Soal UTS GANJIL XII 24-25

1. What is a narrative text?

a. A text that tells a story
b. A text that informs about news.
c. A text that describes about place
d. A text that argues an issue
Jawaban: a

2. Which element is NOT part of a narrative text?

a. Characters
b. Setting
c. Thesis statement
d. Plot
Jawaban: c

3. What does the setting of a story refer to?

a. The main character's thoughts
b. The time and place where the story occurs.
c. The conflict in the story
d. The story's theme
Jawaban: b

4. In a narrative, what is the term for the main problem the characters face?
a. Resolution
b. Conflict
c. Climax
d. Exposition
Jawaban: b

5. How do characters in a narrative develop?

a. Through their dialogue and actions
b. Only through their thoughts
c. They do not develop
d. Through the setting
Jawaban: a

6. What is a moral of the story?

a. A detailed description
b. A lesson learned from the narrative
c. The main character's name
d. The setting of the story
Jawaban: b

7. What is the purpose of dialogue in a narrative?

a. To give background information
b. To show character interactions and develop plot
c. To describe the setting
d. To summarize the plot
Jawaban: b
8. In which part of a narrative would you typically find the resolution?
a. Beginning
b. Middle
c. End
d. Prologue
Jawaban: c

9. What type of conflict involves a character against nature?

a. Man vs. Man
b. Man vs. Self
c. Man vs. Society
d. Man vs. Nature
Jawaban: d

10. What is the primary purpose of a narrative text?

a. To inform the reader
b. To entertain the reader
c. To persuade the reader
d. To instruct the reader
Jawaban: b

11. How does a narrative often end?

a. With a cliffhanger
b. With unresolved conflicts
c. With a resolution of conflicts
d. With a new problem
Jawaban: c

12. What is the function of the antagonist in a narrative?

a. To support the protagonist
b. To create conflict
c. To provide background information
d. To narrate the story
Jawaban: b

13. Which of the following best describes a moral?

a. A character’s journey
b. The plot twist
c. A lesson learned from the story
d. The background of the protagonist
Jawaban: c

14. What is the primary audience for a narrative text?

a. Scholars only
b. Children only
c. Any reader interested in stories
d. Writers only
Jawaban: c

15. Anita : I did not see Diana whwn I was at your house.
Tannia : She ___ to the market yesterday.
a. go
b. goes
c. went
 d. going
Jawaban: c. went

16. Tomy : Why did your friends not do the homework?

John: They ___ a movie last night.
a. watch
b. watched
c. watching
d. watches
Jawaban: b. watched

17. He was late to school yesterday because he ___ to school .

a. walk
b. walked
c. walking
d. walks
Jawaban: b. walked

18. Tiara : Dewi did not come to your party last night. Where was she?
Dani : She was at her room. She ___ her homework last night.
a. do
b. does
c. did
d. doing
Jawaban: c. did

19. Teacher : Where did you go during last holiday?

Terry : I and y family ___ to Bali last summer.
a. travel
b. traveled
c. travels
d. traveling
Jawaban: b. traveled

20. Sally : How do you know that Ken has moved to Jakarta?
Siera : He ___ me an email last week.
a. sends
b. send
c. sended
d. sent
Jawaban: d. sent

21. Jack : Why did you cover the car?

Jimy : Because I ___ the car last Sunday.
a. wash
b. washes
c. washed
d. washing
Jawaban: c. washed
22. Terry : Billy celebrated his birthday last night.
Jenny : Yes, she ___ very happy last night.
a. is
b. was
c. were
d. be
Jawaban: b. was

23. Dony : Do you know that Arka is hospitalized?

Derry : What happens to him?
Dony : He ___ his leg in the match yesterday afternoon.
a. break
b. broke
c. breaking
d. breaks
Jawaban: b. broke

24. Look! I have a new phone. I ___ it two days ago.

a. buy
b. buys
c. bought
d. buying
Jawaban: c. bought

25. Tama : We went to Bali kast holiday.

Dono : What did you do there.
Tama : We enjoy the culture. We also ___ at the beach.
a. swim
b. swims
c. swam
d. swimming
Jawaban: c. swam

26. Mira : Let’s congratulate Amy for she ___ the English Speech Competition last Sunday.
Dina : Wow, I am proud of her.
a. win
b. won
c. winning
d. wins
Jawaban: b. won

27. Father: Our neighbor has to move to another town due to his job.
Mother : What about the house? He__ his house last month.
a. sell
b. sells
c. sold
d. selling
Jawaban: c. sold
28. I can’t hide anymore. He ___ me at the party yesterday.
a. see
b. saw
c. seen
d. seeing
Jawaban: b. saw

Questions 29-32 based on the following text.

Long, long ago, when the gods and goddesses used to mingle in the affairs of mortals, there
was a small kingdom on the slope of Mount Wayang in West Java. The King, named Sang
Prabu, was a wise man. He had an only daughter, called Princess Teja Nirmala, who was
famous for her beauty but she was not married. One day Sang Prabu made up his mind to
settle the matter by a show of strength.
After that, Prince of Blambangan, named Raden Begawan had won the competition.
Unfortunately, the wicked fairy, Princess Segara fell in love with Raden Begawan and used
magic power to render him unconscious and he forgot his wedding. When Sang Prabu was
searching, Raden Begawan saw him and soon realized that he had been enchanted by the
wicked fairy. The fairy could not accept this, so she killed Raden Begawan. When Princess
Teja Nirmala heard this, she was very sad. So a nice fairy took her to the Kahyangan.

29. Why the wicked fairy did used her magic to make Raden Begawan unconscious?
a. She didn’t like Raden Begawan
b. She didn’t want Raden Prabu marry the princess
c. She wanted Teja Nirmala to forget about her wedding
d. She didn’t want the prince of Blambangan marry the princess
Jawaban : d

30. What do you think will happen if gods or goddesses cannot mingle in the affairs of
people in the earth at that time?
a. Princess Segara will have married with Raden Begawan
b. Sang Prabu will not hold strength competition
c. Wicked Fairy will not take Raden Begawan’s life
d. Teja Nirmala will stay in the Kahyangan
Jawaban : c

31. So a nice fairy took her to the Kahyangan. (Paragraph 2) The word her in the sentence
refers to…
a. Princess Nirmala
b. The nice fairy
c. The wicked fairy
d. Prince Teja
Jawaban : a

32. The similarity between fairy and human according to the text.
a. The place they live
b. The jealousy that they posses
c. The way they don’t feel a love
d. The strength they have
Jawaban : b
Questions 33-37 based on the following text:

THE GOLDEN EGGS

Long time ago a remote village, in central China, was inhabited mainly with farmers
and hunters.
One day, a poor farmer lost his entire livestock to flood. He prayed hard to God for
help or his family would die of starvation.
Few days later an old man, with long grey beard, passed by his house took pity on
him. He gave him a goose and said. ″I don’t have any expensive thing to give you and hope
this goose will help you to ease your hardship.″
A week later to his most surprise the farmer found an egg in his yard. This was not
an ordinary egg. It was a golden egg. He was suddenly overcome with joy. Thereafter, the
livelihood had rapidly improved but the farmer had forgotten his earlier hardship. He became
lazy, arrogant and spendthrift.
Strangely, the goose only laid one golden egg every six months. The greedy farmer
lost his patient and slaughtered his goose thinking there were plenty of golden eggs inside
its stomach.
Though the very much regretted for his foolishness, it’s already too late.

33. What is the communicative purpose of the text ?

a. To describe how the farmer got rich
b. To share an amusing story with others
c. To persuade the reader to read the story
d. To entertain the reader with an interesting story
Jawaban : a

34. What happened to the farmer’s livestock ?

a. They were all stolen
b. They were all given away
c. They were all slaughtered
d. They were killed by flood
Jawaban : d

35. Which of the following statement is true ?

a. God gave the goose to the farmer
b. The farmer did not believe the old man
c. An old man with long grey beard gave a farmer a goose
d. The farmer died of starvation because he became lazy and spendthrift
Jawaban : c

36. What do we learn from the story ?

a. Not to be greedy and be contented with what we had
b. Always pray to God for help
c. Not to be lazy or arrogant
d. Not to forget a good deed
Jawaban : a

37. ″I don’t have any expensive thing to give you ……………..″ (paragraph 3)
The word ″I″ refers to ……………
a. A poor farmer
b. The writer
c. An old man
 d. Hunter
Jawaban : c
Questions 38 – 42 refer to the following text:

“Once upon a time a hawk fell in love with a hen. The hawk flew down from the sky
and asked the hen, "Won't you marry me?"
The hen loved the brave, strong hawk and wishes to marry him. But she said, I
cannot fly as high as you can. If you give me time, I may learn to fly as high as you. Then,
we can fly together."
The hawk agreed. Before he went away, he gave the hen a ring. "This is to show that
you have promised to marry me," said the hawk.
So it happened that the hen had already promised to marry a rooster. So, when the
rooster saw the ring, he became very angry. "Throw that ring away at once! Didn't you tell
the hawk that you'd already promised to marry me?" shouted the rooster. Then hen was so
frightened at the rooster's anger that she threw away the ring immediately.
When the hawk came the next day, the hen told him the truth. The hawk so furious
that he cursed the hen. "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Now you'll always be scratching the
earth, and I'll always be flying above you to catch your children," said the hawk.
The curse seems to have come true.

38. Why couldn’t the hen say “yes” right away?

a. Because she did not love the hawk,
b. Because she had no ring to exchange.
c. Because it would make the roaster angry.
d. Because the hawk was too brave and strong.
Jawaban : c

39. What is the story about ?

a. A hen and a rooster
b. A rooster and his fiancé
c. A hawk and his wife
d. A hawk, a hen a rooster.
Jawaban : d

40. “The hawk flew down from the sky and asked the hen, “Won’t you marry me?”
(Paragraph 1).
What does the sentence mean?
a. The hen wanted to marry the hawk
b. The hawk proposed the hen to be his wife
c. The hen agreed to be the hawk’s wife
d. The hen refused to marry the hawk
Jawaban: b

41. Why was the rooster angry when he saw the ring?
a. The hen had betrayed him
b. The hand didn’t wear her own ring
c. The ring was too small for the hen
d. The hen had stolen his ring
Jawaban : a
42. What can we learn from the story?
We have to …
a. take care of our children
b. listen to other
c. keep our promise
d. love one another
Jawaban: c

Questions 43 – 47 refer to the following text:

The Magic Box

Once upon time, there was a poor farmer who dug up a big box in his field. He took at
home with him and showed it to his wife. His wife cleaned it and kept it in their house.
One day, she dropped an apple into it. Immediately the box began to will up with
apples. No matter how many were taken out. Others took their place. So the farmer dropped
a coin into the box. At once, apples disappeared and the box began, to fill itself with coin.
Everyday the farmer and his wife collected hundreds and hundreds of dollars from the box.
Soon they became very rich.
Now the farmer’s grandfather lived with the couple. He was not very strong and he could not
go out to work. So the farmer asked the old man to help him take the money out of the box.
When his grandfather became tired and wanted to rest, the farmer shouted at him, “Why are
you so lazy? Why can’t you work harder ?” the old man did not say anything but he
continued working until he fell inside the box and died. At once the money disappeared and
the box began to fill up with dead grandfathers.
The farmer had to pull them out and bury them. To do this he had to spend all the
money he had collected. When he had used up all the money, the box broke and the farmer
was just as poor as he was before.

43. . How was the farmer according to the writer ?

a. Greedy
b. Humorous
c. Generous
d. Rich
Jawaban: a

44. The complication start in the part of the story when…

a. the farmer dug up a big box in his field, took at home and showed it to his wife.
b. His wife dropped an apple into it and immediately the box filled up with apples.
c. The farmer and his wife sold the apples and were able to live comfortable
d. The apples disappeared and bean to fill itself with coin.
Jawaban: b

45. Which statement is true according to the story….

a. His wife cleaned and kept the box to the story
b. The box was full of valuable things when it was found
c. The farmer had to pull dead grandfather out and bury them
d. The poor farmer finally was killed by the grandfather
Jawaban: c
46. What do we learn from the story?
a. Being honest is not always wise
b. Being a miser is sometimes important
c. All the glitters is not gold
d. being greedy is not good.
Jawaban: d

47. The communicative purpose of the text is ….

a. to amuse and entertain the readers with problematic events
b. to tell the readers what really happened in the pest
c. to inform the readers how and why something works
d. to present information about a current issue
Jawaban: a

Questions 48 – 50 refer to the following text:

The Tyrant Who Became a Just Ruler

In the olden times there was a king who was so cruel and unjust toward his subjects
that he was always called The Tyrant. So heartless was he that his people used to pray night
and day that they might have a new king.
One day, much to their surprise, he called his people together and said to them, “My
dear subjects, the days of my tyranny are over. Henceforth, you shall live in peaces and
happiness, for I have decided to try my rule henceforth justly and well.”
The King kept his words so well that soon he was known throughout the land as The Just
King. By and by one of his favorites came to him said, “Your Majesty, I beg you to tell me
how it was that you had this change of heart towards your people.”
And the King replied, “As I was galloping through my forests one afternoon, I caught
a sight of a hound chasing a fox. The fox escaped into his hole, but not until he had bitten by
the dog so badly that he would be lame for life. The hound, returning home, met a man who
threw a stone at him, which broke his leg. And the horse, starting to run, fell into a hole and
broke his leg. Here I came to my senses, and resolved to change my rule. ‘For surely,’ I said
to myself, ‘he who does evil will sooner or later be overtaken by evil.”

48 Which of the statements is TRUE?

a. The King’s behavior never changed
b. The man was thrown with a stone by a hound.
c. The king’s subjects hated him when he was a tyrant.
d. In the olden times the King was loved by his subjects.
Jawaban: c

49 Paragraph two tells us that the King ….

a. never ended the day of his tyranny
b. changed his behaviour and became a just ruler.
c. decided to rule his subjects unjustly
d. warned this subjects to obey his rules.
Jawaban: b

50 The communicative purpose of this text is ….

a. to entertain and deal with actual or vicarious experience
b. to criticize a work of art
c. to describe particular person
d. to describe how something is accomplish
Jawaban: a