LATIHAN SOAL READING BAHASA INGGRIS

The following test is for question 1 to 4.

One holiday, Vandra visited his aunt in a village. It was his first experience of traveling by train, but he
enjoyed it. He arrived at the railway station at 3 p.m. His uncle’s house was not far from the railways
station, so he decided to go there by horse cart.

Vandra stopped a horse cart. To his surprise, the rider was a woman. She was dark skinned and looked
strong. Along the journey, they had a chit-chat. The rider told him about her life. She is a wife with three
children. She was simple, but had a great dream. She wanted her children to be successful. As a mother,
she was willing to work hard for her children’s education. She never gave up. She believed that her hard
work would be paid off.

Vandra was amazed at the horse cart rider’s story. What a great woman.

1. What is the text about?

A. A horse cart rider’s hard work.
B. Vandra’s experience on a train.
C. Vandra’s travelling experience.
D. The life story of a horse cart rider.
2. What was the horse cart’s rider like?
A. Honest
B. Generous
C. Kindhearted
D. Hard working
3. “She never gave up.“
What is the closest meaning of the bolded phrase?
A. Felt sorry
B. Surrendered
C. Complained
D. Fought against
4. Why did Vandra take a great respect to the horse cart’s rider?
A. She struggled for the succes
B. She lived with her three children
C. She was simple, but had a great dream
D. She was the only woman who rode a horse card

The following test is for question 5 to 8

How to Change Flashlight's Batteries

Materials:

~ Flashlight

~ Batteries
Operation:

1. Unscrew the flashlight

2. Dump the old batteries.

3. Put them aside.

4. Find the positive (+) and negative (-) signs of the new batteries. 

5. Put the two new batteries into the flashlight with the positive end toward the bulb.

6. Screw the flashlight back together.

7. Turn the flashlight back together.

8. Turn the flashlight on to make sure it works.

9. Dump the old batteries. 

5. What is the text about?

A. Turning on the new flashlight.

B. Changing flashlight batteries.

C. Checking where flashlight works well.

D. Throwing the flashlight's old batteries. 

6. What should we do after the flashlight works well?

A. Put the batteries aside.

B. Unscrew the flashlight.

C. Throw the old batteries away.

D. Screw the flashlight back together. 

7. Dump the old batteries (step 2). What does the underlined word mean?

A. Throw-in

B. Throw away
 C. Spread out

D. Put together 

8. ... to make sure that it works What does the underlined word refer to?

A. The bulb

B. The screw

C. The battery

D. The flashlight 

The following test is for question 9 to 11

One day, a man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted to send it to his mother
who lived far in another town through a delivery company Meanwhile, he was looking at a sad young girl
who was sitting in front of the flower shop. He asked her what was wrong, and she replied, 1 wanted to
buy a red rose for my mother, but my money is not enough" The man smiled and said, "Come on in with
me. I'll buy you a rose" He bought the little girl a rose, and he ordered one for his own mother flowers,
too.

After buying a rose flower for the girl, the man offered the girl a ride to her home She said, "Yes, please!
You can take me to my mother" She directed him to a cemetery. The girl planted the rose on her
mother's fresh grave Knowing the girl's mother had died, the man realized that he must show his love to
his mother while she was still alive. Then the man returned to the flower shop He canceled the flower
delivery order, picked up the rose flowers, and drove to reach his mother's house.

9. We can learn that we have to ...

A. show our love to our mothers.

B. Buy flowers for our mothers
C. Keep our mother alive
D. Obey to our mother

10. What did the man do after buying the girl a red rose?

A. He gave her a ride to her home

B. He took the girl to her mother's cemetery
C. He went to his own home
D. He placed the rose on his mother's grave

11. The main idea of the first paragraph is ...

A. A sad girl was thinking of her mother.

B. A man helped a girl by buying her a flower
 C. A girl needed a man to deliver her a flower
D. A man bought a flower for a girl

The following text is for question 12 to 15

The Surabaya Police have arrested a man, identified only as MN, for allegedly buying an infant via
Instagram.
MN was arrested at his house on Jl. Karah in Jambangan district in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday. He
was found to have paid some Rp 3.8 million (US$250) for a baby boy when he was only three days olD.
Surabaya police chief Sr. Comr. Rudi Setiawan said recently that the transaction was conducted in
Semarang, Central Java, on Sept. 23. The baby’s parents live in Tangerang in Banten.
“The baby is now safe with the Surabaya administration,” Rudi said on Monday (The Jakarta Post, Tue,
October 16, 2018)

12. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To inform readers about arrested man for buying an infant
B. To describe the important person for readers
C. To argue that arresting the man is important
D. To explain how police arrested the man

13. What is the generic structure of the text above?

A. Orientation – Complication – Reorientation
B. Orientation – Series of event – Reorientation
C. Stating thesis – Arguments – Reiteration
D. Newsworthy event – Background events – Sources

14. “MN was arrested at his house…” The underlined word refers to a house belongs to…….
A. The police officer
B. The arrested man
C. The infant parent
D. A Surabaya administration officer

15. “…for allegedly buying an infant” The infant word has similar meaning with ……
A. Adult
B. Teenager
C. Child
D. Grown

The following text is for question 16 to 19

Human body is made up of countless millions of cells. Food is needed to built up new cells and replace
the worn out cells. However, the food that we take must be changed into substances that can be carried
in the blood to the places where they are needed. This process is called digestion.
The first digestive process takes place in the mouth. The food we eat is broken up into small pieces by
the action of teeth, mixed with saliva, a juice secreted by glands in the mouth. Saliva contains digestive
juice which moisten the food, so it can be swallowed easily.
From the mouth, food passes through the esophagus (the food passage) into the stomach. Here, the
food is mixed with the juices secreted by the cells in the stomach for several hours. Then the food enters
the small intestine. All the time the muscular walls of the intestine are squeezing, mixing and moving the
food onwards.
In a few hours, the food changes into acids. These are soon absorbed by the villi (microscopic branch
projections from the intestine walls) and passed into the bloodstream.

16. What is the text about?

A. The digestive system
B. The digestive juice
C. The method of the digestive system
D. The process of intestine work
E. The food substances
17. How can we swallow the food easily?
A. The food changes into acids absorbed by the villi.
B. The food must be digested first through the process.
C. The food is directly swallowed through esophagus into the stomach.
D. The food is mixed with the juices secreted by the cells in the stomach.
18. From the text above, we imply that ….
A. a good process of digestive system will help our body becoming healthier.
B. no one concerned with the process of digestive system for their health.
C. the digestive system is needed if we are eating the food instantly.
D. everybody must conduct the processes of digestive system well.
19. “Human body is made up of countless millions of cells.” (Paragraph 1) The phrase “made up” means
….
A. produced
B. managed
C completed
D. constructed
Read the following text to answer questions number 20 to 23
Kediri is a name of a town. It is situated in a valley between the Kelud and Willis mountains and
inhabited by about 1.3 million people. In the centre of the town there is a large hill which is called the
Dathok Mountain. Because of the topography of the region, Kediri is called a chilly town by the locals.
There is a big river called Brantas cutting off the centre of the town.

Beside the temples, Kediri is also famous for its products like cigarettes and a special kind of tofu or
bean curd. This highly nutritious food is delicacy of Kediri and has a distinctive taste. The cigarettes
factory dominates the town economy and employs the majority of the women labor force. Kediri and
the cigarettes factory are inseparable and it is considered the biggest cigarette factory in Indonesia.
Most of the local people work in this factory. Those who do not work here are farmers or traders.
20. What does the above text tell about?

A. The history of Kediri

B. The famous products of Kediri

C. The description of Kediri

D. The people

21. Which one has a distinctive taste?

A. The cigarette

B. The special food

C. The bean curd

D. The highly nutritious food

22. “Those who do not work here …” (last sentence). The underlined word refers to ….

A. The local people

B. The factory workers

C. The farmers

D. The traders

The following text is for questions number 23 to 25

Yesterday, my family and I went to the zoo, to see the elephants and other animals. We
went by car and left the house at 7 a.m. It took about one and a half hours to get to the
zoo.

When we got to the zoo, we went directly to the pet shop to buy some animal food. We
spent fifteen thousand rupiahs on the food. After getting the food, we first visited the
nocturnal house where birds and reptiles-wich only come out at night were displayed. It
was really interesting. After that, we went for a ride on an elephant. It was a thrill! My
dad nearly fell off when he let go of the rope.

At 12.15 p.m., my mom and my sister prepared lunch. We ate our lunch under a big tree
near the elephant area. After lunch, we went to the bird park. We fed some of the birds
inside the park. When we returned home we were tired but happy because we had so
much fun.

23. The text above tells us about...

A. animals in the zoo

B. fiding an elephant 

C. feeding the bird 

D. a trip to the zoo 

24. What is the main idea of the first paragraph? 

A. The family went to the zoo. 

B. They bought food in the zoo. 

C. The trip to the zoo took one hour. 

D. They left their house late afternoon. 

25. Where did the writer go right after arriving at the zoo?

A. Pet shop 

B. Bird park 

C. Elephant area 

D. Nocturnal house 
Kunci jawaban

1c

2d

3b

4c

5b

6c

7b

8d

9a

10 b

11 b

12 a

13 d
14 b

15 c

16 a

17 b

18 a

19 d

20 c

21 c

22 a

23 d

24 a

25 a