Answer The Question By Choosing The Best Answer Between A,B,C,D Or E

TEXT 1

WHY THE SKY IS HIGH

A long time ago, the sky was close to the earth. When you stood up and stretched your arms, you could
touch it.
One day, a farmer brought some coconuts for his wife. His wife wanted to drink the juice inside. She
knocked on of the coconuts against a rock to break open the shell
“That’s not the way to do it, “her husband said. “You should cut it open with a knife”
He gave her his bolo or jungle-knife
His wife raised the knife to cut the coconut shell. “crack !”. As she lifted the knife about her head it split
open the sky and there was heavy rain.
The woman told the sky, “Will you please go a little higher? I can’t raise my knife high enough to cut this
coconut shell”
She raised the knife over her shoulder the second time. Once again, it hit the sky and there was thunder
and lightening
“You are still too low,” the woman said to the sky. “Please go higher.”
She raised the bolo a third time. It still cracked the sky. There was a typhoon, and the woman’s house was
almost blown away by the fierce wind.
“What are you doing?” cried her husband, “Can’t you even try to open a coconut shell without causing a
typhoon?”
“It’s not me,” his wife answered. “It’s the sky which is too low”. I need more room to use the knife.”
Finally, the woman became very angry. She looked up and shouted at sky. “You’d better do as I told.
Otherwise I shall cut you to pieces.”
The clouds rose and rose and the sky went up higher and higher. That’s why it is now so high.

1. What is the type of the text above?

a. narrative
b. descriptive
c.   report
d.  Recount
e. describe
2.  What is the social function of the text?
a. To describe about coconut shells
b.  To entertain the readers with fairy legend 
c. To inform readers about coconut shells
d. To describe how the farmers open the coconut shells
e. To crack the coconut shell open
3. Based on the text above, what made the woman get angry?
a. The sky went up too high 
b. He husband didn’t want to help her
c. Her husband forbade her to crack the coconut shell open
d. the farmers open the coconut shells
 e. The sky gave her rain, thunder, lightening, and typhoon

4. Which one of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the text?
a. A bolo is a jungle knife
b. The woman tore the sky for several times.
c. A very long time ago, the sky was very low
d. The farmer broke the coconut with the knife for his wife
e. The sky went up too high 
5. “She knocked one of the coconuts against a rock to break open the shell” (paragraph 2).
The underlined word can be replaced by__ .
a. Cut
b.  stroke 
c. Opened
d. Kicked
e. broke

TEXT 2

Kendari SAR Team Found 3 More Victims

            KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi, on Thursday a searching and rescue team found three more
victims from a ship that sank in Banda Sea, who had been missing since the incident occurred on Friday
last week. They were Aris Triono, the captain of Amami cargo Ship, Takub, a crewman, and Suharto, a
passenger.
            They were found on Thursday floating in waters close to Menui Island, Central Sulawesi Province.
The province is adjacent to South East Sulawesi Province, within those territory lies the Banda Sea. Two
other victims were earlier saved by SAR team in the Banda Sea on Saturday last week only a day after the
ship sank due to the bad weather.
            The SAR team is still searching for 10 crew members and a passenger still missing from the
incident, said Rocky Asikin, the head of Kendari SAR Team.

6. The communicative purpose of the text is ___ .

a. to retell past experience
b. to describe particular thing
c. to persuade readers to help victims
d. to the bad weather
e. to inform readers about an important  event

7. Why did the ship sink to the sea? It happened because ______
a. the weather was bad
b. the ship was broken
c. the ship was over loaded
d. there was a leak in the ship
e. to the bad weather
8. How many crew members and passengers included in the accident?
a. Two
b. Three
 c. Five
d. Sixteen
e. One
9. Who is the source of the news?
a. Rocky Asikin, the head of SAR team
b. Yakub, a crewman
c. Suharto, passenger
d. Aris Triono, the captain
e. Diman SAR
10. SAR team found three more victims.
The underlined word means ___ .
a. a passenger of a ship
b. a person that is injured or killed in an accident
c. a person who cures the sick people
d. a person who helps the injured people.
e. a team found three more

TEXT 3

Della and Jim Young, newly married, were poor. Jim’s wage was enough to rent only a very small
apartment. But there were two things of which each was extremely proud. Della had the longest and most
beautiful hair in all New York, thought Jim, as he watched her combing it; and Jim possessed a magnificent
gold pocket watch, given by his father.
            Christmas was drawing near, and Jim and Della began to think what present they could afford to
give each other. Della always noticed sadly, when Jim looked at his watch (which he did whenever he had
an excuse to), that it was fixed to the button-hole of his coat by common old leather strap. He really needed
a gold chain. And Jim often thought, as he looked at Della doing her long hair, how well it would looked if
only he could buy her jeweled comb to hold it in place. But a gold watch-chain or jeweled hair-comb would
have cost far more money than either of them possessed.
            Now it was Christmas Eve. With tearful eyes Della had counted the money she had saved for Jim’s
Christmas present for the tenth time 87 cents. “If only I knew ...” she thought. Then suddenly she had a
wonderful idea. She hurriedly putting on her old hat and coat, she ran down the street to the shop with the
notice “Hair bought”. She entered and an hour later walked out of the shop richer by 15 dollars, but without
her chair! On the way home she stopped at every watchmaker’s shop until at last she found exactly the
right chain to suit Jim’s watch.
            Returning home, with one dollar and 87 cents left in her pocket, she had just enough time before
Jim arrived home from work to wrap the precious gift. She also curled her remaining hair. When Jim saw it,
he was speechless. “Oh Jim, don’t look at me like that. It will grow again”, Della cried. “And I had to do it.
Here. She gave the parcel to Jim,” you see, “I had to sell my hair to get money for your present! Merry
Christmas, dear”.
            When Jim opened it, he collapsed on a chair. “I think we’d better put our presents away for a while,”
he said gently at last, “You see, I’ve sold my watch to but this comb for your hair”. He gave the package to
Della.
            Nodding while tears rose in her eyes too, Della gave Jim a brave smile and said, “Our gifts are the
best presents in the world, you know?”
11. What did Della do to get the money to buy her husband a Christmas present after she counted
that her saved money wasn’t enough?
 a. she didn’t want to spend the money she had saved
b. she couldn’t think what to buy for 87 cents money
c. She sold his long and beautiful hair
d. she thought Jim hadn’t saved any money
e. She gave the parcel to Jim
12. Della thought theirs were “the best Christmas present in the world” because they ___ .
a. had cost a lot of money
b. would be useful for a long time
c. how I could get some more money
d. she thought Jim hadn’t saved any money
e. showed how much they loved each other

13. Which one is TRUE according to the text?

a. Della and Jim were a well-to-do family
b. Della and Jim could give each other a Christmas gift
c. Della didn’t want to sell her long and beautiful hair
d. Jim finally gave his magnificent gold pocket watch to his wife as a Christmas present
e. When Jim opened it

14. She hurriedly putting on her old hat and coat (paragraph 3).
The word “putting on”  means ___ .
a. Charging
b. Ironing
c. Wearing
d. Washing
e. putting

Text 4
            Denpasar, Bali; Environmental Organization Fauna Conservation for Life (EOFCFL) claimed that
Bali is the biggest site of turtle trading in the country.
            In the period between May through to August 1999, it was reported, some 9,400 of the protected
animals had been traded.
            According to Putu Lisa Kusuma Mustika, a reptile expert from the Indonesian World Wildlife Fund
(WWF), tortoises have long been killed in several of Indonesia, with the highest number in Bali.
            “Most of them are consumed as food while some of them are used for traditional ceremonies,” Putu
told Antara.
            Besides its meat, Putu said, tortoise shells are also used as souvenirs for tourists.
15. The communicative purpose of this text is ___ .
a. To describe the threatened turtle in Bali
b. To tell the readers that turtles are threaten to extinct
c. To inform about important and newsworthy events 
d. To explain the important of protecting turtles
e. to Putu Lisa Kusuma Mustika
16. What is the main information of the article above?
a. Turtle trading
b. A reptile expert
c. The protected animals
 d. Fauna Conservation for life
e. World Wildlife
17. It can be concluded form the text that ___ .
a. Turtles  are not protected animals
b. Turtles are mostly traded in Bali 
c. Turtles mainly traded for souvenirs
d. Traditional ceremonies always require turtle
e. turtle trading in the country

Text 5
The sugar glider is a marsupial, just like the other Australia animals – the Kangaroo, the koala and the
wombat for instant. The sugar glider is a possum – very similar to the tupai in Indonesia. It basically lives in
trees. It eats leaves and fruit. However, the Australia sugar glider has a very special skill. It can jump from
tree to tree like a tupai but it can also ‘sort of fly’ as well. In fact, it glides or terbang laying in Bahasa
Indonesia. When it jumps from one tree to another it spreads its four legs out wide; and its extra skin also
spreads out and function like a parachute.
18. .       What does the text mainly tell us about?
a. The Koala.
b. The sugar glider.
c. The Kangaroo.
d. The wombat.
e. The Indonesia
19. Why can sugar glider jump from tree to tree?
a. It eats leaves and fruit.
b. It basically lives in trees.
c. It has a very special skill
d. It can spread its legs and skin out wide.
e. It koala and the wombat for instant
20. “ … it spreads its four legs out wide … “
The underlined word means …
a. executes         
b. expand
c. extends
d. examines
e. extra skin
Teks 6
Long, long ago, when the gods and goddesses used to mingle in the affairs of mortals, there was a small
kingdom on the slope of Mount Wayang in West Java.  The King, named Sang Prabu, was a wise man.  He
had an only daughter, called Princess Teja Nirmala, who was famous for her beauty but she was not
married.  One day Sang Prabu made up his mind to settle the matter by a show of strength.
After that, Prince of Blambangan, named Raden Begawan had won the competition.  Unfortunately, the
wicked fairy, Princess Segara fell in love with Raden Begawan and used magic power to render him
unconscious and he forgot his wedding.  When Sang Prabu was searching, Raden Begawan saw him and
soon realized that he had been enchanted by the wicked fairy.  The fairy could not accept this, so she killed
Raden Begawan.  When Princess Teja Nirmala heard this, she was very sad.  So a nice fairy took her to
the Kahyangan.
 21. Which one of the following statements is false about Sang Prabu?
a. Sang Prabu was a father of his only daughter
b. Sang Prabu was a king of a kingdom in West Java
c. Sang Prabu was  taken to Kahyangan by a wicked fairy
d. Sang Prabu was a wise man
e. Sang Prabu made u wisma
22. Why the wicked fairy did used her magic to make Raden Begawan unconscious?
a.  She didn’t like Raden Begawan
b.  She didn’t want Raden Prabu marry the princess
c.  She wanted Teja Nirmala to forget about her wedding
d.  She didn’t want the prince of Blambangan marry the princess
e. she forgot his wedding

23. What do you think will happen if gods or goddesses cannot mingle in the affairs of people in
the earth at that time?
a Raden Begawan
b.  Sang Prabu will not hold strength competition
c.  Raden Begawan will not die
d.  Teja Nirmala will stay in the Kahyangan.
e. .  Wicked Fairy will not take Raden Begawan’s life
24. So a nice fairy took her to the Kahyangan.  (Paragraph 2) The word her in the sentence refers
to…
a.  The wicked fairy
b.  The nice fairy
c.  Princess Nirmala
d.  Prince Teja
e. preince wiwi

25. The similarity between fairy and human according to the text.
a.  The place they live
b.  The jealousy that they posses
c.  The way they don’t feel a love
d.  The strength they have
e. The way that

Text 7

On Saturday night, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people
had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes’ time. Fifteen minutes
passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and
waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted,”It’s two minutes past twelve! The clock has
stopped!”
I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that moment,
everybody began to laugh and sing.
Vocabularies:
Saturday night: sabtu malam,
went: pergi,
 town hall: tengah kota,
last: terajhir,
large crowd: keramain yang besar,
gather: berkumpul,
under: di bawah,
stop: berhenti,
strike: tepat,
big: besar.

When did the clock stopped?

At 5.12 
At 11.55
At 12.00 
At 12.02
At 14.00
Why did the people gather under the Town Hall clock?
a. To welcome the New Year
b. To see the newly bought clock
c. To strike the laughing people 
d. To stop people who shouted
e. To stop to night
Based on the text, where was the writer?
At the center of the town
At home
AT the beach
At the market
At the moll
26. When did the event happen?
a. in the middle of the year
b. the end of the year
c. Christmas celebration
d. at the weekend as usual
e. in the middle of times
27. Which of the following is not true according to the text?
a. the writer was waiting to celebrate the New Year.
b. the writer brought a watch.
c. the writer was very happy.
d. The writer celebrated the New Year with his family.
e. the writer was waiting to big a clock
28. What probably happened when someone shouted that the clock stopped?
a. Everybody directly celebrated the New Year
b. everybody sings and laugh.
c. everybody looked for a watch.
d. everybody shouted too.
e. Everybody a time stopped
 29. What does the first sentence tell you?
a. The problem that the writer met 
b. The funny thing in the story
c. The opening of the story
d. The past event
e. The happynees
30. “It would strike twelve in twenty minutes’ time.”
The underlined word refers to …
a. the clock
b. author’s watch
c. the town
d. the place
e. the time

31. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall
clock.
What is the closest meaning of the underlined word?
a. Mass
b. Big
c. Many
d. lots of
e. smoll
32. .  “The big clock refused to welcome the New Year”
What is the synonym of the word ….
a. Reject
b. Accept
c. Admit
d. hate
e. late

33. Vey : I want to use this new juicer machine….

Salesman : Yes, Ma’am. First, you stand on the left side of the machine.
 
a. Let me tell you how to switch it on.
b. Could I possibly tell you?
c. Could you tell me how to operate it?
d. May I tell you?
e. on the left side

34. Nurjanah : What are you doing?

diana : ….
a. I will have to arrange the annual meeting.
b. I am checking my mails, and putting them in the agenda.
c. I have sent this insurance policy to a new client.
d. I met some clients this morning.
e. I will have tonight
35. Visitor : Why is this place so messy?
Host : I’m sorry. …. But we’ll tidy it up as soon as possible.

a. The office boy didn’t come this week.

b. The receptionist will inform you later.
c. Can you help us clean it?
d. It’s not a problem, right?
e. The soon as possible

36. acim : Will Mr. Sartono give a speech in the opening ceremony?
mela : … because he is still in Sydney.
a. He’s one of board directors.
b. He should be there now.
c. He’ll come here on time.
d. He may not attend it.
e. He is time

37. trisa: I need to go to the post offie. …?

mila : Sure. The key is on my desk.

a. Can I use your car?

b. Do you mind going there alone?
c. Would you like to drive the bus?
d. May I have some paper?
e. May i have car

38. dion: What’s your brother’s activity during the weekend?

agung : … . He’s fond of surfing.
a. He usually goes to the beach
b. He likes to stay at home.
c. He often hangs out with his friends.
d. He spends most of the time in the court.
e. He spends most

39. Intan : We haven’t met for ages. …

Nurwianti : Well, I regret to say that I am unable to do it, next time maybe.

a. Could you invite me to your new house?

b. Let’s drop in here for a cup of coffee.
c. Why don’t you contact me
d. I’ll introduce you to my new freand.
e. I regret

40. Linda : Did you know that Izhar got an accident?

Isah : Oh, dear. … Is he okay? And what actually happened?
Linda : A car hit him.
a. He should go to the hospital.
 b. That’s awful
c. He deserved to get it.
d. Don’t worry.
e. I will new car

41. riki : How did you get to Surabaya?

Subrek : … It’s really fun and exciting trip.
a. I got on a train
b. I stayed in the nearest hotel.
c. I drive through the cities.
d. I look for a bus.
e. I look a car

42. doma : What will happen if it rains?

dama : Well, I think so we must be careful in driving the car.
a. The sky would be cloudy.
b. The plants will be wet.B.      
c. The rain could be heavy.
d. The road will be slippery.
e. The rain swet

43. Nanda : I’ve spent almost half an hour to find the central post office. Can you show me where it
is?
toto : Of course ….
nanda : Thank you very much.
a. Find the post office, and you will see the tall building next to it
b. Go across this street, the clinic is next to the post office.
c. Go along this street. It is next to Aman Bank
d. Come to the town and I will show you the post office.
e. Go to held
44. Ikhsa : Excuse me, could you show me where the welcome drinks are?
Aziz : Sure, …. You can use the escalator.
a. Turn off the light and then put it down.
b. It’s on the second floor at the Singgasana Cafe.
c. Take a bus route number 16.
d. Keep walking two blocks.
e. Yes i can

45. Receptionist : Good morning, “Sederhana Restaurant”, can I help you?

Andra : Yes, ….
Receptionist : Certainly, sir.
a. Can I reserve two seats for the evening concert?
b. I’d like to book a ticket to Aceh.
c. I’d like to reserve a table for two.
d. May I book a single room for tomorrow?
e. I can nota drink
46. .  marwa : I’m thinking about quitting my studies.
M rian : Are you serious? What’s going on?
Marwa : I need to help my family’s financial problem …
a. I’m bored with my bad scores.
b. I don’t want to work for a bigger company.
c. I’m thinking about getting myself a job.
d. I’m thinking about becoming a good student.
e. I’m thinking about sinting

47. Siti awaliyah : My pay-check comes every Wednesday. I want to open a bank account, but my
car is still in the service station until next Tuesday.
Karno : Don’t worry, ….
a. I’ll find a registration card for you.
b. I’ll pick up your car tomorrow.
c. The bank will always waiting for you.
d. You can use my car.
e. still in the service station
1. A 21. C 41. A
2. B 22. D 42. B
3. C 23. A 43. B
4. D 24. C 44. A
5. B 25. B 45. D
6. C 26. B 46. C
7. A 27. A 47. B
8. D 28. A 48. C
9. A 29. B 49. C
10. B 30. D 50. D
11. C 31. C
12. D 32. C
13. B 33. A
14. C 34. A
15. C 35. A
16. A 36. C
17. B 37. B
18. B 38. A
19. D 39. D
20. C 40. A