Two daughters
D. Two son
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number 15 to 17.
Announcement
Hi, Guys! Our neighborhood will hold a
Fund Raising Activity next month. It is
intended to help victims of the landslide
which happened yesterday. Everyone who is
interested in this activity, please join us. You
are also invited to donate your used clothes.
If you have any questions, please feel free to
contact Ms. Maryam as chief program
coordinator at her house from 07.00 a.m. –
03.00 p.m. Monday to Friday.
Committee
15. What is the announcement about?
A. A neighborhood's activity
B. Ms. Maryam's program
C. Used clothes donation
D. Fund raising activity
16. Where can Ms. Maryam accept her
neighbors' questions?
A. At her house
B. At her office
C. At the neighborhood
D. At the committee office
17. If you have any question, please feel
free to contact Ms. Maryam. This
sentence has the same meaning as
.…
A. Ms. Maryam is always
ready to give information you
need
B. You are not charged if you
contact Ms. Maryam
C. Ms. Maryam will give you
questions freely
D. Ms. Maryam has questions to
ask
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number 18 to 19.
Please join us!
Are you ready?
Our school will have an English Debate
Competition
Participants: All students in our school
It will be held from 28th – 29th September
2018
Prizes:
I Rp 1.000.000
II Rp 750.000
III Rp 500.000
18. What is the announcement about?
 A. A school debate D. To inform about the new
B. school competition school year.
C. An English debate 22. Who do you think reads the
competition announcement ?
D. Extracurricular activities A. New students.
19. According to the text, the B. Senior students.
competition … C. Parents.
A. is only for students with good D. Teachers.
grade 23. ” Please be friendly….” . What is
B. is in the form of spoken the meaning of the underlined word ?
arguments A. Disturbing
C. will be held after school B. Interesting
hours C. Welcoming
D. will run for two days D. Attracting

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Read the following text to answer questions number 24 to 26.
number 20 to 23.
Announcement
Announcement
There will be a holiday camp next month.
This is a new school year and there are All scout must join this camp. The activity
many new students arround. Please be will take place at Bangunharjo camping sie
friendly and help them understand the rules and last for three days.
of our school
for further information, please contact Mr.
Principal Arkan.
Banyumas, May 12th,200
20. Where can you find the text ?
A. At a school. The Chief of
B. At a bookstore. Scout Organization
C. At a bank.
24. When will the activity be held ?
D. At a park.
A. In May
21. Why does the principal make the
B. In June
announcement ?
C. In July
A. To ask the students to nice
D. In August
and helpful to the new
comers.
25. If the camp starts in June 5th, when
B. To let the students know that
will it end ?
they have their junior.
A. June 6th.
C. To ask the students to contact
B. June 7th.
their parents.
C. May 12th.
D. May 25th.
 26. Who must join the activity ?
A. All students
B. All scouts
C. All chiefs
D. All Banyumas people
Read the following text to answer questions
number 27 to 30
I am so glad that today is over. So many
things have gone wrong. For some reasons I
didn’t sleep a wink last night. I was very
tired when Mum called me this morning. I
fell asleep again until Mum called me again.
That snooze made me late.
I did not have time for breakfast. I was
starving as I ran to catch the school bus. I
just missed it. Dad had to ride me to school.
He was late for teaching at his school and
he was furious with me. He scolded me for
being late.
I arrived at school on time. The teacher
asked us to hand in our homework. My
homework was not in my bag. I had
forgotten to put it in my bag the night
before. I usually check my bag in the
morning. I did not do this because I was late
I had to do extra assignment as a
punishment.
After Biology lesson, I did not tie my
shoelace properly. I tripped over it. And fell
down the stairs. I hurt my knee and had to
have a bandage on it. What a terrible day! I
hope that I have much better one tomorrow.
27. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To explain about something
wrong
B. To inform about the writers
activities
C. To entertain the readers about
the funny story
D. To retell about the writer’s
terrible day
28. The generic structure of the last
paragraph is called …..
A. reason
B. orientation
C. re-
orientation
D. complication
29. What made everything went wrong?
A. He got up late in the
morning
B. He got punishment from his
teacher
C. His came to school on
time
D. His bag was left at home
30. Which of the following statement is
NOT TRUE according to the text?
A. The writer didn’t sleep a
wink at that night
B. He didn’t hand in his
homework
C. He had breakfast before
leaving for school
D. His father rode him to school
Read the following text to answer questions
number 31 to 34
I really enjoyed my holiday in
Australia. Last Sunday I visited a marine
park called Sea World which is at surfers’
Paradise near Brisbane. It’s Australia’s
largest marine park and I had a wonderful
day there.
The first thing I saw was the
Oceanorium where you can watch all sorts
of sea fish and animal under water. There
were huge turtles, sharks, and a beautiful
tropical sea fish. The most exciting thing
was watching a man feeding the sharks. He
wore a special diving suit. Then I watched
the performance of sea animals. The saw
was in a big outdoor swimming pool. There
were killer whales, dolphins and sea lions,
and they did all sort of fantastic things in the
water. One of the girls in the show rode
around the pool on the back of killing whale,
and another girl rode underwater on the
back of a big turtle. After the saw I had
lunch. There were several big restaurant at
the park and I had lunch in a restaurant that
was shape like a ship! Then I watched a
wonderful water-ski show which was held on
a lake.
There were lots of other things to do at the
park. There was lake cruising, a train ride, a
big water slide, swimming pools, and an
incredible roller coaster called the
‘corkscrew’- because it goes three loops
upside down. But I wish I had gone on the
roller coaster ride before lunch rather than
after it!
31. Which of the following sea animals
is known as ‘killer’?
A. Sea lions
B. Dolphins
C. Seal
D. Whales
32. What is the main idea of paragraph
two?
A. There was a water-ski show held
on a lake.
B. The sea animals performed
fantastic things in the water.
C. The writer had lunch in one of
the restaurants at the park.
D. The writer visited the
Oceanorium to watch all sorts of
fish and performance
33. Which of the following had made the
writer very excited?
A. Watching a girl riding on a
back of a turtle
B. Watching a girl riding on a
back of a whale
C. Watching a man feeding the
shark
D. Water skiing on the lake
34. “There were huge turtles, sharks,
and a beautiful tropical sea fish.”
(Paragraph 2)The antonym of the
underlined word is …………
A. tiny
B. enormous
C. massive
D. wide
Read the following text to answer questions
number 35 to 40
On Wednesday, my students and I
went to Yogyakarta. We stayed at Dirgahayu
Hotel which is not far from Malioboro
On Thursday, we visited the temples
in Prambanan. There are three big temples,
the Brahmana, Syiwa and Wisnu temples.
They are really amazing. We visited only
Brahmana and Syiwa temples, because
Wisnu temple is being renovated.
On Friday morning we went to
Yogya Kraton. We spent about two hours
there. We were lucky because we were led
by a smart and friendly guide. Then we
continued our journey to Borobudur. We
arrived there at four p.m. At 5 p.m. we heard
the announcement that Borobudur gate
would be closed.In the evening we left for A. because there was no wisnu
Jakarta by wisata bus. temple
B. because wisnu temple was
35. The text above mainly discusses
amazing
about……..
C. because wisnu temple was
A. the writer’s trip to
too small
Yogyakarta
D. because wisnu temple was
B. the writer’s first visit to
being repaired
Prambanan
C. the writer’s impression about
the guide
D. the writer’s experience at
Yogya Kraton
36. The text is written in the form of
a/an………
A. Recount
B. Narrative
C. Report
D. spoof
37. The purpose of the text is to……….
A. tell past events
B. entertain readers
C. describe the smugglers
D. report an event to the police
38. What are the big temples in
Prambanan?
A. angkor wat, syiwa, and sudra
temples
B. paria, brahmana, and temples
C. brahmana, syiwa, and
wisnu temples
D. borobudur, syiwa, and
brahmana temples
39. When did they go home?
A. On Saturday morning
B. On Friday evening
C. On Thursday evening
D. On Friday afternoon
E. On Saturday evening
40. Why did they only visit Brahmana
and Syiwa temples?