A.
Read the text below and answer the questions that follow
Once upon a time, there was a little poor boy came into a little
village. He was very hungry and weak. He knocked at every door and
asked for some food, but nobody cared about him. Nobody wanted to help
the little boy.
Finally, a generous woman helped him. She gave him a shelter and
a meal. When the boy wanted to leave, this old woman gave him a
“lesung”, a big wooden mortar for pounding rice. She reminded him, “
please remember, if there is a flood you must save yourself. Use this
“lesung” as a boat “. The boy was happy and thanked the old woman. The
little boy continued his journey. While he was passing through the village,
he saw many people gathering on the field. The boy came closer and saw
a stick stuck in the ground. People challenged each other to pull out that
stick. Everybody tried but nobody succeeded. “Can I try?”, asked the little
boy. The crowd laughed mockingly. The boy wanted to try his luck so he
stepped forward and pulled out the stick. He could do it very easily.
Everybody was dumbfounded.
Suddenly, from the hole left by stick, water spouted out. It did not
stop until it flooded the village. And no one was saved from the water
except the little boy and the generous old woman who gave him shelter
and meal. As she told him, he used the “lesung” as a boat and picked up
the old woman. The whole village became a huge lake. It is now known as
Rawa Pening Lake in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia.
1. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To inform the readers about the lesung
B. To amuse or entertain the readers
C. To describe the Rawa Pening Lake
D. To make a real swam in Salatiga
2. Who gave the boy shelter and meal?
A. Nobody
B. Village people
C. Someone in the jungle
D. A generous old woman
3. How many people were saved from the flood?
A. Nobody
B. All villagers
C. Two people
D. Crowd people
4. What value can we get from the story above by the side of the
young boy?
A. We should be humble, honest and obey the order
B. We are not obliged to be care of something
C. We must look down upon everybody around us
D. Better for us to surrender if we have a hard work
5. The boy wanted to try his luck so he stepped forward and pulled out
the stick.
What is the synonym of the word “luck”?
A. fortunate
B. miserable
C. upset
D. terrible
B. Complete the following text with the words provided to make a sensible
story.
Once upon a time, there was a handsome man. His name was
Batara Guru Sahala.
He …… (1) fishing. One day, he …… (2) a fish. He was surprised to find
out that the fish could talk. The fish bagged him to …. (3) it free.
Batara Guru could not bear it. He made the fish free. As soon as it
was free, the fish …… (4) into a very beautiful woman. She was
attracted Batara Guru so much. He ….. (5) in love with that fish-woman.
The woman wanted to marry him and said that Batara Guru had to keep
the ….. (6) which she had been a fish. Batara Guru agree d and
promised that he would never tell anybody about it .
They were …… (7) happily. They had two daughters. One day,
Batara Guru got very angry with his daughters. He could not control his
mad. He ….. (8) angrily and got the word of fish to his daughters. The
daughters were crying. They found their mother and talked her about it.
The mother was very …… (9). Batara Guru broke his promise. The
mother was shouting angrily. Then, the earth began to ….. (10).
Volcanoes started to erupt. The earth formed a very big hole. People
believed that the big hole became a lake. Then this lake is known as
Toba Lake.
shake liked disappointed
got cursed turned
let felt married
secret
C. Read the following text, then analyze the language features of the text
by classifying its noun, tenses, time connective, action verb, saying
verb and adjective.
MOMOTARO THE PEACH BOY
A long time ago, there lived an old and poor couple in a village in Japan.
They didn’t wish for gold or fine clothes. They only wished for a child.
One day, the old woman washed clothes in a river. While washing,
she was also wishing for a child. Then, a giant peach came floating down
the river. She took it home and would cut it.
There was a human voice from that peach saying not to cut it.
Suddenly it split open; a baby boy jumped out of that peach. Those old
people were very happy and named him Momotaro which means Peach
Boy.
Time went by and people in that village were afraid of Oni Monsters
who stole their belongings. When Momotaro was about 15 years old, he
wanted to save his village from Oni Monsters. Momotaro’s parents were
very proud of Momotaro. His father gave him a sword; mother gave him
a bag of dumplings.
On the way, Momotaro met a dog, a monkey and a hawk. He shared
those dumplings to them. Those animals joined him to fight Oni
Monsters. Being a good leader, Momotaro encouraged them to work
together.
Finally, Momotaro sucessfully forced Oni leader to surrender. Then
Momotaro with his friends took treasure then shared it to all people in
the village. Momotaro’s parents were very happy that Momotaro came
back safely.
Noun Tenses Time Action Saying Adjective
connective verb verb
