Penguin in the Park

 

 

           Once, a man was walking in a park when he came across a penguin. He took him to a policeman and said, “I have just found this penguin.  What should I do?”  The policeman replied, “take him to the zoo”

The next day the policeman saw the same in the same park, and the man was still carrying the penguin with him.  The policeman was rather surprised and walked up to the man and asked. “Why are you still carrying that penguin about?  Didn’t you take t to the zoo?” ‘I certainly did,’ replied the man.

“And it was a great idea because he really enjoyed it, so today I’m taking him to the movies!”

 

1. The text above belongs to…..

      A. spoof

      B. recount

      C. report

      D. news item

      E. narrative

 

2. Where did the man find the penguin?

      A. in a zoo

      B. in a park

      C. in a movie theatre

      D. in a police station

      E. at his home

 

3. Where did the man take the penguin for the first time?

      A. to a park

      B. to a police station

      C. to a zoo

      D. to a movie theatre

      E. to a policeman

 

4. What do you think of the text?

     A. It’s wonderful

     B. It’s frightened

     C. It’s interesting

     D. It’s funny

     E. It’s crazy

 

5. Does the man do the police advice?

     A. Yes, but it is as what the policeman meant

     B. No, but it is as what the policeman meant

     C. Yes, but it is not what the policeman meant

     D. No, but it is not what the policeman meant

     E. Yes, and it is as what the policeman meant

 

6. Why was the man still carrying the penguin the next day?

      Because….

     A. he would take the penguin to the zoo again

     B. he enjoyed bringing the penguin everyday

     C. he found that the penguin enjoyed the zoo

     D. he misinterpreted to what the police said

     E. he found another penguin in the park

 

7. “And it was a great idea because he really enjoyed it, so today I’m

     taking  him to the movies!”

     This part of the text is called…..

     A. twist

     B. event

     C. coda

     D. orientation

     E. re-orientation

 

8. The purpose of the text is…..

     A. to retell events for the purpose of informing

     B. to describe the way things are

     C. to persuade reader that something is the case

     D. to present two different points of view

     E. to retell an event with a humorous twist

 

 

CHICKEN FOR DINNER?

 

A landowner from Seoul went to visit his farmer in the countryside and was treated to a grand dinner of boiled chicken.

In the course of the meal, the farmer’s youngest son ran in, shouting, “There it is!  He’s eating the dead chicken.”

The landowner thought that he had been served a long dead chicken.  So he put down his chopsticks and told the servant to clear the table, politely saying, “This is enough for me.  My stomach can’t take any more food.”

Just then, the boy started eating the chicken’s leg greedily saying at the same time, “Oh, this is really delicious.”

“Why are you eating the dead chicken?” asked the surprised landowner

“Who eats live chicken?” replied the boy

 

1. What text type is it?

     A. spoof

     B. procedure

     C. narrative

     D. description

     E. report

 

2. Where was the landowner from?

     A. Jakarta

     B. Seoul

     C. Countryside

     D. Tokyo

     E. Beijing

 

3. Who was shouting?

     A. The landowner

     B. The landowner’s youngest son

     C. The farmer’s oldest son

     D. The farmer

     E. The farmer’s youngest son

 

4. How did the landowner tell the farmer that he had enough food?

     A. angrily

     B. politely

     C. rudely

     D. harshly

     E. happily

 

5. Why did the boy shout, “There it is!  He’s eating the dead chicken.”?

     A. because he didn’t want to eat the boiled chicken

     B. because he didn’t want the landowner to stop eating the boiled chicken

     C. because he wanted to eat live chicken

     D. because he wanted to eat the boiled chicken

     E. because he wanted his father to eat the boiled chicken

Al Brown

        Al Brown was very good at fixing things around the house when they broke. One day he went to another city to do some work there, and his wife was alone in the house. While Mr. Brown was away, one of the faucets on the bathtub broke. Mrs. Brown didn’t know much about fixing broken faucets, so she telephoned a plumber.

       The plumber came to the house that afternoon and fixed the faucet in few minutes. When he finished, he gave Mrs. Brown his bill for the work.

       She looked at it for several seconds and then said, “Your prices are very high, aren’t they? Do you know, the doctor costs less than this when he comes to the house?”

       “Yes, I know,” answered the plumber.”  I know that very well, because I was a doctor until I was lucky enough to find this job a few months ago.”

 

1.      The text mainly tells us about ……

a.       Al Brown visited  to another city

b.       the payment of the doctor’s visit

c.       the broken faucet of Mrs. Brown’s bathtub

d.       the disappointment of Mrs. Brown about the bill given

e.       An unexpected incidents experienced by Mrs. Brown

 

2.      Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the text?

a.       The plumber was smart

b.       Al Brown went to the village to work

c.       The plumber charged Mrs. Brown cheaply

d.       Mrs. Brown was skillful in fixing broken faucet

e.       Mrs. Brown called Mr. Brown to fix the broken faucet

 

3.      “The plumber came to the house that afternoon.” (paragraph 2)

      The underlined word means ……

       a.  making handicraft

       b. repairing vehicles

      c. operating computers

      d. fixing washing machines

      e. fitting pipes into building

 

4.      The type of the text above is ……

        a. report

        b. recount

        c. anecdote

        d. narrative

        e. descriptive

 

5.      What is the communicative purpose of the text?

a.       To share an amusing story with others

b.       To inform readers about Mrs. Brown’s problem

c.       To present two points of view about the plumber’s issue

d.       To describe the plumber’s experience in fixing broken faucets

e.       To persuade readers to be concerned with Mr. Brown’s case

Ferocious Lion

 

 

Bert was telling his friend, Justin, about his Safari Trip in Africa.  “I came face to face with a ferocious lion.  He was snarling, showing me his long sharp teeth.  He was literally salivating at seeing me.  Man!  I’d never been so scared before.”

“Wow!  I’m glad I wasn’t in your shoes!  So what happened next?  Did you shoot him?”

“No, I didn’t have my gun with me.”

“You didn’t?  Oh, man!  That was really dumb.”

“Yeah, it was so stupid of me.  Anyway, there I stood alone, without gun.  The lion crept closer and closer and closer….  and I ….” Bert stopped and heaved a deep sigh, impatiently, Justin cried, “Come on, man!  What did you do?”

His pal shrugged his shoulders and said, “What could I do?  I moved on to the next cage.”

 

1.  Who are the participants of the story?

      A. lion

      B. Safari trip

      C. Africa

      D. Ferious

      E. Bert and Justin

 

2.  Where does the setting of the story above?

A.   USA

B.   Germany

C.   Africa

D.   Indonesia

E.   China

 

3.  Why was Bert afraid in his safari trip?

      A. he was lost in the jungle

      B. the primitive tribe caught him

      C. he was alone

      D. a ferocious lion came close to him

      E. he had an aircraft accident

 

4.  How did the story ended?

      A. happy

      B. humiliate

      C. annoying

      D. embarrassing

      E. funny

 

5.  What kind of genre does the text above belong to?

       A.descriptive

       B. narrative

       C. analytical exposition

       D. hortatory exposition

       E. spoof

 

6.  His pal shrugged his shoulders and said, “What could I do?  I moved on to the next cage.”

The sentence above belongs to…..

      A. reorientation

      B. event

      C. twist

      D. recommendation

      E. argument