Soal Akhir Semester Genap /VIII

Zoe is a zookeeper and she works at the National Zoo. She is a truly animal lover. She enjoys her job as wild animal keeper.

Every morning, Zoe gets up at five o’clock. She has her breakfast at 6:30 and then goes to work at 7 a.m. Zoe starts her job at eight o’clock. She feeds the animals. She feeds the animals with their favorite food. The zebras eat grass, the lions eat meat and the monkeys enjoy the banana very much.

After feeding the animals, Zoe cleans the animals’ cage. She cleans the cages by spraying water to clean up the animals’ cage. She also cleans the animals by giving them a fresh shower every day. Beside feeding the animals and cleaning the cages, Zoe also takes care of sick animals. She will take care of them carefully and patiently.

Zoe’s day does not end till 5 p.m. At five o’clock she goes home. She has dinner at 7 p.m. Then, she usually watches TV and goes to bed at 9 p.m., ready for another joyful day at the zoo.

What is the text about?

• The life of animals in a zoo

• The writer’s activities at a zoo

• A zookeeper’s daily activities at a zoo

• A very busy and boring life as a zookeeper

Zoe is a zookeeper and she works at the National Zoo. She is a truly animal lover. She enjoys her job as wild animal keeper.

Every morning, Zoe gets up at five o’clock. She has her breakfast at 6:30 and then goes to work at 7 a.m. Zoe starts her job at eight o’clock. She feeds the animals. She feeds the animals with their favorite food. The zebras eat grass, the lions eat meat and the monkeys enjoy the banana very much.

After feeding the animals, Zoe cleans the animals’ cage. She cleans the cages by spraying water to clean up the animals’ cage. She also cleans the animals by giving them a fresh shower every day. Beside feeding the animals and cleaning the cages, Zoe also takes care of sick animals. She will take care of them carefully and patiently.

Zoe’s day does not end till 5 p.m. At five o’clock she goes home. She has dinner at 7 p.m. Then, she usually watches TV and goes to bed at 9 p.m., ready for another joyful day at the zoo.

From the text we can say that Zoe is a … person.

• careless and clumsy

• serious and energetic

• kind hearted and patient

• hard working and responsible

Zoe is a zookeeper and she works at the National Zoo. She is a truly animal lover. She enjoys her job as wild animal keeper.

Every morning, Zoe gets up at five o’clock. She has her breakfast at 6:30 and then goes to work at 7 a.m. Zoe starts her job at eight o’clock. She feeds the animals. She feeds the animals with their favorite food. The zebras eat grass, the lions eat meat and the monkeys enjoy the banana very much.

After feeding the animals, Zoe cleans the animals’ cage. She cleans the cages by spraying water to clean up the animals’ cage. She also cleans the animals by giving them a fresh shower every day. Beside feeding the animals and cleaning the cages, Zoe also takes care of sick animals. She will take care of them carefully and patiently.

Zoe’s day does not end till 5 p.m. At five o’clock she goes home. She has dinner at 7 p.m. Then, she usually watches TV and goes to bed at 9 p.m., ready for another joyful day at the zoo.

“...ready for another joyful day at the zoo.”

The sentence implies ….

• Zoe prepares to work at the zoo the next day

• Zoe feels happy to get some sleep tonight

• Zoe wants to watch TV before sleeping

• Zoe is ready to enjoy the zoo now

Elephants are the largest living land animals in the world. There are two primary species of elephants, namely African and Asian elephants. African elephants are larger than Asian elephants and have two subspecies which are the African Bush Elephant and African Forest Elephant. Elephants are herbivores that spend around 22 hours eating grass and leaves! The elephant searches for green leaves in the tree tops but it is also common for the elephant to tear down the tree to get the leaves.

What is the writer’s purpose in writing the text?

• To tell how big elephants are.

• To inform where elephants live.

• To describe what elephants are.

• To describe how long elephants eat.

Elephants are the largest living land animals in the world. There are two primary species of elephants, namely African and Asian elephants. African elephants are larger than Asian elephants and have two subspecies which are the African Bush Elephant and African Forest Elephant. Elephants are herbivores that spend around 22 hours eating grass and leaves! The elephant searches for green leaves in the tree tops but it is also common for the elephant to tear down the tree to get the leaves.

From the text we know that...

• Elephants are carnivores.

• Elephants’ habitat is only in Africa.

• Elephants use most of their time eating.

• Elephants only eat the leaves of the tree top.

I have a classmate his name is Dino. He has a twin brother, his name is Doni. They are very diligent boys. Every day they get up early in the morning. They make the beds and clean the house. Dino sweeps the floor and Doni mops it. But before that, they never forget to do some exercise. After all of those activities, they take a bath and have breakfast. Then, they go to school by bicycle together.

They are just like other people. They take care of their home well. When they get home from school, they do the house work diligently. They wash the dishes. They also clean the bathroom. They water the plants, too.

What is the text about?

• The writer’s twin brother’s daily activities.

• The writer’s twin friends’ routine activities.

• The writer and his classmate daily activities.

• The writer and his brother’s routine activities.

I have a classmate his name is Dino. He has a twin brother, his name is Doni. They are very diligent boys. Every day they get up early in the morning. They make the beds and clean the house. Dino sweeps the floor and Doni mops it. But before that, they never forget to do some exercise. After all of those activities, they take a bath and have breakfast. Then, they go to school by bicycle together.

They are just like other people. They take care of their home well. When they get home from school, they do the house work diligently. They wash the dishes. They also clean the bathroom. They water the plants, too.

From the text we can conclude that ….

• Dino and Doni make the beds in the afternoon.

• Dino and Doni are very zealous students.

• Dino’s brother is the writer’s classmate.

• Dino is the writer’s twin brother.

Laila : “Where are you going, Wawan?”

Wawan : “I’m going to the pharmacist.

My father’s got a headache.”

From the dialogue above we may conclude that ...

• Wawan is having a terrible headache.

• Laila’s father is going to go to the pharmacist.

• Wawan is going to buy some medicine for his father.

• Laila and Wawan are going to buy medicine together.

Reno : “Where’s Uncle Martin, Mom?”

Mother : “He is in the living room. He … magazines right now.”

• read

• reads

• be reading

• is reading

Ima : “Do you know what they are doing?”

Tia : “They are ... news on the television.”

• listening

• eating

• seeing

• watching