SOAL PTS BAHASA INGGRIS

KELAS X 5,6,7,8,9,10,11
TA. 2022-2023

(Text for no. 1-5)

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.

1.  Which one of the following statements is false about Sang Prabu?
A.  Sang Prabu was a father of his only daughter
B.  Sang Prabu was a king of a kingdom in West Java
C.  Sang Prabu was  taken to Kahyangan by a wicked fairy
D.  Sang Prabu was a wise man
E.  Sang Prabu didn’t have a son

2.  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
E.  She didn’t want the prince of Blambangan feel love with her

3.  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.  Raden Begawan will not die
D.  Teja Nirmala will stay in the Kahyangan
E.  Wicked Fairy will not take Raden Begawan’s life

4.  So a nice fairy took her to the Kahyangan.  (Paragraph 2) The word her in the sentence refers to…
A.  The wicked fairy
B.  The nice fairy
C.  Princess Nirmala
D.  Prince Teja
E.  The prince of Blambangan

5.  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
E.  Their life that is immortal
(Text for no.6-9)
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!

6. The story is about….

A.  Two children went to school for the first time
B.  A witch who is really kind
C.  A father who begged a witch for money
D.  A stepmother who saved her children from a witch
E.  Two children saved their stepmother from a witch

7. Which statement is FALSE about the witch?

A.  She locked Hansel in a cage
B.  She planned to eat Hansel & Gretel
C.  She fell into the ocean
D.  She hated the children
E.  She set Gretel to clean the house

8. “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

9. How did the stepmother find her children?

A.  She walked into the forest
B.  She got tired and met her children
C.  She peeped through the window of the witch’s cottage
D.  She fell into the cliff
E.  She was pushed against the wall

(Text for no. 10-12)

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!

10. From the text we learn that…

A.  We have to follow others
B.  We have to respect pet owner
C.  We have to imitate others
D.  We are not allowed to force others
E.  We are not allowed to help others

11. Which statement is false according to the text?

A.  Catano was the name of the city where the parrot came from
B.  The man got angry at the parrot
C.  The parrot couldn’t say Catano
D.  The man killed the parrot
E.  The parrot could say Catano

12. “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

(Text for no.13-20)

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.

13. What type of the text is used by the writer?

A.  narrative
B.  report
C.  anecdote
D.  comparative
E.  news item

14. To tell the plot, the writers uses…

A.  a rhetorical question and an exclamation
B.  time sequences
C.  contrastive evidences
D.  past tense
E.  concessive conjunctions
15. Why Snow White ran away to the woods?
A.  Her parents passed away
B.  Her uncle was angry with her
C.  Her uncle and aunt would go to America
D.  Snow White was happy to run away
E.  Snow White liked playing in the woods.

16. When did Snow White run away to the woods?

A.  In the afternoon
B.  In the morning
C.  In the evening
D.  In the full moon
E.  In the middle of night

17. 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

18. 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

19. The communicative purpose of this text is…..

A.  to inform the readers about important and newsworthy events
B.  to entertain readers with fairy tale
C.  to share an account of an unusual event
D.  to persuade readers to accept his/her opinions
E.  to denote or propose something as the case

20. The organization of the text above is…..

A.  abstract, orientation, crisis, incident,coda
B.  thesis, argument: plot-elaboration, argument: plot-elaboration, argument: plot-elaboration, conclusion
C.  orientation, complication, resolution,
D.  description, background events, sources
E.  orientation, event, event, event

(Text for no. 21-25)

Orchard Road is a Boulevard which becomes business and entertainment center in SingaporE. Orchard Road is
surrounded by a lush tropical and flower gardens which are beautiful. At first, Orchard Road is just a suburban
street lined with orchards, plantations nutmeg, and pepper farming. However, in the 1970s, it turned into a
shopping center in SingaporE. In 1960 and 1970 entertainment industries began to enter this roaD. Shopping
centers such as mall and Plaza was built in 1974.
Orchard Road runs along about 2.2 km. This road is one-way street flanked by a variety of shopping malls,
hotels and restaurants. The shopping area which is nearly 800,000 square meters provides a wide range of
Things, food, and entertainment. In this area there are many options that can satisfy visitors from all walks of
life starting from the luxury branded things to the Popular branded, from exclusive restaurants to fast food.
There are so many ways that can be accessed to get to Orchard road such as: by taxi, bus or drive your own
car. For those who are driving to Orchard Road can be entered from the west through the Napier RoaD.
Vehicles from Dunearn Road can turn to left at the intersection of the Marriott Hotel junction. Vehicles that
come from Paterson can turn right onto Orchard RoaD. Orchard is always crowded so you have to be careful in
order not to get lost.

21. The text mainly focuses on

A. Singapore
B. Orchard Plantation
C. Plaza and Mall
D. Orchard road as business and entertainment center
E. Shopping Center
22. Which statement is TRUE?
A. At first Orchard Road is a crowded settlement
B. Orchard road became business and entertainment center since 1974
C. Vehicles from Dunrean road turn to the left at intersection of the Marriott Hotel junction
D. Orchard road is infamous place at Singapore
E. Orchard road is not surrounded by flower garden
23. In the third paragraph the writer describes about?
A. The location of Orchard Road
B. The things that we can see at orchard road
C. The direction to get to Orchard Road
D. The history of Orchard Road
E. The distance of Orchard Road

24. Words “it” in line 4 refers to?

A. The plantation
B. Luxury branded things
C. The plaza
D. Singapore
E. Suburban street

25. The word “satisfy” in line eighth has the closet meaning with?
A. Pleased
B. Free
C. Frighten
D. Threat
E. Loved

(Text for mo.26-30)

Natural Bridge National Park is luscious tropical rainforest.It is located 110 kilometers from south of Brisbane
and is reached by following the Pacific Highway to Nerang and then by travelling through the Numinbah Valley.
This scenic roadway lies in the shadow of Lamington National Park.
The phenomenon of the rock formed into a natural ‘arch’ and the cave through which a waterfall cascades is a
short one-kilometer walk below a dense rainforest canopy from the main picnic areA. Swimming is permitted
in the rock pools. Night-time visitors to the cave will discover the unique feature of the glow worms. Picnic
areas offers toilets, barbeque, shelter sheds, water and fireplaces; however, overnight camping is not
permitted.

26. What is the function of paragraph 1?

A. as an identification
B. as an orientation
C. as a thesis
D. as a classification
E. as an abstract
27. The text above is in form of………….
A. hortatory exposition
B. narrative
C. description
D. report
E. explanation
28.What is the communicative purpose of the text?
A. to present two points of views about natural bridge national park
B. to explain the bridge national park
C. to describe the bridge national park
D. to retell the bridge national park
E. to persuade readers to treat preserve the bridge nationl park
29. Where is the natural bridge national park located?
A. 110 kilometers from South of Brisbane
B. 110 kilometers from Pacific Highway
C. 110 kilometers from Numinbah Valley
D. 110 kilometers from Lamington National Park
E. 110 kilometers from Nerang
30. What the visitors will see in the night?
A. a common glow worm
B. the unique feature of the glow worms
C. a great dark cave
D. the unique rocks
E. the fantastic bridge