ULANGAN B. INGGRIS NARRATIVE TEXT

I.      Read the text below and then answer the question 1 - 5.

SANGKURIANG

Dayang Sumbi was exiled in the jungle, because she was unmarried but pregnant.  She gave a birth to a baby boy and named him Sangkuriang .    

One day he went hunting with his dog, si Tumang. In the bush he saw a pig, Wayungyang.  He wanted to shoot Wayungyang but si Tumang hindered him. He was angry at it and killed it, and then took its heart home. When he told that it was si Tumang’s heart, she was very angry and hit Sang Kuriang’s head with a spoon.  And he ran away and left his mother to the east.  He did not know himself and forgot his name. He was about 16 years of age.

After along time Sang Kuriang came back to the jungle where his mother lived.  She looked younger than her age, so Sang Kuriang fell in love with her.  “Will you marry me?’’ one day he asked her. But Dayang Sumbi refused because she recognized that he was her son. He insisted to marry her and Dayang Sumbi asked two marriage settlements.  One, he had to dammed Citarum river, and two, had to make a boat in one night

Sang Kuriang almost finished his work but Dayang Sumbi cheated him.  He was angry and kicked the boat.  The boat fell upside down on the peak of mountain. It was known Tangkuban Perahu, at the northern of Bandung, West Java.

1. Where is the legend from? It is from ...

• a. East Java
• b. West Java
• c. Central Java
• d. North Java

2. Who is the main character of the story above?

• a. Si Tumang
• b. Sangkuriang
• c. Dayang Sumbi
• d. Sangkuriang’s mother

3. Why was Dayang Sumbi exiled in the jungle? Because she ...

• a. Was married and pregnant
• b. Was unmarried and not pregnant
• c. Was unmarried and pregnant
• d. Followed her husband

4. Why did Dayang Sumbi refuse sangkuriang proposal?

• a. Because she recognized that he was her son
• b. Because sangkuriang was ungly
• c. Because sangkuriang was not rich
• d. Because she had a husband

5. ” ... And then took its heart home.” (Paragraph 2) The underlined word refers to...

• a. Wayungyang
• b. Pig
• c. Dayang Sumbi
• d. Tumang

Read the text and answer question 6 - 10

The Fox and The Grapes

 

One afternoon a fox was walking through the forest and spotted a bunch of grapes hanging from over a lofty branch. “Just the thing to quench my thirst,” he thought.

Taking a few steps back, the fox jumped and just missed the hanging grapes. Again the fox took a few paces back and he tried to reach them but still failed.

Finally, giving up, the fox turned up his nose and said, “They’re probably sour anyway,” and proceeded to walk away.

source: https://www.moralstories.org/the-fox-and-the-grapes/

 

6. What is the purpose of the text?

• a. To tell about the fox' effort
• b. To show the way to reach the grapes
• c. To explain the fox in general
• d. To amuse the readers by a fable

7. From the text we know that .....

• a. The fox was walking through the river when he spotted the grapes
• b. The fox worked very hard and successful
• c. The fox gave up after several trials
• d. The fox was starving so he wanted to eat the grapes so much

8. What did the fox think about the grapes in the end?

• a. fresh
• b. sweet
• c. sour
• d. tasty

9. "..... and he tried to reach them but still failed." What is the synonym of the underlined word?

• a. get
• b. drop
• c. pass
• d. handle

10. What is the moral message of the story above?

• a. It's normal to give up if you fail
• b. Nothing comes easy without a hard work
• c. You must believe in your ability
• d. Confident is the key of your success