The Lion And The Mouse A.
B. Spoof
It was a hot day and the lion laid fast
asleep in the forest. Suddenly, a little mouse
ran up to his nose. The lion woke up and
caught the mouse in his paw.
“Please let me go,” begged the
frightened mouse. “All right,” said the lion.
“But don’t disturb me again.” Then the little
mouse free.”Thank you,”the mouse said.”I
will never forget your kindness. I might even
pay back you one day. “The lion only laughed.
“How can a tiny mouse help me?” he thought.
He rolled over and went back to sleep.
Some time later, the lion was caught in
a net. He roared loudly. Deep in the forest, the
little mouse heard him. “The lion is in
trouble,” it said. “I must go and help him.”
The mouse soon found the lion. It began to
bite the ropes of the net. Its sharp teeth soon
made a big hole in the net. Before long, the
lion was out of the net.
“Thank you for saving my life, little
mouse,” said the king of the beats. He felt so
embarrassed.
1. What was the lion doing in the forest on
that hot day?
A. The lion was eating.
B. The lion was catching a mouse.
C. The lion was sleeping.
D. The lion was scratching its back.
E. The lion was running.
2. How did the muuse feel when the lion
caught him ?
A. The mouse was fustrated.
B. The mouse was angry.
C. The mouse was proud.
D. The mouse was scared.
E. The mouse was sad.
3. Why did the lion roar loudly some time
later?
A. The lion was hungry.
B. The lion was caught.
C. The lion was tired.
D. The lion was sleepy.
E. The liom was muddy.
4. How did the mouse free the lion?
A. The mouse gnawed the rope of the net
B. The mouse pulled the ropes of the net.
C. The mouse tore the ropes of the net.
D. The mouse cut the ropes of the net.
E. The mouse created a hole in the net.
5. What kind of text is this?
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Descriptive.
C. Narrative.
D. Recount
E. Report.
6. What is the main idea of paragraph 2 ?
A. The lion was in trouble.
B. The lion ate the mouse.
C. The lion freed the mouse.
D. The mouse was happy.
E. The mouse died.
Text one for number 7 to 12
One day a big dog went into the butcher and
it stole a piece of meat. He ran so fast that the
butcher couln’t catch him. The dog ran out
into the fields with the meat. He was going to
eat it by himself
On his way home, the dog had to cross a
plank lying across a running stream. As he
was walking on the plank, he looked into the
water and saw his own shadow in the
water.Thinking that it was another dog with a
piece of meat, he made up his mind to have
that as well. He also thought that the meat in
the water looked bigger than the one he had
stolen from the butcher.So he made a snap at
the shadow in the water,but as he opened his
mouth,the piece of meat fell out, dropped into
the water and was seen no more.
He looked everywhere but the dog with the
bigger meat had gone.
The silly dog went home hungrily. He lost his
meat and got nothing because he was too
greedy.
07.What is the genre of the text?
a. A report
b. An anecdote
c. A description
d. A narrative
e. An explanation
08.The communicative purpose of the text
is ...
a. To describe a dog and its activities
b. To explain what has happened to a
dog
c. To entertain and give lessons to the
readers
d. To inform a funny story
e. To tell a happy ending story
09.What tense is mostly used in the
reading text?
 It is ...
a. Past continuous tense
b. Past tense
c. Simple present tense
d. Past tense and past continuous tense
e. Simple future tense
10.Why did the dog want to get the meat
that he saw in the water?
a. He thought the meat in the river
was bigger than his own.
b. The meat in the river was more
delicious
c. The meat was fresher than his own
d. The dog in the river gave him the
meat
e. He wanted to get two pieces of meat
11.Which statement is TRUE based on the
text?
a. The dog lost his meat at a butchery
b. The meat dropped to the river
because it was too heavy
c. The dog lost his meat when he was
passing or crossing a bridge
d. The dog was very lucky
e. The dog was hungry and ashamed
12.What lesson can we get from reading
the text?
a. Work hard and be patient in our
lives
b. Don’t be silly and greedy
c. Be responsible and be patient
d. Try hard to get more properties
e. Hunger causes many problems
THE ORIGIN OF TOBA LAKE
Along time ago in Sumatra, there was
a fisherman called Batara Guru Sahala. Day
after day he rowed his boat in the river. If he
was lucky, he would catch fish and sell them
for living.
One day he was fishing as usual. He
had been fishing for hours but not a single
fish had come into his net. Suddenly, a sharp
thing pulled on his net. It was a huge silver
fish. He went home happily.
Then he went out to get some wood to
cook the fish. When he came back, he heard a
soft voice singing. He saw a beautiful girl
standing in the corner of the room. She was
the silver fish.
He asked her to marry him. The girl agreed as
long as he promised not to tell anyone about
her origin not even to their children.
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The Batak children were taught that it
is forbidden to touch the food intended for
their parents. He was so angry that he forgot
his promise.
Suddenly, his wife and her, children
were disappeared. He couldn’t find them in
the hut, but she didn’t listen.
Today, the people who live around
Lake Toba believe that the fish in the lake are
the descendants of batara Guru Sahala and
his wife.
13.What is Batara Guru Sahala ….
A. Sailor
B. Tailor
C. Fisherman
D. Seller
E. Hunter
14.What kind of fish is caught in his net?
A.single fish
B.sharp fish
C.huge fish
D.small fish
E.huge silver fish
15.The fish changed into ….
A. river
B. descendant
C. Soft voice
D. Girl
E. children
16..Did she agree to many Batara Guru
Sahala ?
a. Yes, she did
b. Yes, she was
c. Yes, she is
d. Yes, she does
e. Yes, she has
17.What happened when Batara Sahala
broke his promise ?
a. The fish disappeared from the house
b. His wife and children ate his food
c. His wife and children changed into
fish
d. The child left the river bank
e. The child forgave Batara Sahala
Many years ago, there lived a hermit in a
forest in Sumatera. He didn’t grow food but
depended on the jungle fruit to survive. Soon,
there was a drought, and all the plants and
fruit in the jungle died.
They old man had nothing to eat now,
so he turned to begging. He went to a nearby
village trying to get some food. At first, the
villagers were happy to help him. However,
when he came continually, they refused to
give him many more food. They told him to
grow his own food.
One day, while the hermit was sitting
in his hut, sad and hungry, he began to think
about growing his own food. Just then a
boatman stopped by, and taking pity on the
hermit, gave him some paddy seeds.
Before the boatman went away, he
said,”These seeds will grow and give you
everlasting harvest if you work very hard. If
you are tired of the work, the padi plants turn
into weeds.
The old hermit worked hard to clear
the land and sowed the seeds before the rains
came. Strangely after a short periode of time,
the padi was ready for harvesting. The old
man got a lot of rice from the harvest after
each harvest, the plants grew back again right
away.
When the villagers heard about the
hermit and his wonderful paddy, they flocked
to his padi field and took home as much padi
as they could.
One day the hermit became so tired of
harvesting the padi and he shouted,”Oh, stop
growing you wretchedthing”! As soon as he
had said this, the padi plants turn into weeds.
18.What did the boatman give to the
hermit ?
A. Fruit tree
B. Some food
C. padi plants
D. some weeds
E. some padi seeds
19. The main idea of paragraph 5 is
about…….
A. the succession of padi harvest
B. the hermit should clear the land
C. the hermit was a successful farmer
D. it needed a short time to harvest the
padi
E. the seed should be sown before the
rains came
20. Why did the padi plants turn into
weeds ?
A. the hermit got angry with the villagers
B. the hermit stopped growing the padi
plants
C. the villagers grew weeds instead of padi
plants
D. the villagers took home as much padi as
they could
E. the hermit shouted ordering the padi
plants to stop growing
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21.One day, the hermit began so tired of
harvesting the padi that he shouted….
(the last paragraph). The antonym of
shouted
is……..
A. Said
B. Cried
C. Laughed
D. Wishpered
E. Screamed
22.Which statement is true about the
hermit ?
A. He lived in small town in Sumatera
B. He went to village to ask for some food
C. He liked to give a villagers fruit and
padi
D. He died in the jungle when there was a
drought
E. He hate begging though there was
nothing to eat
Once upon a time there lived as
neighbors, a bear and a rabbit. The rabbit
was a good shot and the bear, being very
clumsy, could not use an arrow to a good
advantage.
The bear was very unkind to the
rabbit. Every morning, the bear would call
over to the rabbit and ask the rabbit to take
his bow and arrows and come with the bear to
the other side of the hill.
The rabbit, fearing to arouse the
bear’s anger by refusing, consented and went
with the bear. The rabbit shot enough buffalo
to satisfy the bear’s 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 bear was so greedy and
evil that he didn’t allow the rabbit to get any
of the meat. The poor rabbit could not even
taste the blood from the butchering, as the
bear would throw earth on the blood and dry
it up. The poor rabbit would have to go home
hungry after his hard day’s work.
The bear was the father of five
children. The youngest boy was very kind to
the rabbit. Knowing that the youngest boy
was a very hearty eater, the mother bear
always gave him an extra large piece of meat.
Instead of eating this extra meat, the youngest
bear would take the meat outside and pretend
to play ball with it, kicking it toward 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.
 28.What is the genre of the text?
23. What is the best title for the text? A. A report
a. A greedy bear B. An anecdote
b. A helpful rabbit C. A description
c. An egoistic rabbit D. A narrative
d. The bear and the rabbit E. An explanation
e. A good shot rabbit
29. The communicative purpose of the
24. Which stamen is WRONG according text is ...
to the text? A.To describe a country man and his
A. The bear was unkind to the rabbit life
B. The rabbit is a good shot rabbit B.To explain what has happened to a
C. The rabbit sot the buffalo because of his countryman
own will C.To entertain and give Lessons to the
D. The youngest bear gave the meat to the readers
rabbit indirectly D. To inform a funny story
E. The rabbit was afraid of the bear E. To tell the readers a real story
about A countryman
25. What is the type of the reading text?
a. A narrative 30. What tense is mostly used in the
b. A recount reading text?
c.A report
d.An analytical exposition A. Past continuous tense
e.A description B. Past tense
C. Simple present tense
26. What tense is mostly used in the text? D.Past tense and past continuous tense
a. Simple present tense E.Simple future tense
b. Past tense
c. Present future tense 31. Which statement is TRUE based on
d. Present progressive tense the text?
e. Past perfect tense A.The countryman lived happily
forever
27. What is the moral lesson of the story? B. The goose didn’t change the life of
a. If you are strong, you will be able to the countryman
Force others. C. The countryman killed the goose
b. Be a good shot in your daily life. just to get the golden eggs at once
c. Don’t forget the people who have D. The goose gave the countryman
helped us. many golden eggs everyday
d. Use your strength to get the things you E. The countryman killed the goose
need because of his strong intellectual
e. Respect others as we respect ourselves curiousity.

Text two for number 28 to 32
The Goose with the Golden Eggs
One day a countryman was going to the nest
and found there was an egg all yellow and
glittering. When he took it up, it was as heavy
as lead and he was going to throw it away,
because he thought a trick had been played
upon him. But he took it home on a second
thought, and soon found to his delight that it
was an egg of pure gold. Every morning the
same thing occurred and he soon became rich
by selling its eggs. As he grew rich, he grew
greedy and thought to get at once all the gold
the goose could give. He killed the goose and
opened it: only to find nothing.
32.. What lesson can we get from reading
the text?
A.Work hard and be patient in your
life!
B.Don’t be silly and greedy!
C.Listen to your friends suggestions
before doing something.
D.If we want to know something well,
research it carefully.
E.Greed stimulates people to work
hard

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This ext is for questions number 33 to 36
Long, long time ago, a hawk fell in love with
a hen. The hawk flew down from the sky and
asked the hen, “Will you marry me?” You
know what? The hen loved the brave, strong
hawk in return and wished to marry him. But
she said,” I cannot fly as high as you can. If
you give me time, I may learn to fly as high as
you. Then, we can fly together.”
The hawk agreed. Before he went away, he
gave the hen a ring. ”This is to show that you
have promised to marry me,” said the hawk.
It so happened that the hen already promised
to marry a rooster. So, when the rooster saw
the ring, he became very angry. “Throw that
ring away at once!” shouted the rooster. The
hen was so frightened at the rooster’s anger
that she threw away the ring immediately.
When the hawk came a few months later, the
hen told him that the truth. The hawk was so
furious that he cursed the hen. “Why didn’t
you tell me earlier? Now, you’ll always be
scratching the earth, and I’ll be always be
flying above to catch your children.” said the
hawk.
33. What is the main topic of the text?
A. An angry Rooster
B. The background why hawks hunt
chicks
C. An angry hawk
D. The fight between a rooster and a
hawk
E. Miserable chickens
34. The communicative purpose of the
text is ...
A. To amuse and entertain the readers
with problematic events
B. To tell the readers what really
happened in the past
C. To explain why or how something
works
D. To inform newsworthy events
E. To describe and event in the past.
35. Which statement is TRUE according
to the text?
A. The hen preferred loving the rooster to
the hawk.
B. The hen was able to fly high in the sky
C. The rooster fought bravely with the
hawk
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D. The rooster’s anger made the hen
afraid
E. The hawk gave a ring to the hen to
show his true love.
36. What lesson did we learn from the
story?
A. Being honest is not always wise
B. We have right to love someone
whom we like
C. True love can solve every problem in
our life
D. Keep your promise!
E. Be brave in choosing someone to be
your partner.
This text is for questions 37 and 38
The Lion and The Mouse
Mr. Lion was lying asleep when he was
suddenly awaked by a mouse running over his
face. The little mouse was being chased by a
wild cat. “How dare you!” he roared, and
raised his paw to kill the mouse. “Please, Sir,”
begged Miss Mouse, “let me go, and one day I
may do something for you in return. “You
help me! Ha….ha….ha….,” laughed Mr.
Lion, but he let her go.
One day, Mr. Lion was caught in a net
spread by hunters. “I can’t get out!” he
roared angrily. “But I can help you,” said a
tiny voice. Then Miss Mouse nibbled and
gnawed the ropes until the lion was free.
“There,” she said proudly, “if you had not let
me go, I would not have found a way to help
you.” “Yes, you have to thank her, Mr. Lion.
She has saved your life,” said a monkey who
was sitting on a branch of a tree.
37. The main idea of paragraph two is….
A. A monkey helped Mr. Lion
B. Miss Mouse helped release Mr.
Lion
C. THe hunters were caught in a net
D. Mr. Lion caught Miss Mouse
E. Mr. Lion was trapped by the
hunters
38. The word ‘gnawed’ in the second
paragraph means…
A. to tie
B. to unpack
C. to strengthen
D. to undo
E. to keep
This text for questions number 39 to 43
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 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 the 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.
The boss of crocodile called all of 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.... until twenty, and finally ,he thanked
all crocodiles because he had crossed the river
(Source UAN 200 )
39.The story mainly tells us about...
A. twenty crocodiles
B. the boss of the crocodiles
C. A rabbit and twenty crocodiles
D. A rabbit and the boss of crocodile
E. The boos of crocodile and all of his
Friends
40.We know from the first paragraph that
the rabbit actually wanted ....
A. To cross the river
B. To swim across the river
C. To meet the boss of the crocodile
D. To know where the crocodiles are
E. To know the number of the crocodiles.
41.”All of you are good, nice, gentle, and
kind....”(paragraph 2)
The word gentle is synonymous with
…
A.wild
B. diligent
C. cheerful
D.easy-going
E.honorable
42.What is the communicative purpose of
the text?
A.To report the stupidity of crocodiles
B. To entertain the readers with
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amusing Story
C. To inform newsworthy events
D.To discuss a rabbit and the crocodiles
E.To explain the relationship between a
rabbit and the crocodiles.
43.What is the moral lesson we learn from
the rabbit in the story?
A. By telling lies we can save ourselves
B. Don’t be afraid to be a liar
C. Cleverness can overcome our
problem
D. Use the stupid person for our
fortune
E. Don’t be afraid with the strong men.
This text is for questions number 44 to 48
Once upon a time there was a prince; he
wanted to get himself a princess, but she had
to be a real princess. So he travelled all over
the world to find one, but in every case
something was the matter. There were lots of
princesses, but he could never quite make out
whether they were real or not. So he came
back feeling very unhappy.
One evening a terrible storm came. Lightning
flashed, thunder rolled, and the rain poured
down in torrents- it was simply awful!
Suddenly there was a knock at the city gate,
and the old king went out to answer it.
There was a princess standing outside, but
what a sight, the rain and the bad weather
had made of her! The water streamed down
her hair and her clothes, and yet she said that
she was a real a princess.
“It won’t take a long to find that out,”
thought the old queen. Without saying
anything she went into the bed chamber, took
off all the bedclothes, and placed one pea on
the bottom boards of the bed. Then she took
twenty mattresses and put them on top of the
pea, and after that she put twenty feather
pillows on top of the mattresses.
That was where the princess was to spend the
night.
In the morning they asked her how she had
slept. “Oh, dreadfully!” said the princess. “I
hardly slept a wink all night. Whatever could
have been in the bed? I was lying on
something so hard that I am black and blue
all over.”
Of course they could see that she a real
princess since she had felt the pea through the
twenty mattresses and twenty -feather pillows.
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tender skin as that.
Once upon a time, there was a poor farmer
The prince took her for his wife, and they who lived with his wife. One day he dug up his
lived happily ever after. field and found a big box. He took it home
with him and showed it to his wife. His wife
cleaned the box and kept it in their house.
44. From the story we can conclude that
the princess.... On sunny morning his wife dropped an
A.was smart apple into it. Suddenly, the box began fill up
B. was kind-hearted with apples. No matter how many the apples
C. had delicate skin were taken out, more apples took their place.
D. had a cunning rick So the farmer and his wife decided to sell the
E. was beautiful apples and in short time they were able to live
quite confortably.
45.Which paragraph describes the awful One day the farmer dropped a gold coin
look of the princess when the king and into the box. At once, apples disappeared and
the queen saw her for the first time? the box began to fill itself with coins. Every
A.One day the farmer and his wife collected
B.Two hundreds of gold coins from the box. Soon
C.Three they became very rich.
D. Four Having heard that his son had gone rich,
E.Five the farmer’s visited the couple. He was not
strong and he could not go out to work
46.“I hardly slept a wink all anymore. So the farmer asked the old man to
night.”(paragraph 6). help him take the money out of the box. When
The sentence shows that the princess.... his grandfather told his son that he was tired
A.Slept on a hard mattress and wanted to have a rest, the farmer shouted
B.Fell asleep immediately at him, “Why are you so lazy? Why can’t you
C. Could sleep all night work harder?”
D.Could sleep soundly The old man did not say anything, and
E.Did not get much sleep. continued working until he fell into the box
and suddenly died. At once, the money
47.The type of the text is a/an ..... disappeared and the box began to fill up with
A. Report dead grandfathers
B. News item
C. Narrative The farmer had to pull them out and bury
D. Recount them. To do this, he had to spend all the
E. Spoof money he had collected. When he had used up
all the money, the box broke and the farmer
48.Which statement is Wrong based on was just as poor as he was before.
the text?
A.The prince found difficulty in 01.What is the best title for the reading
looking for a real princess text?
B.There were many real princesses A. Life change
Who wanted to get married with the B. The magic box
prince C. A fortune farmer
C.The old king himself opened the city D. A greedy farmer
Gate E. A farmer and his family
D.The real princess is very honest
E.The prince and the princess lived 02.The communicative purpose of the text is
happily for ever. ...
A.To amuse and entertain the readers
with problematic events
B.To tell the readers what really
happened in the past
C To explain why or how something
works
D.To inform newsworthy events
E. to describe and event in the past.

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03.How many magical or strange events
were found in the text?
A.one
B.Two
C.Three
D.Four
E.Five
04.Which statement is TRUE according to
the story?
A.His wife cleaned the box and kept it
for her.
B.The box was full of precious things
when it was found
C. The farmer had to pull dead
grandfathers out and bury them
D.The grandfather died because of his
son
E.The farmer and his wife live happily
forever.
05.What lesson did we learn from the
story?
A. Being honest is not always wise
B. Richness often makes people
arrogant and careless
C.Don’t force other people to work for
us
D.It is good to be honest in life
E. We must respect our parents or the
old ones
Text 2 for questions number 6 to 10
Once upon a time there was a prince; he
wanted to get himself a princess, but she had
to be a real princess. So he travelled all over
the world to find one, but in every case
something was the matter. There were lots of
princesses, but he could never quite make out
whether they were real or not. So he came
back feeling very unhappy.
One evening a terrible storm came. Lightning
flashed, thunder rolled, and the rain poured
down in torrents- it was simply awful!
Suddenly there was a knock at the city gate,
and the old king went out to answer it.
There was a princess standing outside, but
what a sight, the rain and the bad weather
had made of her! The water streamed down
her hair and her clothes, and yet she said that
she was a real a princess.
“It won’t take a long to find that out,”
thought the old queen. Without saying
anything she went into the bed chamber, took
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off all the bedclothes, and placed one pea on
the bottom boards of the bed. Then she took
twenty mattresses and put them on top of the
pea, and after that she put twenty feather
pillows on top of the mattresses.
That was where the princess was to spend the
night.
In the morning they asked her how she had
slept. “Oh, dreadfully!” said the princess. “I
hardly slept a wink all night. Whatever could
have been in the bed? I was lying on
something so hard that I am black and blue
all over.”
Of course they could see that she a real
princess since she had felt the pea through the
twenty mattresses and twenty -feather pillows.
No one but a real princess cold have such
tender skin as that.
The prince took her for his wife, and they
lived happily ever after.
06.From the story we can conclude that the
princess....
A.was smart
B. was kind-hearted
C. had delicate skin
D. had a cunning rick
E. was beautiful
7. Which paragraph describes the awful look
of the princess when the king and the
queen saw her for the first time?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
E. Five
8. “I hardly slept a wink all
night.”(paragraph 6).
The sentence shows that the princess....
A. Slept on a hard mattress
B. Fell asleep immediately
C. Could sleep all night
D. Could sleep soundly
E. Did not get much sleep.
9. The type of the text is a/an .....
A. Report
B. News item
C. Narrative
D. Recount
E. Spoof
10.Which statement is Wrong based on
the text?
A.The prince found difficulty in
looking
for a real princess
 B.There were many real princesses
Who wanted to get married with the
prince
C.The old king himself opened the city
Gate
D.The real princess is very honest
E.The prince and the princess lived
happily for ever.
The following text is for questions 10 to 12.
One day, when the chicken was
walking in the jungle, she found a banana
tree. The banana tree had ripe. She wanted to
eat the bananas but unfortunately she
couldn’t climb it. She got an idea, she asked
for the monkey to climb the tree and pick the
bananas up for her.
She looked for the monkey, and found
him on the top of the coconut tree , she said to
the monkey,” could you take me some
bananas ? you may take some of them if you
want to,” the monkey said,” yes, I could and I
promise I would give you some bananas”.
After they had got into that place, the
monkey climbed the trees fast. Soon as she
reached the top of the tree, he forgot his
promise. He ate all of the bananas by himself
while the chicken was angry and left the
monkey who was eating greedily.
Finally, the monkey was too full, he felt
asleep on the tree. Suddenly, there was strong
wind and the monkey fell down into the
ground, his head hit the stone and the greedy
monkey got died.
10. The text tells us about...
A. The chicken and the monkey
B. The chicken and the banana tree
C. The monkey and the banana tree
D. The coconut tree
E. The banana tree
11.What did the monkey do after eating
some bananas ?
A. Giving bananas to the chicken
B. Climbing the trees
C. Falling asleep
D. Feeling well
E. Getting down
12.Paragraph 3 mostly discussed about
… and the goose.
A. greedy monkey
B. climbing monkey
C. angry chicken
D. top of the tree
E. banana peel
The Golden Eggs
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Long time ago a remote village, in
central China, was inhabited mainly with
farmers and hunters.
One day, a poor farmer lost his entire
livestock to flood. He prayed hard to God for
help or his family would die of starvation.
Few days later an old man, with long
grey beard passed by his house took pity on
him. He gave him a goose and said ”I don’t
any expensive thing to give you and hope this
goose will help you to ease your hardship.”
A week later to his utmost surprise the
farmer found an egg in his yard. This was no
ordinary egg. It was a golden egg. He was
suddenly overcome with joy.
Thereafter, the livelihood had rapidly
improved but the farmer had forgotten his
earlier hardship. He became lazy, arrogant,
and spendthrift.
Strangely, the goose only laid one
golden egg every six months. The greedy
farmer lost his patient and slaughtered his
goose thinking there were plenty of golden
eggs inside its stomach.
Though, he very much regretted for
his foolishness. It’s already too late.
1. Where was this story happened?
A. In Southern China.
B. In Northern China.
C. In Western China.
D. In Central China.
E. In Eastern China.
2. What happened to the farmers livestock?
A. They were all eaten by the wild animal.
B. They were all stolen.
C. They were all given away.
D. They were all slaughtered.
E. They were killed by flood.
3. What did the story teach us?
A. It taught us not to be greedy and be
contented with what we had.
B. It taught us to pray God for help.
C. It taught us foolishness did not pray.
D. It taught us not to be lazy and arrogant.
E. It taught us no to forget a good deed.
4. What is the communicative purpose of the
text?
A. To share an amusing story with others.
B. To inform readers about the farmer
C. To describe how the farmers got rich.
D. To persuade the readers to read the
story.
E. To entertain the reader with an
interesting story.
5. Who gave the goose to the farmer?
 A. God gave the goose to the farmer.
B. It dropped from heaven.
C. The old man gave the goose to the
farmer.
D. A fairy gave the goose to the farmer.
E. It was a story goose found by the
farmer.
6. Which of the statement described his
downfall?
A. He prayed for God’s help or his family
would die.
B. He didn’t believe the old man.
C. A week later to his utmost surprise he
found a golden egg.
D. He lost his patient and slaughtered his
goose.
E. He forgotten his hardship and became
lazy and arrogant and spendthrift.
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 didn’t have enough
money to take Snow White.
Snow White didn’t want his 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 , what is
your name? Snow White said ,”my name
is Snow White.”
Doc said, “ 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 Snow White
and the seven dwarfs lived happily ever
after.
7. What type of text is used by the writer?
A. Narrative D. Comparative
B. Report E. New Items
C. Anecdote
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8. The communicative purpose of the text is .
.
A. To inform readers about important and
newsworthy events
B. To entertain readers with fairy tale
C. To share an account of an unusual
event
D. To persuade readers to accept his/her
opinions
E. To denote or propose something as the
case
9. In which paragraph can we find
complication ?
A. the first
B. the second
C. the third
D. the fourth
E. the fifth
10. The last paragraph function as . . .
A. Code
B. Conclusion
C. Thesis
D. Reorientation
E. Summation
11. The verbs in the text are mostly written
in . . .
A. Present continuous tense
B. Simple present tense
C. Past perfect tense
D. Present perfect tense
E. Simple past tense
Text for 22 – 25
Once upon a time there was a poor
widow who had an only son named Jack.
They were so poor that they didn’t have
anything except a cow. When the cow had
grown too old, his mother sent jack to the
market to sell it. On the way to the
market, Jack met a butcher who had some
beautiful beans in his hand. The butcher
told the boy that the beans were of great
value and persuaded the silly lad to sell the
cow for the beans.
Jack brought them happily. When he
told his mother about this, his mother
became so angry that she threw the beans
out of the window.
When Jack woke up in the morning, he
felt the sun shining into a part of his room,
but all the rest was quite dark and shady.
So he jumped to the window. What did
he see? The beanstalk grew up quite close
past Jack’s window. He opened the
 window and jumped to the beanstalk
which ran up just like a big ladder.
He climbed …and climbed till at last
he reached the sky. While looking around,
he saw a very huge castle. He was very
amazed.
Then Jack walked along the path
leading to the castle. There was a big tall
woman on the doorstep. Jack greeted her
and asked for the giantess’ mercy to give
him breakfast, because he felt very
hungry. Although the giantess grumbled
at first, finally she gave Jack a hunk of
bread and cheese and a jug of milk.
Jack hadn’t finished when the whole
house began to tremble with the noise of
someone’s coming. “Oh! It’s my
husband!” cried the giantess. “What on
earth shall I do?”
Hastily the giantess opened a very big
cupboard and hid Jack there.
12. Where did Jack sell his cow?
A. At a castle
B. At the market
C. At the giant’s castle
D. At the butcher’s house
E. On the way to the market
13. What is the story about?
A. Jack and a butcher
B. Jack and the giantess
C. Jack and the bean stalk
D. A poor widow and his son
E. The giantess and her husband
14. “Oh! It’s my husband!” he cried the
giantess.Paragraph 7
“What an earth shall I do?”
From the sentence we know that the
giantess is… her husband.
A. Afraid of
B. Angry with
C. Fed up with
D. Annoyed with
E. Displeased with
15. Jack’s mother looked very furious when
Jack told that . . .
A. The beans were precious
B. The butcher brought his cow
C. He has sold his cow to a butcher
D. He traded his cow for the beans
E. He met a butcher on the way to the
market
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THE LION AND THE MOUSE
Once when a lion was asleep, a little
mouse began running up and down upon him;
this soon awoke the lion, which placed his
huge paw upon the mouse, and opened his big
jaws to swallow him.
“Pardon, O King,” cried the little
mouse “Forgive me this time. I shall never
forget it; who knows I may be able to do you a
good turn some of these days?” The lion was
so tickled at the idea of the mouse being able
to help him. Then he lifted up his paw and let
him go.
One day the lion was caught in a trap.
Some hunters, who wanted to carry him alive
to the King, tied him to a tree while they went
in search of a wagon to carry him in. Just
then the little mouse happened to pass by and
see the sad plight in which the lion was. The
little mouse went up to him and soon gnawed
away the ropes that bound the king of the
king of the beasts. Soon after the little mouse
had finished gnawing the ropes, he asked the
lion to run away.
19. What is the moral lesson from the text?
a. Don’t look at someone because of his
clothes.
b.It is best to prepare for the days
necessity.
c. common people may prove great ones.
d. United we stand, divided we fall.
e. Honesty begins at home.
20. Paragraph three mainly tells that ?
A. The little mouse asked for forgiveness.
B. The hunters carried the lion alive to
the King.
C. The lion was tied to a tree by the
hunters.
D. The little mouse could prove that he
could help the lion.
E. From the first, the lion believed in
what the little mouse said.
21. What did the little mouse do to prove his
words?
a. He would never forget the lion.
b. He tried hard to help the lion fr
c. He ran up and down upon the lion.
d. He asked for apology to the king of the
beast..
e. He tied the lion to the tree so that the
hunters could carry him.
22. What is the communicative purpose of the
 text?
a. To share an incident story of the lion
and the mouse with others.
b. To inform readers about The Lion and
the Mouse story.
c. To describe how the lion looks
arrogant to the mouse.
d. To persuade the reader to read the
story.
e. To entertain the reader with an
interesting story.
23. The above text is in the form of?
a. Descriptive
b. Procedure.
c. Anecdote.
d. Report.
e. Narrative
Text 4.
This text is for questions 21 to 23
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.
21.The story mainly tells us about ...
A. twenty crocodiles
B. the boss of the crocodile
C. a rabbit and twenty crocodiles
D.a rabbit and the boss of crocodile
E. the boss of the crocodile and ail his friends
22.We know from the first paragraph that the
rabbit actually wanted ...
A. to cross the river
B. to swim across the river
C. to meet the boss of crocodile
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D. to know where the crocodiles are
E. to know the number of crocodiles there
23.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 4
This text is for questions 23 to 26
The Hen with the Silver Eggs
One day, in an Arabian city, a woman went to
the market and bought a beautiful L™ 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.
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Paragraph 3 mostly discusses 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
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The hen died because it ...
A. ate nothing
B. ate too much
C. laid more eggs
D. was badly injured
E. was forced to lay. eggs
From the text we may conclude that the
woman was ...
A. active
B. miserly but a real Princess could have such tender
C. greedy skin as that.
D. furious So the Prince took her for his wife, and
E. dangerous
they lived happily ever after.
"If the hen could only be persuaded.... "
(Paragraph 2} 22. From the story we can conclude that the
Princess _____
The underlined word means .... A. Was smart
B. Was kind-hearted
A. commanded C. Heart delicate skin
B. influenced
D. Had a cunning trick
C. dangerous
D. brought E. Was beautiful
E. told
23. Which paragraph describes the awful look
The Princess and the Pea of the Princess when the King and the
Once upon a time there was a Prince; Queen saw her for the first time?
he wanted to get himself a princess, but she A. One
had to be a real princess. So he travelled all B. Two
over the world to find one, but in every case C. Three
something was the matter. There was lots of D. Four
Princesses, but he could never quite make out E. Five
whether they were real or not. So he came
back home feeling very unhappy. 24. “I hardly slept a wink all night.”
One evening a terrible storm came. (Paragraph 6) It shows that the Princess
Lightning flashed, thunder rolled and the rain _____
poured down in torrents-it was simply awful! A. Slept on a hard mattress
Suddenly there was a knock at the city gate B. Fell asleep immediately
and the old King went out to answer it. C. Could sleep all night
There was a Princess standing outside, D. Could sleep soundly
but what a sight the rain and the bad weather E. Did not get much sleep
had made of her! The water streamed down
her hair and her clothes, and yet she said she
was a real Princess. The following text is for Question 25 to 28
“It won’t take a long to find that out,”
thought the old queen. Without saying A Man and his son were once going with their
anything, she went into the bed chamber, took Donkey to market. As they were walking
off all the bedclothes, and placed one pea on along by its side a countryman passed them
the bottom boards of the bed. Then, she took and said: "You fools, what is a Donkey for but
twenty mattresses and put them on top of the to ride upon?"
pea and after that she put twenty feather
pillows on top of the mattresses. So the Man put the Boy on the Donkey and
That was where the Princess was to they went on their way. But soon they passed
spend the night. In the morning they asked a group of men, one of whom said: "See that
her how she had slept.”Oh, dreadfully” said lazy youngster, he lets his father walk while
the princess. I hardly slept a wink all night. he rides."
Whatever could have been in the bed? I was
lying on something so hard that I’m black and So the Man ordered his Boy to get off, and got
blue all over.” on himself. But they hadn't gone far when
So of course they could see that she they passed two women, one of whom said to
was a real Princess, since she had felt the pea the other: "Shame on that lazy man to let his
through the twenty feather-pillows. No one poor little son trudge along."

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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 passers-by 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 and
your hulking son?"
The Man and Boy got off and tried to think
what to do. They thought and they thought,
till 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 till
they came to Market 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 fore-feet being tied together he
was drowned.
"That will teach you," said an old man who
had followed them.
25. Which of the following event didn’t
happen in the story?
A. The man rode on the donkey.
B. The boy rode on the donkey
C. Both the man and the boy rode on the
donkey.
D. Both the man and the boy carried the
donkey.
E. All the man,the boy and the donkey
walk on their feet at once.
26. The Man and the Boy was going to…
A. the bridge
B. the market
C. the city
D. The village
E. The school
27. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
A. The man took his son onto the donkey
B. The man rode the donkey
C. The people mocked the man
D. The women mocked the man.
E. The donkey was drowned.
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28. What can we learn from the text?
A. Don’t be lazy
B. Mocking people is dangerous.
C. Please everyone and you will please
none.
D. It is important to be obedient.
E. It is hard to ride a donkey.
The following text is for questions 42-43
Queen of Arabia and Three Sheiks
Maura, who like to be thought of as the most
beautiful and powerful queen of Arabia, had
many suitors. One by one she discarded them,
until her list was reduced to just three sheiks.
The three sheiks were all equally young and
handsome. They were also rich and strong. It
was very hard to decide who would be the
best of them.
One evening, Maura disguised herself
and went to the camp of the three sheiks. As
they were about to have dinner, Maura asked
them for something to eat. The first gave her
some left over food. The second Sheik gave
her some unappetizing camel’s tail. The third
sheik, who was called Hakim, offered her
some of the most tender and tasty meat. After
dinner, the disguised queen left the sheik’s
camp.
The following day, the queen invited the
three sheiks to dinner at her palace. She
ordered her servant to give each one exactly
what they had given her the evening before.
Hakim, who received a plate of delicious
meat, refused to eat it if the other two sheiks
could not share it with him.
This Sheik Hakim’s act finally convinced
Queen Maura that he was the man for her.
“Without question, Hakim is the most
generous of you” she announced her choice to
the sheiks. “So it is Hakim I will marry”.
What is the moral value of the text?
A. There was a beautiful and clever queen
in Arab.
B. A lot of handsome men were trying to
propose her.
 C. Give your best to anybody who asks
for your help.
D. People must be rich in order to be
given the best.
E. Not all good deed will be rewarded
good.
1. What did the second Sheik give her?
A. He gave her food which was
abandoned by other guests.
B. He gave her food which was not
delicious.
C. He gave her food which was
tasteless.
D. He gave her a plate of delicious
meat.
E. He gave her a camel.
. A. There was an old woman who didn’t
Text 4
The Old Woman and the Sparrow
Once upon a time, there lived a kind
hearted man and his wife.
One morning, his wife found a poor little
sparrow. She took it gently and fed it.
To show its gratitude, the sparrow stayed
with them and sang every morning. But there
was an ill-tempered old woman who didn't
like the sparrow. She cut the sparrow's
tongue. That's why the bird flew away to its
previous nest.
Knowing that their sparrow flew away,
the kind man and his wife looked for the
sparrow. They walked a long way, crossed the
bridges, climbed the mountains and passed
the woods.
At last, they could find the sparrow's nest.
The sparrow welcomed them and provided a
feast for them. Before they went home, the
sparrow brought two baskets; one was large
and looked heavy, and the other one was
small and light. The sparrow asked them to
choose only one. They chose the small and
that was the best choice. There were many
rolls of silk and piles of gold in it.
Being jealous, the ill-tempered old woman
did the same thing as the kind man and his
wife did. She chose the big basket which
actually contained wasps and venomous
crawlers, such as scorpions, centipedes, and
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other horrible creatures. Finally, they stung
and bit her to death (
(MPK Jakbar 2011-2012)
17. What did the sparrow do to express its
gratefulness to the couple?
A. It flew away to its previous nest.
B. It gave them many rolls of silk and
piles of gold.
C. It gave them scorpions, centipedes, and
other horrible creatures.
D. It stayed with them and sang every
morning.
E. It climbed the mountains and passed
the woods.
18. Why did the bird fly away to its previous
nest? Because…
like it.
B. The old woman cut its tongue.
C. The couple didn’t feed the bird.
D. The bird didn’t love the couple.
E. The bird wanted to show its gratitude
to the couple.
19. Which statement is NOT TRUE about the
old woman?
A. She was an ill-tempered old woman.
B. She walked a long way, crossed the
bridges, climbed the mountains and
passed the woods.
C. She chose the big basket.
D. She was one of the couple’s neighbors.
E. She was stung by the horrible
creatures.
20. What is the main idea of paragraph 5?
A. The old woman did the same thing as
the couple did.
B. The old woman was jealous.
C. The old woman chose the big basket.
D. The old woman got the great gold.
E. The old woman died because of her
greed.
Text 3
The Legend of Pari Temple
A long time ago, there lived an old man
in Pananggungan Mountain. His name was
Kiai Gede Penanggungan. He had
supernatural power. Kiai Gede
Penanggungan had a beautiful daughter
named Dewi Walangangin who hadn't
married yet. Kiai Gede Penanggungan prayed
days and nights for her daughter to have a
husband.
One day, a young handsome man came
to his place. The name of the man was Jaka
Pandelengan. He wanted to be Kiai
Penanggunngan's student. Kiai Gede agreed
to have Jaka as his student with one condition
that he would marry her daughter. Jaka
Pandelengan and Dewi Walanganangin soon
got married. Kiai Gede Penanggungan taught
Jaka many things.
After several years, now it was time for
the couple to live separately from Kiai Gede
Penanggungan. They would move to another
village. Kiai Gede Penanggungan gave some
seeds of pari or paddy to couple. He asked the
couple to plant the seeds. He also warned to
the couple no to be arrogant when they
wanted rich from planting the seeds.
Soon, the seeds grew a lot of rice. Now
the couple became very rich. The poor
neighbours came to the couple to ask for same
pari seeds. But the couple refused to help
them.
Kiai Gede heard to couple's behaviour.
Soon they visited the couple. He met them
when the couple was working in the field. Kiai
Gede talked to the couple. He reminded the
couple not to be arrogant. But the couple
ignored him. They said nothing to Kiai Gede.
Kiai Gede got very angry. Then he said "You
two are like temples. You cannot listen to
me." Right after he said those words, in
incredible thing happened. Slowly, Jaka and
Dewi turned into temples. Because the
temples stood among the pari, people in
named them as Pari Temple.
1. What should Jaka Pandelengan do to be
Kiai Gede Penanggungan’s student?
A. He should live in Kiai Gede
Penanggungan’s house.
B. He should move to another village.
C. He should marry with Kiai Gede
Penanggungan’ daughter.
D. He should work in the field.
E. He should be a temple.
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2. Kiai Gede Penanggungan wanted to meet
Jaka Pandelengan and Dewi
Walanganangin because...
A. He wanted to give some seeds of
pari or paddy to the couple.
B. He wanted to ask the couple to
move to another village.
C. He wanted to ask the couple to
plant the seeds.
D. He wanted to remind the couple not
to be arrogant.
E. He wanted to curse the couple into
temples.
3. Which statement is NOT TRUE about
Jaka Pandelengan?
A. He was asked to marry Dewi
Walanganangin.
B. He ignored Kiai Gede
Penanggungan’s words.
C. He refused to help his neighbours.
D. He was cursed into one of Pari
temples.
E. He prayed days and nights for her
daughter to have a husband.
4. What can we learn from the story?
A. Be a good student
B. Don’t be arrogant and greedy
people
C. Grow the seeds of pari and be rich
people
D. Appreciate our staple food
E. Listen what people say or you’ll be
cursed to be a temple
(MPK Jakbar 2011-2012)
The following text is for questions 24 to 26.
(Paket A rayon 06)
Jack and mother became very rich. They had
a hen that laid golden eggs and a golden harp
that played the most wonderful music. They
lived in a big house on the edge of the wood
and had many servants. But Jack and his
mother became greedy and very mean.
One day an old woman came to the
door. ‘Would you like to buy some beans?’
she asked Jack.
 ‘Yes, but I will only give you a penny,’
Jack answered.
The old woman was so poor that she
accepted the penny and went away. Jack told
one of the servants to plant the beans and
water tem.
In no time at all, the beanstalks grew
so tall that they touched the clouds. Jack
climbed up the tallest beanstalks and found
himself back at the giant’s land. Ahead of him
was the big castle. He knocked on the door
but there was no answer, so he went inside.
The floor and walls were covered with
jewels and gold coins. Soon he filled his
pockets with the jewels and money, and was
just about to run away when he heard loud
footsteps. Suddenly he found himself in a
giant fist. It was the fist of the same giant he
met in his previous adventure. There was no
way for Jack to escape.
‘Fee fi fo fum, I’m so glad you’ve
come. Be you alive or be you dead, you’ll be
my slave or off your head!’
So Jack became the giant’s slave. He
cooked, washed and cleaned the castle. He
had to do everything the giant asked. Jack
was very unhappy and begged to go home but,
alas, he was made to stay on at the castle.
The giant, however, married a princess
not long after that, and they lived happily
ever after.
24. ‘The Giant’s Revenge’ is sequel to ‘Jack
and the Beanstalk’.
Who are the characters found in both
stories?
A. Jack, Jack’s mother and the giant
B. Jack and the giant
C. Jack and mother
D. Jack’s mother
E. Jack
25. From the passage above, we can learn that
if we became wealthy ….
A. we must be happy
B. we must be stingy
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C. we should be greedy
D. we don’t need to be generous
E. we should be kind and generous
26. What does the first paragraph mainly talk
about?
A. Jack and his mother were greedy
because of their wealth.
B. Golden eggs and golden harp played
wonderful music.
C. Jack and his mother treated their
servants wisely.
D. A hen was the only Jack and his
mother’s wealth.
E. Wealth was Jack and his mother’s
wonder.
The following text for questions 24 to 26.
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A Mouse who always lived on the land, by an
unlucky chance, formed an intimate
acquaintance with a Frog, who lived, for the
most part, in the water.
One day, the Frog was intent on
mischief. He tied the foot of the Mouse tightly
to his own. Thus joined together, the Frog led
his friend, the Mouse, to the meadow where
they usually searched for food.
After this, he gradually led him
towards the pond in which he lived, until
reaching the banks of the water, he suddenly
jumped in, dragging the Mouse with him.
The Frog enjoyed the water amazingly,
and swam croaking about, as if he had done a
good deed. The unhappy Mouse was soon
sputtered and drowned in the water, and his
poor dead body floating about on the surface.
A Hawk observed the foating
Mouse from the sky, and dove down and
grabbed it with his talons, carrying it back to
his nest. The Frog, being still fastened to the
leg of the Mouse, was also carried off a
prisoner, and was eaten by the Hawk.
24. There are ... characters in the story.
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
E. six
 A. two
25. What is the moral value of the text? B. three
A. We must do our obligation C. four
B. We must be brave with our enemy. D. five
C. We must not underestimate your E. six
friend.
D. We will be paid for what we have 25. What can we learn from the text?
done. A. Doing the best to get what we want
E. There is always someone living more B. Being kind to all people
painfully than us. C. Thinking positively
26. The main idea of paragraph 5 is ... . D. Work hard in reaching our dreams
A. the hawk’s bad luck E. Being humble to others
B. the impact of being cruel
C. the strategy to get the prey 26. The main idea of paragraph 2 is ....
D. the benefit of the hawk’s accuracy A. the test from the queen in choosing a
E. the frog’s happiness of his friend’s husband
death B. the meeting of the queen and the three
sheiks
C. the special visit from the queen
The following text is for questions 24 to 26. D. the food for the sheiks’ dinner
Maura, who like to be thought of as the most E. the dinner for the queen
beautiful and powerful queen of Arabia, had
many suitors. One by one she discarded them,
until her list was reduced to just three sheiks.
The three sheiks were all equally young and
handsome. They were also rich and strong. It
was very hard to decide who would be the
best of them.
One evening, Maura disguised herself
and went to the camp of the three sheiks. As
they were about to have dinner, Maura asked
them for something to eat. The first gave her
some left over food. The second Sheik gave
her some unappetizing camel’s tail. The third
sheik, who was called Hakim, offered her
some of the most tender and tasty meat. After
dinner, the disguised queen left the sheik’s
camp.
The following day, the queen invited
the three sheiks to dinner at her palace. She
ordered her servant to give each one exactly
what they had given her the evening before.
Hakim, who received a plate of delicious
meat, refused to eat it if the other two sheiks
could not share it with him.
This Sheik Hakim’s act finally
convinced Queen Maura that he was the man
for her. “Without question, Hakim is the most
generous of you” she announced her choice to
the sheiks. “So it is Hakim I will marry”.

24. There are ... characters of the story.

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