This text is for questions no. 19- 22

The King’s Disease

Many years ago there was a king who was very bad tempered. Everyone was afraid of him. The king was bad tempered because he was often ill. He was often ill because he ate and drank too much.

“I am always ill”, the king told his doctor. “Why can’t you cure me?” the doctor did not want to tell the king the reason. He knew this would make the king very angry. “I give you the best medicine, your majesty” he said “I do my best.”

“your medicine make me worse’, the king said. “You must cure me before the end of the month or I shall put you in prison. You are trying to poison me.”

‘Perhaps your food is making you ill”, the doctor said. This was a polite way of saying, “You eat too much.”

“Nonsense”, the king shouted. “My cook is the best cook in the world. No, I am ill because you are a fool. You do not know how to cure me. I pay you to make me well, but what happens? I have stomachache and headache everyday. Now go and study your books. Fine a cure for my disease or…….”

“Yes, yes, yes Majesty.” The doctor said and went to his room. He made a lot of new medicine but it did no cure the king.

At last, a few days before the end of the months, the doctor went into the forest. He wanted to see a wise old monk and ask for his advice.

19. Why were people afraid of the king?
A. Because he was bad tempered
B. Because he ate and drank too much
C. Because he did not like doctors
D. Because no one could cure him
E. Because he was often ill
Answer : A

20. Why did the doctor not want to tell the king the truth about his illness?
A. He could not cure the king
B. The king would die
C. The king would become very angry
D. The would drink poison
E. The king would be insensible
Answer : C

21. What was making the king ill?
A. Poison
B. Too much eat and drink
C. Bad medicine
D. Too much medicine
E. Too lessmedicine
Answer : B

22. How much food did the doctor think the king ate?
A. Too much
B. Enough
C. Not Enough
D. Not at all
E. At all
Answer : A

23. He said to me, “Don’t spend too much money!”The indirect speech is: …too much money
A. He asked me whether I spent
B. He asked me that I spent
C. He ordered me that to spend
D. He said to me that to spend
E. He told me not to spend
Answer : E

24. The teacher asked Toni,” why do you come late ?”. The indirect speech is ...
A. The teacher asked Toni why did you come late
B. The teacher asked Toni why he came late
C. The teacher asked Toni why he comes late
D. The teacher asked Toni why he has come late
E. The teacher asked Toni why he is coming late
Answer : B

25. Arrange the following jumbled sentences into the correct order.
1. She did not know what she should do to save the baby since it was circled by a ring of fire
2. The fire made her afraid, even she never cooked her meals using fire since then
3. Since then , she was never afraid of fire
4. The woman approached the sound and was very surprised seeing a baby cry loudly
5. Her husband and daughter had died several years before due to a fire
6. She entered the ring of fire and saved the baby
7. Once upon time , there was a woman living alone in her house
8. One day, she heard a baby crying on the top of a hill near her house
9. However, her pity was greater than her fear of fire
A. 7-5-2-8-1-6-9-4-3
B. 7-5-2-8-3-9-4-6-1
C. 7-5-2-8-4-3-1-9-6
D. 7-5-2-8-4-1-9-6-3
E. 7-5-2-8-6-3-9-1-4
Answer : D

This text is for questions no. 26-33

My Day at the Beach

Last week my friend and I were bored after three weeks of holidays, so we rode our bikes to Smith Beach, which is only five kilometers from where I live. When we arrived at the beach, we were surprised to see there was hardly anyone there. After having a quick dip in the ocean, which was really cold, we realized one reason there were not many people there. It was also quite windy.

After we bought some hot chips at the takeaway store nearby, we rode our bikes down the beach for a while, on the hard, damp part of the sand. We had the wind behind us and, before we knew it, we were many miles down the beach. Before we made the long trip back, we decided to paddle our feet in the water for a while, and then sit down for a rest. While we were sitting on the beach, just chatting, it suddenly dawned on us that all the way back, we would be riding into the strong wind.

When we finally made it back home, we were both totally exhausted! But we learned some good lessons that day.

26. What is the purpose of the text above?
A. Retell events for the purpose of explaining
B. Retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining
C. Retell events for the purpose of persuading
D. Retell experience for the purpose of entertaining
E. Retell events for the purpose of research
Answer : A

27. When did the writer go to the beach?
A. Yesterday
B. Last week
C. Three weeks of holidays
D. Now
E. then
Answer : C

28. What is the name of the beach?
A. John
B. Brown
C. Alpha
D. Omaha
E. Smith
Answer : E

29. Which is not true based on the story?
A. The writer and his friends went to the beach because they were boring
B. They bought some hot chips
C. Many people were at the beach when they got there
D. It needed to ride about 5 kilometers to reach the beach
E. They were facing windy road
Answer : C

30. Who are the participants in the story?
A. The readers
B. The people
C. The hot chips
D. The writer and his friend
E. Smith
Answer : D

31. How did the story end?
A. Embarrassing
B. Happy
C. Sad
D. Annoying
E. Funny
Answer : B

32. How is the generic structure of recount?
A. Orientation-events-reorientation
B. Orientation-twist-reorientation
C. Twist-events-reorientation
D. Orientation-events-evaluation
E. Goal-materials-steps
Answer : A

33. Which of the following word belongs to temporal sequence?
A. After
B. Arrived at
C. Hot chips
D. Three weeks
E. was
Answer : A

This text is for questions for no.34-36

Last month, I travelled to several cities in Sumatra. From Jakarta, I went by a bus to Merak harbour. I had to take a ferry to pass the Sunda strait, from Merak to Tanjung Karang. Then, I travelled from Tanjungkarang to Palembang. I stayed two days in Palembang. Then, I got the train from from Palembang to Lubuklinggau. I stayed one night there and the next day I took a bus to Bukitinggi. The journey lasted twenty four hours. I spent two weeks around Bukitinggi. I visited the Sianok,Canyon, Lake Maninjau and Istano Pagaruyung. After my week in Bukitinggi, I travelled by bus to Lake Toba, the largest lake in the Southeast Asia. This area has beautiful scenery and contains many examples of Batak houses and`graveyards. After a few days on Samosir Island, I travelled to Medan and from there to the Gunung Leuser National Park. This is the largest national park in south east Asia. I saw orang-utans, monkeys rhinos, and many beautiful birds. I visited the rain forest. It was beautiful. My last few days were spent in Banda Aceh. I really enjoyed this city.

34. What is the main idea of the paragraph above?
A. The beauty of lake Toba
B. The beauty of Sumatra Island
C. The largest Lake in Southeast Asia.
D. The biggest National Park in Asia
E. The writer`s nice trip to Sumatra 
Answer : E

35. The following statement is NOT TRUE based on the passage.
A. The writer didn`t get an exciting trip
B. The writer probably lives in Jakarta
C. The writer stayed in Palembang a couple of days.
D. The view of Sumatra is nice
E. Banda Aceh is neat and clean
Answer : A

36. This area has beautiful scenery and contains many examples of Batak houses and`graveyards.
The underlined word means ....
A. Places for staying the night
B. Buildings for having lunch or dinner
C. Places for exhibition
D. Places for burying the deads
E. Places for shopping 
Answer : D

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