C. living D. lived
E. were living
22. A. Wake up B. wakes up
C. woke up D. waking up
E. woken up
23. A. grow up B. grows up
C. grew up D. growing up
E. Grown up
24. A. hear B. hears
C. heard D. hearing
E. has been heard
25. A. search B. searches
C. searching D. searched
E. has been searching
Good luck
SOAL PRE-TEST Name :
Class : CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER A, B,
C, D, or E Text for no. 1
–8 Once, Master Fox was taking his
usual stroll beneath the moonlight in the woods. He saw a number of Pheasants
perched quite of his reach on a limb of a tall, old tree. The sly Fox soon found a bright
patch of moonlight, where the Pheasants could see him clearly. There he raise himself
up on his hind legs, and began a wind dance. First he whirled „round and „round like a
top. Then he hopped up and down. He cut all sort of strange capers. The Pheasants
stared giddily. They hardly dared bilk of fear of losing him out of their sight in a few
moments.
Now the Fox made as if he wanted to climb a tree. He fall over and slay still,
playing dead. Then he was hopping on all fours. His back was in the air and his bushy
tail was shaking. It seemed that he threw out silver sparks in the moonlight.
By the time, the poor birds’ head were in the whirl. And when the Fox began
his performance all over again, they become so dazed. They lost their hold on the limb.
They fell down one by one and they were immediately dead.
1. What is the main idea of the last
paragraph? A. The Pheasants tried to hold on the
tree B. The Fox attacked the Pheasants one
by one C. The Fox continued his dancing
performance D. The Pheasants dropped to the ground
E. The fox climbed the tree 2. The Pheasants lost their hold on the limb
because… A. They were silly and weak animals
B. The branch was too small and
slippery C. The pheasants were exhausted
D. The Fox moved very quickly towards them
E. They were shocked to see the Fox’s
performance 3. Why did the Pheasants finally dead?
Because… A. The Fox killed them
B. They were admired with the Fox’s
dance C. They
couldn’t fly D. They tired of holding on the limb
E. They were giddied of the Fox’s
performance 4.
The last paragraph is called… A. Orientation
B. Complication C. Resolution
D. Re-orientation E. Event
5. Once, Master Fox was taking his usual
stroll beneath the moonlight in the woods. line 2
What does the underlined word mean? A. Before
B. Near C. After
D. In front of E. Under
6. What is the purpose of the text above? A. To amuse the readers
B. To give information about something C. To persuade people to do something
D.
To tell the reader about the writer’s experience
E. To describe about something
7. Then he hopped up and down. line 10
What does the underlined word mean? A. Rotated
B. Fell C. Jump
D. Somersaulted E. Squatted
8. The Pheasants stared giddily. line 12
What does the underlined word mean? A. Dizzily
B. Hungrily C. Angrily
D. Disappointedly E. Tragically
Text for no 9 - 13
The Magic Candle One day, a young wanderer got lost
in a wood. Suddenly, he saw a light from an old hunt and found an old woman who was
crying. She said that the devil had stolen her magic candle. The candle could grant
anything she asked.
The wanderer went to the castle. There he found the devil, but he was old and
weak. Therefore, the wanderer grabbed the magic candle from the devil’s table and ran
away.
But the wanderer was not a kind man. He didn’t return the candle to the old
woman, but kept it for himself. He lit the candle and made a wish, „I want to go far
away from here.” Suddenly, the genies appeared and took him to a beautiful palace.
He met a beautiful princess there and fell in love with her. They got married the next
day. In his happiness, the wanderer told the princess about his adventure and the magic
candle. Hearing that, the princess got angry. At night she lit the candle and wished that
the wanderer disappear.
In the morning, the wanderer woke up and found himself back in his ugly house
in the village. 9. What is the main idea in the second
paragraph? A. The devil kept the magic candle
carefully B. The wanderer took the magic candle
from the devil C. The wanderer gave the magic candle
to the princess D. The devil helped the wanderer to
find the magic candle E. The wanderer borrowed the magic
candle from the devil 10. The princess was angry with the
wanderer because…
A. The wanderer married her B. The wanderer fell in love with her
C. She finally knew the wanderer’s bad
attitude D. The wanderer prohibited her to stay
in the palace E. She wanted to visit the old woman at
the old hut 11. Who stole the magic candle from the old
woman? A. The wanderer
B. The princess C. The genies
D. The devil E. The prince
12. What is the purpose of the text above? A. To give information about the magic
candle B. To entertain people
C. To persuade people to do something D.
To tell the reader about the writer’s experience
E. To describe about the magic candle 13. The third
paragraph is called… A. Orientation
B. Complication C. Resolution
D. Re-orientation E. Event
Text for no 14 - 17
The Stingy and the Generous Long, long time ago, there lived two
brothers. They had completely different characters. The big brother was very stingy
and greedy. He never shared his wealth with poor people. He even had no money left
because he had shared it with poor people. One day, the generous brother was
sitting in his garden when suddenly a little bird fell into his lap. It was wounded. He
took care of it, fed it, and put it in a nice cage. After the bird was healthy, the
generous brother let it fly. After some time the bird turned to him and gave him a
watermelon seed.
The generous brother, then, planted the seed and watered it until it grew into a
good watermelon plant. Yet, the plant was very strange. It had only one fruit, a big and
heavy one. When the watermelon was ripped enough, the generous brother picked
it and cut it into two. How was surprised he was. The watermelon was full of gold.
The generous brother sold the gold and become very rich. He built a big house
and bought a very large field. Still, he never forgot to share his wealth with the poor
people. 14. What is the main idea on the second
paragraph? How did the generous brother get the
watermelon seed? A. the generous brother finding the
watermelon seed in the field B. the
generous brother
get the
watermelon seed after stole it from the wounded
C. the generous
brother get
the watermelon seed after curing a
wounded bird D. the generous brother planting the
watermelon E. Asking for the seed to his brother
15. What is the purpose of the text above? A. To give information about something
B. To persuade people to do something C. To amuse the readers
D.
To tell the reader about the writer’s experience
E. To describe about something
16. It was wounded. line 9
What does the underlined word mean? A. Fainted
B. Shocked C. Flew
D. Sank E. Injured
17. The second paragraph is called…
A. Orientation B. Complication
C. Resolution D. Re-orientation
E. Event
Text for no 18 - 20 Once upon a time, there were a king
and his queen who …18… in the Kingdom of Belinyu. They didn’t have any child.
Until one night, the queen had a dream of a turtle. It said that the queen would have a
baby, and she had to give a Komala necklace to her baby. The queen woke up
and she was holding a Komala necklace in her hand. She told her dream to the king,
and he was very happy.
Shortly, the queen’s dream became reality; she delivered a beautiful baby girl.
The king named her, Komala. She grew as a pretty girl. However, she had a bad attitude
because her parents always spoiled her too much.
One day, Komala …19... her
parents were talking about the turtle in her mother’s dreams. She thought that the turtle
was very interesting animal, so she wanted it as her pet. She insisted to find it, and the
king allowed her to look for the animal.
Accompanied wi th the king’s guard,
Komala …20… the turtle. And finally, she found it in a beach. She shouted to it,
“Penyu busuk wait for me.” in several times, but the turtle kept swimming. Komala ran
after it into the sea, she tried to catch it. Until then she finally drowned and
disappeared, and all of her guards could not save her. Now, people call the beach,
Penyusuk.
18. A. live B. lives
C. living D. lived
E. were living
19. A. hear B. hears
C. heard D. hearing
E. has been heard
20. A. search B. searches
C. searching D. searched
E. has been searching
Good luck
ANSWER KEY 1. C
2. D 3. E
4. D 5. E
6. A 7. C
8. A 9. B
10. C 11. D
12. B 13. C
14. C 15. C
16. E 17. B
18. D 19. C
20. D
