English Reading Quiz

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The Jackson Family Mr. Jackson is an American teacher, but he lives and works in Denpasar. He teaches English at SMP 8. He is a very good teacher. His students like him. His wife is an Indonesian. She comes from Medan. They have one son and one daughter. The children go to a primary school. Mr. Jackson’s house is made of wood. It has five rooms: a kitchen, a bathroom, a living room and two bedrooms. The Jackson has a house maid to help Mrs. Jackson to do the house work. The maid comes from Bantul. 1. What does the text tell us about? a. SMP 8 b. Denpasar c. Mr Jackson d. Jackson Family 2. What does Mr. Jackson do? He is .... a. a father b. a teacher c. a student d. a house maid 3. Where do the Jacksons stay? a. in Denpasar b. in Bantul c. in Medan d. in America 4. “She comes from Medan.” (line 3) The underlined word refers to Mr. Jackson’s .... a. teacher b. daughter c. student d. wife Balekambang is a small village on the southern coast of East Java, seventy kilometres past the town Malang, two hours drive from it to south. It is well-known for its long beautiful white sandy beach as well as the similarity of its temple to Tanah Lot in Bali. In Balekambang there are three small rocky islands namely Ismoyo Island, Wisanggeni Island, and Anoman Island, which are surrounded by the seas as well. That is the Indonesian Ocean whose huge waves frighten many overseas cruisers. Those names are taken from “Wayang” figures (Java traditional puppets). Taken from: Hello English Magazine, January 1991. -1-

5. What does the text tell us about? a. Balekambang b. small villages c. East Java d. Islands 6. What is the second paragraph about? a. The location of Balekambang. b. How to go to Balekambang. c. Balekambang and its beauty and location. d. Three small rocky is lands in Balekambang. Selling Newspaper for Pocket Money Yanto lives not very far from my house. He goes to an SMP in the afternoon and in the morning he sells newspaper around our neighborhood. His father was a government employee. He retired two years ago. Now he runs a small shop beside their house. We can buy groceries in Pak Mario’s shop. The prices are reasonable so people like to go shopping there. Yanto can collect six to seven hundred rupiahs from selling newspaper everyday. He spends it for his pocket money. Yanto saves some of his money in the bank. Two months ago, during the school holiday, Yanto withdrew some money from the bank and with his family he went to visit his grandmother. Mrs. Mario’s mother was happy to see her daughter, son-in-law, and her grandchildren. They stayed for a week in Kampung Tanjung. Yanto, his sister, and his little brother enjoyed the holiday very much. They went to the rice fields, swam in the river, and learnt some Javanese songs from the village children. Yanto promised himself to come again the following year. 7. Who is Yanto? a. My neighbour. b. Mr. Mario’s son. c. Mr. Mario’s grandson. d. A government employee. 8. What is the main idea of paragraph two? a. Yanto cashed his saving in the bank two months ago. b. Yanto can save money from selling newspaper. c. Mrs. Mario’s mother is Yanto’s grandmother. d. Yanto spends a lot of money for his pocket money. 9. Mr. Mario has ... children. a. one b. two c. three d. four 10. Yanto’s grandmother is probably living .... a. not far from Yanto’s house b. at the same “Kampung” as Yanto’s c. in the city -2-

d. in a village 11. “The prices are reasonable so people like to go shopping there.” (paragraph 1) The word ‘there’ refers to .... a. a small house b. Mr. Mario’s shop c. the grocery store d. the market Whales are sea-living mammals. They therefore breathe air but cannot survive on land. Some species are very large indeed and blue whale, which can exceed 30 cm in length, is the largest animal to have lived on earth. Superficially, the whale looks rather like a fish, but there are important differences in its external structure: its tail consists of a pair of broad, flat, horizontal paddles (the tail of a fish is vertical) and it has a single nostril on top of its large, broad head. The skin is smooth and shiny and beneath it lies a layer of fat (blubber). This is up to 30 cm in thickness and serves to conserve heat and body fluids. 12. What is the main idea of the text? a. Whale looks rather like a fish. b. Whale cannot survive on land. c. Blue whale is a large animal. d. Whales are sea living mammals. Your body needs energy, protein, minerals, vitamins, and fibre. In order to get all of these, it is important to have a varied and balanced diet, and to eat the right amount of food. Your body "burns" food to energy: the amount of energy provided by food is measured in units called calories. How many calories do you need? This depends on your weight and on what you do. When you are sleep, your body uses nearly one calorie an hour for every kilogram of weight. So a person who weighs seventy kilos uses about 560 calories while sleeping for eight hours. More calories are needed for different activities from 100 calories an hour for reading or watching TV, to 350 calories an hour for playing football. To calculate the number of calories needed per day for an average person, first find out the person's ideal weight. Then multiply the weight by 40 for a woman or 46 for a man. A 60 - kilo woman may need about 2400 calories a day - more if she does heavy physical work and less if she is very inactive. 13. “... more if she does heavy physical work and less if she is very inactive.” The underlined word means .... a. very active b. quite active c. rather active d. not active 14. A sport man will need ... a businessman. a. as many calories as b. not so many calories as c. more calories than d. less calories than -3-

My Uncle Martin is my mother’s elder brother. He is my favourite among my mother’s brothers. He is very interesting man. He lives quite near us with my aunt Angela and my cousin Anne and Bob. I often go to his house. He is about 45 with grey hair. He is still quite good-looking. He is tall and well built. He has blue eyes and a strong face. He wears glasses. He is short sight. He takes them off when he does not work. Uncle Martin is textile engineer. He works for a big firm in the city. He travels widely in his job. He is an expert in solving problems with machines. At present, he is in the United States. He is visiting the firm’s costumers there. He is very fond of the sea. He has a boat at the seaside. He goes there every weekend in summer to sail it. I sometimes stay with my cousins at their house on the coast. When my uncle Martin is at home, he usually takes us out in the boat. 15. Who is Uncle Martin? a. Bob’s uncle c. My mother’s uncle

b. Anne’s Father d. Aunt Angela’s neighbour

16. Which paragraph talks about the physical description of Uncle Martin? a. one b. two c. three d. four 17. How many children does Uncle Martin have? a. one b. two c. three

d. four

Cassius Clay (born 1942) was also known as Mohammed Ali. He changed his name when he joined the black Moslem. In 1960, he won a gold medal at the Olympic Games. Four years later, he took the professional world championship from Sony Liston. Lighter and faster than any other heavyweight boxer of his time, he liked to boast as he could “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. 18. When did Cassius Clay change his name? a. when he joined the black Moslem b. four years later after he won the medal c. when he wont the gold medal d. four years later after he beat Sony Liston 19. How old was Mohammed Ali when he won the Professional World Championship? a. 14 years old b. 22 years old c. 18 years old d. 26 years old 20. When he was 18 years old, Mohammed Ali won …. At the Olympic Games. a. a silver medal b. Professional World Championship c. a gold medal d. Amateur World Championship

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