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The Story of the Smart Parrot
A man in Puerto Rico had a wonderful parrot. There was no another parrot like it. It was very, very smart. This parrot would say any word-except one. He would not say the name of the town where he was born. The name of the town was Catano.
The man tried to teach the parrot to say Catano. But the bird would not say the word. At first the man was very nice, but then he got angry. “You are a stupid bird! Why can’t you say the word? Sat CAtano, or I will kill you!” but the parrot would not say it. Then the man got to so angry that the shouted over and over, “Say Catano, or I’ll kill you!” but the bird wouldn’t talk.
One day after trying for many hours to make the bird say Catano, the man got very angry. He picked up the bird and threw him into the chicken house. “You are more stupid than the chickens. Soon I will eat them, and I will eat you, too.”
In the chicken house there are four old chickens. They were for Sunday’s dinner. The man put the parrot in the chicken house and left.
The next day the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and stopped. He was very surprised at what he saw!He saw three dead chickens on the floor. The parrot was screaming at the fourth chicken, “Say Catano, or I’ll kill you!
1. Where does the story take place?
A. London
B. Puerto Rico
C. Jakarta
D. Buenos Aires
2. What is the word that the parrot cannot say?
A. Catano
B. Tacano
C. Canato
D. Nacato
3. How often did the owner teach the bird how to say the word?
A. Always
B. Everyday
C. Many times
D. Every second
4.bWhich statement is true according to the text?
A. The parrot could say Catano
B. At last the parrot could say Catano
C. Catano was the name at the parrot
D. The man never got angry at the parrot
5. What does the man do to the bird because the bird cannot say the name of a place.
A. The man ate the bird.
B. The sold the bird.
C. The man killed the bird.
D. The man taught the bird.
6. It is most likely that ….
A. The bird killed the three chickens.
B. The three chickens killed the bird.
C. The bird played with the chicken.
D. The bird killed one of the three chickens.
7. What is the story about?
A. A parrot and a cat
B. A parrot and a chicken
C. A parrot and the owner
D. A parrot, the owner, and chickens
8. “It was very, very smart” The underlined word refers to ….
A. The man
B. The bird
C. The chicken
D. Puerto Rico
9. “The parrot was very, very smart” The word ‘smart’ means ….
A. Stupid
B. Clever
C. Stubborn
D. Beautiful
10. “The parrot was screaming at the fourth chickens”vWhat does the underlined word mean?
A. Smiling
B. Crying
C. Shouting
D. Laugh
Text 2 (11-15)
The Rats and The Elephants
Once upon a time there lived a group of mice under a tree in peace. However, a group of elephants crossing the jungle unknowingly destroyed the homes of all the rats. Many of them were even crushed to death.
Then taking of rats decided to approach the elephant's chief and request him to guide his herd through another route. On hearing the sad story, the elephant's king apologized and agreed to take another route. And so the lives of the rats were saved.
One day elephant-hunters came to the jungle and trapped a group of elephants in huge nets. Then the elephant king suddenly remembered the king of the rats. He summoned on of the elephants of his herd, which had not been trapped, to go seek help from the king and told him about the trapped elephants.
The rat's king immediately took his entire group of rats and they cut open the nets which had trapped the elephant's herd. The elephant herd was totally set free. They danced with joy and thank the rats.
11. What type of text is the above text? It is …
A. a narrative text
B. a description text
C. a recount text
D. an anecdote text
E. an expository text
12. What destroyed the homes of all rats?
A. a group of mice did
B. the hunter did
C. elephant-hunter did
D. a group of elephant did
13. What helped the elephant's herd free?
A. the elephant-hunter did
B. the hunters did
D. a group of king did
E. entire group of rats did
14. What is generic structure of "once upon a time there lived a group of mice under a tree in peace"?
A. Identification
B. Orientation
C. Complication
D. Resolution
15. At the end of the story, how was the elephant's herd?
A. angry
B. sad
C. happy
D. dead
Text 3 (16-20)
The Farmer
A farmer came across a bird with a broken wing. He picked it up, took it home and looked after it lovingly, even though his wife complained bitterly about his wasting too much time on the creature.
After some time, the wing mended and, because the bird did not want the farmer to have kept on arguing with his wife all the time, it decided to go back to its nest.
When the farmer discovered that the bird was gone, he was so upset that he went out to look for it. Eventually, he found it again, and was greeted happily by the whole family of the bird. As a sign of their thanks for his care and attention, the birds gave him a little box, and told him not to open it until he got home.
To his surprise, the farmer found the box full of precious stones. When his wife saw them, she decided that she too deserved a reward, and she went to see the birds. The birds gave her a little casket; but this one was full of devils. The devils jumped on her as soon as she opened the casket and chased her away.
Left alone, the farmer went to live near his friend, the bird. There he built a hut of perfumed wood; and the birds decorated it with flowers of every kind.
16. Which of the following statements do you agree with ?
a.The farmer chased his wife away.
b.The farmer lived happily with his wife.
c.The farmer’s wife took care of the bird
d.The bird was very thankful to the farmer.
e.The farmer’s wife was a very kind woman.
17. The farmer’s new hut was….
a. Well furnished
b. Built by the birds
c. a gift from the birds
d. decorated luxuriously
e. built of perfumed wood
18. What do we learn from the text?
a. A gift shows kindness.
b. Sufferings bring happiness.
c. Arguing makes you distressed.
d. A good deed deserves a reward
e. Having no heart makes you isolated.
19.What is the main information discussed in the third paragraph?
a.The bird left the farmer.
b.The birds welcomed the farmer
c.The farmer got a little casket from the birds.
d.The farmer was so angry and went out to find the bird.
e.The farmer was happy having got a box of precious stones.
20.The word “discovered” (p3) means….
a. proved b. found out c. saw
d. invented e. believed
TEXT 4 (21-25)
Last week John and Mary had a holiday. They went to Gembira Loka Zoo to spend the holiday. They wanted to look at many kinds of wild animals there. There are rhinos, tiger, lion, giraffe, elephant, etc. Gembira Loka Zoo is a very large zoo in Yogyakarta with many kinds of animals and green trees. The wild animals are placed in the place where they can move freely, many kinds of birds are placed in the big cages.
There are also some kinds of snakes in the cages which are arranged in row. There are a lot of visitors. They came from many regions surrounding the city. They look very happy to see the animals.
21. What is the purpose of the text above?
a. to entertain the readers
b. to tell past events
c. to give information about someone
d. to tell about how to do something
22. The main idea of paragraph 2 is ......
a. Last week John and Mary had a holiday.
b. There are many visitor in Gembira Loka Zoo
c. Gembira Loka Zoo is a very large zoo in Yogyakarta
d. There are a lot of animals in Gembara Loka Zoo
23. Where is the location of Gembira Loka Zoo?
a. Semarang
b. Yogyakarta
c. Solo
d. Surabaya
24. “Many kinds of birds are placed in the big cages” the underlined means...........
a. sarang
b. kandang
c. rumah
d. sangkar
25. The word “they” in “They came from many..” (line 8 paragraph 3) refer to................
a. wild animal
b. birds
c. visitors
d. snakes
TEXT 5 (untuk soal no 25 - 30)
The Frog King
A hundred years ago, there lived a king. He had some beautiful daughters, but the youngest daughter was the most beautiful. Close by the king’ castle, there was a great dark forest. And, under an old lime-tree in the forest, there was well. When the day was bored, she took her golden ball and played with it. One day, the princess played with her golden ball. Unfortunately, the ball rolled into the well. Then, she began to cry.
Suddenly, there was a frog who was willing to help her. However the frog asked the princess to bring him to the palace and to let him always stay close to her. The princess agreed with his request. So, the frog jumped into the well and took the golden ball out of it. The princess felt so happy to see her golden ball again
16. The purpose of the text above is .....
a. to entertain reader with a fairy tale
b. to persuade the reader to read the story
c. to describe how beautiful the princess is
d. to inform the reader about the princess’ golden ball
17. “When she was bored, she took her golden ball......” ( line 3 paragraph 1) the undelined word refer to.....
a. The frog
b. Golden ball
c. The princess
d. The King
18. What happens to the princess after her golden ball rolled into the well?
a. She began to cry
c. She began to laugh
b. She began to run away
d. She began to jump into the well
19. The word “request” has similar meaning as.............
a. made
b. asked
c. drew
d. told
20. What do you think about the princess?
a. She is an evil character
b. She is a trouble maker
c. She is an emotional person
d. She is a good person
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Text 4
The Tyrant Who Became a Just Ruler
b. Kangaroo can run like lion
c. Kangaroo can run like tiger
d. Kangaroo can run like zebra
e. Kangaroo have many legs
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