READING COMPREHENSION TEST
TEXT 1
Read the text and answer questions no 1 to 4
Diary of a student name Tyra
The Legend of Minos, King of Crete
She is only nineteen years old, but she is a world-famous violinist. When she plays a classical violin concert on her electrical violin, the world listens.
Vanessa Mae is Thai-Chinese. Her mother is Chinese and her father is Thai. She is from Singapore, but she now lives in London with her mother and her English stepfather. She’s got cousin, aunts, uncles and grandparents in Thailand, Singapore, China, and England.
1. What is the text about?
a. a violinist c. a Musician
b. an artist d. a pianist
a. badly c. classically
b. carefully d. wonderfully
a. In the world are interested in all violinist.
b. Like to listen to Vanessa’s playing violin.
c. Are eager to play violin with Vanessa.
d. Play the violin very well in a concert.
a. One’s aunt c. one’s sister
b. One’s mother d. one’s daughter
TEXT 2
Read the text and answer questions no 5 to 9
Cars should be banned in the city. As we all know, cars create pollution, cause a lot of road deaths and make noise.
Finally, cars are very noisy. If you live in the city, you may find it hard to sleep at night, or concentrate on your homework, and especially talk to someone.
In conclusion, cars should be banned from the city for the reasons listed above.
5. What is the topic of the text?
a. Cars in the city cause pollutions
b. Cars should be banned in the city
c. The reason why cars should be banned
d. The reasons cars should be banned in the city
a. Deaths c. deadly gas
b. Pollution d. pedestrians
a. Cars c. illness
b. People d. triggers
a. Roam d. travel
b. Walk c. move
a. one c. three
b. two d. four
Read the text and answer questions no 10 to 14
One day she heard her uncle and aunt talking about leaving snow white in the castle because they both wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to take snow white.
Snow white did not want her uncle and aunt to do this so she decided it would be best if she ran away. The next morning she ran away from home when her Aunt and uncle were having breakfast. She ran away into the woods.
She was very tired and hungry.
Then she saw this little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and fell asleep.
Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work, They went inside. There they found snow white sleeping. Then snow white woke up. She swathe dwarfs said, what is your name? Snow white said, ‘My name is snow white.
Doc said, ‘if you wish, you may live here with us”. Snow white said, ‘Oh could I? Thank you’. Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story and Snow White and the 7 dwarfs lived happily ever after.
10. What is the story about ……………
a. A beautiful princess c. The Seven Dwarfs
b. The Read Riding Hood d. Snow white
a. Snow White c. uncle
b. Aunt d. dwarfs
a. Snow white ran away from home
b. The seven Dwarfs were coming home
c. Snow White went inside the castle and fell asleep
d. Snow White went inside the castle and fell asleep
a. Snow white and the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after
b. Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story
c. Snow lived with the seven dwarfs
d. The seven dwarfs found Snow white sleeping
a. To inform about Snow White to the reader
b. To describe the story of Snow white
c. To amuse the reader
d. To give information
Read the text answer questions 15 to 18
15. The third paragraph is mainly about the fact that…
a. elephants are strong c. elephants are very useful
b. elephants cant lift logs d. elephants must be trained
a. It looks strange c. it is tame
b. it has large hanging ears d. it has a trunk
a. to eat c. to drink
b. to push d. to squirt water over the body
18. “The trunk is the elephant’s peculiar feature….( Paragraph 2 )
The underlined word is close in meaning to…
a. tough c. long
b. strange d. smooth
Read the text answer questions no 19 to 24
Singapore
April 29, 2005
Dear Readers,
Ever since I became Editor-in-Chief of the Asian Reader’s Digest six months ago, I’ve been dying to share some exciting news with you. After being based in Australia for almost a decade, our editorial office has moved to Singapore, bringing it back to Asia in these exciting and important times.
Over the coming months you’ll see the difference our move makes in a hundred little ways. We’ll still deliver the window on the world you’ve come to expect, but being in the heart of Asia will allow us to make our local content more … well … local. The magazine will continue to be an engaging mix of inspirational and informative stories, but the local stories will be more chicken rice than spaghetti and meatballs.
Starting with this month’s poll on the things that irritate us – we traveled all the way to Shanghai to get a truly pan-Asia view point – we plan to put more Asian voices into the magazine in 2007. My personal new year’s resolution is to meet as many of you, our readers, as possible this year to hear what type of magazine you’d like to see each month.
Reader’s Digest is all about the basic things that make us human – our thirst of knowledge, our emotions, our desire to make a better life for ourselves and our loved ones. I am excited about being able to bring all these things and more home to you each month; to help you rediscover the joys of life in Asia.
Hans
Editor in Chief
(Source: Reader’s Digest, January 2006 Edition)
a. Han,s c. Hans
b. Han d. Har
a. writers c. singers
b. listeners d. readers
a. six months ago c. eight months ago
b seven month ago d. nine month ago
a. Australia c. Shanghai
b. Singapore d. Asia
a. important things c. basic things
b. cruel things d. tyranny things
a. Narrative c. Descriptive
b. Recount d. News item
Read the text answer questions no 25 to 33
June 3rd, 2006
Dear diary,
Today is my first day as a college student at UNCLA. I feel really excited, it seems like just yesterday I started my high school, but now is my time to begin my new life in college. I really hope that everything will be okay today, because I don’t expect something bad will happen and ruin my day. Oh, I really hope NOT…
June 4th, 2006
Yesterday wasn’t a good start for me. Something came up and ruined my entire mood for that day. I wasn’t pleased with my new beginning of college’s life. Honestly, I doubted whether I could survive in dealing with people in this college. But, HEY, I have to survive, right? Although the are cruel and ignorant, but I can do this!
P.S: I really miss my hometown buddies… wish they were here…
June 7th, 2006
Dear diary,
Sorry I skipped telling stories these few days. It’s because I have a bunch of assignments to do. Well, I guess the old saying is right; college is fun and also tiring. Yeah right… now I know why they said so. But, the good news is… I have made some friends. Thank goodness they’re nice and friendly.
a. Oxford c. Yale
b. UNCLA d. UI
a. June 3rd, 2006 c. July 3rd, 2006
b. June 1st, 2006 d. June 4th, 2006
a. pleasant c. great
b. unpleasant d. awful
a. something terrible c. something ruin
b. something nice d. something pathetic
a. ignorant and cruel c. ignorant and calm
b. ignorant and charismatic d. ignorant and cute
a. June 4th, 2007 e. June 7th, 2006
b. June 5th, 2007 d. June 4th, 2006
a. cute and friendly c. nice and friendly
b. charming and friendly d. nice and cruel
a. She had made some friends c. She have made some friends
b. She have made some friends d. She has made some friends
a. narrative c. descriptive
b. recount d. procedure
Read the text answer questions no 34 to 38
Once upon a time there lived a very famous king, named the King of Crete. He had a monster, which was half bull and half man.
He ordered Daedalus, a craftsman from Athens, to build a labyrinth in order to house the monster. When Daedalus finished his work, he wanted to leave Crete. But the king would not let him go.
Daedalus escape through the air by using wings fixed to his body with wax. He also made wings for his son, Icarus and made him fly behind himself.
But the son was so glad and excited that he soon went too high. As he flew nearer to the sun, it got warmer and warmer until at last the wax melted and his body fell down into the sea near Troy.
The sea is now called the Icarian Sea.
a. a monster from Athen c. a craftsman from Athen
b. a king from Athen d. The King of Crete
a. He was ordered to build a labyrinth
b. He was order to build a house
c. He was ordered to build a house
d. He was order to build a labyrinth
a. by car c. by water
b. by plane d. by air
a. His daughter c. His father
b. His son d. His mother
a. narrative c. recount
b. descriptive d. procedure
Read the text answer questions no 39 to 44
TAKEN FOR A RIDE
I love traveling in the country, but I don't like losing my way. I went on an excursion recently, but my trip took me longer than I expected. "I'm going to Woodford green ,' I said to the conductor as I got on the bus ," but I don't know where it is."' I'll tell you where to get off," answered the conductor.
I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside. After some time, the bus stopped. Looking round, I realize with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus. "You'll have to get off here", the conductor said. "This is as far as we go". "Is this Woodford Green?”, I asked "oh Dear, "said the conductor suddenly, " I forgot to put you off' . " It doesn't matter," I said" I'll get off here". We are going back now," said the conductor. Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus," I answered.
a. the setting c. the event
b. the participant d. the setting and the participant
a. conclusion c. summary
b. final part d. reorientation
a. When the writer sat in front of the bus to get a good view
b. The conductor said that the writer had to get off here
c. The writer wanted to go the Woodford Green but he didn't know where it is
d. The conductor forgot to put the writer off
a. The bus went back into town
b. The writer decided to go back again with the bus
c. The conductor will give a free ride
d. The conductor felt story
a. The bus went back into town
b. The writer got off the bus
c. The writer decided to go back again with the bus
d. The conductor felt story
a. a trip c. short journey for pleasure
b. traveling d. long journey
Read the text answer questions no 45 to 49
One day Mrs. Steele saw a mouse running across her kitchen floor. She was very afraid of mice, so she ran of the house, got in the bus and went to a shop. There she bought a mouse trap. The shopkeeper said to her, "put some cheese in it. And you will soon catch a mouse".
Mrs. Steele went home with her mouse trap, but when she looked in her cupboard, she could not find any cheese in it. She did not want to go back to the shops, because it was very late. Then she got an idea. She cut a picture of some cheese out of a magazine and put that in the trap.
Surprisingly, the picture of the cheese was quite successful. When Mrs. Steele carne down to the kitchen in the next morning, there was a picture of a mouse in the trap beside the picture of the cheese.
a. Mrs. Steele c. The shopkeeper
b. The mouse d. The trap e. The bus driver
a. courageous c. brave
b. patient d. fearless e. coward
a. She ran out of the house
b. She got on the bus and went to a shop
c. She bought a mouse trap
d. She wanted to catch the mouse
e. She cut the picture of some cheese put in the trap
a. Mrs. Steele was very afraid of mice
b. The shopkeeper told her to put a cheese in the trap
c. Mrs. Steele could not find any cheese in the cupboard
d. She got an idea of cutting the picture of a cheese
e. The trap was success catching the mouse
a. The picture of a mouse in the trap beside trap
b. The trap was successful
c. The mouse was clever
d. There was a mouse beside the trap
e. The mouse is still free
TEXT 10
Read the text answer questions no 50 to 54
Today, we have a new member in our family. It has soft white fur and likes to lick its paws. It is also very curious and likes to explore its new surrounding. It seems to like milk and fish a lot and waits eagerly as we prepare its meal. Yes! It is our new cat!
Father saw it purring by the side of the road just now, and decided to bring it home. Now it has become our family cat. I love it very much and named it Ginger.
Ginger seems to like me a lot too and follows me wherever I go. I like to tickle its belly and it will always purr in satisfaction.
Father promised he will buy a cushion for Ginger to sleep on the next day. But tonight, it will share the bed with me!
a. cat c. cushion
b. family d. friend
51. How could the writer get his new pet?
a. she brought it c. her father bought it
b. she fount it d. her father brought it
a. story c. article
b. diary d. folktale
53. What is the genre of the text …..
a. adventurous c. recount
b. narrative d. spoof
a. bring a cat home c. buy a cushion for the cat
b. buy a cat for the writer d. share the bed with the writer
Read the text answer questions no 55 to 59
A book which many Americans today are still discussing is Future Shock by ALVIN Toffler, in this book author describes the great changes which have been made in family life because of science end industry.
In the past, when more Americans lived on farms, the typical family had many children. In a farm family parents and their children often lived with grandparents. Often too, uncles and aunts lived nearby. But when industry became more important than agriculture in American life, families became smaller industry requires workers who are ready and able to move off the land and to move again whenever necessary. Large family can not be moved from place to place as smaller families can.
Because of industrialization, a typical family will be required to move even more often than now, so families will be even smaller. The typical family remains childless and consists only of a man and a woman. A smaller number of families may raise children. These families may raise children as their occupation, leaving the childless families free to move from job to job. Furthermore, these child raising families may raise other, people’s children in addition to their own.
a. The typical families of our life. c. The typical Industries.
b. The great changes of family life. d. The great changes of industries.
a. On farms c. With grand children
b. Nearby d. On industry
57. Which one needs workers who can move off the land and move again whenever necessary?
a. American families c. A farm families
b. Industry d. Families
a. Agricultural life became important c. Agriculture was important
b. Industry became more important d. Agriculture was not important
a. Will be required b. Would be required
c. Will not be required d. Will have problem
Read the text answer questions no 60 to 64
In our life we often find someone who does a job which is suited for himself. He may be a book keeper who really wants to be an actor or a mechanic who likes taking care of plants. We call this kind of person “a square peg in around hole”. It is a bad thing that many people in the world are “square pegs”, they are not doing a very good job and certainly they are not satisfied with it.
As we spend a great part of our lives at our job, choosing the right career is very important. For that reason, we should try to find what our talents are and ho we can use them. We can do this through aptitude test, interviews with specialist, and study of books.
There are many careers open to each of us. Perhaps we like science. Then we might prepare ourselves to be chemists, physicists or biologists. May be our interest take us into the business world such work as accounting, personal management, or public relations. Many persons find their place in government service. Teaching, newspaper work, medicine, engineering, and many other fields offer fascinating careers to persons with talented training.
a. He will try to adjust himself with the job c. He will do a very good job
b. He will leave the job right away d. He will be very happy
a. Paragraph 1 c. Paragraph 3
b. Paragraph 2 b. Paragraph 4
a. Someone who does not like his job c. Someone does not his job very well
b. Someone who really wants satisfied d. Those who do not do a good job and are
a. People c. Pegs
b. Careers d. Chemist
64. Why is choosing the right career important? Because …
a. It will give us a lot of money
b. This will measured our success in life
c. We will spend the rest of our lives at work
d. We will spend a great part of our lives at work
Read the text answer questions no 65 to 74
VOYAGE TOTHE PLANET AGUN
This is the Captain speaking. Our spaceship “Discovery” is now one year and half away from Earth on the other side of the galaxy. I have calculated we have traveled seventeen million kilometers. We have sight of the planet Agun on our telescope screens. Our Science Officer says that we should arrive there in two days time .
a. 17 .000.000 c. 17000.000
b. 17.000.000.000 d. 17.000
a. the science officer c. the voyager
b. the captain d. the chief engineer
a. No c. Are not allowed
b. Yes d. Maybe
a. it’s possible to land there c. life exists there.
b. it has clouds d. it’s just like the earth
a. ten kilometers c. less than ten kilometer
b. more than ten kilometers d. We don’t know for sure
a. the positions of stars or planets c. the revolution of the earth
b. the climate which will happen d. the rotation of the earth
a. the sun is rising c. there is thick fog
b. the sun is covered by the clouds d. the atmospheric layer is stick
a. Moon c. Jupiter
b. Venus d. Capricorn
a. massive c. a lot of
b. types d. amount
a. space c. rotation
b. twinkle d. orbit
Read the text answer questions no 75 to 77
Picasso was one of the most outstanding and important artists of the 1990’s. He is the known for his paintings. Almost every style in modern art is represented in Picasso’s works.
Picasso was born in 1881 in Malaga, Spain as the son of an art teacher. He studied painting with his father and also in Madrid.
From about 1895 to 1901 he painted realistic work in a traditional style. Then he entered what was called the blue period. During this time he only used shades of blue in his paintings to show poverty he saw in Barcelona.
After 1907, he entered into the style of cubism. Among his well known cubist paintings are “The Three Musicians” and “The man with a guitar” which depict the destruction of a Spanish town.
Picasso died in France in 1973
a. narrative c. descriptive
b. report d. recount
a. painted realistic works a traditional style
b. one of the most outstanding and important artist
c. best known of his paintings
d. called the blue period
a. past tense c. past continuous tense
b. simple present d. present perfect
Read the text answer questions no 77 to 83
You can make nice bookmarks from simply a few pieces of paper. Follow the steps on how to make one.
Materials needed :
A sheet of lightweight card
Paper in 2 different colours
A glass tumbler or cup ( one end with bigger circle and the other end with smaller circle)
A pencil
A ruler
Scissors
Glue
Crayon or felt - tip pens
1. Cut a rectangle about 5 cm x 15 cm out of the card.
2. Draw a circle on the remaining card using one end of the glass tumbler or the cup. Glue this to the end of the card rectangle.
3. Draw a smaller circle on a coloured paper and cut it out.
4. Glue the smaller circle onto the centre of the larger card circle.
5. Using the other sheet of coloured paper, cut out a small semi circle for the head and glue it to the large circle.
6. Now you can decorate your bug.
a. one c. two
b. three d. four
a. coloured paper
b. glass tumbler or cup
c. small semicircle
d. crayon or felt – tip pent
80. How many circles do you need to draw in all …..
a. one circle c. two circles
b. three circles d. four circles
81. What is used for the bug’s head? a…..
a. draw c. Draws
b. drawing d. to draw
82. What type of text is this …..
a. report c. Narrative
b. procedure d. factual recount
83. The last step to make a book bug is to …..
a. decorate the bug
b. cut out a smaller semi circle
c. draw a smaller circle on the coloured paper
d. glue the smaller circle to the end of the card
TEXT 16
a. one circle c. two circles
b. three circles d. four circles
a. draw c. Draws
b. drawing d. to draw
a. report c. Narrative
b. procedure d. factual recount
a. decorate the bug
b. cut out a smaller semi circle
c. draw a smaller circle on the coloured paper
d. glue the smaller circle to the end of the card
Read the text answer questions no 84 to 88
The Princess and the Bowling Ball
Once upon a time there was a princes. And this prince’s dad and mom (the king and queen) some how got it into their royal heads that no princess would be good enough for their boy unless she could feel a pea though one hundred mattresses.
So it should come as no surprise that the prince had a very hard time finding a princess. Every time he met a nice girl, his mom and dad would pile one hundred mattresses on top of a pea. And then invite her to sleep over.
When the princess came down for breakfast, the queen would ask, “How did you sleep?”
The princess would politely say, “Fine, thank you”.
And the king would saw her the door.
Now, this is when for three years. And of course nobody ever felt the pea under one hundred mattresses. Then one day the prince met the girl of his dreams. He decided he’d better do something about it.
That night, before the princess went to bed, the prince slipped his bowling ball under one hundred mattresses.
When the princess came down for breakfast the next morning, the queen asked, “How did you sleep, dear?”
“This might sound odd,” said the princes. ”But I think you need another mattress. I felt like I was sleeping on a lump as big as bowling ball.”
The King and Queen were satisfied, and the prince and princess were married. And everyone lived happily, though maybe not completely honestly, ever after.
a. the prince and the bowling ball
b. the prince had a very hard time finding a princess
c. the prince decided he’d better do something about it
d. the princess felt like she was sleeping on a lump as big as a bowling ball
a to inform about the princess and the bowling ball
b. to retell the events of finding a princess
c. to give information how to find a princes
d. to entertain the reader
a. the princess who slept on it felt like she was sleeping on a lump
b. no body ever felt the pea under one hundred mattress
c. the princess would he good enough for him
d. the girl of his dreams one day
a. past perfect c. present perfect
b. simple present d. simple past
a. narrative c. news item
b. procedure d. fable
CINDERELLA
Once upon a time there was a wife of a rich man fell sick, and soon she closed her eyes and departed. Everyday, Cinderella went out to her mother’s grave, and wept, and she remained pious and good .When winter came the snow spread a white sheet over the grave, and By the time the spring sun had drawn it off again, the man had taken another wife. The woman had brought with her into the house two daughters, who were beautiful and fair of face but vile and black of heart . Since then a bad time for the poor step-child began.
One day the King gave orders for a festival and all the beautiful young girls in the country were invited, in order that his son might choose himself a bride. When the two step-sisters heard that they were to appear among the number, they were delighted, called Cinderella and made to help them grooming, Cinderella obeyed, but wept, because she too would have liked to go with them to dance, and begged her step-mother said” you cannot go with us, you have no clothes and cannot dance.
When the step-mother and her daughters had gone away, Cinderella went to her mother’s grave and cried, Shiver and Quiver, My little tree, silver and gold throw down over me.” Suddenly a bird threw down a magnificent gold and silver dress to her and were golden too. At the party her step-sister and the step-mother however did not recognize her, and thought she must be a foreign princess, for she looked so beautiful in the golden dress.
a. Snow White c. Sleeping Beauty
b. Cinderella d. Princess
a. fell sick c. fell injured
b. fell ill d. fell wounded
a. recount e. narrative
b. legend d. news item
a. spread a white sheet c. spread a white shit
b. spread a white sheets d. spreading white sheet
93. Cinderella lived with her …………
a. two step-mother c. two step-sister
b. two step-sister and step-mother d. her sisters
a. she allowed go any where c. she doesn’t her to allow
b. she didn’t go any where d. she didn’t allow her go
a. she has dance
b. she hasn’t clothes and cannot dance
c. she didn’t dance
d. she couldn’t dance
96. The step-mother however did not “recognize” her. The same meaning of recognize is……
a. to see c. to know
b. to talk d. to tell
97. The purpose of the author to write the story is…..
a. to tell the reader c. to entertain the reader
b. to explain the reader d. to describe the reader
98. The daughter of the King is…..
a. prince c. princess
b. dwarf d. queen
99. Cinderella looked so beautiful in the golden dress. The antonym of “beautiful” is……
a. handsome c. smart
b. ugly d. nice
100. Cinderella’s story expresses about …………………..
a. beautiful girl c. poor girl
b. little girl d. rich girl
a. to see c. to know
b. to talk d. to tell
a. to tell the reader c. to entertain the reader
b. to explain the reader d. to describe the reader
a. prince c. princess
b. dwarf d. queen
a. handsome c. smart
b. ugly d. nice
a. beautiful girl c. poor girl
b. little girl d. rich girl