YAYASAN PENDIDIKAN ISLAM ABDI MASYARAKAT

MADRASAH TSANAWIYAH YAMAS DUMAI

Akreditasi. B No Statistik 121214720001 NPSN 10499319 Email. MTsYamas@ymail.com
Jalan. Soekarno Hatta Km. 14 RT. 04 Kel. Bukit Nenas Kec. Bukit Kapur Kota Dumai

PENILAIAN TENGAH SEMESTER

MATA PELAJARAN : BAHASA INGGRIS

KELAS/SEMESTER : IX / GENAP

TAHUN AJARAN : 2020/2021

Choose the correct answer by crossing a,b,c or d!

The text for questions no 1 -10.

The Legend of Kemaro Island

A story from South Sumatra

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom in the area of South Sumatra led by a king. The king had a
very beautiful daughter named Siti Fatimah. Besides her beauty, the princess was also well-known for
her kindness and good manners. Many young men fell in love with her. However, they dared not
approach her because the king wanted his daughter to marry a rich man.

Then a prince of China, named Tan Bun An, came to the kingdom to talk about the trades of the two
kingdom. The king wanted to collaborate with Tan Bun An as long as Tan Bun An shared his profit to
the king. Tan Bun An agreed with the king’s deal. He decided to stay in South Sumatra for several
months. 

One day, when Tan Bun An was in the palace, he encountered Princess Siti Fatimah and instantly fell
for her beauty. To his delight, the princess returned his affection. The two then promised to meet each
other whenever Tan Bun An came to the palace. They became lovers.  

After a few months, Tan Bun An decided to propose marriage to Siti Fatimah. He asked the king for
his daughter’s hand. 

“Your Majesty, I want to marry your daughter, Princess Siti Fatimah. We have met for a long time and
we suit each other perfectly,” said the prince.

The king, who was determined to marry his daughter only to a wealthy man, stated his terms.  “You
may marry her if you pay me the bride price.”

“What is the bride price, Your Majesty?” asked Tan Bun An.

“Bring me nine jars full of gold. After the jars are in my palace, you may marry my daughter,”
replied the king.

“I agree. I will write a letter to my parents asking them to send nine jars of gold to South Sumatra,”
said Tan Bun An.
The letter from the king of China finally arrived. He was willing to send nine jars of gold as the bride
price for Siti Fatimah. The lovers were overjoyed. Their dream had almost come true.

A few months later, the ship from China carrying the bride price arrived. Tan Bun An and Siti
Fatimah went to the Musi River to welcome the ship. Tan Bun An rushed on board and immediately
looked for the jar. He opened the cover of a jar, and behold, instead of the gold he expected, it was
filled with rotten vegetables! 

How frustrated Tan Bun An was! Enraged at his father, who played trick on him, he threw the jar into
the water. He opened the covers of all the other jars. Seeing the same rotten vegetables, he tossed
them to the water. However, when he threw the last jar, the jar crashed into the vessel wall. Pieces of
gold, hidden underneath the rotten vegetables, were revealed.  

Tan Bun An was aghast. It turned out his parents intentionally put rotten vegetables over the pieces of
gold to hide them from pirates. Realizing his mistake, Tan Bun An quickly jumped into the sea to
retrieve the jars. 

Siti Fatimah saw the whole incident. She waited anxiously for Tan Bun An to come out of the water.
However, he did not appear. 

“Prince Tan Bun An, where are you? Please return safely to me, or I will look for you in the sea,”
pleaded the princess.

“Please, princess, don’t!” said her maids.

“I must! My maids, if I don’t come back, there shall rise a mound in the middle of the sea. You shall
know that it is our graves,” said the princess.

Then she jumped into the water and never came back.  

The next day, in the middle of the Musi River, a mound appeared, rising higher and higher. It was
named Kemaro  Island, which means “the island of drought”, because it was never drowned by the
river even when the water overflowed.

1. Tan Bun An was in Palembang for ....

A. trading
B. studying
C. travelling on a city tour
D. introducing Chinese traditions
2. Siti Fatimah’s parents ... the proposal.
A. accepted
B. dropped
C. rejected
D. refused
3. Tan Bun An asked his men to return to China to tell the news and ....
A. to prepare a wedding party in China
B. to ask for some gifts from his parents
C. to ask his parents to come to Palembang
D. to prepare a lot soldiers to guard the wedding party
4. Why was Tan Bun An very upset when he saw what was on the ship?
A. Some of the vegetables and fruits were already rotten.
B. He expected the gift to be ceramics and jewelry.
C. The vegetables and fruits were too few.
D. He didn’t like vegetables and fruits.
5. What did Tan Bun An do to the vegetables and fruits?
A. He gave them to Siti Fatimah’s parents.
B. He sold them to get gold and jewelry.
C. He threw them into the river.
 D. He kept them on the ship.
6. Where did Tan Bun An do to the vegetables and fruits?
A. Inside the vegetables and fruits.
B. In the middle of the river.
C. At the bottom of the ship.
D. Inside the ceramics.
7. How did Tan Bun An feel when he learned of his mistake?
A. Overjoyed.
B. Exhausted.
C. Regretful.
D. Grateful.
8. What happened when Tan Bun An was swimming and diving in the river?
A. He succeeded in bringing all the vegetables and fruits back onto the ship.
B. He found a lot of jewelry at the bottom of the river.
C. He got very tired and weak.
D. A big fish attacked him.
9. What happened to Tan Bun An and Siti Fatimah at the end of the story?
A. They both drowned and died.
B. They died of a strange disease.
C. They went to China and lived there.
D. They got married and lived happily ever after.
10. What can we learn from the story?
A. We should not get angry easily.
B. We must take care of our belongings.
C. We must eat a lot of vegetables and fruits.
D. When living near the river, we should be good at swimming.
11. “Have you been informed about the exact number of victims of the airplane crash?”
“ Yes, ... to the headquarters of Garuda.”
A. they are fixed.
B. has faxed
C. the victims fax
D. it has been faxed
12. “The hotel is suffering a great loss.”
“Yes, only ten perfect of their rooms ....
A. being occupied
B. occupied
C. is occupied
D. are occupied
13. “Why arent’s you driving your own car?”
“It ...”
A. has sold
B. has to sell
C. has been selling
D. has been sold
14. “Why can’t I find the file on the annual report in the computer?”
“Because it ...in the flash disk.”
A. was not saving
B. not saved
C. did not saved
D. was not saved
15. “They had just been living in that house for two years when ...by fire.
A. destroyed
B. had destroyed
C. was destroyed
D. be destroyed
16. Handika looks very happy today. Don’t you know he ...to general manager.
A. has promoted
B. to be promoted
C. being promoted
D. has been promoted
 17. The window ... by the carpenter when you came.
A. is being repaired
B. was being repaired
C. has been repaired
D. has been being repaired

The texts for questions no 18 – 25.

MANTA RAY
Manta birostris

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Manta rays are the largest rays and are closely related to sharks. These harmless rays have a short tail and no
stinging spine. They are very acrobatic; they can even leap from the water. Remoras (Echeneida) are frequently
seen with mantas, staying near the manta's mouth (even inside the gill cavities). The remoras probably feed on
parasites on the manta's body and eat bits of the manta's food.

SIZE
These graceful swimmers are up to 29.5 ft (9 m) wide, but average about 22 ft (6.7 m) wide. The largest weigh
about 3,000 pounds (1350 kg).

COLOR
Mantas are dark brown to black on top with paler margins; they are mostly white underneath.

DIET AND FEEDING HABITS

Mantas eat microscopic plankton, small fish, and tiny crustaceans. They funnel the food into their mouth while
they swim, using two large, flap-like cephalic lobes which extend forward from the eyes.

TEETH
Mantas have no teeth, they sieve their food.

SOCIAL GROUPS
Mantas are solitary creatures.
HABITAT
Mantas swim in tropical seas, living both close to shore and in open seas.

DISTRIBUTION
Mantas are common and are found worldwide

SWIMMING
Mantas are graceful swimmers. They swim by moving their pectoral fins up and down.

REPRODUCTION
Mantas reproduces via aplacental viviparity. Females give birth to a one or two pups which are about 45 inches
(1.2 m) wide and weigh roughly twenty pounds (45 kg). Young mantas grow very rapidly.

MANTA RAY ATTACKS

Mantas are harmless to people and usually indifferent to divers.

LIFE SPAN
Unknown.

18. Manta rays are ...

A. the largest fish
B. fish with wings
C. fish with a long snout
D. the largest membervof the ray family
19. When swimming, manta rays ....
A. use their wings to fly
B. move forward and backward
C. propel themselves above water
D. flap their huge pectoral fins up and down
20. Manta Rays live in ....
A. the Indian Ocean
B. the North Pole
C. tropical seas
D. cold water
21. Mature Manta rays usually travel....
A. solitary
B. in pairs
C. in packs
D. in groups
22. Manta rays’food are ....
A. plankton, small fish and crustaceans
B. algae and shrimps
C. big fish and crabs
D. seafood and shell
23. Manta rays are considered to be mature when their ....reach about meters.
A. wingspans
B. lenghts
C. tails
D. bodies
24. Manta rays breed by....
A. laying eggs
B. giving birth
C. crossbreeding
D. hermaphroditism
25. Female Manta rays produce ....baby/babies at a time.
A. ten
B. many
C. one or two
D. hundred