Ulangan Bahasa Inggris

Kelas IX SMP
Bab Narrative Text

Read the dialog and answer questions 1 and 2.

Gerry : You must listen to this, Dewa! Knowing that their sparrow flew away, the kind
Dewa : What is it? You look serious. man and woman looked for their sparrow. They walked
Gerry : Harris got a parrot from his uncle! And you a long way, crossed the bridge, climbed a mountain, and
know, it can say hello, good morning, goodbye, passed the wood. Not long afterwards, they found the
and even sing Indonesia Raya. sparrow’s nest. The sparrow welcomed them and
Dewa :I can’t believe it! provided a feast for them. Before they went home, the
1. What is the dialog about? sparrow brought two baskets, one was large and looked
A. Harris’ uncle. heavy, and the other one was small and light. The
B. Harris’ uncle’s parrot. sparrow asked them to choose one.
C. Harris’ parrot. They chose the small one. And that was the
D. A clever parrot. best choice. There were many rolls of silk and piles of
2. What does Dewa say to respond to Gerry’s gold in it. Being jealous, the ill-tempered old woman did
information? the same thing as the kind man and woman did.
A. You must listen to this! However, she chose the big basket which actually
B. I can’t believe it! contained wasps and venomous crawlers, such as
C. You look serious. scorpions, centipedes and other horrible creatures.
D. And you know, it can say hello, good morning, Finally, they stung and bit her to death.
goodbye, and even sing Indonesia Raya. 6. What is the purpose of the text?
Read the dialog and answer questions 3 to 5. A. To describe something.
Mbok Rondo went fishing one morning. Today B. To inform something.
was not her lucky day because she couldn’t get any fish. C. To entertain the readers.
However, she didn’t give up. After a moment, she D. To report something.
caught a golden snail on her net, and she took it home. 7. What happened to the sparrow in the text?
She was amazed at the snail, so she put it in a jar. A. It lived with the kind-hearted couple forever.
The next morning, she went to the river to B. An ill-tempered woman cut its tongue.
catch fish. She went home in the afternoon. On her C. An ill-tempered woman cut its leg.
amazement, she found her house clean and tidy. She D. It was killed.
also found some food on the dining table. She 8. What is the resolution of this story?
wondered who did all the things. A. A kind-hearted woman found a poor little
3. What is the suitable title of the story? sparrow.
A. Keong Mas. B. An ill-tempered woman cut the sparrow’s
B. Mbok Rondo. tongue.
C. A Lonely Old Woman. C. The horrible creatures stung and bit the ill-
D. An Invisible Creature. tempered old woman to death.
4. “She was amazed at the snail, so she put it in a jar.” D. The kind-hearted man and woman looked for
What does the underlined word refer to? the sparrow.
A. A fishing net. B. The fish. Read the text and answer questions 9 to 11.
C. The river. D. The snail. A long time ago, there lived a fisherman. One
5. “However, she didn’t give up.” The underlined day he had been fishing all day, but he did not catch
phrase can be best replaced by ________. anything. In the evening, he caught a very small fish.
A. accept B. reject The fish said, “Please don’t eat me. Please, I’m too small
C. surrender D. deliver to make you a good dinner. Please, throw me back to
Read the text and answer questions 6 to 8. the water. Later, when I grow bigger, you come back
Once upon a time there lived a kind-hearted and catch me again.”
man and his wife. One morning, his wife found a poor “No,” said the fisherman. “I am going to keep
little sparrow. She took it gently and fed it. To show its you. If you get back into the water, you will take very
gratitude, the sparrow stayed with them and sang every good care, and you will never come near me again.”
morning. But there was an ill-tempered old woman who Then, the fisherman put the poor little fish in his
didn’t like the sparrow. She cut the sparrow’s tongue. pond at the backyard. When the fish grew biggger, it
That’s why the bird returned to its previous nest. became a good friend of the fisherman. He never
wanted to eat the fish.
9. What is the purpose of the text? 14. According to the text, Jackie’s relation to her
A. To tell how to do something step by step. mother is ________.
B. To entertain the readers. A. not good enough C. not too close
C. To tell past events. B. very close D. very bad
D. To describe a person or a place. 15. Jackie was ________ when she wrote the diary.
10. Below are what the fish asked the fisherman to do, A. confused B. touched
except ________. C. happy D. cheerful
A. not to eat him Read the text and answer questions 16 and 17.
B. to throw him back to the water Hope or Despair, by Vivian
C. to come back and catch him again when he 02–11–2009
grew bigger My friend B and I, we’re talking abt economic crisis.
D. to make him a good dinner What are we gonna do in the future?
11. What did the fisherman do to the fish? That’s terrible, cuz it’s hard to find a new job nowadays.
A. He took care of the fish. I dun even know what to do after graduating from
B. He ate him. college.
C. He sold him. Omg
D. He gave him to another person. 16. There some abbreviations in that diary. The word
Read the text and answer questions 12 and 13. ‘abt’ means about, ‘cuz’ means____ and ‘dun’
The Sea means don’t.
(By Viki Reichova) A. because B. case
The sea is quite wavy, C. cost D. course
When it is storming, it is crazy, 17. “. . . we’re talking abt economic crisis.” What does
The fishermen fish for food, the underlined word refer to?
By the sandy shore at dawn or night, A. The readers.
The fish are slimy, B. The writer’s friends.
They jump in the boat, C. The writer’s parents.
The sea is quite wavy! D. The writer and her friend B.
12. “They jump in the boat,” (line 6) The word ‘they’ For questions 18 and 19, choose the correct words to
refers to... complete the text.
A. the fishermen C. the dawn or night I used to have a close friend in elementary school, Jaya
B. the fish D. the food or Jay. I haven’t met him for years. However, I met him
13. According to the poem, the fishermen go fishing... on my friend’s party yesterday. I (18) ________ because
A. at day break or in the morning my friend (19) ________ me before.
B. in the evening or at night 18. A. Surprised C. was
C. in the afternoon or at night surprised
D. at day break or at night B. am surprised D. had been surprised
Read the text and answer questions 14 and 15. 19. A. isn’t telling C. hasn’t told
Didn’t talk, by kiki_bunny23 B. didn’t tell D. hadn’t told
06–21–2008–09:59:32 20. .
I didn’t talk at all to Will today or yesterday. I don’t shiny fathe secondhand this afternoon
know why, but I just didn’t want to . . . r
I was avoiding him and I think I know why . . . . 1 2 3 4
I have never held a secret this big from my mom before. black car bought Japanese a
It makes me want to cry because I keep pushing her out 5 6 7 8 9
of my life. She keeps slipping farther and farther away. I The proper arrangement is ________.
don’t know if I will be able to keep this up. It just gets so A. 2–7–9–8–6–1–5–3–4
hard sometimes . . . I wish I knew what to do. B. 2–7–9–8–1–3–5–4–6
Well, short entry for today I guess. Bye. C. 2–7–9–3–1–5–8–6–4
Jackie Lynn D. 2–7–9–3–8–5–1–6–4

Complete the following text with the suitable words from the box.
a. brought b. crying c. take care d. hit e. watched f. farmers
g. shocked h. harvest i. screamed j. ran k. noisy l. Alone

The Legend of Golog Stone

Once upon a time, there was a family of (1) ________. The father’s name was Amaq Lebain and the mother’s
name was Inaq Lebain. They had two children, a son and a daughter. They lived happily. The parents really loved their
children. Every time they went farming, they always (2) ________ the children to the rice fields.
One day the father went to the market to sell their (3) ________. Meanwhile, the mother went to the rice field (4)
________ to pound the rice. And as always, she brought the children to the rice field.
“Please (5) ________ of our children. I won’t be long in the market. I will go to the rice field after I finish selling the
harvest,” said the father.
“I will be careful,” said the mother. “O.K., Mother,” said the children.
Later the mother was busy pounding the rice. It was quite (6) ________. Strangely, every time the mother pounded the
rice, the stone where the children were sitting down was growing. Thechildren were scared. They (7) ________.
“Mother? The stone is getting taller!” they shouted. The mother could not hear them well. She thought the children
asked her to go home.
“Just a minute, kids. I will finish this soon,” said the mother.
“But, Mom, the stone is getting taller. We were scared,” said the children (8) ________.
“Be patient, I will finish pounding the rice soon,” said the mother. Again, she could not hear them well. It was
repeated again and again. The golog stone was getting taller and taller, and finally, it reached the clouds. The children
could not be seen anymore.
When the mother finished pounding the rice, she was (9) ________! She could not find her children. She then cried and
prayed to God. She wanted to bring her children down, but she did not know how. Somehow God answered her pray.
She had to use the rice pounder to cut down the golog stone. Then, she (10) ________ the stone with the rice pounder.
Amazingly, the stone broke down into three pieces. The first part fell in an area which later was called Gembong Village,
the second part fell in area which was later named Dasan Batu, and the last part fell in area which later was named
Montong Teker. Unfortunately, the two children could not come back to their mother. They had changed into birds.