PART A

Read this passage for questions 1 to 3!

One day, a hound dog went hunting by himself in the woods. He saw a rabbit in the bush and chased
him out into an open. The rabbit ran. The dog followed. The rabbit ran around trees and through an
open field.

When the dog began to be tired, the rabbit, with its last energy, jumped into the bush and
disappeared.

As the dog turned back home, a goat herder who had seen the chase smiled at him saying, “Why did
you let that rabbit go?”

“You forget,” replied the tired dog, “I was only running for my dinner. He was running for his life!”

1. The story tells us about how……save his precious life.

A. the hound dog C. the rabbit’s friend

B. the poor rabbit D. the goat herder

2. The story happened….

A. on an open field C. around trees

B. behind the bush D. in the woods

3. What can you learn from the above story?

A. People should protect endagered rabbits
B. A big and strong hound dog is the best man’s friend
C. We should have a dog to chase any dangerous animals
D. One should make any possible efforts to safe his or her life

Read this passage for questions 4 to 6!

Long time ago a remote village, in central China, was inhabited mainly with farmers and hunters.

One day, a poor farmer lost his entire livestock because of flood. He prayed to God for help or his
family would die of starvation.

Few days later, an old man with long grey beard, passed by his house took pity on him. He gave him
a goose and said, “I don’t have any expensive thing to give you and hope this goose will help you to
ease your hardship.”
A week later to almost surprise the farmer found an egg in his yard. This was no ordinary egg. It was
a golden egg. He was suddenly overcome with joy.

Thereafter, his livelihood rapidly improved, but the farmer had forgotten his earlier hardship. He
became lazy, arrogant and spenthrifty.

Strangely, the goose only laid one golden egg every six months. The greedy farmer lost his patient
and slaughtered his goose thinking there were plenty of golden eggs inside its stomach.

Though he was very regretted for his foolishness, it’s already too late.

4. What is the text about?

A. A farmer who was saved by a goose
B. A goose which brought farmer’s hardship
C. An old man who helped a a golden goose
D. A golden egg which saved an old man

5. The story happened…..

A. In a remote village C. In unknown country

B. In all countries D. In the paddy-field

6. What can you learn from the above story?

A. People often regret because of misfortune.
B. It is useless to regret what happened.
C. We should feel sorry for anything that
D. Regrets will help people to overcome their problem.

Read this passage for questions 7 to 10!

A street sweeper was doing his job when he came across some money lying on the ground. He
decided to use it to buy a present for his little daughter. He bought a jar of honey, rushed home and
left it on the table, so that his daughter would find it as soon as she came from school. But, alas, it
was the flies that ate the honey.

The sweeper was so angry that he went to ask the judge to give orders for the flies to be arrested
and condemned to death.

“You are aboslutly right,” smiled the judge, “but as you well understand, we cannot mobilize the
army against these rascals. We shall see justice done in another way. Everytime you see a fly, strike
it down. I authorize you to execute them by yourself. Furthermore, I demand personally that you do
not allow even a single one of these thieving flies to escape.”

“Yes, your honor. You can count on me,” the sweeper assured him.

At that very moment, a fly decided to settle on the judge’s head and the sweeper did not hesitate;
he raised his brush and brought it crashing down on the judge’s head. The guards were about to
arrest him, when the judge recovered and intervened. “Leave him be,” he ordered. “he has taught
me not to say foolish to simpletons.”

7. What is the text about?

A. The street sweeter and the jungle. C. The guards and their masters.
B. The flies and the rascals. D. The court and the simpleton.

8. The text shows that the street sweeper……the flies much.

A. liked B. loved C. envied D. hated

9. “…….so that his daughter would find it as soon as she came home from school”. What does the
word “it” in the sentence refer to?

A. The honey C. The fly

B. The money D. The jar

10. What is the moral value of the story?

A. There is no justice for foolish people.
B. It is dangerous to talk to street sweepers.
C. A Judge should be more careful with his or her words.
D. We must be careful with stupid persons in this life.

PART B: Read the story of Dianne and answer the following questions.

Dianne the Heroine

Donnie and Dianne were twins. Although is the older brother and Dianne was the younger sister,
Dianne was always a head taller and five kilos heavier than him when they were growing up. The
other bad thing to Donnie was that Dianne was the biggest kid in class, while he was the smallest.
Kids in class had continually made fun of his size and lack of athletic ability. They would say, ‘Hey
Don! Your twin sister still beat you up?’ Or they would chant again and again at the school canteen,
‘Donnie, Donnie is so small, but his sister is so tall.’ Donnie believed that chant was hurtful to him
and Dianne, but he only felt his own. He took no notice of his sister’s feelings. When the kids made
jokes about her, like calling her ‘little Dianne’ for describing the reality of the bigness of his twin
sister’s body, it was even a relief for him not being the target of the jokes, and he did nothing to stop
the kids. Nothing seemed to bother Dianne, Donnie thought. He just assumed that her feeling was as
tough as her body. That was until the day she snapped.

There was a new girl, Jenny, who wore a thick glasses, and without them was nearly blind. The latest
chant that the kids had come up with was ‘Jenny’s small and fat, and blind as a bat’.

One day at a lunch time, Dianne and Jenny were standing together in line. Suddenly, David, a
student from my class, ran up behind Jenny amd snatched her glassed off her face. Everyone began
the chant as they carelessly tossed her glasses down the line.

Donnie watched Dianne’s face as it was happening. There seemed to be an anger brewing behind
her eyes. David had gotten the glasses back and was waving them around the air. That’s when it
happened. With one hand, Dianne grabbed the glasses from him and with the other hand, she hit
him in the face with such force that he fell over. Everyone froze in shock for a second until David
screamed ‘Get her!’ Some different students rushed toward Dianne. She held the glasses up as if to
protect them and looked panicked until she made eye contact with Donnie. ‘Dianne! Here!’ Donnie
screamed, gesturing that she throw him the glasses. She tossed the glasses to him, and he caught
them. She then faced the students who were rushing toward her. She skillfully defended herself by
knocking them down one at a time as they approached her. She stopped fighting only when no one
else dared move toward her.

Donnie brought the glasses over and gave them to David. ‘Say sorry and give Jenny back the glasses’,
he told David. The naughty boy said nothing. Dianne then glared over him and said ‘Say you are sorry
and give her back her glasses’ as she dragged him over to Jenny. ‘S-s-sorry…’ , said David as he
handed her the glasses. Jenny took them and her eyes round with shock.

Someone started clapping at that time. it was quiet at first, then almost everyone joined in. the day
marked a change for them all.

Answer these following questions!

1. Who were the twins?
2. Did both of them have the same built?
3. Why did Donny’s friends make fun of his size? How?
4. Did they do the same to Dianne? How?
5. Who bullied Jenny?
6. What kind of bullies did she get?
7. How did Dianne react with what was happening?
8. What did she do?
9. How did Donny participate in the action?
10. How could Dianne make David to say sorry to Jenny?