Soal Paket B

Read the text to answer questions 11 to 15

Last autumn I was in India during Diwali, the “Festival of Lights”

which takes place every year to celebrate the victory of good over

evil. This festival lasts for five days and is held at the end of October

or in the first week of November.

Preparations began weeks before the event. People cleaned their

homes and painted wonderful designs called rangolis on the walls

and floors. They bought beautiful new clothes and jewelry to wear

during the festival. Women made delicious sweets which were

better than any others I have ever tasted.

During the five days of Diwali, every home and temple was

decorated, inside and outside, with lovely clay lamps and colourful

candles. After dark, the whole neighbourhood glittered with

thousands of tiny lights, as though in a fairy tale. Excited children

set off firecrackers, and at first I was frightened by the loud bangs,

but the spectacular display was so fascinating that I soon joined in

the spirit of celebration.

Diwali is a deeply moving festival. I am very grateful I had the

chance to share in this celebration of peace and harmony. I have

fond memories of the experience, and in particular I will never

forget how friendly and generous people were.

11.The main idea of paragraph 3is…

A. The preparations for Diwali was very long.

B. Diwali was celebrated everywhere.

C. The writer was very happy with Diwali.

D. During Diwali, houses were decorated with lamps and

candles.

12.When is Diwali held?

A. In Autumn

B. Every year

C. First week of November

D. End of October

13.From the text we know that …

A. Diwali was a fairy tale.

B. the writer were afraid of the festival.

C. all ages joined the celebration.

D. Diwali was an ordinary festival.

14.The writer feels that Diwali is a…festival.

A. frighteningI

B. peaceful

C. fascinating

D. moving

15. What did the kids do during the celebration?

A. Buying new clothes

B. Setting off firecrackers

C. Painting their homes

D. Lighting the lights

Read the text to answer questions 16 and 17

Sung-Yow has a secret. He could paint a picture and make it come

alive! This only happened when the painting was finished. SungYow loved to paint dragons. He left out their eyes because he didn’t

want them to come alive. In this way his secret stayed a secret.

The king heard that Sung-Yow was good at painting dragons. He

asked Sung-Yow to paint four dragons on a wall. In three days the

painting was almost finished. The dragons looked like they could

jump off the wall. They didn’t jump because Sung-Yow had left out

their eyes.

People came from far away to see the paintings.

“The dragons look so real,” they said.

“But where are their eyes?” they asked.

“If I dotted the eyes, the dragons would fly away,” said Sung-Yow.

Everyone laughed. No one believed him. Sung-Yow was not happy.

This time he would NOT leave out the eyes. He painted little black

dots on two of the dragons.

Crash! Crack! the wall split open. Two dragons jumped off the wall.

Sung-Yow went on to become a very famous artist with a very

famous secret. In China when someone adds a finishing touch to a work, people

might say “Draw Dragon Dot Eyes”.

16. What is Sung-Yow’s secret?

A. He could paint dragons.

B. His king knows him.

C. Draw Dragon Dot Eye.

D. His painting could come alive.

17. How could Sun-Yow become famous?

A. He was asked by the king.

B. Everyone liked him.

C. People saw knew secret.

D. He made a saying “Draw Dragons Dot Eyes”.

Read the text to answer questions 18 and 19.

ANNOUNCEMENT

To : All students of SMP Bahagia Semarang.

To celebrate the National Education Day,Students body will hold some interesting programs such as English Speech Contest, Debate, and Class Wall Magazine Competition.

When: May 2, 2012 8 am onwards.

Where: School hall

Registration: Mr.Andi, the coordinator of this program.

18.     What does the text announce?

a.            A Student Organization

b.            An English Speech Contest

c.            A National Day Celebration

d.             A National Education Day ceremony

19. Based on the text we can say that ...

a.            the programs will last for 4 hours.

b.            the programs will be held in the morning.

c.            two competitions will be held.

d.            Mr.Andi is the organizerof the programs

CAUTION

VOLCANIC FUMES ARE

HAZAROUS TO YOUR HEALTH AND BE LIFETHREATENING

VISITORS WITH BREATHING AND HEART PROBLEMS, PREGNANT WOMEN

AND YOUNG CHILDREN

20. Where do you usually find such a caution?

A. At all public places with non domestic visitors

B. Any places visited by tourists.

C. On all the mountains with few visitors

D. At the volcanoes for tourist resorts

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