NARRATIVE TEXT AND EXERCISES

fine clothes

The Emperor always wore the finest clothes in the Empire. He was very proud of his fine
clothes, so when some men started advertising a new type of clothes “finer than the
Emperor’s” he immediately went to see for himself. He asked the men why the new clothes
were finer than this, but the men would not tell him. “That is our secret,” they said. Finally,
the Emperor decided to buy all of the new clothes so that he would still have the finest
clothes in the Empire. As he walked out of the shop wearing some of new clothes, a child
shouted, “Look! The Emperor understood the “secret” of his fine new clothes.

1.Which of the following examples shows that the Emperor was proud of his clothes?
a.He always wore the finest clothes in the Empire
b.He went to see the new clothes
c.He bought all the new clothes so that he would have the finest clothes
d.He understood the “secret” of the fine new clothes
e.He didn’t wear any clothes

2.A secret is ……
a.something that is not true
b.something about which people will not tell others
c.a special type of clothes
d.a special way of making clothes
e.something that no one knows

Monkey and Crocodile
One day a monkey wanted to cross a river. He saw a crocodile in the river, so he asked the
crocodile to take him across the other side. The crocodile told the monkey to jump on its
back. Then the crocodile swam down the river.
Now, the crocodile was very hungry, so when it was in the middle of the river, it stopped and
said to the monkey, ”Monkey, my father is very sick. He must eat the heart of the monkey.
Then he will be strong again.”
The monkey thought for a while. Then he told the crocodile to swim back to the river bank.
“What’s for?” asked the crocodile.
“Because I didn’t bring my heart with me,” said the monkey. “I left it under the tree, near
some coconuts.”
So, the crocodile turned around and swam back to the bank of the river. As soon as they
reached the river bank, the monkey jumped off the crocodile’s back and climbed up to the top
of a tree.
“Where is your heart?” asked the crocodile.
“You are foolish,” the monkey said to the crocodile. “Now I am free and you have nothing.”
The monkey told the crocodile not to try to fool him again. The crocodile swam away,
hungry.
1.The crocodile stopped in the middle of the river because …..
A.his father wanted to eat a heart of a monkey
B.the monkey forgot to bring his heart
C.he had to eat a heart of a monkey
D.his father was very sick
E.he was hungry

2.The monkey wanted to return to the river bank …….

A.in order to get his heart
B.as he talked to the crocodile
C.so he could get some coconuts
D.to run away from the crocodile
E.because the crocodile stop swimming

3.What can we learn from the text?

A.Intelligence is everything
B.Strength will win the game
C.Strength will defeat smartness
D.Smartness without strength is nothing
E.Strength can be defeated by smartness

The Three Sheiks and Queen of Arabia

Maura, who liked 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 threes sheiks,
all equally young and handsome, 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, and asked them for something to eat.
The first gave her some leftover food; the second 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 sheiks’ camp.
The following day the queen invited the three sheiks to dinner at her palace. She ordered her
servants 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 could not
share it with him, and this 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.”

1.The three sheiks were not…..

A.rich
B.young
C.strong
D.gloomy
E.handsome
2.Which statement is true about the queen?
A.The queen was the most powerful queen in Africa
B.The queen was very proud of her beauty and riches
C.The queen herself served the sheiks with delicious food
D.The queen was very careful in deciding whom the would marry
E.The queen was very satisfied with the food given by the sheiks

3.The queen ordered her servants to give the sheiks the same kind of food she got from them
the evening before because……
A.She wanted to entertain her guests
B.She wanted to test the sheiks’ taste
C.She wanted to see the sheiks’ reaction
D.She wanted to make a joke of the sheiks
E.She wanted to repay the sheiks’ kindness

4.The main idea of paragraph six is…..

A.Hakim was an unselfish person
B.Hakim was served with succulent meat
C.Hakim was satisfied with the food served
D.Hakim wanted to share the food with the sheiks
E.Hakim had made the queen find the resolution of her problem

Jakarta is located on the northwest coast of Java Island, at the mouth of the Ciliwung river. It
dominates Indonesian’s administrative, economy, cultural activities, and is a major
commercial and transportation hub within Asia.

The climate is hot and humid. Rainfall occurs throughout the year. The heaviest rainfall is
from November to May. The city lies on a flat, low plain and is likely to be affected by flood
during period of heavy rainfall.

Why is Jakarta at risk of flooding?

A. It lies on high land.
B. It is densely populated.
C. It lies on a flat low plain area.
D. The climate is hot and humid.
E. It is at the mouth of the Ciliwung River.

How Cell Phone Work

A cell phone is a great gadget in this modern world. What is a cell phone? A cell phone is
actually a radio in certain way. Like a radio, by a cell phone we can communicate to other
people in real time. Million people use cell phone for their communication. Even nowadays,
people use cell phones to communicate in voice, written and data. Alexander Graham Bell is
the person who make great change in the way people communicate to each other. He invented
a telephone in 1876. While wireless radio was formally known in 18994 presented by
Guglielmo Marconi. By these two technologies, then a cell phone was born. However do you
know how actually cell phones work?
This short explanation on how a cell phone work is really wonderful. A cell phone or in long
term "cellular telephone' works by transmitting signals of radio to towers of cellular. The
towers are networked to a central switching station. The connection usually uses wire, fiber
optic-cables, or microwave.

Then the central switching station which handles calls in certain given area is directed
connected to the wire-based telephone system. Cellulars are pick up by the towers and
relayed to another cellular telephone user or the user of wire-based telephone network.

the towers vary in the capacity and capability to receive signals. Some can receive the signal
from short distance and the others can receive more distance. However, there are usually
more than one tower in certain given area so that the system can handle the increasing
telephone traffic.

How Venus Eclipse Happens

On May 16, 2010, people in most regions in the world have seen a very rare natural
phenomenon. It was Venus eclipse. It was very rare amazing natural event. It was reported
that the Venus eclipse will seen again in the future in 2050. Do you know how this rare
Venus eclipse happens?

Well, actually Venus eclipse is like Sun eclipse. Venus eclipses occurs when the position of
the earth, moon and Venus is parallel. Venus planet will slowly disappear for a moment
because it is covered the surface of the Moon. Venus planet seems to move to the back side
of the Moon.

The moon and planets are sharing a similar apparent path in the sky. That is why, it is not
unusual for the moon to appear to pass close to Venus. In fact, the moon appears somewhere
near it about once a month. However, most people don’t see these events because they are
visible in the evening sky only half the time, and then only for a short period after sunset. The
apparent closeness varies from month to month as well.