Choose the best answer! c.

He watered the plants

d. He pulled each plant up from the
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Liu - Always - in - a – Hurry ground
In China long ago, there was a farmer 3) The plants were strong and healthy. But
named Liu. He was not a patient man. He they were only two inches high.
was very impatient. He was always in a (P.2).What does the word “they” refer to?
a. Villagers
hurry. He rushed through breakfast. He
b. Plants
rushed through lunch. He rushed through his c. Liu
d. Chinese people
work. He wanted to be first in everything. He
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did not worry about being careful in his Dayang Sumbi was exiled in the jungle,
work. He just wanted to finish it quickly. because she was unmarried but pregnant. She
One day, Liu was in the village. Some gave a birth to a baby boy and named him Sang
farmers were talking about their rice. Kuriang. And he became a young and hard
“My rice is doing very well,” said one
working boy. He was a good hunter too.
farmer. “It is almost three inches high”. One day he went hunting with his dog, si
“My rice is already three inches high,” Tumang. In the bush he saw a pig, Wayungyang.
said another farmer. He wanted to shoot Wayungyang but si Tumang
Liu hurried home. He measured his
hindered him. He was angry at it and killed it,
rice. The plants were strong and healthy. But
and then took its heart home. He cooked it and
they were only two inches high. Liu decided
ate it with his mother. When he told that it was
to hurry his plants along. He pulled each
si Tumang’s heart, she was very angry and hit
plant up from the ground until it was over
Sang Kuriang’s head with a spoon. And he ran
three inches high. “Now my rice is higher
away and left his mother to the east. He did not
than anyone’s” he thought. “Tomorrow it will
know himself and forgot his name. He was about
be even higher!”
16 years of age.
The next morning, Liu hurried out to
After along time Sang Kuriang came
his rice field. The little rice plants were dead.
back to the jungle where his mother lived. She
The people of the village soon heard about
looked younger than her age, so Sang Kuriang
Liu’s rice.
fell in love with her. “Will you marry me?’’ one
They laughed and shook their hands.
day he asked her. But Dayang Sumbi refused
They said,” Foolish Liu always - in - a-
because she recognized that he was her son. He
hurry! That’s what happens when you don’t
insisted to marry her and Dayang Sumbi asked
have any patience”
This story happened long ago. But two marriage settlements. One, he had to
today in China, people have a saying for dammed Citarum river, and two, had to make a
someone who is not patient or careful: boat in one night
Sangkuriang almost finished his work but
“Don’t be a rice puller!”
1) Why did Liu want to finish everything Dayang Sumbi cheated him. He was angry and
quickly? Because …. kicked the boat. The boat fell upside down on
a. He was careful in his work
the peak of mountain. It was known Tangkuban
b. He was always in a hurry
c. He didn’t have any time Perahu, at the northern of Bandung, West Java.
d. He did everything very well 4) Why was Dayang Sumbi exiled in the
2) How did Liu hurry his plants along?
jungle? Because she……
a. He gave fertilizer to the plants
a. was married and pregnant
b. He measured the plants every time
b. was unmarried and not pregnant
 c. was unmarried and pregnant b. easy going
d. followed her husband c. diligent
5) Why did Dayang Sumbi refuse Sang d. honourable
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kuriang proposal?
The Good Stepmother
a. because she didn’t love him
Unce upon a time, the old witch locked
b. because Sang Kuriang was not
Hansel in a cage and set Gretel to clean the
rich
c. because she had a husband house. She planned to eat them both. Each night
d. because she recognized that he
the children cried and begged the witch to let
was her son
them go. Meanwhile, at home, their stepmother
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Once upon a time, a rabbit wanted to was beginning to wish she had never tried to get
cross a river but he could not swim. He had an rid of the children. “I must find them,” she said
idea. He saw a boss of crocodile swimming in and set off into the forest.
Many hours later, when her feet were
the river. The rabbit asked the boss of crocodile,
tired from walking and her lips were dry from
“How many crocodiles are there in the river?”
thirst, she came to the cottage belonging to the
The boss of crocodile answered, “We are twenty
witch. The stepmother peeped through the
here.’’ “Where are they?” the rabbit asked for the
window. Her heart cried out when she saw the
second time. “What is it for?” the boss of
two children.
crocodile asked.
She picked up the broom leaning against
“All of you are good, nice, gentle and
the door and crept inside. The witch was putting
kind, so I want to make a line in order. Later I
some stew in the oven when the stepmother gave
will know how kind you are,” said the rabbit.
her an almighty push. The witch fell into the
Then, the boss of the crocodile called all his
oven and the stepmother shut the door.
friends and asked them to make a line in order
“Children, I have come to save you,” she
from one side to the other side of the river. Just
said, hugging them tightly. “I have done a
then, the rabbit started to count while jumping
dreadful thing. I hope in time you will forgive
from one crocodile to another; one ... two ...
me. Let me take you home and become a family
three ... four ... until twenty, and finally, he
again.”
thanked all crocodiles because he had crossed They returned to their home and the
the river. stepmother became the best mother anyone
6) The story mainly tells us about....
could wish to have, and of course they lived
a. twenty crocodiles
b. a rabbit and twenty crocodiles happily ever after!
c. a rabbit and the boss of crocodile 9) The story is about a stepmother
d. the boss of the crocodile and all
who……
his friends a. Cried every night
7) We know from the first paragraph that b. Planned to eat the children
c. Tried to run away from a witch
the rabbit actually wanted…
d. Saved her children from a witch
a. to cross the river
10) Which statement is TRUE about the
b. to swim across the river
c. to know where the crocodiles are stepmother?
d. to know the number of crocodiles a. She loved her stepchildren
b. She hit the witch with a broom
there
c. She locked her children in a cage
8) “All of you are good, nice, gentle, and
d. She visited the witch to see her
kind ....” (Paragraph 2). The underlined
children
word is synonymous with .... 11) “The witch fell into the oven and the
a. Wild
stepmother shut the door”(Paragraph 4).
 The underlined word can be replaced by d. Released the hen free and flew
the word….. away.
a. Closed 15) What can we learn from the story above?
b. Opened a. Always believe in your friend.
c. Marked b. A true friendship lasts forever.
d. Polished c. No one can live without a friend.
12) How did the witch die? d. A friend in need is a friend
a. She was burnt in the oven
indeed.
b. She was trapped in a cage
c. She was hit with a broom
d. She was pushed against the wall
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Once, there lived a hen called Red
Feather because the color of her feather was red.
One day, the fox caught the red feather and put it
into a sack. He intended to bring the hen home
and cooked it for dinner.
Suddenly, he saw a dove lying on the
ground. The fox was delighted to find a dove, he
thought of having a lot of food for dinner. He
didn’t know that the dove was a friend of the red
feather. The dove knew that the fox had caught
the Red Feather. He wanted to help the red
feather by pretending to have a broken wing and
lying on the ground for the fox to catch. The fox
left the hen in the sack trying to catch the dove.
As the fox got closer, the dove instantly flew
away leaving the fox.
Meanwhile the fox was busy trying to
catch the dove; the hen released herself from the
sack and ran away as fast as possible. The fox
wasn’t able to catch the dove so he decided to
stop chasing. But when the fox came back to his
sack, how shocked he was to find the Red
feather had already gone. Finally the fox realized
that he had nothing for dinner.
13) What would the fox do with the Red
Feather?
a. Eat it.
b. Help it.
c. Chase it.
d. Release it.
14) What did the dove do to help the Red
Feather?
a. Took the hen and put it the sack.
b. Pretended to have a broken wing.
c. Brought the fox home and cooked
it.