Text1

Once upon a time, a rabbit wanted to

cross a river but he could not swim. He had an
idea. He saw a boss of crocodile swimming in
the river. The rabbit asked the boss of
crocodile, "How many crocodiles are there in
the river'?" The boss of crocodile answered,
"We are twenty here." "Where are they?" the
rabbit asked for the second time. "What is it
for?"
the
boss
of
crocodile
asked.
"All of you are good, nice, gentle and
kind, so I want to make a line in order. Later I
will know how kind you are," said the rabbit.
Then, the boss of the crocodile called all his
friends and asked them to make a line in order
from one side to the other side of the river. Just
then, the rabbit started to count while jumping
from one crocodile to another : one ... two ...
three ... four ... until twenty, and finally, he
thanked all crocodiles because he had crossed
the river.

1. The story mainly tells us about ........

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

twenty crocodiles
the boss of the crocodile
a rabbit and twenty crocodiles
a rabbit and the boss of crocodile
the boss of the crocodile and all his
friends

2. We know from the first paragraph that

3.

the rabbit actually wanted ........

a. to cross the river
b. to swim across the river
c. to meet the boss of crocodile
d. to know where the crocodiles are
e. to know the number of crocodiles
there
All of you are good, nice gentle, and
kind ...."
(Paragraph 2) The underlined word is
synonymous with ........
a. Wild
b. Diligent
c. Cheerful
d. Easygoing
e. Honourable

Text 2
Cinderella
Long, long time ago, there lived a beautiful
girl named Cinderella. Her parents passed
away, she lived with her step mother and step
sisters. Cinderella was very sad everyday
because she had to do the housework alone.
One day, the king wanted to find the wife if
his son. He invited all the beautiful girls to
come. Cinderella was very sad because her
step sister did not let her go. Her sisters went
to the palace without Cinderella.
Luckily, The Angel cam and helped
Cinderella to go to the palace. In the palace,
Cinderella danced with the Prince. He fell in
love with her; then he married her. They lived
happily ever after.

4. Which of the following is NOT TRUE

according to the text?
a. Cinderella lived whit her stepsisters
b. Cinderella felt happy with her
husband
c. Cinderella felt annoyed with her
stepsisters

d. Cinderella was helped by a fairy to

get to the ball

e. Cinderella was helped by her

stepsisters to do all the house
work

5. The communicative purpose of this text

is to .
a. Entertain the readers with a
fairy tale
b. Describe how Cinderella went to the
ball
c. Persuade the readers to read the
story
d. Inform
the
readers
about
Cinderellas marriage
e. Explain
to
the
readers
why
Cinderellas stepsister hated her so
much

6. They were very bossy. (Paragraph 1)

The word bossy means .
a. Furious
b. Arrogant
c. Sensitive
d. Offensive
e. Domineering

7. Her parents passed away. (Paragraph.1)

The synonym of the underlined word
is
a. Ran away
b. Dead
c. went away
d. go away
e. far away
Text 3
The Lamb and the Wolf
One day the wolf was slaking his thirst at a
stream when he chanced to see a lamb, also
drinking, at some distance down the stream.
Outraged, he growled, "You are muddying
my drinking water, now I shall eat you."
The lamb protested, "But, Sir, how can I be
muddying your drinking water? I am farther
down stream than you are. The water is flowing
from your part of the stream to where I am."
"Upstream or downstream, your drinking is
muddying my water, and I shall eat you." So
saying, the wolf leaped upon the lamb and
devoured him.

8. Where did the story happen ........

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

On the river
In the forest
In the jungle
At the zoo
In the garden

9. The following facts made the wolf get

angry with the lamb, except ........
a. the lamb muddied the water
b. the wolf wanted to eat the lamb
c. the lamb drank at the same stream
d. the lamb protested him
e. the wolf wanted to drink

10. We can learn from the story that ........

a.
b.
c.
d.

Never drink the river water.

Never clean our body on the stream.
The bad will always beat the good.
The strong will always rule the
weak.
e. We much keep our promise

Text 4
Once upon a time, The King Prabu ruled a
Kingdom in West Java. King Prabu and his wife
were wise and kind so that their people were
prosperous.
The problem came because The King didnt
have children. They tried many ways to have
children, but they always failed.
One day, Prabu prayed to God, and he was
very happy because God accepted his prayer.
Soon, they had a child that was beautiful but
spoiled and had the bad behavior.
For her seventeenth birthday party, the
princess got the gold necklace from her
parents. Unfortunately, when she saw it, she
didnt like it and threw it away into the floor.
Everybody was shocked because from the
ground emerged a lot of water. All of the
kingdom suddenly became a big lake.
People call it Telaga Warna and believed that
the colours came from the Princess necklace.

11. The Kingdom was located in..

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Sumatera
Sulawesi
Java
Papua
Bali

d. Connected With
e. Ruled

13. Which statement is Not Correct?

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

The queen had one daughter.

The lake swallowed the Kingdom.
The King adopted a girl as his child.
The princess had the bad behavior.
The Prabu and his wife were wise.

14. What kind of text is it?

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Descriptive
Report
Narrative
Recount
Procedure

15. The first paragraph is called..

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Complication
Orientation
Resolution
Reorientation
Coda

16. Communicative purpose of the story

is..
a. to
b. to
c. to
d. to
e. to
Text 5

17. What did the wolf ask when he saw the

goat grazing at the edge of a high cliff?
a. To be his friend
b. To graze on the level ground
c. To climb up higher
d. To be his dinner
e. To be his breakfast

18. arent you cold up there in this wind?

The word there refers to.
a. A hight clif
b. Sheltered area
c. Grass
d. Ground
e. water

19. What can we learn from the story

12. People.the King Prabu.

a. Hated
b. Liked
c. Disliked

No, thank you, said the goat.

Well then, said the wolf, arent you
cold up there in the wind? You would be
warmer grazing down here beside me in this
sheltered area.
No, thank you, said the goat
But the grass tastes better down here!
said the exasperated wolf, Why dine alone?
My dear wolf, the goat finally said,
are you quite sure that it is my dinner you are
worrying about and not your own?

describe the King

describe the Kingdom
entertain the readers
retell the past experience
persuade the readers

The Wolf and The Goat

A wolf saw goat grazing at the edge of a
high cliff. The wolf smacked his lips at the
thought of a finc goat dinner.
My dear friend, said the wolf in his
sweetest voice, arent you afraid you will fall
down from that cliff? Come down here and
grafe on this find grass beside me on safe,
level ground.

above?
a. Dont look down to other creatures
b. Dont easily belive in well
behaved creatures
c. Dont
judge
others
by
their
appearance
d. Dont easily beat other creatures
e. Dont look at sky

20. From the story we know.

a. The goat was very hungry
b. The wolf was a helpful animal
c. The wolf was eager to eat the
goat
d. The goat was going to fight with the
wolf
e. The goat was very angry
Text 6
Snow White
Once upon a time, there lived a little girl
named Snow White. She lived with her aunt
and uncle because her parents were dead.
One day, she heard her uncle and aunt
talking about leaving Snow White in the castle
because they both wanted to go to America
and they didnt have enough money to take
Snow White.
Snow White did not want her uncle and
aunt to do this, so she decided it would be best
if she ran away. The next morning, she ran
away from home when her aunt and uncle were
having breakfast. She ran away into the
woods.
She was very tired and hungry. Then, she
saw this little cottage. She knocked, but no
one answered, so she went inside and fell
asleep.
Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming
home from work. They went inside. There they
found Snow White sleeping. Then Snow White
woke up. She saw the dwarfs. The dwarfs
said, Whats your name? Snow White
answered, My name is Snow White.
The other dwarfs asked, If you wish, you may
live here with us. Snow White said, Oh, could
I? Thank you! Then Snow White told the

dwarfs the whole story, and the seven dwarfs

lived happily ever after.

21. What kind of text is it?

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Narrative
Analytical Exposition
News item
Hortatory Exposition
Report

22. What is the communicative purpose of

the story?
a. To entertain the readers
b. To describe the way things
c. To retell an event with humorous
twist
d. To
persuade
by
presenting
arguments or to analyze or explain
e. To persuade the readers or the
listeners that something should or
should not be the case

23. What is the generic structure of the

story?
a. Orientation Complication
Resolution
b. Orientation Events Twist
c. Identification Description
d. Identification

Events
Reorientation
e. Thesis Arguments Reiteration

24. What kind of tenses is used in the story?

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Present Simple
Past Simple
Present Continuous
Past Continuous
Present Perfect

25. .because her parents were dead.

(Pharagraph.2)
The synonym of the underlined word
is
a. Lived
d. Ran Away
b. Loved
e. Kind
c. Passed away