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Read the following text and answer questions I to 3.
I want to tell you about my memorable time in Singapore. It was one of the best holidays I ever had. I shall never forget the spectacular sight of the city I saw from Mount Fable that night. The roller-coaster ride, the stunts performed by the dolphins and the killer whale at the Sea World were also exciting. I shall remember the thrill of having been on one of the longest rides in the monorail in Sentosa Island for many years to come.
I also enjoyed various varieties of seafood at the makeshift roadside stalls at the Chinatown night market. I also enjoyed the shopping trips. My family and friends agreed that the souvenirs were value for money, especially the silk scarves with pretty prints and the attractive key chains.
1. What did the writer do at the Chinatown?
A. He had a roller-coaster experience.
B. He had a various varieties of seafood.
C. He enjoyed the snails.
D. He enjoyed the souvenirs.
2. What kind of souvenir did the writer buy?
A. Postcards and snails.
B. Seafood and squid.
C. Money and scarves.
D. Silk scarves and key chains.
3. "I shall never forget the spectacular sight of the city . . . ." (Paragraph 2) What does the underlined word mean?
A. Nice.
B. Usual.
C. Amazing.
D. Ordinary.
Read the following text and answer questions 4 to 6.
Hooray! We had Fun with English in our school! We enjoyed this event on Thursday, 17th January 2008, at Yos Sudarso Primary School in Karawang. We had waited for it since September 2007. So when the day came, we were really happy. We played many games such as matching colours, matching pictures, horse racing, running and finding and spelling bee. We had story tellings, too. All students from grade 1 to grade 6 joined Fun with English, so there were 3 slots for the activities. We really had fun and we could practise our English. We also sang together about parts of our body, and do-re-mi.
Many prizes were given in this event. There were tickets from Ice World and Gondola of Ancol Bay City, tickets from Water Boom of Lippo Cikarang, tickets from Insects World and Freshwater World of TMII, T-shirts, pens, stickers and many other merchandizes.
4. The text merely tells us about ....
A. learning English at Yos Sudarso Primary School
B. learning English through fun activities
C. getting prizes in learning English
D. getting tickets from English activities
5. What is the main idea of paragraph three?
A. Many prizes were given in the event.
B. All students of the school joined the game.
C. The students had fun during the game.
D. "Fun with English" is a nice program.
6. Why were there three slots for the activities?
A. There were so many activities to join.
B. There were some prizes to win.
C. Students from grade 1 to 6 joined the games.
D. All students of Yos Sudarso Primary School joined the games.
Read the text and answer questions 7 and 8.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson once kept a large monkey he had brought from Kalimantan. The monkey was very faithful to her masters and was very friendly to their baby girl. One day Mr. and Mrs. Wilson went out to attend a wedding ceremony. They left the baby to the monkey they had trusted as a baby sister.
Suddenly a fire broke out in the house. The door and the staircase were already on fire.
All the neighbors looked sadly at the windows of the room where the baby girl slept in. Somebody ran for a ladder to reach the windows, but it was no use now.
Just then they saw a black hand open the window upstairs, and then came out the monkey with the baby girl in her arms. Down she climbed. Slowly and carefully she brought the baby out safely.
7. Where did Mr. and Mrs. Wilson put their baby?
A. In the room upstairs.
B. In the monkey's arm.
C. At the back window.
D. Under the ladder.
8. ". . . with the baby girl in her arms." (Last paragraph) What does the word `her' refer to?
A. Mr. Wilson's neighbor’s
B. Mr. Wilson's wife's
C. The large monkey's
D. The baby girl's
Read the text and answer questions 9 and 10.
What will you feel as a pilot if there is something wrong with your plane at an altitude of thousand metres above the earth? Very tense! Captain Smokey Stover and 1st Officer Tom Zion were in the cockpit of a 130-passenger Eastern jet on route to New York. It was cruising at 33,000 feet.
Suddenly they both straightened up. There was a rhythmic thumping coming through the floor. It was so definite that they could feel the vibrations with their feet. They checked their instruments, but there was no warning signal there.
They thought one of the landing gear doors hadn't closed, so they slowed down, but there was no reduction in the vibrations. Then they began to worry about their engines. Was one out of synchronization? A check showed that they were in perfect tune. Now the men grew concerned.
They called New York to have a crew of expert mechanics meet the plane. After a safe landing, as the mechanics were swarming aboard, the senior stewardess told Captain Stover, "We really have a weird passenger on this trip. He jogged in the lavatory next to the cockpit for 20 minutes."
Captain Stover looked a bit upset. He had never had such a passenger before.
9. The wrong statement about Captain Stover based on the text is ....
A. he flew a 130 passenger Eastern jet
B. he felt the vibrations with his feet clearly
C. his plane was on the way to New York
D. he could find the problem of the plane
10. Where was the lavatory?
A. Beside the cockpit.
B. Behind the cockpit.
C. Next to the cabin.
D. In the cabin.
Read the text and answer questions 11 - 13.
When I was eleven years old, I had a big accident. I get scared even now when I think about that time. I went skating near my house. There were many people, and I saw some of them were falling on the ice.It was my first time to go ice skating, so I was nervous. I was wondering how to skate.
I went with a friend who was very skillful. He spent some time teaching me how to scate, but I didn't learn much. He left me and skated all around. As soon as he left, I fell down. I envied the other people because they could skate very well.
I was bored because I kept falling so I took off my skates and just walked around on the ice in my shoes. It was cold and my hands were frozen.
Suddenly, I stepped on something that was not hard. What was it? It was a weak place in the ice. When I stepped there, I sank under the ice. I thought that I was going to die, but I did my best to grab something to get out from under the ice. I tried to grab the edge of the ice, but it was very difficult for an eleven-year old.
It seemed like a very long time, like a year. Then, fortunately, someone helped me. He grabbed my arms and pulled me up. So, I lived and I'm still alive today.
I thanked him. At that time, my friend came back. I was annoyed at him because he was supposed to take care of me, but he didn't. He was embarrassed. When took a taxi home, the taxi driver was surprised and asked what had happened. I didn't want to say anything because I was tired and scared. Even now, whenever I think about that time, I feel uncomfortable. I don't want to go skating again even now.
11. What is the text about?
A. A happy experience when ice skatting.
B. An experience when ice skatting for the first time.
C. An experience when joining an ice skatting competition.
D. An experience when getting lost in an ice skating competition.
12. Which statement is NOT TRUE according to the text?
A. The accident happened when the writer was eleven years old.
B. At that time the writer wondered how to skate.
C. The writer couldn’t grab the edge of the ice.
D. No one helped the writer who sank under the ice.
13. “When I stepped there ... .” (Paragraph 5) . What does the word ‘there’ refer to?
A. The ice
B. The ground
C. The weak place of the ice
D. The hard place of the ice
Read the text and answer questions 14 to 16.
On Thursday our class went to Aldenham country park as part of our topic on the environment. We had to find out about all the different ways the park was used. The first thing my group did was to go to the rare breeds animal area. Then we went in the woods and looked out for all the different kinds of trees and the sorts of wild animals that lived there. After lunch we had to walk round the lake and make a list of all the different uses for it. There were 13 fishermen and one fisherwoman and we saw a man catch a fish. One thing I learned was that furry cows with big horns are called Highland cattle.
14. What is the text about?
A. A visit to the zoo.
B. A visit to the lake.
C. A visit to the forest.
D. A visit to the country park.
15. Which statement is NOT TRUE according to the text?
A. The writer and his/her friends went to the park on Thursday.
B. The writer walked round the lake before lunch.
C. The park is used for different purposes.
D. There was a forest in the park.
16. “... the sorts of wild animals that lived there.” (Paragraph 3). What does the word ‘there’ refer to?
A. The park.
B. The lake.
C. The forest.
D. The rare animal area.
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