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TEXT 1
A beggar found a 1 … that someone had dropped in the market place. Opening it, he discovered that it contained 100 pieces of gold. Then he heard a merchant 2 …, "A reward! A reward to the one who finds my leather purse!"
Being an honest man, the beggar 3 … and handed the purse to the merchant saying, "Here is your purse. May I have the reward now?"
"Reward?" scoffed the merchant, greedily counting his gold. "Why the purse I 4 … had 200 pieces of gold in it. You've already stolen more than the reward! Go away or I'll tell 5 … ."
"I'm a/an 6 … man," said the beggar defiantly. "Let us take this matter to the court."
In court the judge 7 … listened to both sides of the story and said, "I believe you both. Justice is possible! Merchant, you stated that the purse you lost contained 8 … of gold. Well, that's a considerable cost. But, the purse this beggar 9 … had only 100 pieces of gold. Therefore, it couldn't be the one you lost."
And, with that, the judge 10 … the purse and all the gold to the beggar.
Taken from Peter Haddock Ltd, 2003
1. …
A. Leather purse
B. Leather bag
C. Gold plate leather
D. Chinese leather
E. Bar of gold
2. …
A. Complain
B. Crying
C. Laugh
D. Reward
E. Shout
3. …
A. Came across
B. Came away
C. Came back
D. Came forward
E. Came home
4. …
A. Dropped
B. Felt
C. Handled
D. Held
E. Left
5. …
A. The court
B. The judge
C. The official
D. The owner
E. The police
6. …
A. Honest
B. Helpful
C. Fearful
D. Faithful
E. Coward
7. …
A. Worriedly
B. Proudly
C. Patiently
D. Anxiously
E. Angrily
8. …
A. 500 pieces
B. 400 pieces
C. 300 pieces
D. 200 pieces
E. 100 pieces
9. …
A. Met
B. Invented
C. Got
D. Found
E. Discovered
10. …
A. Took
B. Borrowed
C. Gave
D. Released
E. Counted
Text 2
The Dog and the Shadow
It happened that a dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace. Now on his way home, he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook. As he crossed, he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath. Thinking it was another dog with another piece of meat, he made up his mind to have that also. So, he made a snap at the shadow in the water, but as he opened his mouth the piece of meat fell out, dropped into the water and was never seen any more.
11. The dog lost his heat because he was attacked by other dog (T/F)
12. The dog saw another dog with another meat in his mouth (T/F)
13. The meat owned by other dog was more delicious (T/F)
14. Finally, the dog ate the two pieces of meat (T/F)
15. The real enemy of the dog is …
A. His own excessive desire of having another piece of meat
B. Another piece of meat owned by another dog
C. Another dog with another piece of meat
D. Another dog inside the running brook
E. Another dog
16. So, he made a snap at the shadow in the water, … The underlined word means …
A. Unintentionally shoot by a sudden death
B. Unexpected chew done by a wild animal
C. Undesired coming by an enemy
D. Sudden break with a cracking sound
E. Sudden attack using a sword
17. From the story we know that the dog was …
A. Strong
B. Powerful
C. Helpful
D. Greedy
E. Frightening
18. Thinking it was another dog with another piece of meat, he made up his mind to have that also.
We can replace the underlined word with …
A. After he thought
B. Because he thought
C. Although he thought
D. Instead of he thought
E. Since he thought
19. As he crossed, he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath.
We can also say: …, he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath.
A. When he crossed
B. Until he crossed
C. Before he crossed
D. Because he crossed
E. After he crossed
TEXT 3
Once upon a time there lived as neighbors, a bear and a rabbit. The rabbit was a good shot and the bear, being very clumsy, could not use an arrow to a good advantage.
The bear was very unkind to the rabbit. Every morning, the bear would call over to the rabbit and ask the rabbit to take his bow and arrows and come with the bear to the other side of the hill.
The rabbit, fearing to arouse the bear’s anger by refusing, consented and went with the bear. The rabbit shot enough buffalo to satisfy the bear’s family. Indeed, he shot and killed so many that there was still lots of meat left after the bear and his family had loaded themselves and packed all they could carry home.
However, the bear was so greedy and evil that he didn’t allow the rabbit to get any of the meat. The poor rabbit could not even taste the blood from the butchering, as the bear would throw earth on the blood and dry it up. The poor rabbit would have to go home hungry after his hard day’s work.
The bear was the father of five children. The youngest boy was very kind to the rabbit. Knowing that the youngest boy was a very hearty eater, the mother bear always gave him an extra large piece of meat. Instead of eating this extra meat, the youngest bear would take the meat outside and pretend to play ball with it, kicking it toward the rabbit’s house, and when he got close to the door he would give the meat such a great kick that it would fly into the rabbit’s house. In this way the poor rabbit would get his meal unknown to the papa bear.
(Adapted from: www. narrative. corn)
20. Every morning, the bear would ask the rabbit to take his bow and arrows.
We can also say that every morning, the bear …
A. Would get the rabbit take his bow and arrows
B. Should have got the rabbit take his bow and arrows
C. Make his bow and arrows taken
D. Make the rabbit to take his bow and arrows
E. Allow the rabbit to take his bow and arrows
21. One of the evidence supporting that the bear was an unkind friend.
A. The rabbit, fearing to arouse the bear’s anger by refusing, consented and went with the bear
B. The rabbit was a good shot and the bear, being very clumsy, could not use an arrow to a good advantage.
C. Every morning, the bear would call over to the rabbit and ask the rabbit to take his bow and arrows and come with the bear to the other side of the hill
D. The bear was very unkind to the rabbit
E. Once upon a time there lived as neighbors, a bear and a rabbit.
22. The youngest bear was very kind to the rabbit. What did he do?
A. Every morning, the bear would call over to the rabbit and ask the rabbit to take his bow and arrows
B. He made a play of the rabbit for having it as his meal
C. The youngest was so greedy that the rabbit could not eat the meat
D. The youngest played ball with the meat for he could give it to the rabbit
E. The poor rabbit was not allowed to eat the meat by the youngest, even taste the blood from the butchering
23. Toward the papa bear, the youngest bear was …
A. Helpful
B. Loyal
C. Vigorous
D. Faithful
E. Rebellious
24. The suitable title for the text is …
A. Papa and the youngest bear
B. A rabbit and a bear
C. A rabbit and mother bear
D. A rabbit and a younger bear
E. A papa bear family
25. By telling the story, the writer actually wants to …
A. Deal his/her vicarious experiences
B. Tell how to be a good friend
C. Explain how the family life is
D. Entertain us as the readers
E. Retelling the series of past events
26. From the story we know that
A. A rabbit symbolizes the fool
B. A bear symbolizes the fool
C. A bear symbolizes the weak
D. A rabbit symbolizes the strong
E. A rabbit symbolizes weak
27. Knowing that the youngest boy was a very hearty eater, the mother bear always gave him an extra large piece of meat.
We can replace the underlined world by …
A. Since she knew
B. Because she knew
C. When she knew
D. Because of she knew
E. That she knew
28. The poor rabbit could not even taste the blood from the butchering. The underlined word means …
A. Slaughtering
B. Killing
C. Shooting
D. Smuggling
E. Mobbing
29. The rabbit always obeyed papa bear because …
A. The bear was frightened
B. The rabbit was frightening
C. The rabbit was very poor
D. The bear was very clumsy
E. The rabbit was afraid of being angered
TEXT 4
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
A wolf found great difficulty in getting at the sheep owing to the vigilance of the shepherd and his dogs. But one day it found the skin of a sheep that had been flayed and thrown aside, so it put it on over its own pelt and strolled down among the sheep. The lamb that belonged to the sheep, whose skin the wolf was wearing, began to follow the wolf in the sheep’s clothing; so, leading the lamb a little apart, he soon made a meal of her, and for some time he succeeded in deceiving the sheep and enjoying hearty meals.
30. A wolf found great difficulty in getting at the sheep owing to the vigilance of the shepherd and his dogs.
The underlined word means …
A. Watchfulness
B. Guidance
C. Guardian
D. Swearing
E. Thoughtfulness
31. …, and for some time he succeeded in deceiving the sheep and enjoying hearty meals.
The italic word means …
A. Making true what is wrong
B. Making full from what is empty
C. Making calm what is strong
D. Making believe what is false
E. Making afraid who is frightened
32. …, and for some time he succeeded in deceiving the sheep and enjoying hearty meals.
The underlined word means …
A. Vigorous
B. Greedy
C. Densely inner part
D. Delicious
E. Condition of delicious
33. But one day it found the skin of a sheep that had been flayed and thrown aside, …
The underlined word means …
A. Stripped the skin off
B. Sliced the meat off
C. Poured the water in
D. Give everything up
E. Cut the meat off
34. …, so it put it on over its own pelt and strolled down among the sheep.
The italic word means …
A. Walked in a leisurely way
B. Tramped frightfully
C. Run in a hurry
D. Dressed tidily to deceive
E. Crept temporally
35. Complete this dialogue!
Nina : “Promise me that you will marry me”
Joe : “…”
A. I will give you a baby
B. I will give you some money for that
C. I give you my word on that
D. I promise not to do what you want
E. I swear that I can’t love you
36. Complete this dialogue!
Gery: “…”
Dina: “Is it a promise?”
A. Do you swear that you won’t forget me?
B. I want you to promise that you will love me
C. Make me a promise on that
D. Yes, it’s a promise
E. You have my word on the marriage
37. Complete this dialogue!
Ana : “How do you fell about him?”
Nia : “…”
A. I just wonder if she loves somebody else
B. I wonder at her rudeness
C. I wonder at his mysterious appearance
D. I wonder who she is
E. I’m just wondering if she loves me
38. Complete this dialogue!
Diah : “…”
Tian : “I was just wondering how to do it”.
A. Is something bothering you?
B. Is your promise done by some other else?
C. I wonder who she is
D. I wonder at his coming to us
E. How much wonder do you have?
39. Lilis : “Will you come to my party?”
Linda: “There is a good possibility”.
From the dialogue we know that …
A. It’s impossible for Linda to come to the party
B. Lilis is surely coming to the party
C. Both Linda and Lilis may come to the party
D. Linda may come to the party
E. Linda won’t come to the party
40. Bagus likes smoking very much. Smoking causes heart attack and cancer. Which one is correct based on the above statement.
A. There is a big chance for Bagus to get heart attack.
B. Bagus should not have a chance to get cancer
C. Cancer and heart attack may not attack Bagus
D. There is a little chance for Bagus to get heart attack and cancer
E. It is impossible for Bagus to get cancer
TEXT 5
Please All and You Will Please None
A man and his son were once going with their donkey to a market. As they were walking along, a countryman passed them and said: “You fools, what is a donkey for but to ride upon?”
So the man put the boy on the donkey and they went on their way. But soon they passed a group of men, one of whom said: “See that lazy youngster, he lets his father walk while he rides.”
So the man had his boy get off, and got on himself. But they hadn’t gone fat when they passed two women, one of whom said to the other: “Shame on that lazy lout to make his poor little son trudge along.”
The man didn’t know what to do, but at last he took his boy up before him on the donkey. By this time they had come to the town and the passers-by began to jeer and point at them. The man stopped and asked what they were scoffing at. The men said: “Aren’t you ashamed of yourself for overloading that poor donkey of yours, you and your hulking son?”
The man and boy got off and tried to think what to do. They thought and they thought, till at last they cut down a pole, tied the donkey’s feet to it, and raised the pole and the donkey to their shoulders. They went along amid the laughter of all who met them till they came to a bridge, when the donkey, getting one of his feet loose, kicked out and caused the boy to drop his end of the pole. In the struggle the donkey fell over the bridge, and so did the man and the boy.
Finally an old man who had followed them said, “That will teach you: Please all, and you will please none.”
41. The country man considered that the boy and his father were foolish man because …
A. They rode upon the donkey
B. The boy rode the donkey but his father not
C. The father rode upon the donkey but his son not
D. The son and his father overloaded the donkey
E. Neither the son nor his father rode upon the donkey
42. Where did the story happen?
A. In a bridge
B. In front of the ma’s house
C. In the market
D. On the way home
E. On the way to the market
43. We, from the text, can learn valuable lesson that …
A. We should please all to please ourselves.
B. We must not please others
C. We must not please all or we will please none
D. We must be a foolish man
E. If we want to have more, we must do more
44. We can learn the lesson from a wise person. The wise person in the text above is …
A. A country man
B. A group of men
C. An old man
D. The passers-by
E. Two women
45. “Shame on that lazy lout to make his poor little son trudge along.”
It means that it is a shame that …
A. lazy lout to ask his poor little son to trudge along.
B. lazy lout to force his poor little son trudge along.
C. lazy lout to get his poor little son trudge along.
D. lazy lout to have his poor little son to trudge along.
E. lazy lout to persuade his poor little son trudge along.
46. “See that lazy youngster, he lets his father walk while he rides.”
We can also say that the boy …
A. allows his father to walk while he rides.
B. assists his father walk while he rides.
C. engages his father to walk while he rides.
D. Forces his father to walk while he rides.
E. gets his father walk while he rides.
47. “Aren’t you ashamed of yourself for overloading that poor donkey of yours, you and your hulking son?”
The underlined word means …
A. Load properly
B. Load naturally
C. Load minimally
D. Load great
E. Load excessively
48. “Shame on that lazy lout to make his poor little son trudge along.”
The underlined word means …
A. Browsing on the internet
B. Creeping along the road
C. Going on foot
D. Traveling upon a donkey
E. Walking by riding a horse
49. If the man and the son had not wanted to please all, they would not have lost all.
It means that …
A. The man and the son did not want to please all
B. The man and the son had lost all because they would not have pleased all
C. The man and the son had pleased all
D. The man and the son lost all so they wanted to please all.
E. The man and the son wanted to please all so they lost all
50. If the man had not put the boy on the donkey, the passers-by would not have jeered at them.
From the sentence we know that …
A. The boy and the man jeered at the passers-by
B. The man and the passers-by jeered to each other
C. The man jeered at the passers-by
D. The passers-by did not jeer at them
E. The passers-by jeered at them
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