Narrative Text 2: As Gentle As Lamb

What is the aim of the text?

• To inform the reader the difference between a cat and a fox.

• To entertain the reader with a story of a cat and a fox.

• To compare the characteristics of a cat and a fox.

• To show that a cat is better than a fox.

Answer explanation

Teks merupakan salah satu contoh narrative text . Narrative text dibuat dengan tujuan untuk

menghibur pembacanya.

What are the characters of the fox?

• Brave and smart

• Arrogant and complicated

• Smart and coward

• Wise and brave

Answer explanation

Soal menanyakan karakter dari sang rubah.

Pada paragraf pertama disebutkan 'The fox, who was a conceited creature, boasted how clever she was' (sang rubah adalah makhluk yang sombong dan suka membanggakan diri). Masih di paragraf yang sama, sang rubah juga mengatakan, 'I know at least a hundred tricks to get away from our mutual enemies, the dogs' (saya mengetahui sedikitnya seratus trik untuk lari dari musuh kita bersama, para anjing). Berdasarkan hal tersebut dapat disimpulkan karakter sang rubah adalah sombong.

Selanjutnya pada paragraf terakhir diceritakan ketika musuh datang, sang rubah terlalu sibuk

memikirkan banyak trik yang dia punya tanpa berpikir bahwa nyawanya sedang terancam. Dari hal ini, terlihat pola pikir sang rubah yang rumit. Dengan demikian, dapat disimpulkan bahwa karakter sang rubah adalah 'arrogant and complicated'.

"This is the trick I told you about, the only one I know,” said the cat.

The words 'the trick' refer to ….

• barking loudly

• running roundly

• climbing a tree

• sitting silently

Answer explanation

Soal menanyakan rujukan dari frasa ‘the trick’. Untuk mengetahuinya, perlu pahami terlebih

dahulu konteks pada kalimat-kalimat sebelumnya.

The barking grew louder and louder – the dogs were coming in their direction! At once the cat

ran to the nearest tree and climbed into its branches, well out of reach of any dog. "This is the trick I told you about, the only one I know,” said the cat.

Diketahui bahwa saat anjing datang, si Kucing berlari menuju pohon terdekat lalu memanjatnya. Maka, frasa ‘the trick; merujuk kepada aktifitas yang dilakukan si Kucing, yaitu memanjat pohon.

Which of the following is CORRECT according to the text?

• Both the cat and the fox were not afraid of the dogs.

• The dogs were coming to the cat and the fox silently.

• The dogs caught the cat on the tree.

• The fox was attacked by the dogs at the end.

Answer explanation

Pada dua kalimat terakhir paragraf terakhir, diketahui bahwa anjing-anjing tersebut menyergap dan mencabik si Rubah. (Before she could make up her mind, the dogs arrived.

They fell upon the fox and tore her to pieces.)

What is the moral value of the story?

• A single plan that works is better than a hundred doubtful plans.

• It is important to be a brave person.

• We don’t need many tricks to get away from the dogs.

• Having many enemies is not good

Answer explanation

Soal menanyakan nilai moral dari cerita pada soal. Pada cerita tersebut, si kucing hanya menggunakan satu langkah untuk menyelamatkan dirinya dari para anjing. Dia memanjat pohon hingga anjing-anjing itu tidak dapat menggapainya. Sementara si rubah masih duduk terdiam memikirkan langkah yang akan dia lakukan dari banyak langkah yang dia punya. Saat itu anjing terus mendekat hingga akhirnya merobek-robek tubuhnya.

Cerita ini memberikan suatu pesan tersirat bahwa 'a single plan that works is better than a hundred doubtful plans' (satu rencana yang berhasil lebih baik daripada ratusan rencana yang ragu-ragu).

At the party, Cinderella was wearing a _______ dress.

• beautiful, modern, blue, silk

• modern, beautiful, blue, silk

• silk, beautiful, modern, blue

• blue, modern, silk, beautiful

Where does the story take place?

• A bustling city

• A small village in the mountains

• A seaside town

• A remote desert

What does the old man claim to possess?

• A secret recipe

• A lost key

• A time machine

• A treasure map

What does Qarun see as his chance?

• To solve a mystery

• To make new friends

• To learn a new skill

• To embark on an adventure

What does the phrase "Qarun's eyes sparkled with excitement" suggest?

• Qarun was happy and enthusiastic

• Qarun was tired and sleepy

• Qarun was crying

• Qarun was scared