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Read the text to answer questions 1 to 4.

The King and Macaw Parrots

Once upon a time, there was a king who had gone to visit neighboring kingdoms. He was gifted a pair
of baby Macaw Parrots by the king of the last kingdom where he was visiting. They were the most
beautiful birds he has ever seen. So, upon returning to his kingdom, he called for a bird trainer and
asked him to train macaw parrots.

The king also arranged a place in the palace garden for the parrots. He often looked at them from his
palace window. As time passed, one day the trainer came to the palace and informed the king that
though one the parrots was flying majestically high in the sky, the other one was not moving from its
branch since the day it had arrived.

Upon hearing this, the king summoned trainer and healers from the nearby kingdoms. They all tried
their best, but couldn’t make the parrot fly! He even asked his countries to try to find a way to make the
parrot fly but thay all failed. The parrot was not moving from his branchat all. Finally, after trying
averything, the king thought that maybe he needs someone who may be more familiar with natural
habitat. He asked his courtier to get a farmer from the countryside and take him to the parrot to see if
he can understand the problem with the parrot.

The next morning, the king was thrilled to see the parrot flying high above the palace gardens. He
asked his servant to call that farmer to meet him. The servant quickly went and located the farmer, who
came and stood before the king. The king asked him, “How did you make the parrot fly?”

With his hands folded with respect, the farmers said to the king, “It was very easy, your majesty. I simply
cut the brance where the bird was sitting.”

1. Why is the text written?

A. To inform us how to be a natural and successful pet lover.
B. To teach us to be able to explore one’s ability favorably.
C. To show us how to take care of a beloved pet.
D. To tell us how a person loves so much to a friend. MAIN IDEA
- 1st sentence.
- Last sentence.
2. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
A. The king summoned trainer to help the two birds fly high.
B. The king invited many experts to make the second bird fly.
C. The king and a farmer could not make the second bird fly.
D. The king understood his second bird’s big problem.

3. “Upon hearing this, the king summoned trainer and healers from the nearby kingdoms.”
The underlined word is closest in mening to …
A. needed NARRATIVE TEXT
B. ordered - to entertain or to amuse the reader.
C. visited - to give moral lesson.
D. called - to narrate a story.

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4. What is the message of the story above?
A. To get success, we must work hard and never give up working.
B. We prepare everything we need to face many kinds of problems.
C. Take your experience wisely, for we will use it to compare things.
D. We need to free ourselves from our comfort zone to explore new things.

Read the following text to answer questions number 5 to 8.

Two frogs had lived in a village all their lives. They thought they would like to go and see the big city
that was about ten miles away.

They talked about it for a long time and at last they set off to the city.

It was a hot day, and they soon began to feel tired. They had only gone a little way when one said to
the other, "we must be nearly there, can you see the city?" "No," said the other frog, "but if I climb on
your back I might be able to see it."

So he climbed up on the back of the other frog to see the city.

Now when the frog put up his head, his eyes could only see what was behind. And not what was in the
front. So he saw the village they had just left. "Can you see the city?" asked the frog who was below.
"Yes," answered the frog who had climbed up." I can see it. It looks just like our village."

Then the frogs thought that it was not worthwhile going any further. They went back and told the frogs
in the village that they had seen the city, and it was just like theirs.

5. What did they feel on their way to find a big city?

A. Happy
B. Glad
C. Sad
D. Tired

6. Why did one of the frogs climb on the other's back?

A. It felt tired
B. It was a hot day
C. It could not see the city
D. It thought it was worthwhile

7. " ...at last they set off to see the city." (Paragraph 2)
The underlined word means ....
A. Left
B. Gave up
C. Decided
D. Stopped

8. What is the moral value of the text?

A. Never do something useless with your friends
B. Never trust within a single opinion without other evidences
C. We have to accept whatever information we receive
D. We can always ask someone's opinions for anything

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9. Some of the hamburgers on the table ________________ by my children while we were
watching TV. SIMPLE > TO BE
- Present - IS, AM, ARE - Future - WILL BE
A. is eaten A : Xavier watch Aang on Netflix. A : They will visit Bandung tomorrow.
B. were eaten P : Aang is watched by Xavier on Netflix. P : Bandung will be visited by them.
C. was eaten
D. are eaten - Past - WAS, WERE
A : Diva bought a new iPhone.
P : A new iPhone was bought by Diva.
10. The computer store in our neighborhood ___________ last night.
CONTINUOUS > BEING
A. were robbing
- Present - IS, AM, ARE + BEING
B. robbed A : She is studying mat and science.
C. had robbed P : Math and science are being studied by her,
D. was robbed - Past - WAS, WERE + BEING
A : Khandra was playing piano.
P : Piano was being played by Khandra
11. Every year at least five houses _______________ in our neighborhood.
A. are robbed PERFECT > BEEN
B. rob - Present - HAVE, HAS + BEEN
C. are robbing A : Firas has studied English for 2 hours.
P : English has been studied by Firas for 2 hours.
D. were robbed

12. Thousands of cars ___________ every year.

A. are produced
B. producing
C. produced
D. were producing

13. Our house ____________ by solar power.

A. heats
B. is heating
C. is heated
D. was heated

14. Choose the correct passive form of this sentence: "His father didn't send him any money to buy
his own car." wasn't
A. He wasn't sent any money to buy his own car.
B. Any money didn't send to him to buy his own car.
C. His father wasn't sent him any money to buy his own car.
D. He didn't send any money to his father to buy his own car.

15. Choose the correct passive form of this sentence: "He informed everybody about the change of
the plan."
A. Everbody informed about the change of the plan.
B. He was informed about the change of the plan by everybody.
C. Everybody was informed about the change of the plan.
D. He is informed by everybody about the change of the plan.

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16. Choose the correct active form of this sentence: "She wasn't given any encouragement by her
mother.
A. She didn't give any encouragement to her mother.
B. Any encouragement wasn't given to her mother by her.
C. Her mother doesn't give her any encouragement when she needs.
D. Her mother didn't give her any encouragement.

17. Choose the correct active form of this sentence: "Chocolate is loved by everybody.
A. Everybody is loving chocolate.
B. Chocolate loves everybody.
C. Everybody loves chocolate.
D. Everybody is love chocolate.

18. Choose the correct active form of this sentence: " Have the police caught the man?”
A. Have the man been caught by the police?
B. Had the man been caught by the police?
C. Has the man been caught by the police?
D. Has the man had been caught by the police?

Read the text to answer the questions.

The most common causes of tsunamis are underwater earthquakes. To understand underwater
earthquakes, you must firs understand plate tectonics. The theory of palte tectonics suggests that the
lithospehere, or top layer of the Earth, is made up of a series of huge plates. These plates make up the
continents and seafloor. They rest on an underlying viscous layer called the asthenosphere.

Think of a pie cut into eight slices. The pie crust would be the lithosphere and the hot, sticky pie filling
underneath would be the asthenosphere. On the earth, these plates are constantly in motion, moving
along each other at a speed of 1 to inches (2.5-5cm) per year. The movement occurs most dramatically
along fault lines (where the pie is cut). These motions are capable of producing earthquakes and
volcanism, which when they occur at the bottom of the ocean, are two possible sources of tsunamis.

When two plates come into contact at a region known as a plate boundary, a heavier plate can slip
under a lighter one. This is called subduction. Underwater subduction often leaves enormous
“handprints” in the form of deep ocean trenches along the seafloor. In some cases of subduction, part
of the seafloor connected to the lighter plate may “snap up” suddenly due to pressure from the sinking
plate. This results in an earthquake. The focus of the earthquake is the point within the Earth where the
rupture first occurs, rocks break and the first seismic waves are generated. The epicenter is the point
on the seafloor directly above the focus.

When this piece of the plate snaps up and sends tons of rock shooting upward with tremendous force,
the energy of that force is transferred to the water. The energy pushes the water upward above normal
sea level. This is the birth of tsunami. The earthquake that generated the December 26, 2004 tsunami
in the Indian Ocean was a 9/0 on the Richter scale – one of the biggest in recorded story.

19. The main idea of the text is that …

A. a deep ocean trench is a result of an earthquake.
B. the energy of subduction can lead to earthquake.
C. tsunamis in the Indian Ocean are the biggest in the history.
D. strong movements of undersea fault lines cause tsunamis.

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20. “… the point within the Earth where the rupture first occurs, …”. (paragraph 3)
The underlined word has the closest in meaning with…
A. implosion
B. mound
C. fissure
D. camber

The following text is for questions 21 – 23.

Red Moon Tomato Soup

Ingredients:
- 2 ½ kg of very ripe tomatoes
- 2 medium onions
- 1 garlic clove
- 2 oz of butter or margarine
- 3 to 4 tablespoons of all-purpose flour
- 4 tablespoons of tomato paste
- 4 cups of hot water
- 1 teaspoon of sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoon of salt
- 1 pinch of pepper
- 4 fresh basil leaves, torn into pieces,

Steps:
1. Pour some boiling water over the tomatoes. After that, pour some cold water on them. This
makes them pop out of their skins easily.
2. Skin the tomatoes, cut out the tops, discard the seeds and dice the flesh.
3. Peel the onions and the garlic clove. Chop them finely.
4. Heat the butter or margarine in a frying pan and saute the chopped onion and garlic.
5. Sprinkle with flour and stir in the tomato paste. While stirring, add hot water.
6. Remove the frying pan from the heat and stir the mixture until the soup is smooth and there are
no more lumps.
7. Boil the soup again and add the diced tomato.
8. Cover the soup and let it simmer for about 10 minutes on low heat.
9. Add sugar and season with salt and pepper.
10. Pur the soup into a bowl and decorate with a few basil leaves.

21. How much tomato paste do you need?

A. Four tablespoons.
B. Four teaspoons.
C. A half bottle.
D. A bottle.

22. How do you skin the tomatoes easily?

A. By pouring boiling water over the tomatoes before pouring cold water onto them.
B. By boiling the tomatoes in a frying pan before pouring cold water onto them.
C. By peeling the tomatoes using a very sharp knife.
D. By popping the tomatoes out of their skin.

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23. “ . . . no more lumps . . .”
The underlined word has similar meaning to . . .
A. chunks
B. circles
C. flour
D. cubes

Fill in the blanks with appropriate conjunctions.

and if unless because or although yet while so but

and Santhosh are best friends.

24. Deepak ……….

or
25. Make sure you work hard ……… you will not be able to score good marks.

Although Anna does not cook much, she loves baking.

26. …………..

if
27. Let me know ……… you will be able to make it to the party.

but I really wish I could stay for some more time.

28. I have to go home now ………

so
29. I am not well, ……… I decided to take a day off from work.

Unless you work out regularly, you will not see any results.
30. …………

yet he was prepared to help me.

31. He had no money, ………

because I lost the map.

32. I could not find the place …………..

While I was walking on the street, I found a wounded dog.

33. ………

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