TEST 1 A
We Don’t Subsciribe to Any Newspapers
Jack was a university students. He studied history.
At he end of the year, his history professor failed him in his examinations and he was told to leave the university.
The next day, Jack’s father went to see the prefessor. He urged the professor to let Jack continue his studies the following year. “He’s a good boy,” said Jack’s father, “and if you give him a chance this time, I’m sure he will improve a lot next year.”
“No, no! That’s quite impossible,” replied the professor, “Do you know, last month I asked him when Napoleon died, and he counld’t answer it.”
“Please,sir, give him another chance,” said Jack’s father, “you see, we don’t subscribe to any newspapers in our house, so none of us even knew that Napoleon was ill.”
1. Jack had to leave the university because...
A. he could’t pay his school fee. D. he often played truant
B. he didn’t like the professor. E. he didn’t like studying history
C. he didn’t pass in history examinations.
2. Who urged the professor to let Jack continue his studies?
A. Jack himself D. Jack’s friend
B. Napoleon E. Jack’s father
C. the professor’s father
3. What example did the professor give to show how bad Jack was?
A. He couldn’t remember his father’s birth day.
B. He didn’t know when Napoleon died.
C. He didn’t know that Napoleon was ill.
D. He didn’t subscribe to any newspapers.
E. He didn’t study history.
4. What is the purpose of the writer telling this story?
A. To entertain the reader D. To describe the way things are
B. To tell an event with a humorous twist E. To tell imaginative experience
C. To persuade the reader
5. The organization of the text above is ...
A. Thesis, Arguments, Recomendation D. Thesis, Arguments, Reiteration
B. Orientation, event, twist E. Twist, Orientation, event
C. Orientation, Complication, Resolution
Al Brown was very good at fixing things around the house when they broke. One day he went to another city to do some work there, and his wife was alone in the house. While Mr. Brown was away, one of the faucets on the bathtub broke. Mrs. Brown didn’t know much about fixing broken faucets, so she telephoned a plumber.
The plumber came to the house that afternoon and fixed the faucet in few minutes. When he finished, he gave Mrs. Brown his bill for the work.
She looked at it for several seconds and then said, “Your prices are very high, aren’t they? Do you know, the doctor costs less than this when he comes to the house?”
“Yes, I know,” answered the plumber.” I know that very well, because I was a doctor until I was lucky enough to find this job a few months ago.”
6. The text mainly tells us about ……
a. Al Brown visited to another city
b. the payment of the doctor’s visit
c. the broken faucet of Mrs. Brown’s bathtub
d. the disappointment of Mrs. Brown about the bill given
e. An unexpected incidents experienced by Mrs. Brown
7. Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the text?
a. The plumber was smart
b. Al Brown went to the village to work
c. The plumber charged Mrs. Brown cheaply
d. Mrs. Brown was skillful in fixing broken faucet
e. Mrs. Brown called Mr. Brown to fix the broken faucet
8. “The plumber came to the house that afternoon.” (paragraph 2)
The underlined word means ……
a. making handicraft
b. repairing vehicles
c. operating computers
d. fixing washing machines
e. fitting pipes into building
9. The type of the text above is ……
a. report
b. recount
c. anecdote
d. narrative
e. descriptive
10. What is the communicative purpose of the text?
a. To share an amusing story with others
b. To inform readers about Mrs. Brown’s problem
c. To present two points of view about the plumber’s issue
d. To describe the plumber’s experience in fixing broken faucets
e. To persuade readers to be concerned with Mr. Brown’s case
Bert was telling his friend, Justin, about his Safari Trip in Africa. “I came face to face with a ferocious lion. He was snarling, showing me his long sharp teeth. He was literally salivating at seeing me. Man! I’d never been so scared before.”
“Wow! I’m glad I wasn’t in your shoes! So what happened next? Did you shoot him?”
“No, I didn’t have my gun with me.”
“You didn’t? Oh, man! That was really dumb.”
“Yeah, it was so stupid of me. Anyway, there I stood alone, without gun. The lion crept closer and closer and closer…. and I ….” Bert stopped and heaved a deep sigh, impatiently, Justin cried, “Come on, man! What did you do?”
His pal shrugged his shoulders and said, “What could I do? I moved on to the next cage.”
11. Who are the participants of the story?
a. lion
b. Safari trip
c. Africa
d. Ferocious
e. Bert and Justin
12. Where does the setting of the story above?
a. USA
b. Germany
c. Africa
d. Indonesia
e. China
13. Why was Bert afraid in his safari trip?
a. he was lost in the jungle
b. the primitive tribe caught him
c. he was alone
d. a ferocious lion came close to him
e. he had an aircraft accident
14. How did the story ended?
a. happy
b. humiliate
c. annoying
d. embarrassing
e. funny
15. What kind of genre does the text above belong to?
a. descriptive
b. narrative
c. analytical exposition
d. hortatory exposition
e. spoof
16. His pal shrugged his shoulders and said, “What could I do? I moved on to the next cage.”
The sentence above belongs to…..
a. reorientation
b. event
c. twist
d. recommendation
e. argument
Once upon a time there lived neighbors, a bear and a rabbit. The rabbit was a good shot and bear, being very clumsy, could not use the arrow to good advantage.
The bear was very unkind to the rabbit. Every morning, the bear would call over to the rabbit and asked the rabbit to take his bow and arrows and came with the bear to the other side of the hill. The rabbit, fearing to arouse the bear’s anger by refusing, consented to go with the bear and shot enough buffalo to satisfy the hungry family. Indeed, he shot and killed so many that there was lots of meat left after the bear and his family had loaded themselves and packed all they could carry home. However, the poor rabbit could not even taste the blood from the butchering, as the gluttonous bear would throw earth on the blood and dry it up. Poor rabbit would have to go home hungry after his hard day’s work.
The bear was the father of five children. The youngest bear was very kind to the rabbit. The mother bear, knowing that her youngest child was a very hearty eater, always gave him an extra large piece of meat. The baby bear did not eat this extra large piece of meat. Instead, he would take the meat outside and would pretend to play ball with it, kicking it towards the rabbit’s house, and when he got close to the door he would give the meat such a great kick that it would fly into the rabbit’s house. In this way, the poor rabbit would get his meal unknown to the papa bear.
17. How was the youngest bear according to the writer…..
a. greedy
b. humble d. humorous
c. poor e. generous
18. The complication started when ……..
a. The bear was very unkind to the rabbit as every morning the bear would call over to the rabbit and asked the rabbit to take it is bow and arrows, and came with the bear to the other side of the hill.
b. The rabbit, fearing to arouse the bear’s anger by refusing consented to go with the bear and shot enough, buffalo to satisfy, the hunger family.
c. The rabbit shot and killed so many that there was lots of meat left loaded themselves and packed al they could carry home
d. The bear would throw earth on the blood and dry it up.
e. The poor rabbit could not even taste the blood from the butch ring
19. The communicative purpose of text is …
a. to tell the readers what really happened in the past
b. to a muse and entertain the readers with problematic events
c. to inform the readers about how and why something works
d. to present informative about a current issue
e. to describe an event in the past
20. What did we learn from the text above
a. Being honest is not always wise
b. Being a miser is something important
c. All that glitters is not gold
d. To love means to share
e. To be generous is not good
21. “The poor rabbit could not even taste the blood from butchering, as the gluttonous bear would throw earth on the blood and dry it up.”
“Gluttonous” has almost the same meaning as ….
a. Humble
b. Glad d. greedy
c. Fat e. generous
You are the answer to my lonely prayer
You are an angel from above
I was so lonely till you came to me
With the wonder of your love.
I don't know how I ever lived before
You are my life, my destiny
Oh my darling, I love you so
You mean everything to me
You are an angel from above
I was so lonely till you came to me
With the wonder of your love.
I don't know how I ever lived before
You are my life, my destiny
Oh my darling, I love you so
You mean everything to me
22. The text above expresses
- Romantic love
- Platonic love d. hatred person
- Naturally love between relatives e. kindhearted person
23. “Oh my darling, I love you so…”
The underlined word has opposite meaning with…
- Like
- Admire d. proud of
- Hate e. enjoy
When I'm feelin' blue, all I have to do is take a look at you,
Then I'm not so blue.
When you're close to me I can feel your heart beat
I can hear you breathing in my ear.
Wouldn't you agree, baby, you and me got a groovy kind of love.
We got a groovy kind of love.
Then I'm not so blue.
When you're close to me I can feel your heart beat
I can hear you breathing in my ear.
Wouldn't you agree, baby, you and me got a groovy kind of love.
We got a groovy kind of love.
24. When I'm feelin' blue, all I have to do is take a look at you,
Which one is NOT the synomym of the underlined word?
- desperate
- Sad d. happy
- Depressed e. forlon
25. What does the character “I” do when she feels sad?
a. take a look at her boy friend
b. take a shower d. come closer to a baby
c. beat her boy friend’s heart e. hear a baby breathing
My love
Whenever I was insecure
You built me up and made me sure
You gave me pride back to me
without you
my life has no meaning or rhyme
like notes to a song out of time
how can I repay you for having faith in me
26. From the lyrics we can conclude that …
- The man can’t repay his debt
- The man can’t build a house without his girl friend
- The man feels that his girl friend is so meaningful to him
- The man lost his pride
- The man was insecure
21. “The poor rabbit could not even taste the blood from butchering, as the gluttonous bear would throw earth on the blood and dry it up.”
“Gluttonous” has almost the same meaning as ….
a. Humble
b. Glad d. greedy
c. Fat e. generous
You are the answer to my lonely prayer
You are an angel from above
I was so lonely till you came to me
With the wonder of your love.
I don't know how I ever lived before
You are my life, my destiny
Oh my darling, I love you so
You mean everything to me
You are an angel from above
I was so lonely till you came to me
With the wonder of your love.
I don't know how I ever lived before
You are my life, my destiny
Oh my darling, I love you so
You mean everything to me
22. The text above expresses
- Romantic love
- Platonic love d. hatred person
- Naturally love between relatives e. kindhearted person
23. “Oh my darling, I love you so…”
The underlined word has opposite meaning with…
- Like
- Admire d. proud of
- Hate e. enjoy
When I'm feelin' blue, all I have to do is take a look at you,
Then I'm not so blue.
When you're close to me I can feel your heart beat
I can hear you breathing in my ear.
Wouldn't you agree, baby, you and me got a groovy kind of love.
We got a groovy kind of love.
Then I'm not so blue.
When you're close to me I can feel your heart beat
I can hear you breathing in my ear.
Wouldn't you agree, baby, you and me got a groovy kind of love.
We got a groovy kind of love.
24. When I'm feelin' blue, all I have to do is take a look at you,
Which one is NOT the synomym of the underlined word?
- desperate
- Sad d. happy
- Depressed e. forlon
25. What does the character “I” do when she feels sad?
a. take a look at her boy friend
b. take a shower d. come closer to a baby
c. beat her boy friend’s heart e. hear a baby breathing
My love
Whenever I was insecure
You built me up and made me sure
You gave me pride back to me
without you
my life has no meaning or rhyme
like notes to a song out of time
how can I repay you for having faith in me
26. From the lyrics we can conclude that …
- The man can’t repay his debt
- The man can’t build a house without his girl friend
- The man feels that his girl friend is so meaningful to him
- The man lost his pride
- The man was insecure
In 1935, Indiana Jones narrowly escapes the clutches of Lao Che, a crime boss in Shanghai. With his eleven-year old Chinese sidekick Short Round and the gold-digging nightclub singer Willie Scott in tow, Indiana flees Shanghai on a plane that, unknown to them, is owned by Lao. The pilots leave the plane to crash over the Himalayas, though the trio narrowly manage to escape on an inflatable boat and ride down the slopes into a raging river. They come to Mayapore, a desolate village in northern India, where the poor villagers believe them to have been sent by the Hindu god Shiva and enlist their help to retrieve the sacred Sivalinga stone stolen from their shrine, as well as the community's children, from evil forces in the nearby Pankot Palace. During the journey to Pankot, Indiana hypothesizes that the stone may be one of the five fabled Sankara stones which promise fortune and glory.
27. Who is Lao Chi? He is….
a. one of Indiana Jone’s friends
b. a crime boss in Sanghai d. a pilot
c. a singer e. the Hindu God Shiva
28. The plane which Indiana and his friends got on belongs to….
a. Indiana Jones
b. Short Round d. Lao Chi
c. Willie Scout e. the pilot
29. After Indiana and his friends escape from the crash plane, where do they come?
a. Maya Pore
b. Sanghai d. shrine
c. Pangkot Palace e. night club
30. The villagers of Maya Pore believe that Indiana and his two friends were sent by….to
retrieve siva Linga stone stolen from their shrine, as well as the community’s of children.
a. eleven year-old Chinese sidekick Short Round
b. the chief of Maya Pore village d. Lao Chie
c. the Hindu god Shiva e. the pilots
31. ..Indiana flees Shanghai on a plane
The underlined word means…
a. runs away from
b. runs after d. jump into
c. runs off e. take off
32. … to retrieve siva Linga stone stolen from their shrine,
The synonym of the underlined word is…
a. Bring back
b. Protect d. join the armed forces
c. Persuade e. retell
33. The stone may be one of the five fabled Sankara stones which promise fortune and glory.
The underlined word has similar meaning with…
a. Famous and often talk about
b. Animals which can talk like human being d. hard
c. Sacred e. precious
Arriving home after her part time job at Burger King, Lykesia Lilly planned to shoot some hoops. It was late afternoon on a Sunday. May be she’d even play some one-on one with her little nephew Adrian before dinner.
But when Lilly, 18 asked her sister where the boy was, her casual question was meet with concern. “ I was outside looking for him because his dad and I realized we hadn’t seen him in a while, recalls Adrian’s mother, Stephanie Crump, 29, an insurance agent. “He was supposed to be playing at a house down the street, but when we called, he wasn’t there.”
34. What does paragraph two imply?
a. No one knew where Adrian was
b. Lilly knew where Adrian was
c. Adrian’s father knew where Adrian was
d. Adrian’s mother knew where Adrian was
e. Adrian knew where Lilly was.
35. Liily is…..
a. Adrian’s sister
b. Adrian’s mother’s sister d. Adrian’s friend
c. Adrian’s father’s sister e. Adrian’s nephew
The Hen with the Silver Eggs
One day, in an Arabian city, a woman went to the market and bought a beautiful hen.
A few days later to her surprise the hen she bought laid a silver egg. If the hen could only be persuaded to lay more than one egg each day, the woman was sure she would never have to work again.
So the woman decided to make the hen eat more, so that it could lay more eggs. But the only result was that the hen died of indigestion and did not lay more eggs at all.
.
36. Paragraph 3 mostly discuses about……
a. the hen’s eggs
b. what the woman did to her hen
c. what the hen did for the woman
d. what the hen eats to lay more eggs.
e. why the woman wanted to get more eggs.
37. The hen died because it…….
a. ate nothing
b. ate too much d. was badly injured
c. laid more eggs e. was forced to lay eggs
38. From the text we may conclude that the woman was……
a. active
b. misery d. furious
c. greedy e. dangerous
39. “ If the hen could only be persuaded…….(par. 3)
The underlined words mean……
- commanded
b. influenced d. brought
c. dangerous e. told
Once upon a time there was a couple who settled down in a decrepit hut in a forest in North Sulawesi; they were Abo Mamongkuroit and his wife Putri Monondeaga. They loved each other though they lived in poor. To meet their needs, they went to the forest, looking for some woods to be sold at the market as fire wood. They also reared some poultry, and sold eggs. It was their way to struggle on limited sources.
They worked so hard all day, but they did not live well. They lived in poverty and they wanted to solve this problem. Then Mamongkuroit told his wife to earn a better living in the city that was far away from home. As a matter of fact he was really sad to leave his wife alone but he had to do it to make their lives better. He could convinced his wife that everything would be fine during his absence.
Finally, \Putri Monondeaga let him go. She believed in her husband’s promise that he would not leave her alone.
While her husband was far way, earning a living at the city, she went to the forest , gathered some wood alone. She also had to manage the poultry by herself.
On the following day, as usual Putri Monondeaga fed the poultry. All of a sudden, there was a booming voice, saying to her. It was a giant creature, known as Tulap, a cannibal giant. Putri Monondeaga appealed him not to eat her. The giant promised not to Putri Monon Deaga as long as she wanted to go with him.
Putri Monondeaga didn’t have any choice except she had to follow him, though she knew that the giant would eat her. Therefore she tried hard to delay the giant bring her to his home by cheating him many times. Luckily, the giant believed what Putri Monondeaga promised him.
One day, Tulap rejected Putri Monondeaga’s reason and took her out. She couldn’t do anything except shouting, asking for help. After arriving home, Tulap put Putri Monondeaga in an iron cage, along with other people who had been caught by Tulap several days before.
A week later, Abo Mamongkuroit came back and brought some food and money that he got in the city. When he rached his home, no body was there. He searched his wife everywhere but he couldn’t find her. He continued looking for his wife, passing the forest and crossing the river. Then, he saw a big house, belonged to Tulap.
Tulap asked Abo Mamongkuroit’s reason why he was there. Abo Mamongkurat told him that he was looking for his wife, Putri Monondeaga. Tulap told him that Putri Monondeaga was prisoned at his house. He would let Abo Mamongkuroit take his wife back is he could defeat him.
Then, both Abo Mamongkuroid and Tulao fought fiercely. Abo Mamongkuroid could killed the giant, Tulap, and he also killed the giant’s wife, when suddenly she attacked him using her sword to take revenge.
After that abo Mamongkuroit freed his beloved wife and all the peoplen caught inside Tulap’s house. He asked them to go back to their homes. Putri Monondeaga and Abo walked together to their home.
Since then, there hasn’t been any trouble at the village. The people live in harmony, and Abo Mamongkuroit and Putri Monondeaga lived happily with a new member of their family; they had a baby and lived well.
40. Although they were poor, Abo Mamongkuroit and his wife …..
a. lived in a forest
b. reared some poultry d. loved each other
c. struggled on limited resources e. had much money
41. Abo Mamongkuroit wanted to solve his insufficient resources by…..
a. moving to a big town
b. working in a city d. selling fire wood
c. rearing some poultry e. selling their house
42. His wife could let him go because ….
a. She believed in her husband’s promise
b. She could take care of herself
c. He would give her much money.
d. He made sure everything would be fine
e. She could managed the pultry by herself
43. Abo found no one home when he came back….
a. seven days after leaving home
b. and found nothing at the near by river
c. and thought something bad might had happened
d. after he bought food and clothes for his wife.
e. during his absence
44. It was believed in North Sulawesi that tulip the giant….
a. swallowed village girls
b. had an enormous body
c. invited people to his house
d. ate human flesh
e. gathered some woods
45. The fight between Abo and the giant prove that …
a. Abo was able to keep himself still
b. Abo loved his wife so much
c. Abo was stronger than the giant
d. The giant had strong a rival
46. The people caught at Tulap’s house were releved because….
a. Abo could kill the two giant
b. they were released from their captivity
c. Abo eventually had a newly-born baby
d. Abo could arrested the two giant
e. the fight was very interesting to see
A man and his son were once going with their donkey to market. As they were walking along by his side a countryman passed them and said, "You fools, what is a donkey for but to ride upon?"
So the man put the boy on the donkey, and they went on their way.
But soon they passed a group of men, one of whom said, "See that lazy youngster, he lets his father walk while he rides."
So the man ordered his boy to get off, and got on himself. But they hadn't gone far when they passed two women, one of whom said to the other, "Shame on that lazy lout to let his poor little son trudge along."
Well, the man didn't know what to do, but at last he took his boy up before him on the donkey. By this time they had come to the town, and the passersby began to jeer and point at them. The man stopped and asked what they were scoffing at.
The men said, "Aren't you ashamed of yourself for overloading that poor donkey of yours -- you and your hulking son?"
The man and boy got off and tried to think what to do. They thought and they thought, until at last they cut down a pole, tied the donkey's feet to it, and raised the pole and the donkey to their shoulders. They went along amid the laughter of all who met them until they came to a bridge, when the donkey, getting one of his feet loose, kicked out and caused the boy to drop his end of the pole. In the struggle the donkey fell over the bridge, and his forefeet being tied together, he was drowned.
"That will teach you," said an old man who had followed them:
"Please all, and you will please none."
- What is the purpose of the story?
a. To describe a particular person, place or thing.
b. To inform the readers, listeners, or viewer about the events
c. To present two points of view about an issue
d. To persuade the readers and to tell a story
e. To entertain the readers and to tell a story
- Why did the passers begin to jeer and point at the man and the boy?
a. Because both of them got on the donkey.
b. Because both of them got on the donkey.
c. Because they let the donkey got on them.
d. Because they mocked the passers.
e. Because the man and the wanted to go to the market.
- "Shame on that lazy lout to let his poor little son trudge along." (line 8 paragraph 3)
The synonym of the underlined word is…
a. Walk
b. Run d. get on
c. Ride e. talk
- …the passers by began to jeer and point at them. (line 10 paragraph 4)
The underlined word means….
a. to shout scornfully
b. to amuse d. to force
C. to entertain e. to talk
A. a condition that makes someone sad B. get married C. To be loved by someone D. have a strong feeling of love E. love between teenagers F. one-way love G. feeling gloomy H. feel very unhappy I. be happy J. feel sad
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1.The man and the woman will tie the knot next month.
2. Tom is the apple of his grandma’s eye. Everything Tom asks, his grandma will give him.
3. The boy and the girl love each other but they are not too serious because they are still very young.
They have only a puppy love.
4. The boy told her that he loved her but the girl didn’t love him. His unrequited love made him very sad.
5. He has a crush on her because she is beautiful and kind hearted..
6. Alex has been down in the dumps since he failed his exam.
7. He looked a bit down in the mouth because the girl refused to go with him.
8. Joko is broken hearted. In order to shake these blues by singing happy songs.
9. It is a sad state of affairs when poor people cannot go to the hospital when they are sick.
10. The destructions because of the flood makes his heart sinks.
Change the adverb clauses to modifying phrases
1. Because he didn’t want to be punished, Ali decided to go to school on time.
2. While I was studying English, I was listening to the music.
3. After I finished doing my home work, I help my parents to sweep the yard.
4. When I went to the village , I met my old fried there.
5. Because he didn’t understand the lesson, he couldn’t answer the questions.
6. While she was washing the clothes, she was taking a bath.
7. After my sister had breakfast, she went to school.
8. When she was sick, she went to see a doctor.
