Short Reading Excercise

Short Reading Excercise

PASSAGE 1

​Dear Sophie,

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Congratulation on your success on the college entrance exam. We are proud of you. May today’s success be just the beginning of your long life achievement and happiness. Remember the challenge is waiting for you in the college. Nevertheless, I believe that you can handle it well. Good luck!

​

Your best friend, William

Multiple Choice

QUESTION 1

Why did William write to Sophie?

OR

What was the purpose of the letter shown?

• To ask her about her new college

• To congradulate Sophie

• To make Sophie happy

• To invite Sophie to go to a ice cream shop to celebrate

Multiple Choice

QUESTION 2 

“ … just the beginning of your long life achievement …”

A simple meaning of "achievement" can be...

• A late slip

• A moment of silence

• Something done well

• A result of a test

​PASSAGE 2

​To Mr. Andang,

​

Dreamers never quit, they just sometimes have to take a rest because they are too tired.

Get well soon. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

​

Regards,

Rina and Students of class 5A

Multiple Choice

Why is the class sending this card to Mr. Andang?

• Mr. Andang is on vacation

• It's Mr. Andang's birthday today

• Mr. Andang is sick

• Mr. Andang is their teacher

Multiple Choice

In the passage, Rina says "because they are too tired".

Who is "they"?

OR

Who is "they" refering to?

• Students

• Classes

• Teachers

• Dreamers

​PASSAGE 3

​Cindy,

​

Our plan to visit our friends whom just experienced a volcano eruption is cancelled.

The weather is not good for flying. I will let you know later.

​

Angie

Multiple Choice

Why can't Cindy and Angie visit their friends right now?

• The flight is cancelled

• The weather is bad

• The volcano erupted

• The friend is suffering

Multiple Choice

How were Cindy and Angie going to visit their friends?

• By plane

• By car

• By foot (walking)

• Other

​PASSAGE 4

​ANNOUNCEMENT (To all student of SMP Harapan Nasional)

To commemorate the National Sport Day, our school will hold some sports competition for all Junior High Schools in this city. The sports are football, basketball, volleyball, and badminton. For this purpose, we will the team for each competition. All students can register their team to Mr. Rooney before 28 July. The selection will be held on August 1st, 2019. The best team will represent our school in the competition.

Thanks for your participation.

Committee

Mr.Isranto

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Multiple Choice

Who is the announcement for?

• The students

• The teachers

• The parents

• The schools

Multiple Choice

Why does the school have the competition?

• To prepare school teams

• To train the students to be good at sports

• To teach students to be friendly to eachother

• To celebrate National Sports Day

​PASSAGE 5

GET STELLA AROMA THERAPY NOW!​

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Multiple Choice

From the ad, we know that stella is _______.

• The best product ever

• An air freshener

• Used for therapy

• Air relaxation

Multiple Choice

Why was that ad there?

• To try and pursuade people to buy a product

• To give information

• To be funny

• To tell a story

​THAT'S IT!

​Not so bad, right?