Latihan Reading - Narrative 1: Bahasa Inggris SMP/MTs

The text is for questions number 1 to3

A long time ago, There lived an old man in Penanggungan Mountain. His name was Kiai Gede Penanggungan. He had supernatural power. Kiai Gede Penanggungan had a beautiful daughter named Dewi Walangangin who hadn’t married yet.  Kiai Gede Penanggungan prayed days and nights for her daughter to have a husband. One day, a young handsome man came to his place. The name of the man is Jaka pandelengan. He wanted to be Kiai Gede Penanggungan’s student. Kiai Gede agreed to have Jaka as his student with one condition that he would marry her daughter. Jaka Pandelengan and Dewi Walangagin soon got married. Kiai Gede Penanggungan taught Jaka many things.

After several years now it was time for the couple to live separately with Kiai Gede Pananggungan. They would move to another village. Kiai Gede gave some seeds of pari or paddy to the couple. He asked the couple to plant the seed. He also warned the couple not to be arrogant when they were rich because of planting the seed. He wanted to couple helped poor people. The couple started a new life. They planted the seed. Soon, the seeds grew a lot of rice. Now the couple became very rich. The poor neighbours came to the couple to ask for some pari seed. But the couple refused to help them.

Kiai Gede heard the couple’s bad behavior. Soon he visited the couple. He met them when the couple was working in the field. Kiai Gede talked to the couple. He reminded the couple not to be arrogant. But the couple ignored him. They said nothing to Kiai Gede. Kiai Gede got very angry. He then said, "You two are like temples. You cannot listen to me." Right after he said those words, an incredible thing happened. Slowly, Jaka and Dewi turned into temples. Because the temples stood among the pari, people then named them as Pari Temple.

1. Why was the temple called by Pari Tempel? Because . . . .
A. it looked like a pari
B. people named it pari
C. it stood among the pari
D. people liked to plant pari

2. From the third paragraph we know that . . . .
A.  Thecouple turned into the pari
B.  The couple obeyed Kiai Gede
C. Kiai Gede never reminded them
D. The couple didn’t obey Kiai Gede

3. From the text we can learn that ….
A. we have to respect to the other persons
B. we have to imitate to the other persons
C. we are not allowed to be arrogant person
D. we must not have the feeling as higher creature than others

The text is for questions number 4 to 6

Once a farmer owned a donkey and a lapdog. The donkey worked hard all day, hauling heavy loads. The lapdog stayed with his master all day and lived in the house with him. He did not work, but was allowed to sit on the master’s lap. The donkey grew jealous of the lapdog.

Perhaps if I behave like the dog, like wagging my tail and jumping on the master, the master will start loving me as much as he does the dog. So, the donkey decided to wait for his chance.

One day, when he was left unattended, the donkey broke his halter and ran into the farmhouse kitchen. There the farmer sat at table. The donkey rushed up to him and began wagging his tail vigorously, and knocked off all the china from the table. He then started jumping around and frolicking like a little dog, and finally plonked himself down on the farmer’s lap. The shocked farmer yelled for help. The farmhands came running in and dragged the donkey off to his stable, and gave him a beating he did not forget for the rest of his life.

4. What is the main idea of paragraph 3? 

A. The way the farmer treated the donkey. 

B. The dog’s habit is liked by the master. 

C. The things were done by the donkey to be loved. 

D. The donkey wanted to be loved by its master 

5. “The lapdog stayed with his master all day”(paragraph 1 line 2).   

What does the word “his” refer to? 

A. The farmer 

B. The dog 

C. The donkey 

D. The lapdog 

6. What can we learn from the text? 

A. It is not good to help others. 

B. It is good to keep your promise. 

C. It is not good to be envious to the others 

D. It is good to share things with the others

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