One day long ago, some sailors set out to sea in their sailing ship.

One of them brought his pet monkey

along for the long journey.
When they were far out at sea, a terrible storm overturned their ship. Everyone fell into the sea, and the
monkey was sure that he would drown. Sudden came dolphin and picked him up.
They soon reached the island and the monkey came down from the dolphin's back. The dolphin asked
the monkey, "Do you know this place?" The monkey said, the king of the island is my best friend. Do you know
that I am actually a prince?"
Knowing that no one lived on the island, the dolphin said, "Well, well, so you are a prince! Now you can
be a king!" The monkey asked, "How can I be a started swimming away, The dolphin answered, "That is easy.
As you are the only creature on this island, you will naturally be the king!"
1. Why could the monkey become a king of the island? Because ....
a. the monkey didn't drown and he was safe c. the dolphin took the monkey to the island
b. he was the only creature on the island d. the dolphin swam away after helping him
One day long ago, some sailors set out to sea in their sailing ship. One of them brought his pet monkey
along for the long journey.
When they were far out at sea, a terrible storm overturned their ship. Everyone fell into the sea, and the
monkey was sure that he would drown. Sudden came dolphin and picked him up.
They soon reached the island and the monkey came down from the dolphin's back. The dolphin asked
the monkey, "Do you know this place?" The monkey said , the king of the island is my best friend. Do you
know that I am actually a prince?"
Knowing that no one lived on the island, the dolphin said, "Well, well, so you are a prince! Now you can
be a king!" The monkey asked, "How can I be a started swimming away, The dolphin answered, "That is easy.
As you are the only creature on this island, you will naturally be the king!"
2. Where were the sailors when the storm overthrew their ship?
a. On an island. c. In the harbour.
b. On the dolphin's back. d. Far out at sea.
The Apple Tree and A Boy
Once upon a time, there was a huge apple tree which gave tasty apples to the people around it. There
was also a little boy who became a close friend that used to play with apple tree, climb its branches, sleep
under its shadow, pluck its apples, etc. Every day he visited the apple tree, and ate some apples. The tree and
the boy enjoying spending time together.
One day, the boy joined in school and didn't have a time to spend with apple tree. After several days,
the boy came to the tree. The apple tree was so happy and asked the boy to play. Unfortunately, the boy said
he was not a child anymore. He didn't want to play with the tree. But he asked another request to the tree. The
tree asked what the boy wanted. The boy said he needed toys, but his parents didn't have money to buy it for
him.
The tree said, "Dear my boy, I don't have any money to buy it for you, but you can pick my apples, then
sell them, get money and buy the toys you want The boy went happily to his home after plucking apples. The
tree was waiting to see the boy return. But he never came back for many years. The apple didn't produce any
apples anymore.
3. Who was the boy's close friend?
a. The apple tree c. His sibling.
b. The boy's parents In the harbor d. The people around him.
My mother is a beautiful woman. Her name is Mrs. Endang Mulasih but I usually call her “Mimi”. She is
quite tall and slim. She has black and curly hair. Her skin is brown. She has beautiful smile and she is 43 years
old now. My mother has a pointed nose and little eyes.
She is very kind and patient. She also loves to help people. She is a teacher of Junior High School.
She teaches Mathematics. I think Mathematics is a mother teaches it patiently. She is a busy woman but I
don't care about it, because she has full love for her family. She is a very good wife and mother for her family.
My mother likes cooking and she is a good cook. She always serves the most
delicious dishes for us. She also loves singing. My mother also can be a doctor for our family. When her
children are sick she gives us medicines. She is always with us until we get well. We can learn many thing and
we can discuss about friendship, hobbies, knowledge, etc. She gives us support if we face our problem.
Mimi never gets angry. She is like an angel for me. I always pray for her. I always try to make her
happy. I don't want to see her sad. I am very proud of her children. I really do love Mimi.
4. According to the writer, her mother is a great cook because ....
a. she prepares the delicious meals for her children c. she always takes care of her children well
b. she is fond of cooking the delicious dishes d. she likes singing while she's cooking
Balikpapan, 1st February 2015
Dear Ivan,
How are you? Hope everything is okay with you. I’m all right here.We are going to have the national
examination, aren’t we? Are you well prepared for it just have some difficulties in preparing for it, especially in
science. There are extra lessons in my school and I take them all. But, I feel that they don’t he solving
mathematic problems. I’m just worried that I fail the national examination so that I can’t enter my favorite
Senior High School. Do you have any really appreciate your help. I look forward to hearing from you.
Fahri
5. From the text we can conclude that ....
a. Fahri is a Senior High School student. c. Ivan is Fahri's brother.
b. Fahri is a Junior High School student. d. Ivan lives in Balikpapan.
Orchidaceae are a family of Monocotyledon. They have a single sleeding leaf and their floral part in
trees. Orchid family is the largest plant family which unique genera. Orchids are a cosmopolitan family found
all the way from within the Arctic circle, the Island South of Autralia, and mostly in Asia.
Most orchids have leave of longitudional parallel with visible crossing. The colour of orchids flower can
be varigated and display many different marking pink, and nearly black hues. Orchids feature thick white roots
that illustrate their origin as Epiphites, or the plants that grow on other plants.
Orchids grow in almost all types of environment. They do not grow in soil, but they live on the ground
while other grow perched on trees or rocks. Many in the green houses for sale to public.
6. Why are Orchids grown in the green houses?
a. To regenerate them. c. To be sold to public.
b. To be grown for hobby d. To avoid growing in soil.
One weekend, Ali and his family went to the zoo. They bought with him an ice-cream and he ran ahead
of his parents to greet his animal friends. Suddenly, There was a new addition to the zoo. The sign said that it
was an orangutan.
Ali laughed in delight and started jumping up and down. To his surprise, the orangutan imitated his
actions. When Ali scratched his head, the orangutan so happy that he decided to share the ice-cream with the
orangutan.Ali stretched out his hand, offering the ice-cream to the orangutan. It immediately grabbed his hand
and would not let go. Ali would not let it go either for back. Ali's parents who were coming, shouted at Ali to let
go of his ice-cream. The zoo keeper who heard the commotion came to see what was happen stick and rattled
it against the orangutan's cage to distract it. Another zoo keeper threw some food into its cage.
Fortunately, the orangutan decided to let Ali go. Ali was crying as his hand was bleeding. His parents
comforted him as well as they could. The zoo keep medicine on Ali's hand and bandaged it. They told Ali not
to feed the animals in the zoo anymore.
7. "It immediately grabbed his hand and would not let go". The underlined word refers to.....
a. the zoo c. Ali's hand
b. the orangutan d. the ice-cream
How to Avoid Heavy School Bags Dear Parents,
● Please ensure the following, in order to avoid your children from carrying heavy school bags :
● Ensure that your child follow the time-table strictly. Latest time-table is always available on the
school website.
● Encourage your child to use the school lockers.
● Ensure your child carries the bag properly. Put on both bag straps, do not carry on the
shoulder only.
● Always buy light bags
8. What is the communicative purpose of the text?
a. To describe the readers how the school bags are c. To give instructions how to make school bags.
b . To give us a tip how to avoid heavy school bags d. To explain us how to choose good school bags
Have you ever wondered how beautiful Japanese scenes are? Most of them are seen and dominated
by the the beauty of cherry blossom.
Cherry blossom has scientific name as Genus Prenus. It has been called as Sakura in Japan. Cherry
blossom belongs to the Rosaceae family. Now days, Cherry blossom is seen in some varieties such as; Yama
Zakura, Oshima Sakura, Amerika Sakura and many other types.
The main characteristic of cherry blossom is on the way it grows. The flower grows earlier than the
leaves. Cherry blossom have many colors. There are red. Mostly cherry blossoms grow in moist low and
highland. A place with a little bit moist and is protected from sunlight is best for its natural habitat.
9. Why are Japanese scenes beautiful?
a. As people can see cherry blossom mostly c. As cherry blossom has different varieties.
b. Because there is not any other flowers there d. As cherry blossom can only grow in Japan
Once upon time, there was a beautiful girl called Maria. She was tall, with black eyes, and long shining
hair. The color of her skin was light brown.
One morning, while she was collecting firewood, she met a young man. He looked like a hunter. He
was tall, handsome and very neatly dressed. No one where he came from nor did anyone know his name. He
did not tell Maria about himself. Maria and this young man became good friends for a long time each other.
Maria wished he would marry her. But the young man never proposed Maria. This made Maria unhappy. She
persuaded the young man to married The young man did not agree with Maria's idea. He told Maria that he
was not a human being. He was spirit from the sky. They were different and they married. Maria was very
surprised. She did not know what to say.
The young man said that he had to come back to the sky. He did not want Maria kno knowing the
truth. Maria was very disappointed and felt so sad. Maria held the young man's hand tightly. She did not want
to be separated from him. She blinding flash of light and the young man disappeared. Maria was frightened
when she knew that the man disappeared and he left his hand on Maria's. Maria ran to her house and buried
the man's hand in her garden. Soon, she saw a strange plant growing where she had buried it. The plant grew
fast an The color of the fruit is yellow looks like a man's hand with finger on it. That is how the fruit came to be
known as banana.
10. Maria was very disappointed and felt so sad because of the truth that .....
a. the young man was not a human being and had to come back to the sky
b. the young man was tall, handsome and very neatly dressed
c. the young man was the spirit of the sky and did not love her
d. the young man fell in love with her but she did not love him
One day long ago, some sailors set out to sea in their sailing ship. One of them brought his pet monkey
along for the long journey. When they were far out at sea, a terrible storm overturned their ship. Everyone fell
into the sea, and the monkey was sure that he would drown. Sudden the dolphin came and picked him up.
They soon reached the island and the monkey came down from the dolphin's back. The dolphin asked
the monkey, "Do you know this place?" The monkey said, the king of the island is my best friend. Do you know
that I am actually a prince?"
Knowing that no one lived on the island, the dolphin said, "Well, well, so you are a prince! Now you can
be a king!" The monkey asked, "How can I be a started swimming away. The dolphin answered, "That is easy.
As you are the only creature on this island, you will naturally be the king!"
11.The moral value of the text is ....
a. it is better to try and fail then to never try at all c. nobody believes a liar, even when he tells the truth
b. don't try to get what is not yours, you might lose all d. those who lie and boast may end up in trouble
THE LION AND THE FOX
One day the Lion, King of the jungle, told all the animals in the forest that he was sick and dying. He
told them to visit him to hear his last words. The Coat, Cow went into the Lion’s cave to say goodbye to their
king. The Fox who was very smart. Just waited outside and watched, none of the animals came out
Finally, after a long time, the Lion got up and came out of his cave and saw the Fox sitting there. The
Lion said to him, “Why don’t you come to visit me, i am sick and dying.” “The Fox answered, “Pardon me, your
majesty, but I did not wish to crowd you. I saw many animals go into your cave, but none of them came out, I
will stay outside in the fresh air”.

12. From the story we can learn that ....

a. we don't have to be kind to anybody c. we should be cunning to survive
b. we must be lazy to live d. we must be smart to keep alive
I have a favorite teacher at school. He is Mr. Bambang, My English teacher. He is still young. His age is
approximately 30 years. However, His face is quite creepy, his heart is very good. He has short hair that
always looks neat. He always wears glasses to cover his wide eyes. He has a pointed nose and white skin.
He is very kind to his students. He always gives logic advice or opinions when we need his help. He
makes his students love learning English because his comfortable atmosphere in the classroom. He always
has various ideas in teaching. I think he is a very creative and innovative teacher. His warm personal favorite
teacher. He makes friend easily.
He never comes to school late and he always goes to class on time. He is very diligent teacher and his
coming is always eagerly waited by the students. We love this teacher.
13. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?
a. Mr. Bambang does his duties as the school leader creatively.
b. The writer feels that he can make friends easily
c. The students enjoy their English learning with Mr. Bambang.
d. The most favorite teacher likes to be Mr.Bambang's friend.

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14. How long is the sale?

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Jasmine is an evergreen semi-vining shrub native to tropical areas of Southeast Asia, Africa and
Australia. The plants are usually up to 3 meters high an Jasmine is a climbing vine with oval, shiny leaves and
tubular, waxy-white flowers. It has small white star-shaped flowers. The Jasmine flower release after the sun
has set and especially when the moon is waxing towards fullness, thus it is associated with soothing peaceful
night-time moods. The leave,they have five to nine leaflets, each up to 2½ inches long.
The plant flowers from April to September. Jasmine is propagated by cuttings of nearly ripe wood in
summer. Cuttings are planted in 3-inch pots withi 6-inches when pot is becoming filled with roots. The soil
should be kept moist but well drained for optimum growth. Frequent pruning is required to grow size. Pruning
also helps keep an abundance of flowers, since flowers are produced on new wood. It grows in full sun to
partial shade. Fertilize monthly

15. The suitable title for the text above is ...

a. The Australia Plants c.Jasmine
b. The Jasmine Garden d.The Tropical Flower
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16. What is the purpose of the text above?

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