PAT 2023 ENGLISH

A long time ago, in East Java there was a kingdom led by Prabu Merak. He had a handsome prince named Raden Banterang. Their kingdom had a battle with Klungkung kingdom.

One day, Banterang was hunting with his guards when he met a very beautiful woman. Although it was strange to find a beautiful woman in the jungle, he asked her, "Who are you, lady?" The lady told him that she is the daughter of Klungkung King who ran away to the jungle to escape from the battle. She was very sad when her father died in the battle. Banterang was quite shocked in hearing this, because his father "Prabu Merak' was the king who killed the woman's father. Nonetheless, Banterang fell in love with her and took the woman to be his wife.

Later the woman's brother found out the mariage. He gave his sister a keris and asked her to kill Banterang. Banterang found the Keris on his bed. He thought that his wife would kill him. However it was the princess brother who put the keris on the bed. The princess and Banterang then had a quarrel. In her desperate attempt to prove her innocence, the princess jumped into a river. Since.then, the river is known as Banyuwangi. Banyu means water wangi means fragrant. The river's name reflects the princess.

What does the text tell us about?

• The legend of Banyuwangi.

• The battle between two kingdoms.

• Raden Banterang and Prabu Merak.

• the revenge from Klungkung kingdom

The Wolf and The Goat

A wolf saw a goat grazing at the edge of a high cliff. The wolf smacked his lips at the thought of a fine goat dinner.

“My dear friend,” said the wolf in his sweetest voice, “aren’t you afraid you will fall down from that cliff? Come down here and graze on this fine grass beside me on safe, level ground.”

“No, thank you,” said the goat.

“Well then,” said the wolf, “aren’t you cold up there in the wind? You would be warmer grazing down here beside me in this sheltered area.”

“No, Thank you,” said the goat.

“But the grass tastes better down here!” said the exasperated wolf,”Why dine alone?”

“My dear wolf,” the goat finally said, “are you quite sure that it is My dinner you are worrying about and not your own?”

What did the wolf ask when he saw the goat grazing at the edge of a high cliff?

• To be his friend

• To graze on the level ground

• To climb up higher

• To be his dinner

One day a man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted to send it to his mother who lived far in another town through a delivery company. Meanwhile he was looking at sad young girl who was sitting in front of the flower shop. He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother but my money is not enough”. The man smiled and said, “Come on in with me I’ll buy you a rose.” He bought the little girl a rose and he ordered for his own mother flowers too.

After buying a rose flower for the girl the man offered the girl a ride to her home. She said” yes please! You can take me to my mother. She directed him to a cemetery. The girl placed the rose on her mother’s fresh grave. Knowing the girl’s mother had died the man realized that he must show his love to his mother while she was still alive. Then the man returned to the flower shop. He cancelled the flower delivery order picked up the rose flower and drove to reach his mother’s house.

We can learn that we have to ….

• Show our loves to our mother

• Buy flowers for our mothers

• Keep our mother alive

• Obey to our mother

The banded krait is usually found in flat and hilly area. However, these snakes have also been discovered at heights of 2300 meters. The snakes inhabit open areas, fields, grass landscapes and forests. They usually live in a place where there is water. But these animals also can be found in areas in the south of Thailand, where there was no water.

            The snakes avoid sunlight. If they are exposed to the sun, they will move wildly and hide their head under the body loops or try to run to a dark place. During the day they will be in damp and cool hiding places, like under dead fallen down trees, in rotting stumps, or under stones.

These snakes are active at night. During the day, the banded kraits are extremely weak so, someone an even take them out of hiding and display them to public. According the statistic, However, 50% of bite accidents from this type of snake occur during the day. The predominant food of these snakes is lizard, rats and fish.

“According to statistics however, 50% of bite accident from this type of snake occur during  

        the day”. This sentence means ...

• Banded krait is still dangerous in its weak situation

• Banded Krait will bite during the day

• It is safe hold banded krait on the day

• almost half of banded krait is dangerous

Vitamin and minerals are important substances for human’s body. Vitamins are organic compounds that are necessary for normal growth and maintenance of life. As we are unable to synthesize vitamins, we must rely on foods and food supplement to maintain adequate amount in our body.

            The essential vitamins have been isolated and these are divided into two categories, water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins. The water-soluble vitamins include vitamin C and the group of B- vitamins. These water-soluble are not stored by the body and can be readily depleted. The fat-soluble vitamins A, D and E remain in the body for longer periods of time.

            Beside vitamins, our body also needs minerals. Although they make up only a small fraction of total body weight (4-5%), they are essential for human metabolism.

            Mineral act as the catalysts for many biochemical reaction within the human body. They are involved in responses between the nervous system and muscles, the absorption and secretions of the body’s fluids and maintain s delicate water balance within the body. The bones and teeth of our body have high mineral contents which accounts for their hardness and rigidity. Minerals like vitamins, must also be supplied by dietary means as we are unable to synthesize them in our body.

Which statement is not true according to the text?

• Vitamins are organic compounds

• There are two categories of vitamins

• People cannot synthesize vitamins and minerals

• Minerals make up a great fraction of total body weight

Once upon time, there was a beautiful girl called Maria. She was tall, with black eyes, and long shining hair. The colour ofher skin was light brown

One morning, while she was collecting firewood, she met a young man. He looked like a hunter. He was tall, handsome and very neatly dressed. No one knew who he was or where he came from nor did anyone know his name. He did not tell Maria about himself. Maria and this young man became good friends for a long time. They fell in love with each other. Maria wished he would marry her. But the young man never proposed Maria. This made Maria unhappy. She persuaded the young man to marry her. She told him that they would be happy together because both of them did not have any family.

The young man did not agree with Maria's idea. He told Maria that he was not a human being. He was a spirit from the sky, They were different and they were not allowed to get married. Maria was very surprised. She did not know what to say. The young man said that he had to come back to the sky. He did not want Maria know much about him.

Knowing the truth Maria was very disappointed and felt so sad. Maria held the young man's hand tightly. She did not want to be separated from him. Suddenly there was a blinding flash of light and the young man disappeared. Maria was frightened when she knew that the man disappeared and he left his hand on Maria's.

Maria ran to her house and buried the man's hand in her garden. Soon, she saw a strange plant growing where she had buried it. The plant grew fast and some fruits appeared. The colour of the fruit is yellow and it looks like a man's hand with finger on it. That is how the fruit came to be known as banana, originated according to the legend.

From the story, we can leam that you ....

• should get to know your friend well

• should not trust strangers completely

• should not marry other creatures

• should never tell the truth

Arrange the following words into a correct sentence.     . 

• .  3 – 2 – 5 – 7 – 6 – 1 – 4 – 8

• .  3 – 1 – 8  - 2 – 5 – 4 – 7 – 6

• .  8 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 4 – 5 – 6  - 7

• .  8 – 7 – 3 - 1 – 4 – 5 – 2 -  6

 The best arrangement to make a good paragraph is ...

• 3-6-1-5-2-4

• 6-1-3-4-5-2

• 3-6-4-2-1-5

• 1-2-3-4-5-6