SOAL BAHASA INGGRIS

1-15 (listening session)
THE SMARTEST PARROT

Once upon time, a man had a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it. The parrot could say every word, except one word. The parrot would not say the name of the place where it was born. The name of the place was Catano.
The man felt excited having the smartest parrot but he could not understand why the parrot would not say Catano. The man tried to teach the bird to say Catano, however the bird did not say the word.
At first, the man was very nice to the bird but then he got very angry. “You stupid bird!” pointed the man to the parrot. “Why can’t you say the word? Say Catano! Or I will kill you” the man said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say it. Then the man got so angry and shouted to the bird over and over; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”. The bird kept not to say the word of Catano.
One day, after he had been trying so many times to make the bird say Catano, the man really got very angry. He could not bear it. He picked the parrot and threw it into the chicken house. There were four old chickens for next dinner “You are as stupid as the chickens. Just stay with them” Said the man angrily. Then he continued to humble; “You know, I will cut the chicken for my meal. Next it will be your turn, I will eat you too, stupid parrot”. After that he left the chicken house.
The next day, the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and was very surprised. He could not believe what he saw at the chicken house. There were three death chickens on the floor. At the moment, the parrot was standing proudly and screaming at the last old chicken; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”.

16. Why does the man feel so angry with the parrot?
A. It can say everything except Catano.
B. It couldn’t say everything.
C. It was a parrot like others.
D. It was a stupid parrot.

17. At the first, the man was very nice to the bird but then he got very angry. “You stupid bird!” pointed the man to the parrot. “Why can’t you say the word? Say Catano!

From the text we learn that … .
A. we have to respect others
B. we have to imitate others
C. we are not allowed to force others to do something
D. we must not have the feeling as higher creature than others

18.“… the parrot was standing proudly and screaming at the last old chicken …”
The word “proudly” nearly means …
A. arrogantly
B. bravely
C. smugly
D. humbly

Text 2 (Questions number 19-20)
Once upon a time there lived a kind-heated man and his wife. One morning, his wife found a poor little sparrow.  She took it gently and fed it.  To show its gratitude, the sparrow stayed with them and sang every morning. But there was an ill-tempered old woman who didn’t like the sparrow. She cut the sparrow’s tongue.  That’s why the bird return to its previous nest.
Knowing that their sparrow flew away, the kind man and woman looked for their sparrow.  They walked a long way, crossed the bridge, climbed a mountain, and passed the wood
Not long afterwards, they found the sparrow’s nest. The sparrow welcomed them and provided a feast for them.  Before they went home, the sparrow brought two baskets: one was large and looked heavy, and the other one was small and light. The sparrow asked them to choose one
They choose the small one. And that was the best choice.  There were many rolls of silk and piles of gold in it. Being jealous, the ill-tempered old woman did the same thing as the kind man and woman did.
She chose the big basket which actually contained wasps and venomous crawlers, such as scorpions, centipedes, and other horrible creatures.  Finally, they stung and bit her to death.

19. The purpose of the text above is to…
a. inform something
b.describe someone
c.entertain the reader
d. report something         
e. keeping something

20. “The sparrow welcomed them…”
  The bold typed word refers to the…..
a.nest
b.sparrow
c. baskets
d.kind man an woman
e. ill-tempered old woman
21. The suitable title for the text above is…
a.the sparrow’s nest
b.the tongue and the sparrow
c. the evil woman
d.the tongue cut sparrow
e. the old woman and sparrow

How Desert Remains Dry
These are three possible reason why desert remain dry. These are high mountain barrier, cold ocean current and high pressure system.
When warm air passes over the ocean it pick up moisture in the form of water vapor and this moist air travels over mountain ranges. When begins to rise, the air cool and this causes the water vapor to condense into droplets which falls as rain. When the air reaches the other side of the mountain barrier, it has lost all moisture and so the other side of the mountain remains dry.
Cold Ocean Current
Air passing over old ocean current is cooled and therefore is unable to pick up and hold much moisture. When this cold air mass reaches the warm desert, any moisture in the air is evaporated and so does not fall as rain and so the desert remains dry.

22. What does the text tell about ?
a. How desert remains dry
b. How desert remains wet
c. High pressure system
d.High mountain barrier
e. Cold ocean current

23. How many factors make the desert remain dry ?
a.One
b.Two
c. Three
d.Four
e.Five

24. Why does the other side of the mountain remain dry ?
a. Because the air reaches the other side of the mountain barrier
b.Because it still has had all moisture
c.Because the air doesn’t reaches
d.Because air passes over the ocean it pick up moisture
e. a,b,c, and d are true


25. The first paragraph is called . . . .
a. Sequenced explanation
b.General statement
c.  Orientation
d. Resolution
e. Complication

26. How many the sequenced explanation of the story?
a. One
b.Two
c. Three
d.Four
e. Five