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Long time ago, in Girah Village, there lived Calon Arang, an old, powerful woman. She
had magical power. She had a very beautiful daughter, Ratna Mangali. Yet, nobody wanted to
marry her because they were afraid of her mother. People began to talk about Ratna Mangali.
Calon Arang loved her daughter very much. When she heard people talking about Ratna
Mangali, she got very angry. She cursed the village so the villagers got very ill and died. Soon
the king heard the story and sent his best men to arrest her but they all failed. Then the king
called Mpu Baradah for his help. He sent his student, Mpu Bahula to marry Ratna Mangali.
Calon Arang was very happy. Then she gave her daughter a big wedding party.
One day, Mpu Bahula asked Ratna Mangali to steal her mother’s magic book. She took
it when her mother was deep in sleep. Then she gave it to her husband. Then Mpu Bahula gave
it to his teacher, Mpu Barada. Knowing Calon Arang’s magic secret Mpu Barada came to Girah
Village. Calon Arang and Mpu Barada had a fight. Calon Arang lost the fight because she did
not have her magic book any more.
D., Sari K. 2014. Bupena Bahasa Inggris SMA/MA Kelas X. Jakarta : Erlangga.

1. What is the purpose of the text c. Calon Arang arranged her

above?
a. To inform aboout important
event of Calon Arang.
b. To describe the power of Calon
Arang.
c. To tell how Mpu Bahula defeated
Calon Arang.
d. To entertain the readers a story
about Calon Arang.
e. To explain why the villagers got
ill and died.
2. Why did nobody want to marry
Ratna Mangali? Because ...
a. she loved the king
b. she had a magical book
c. they scared of her mother
d. she was not beautiful
e. she was powerful woman
3. Which statement is true based on
the text above?
a. Ratna Mangali cursed the
villagers that talked about her
mother
b. Mpu Bahula asked Mpu Barada
to marry Ratna Mangali
wedding party as big as possible
d. Ratna Mangali did not obey her
husband to take the magic book
e. Calon Arang was defeated by
Mpu Barada
4. What made Calon Arang has big
power?
a. She had a big love to her
daughter.
b. She had a great magic book.
c. She learned from Mpu Barada.
d. She got the king’s blessing.
e. She practiced with the villagers.
5. “Soon the king heard the story and
sent his best men to arrest her but
they all failed.” (Paragraph 2).
The underlined word has the closest
meaning with...
a. Catch
b. Punish
c. Jail
d. Summon
e. Fight
 One Sunday, Putri Sidharta visited her friend, Rita Arfi’s house in Tuntang. Her
house is facing a big lake. People call it Rawa Pening Lake. Rita told Putri the story of
Rawa Pening Lake. It happened that Ki Ajar had a baby son, but amazingly the baby
was a snake. He named his son Baru Klinting. He ordered the snake to meditate in
Mount Sileker to become a human.
One day, the people of Benerawa went hunting. They found a big snake and cut it into
pieces. They did not know that it was Baru Klinting.
The soul of Baru Klinting turned into a small boy. He begged for food in the village of
Benerawa. But no one cared of him and some boys even mocked him. The little boy then
planted a stick. When he pulled the stick out of the ground, water sprung out of the hole.
Gradually, it became a big flood. All the Benerawa villagers were drowned. Only an old poor
widow was safe because she helped the boy by giving him some porridge and drink.
Nowadays, the area is a big lake called Rawa Pening. It is located in Semarang Regency.

Grace, Eudia dan Th. M. Sudarwati. 2007. Look Ahead 2 An English Course. Jakarta :
Erlangga.

6. What does the text tell you about? a. There was heavy rain for couple
a. Rita Arfi’s house facing a big of days
lake b. The stick pulled by Baruklinting
b. A story of how Rawa Pening lake sprung water
created c. They were cursed by the dead
c. Benerawa’s bad villagers snake
d. A little boy who planted a stick d. Ki Ajar prayed to ask for flood
e. A generous poor widow e. An old poor widow’s tears
7. Who was Baru Klinting? created flood
a. The son of Putri Sidharta 9. “They found a big snake and cut it
b. The guardian of Mount Sileker into pieces” (paragraph 2). The
c. The snake hunter from Tuntang underlined word refers to....
d. The snake that turned into a boy a. Rawa Pening lake
e. The beggar from Benerawa b. Baru klinting
8. How could the villagers of Benerawa c. Mount Sileker
be drowned? d. Benerawa
e. Planted stick

A long time ago, in Bangka, lived a hunter. His name was Umpit. He was called
Umpit because he always went hunting using his blowpipe. The villagers liked him very
much because he was a nice person. Umpit often hunted the wild hogs. Those animals
often destroyed the villagers’ plantations.
Pak Raje was the richest man in the village. Nobody liked him. He was very
stingy. He did not like to donate his money. One day, he asked Umpit to hunt the wild
hogs. Umpit agreed. At night, he waited at Pak Raje’s plantation. While he was waiting,
suddenly seven wild hogs entered the plantation.
Then, whoosh! One of the hogs was shot. Amazingly, the hog diaspperead. Umpit
could not find the hog anywhere. However, he found bloodshed on the ground. He
followed the blood trail. It went ot the jungle. Finelly thr blood trail stopped in a big
cave. Slowly, he entered the cave. Then he heard a voice. “Who are you?”
“My name is Umpit. I’m looking for wounded hog. I shot it using my blowpipe.”
 “So, it’s you!” you are the man who hurt my daughter!” slowly a woman
appeared in front of him. “Come, follow me,” sid the woman. She then pointed a girl.
She was wounded. Her leg was bleeding.
“She was not a real hog. We are the goddest of the jugle. I will forgive you, but
you have to cure my daughter.”
Umpit was so scared. He did not know that it was not the real hog. He then took
some leaves. He knew some medication because his parents taught him before. He put
the leaves on the wound. After a while, the girl was cured. The woman then gave Umpit
a present. Umpit immediately went home. He ran very fast. At home, Umpit immediately
opened the present. Wow! He got jewelries, gold, and diamond. Umpit sold the jewelries
and now he became a rich man.
10. The following statemets are true, e. Emerged
except . . . 14. From the text, we know that the
a. Umpit sometimes was a nice hog...
person a. Was a dangerous animal
b. Umpit would only hunt using a b. Was really deity
blowpipe c. Came from plantation
c. Umpit often killed wild hogs d. Hurt Umpit
d. Umpit was a bad hunter e. lived in the village
e. Umpit hunted destructive 15. Why Umpit was so scared?
animals a. Because he was afraid of the hog
11. What does paragraph 2 tell us b. Because the hog ran after him
about? c. Because he was not ready to see
a. Pak Raje was only the richest blood
man in Bangka d. Because he shot a demigod
b. Umpit hunted at pak Raje’s e. Because he was scolded by pak
plantation Raje
c. Nobody liked pak Raje 16. What is the moreal values of the
d. Umpit helped pak Raje text?
e. Seven wild hogs ran rampantly a. Take a pity on wild animals
at the plantation b. Every rich man is evil
12. “It went ot the jungle.” (paragraph c. Beware hogs in the jungle
3, line 3) d. Don’t be stingy
The word “it” refers to . . . . e. Virtue bears good fortune
a. Umpit 17. How did Umpit become rich?
b. Pak Raje Because ...
c. The hog a. He got donation from the
d. The blowpipe villagers
e. A hunter b. He received a prize from pak
13. Amazingly, the hog disappeared. Raje
The word ‘disappeared’has similar c. He earned much money by his
meaning to words below, except..... hunting skill
a. Vanished d. He got valueable present from
b. Ceased the goddess
c. Faded away e. He took care of wounded hog
d. Be gone
 Thousands of years ago, in China, there was an emperor, Shi Huang. He made
people from all over China work on the Great Wall. The work was long and hard. Many
workers died.
A beautiful woman, Meng Chiang-nu, lived with her husband in a small village.
Her husband had to go north to work on the Great Wall. It was very, very cold in the
north. He was gone for many months.
One day, Meng Chiang-nu went to find her husband. She walked for days and
days. She walked across rivers and mountains. Finally, she reached the Great Wall.
"Where is my husband?" she asked.
"Oh, he died long ago," a man said. "We buried him here, by the wall." Meng
Chiang-nu cried. She cried for days, and many people cried with her. Their tears made
a river 300 meters long. They cried so hard that a part of the wall fell down.
When the emperor heard about the woman, he came to see what had happened.
He saw her crying, and fell in love with her. "Will you marry me?" he asked. "I will marry
you." Meng Chiang-nu said. "But first, you must build a tomb for my husband." The
emperor agreed.
When the tomb was finished, Meng Chiang-nu wouldn't marry the emperor. She
jumped into the river. "Catch her! Catch her!" the emperor shouted. But Meng Chiang-
nu became a beautiful silver fish. She swam away, into the green-blue water.
a. The emperor destroyed it
himself
18. Why did Meng Chiang nu travel to
b. The workers' shouting made it
the Great Wall of China?
fall down
a. To find her husband
c. Meng Chang-nu’s crying
b. Her husband asked her to
brought it down
c. To work on the Wall
d. The workers hit it and made it
d. To visit the Great Wall
fall down
e. To marry the emperor
e. The construction wasn’t strong
19. Which word describes Meng Chiang-
enough
nu's trip to the Great Wall?
21. In line 19, what does shouted
a. Hard
mean?
b. Impossible
a. Whispered
c. Easy
b. Said loudly
d. Joyful
c. Said softly
e. Touched
d. Asked
20. What made part of the wall fall
down?