I. Choose one of the right answers!
Text 1 is for questions no. 1 – 5
The Princess and the Pea
Once upon a time there was a prince he wanted to get himself a princess, but
she had to be real princess. So he traveled all over the world to find one, but
in every case something was the matter. There were lots of princess, but he
could never quite make out whether they were real or not. So he came home
feeling very unhappy, for really wanted to find a true princess.
One evening a terrible storm came; lightening flashed, thunder rolled, and the
rain poured down in torrents-it was simply awful! Suddenly there was a knock at
the city gate, and the old king went out to answer it.
There was a princess standing outside, but what a sight the rain and the bad
weather had made of her! The water streamed down her hair and her clothes, and
yet she said she was a real princess.
“It won’t take long to find that out,” thought the old Queen. Without saying
anything, she went into bed chamber, took off all the bedclothes, and places
one pea on the bottom boards of the bed. Then she took twenty mattresses and
put them on top of the pea, and after that she put twenty feather-pillows on
top of the mattresses.
That was where the princess was to spend the night.
In the morning they asked her how she had slept.
“Oh, dreadfully! said the princess. “I hardly slept a wink all night. Whatever
could have been in the bed? I was lying on something so hard that I’m black and
blue all over.”
So of course they could see that she was a real princess, since she had felt
the pea through twenty mattresses and twenty feather-pillows. No one but a real
princess could have such a tender skin as that.
So the prince took her for his wife, and they lived happily ever after.
1. What kind of the text is it?
A. Report
B. Recount
C. Narrative
D. Descriptive
E. News item
2. The generic structure of the text is….
A. Orientation > Complication > Resolution > Re-Orientation
B. Orientation > Events > Re- Orientation
C. General Classification > Description
D. Identification > Description
E. Newsworthy Events > Background Events > Sources
3. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To inform about princess and the pea
B. To describe the story of the princess and the pea
C. To give information that the prince looked for the real princess
D. To amuse the reader with the story of the princess and the pea
E. To describe how the princess could feel the pea on the bottom boards of the
bed
4. What is the dominant structure used in the text?
A. The simple present tense
B. The simple past tense
C. The present continuous tense
D. Passive voice
E. Imperative
5. No one but a real princess could have such a tender skin as that. The
SYNONYM of ‘tender’ is ….
A. Hard
B. Light
C. Weak
D. Strong
E. Soft
Text 2 is for questions no. 6 – 9
Tabuhan is a lively unique cave
In the cave Nyi (Mrs.) Kamiyem and Ki (Mr.) Padmo sit on a stone. Nyi Kamiyem
will sing a song and Ki Padmo will beat the drum. Joining them are people
called wiyogo which are drummers and other gamelan musicians.
What makes this unique is that they mix gamelan with the sound of nature. The
visitors dance, forgetting all problems.
Many tourists go to this cave. Maybe you are interested in going there too. But
you don’t know where it is. Gua Tabuhan is located near Pacitan in east java.
It is situated in a lime hill called Tapan, in Tabuhan, Wareng village. The
route is easy. Along the road there is beautiful tropical scenery to enjoy-rice
fields, coconut palms and birds.
East of the cave peddlers sell souvenirs. The drink and food peddlers are on
the north. People sell agates on the cave terraces. Somehow, it is like a fair.
It is said that the cave is the only place where nature produces sounds like
the music of gamelan. Nyi Kamiyem, the well down pesinden (traditional Javanese
singer) from the village of Gabuhan, who often sings in the cave, does not
doubt it.
Gua Tabuhan did not use to welcome visitor. According to Kartowiryo (90),
village elder, gua Tabuhan used to be a hiding place for robbers. It was
believed to be a sacred place. No one dared go inside. However, Wedana (chief
of a district) Kertodiprojo, went to the cave to find out what was wrong. He
found out that the cave was inhabited by the annoying evil spirits. The people
chased the spirits away.
The cave is dark, so people need light, and a local guide will lead the way
sometimes visitors bump their heads against the sharp rocks on the ceiling.
Inside the cave there is a plain. Big stone which is believed to be the prayer
mat of Pangeran Diponogoro, one of the Indonesia heroes who fought against the
Dutch. It is said that Pangeran Diponegoro used to seclude himself in the cave.
Some people now use the place for meditation.
There is a stream in the cave, in the east corner, which can only be seen
outside. However, it can be heard from inside.
Besides the cave, Watukarang, a beach nearby, is good to visit. By the way,
want different souvenirs? You can find them in Donorodjo village where agate
craftsman work. So, have a nice journey.
6. Where is goa tabuhan located?
A. Near Pacitan in east java
B. Near Watukarang beach
C. In Donorodjo village
D. In the village of Gabuhan
E. Near Pacitan in west java
7. What did Kertodiprojo find out inside the cave?
A. Agates craftsman work
B. Annoying evil spirits.
C. Many robbers
D. The drink and food peddlers
E. Nyi Kamiyem and Ki Padmo
8. What do people need to enter the cave?
A. Light and local peddlers
B. Local musicians and agate craftsman
C. Chief of district and local guide
D. Local guide and lights
E. Lights and village elder
9. Which statement is true according to the text?
A. To reach Wareng village the visitors get troubles
B. The inside of the cave is like a fair because visitor and peddlers bring
light if they come in
C. Wedana Kertodiprojo found out that the cave was inhabited by the annoying
evil spirits
D. There is only one tourist resort around Wareng village
E. Pangeran Diponegoro secluded himself outside the cave
Text 3 is for questions no. 10 – 13
JAMBI: A pirate leader admitted, Wednesday, that his gang had been involved in
six robberies and killed two police officers.
Itham Guntur, told police investigators that the gang consisted of six people,
all formers members of ship crews. ”Because we are all ex crew members, we know
the major shipping lanes, such as Sunda straight and east Jambi coast very
well,” he said.
Itham identified the murdered officers as Brigadier General Mulyadi from south
Sumatra police and Brigadier General Kennedy from the Jakarta police.
The pirates targeted cargo ships, fishing boats and oil tankers. Antara
10. The pronoun “he” in the second paragraph refers to?
A. Police officer
B. Itham Guntur
C. One of the ship crews
D. Ex-crew member
E. Brigadier General Mulyadi
11. The communicative purpose of the text is…
A. To tell the reader what really happened
B. To explain sequence of events
C. To amuse the readers with problematic events
D. To inform the readers about newsworthy events
E. To describe the murderers in south Sumatra
12. A person who robs the cargo ships, fishing boats or oil tankers is called
a/an…
A. Robbery
B. Police officer
C. Ship crew
D. Pirate
E. Ringleader
13. The generic structure of the text is….
A. Orientation > Complication > Resolution > Re-Orientation
B. Orientation > Events > Re- Orientation
C. General Classification > Description
D. Identification > Description
E. Newsworthy Events > Background Events > Sources.
Text 4 is for question 14 to 19
MISNA
Once upon a time, there was an old woman who lived in a very old hut near a
forest with her only daughter. The daughter’s name is Misna. She is beautiful
but she had envious heart.
One day she saw girl of her age passing by her hut. The girl was joining her
father hunting. She dressed in beautiful cloth. His father’s assistants
respected her. Misna could not sleep when she was remembering this. She was
very angry with her condition. She hated her hopeless mother.
In the morning she shouted at her mother. She wanted her mother to buy the most
beautiful gown in the markets for her. Of course her mother could not afford
it. Then she cried and cried. She did not want to eat anything. Her mother was
very sad. She decided to sell a piece of land, the only valuable thing that she
had. She bought her beloved daughter a very beautiful dress.
Misna admired herself. She wanted to show everybody that she was a very
beautiful girl. She asked her mother to bring her to another village. Along the
way, she smiled to everyone. People in the village thought that she was a
princess. They gave her a high respect and invited her to have meal in their
house. Misna enjoyed this and told everybody that she was princess and mother
was maid. Her mother was very sad but she kept her felling deep in the heart.
On the way home Misna met a handsome prince. He was interested in her and
wanted to marry her. Misna told the prince that her mother had died and father
married to another woman. She was having a long trip with her loyal maid.
Listening to this, her mother was very upset. She cried loudly Misna was very
angry to her and told her to be away from her.
Suddenly there was a heavy rain accompanied with big thunders. Everyone run
away to save themselves. Misna was very afraid. She cried. Her mother wanted to
help her but she did not want to at that time a big thunder hit her to dead.
14. When did she ask her mother a beautiful dress?
A. After she saw another girl with beautiful dress.
B. On the way home she met a handsome prince
C. After her mother sold a piece of her land
D. When a heavy rain and big thunders came
E. Since the villagers invited her to have meal in their house
15. How could her mother buy her a beautiful dress?
A. From her saving
B. By asking her relative some money
C. By robbed a bank
D. From her salary
E. By selling the only land she had
16. What made her mother cried aloud?
A. She told everyone that she was her maid
B. She told the prince that her mother had died.
C. She told the mother that she was her maid
D. She wanted her mother to buy the most beautiful gown
E. She was joining her father hunting for a long time
17. What happened at last?
A. Misna got married to a prince
B. Misna was wet in rain
C. Her mother bought her the most beautiful gown
D. A thunder hit Misna to dead.
E. She had meal in villagers house
18. She is beautiful but she had envious heart
What is the synonym of the underlined word?
A. Ambiguous
B. Jealous
C. Fierce
D. Festive
E. Humble
19. What is the orientation of this text?
A. One upon a time, there was an old woman who lived in a very old hut near a
forest with her only daughter. The daughter name is Misna. She is beautiful but
she had envious heart name is Misna. She is beautiful but she had envious heart
B. Suddenly there was a heavy rain accompanied with big thunders everyone ran
away to save themselves
C. So the way home Misna met a handsome prince. he was interested in her to
marry her
D. She decided to sell a piece of land, the only valuable thing that she had.
she bought her beloved daughter a very beautiful dress
E. Misna admired herself. she wanted to show everybody that she was a very
beautiful girl
Text 5 is for questions no. 20 – 22
BROWNIE
I have a pet. It is a dog and I call it Brownie.
Brownie is a Chinese breed. It is small, fluffy, and cute. It has got thick
brown fur. When I cuddle it, the fur feels soft. Brownie does not like bones.
Every day it eats soft food like steamed rice, fish or bread. Every morning I
give her milk and bread. When I am at school, Brownie plays with my cat. They
get along well, and never fight maybe because Brownies does not bark a lot. It
treats the other animals in our house gently, and it never eats shoes. Brownie
is really a sweet and friendly animal.
20. Why do the cat and brownie get along well? Because ….
A. Brownie doesn’t like bones
B. The cat is a Chinese breed
C. The cat small, fluffy and cute
D. Brownie does not bark a lot.
E. Brownie does not sleep a lot
21. What is the main idea of the paragraph 2?
A. Chinese breed dogs only eat soft food
B. Brownie my pet dog is a Chinese breed
C. A Chinese breed dog does not bark a lot
D. Brownie which is a Chinese is a sweet and friendly
E. Brownie cannot get along with other animals because he seldom barks
22. What does the cat do when the writer is in school?
A. It plays with the writers cat
B. It sleeps all day
C. It barks with writers cat
D. It eats soft food fish or bread
E. It cooks some food with the writers mom
Text 6 is for questions no. 23 – 25
JAKARTA: Seven people were killed in a collision between a bus, a car and a
truck on Dipenogoro street at 10:35 p.m. last night. The dead were all the
passengers of the car. The police believed the car had been trying to overtake
the bus when it was struck by a truck coming from the opposite direction. The
driver of the car might not be using his lights, as the truck driver said he
did not see the car approaching.
The police said the car should not have tried to pass the bus, since overtaking
is not allowed on Dipenogoro Street. In addition, the police report that the
car, a small Japanese car, should not have been carrying more than five people.
If the passengers had brought their identity cards, the police would have
identified the names of the victim easily.
23. The text mainly reports that there was/were….
A. A small Japanese car.
B. Careless driver.
C. A car accident.
D. Victim of an accident.
E. The function of an identity card.
24. What was the cause of the collision?
A. The truck came from the opposite direction
B. The car carried more than five people
C. The truck driver didn’t use his lights
D. The truck driver didn’t see the car
E. The car tried to overtake the bus
25. “If the passengers had brought their identity cards, the police would have
been easy to identify the names of the victims.” (The last sentence)
The sentence above means…
A. It was easy for the police to identify the victims of the accidents
B. The victims’ names were not known.
C. The victims were easy to be identify
D. The passengers brought their identity cars
E. The police had no difficulty in identifying the victim the victims
26. Cisadane river : 9.478 m
Citarum river : 6.231 m
Ciliwung river :13.238 m
Choose the right sentence to the chart above….
A. Cisadane river is faster than Citarum river
B. Cisadane river is deeper than Citarum river
C. Citarum river is the shortest of all
D. Cisadane river is lower than Citarum river
E. Cisadane river is the longest of all
27. This exercise is not difficult. It’s _____________________ I expected.
Choose the right comparison to fill in the blanks.
A. More difficult than
B. The most difficult
C. Easier than.
D. The most easy
E. More easy than
28. Merlion :“My father always goes to the lake to fishing every Sunday”
Rahmi : “Your father likes fishing very much,………?”
Merlion : “Yes, he almost spends all weekend in the lake.
The right tag question to fill in the blank is….
A. Doesn’t he
B. Does he
C. Does she
D. Didn’t he
E. Is he
29. Bimo :“You spent a lot of money in the supermarket yesterday ……...?
Fajar : “You’re right. Everything is so expensive now”
The right tag question to fill in the blank is ….
A. Are you
B. Did I
C. Does he
D. Won’t you
E. Didn’t you.
30. My sister ……… me money when I ….. my homework last night.
What is the best tense to fill in the blanks?
A. Was giving – did
B. Gave – was doing
C. stole – was doing
D. was asking – did
E. Was counting – did
31. When the ambulance ………….. the patient …………..soundly last night.
What is the best tense to fill in the blanks?
A. Was arriving – slept
B. Slept – was arriving
C. Was sleeping – arrived
D. Arrived – was sleeping
E. Was arriving – was sleeping
32. The cargo ships ……… into the harbor. Many workers ……….. the goods since
this morning.
Fill in the blanks with present perfect or the present perfect continuous tense
A. Have come – have been unloading
B. Has came – has been unloading
C. Have been unloading – have come
D. Have been coming – have unloaded
E. Has been coming – have been unloading
33. The mice (eat) _______ those bananas again. Look! There are several holes
in them. We (set) _______ traps, but mice are too smart.
Fill in the blanks with present perfect or the present perfect continuous tense
A. Has been setting – have eaten
B. Have eaten – have been setting.
C. Have seen – have been looking
D. Has been destroying – has come
E. Has eaten – has been setting
34. My little brother …. in her room every night
What is the suitable verb to fill in the blanks?
A. Study
B. Studied
C. Studies
D. Studyes
E. Does study
35. The children ………in the park every evening.
What is the suitable verb to fill in the blanks?
A. Played
B. Playing
C. Playes
D. Play
E. Plays
36. Mrs. Eris …. vegetable in the market every morning
What is the suitable verb to fill in the blanks?
A. Buys
B. Buies
C. Buyes
D. Buy
E. Buyed
37. My father ……. to drink tea but he ….. to drink coffee
What is the suitable verb to fill in the blanks?
A. don’t like – like
B. don’t likes - likes
C. doesn’t like - likes
D. didn’t like – doesn’t like
E. does like - likes
38. Ratih wears the blue shirt every Friday
The suitable change to the passive for the sentence is….
A. Ratih is worn by it every day
B. The blue shirt is worn by her every Friday
C. The blue shirt is being weared by her every Friday
D. The blue shirt is worn by him every friday
E. Ratih is weared by her every Friday
39. My cat catches the mouse in the kitchen every night.
The suitable change to the passive for the sentence is
A. The mouse was catched by it every night.
B. The mouse is being catched by it every night
C. The mouse is catched by it every night.
D. The mouse is caught by it every night.
E. The mouse are caught by it every night.
40. My nephew sends the letters to his friends every week
The suitable change to the passive for the sentence is
A. The letters are sent by her to her friends every week
B. My nephew is sent by it to his friend every week
C. My nephew is sent by a letter to his friend every week.
D. The letters are sended by him to his friend every week.
E. The letters are sent by him to his friends every week.
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