COMPREHENSION EXAM

FOR NINETH GRADE

PART A
Read the text carefully and choose the best answer between A, B, C, or D.
The text below is for question number 1-3.

Tips to Improve the Public Speaking Skill

 Make sure that you have a good appearance.

 Speak clearly, and adjust your voice so that everyone can hear you.
 Don't shout for the sake of being loud.
 It is common to speak rapidly when nervous, try to take your time speaking.
 Effectively used, a pause in your speech can be used to emphasize a point, or to allow the
audience to react to a fact, anecdote or joke.
 Make an eye contact with your audience. This helps to build the trust and relationship
between you and the audience.
 Do not fidget or make other nervous gestures with your hands.
 Do not keep your hands in your pockets.
 Do use hand gestures effectively.
 Be yourself; allow your own personality to shine in your speech. (Adapted from
www.speechtips.com)

1. “Make sure that you have a good c. Make eye contact with your
appearance.” The underlined word is audience.
similar in meaning to …. d. Effectively used, a pause in your
a. Look speech.
b. Shape 3. What are the tips written for?
c. Fluency a. To make someone speak better in
d. Clarity public.
2. “This helps to build the trust and b. To describe how to write speech
relationship between the speaker and the script.
audience.” What does the underlined c. To tell the ways to prepare a
word refer to? speech.
a. Try to take your time speaking. d. To give speech delivery tips.
b. Speak clearly, and adjust your
voice.
The text below is for question number 4-6.
Interesting Letter Holder
Things you need:
 A shoebox
 Cardboard sheet
 Different colored glazer paper
 Glue
  Scissors
 Pencil, eraser, and sketch pens
Methods:
1. Take a shoebox without the lid.
2. Draw out a fishing boat on the cardboard and cut it.
3. Use glazed paper in different colors to stick on the cardboard boat so that
it looks bright and colorful.
4. Stick the boat on one side of the shoebox. Now your letter holder is ready
to use.

4. What should you do after drawing out a fishing boat on the cardboard?
a. Cut the cardboard.
b. Use the glue to stick it.
c. Stick the boat on the picture.
d. Draw the picture again and paint it.
5. What is the writer’s purpose to write the text?
a. To give complete description on shoeboxes.
b. To tell the way to make a letter holder.
c. To recycle shoeboxes for other purposes.
d. To tell readers how to make use of shoeboxes.
6. “Draw out a fishing boat on the cardboard and cut it.” What does the word “it” in the
sentence refer to?
a. The cardboard.
b. The fishing boat.
c. The scissor
d. The lid.
The text below is for question number 7-8.
Once a fisherman named Batara Guru Sahala lived in Batak land. One day, he caught
a fish. To his surprise, he found that the fish could talk! It begged Sahala to set it free.
Sahala did accordingly.

As soon as the fish was free, it changed into a woman. She was so beautiful that the
fisherman fell in love with her at once. He asked her to marry him. The woman agreed
to marry Sahala. However, she told him that he must never let out the secret that she was
once a fish. Sahala promised her that he would not tell anyone about it.

They were happily married,
fishing. His daughters would
the food to their father, the
his meal, he got very angry.
daughters of a fish.”
and had two daughters. Every morning, Sahala went out
bring him his lunch. One day, however, instead of bringing
girls ate it. When Sahala learnt what they had done with
He shouted at them, saying, “You behaved exactly like the

The girls did not understand what their father meant. They went home and asked their
mother about it. When they told her what he had said, she was very annoyed. Although
Sahala apologized to her later, she would not forgive him for breaking his promise.

Then, the earth began to tremble, and volcanoes started to erupt. The earth cracked to
form a big hole. People said that this hole became Lake Toba.

7. Why did the girls’ mother get angry with Sahala?

a. He broke his promise.
b. He did not get the food.
c. She apologized for the daughters.
d. The girls did not understand him.
8. What is the moral value of telling the story?
a. Father has to care all his daughters.
b. Children must obey their mother.
c. It is not good to break our promise.
d. We have to be good to our wife.
9. Arrange the following sentence into a good order.

Came when we Dona were tickets for queuing train

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

a. 4 – 5 – 8 – 7 – 9 – 6 – 2 – 3 – 1
b. 4 – 5 – 8 – 7 – 9 – 6 – 3 – 1 – 2
c. 3 – 5 – 8 – 7 – 9 – 6 – 2 – 4 – 1
d. 3 – 5 – 8 – 7 – 9 – 6 – 4 – 1 – 2
10. HOW TO USE AN ELECTRIC KETTLE
1) Third, plug the kettle in.
2) Finally, when the kettle beeps, the water is ready to use.
3) Next, press the button to boil the water.
4) First, put some water into the kettle.
5) Secondly, put the kettle on the stand.
The best arrangement of those sentences is
a. 4 – 5 – 2 – 1 – 3
b. 4 – 5 – 1 – 3 – 2
c. 4 – 5 – 1 – 2 – 3
d. 4 – 5 – 2 – 3 – 1

PART B
Answer these following questions with the best answers!
Questions number 1 to 3 are based on the following text.
Fill and answer the blanks with a suitable answer provided on the box!

FISH STICKS
Ingredients:
 1/2 cup whole wheat bread crumbs
 1/2 teaspoon paprika
 1/2 teaspoon salt
 1 large egg
 1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper
 8 ounces cod fillets
 Cooking spray
Steps:
 First of all, preheat the oven to 400°F.
 (1) , combine the bread crumbs, paprika, and ½ teaspoon salt on a shallow
plate.
 Then, beat the egg with a (2) after that set the two dishes aside.
 Next, cut the fish into several stick shapes. Season with salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper.
 Dredge the fish and transfer the fish to the prepared baking sheet and lightly coat with
cooking spray.
 Finally, (3) in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes or until the crumbs are
brown and firm.
4. Put the following sentences into Present Continuous. Use the words in parentheses!
a. Mrs. Anna (discuss) with one of our regular customers in that room.
b. My friends (park) his car near that building.
5. Put the following sentences into Past Continuous Tense. Use the words in parentheses!
a. The students (talk), when the teacher entered the room.
b. While Julia (clean) the apartment, her husband (read)
a magazine.

*Good Luck*