PENILAIAN TENGAH SEMESTER

BAHASA INGGRIS KELAS 9 SEMESTER GENAP 2021/2022

Once upon a time, a rabbit lived in a forest with a lion. The lion looked down upon the
rabbit. He often insulted her and beat her. The rabbit could stand it longer. She made up her
mind to get rid of the lion by a trick.
One day, the rabbit came to the lion and said, ”Good morning, Sir! Just then, I saw an
animal over there that looked just like you. He said that he was the king of all the animals in
the forest. He told all of us to obey him and be a servant.”
“Didn’t you tell him about me?” roared the lion. “Yes, I did,” said the rabbit. “I told him
how strong you were, but he said that no animal was as strong as he was.” The lion was very
angry and roared. ”Where is he? Where is he?”
The rabbit took the lion to a deep well and said, “He is down over there in the well.”
Immediately, the lion hastened to the well and looked angrily at the water. “Yes, there he is.”
He flew down at his enemy into the well and was drowned.

1. Why did the rabbit make a trick to get rid of the lion? Because....
A. The rabbit could not stand on the body of the lion
B. The lion and the rabbit lived together in a forest
C. The rabbit was often insulted by the lion
D. The lion did not look down upon the rabbit

2. “I told him how strong you were, but he said...” (Paragraph 3) The underlined word
refers to....
A. The big lion
B. The king of the jungle
C. The rabbit and the lion
D. An animal in the forest who looked like a lion

3. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. The lion flew down at his enemy into deep well
B. The rabbit showed the place of the lion’s enemy
C. The animal and the lion were dead together
D. The enemy flew down into the well

One day a man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted to send it
to his mother who lived far in another town through a delivery company. Meanwhile he was
looking at sad young girl who was sitting in front of the flower shop. He asked her what was
wrong and she replied, “I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother but my money is not
enough”. The man smiled and said, “Come on in with me I’ll buy you a rose.” He bought the
little girl a rose and he ordered for his own mother flowers too.
After buying a rose flower for the girl the man offered the girl a ride to her home. She
said” yes please! You can take me to my mother. She directed him to a cemetery. The girl
placed the rose on her mother’s fresh grave. Knowing the girl’s mother had died the man
realized that he must show his love to his mother while she was still alive. Then the man
returned to the flower shop. He cancelled the flower delivery order picked up the rose flower
and drove to reach his mother’s house.
4. We can learn that we have to….
A. Show our loves to our mother
B. Buy flowers for our mothers
C. Keep our mother alive
D. Obey to our mother

5. What did the man do after buying the girl a red rose?
A. He gave her a ride to her home
B. He took the girl to her mother’s cemetery
C. He went to his own home
D. He placed the rose on his mother’s grave

6. The main idea of the first paragraph is ….

A. A sad girl was thinking of her mother
B. A man helped a girl by buying her a flower
C. A girl needed a man to deliver her a flower
D. A man bought a flower for a girl

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom in Java that was attacked by another kingdom.
The king asked his Queen to save her life. Alas! In the middle of the jungle, the enemy killed
all her guards. However, the Queen was lucky because she changed herself into a golden
snail and survived.
One day, an old woman saw the snail and took it home. She looked after it. Whenever
the old woman was not at home, the snail turned into a human being. She cooked and did the
household chores. When the old woman got home, the Queen quickly changed into a snail
again. It happened several times and made the old woman curious. One day, the old woman
peeped and saw what was going on. She broke in, immediately. She asked, "Why did you
change yourself into a snail?". The Queen told her what happened. The old woman was
surprised to know that the snail was a Queen.
Later, from the head of the village they discovered that the king had won the battle and
he was looking for his wife. Then the village head sent a message to the king telling him that
his wife was safe.
Several days later, the King and his guards came for the queen. They thanked the
villagers for their kindness and brought the old women to their palace.

7. What happened when the old woman found the snail?

A. She reported it to the head of the village
B. She helped it to find the queen's husband
C. It helped cleaning and cooking in her house
D. She brought it to her house and took care of it

8. What does the second paragraph tell you about?

A. The queen lived as a golden snail
B. The enemy who attacked the kingdom
 C. The old woman who looked after a snail
D. The king's guards who were killed by enemy

9. In the end of the story, the old woman lived in ....

A. The king's palace
B. A small village
C. The village heads
D. The middle of the jungle

A long time ago, there were two animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was the name of a shark
and Baya was a crocodile. They lived in a sea.
Once Sura and Baya were looking for some food. Suddenly, Baya saw a goat. "Yummy,
this is my lunch," said Baya. "No way! This is my lunch. You are greedy," said Sura. Then
they fought for the goat. After several hours, they were very tired. Feeling tired of fighting,
they lived in the different places. Sura lived in the water and Baya lived in the land. The
border was the beach, so they would never fight again.
One day, Sura went to the land and looked for some food in the river. He was very
hungry and there was not much food in the sea. Baya was very angry when he knew that Sura
broke the promise. They fought again. They both hit each other. Sura bit Baya’s tail. Baya
did the same thing to Sura. He bit very hard until Sura finally gave up and went back to the
sea. Baya was happy.

10. What for did Sura and Baya fight?

A. A goat
B. A shark
C. A crocodile
D. An animal

11. Why was Baya angry when he saw Sura one day?
A. Sura gave up
B. Sura looked for some food
C. Sura broke the promise
D. Sura fought again

12. “Then they fought for the goat . . . ” (Paragraph 2 line 2) The word ‘they’ refers to . . . .
A. the food
B. the sea
C. the lunch
D. Sura and Baya

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.

13. 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

14. Why did the wicked fairy 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

15. Sang Prabu was a wise man. The word “wise” has the closest meaning with …
A. Careless
B. Foolish
C. Ignorant
D. Educated

16. So a nice fairy took her to the Kahyangan. (Paragraph 3) The word “her” in the sentence
refers to…
A. The wicked fairy
B. The nice fairy
C. Princess Teja Nirmala
D. Princess Segara

17. Where was Mount Wayang?

A. West Java
B. Central Java
C. East Java
D. Kahyangan

A long time ago, there lived on the island of Bali a giant-like creature named Kbo Iwo.
The people of Bali used to say that Kbo Iwo was everything, a destroyer as well as a creator.
He was satisfied with the meal, but this meant for the Balinese people enough food for a
thousand men.
Difficulties arose when for the first time the barns were almost empty and the new
harvest was still a long way off. This made Kbo Iwo wild with great anger. In his hunger, he
destroyed all the houses and even all the temples. It made the Balinese turn to rage.
So, they came together to plan steps to oppose this powerful giant by using his stupidity.
They asked Kbo Iwo to build them a very deep well, and rebuild all the houses and temples
he had destroyed. After they fed Kbo Iwo, he began to dig a deep hole.
One day he had eaten too much, he fell asleep in the hole. The oldest man in the village
gave a sign, and the villagers began to throw the limestone they had collected before into the
hole. The limestone made the water inside the hole boiling. Kbo Iwo was buried alive. Then
the water in the well rose higher and higher until at last it overflowed and formed Lake Batur.
The mound of earth dug from the well by Kbo Iwo is known as Mount Batur.

18. Which the following fact is true about Kbo Iwo?

A. Kbo Iwo is a destroyer that cannot make anything
B. Kbo Iwo was angry because his food was stolen by Balinese people
C. Kbo Iwo destroyed all the house but not the temple
D. Kbo eat food was equal for food of thousand people

19. Why did Kbo Iwo feel angry to the Balinese people?
A. Because Balinese people ate his meal
B. Because Balinese people took his food so his barns was empty
C. Because Balinese people didn’t give him food
D. Because Balinese people were in hunger

20. According to the story, if Kbo Iwo is never existed in Bali Island, what do you think will
happen?
A. There will be no Bali Island
B. Bali People will never be angry
C. All Bali people will live in a prosperous way
D. We are not able see the beauty of Lake Batur

21. What is mount Batur?

A. A well dug by Kbo Iwo
B. The mountain build by Kbo Iwo
C. A mound of earth dug from the well by Kbo Iwo
D. A home build by Balinese people to Kbo Iwo

Once upon a time, a peacock and a crane took a walk through the woods. Suddenly, the
peacock very proudly spread his very beautiful feathers on his tail and asked the crane
whether he had ever seen such beautiful feathers or not.
The crane kept smiling and quiet for a moment and then immediately flew high up into
the air. He called out to the peacock to follow him if he could. He flew high above the
peacock for a while and then said, “You boast about your lovely feathers which are indeed
beautiful, but what for are they if they do not help you fly?”. The peacock cried and realized
that he made mistake. He promised not to boast but appreciate others.

22. Where were the peacock and crane at that time? They were in the . . . .
A. beautiful nest
B. cark cave
C. woods
D. blue sky

23. After reading the story, we learn that . . . .

A. We have to boast about our capability
B. We may not be arrogant
C. We must not be naughty
D. We have to be serious

24. “You boast about your lovely feathers which are indeed beautiful...”(paragraph 2)
The word “ you” refers to....
A. peacock
B. crane
C. the writer
D. peacock and crane

Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow Blue. She lived with her aunt
and uncle because her parents were dead.
One day she heard her uncle and aunt talking about leaving Snow Blue in the castle
because they both wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to take Snow
Blue.
Snow Blue didn’t want her uncle and aunt to do that so she decided that it would be
best if she ran away. The next morning, she ran away into the woods. She was very tired and
hungry. Then she saw a little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside
and fell asleep.
Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work. There they found Snow
Blue sleeping. Then Snow Blue woke up. She saw the dwarfs.
The dwarfs said, “What is your name?” Snow Blue said, “My name is Snow Blue.”
Then, Snow Blue told the dwarfs the whole story. The dwarfs said, “If you want, you may
live here with us.” Snow Blue answered, “Oh, could I? Thank you.”

Finally, Snow Blue and the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after.

25. Why did Snow Blue run away to the woods?

A. Her parents passed away
B. Her uncle was angry with her
C. Her uncle and aunt would go to America
D. Snow Blue was happy to run away

26. The purpose of this text is….

A. to inform the readers about important and newsworthy events
 B. to entertain readers with fairytale
C. to share an unusual event
D. to describe about dwarfs

27. Where did Snow Blue live in the woods?

A. She lived in the cave
B. She lived in the lion nest
C. She lived everywhere in the woods
D. She lived in the dwarfs’ cottage

Little Red Riding Hood

One day there was a little girl named little red riding hood. She was asked by her
mother to deliver cake to her grandmother. When she was heading for his grandmother’s
house, little riding hood met a wolf. “Where are you going, a little girl?” The wolf asked.
“I’m willing to give this cake to my grandmother” replied little riding hood.
The wolf had an evil plan that he wanted to eat them both. Then he ran through a
shortcut to her grandmother’s house. After arriving to grandmas’ house, he knocked on her
door. When Grandma opened the door, the wolf caught her and locked her in a closet. The
bad wolf then wore Grandma’s clothes and laid in bed, waiting for Little Red Riding Hood.
When little riding hood arrived, the wolf in disguise told her to come in. little riding
hood did not realize that it was the wolf. Then the wolf ate a little riding hood and her
grandmother. After eating them, the wolf fell asleep beside the river. Suddenly, a woodcutter
came; he saw a large wolf’s belly and knew what had been done by the wolf. Then he saved
them by releasing them out from the belly of the wolf and filled the wolf’s stomach with a big
stone. Then he threw the wolf into the river.

28. What is the story about?

a. A kind wolf who wants to help little riding hood
b. A little riding hood meet wolf
c. Grandma asked wolf to take little riding hood
d. A bad wolf who wanted to eat little riding hood and grandma

29. Why did little riding hood do not realize the wolf who pretended as her grandma?
A. Because she was blind
B. Because she was daft
C. Because the wolf wore little riding hood’s clothes
D. Because the wolf wore grandma’s clothes

30. Who did save little riding hood and her grandma from the wolf?
A. The woodcutter
B. The stranger
C. The grandfather
D. The little riding hood’s mother