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Descriptive and Narrtive Text
a small
kingdom on the slope of Mount Wayang in West Java. The King, named Sang Prabu, was a wise man.
He had an only daughter, called Princess Teja Nirmala, who was famous for her beauty but she was not
married. One day Sang Prabu made up his mind to settle the matter through a show of strength.
After that, the Prince of Blambangan, named Raden Begawan won the competition. Unfortunately, the
wicked fairy, Princess Segara fell in love with Raden Begawan and used magic power to render him
unconscious and he forgot his wedding.
When Sang Prabu was searching, Raden Begawan saw him and soon realized that he had been enchanted
by the wicked fairy. The fairy could not accept this, so she killed Raden Begawan. When Princess Teja
Nirmala heard this, she was very sad. So a nice fairy took her to the Kahyangan.
2. Why the wicked fairy did use her magic to make Raden Begawan unconscious?
A. She didn't like Raden Begawan.
B. She didn't want Raden Prabu to marry the princess.
C. She wanted Teja Nirmala to forget about her wedding.
D. She didn't want the prince of Blambangan to marry the princess.
3. What do you think will happen if gods or goddesses cannot mingle in the affairs of people on earth at
that time?
A. Princess Segara will have married Raden Begawan.
B. Sang Prabu will not hold a strength competition.
C. Raden Begawan will not die.
D. Wicked Fairy will not take Raden Begawan's life.
4. So a nice fairy took her to the Kahyangan. (Paragraph 2) The word here in the sentence refers to ...
A. The wicked fairy
B. The nice fairy
C. Princess Nirmala
D. Prince Teja
Orchard Road is a Boulevard which becomes business and entertainment center in Singapore. Orchard
Road is surrounded by a lush tropical and flower gardens which are beautiful. At first, Orchard Road is
just a suburban street lined with orchards, plantations nutmeg, and pepper farming. However, in the
1970s, it turned into a shopping center in Singapore. In 1960 and 1970 entertainment industries began to
enter this road. Shopping centers such as mall and Plaza was built in 1974.
Orchard Road runs along about 2.2 km. This road is one-way street flanked by a variety of shopping
malls, hotels and restaurants. The shopping area which is nearly 800,000 square meters provides a wide
range of Things, food, and entertainment. In this area there are many options that can satisfy visitors from
all walks of life starting from the luxury branded things to the Popular branded, from exclusive
restaurants to fast food.
There are so many ways that can be accessed to get to Orchard road such as: by taxi, bus or drive your
own car. For those who are driving to Orchard Road can be entered from the west through the Napier
RoaD. Vehicles from Dunearn Road can turn to left at the intersection of the Marriott Hotel junction.
Vehicles that come from Paterson can turn right onto Orchard RoaD. Orchard is always crowded so you
have to be careful in order not to get lost.
17. The text mainly focuses on D. Orchard road as business and entertainment
A. Singapore center
B. Orchard Plantation E. Shopping Center
C. Plaza and Mall
18. Which statement is TRUE? 20. Words “it” in line 4 refers to?
A. At first Orchard Road is a crowded A. The plantation
settlement B. Luxury branded things
B. Orchard road became business and C. The plaza
entertainment center since 1974 D. Singapore
C. Vehicles from Dunrean road turn to the left at E. Suburban street
intersection of the Marriott Hotel 21. The word “satisfy” in line eighth has the
D. Orchard road is infamous place at Singapore closet meaning with?
E. Orchard road is not surrounded by flower A. Pleased
garden B. Free
19. In the third paragraph the writer describes C. Frighten
about? D. Threat
A. The location of Orchard Road E. Loved
B. The things that we can see at orchard road
C. The direction to get to Orchard Road
D. The history of Orchard Road
E. The distance of Orchard Road
The Shard is an 87-storey skyscraper, which sits in the heart of London. It is known as the shard of glass.
Construction began in 2009 and was completed three years later in 2012, making it Western European’s
tallest building.
Designed by architect Renzo Piano, The Shart is the second tallest free standing structure in the UK. Its
exterior boasts 11,000 glass panels — that’s equivalent in area to eight football pitches or two-and-a-half
Trafalgar Squares.
The building was developed to have multiple uses, describes on the website as a ‘vertical city where
people can live, work and relax’. This motto was clearly taken on board that was found on the 72nd floor
towards the end of construction.
22. What is the text about? A. It has multiple uses
A. The architect Renzo Piano B. It is the tallest building in UK
B. The Shard glass panels C. It was built by famous architect
C. The Shard, building in London D. It is located in the heart of London
D. The tallest building in London E. It is very cheap
E. The heart of London 25. “…, making it Western European’s tallest
23. In Europe, the Shard gains popularity on it… building.” What does the underlined word “it”
A. Location refer to?
B. Function A. The Shard
C. Height B. The glass
D. Age C. London
E. Usage D. Skyscraper
24. What probably makes people interested to E. Renzo Piano
stay in the Shard?
Natural Bridge National Park is luscious tropical rainforest. It is located 110 kilometers from south of
Brisbane and is reached by following the Pacific Highway to Nerang and then by travelling through the
Numinbah Valley. This scenic roadway lies in the shadow of Lamington National Park.
The phenomenon of the rock formed into a natural ‘arch’ and the cave through which a waterfall cascades
is a short one-kilometer walk below a dense rainforest canopy from the main picnic areA. Swimming is
permitted in the rock pools. Night-time visitors to the cave will discover the unique feature of the glow
worms. Picnic areas offers toilets, barbeque, shelter sheds, water and fireplaces; however, overnight
camping is not permitted.
26. What is the function of paragraph 1? 29. Where is the natural bridge national park
A. as an identification located?
B. as an orientation A. 110 kilometers from South of Brisbane
C. as a thesis B. 110 kilometers from Pacific Highway
D. as a classification C. 110 kilometers from Numinbah Valley
E. as an abstract D. 110 kilometers from Lamington National
27. The text above is in form of…………. Park
A. hortatory exposition E. 110 kilometers from Nerang
B. narrative 30. What the visitors will see in the night?
C. description A. a common glow worm
D. report B. the unique feature of the glow worms
E. explanation C. a great dark cave
28.What is the communicative purpose of the D. the unique rocks
text? E. the fantastic bridge
A. to present two points of views about natural 31. The word ‘luscious’ in the text
bridge national park means………..
B. to explain the bridge national park A. succulent
C. to describe the bridge national park B. dense
D. to retell the bridge national park C. dull
E. to persuade readers to treat preserve the D. dry
bridge nationl park E. arid
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.
32. What does the above text tell about? D. The highly nutritious food
A. The history of Kediri E. explanation
B. The famous products of Kediri 34. "Those who do not work here ..." (last
C. The description of Kediri sentence). The underlined word refers to ....
D. The people A. The local people
E. The islands B. The factory workers
33. Which one has a distinctive taste? C. The farmers
A. The cigarette D. The traders
B. The special food E. The local formers
C. The bean curd