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1. Which word best describes the singer’s condition at the first sentences of the song....
A. Happy D. Lonely
B. Hopeless E. Couraged
C. Discouraged
Text 1
On Wednesday, my students and I went to Yogyakarta. We stayed at Dirgahayu Hotel which is not far
from Malioboro.
On Thursday, we visited the temples in Prambanan. There are three big temples, the Brahmana,
Syiwa and Wisnu temples. They are really amazing. We visited only Brahmana and Syiwa temples,
because Wisnu temple is being renovated.
On Friday morning we went to Yogya Kraton. We spent about two hours there. We were lucky
because we were led by a smart and friendly guide. Then we continued our journey to Borobudur. We
arrived there at four p.m. At 5 p.m. we heard the announcement that Borobudur gate would be closed.
Text 2
The police thought that two burglars started the robbery at 151 Pattimura street on Sunday afternoon.
The burglars broke into the students’ room while they were going to a football game. They never
thought that while they were away, burglars would break into their boarding house.
Diana was born in 1961 as the third daughter of Edward John Spencer and his wife Ruth Burke
Roche. Diana grew up in a very privileged family that had a long history of close ties with the royal
family. When Diana’s paternal grandfather passed away in 1975, Diana’s father became the 8th Earl
of Spencer and Diana gained the title of “Lady”.
In 1969, Diana’s parents divorced. Her mother’s affair helped court decide to give custody of
the couple’s four children to Diana’s father. Both of her parents eventually remarried, but the divorce
left an emotional scar on Diana.
Diana attended school at West Heath in Kent and spent a short time a finishing school in
Switzerland. Although she was not an excellent student academically, her determined personality,
caring nature, and cheerful outlook helped her through it. After returning from Switzerland, Diana
rented an apartment with two friends, worked with children at the Young England Kindergarten, and
watched movies and visited restaurants in her free time.
It was about this time that Prince Charles, in his early 30, was under increasing pressure to
choose a wife. Diana’s vibrancy, cheerfulness, and good family background caught the attention of
Prince Charles and the two began dating during in mid-1980. It was a whirlwind romance for on
February 24, 1981, Buckingham Palace officially announce the couple’s engagement. At the time,
Lady Diana and Prince Charles seemed truly in love and whole world was awed by what seemed like
a fairytale romance.
12. How did Diana spend her free time when she was still a bachelorette?
A. She watched movies B. She finished her school
C. She worked in restaurant D. She returned to Switzerland
E. She visited her friends near the restaurant
13. The custody of the couple’s four children was given to Diana’s father because…….
A. her outlook was cheerful B. her mother had an affair
C. she determined her personality D. she had her very privileged family
E. her paternal grandfather was dead
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.
4. 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
E. Description
2. Why the wicked fairy did used her magic to make Raden Begawan unconscious?
A. She didn’t like Raden Begawan
B. She didn’t want Raden Prabu marry the princess
C. She wanted Teja Nirmala to forget about her wedding
D. She didn’t want the prince of Blambangan marry the princess
E. She didn’t want the prince of Blambangan feel love with her
3. What do you think will happen if gods or goddesses cannot mingle in the affairs of people in the
earth at that time?
A. Princess Segara will have married with Raden Begawan
B. Sang Prabu will not hold strength competition
C. Raden Begawan will not die
D. Teja Nirmala will stay in the Kahyangan
E. Wicked Fairy will not take Raden Begawan’s life
4. So a nice fairy took her to the Kahyangan. (Paragraph 2) The word her in the sentence refers to…
A. The wicked fairy
B. The nice fairy
C. Princess Nirmala
D. Prince Teja
E. The prince of Blambangan
8. According to the story, if Kbo Iwa is never existed in Bali island, what do you think will happen?
A. There will be no Bali island
B. Bali People will never be angry
C. All Bali people will live in a prosperous way
D. We are not able see the beauty of Lake Batur
E. Mount Batur will not be a sacred place now
9. “So, they came together to plan steps to oppose this powerful giant……”(Paragraph 3). The
antonym of the word “oppose “ is….
A. Support
B. Defeat
C. Turn Against
D. Beat
E. Change
A long time ago, very few people lived in the New Territories. There were only a few villages. If the
people wanted to go from one village to another, they often had to pass through wild and unsafe
forest.
One day, a farmer’s young wife went to the next village to visit her own mother and brother. She
brought along her baby son. When it was time for her to leave, her brother said “ it is getting
dark. Let my son, Ah Tim go with you though the forest.”
So Ah Tim led the way and the young woman followed behind, carrying her baby. When they were in
the forest, suddenly they saw a group of wolves. They began to run to avoid the danger, but Ah Tim
kicked against a stone and fell down. At once the wolves caught him. The young woman cried to the
wolves, “ please eat my own son instead.” Then, she put her baby son on the ground in front of the
wolves and took her nephew away. Everyone understood that this was because the woman was very
good and kind. She had offered her own son’s life to save her nephew.
They ran back to the house and called for help. All men in the village fetched thick sticks and went
back with her into the forest. When they got there, they saw something very strange. Instead of
eating the woman’s baby the wolves were playing with him.
11. What separated between one village to another a long time ago in the New Territories ?
A. Another village
B. Mountains
C. Forests
D. Hills
E. Towers and logs
17. “ all men in the village fetched thick stick … “ The word “ fetched” has a similar meaning to :
A. Received
B. Caught
C. Got
D. Hit
E. Lifted
19. The brother let her son go with his aunt as she left home because ….
A. Ah Tim wanted to see the wolves
B. His aunt wanted him to come long
C. Ah Tim was bored to live with his parents
D. The baby was too cute to be alone
E. Ah Tim would be a guardian for them
20. What is the purpose of the writer by writing the story above ?
A. To describe the danger of the villages
B. To entertain the readers of the story
C. To tell the villagers’ relationship
D. To explain how important a relative is
E. To narrate how the wolves were playing with the baby.
Once upon a time in west java, lived a writer king who had a beautiful daughter. Her name was
Dayang Sumbi. She liked weaving very much. Once she was weaving a cloth when one of her tools
fell to the ground. She was very tired, at the same time she was too lazy to take it. Then she just
shouted out loudly.
Anybody there! Bring me my tool. I will give you special present. If you are female. I will consider
you as my sister if you are male, I will marry you sunddenly a male dog, its name was Tumang
came. He brought her the falling tool. Dayang Sumbi was very surprised. She regretted her words
but she could not deny it. So she had marry Tumang and leave her father. Then they lived in a small
village. Several months later they had a son. His name was Sangkuriang. He was a handsome and
healthy boy.
Sangkuriang liked hunting very much, especially deer. He often hunted to the wood usying his
arrow. When he went hunting , Tumang was always with him.
One day Dayang Sumbi wanted to have deer’s heart so she asked Sangkuriang to hunt for a
deer. Then Sangkuriang when to the wood with his arrow and his faithful dog. Tumang, but afher
several days in the wood Sangkuriang could not find any deer. Then where all
disappeared. Sangkuriang was exhausted and desperate. He did not want to disappoint her mother
so he killed Tumang. He did not know that Tumang was his father. Tumang’s heart to her
mother. But Dayang Sumbi knew that it was Tumang’s heart. She was so angry that she could not
control her emotion. She hit Sangkuriang at his head Sangkuriang was wounded. There was a scar
in his head. She also repelled her son. Sangkuriang left her mother in sadness.
Many years passed and Sangkuriang became a strong young man. He wandered everywhere. One
day he arrived. at his own village but he did not realize it. There he met Dayang Sumbi. At the time
Dayang Sumbi was given an eternal beauty by God so she stayed young forever. Both of them did
know each other. So they fall in love and then they decided to marry. But then Dayang Sumbi
recognized a scar on Sangkuriang’s head. She knew that Sangkuriang was his son. It was
impossible for them to marry. She told him but he did not beliave her. He wished that they marry
soon. So Dayang Sumbi gave very difficult condition. She asked Sangkuriang to build a lake and a
boat in one night! She said she needed that for honeymoon.
Sangkuriang agreed. With the help of genie and spiritis, Sangkuriang tired to build them. By midnight
he had completed the lake by building a dam in Citarum river. Then he started making the boat. It
was almost dawn when he almost finished it. Meanwhile Dayang Sumbi kept watching on him. She
was very worried when she knew this. So she made lights in the east. Then the spiritis thought that
was already dawn. It was time for them to leave. They left Sangkuriang alone. Without their help he
could not finish the boat.
Sangkuriang was angry. He kicked the boat. Then the boat turned upside down. It, leter, became
Mounth Tangkuban Perahu. Which means an upside-down boat. From a distant the mount really
looks like an upside down boat.
27. “He brought her the falling tool”. The underline word “He” refers to……
A. Samgkuriang
B. Tumang
C. Dayang Sumbi
D. The king
E. Father
28. “ if you are male, I will marry you’ (paragraph 2). the sentence mean that the one who helped
Dayang Sumbi became her….
A. Husband
B. Maid
C. Boss
D. Son
E. King
30. “once upon a time, in west java, Indonesia lived a wise king who had beautiful daughter.”
(paragraph 1). What is the function of the above sentence?
A. A crisis
B. A complication
C. An orientation
D. A reorientation
E. A resolution
The old witch locked Hansel in a cage and set Gretel to clean the house. She planned to eat them
both. Each night the children cried and begged the witch to let them go.
Meanwhile, at home, their stepmother was beginning to wish she had never tried to get rid of the
children. “I must find them,” she said and set off into the forest.
Many hours later, when her feet were tired from walking and her lips were dry from thirst, she came to
the cottage belonging to the witch. The stepmother peeped through the window. Her heart cried out
when she saw the two children.
She picked up the broom leaning against the door and crept inside. The witch was putting some stew
in the oven when the stepmother gave her an almighty push. The witch fell into the oven and the
stepmother shut the door.
‘Children, I have come to save you,’ she said hugging them tightly. I have done a dreadful thing.
I hope in time you will forgive me. Let me take you home and become a family again. They returned
to their home and the stepmother became the best mother anyone could wish to have, and of course
they lived happily ever after!
33. “The witch fell into the oven and the stepmother shut the door.” (Paragraph 4). The underlined
word “shut” can be replaced by the word…
A. Marked
B. Painted
C. Opened
D. Polished
E. Closed
A man in Puerto Rico had a wonderful parrot. There was no other 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? Say
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!
38. “It was very, very smart”. The underlined word “It “refers to…
A. The chicken
B. The man
C. The Catano
D. The city
E. The bird
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 didn’t have enough money to take Snow White.
Snow White didn’t want her uncle and aunt to do that so she decided that it would be best if she ran
away. The next morning she ran away into the woods. She was very tired and hungry. Then she
saw a little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and fell asleep.
Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work. There they found Snow White
sleeping. Then Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs.
The dwarfs said, “What is your name?”
Snow White said, “My name is Snow White.”
Then, Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story.
The dwarfs said, “If you want, you may live here with us.”
Snow White answered, “Oh, could I? Thank you.”
Finally, Snow White and the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after.
43. Where did Snow White live after she ran away to the woods?
A. She lived in the cave
B. She lived in the lion nest
C. She lived everywhere in the woods
D. She lived in the dwarfs’ cottage
E. She lived on the street
44. According to the text, before she ran away into the woods, why did Snow White live with her uncle
and aunt?
A. because she loved them very much
B. as a result of forcing attitude from them
C. because her parents were dead
D. because she were afraid of the dwarfs
E. because she ran away from a monster
2) A: Where ....................... that jacket? B: In that new clothes shop in Piazza Kennedy.
a. have you bought
b. did you buy
4) A: I lived in Milan when I was younger. B: Really? How long ........................ there?
a. did you live
b. have you lived
c. lived you
5) Gladstone ............... the Prime Minister of Great Britain 5 times during the reign of Queen Victoria.
a. has been
b. had been
c. was
9. _______ Ben was doing his homework, he got a text message from his friend.
When
While
However
If
10. What _________ Add and Helen __________ when you broke the glass?
are / doing
was / doing
were / doing
did / did
MODAL Verbs
Fill in the blanks with : CAN , CAN’T , COULD , COULDN’T , MUST or MUSTN’T
1. She is a small baby. She ______________ eat meat, but she ______________ drink milk.
2. He is so ill that he ______________ see the doctor.
3. It’s raining heavily. You ______________ take your own umbrella.
4. We ______________ pick the flowers in the park. It’s forbidden.
5. I ________________ sing now but I ______________ sing very well when I was a child.
6. Mike is only nine months old. He ______________ eat nuts yet.
7. He is very fat. He ______________ run so fast.
8. You are speaking very quickly. I ______________ understand you.
9. I’m very tall, so I ______________ play basketball.
10. You ______________ park that car there. It’s a no-parking zone.
11. Many students in Great Britain ______________ wear a uniform when they go to school.
12. George has travelled a lot . He ______________ speak 4 languages.
13. I ______________ come with you now because I’m studying for my test.
14. Footballers ______________ touch the ball with their hands.
15. ______________ I use your phone ?
16. I’m sorry I ______________ come yesterday. I had to work late.
17. You ______________ speed through the city. It’s dangerous !
18. My hands are dirty . I ______________ wash them.
19. You have been coughing a lot recently. You ______________ smoke so much.
20. I’m very tired today. I ______________ clean my room now, but I’ll do it tomorrow.
21. I ______________ eat lasagne when I was a child, but I like it today.
22. We______________ go to the bank today. We haven’t got any money left.
23. It’s late. I ______________ go now.
24. You ________________ sleep in that room. It’s full of boxes and other stuff.
25. I ________________ swim very far these days, but ten years ago, I ______________ swim over
to the other side of the lake.
26. You have a bad headache, so you ______________ go to bed earlier.
27. I am so strong I ______________ do 50 push-ups at any time.
28. I ______________ feed the baby now, so can you do it for me ?
29. Tourists ______________ take their passports when they go abroad.
30. ______________ you please pass me the salt. – Thank you.