Soal Piba Bahsa Inggris
Soal Piba Bahsa Inggris
The old witch locked Hansel in a cage and set Gretel to clean the house. She planned to eat them
both. Each night the children cried and begged the witch to let them go. Meanwhile, at home, their
stepmother was beginning to wish she had never tried to get rid of the children.
“I must find them,” she said and set off into the forest. Many hours later, when her feet were tired
from walking and her lips were dry from thirst, she came to the cottage belonging to the witch. The
stepmother peeped through the window. Her heart cried out when she saw the two children. She
picked up the broom leaning against the door and crept inside. The witch was putting some stew in
the oven when the stepmother gave her an almighty push. The witch fell into the oven and the
stepmother shut the door. ‘Children, I have come to save you,’ she said hugging them tightly. I
have done a dreadful thing.
I hope in time you will forgive me. Let me take you home and become a family again. They
returned to their home and the stepmother became the best mother anyone could wish to have, and
of course they lived happily ever after!
33. “The witch fell into the oven and the stepmother shut the door.” (Paragraph 4). The underlined
word “shut” can be replaced by the word…
A. Marked
B. Painted
C. Opened
D. Polished
E. Closed
A man in Puerto Rico had a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it.
It was very, very smart. This parrot would say any word-except one. He would not say the name of
the town where he was born. The name of the town was Catano.
The man tried to teach the parrot to say Catano. But the bird would not say the word. At first the
man was very nice, but then he got angry. “You are a stupid bird! Why can’t you say the word? Say
Catano, or I will kill you!” but the parrot would not say it. Then the man got to so angry that the
shouted over and over, “Say Catano, or I’ll kill you!” but the bird wouldn’t talk.
One day after trying for many hours to make the bird say Catano, the man got very angry. He
picked up the bird and threw him into the chicken house. “You are more stupid than the chickens.
Soon I will eat them, and I will eat you, too.” In the chicken house there are four old chickens. They
were for Sunday’s dinner. The man put the parrot in the chicken house and left. The next day the
man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and stopped. He was very surprised at
what he saw! He saw three dead chickens on the floor. The parrot was screaming at the fourth
chicken, “Say Catano, or I’ll kill you!
38. “It was very, very smart”. The underlined word “It “refers to…
A. The chicken
B. The man
C. The Catano
D. The city
E. The bird
Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with her aunt and uncle
because her parents were dead.
One day she heard her uncle and aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they
both wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to take Snow White.
Snow White didn’t want her uncle and aunt to do that so she decided that it would be best if she ran
away. The next morning she ran away into the woods. She was very tired and hungry. Then she
saw a little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and fell asleep.
Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work. There they found Snow White
sleeping. Then Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs.
The dwarfs said, “What is your name?”
Snow White said, “My name is Snow White.”
Then, Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story.
The dwarfs said, “If you want, you may live here with us.”
Snow White answered, “Oh, could I? Thank you.”
Finally, Snow White and the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after.
43. Where did Snow White live after she ran away to the woods?
A. She lived in the cave
B. She lived in the lion nest
C. She lived everywhere in the woods
D. She lived in the dwarfs’ cottage
E. She lived on the street
44. According to the text, before she ran away into the woods, why did Snow White live with her
uncle and aunt?
A. because she loved them very much
B. as a result of forcing attitude from them
C. because her parents were dead
D. because she were afraid of the dwarfs
E. because she ran away from a monster
47. “She is beautiful but she had envious heart.” What is the synonym of the word “envious”?
A. Ambiguous
B. Jealous
C. Fierce
D. Festive
E. Humble
In the Kingdom of Medang Kamulan, in Java, came a young when man, by the name of Aji Saka to
fight Dewatacengkar, the cruel King of The Country who had a habit to eat human flesh of his own
people. Aji Saka himself he came from Bumi Majeti.
One day he told his two servants, by the name of Dara and Sembodo, that he was going to java.
He told them that while he was away, both of them have to guards his Heirloom / Pusoko. No one
except Aji Saka himself not a allowed to take the Pusoko. In the big battle, Aji Saka could
successfully push Dewata Cengkar to fall to the South Sea. Dewata Cengkar did not die, he
became a Bajul Putih (White Crocodile). Aji Saka became a ruler of Medangkamulan.
Meanwhile a woman of the village of Dadapan, found an egg. She put the egg in her Lumbung
(Rice Barn). After a certain period the egg vanished, instead a snake found in the rice barn. The
villagers would like to kill the snake, but the snake said : “I’m the son Aji Saka, bring me to him”.
Aji Saka told the snake, that he would be recognized as his son, if the could kll the Bajul Putih in the
South Sea. After a long stormy battle which both sides demonstrating physical strength and
showing skillfull ability of fighting, the snake could kill Bajul Putih.
As had been promised the snake was recognized as Aji Saka’s son and he was given a name Jaka
Linglung (a stupid boy).
In the palace Jaka Linglung greedily ate domestic pets of the palace. He was punished by the King,
expelling him to live in the Jungle of Pesanga. he was tightly roped until he could not move his
head. He was instructed only to eat things which fall to his mouth.
One day, a group of 9 (nine) village boys were playing around in that Jungle. Suddenly it was
raining heavily. They had to find a shelter, luckily there was a cave. Only 8 (eight) boys went inside
the cave, the other one who was suffering from very bad skin disease, sting and dirty, he had to
stay out of the cave. All of a sudden, the cave was falling apart. The 8 (eight) boys vanished, only
the one who stayed outside was safe. The cave in fact was the mouth of Jaka Linglung.
56. Why did the king punish Jaka linglung to live in the jungle of Pesanga? because ……
A. Jaka linglung greedily ate human flesh of the village
B. Jaka linglung greedily ate domestic pets of the palace
C. Jaka linglung put the egg in the rice born
D. Jaka linglung could kill Bajul Putih
E. Jaka linglung pushed Dewata Cengkor to fall to the Sout sea
Once upon a time there was a prince he wanted to get himself a princess, but she had to be real
princess. So he traveled all over the world to find one, but in every case something was the
matter. There were lots of princess, but he could never quite make out whether they were real or
not. So he came home feeling very unhappy, for really wanted to find a true princess.
One evening a terrible storm came; lightening flashed, thunder rolled, and the rain poured down in
torrents-it was simply awful ! suddenly there was a knock at the city gate, and the old king went out
to answer it.
There was a princess standing outside, but what a sight the rain and the bad weather had made of
her ! The water streamed down her hair and her clothes, and yet she said she was a real princess.
“It won’t take long to find that out,” thought the old Queen. Without saying anything, she went into
bed chamber, took off all the bedclothes, and places one pea on the bottom boards of the bed.
Then she took twenty mattresses and put them on top of the pea, and after that she put twenty
feather-pillows on top of the mattresses. That was where the princess was to spend the night.
In the morning they asked her how she had slept.
“Oh, dreadfully! said the princess. “I hardly slept a wink all night. Whatever could have been in the
bed ? I was lying on something so hard that I’m black and blue all over.”
So of course they could see that she was a real princess, since she had felt the pea through twenty
mattresses and twenty feather-pillows. No one but a real princess could have such a tender skin as
that. So the prince took her for his wife, and they lived happily ever after.
61. No one but a real princess could have such a tender skin as that. The SYNONYM of ‘tender’ is
…
A. hard
B. light
C. weak
D. strong
E. soft
Once upon a time there was a poor widow who had an only son named Jack. They were so poor
that they didn’t have anything except a cow. When the cow had grown too old, his mother sent
Jack to the market to sell it. On the way to the market, Jack met a butcher who had some beautiful
beans in his hand. The butcher told the boy that the beans were of great value and persuaded the
silly lad to sell the cow for the beans.
Jack brought them, happily. When he told his mother about this, his mother became so angry that
she threw the beans out of the window. When Jack woke up in the morning, he felt the sun shining
into a pan of his room, but all the rest was quite dark and shady. So he jumped to the window.
What did he see? The beanstalk grew up quite close past Jack’s window. He opened the window
and jumped to the beanstalk which ran up just like a big ladder
He climbed and climbed till at last he reached the sky. While looking around, he saw a very huge
castle. He was very amazed. Then Jack walked along the path leading to the castle. There was a
big tail woman on the doorstep. Jack greeted her and asked for the giantess mercy to give him
breakfast, because he fell very hungry. Although the giantess grumbled at first, finally she gave
Jack a hunk of bread and cheese and a jug of milk.
Jack hadn’t finished when the whole house began to tremble with the noise of someone’s coming.
“Oh! It’s my husband!” cried the giantess. “What on earth shall I do?” Hastily the giantess opened a
very big cupboard and hid Jack there.
63. “Oh ! It’s my husband !” cried the giantess” (paragraph 7). From the sentence we know that the
giantess is ….. her husband
A. afraid of
B. angry with
C. fed up with
D. annoyed with
E. displeased with
64. Jack’s mother looked very furious when jack told that…
A. the beans were precious
B. the butcher bought his cow
C. he traded his cow for the beans
D. he had sold his cow to a butcher
E. he met a butcher an the way to the market
65. What do learn from the text ?
A. Jack’s mother was a furious mother
B. Poverty makes people hopeless
C. The giantess pity on jack
D. Jack was innocent boy
E. Sincerity makes jack get something precious