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SOAL RECOUNT

I remember the day when I first got Sandy, my 7 year old cat. I wanted to name her because she was so cute. My older sister Michelle convinced me to name her Sandy Bucket instead; so we could call her Sandy for short. I was so attached to Sandy. Every time I saw her, I couldn’t walk away, I would just have to hug her. I even slept at the end of my bed, so I can hug her the whole night even though I was freezing.

      I always remember so many fun times with Sandy. Like when we would run and jump off the end of our pier, and Sandy would chase after us. When I was scared or mad, I would just hug Sandy and everything wouldn’t be so bad.

      But one night, right before I went to bed, my mom let her out. While I went to sleep, my mom went to call Sandy back in. But she didn’t come in, so I thought she maybe went inside my neighbor’s house. As my mom and dad went outside to look for Sandy, I became really worried. They couldn’t find her. Every ten minutes they would go out to look for her, so I went to bed hoping she was safe. I just thought she got lost and would come back tomorrow.

      The next day was the worst. My mom woke us early and told me and my sister, Michelle, that Sandy died last night. I was so sad and did not want to do anything that day. When I was going to school, I could not stop crying. At school all my friends made me cards and tried to make me stop crying, but I couldn’t. my teacher would always look at me and ask why I was crying. Even my friends was crying with me.

      When I got home I went to my room crying really loudly. I wanted  to scream. I came downstairs and hugged my mom. She said we could get another cat. Then, she was trying to find a new cat on the internet. But I did not want another cat. I want Sandy. She never found one that looked like Sandy or at the same age or even in the same kind.

      That night I slept with my mom and we prayed for Sandy. I kept thinking she was a ghost at the end of the bed, so I stayed closed to my mom. The next day I figured out that if Sandy was a ghost, she would not scare me or haunt me. She would be waiting for me to play with her.

      I still think about Sandy every day and wish she could come back.

Source: http://www.mertonschool.com (August 12,2004

1.     The type of the text is …

a.     Spoof

b.    Newsitem

c.     Recount

d.    Narrative

e.     Report

2.     What is the main idea of the text …

a.     Sandy’s dead

b.    The lost of beloved cat

c.     The careless of the writer’s mom

d.    Looking for Sandy

e.     The writer slept with her mom

3.     How could the cat got lost?

a.     The cat played with another cat

b.    The neigbour kept the cat in his/her house

c.     Someone took the cat to the remote area

d.    The thief took the cat

e.     The writer’s mom let the cat out one night

4.     What did the writer’s mom do to support the writer?

a.     She slept with the writer

b.    She supported to the policeman

c.     She was trying to find a new cat on the internet

d.    She bought a new cat

e.     She gave the writer money

5.     What is the purpose of the text?

a.     To tell you about past event

b.    To describe a place

c.     To tell you a joke

d.     To tell you a story

e.     to persuade you to do something

6.     Which step does the writer use to write the text?

a.     Thesis > argument > recommendation

b.    Orientation > events > re-orientation

c.     Abstrak > orientation > crisis > reaction > coda

d.    Orientation > evaluation > complication

e.     Newsworthy events > background events > sources

7.     What is the main idea of third paragraph?

a.     I went to bed hoping she was safe

b.    She would back tomorrow

c.     Mom and dad went outside to look for Sandy

d.    The writer’s mom went to call Sandy back in

e.       The writer’s mom let Sandy out

One day I went to Bandung with my friend for a vacation. We went there on night bus when we arrived in Cianjur, the bus stopped for a rest. I got of the bus to get a cup of coffee, but my friend didn’t. He went to a mosque to pray. It took only a few minutes to pray, but when I came out again the bus was not there. It had gone! Shocked and confused.  I asked the shopkeeper about the bus. She said that the bus had departed about five minutes ago.

I tried to call my friend on my cell phone, but the battery was running low. I couldn’t do anything but hope and pray. After several minutes, my wish came true. The bus came back! Got on the bus and walked to my seat. I was so ashamed when everybody on the bus looked at me. I could feel my face turn red.

I asked my friend why she didn’t tell the driver that I was still outside.

“I did, I told him several times that you were outside, but he said that you were in the bus toilet because he saw a man going into the toilet,” my friend replied, laughing. The other passengers smiled at me. I was so embarrassed. 

8.      What did the story tell us about ....?

a.     The writer was left by the bus on his trip to Bandung

b.    The writer arrived in Cianjur to visit his relatives

c.     The writer could contact his friend with the cell phone

d.    The writer got of the bus to get a cup a coffee

e.     The writer and his friend enjoyed their trip to Bandung

9.      What did the writer do when the bus stop for a rest in Cianjur ....?

a.     drank a cup of coffee and prayed

b.    bought souvenir and went to the toilet

c.     drank a cup of coffee

d.    drank a cup of milk and bought souvenir

e.     drank a cup of coffee and went to the toilet

10.  Why couldn’t the writer cell his friend?

a.     He didn’t bring his cell phone

b.    The battery was running low

c.     The writer’s cell phone was stolen

d.    The writer’s cell phone was broken

e.     There was not any signal in his cell phone

11.  How did the writer fell?

a.     He felt happy

b.    He felt awful

c.     He felt sad

d.    He felt angry

e.     He felt shy

TESSIE

We were moving house and dad asked me to help him sort out all the boxes in the storeroom. I hadn't been in the storeroom for aged and wondered what we would find. One wall was line with shelves, stacked with boxes almost to the ceiling there were many other wrapped up objects of different shafts and size Dad open the boxes and rummaged through them. I moved over to a wooden box and was just about to lift the lid when it toppled over. Everything fell out into a heap.

Be careful!' shouted dad, There may be something fragile in there

Then I saw it! My heart began to pound and my knees began to shake. It was a rubber ring. It had belonged to my beloved dog. Tessie. She died two years ago.

I was only four when we got Tessie. I chose her from among other puppies. She was my best friend. Although she had a basket in the kitchen she would creep up to my room at night and sleep in the bottom of the bed. If I was cold she would snuggle up next to me.

Tessie could do anything. She could beg and sit and shake a paw. I taught her to fetch things. One Christmas I bought her a rubber ring I wrapped it up in shiny paper and place it under Christmas tree. She played with it everyday. Tessie would wait at the front door when she knew it was time for me to come home from school. She would howl the panting with the rubber ring in front of her If didn't play, she would howl and wouldn't stop until I did. In the weekend we would take the ring to ihe playground and play for hours and hours until neither of us could run anymore.

Then one day Tessie feIl ill. She didn^’t wait for me by the front door anymore and she didn't want to play with the ring I tried to encourage her, "Come on, Tessie. Come and play. ^:

Seemed out of breath She couldn’t walk very well and she wasn't eating properly. Mum and I took her to the vet. The vet shook her head and told us that Tessie was really sick

There,nothing they can do for her, 'mum whispered to me.

I went to the room where Tessie was waiting and said my goodbyes  I felt her warm fur for the last time on my face and then I ran out side and cried. . . .

What's the matter, son?' asked Dad. He put an arm around my shoulder. We all miss her, 'said Dad sadly, 'She was a good dog, a really good dog. I nodded and put the ring hack in the box

1.    What kind of the text is that ?

a.     recount

b.    narrative

c.     procedure

d.    report

e.     news item

2.    What is the generic structure of the text?

a.     orientation > event > re-orientation

b.    orientation > evaluation > complication > resolution > re-orientation

c.     goal > material > step

d.    newsworthy event > background event > source

e.     orientation > event > complication

3.    What is the form of the text?

a.     diary

b.    personal recount

c.     letters

d.    factual recount

e.     imaginative recount

4.    What causes the boy have the flashback?

a.     he was moving house

b.    he found a rubber ring

c.     he found a dog

d.    he bought christmast tree

e.     he met a vet

5.    The statement here is true

a.     the writer was moving home

b.    the writer bought Tessie a rubber ring

c.     Tessie had an accident

d.    Tessie was the writer's best friend

e.     Tessie died two years ago

A Visit to a Wildlife Park

                   

                    I recently visited Sydney with my parents. We visited many interesting places. The one I enjoyed best was the Wildlife Park.

                    The Wildlife Park has a lot different Australian animals and birds. There are over 600 animals, including kangaroos, wallabies, koala and crocodiles. They are kept in their natural surroundings. I much preferred the Wildlife Park to a zoo where a lot of animals are in cages.

                    We were able to walk along the kangaroos and wallabies. We were even allowed to touch them and to feed them. It was very exciting to be very so close to them

We saw koala bears. They looked very cuddly. I got my photograph taken with one of them. It is a wonderful souvenir of my holiday in Sydney.

                    We also went to see the crocodiles. The Wildlife Park has a lot of fresh-, water and salt-water crocodiles. Some of them were very big and scary with, huge teeth. I did not get very close to them.

                    We also visited the aviary. There were some very colorful birds there. I really liked an old parrot which could talk.

                    I wish we could have spent more time in the Wildlife Park. There were so much to see.

17.    What is the main idea of paragraph 2 ?

1. The wild life park has a lot a fresh water and solt water crocodiles
2. We were able to walk along the kangaroos, and wallabies
3. I much preferred the wildlife park to a zoo
4. the wild life park has a lot different Australian animals and birds
5. I recent visited sonly with my parents

18.    What is the generic structure of the text ?

1. orientation > complication > resolution
2. Goal > material > steps
3. Orientation > events > re-orientation
4. Identification > description
5. General classification > description

19.    …. Allowed to touch them and to feed ..

the word them in paragraph 3 refers to ..

1. the writers family
2. the visitors of wildlife park
3. fresh water and salt water crocodiles
4. the kangaroos and wallabies
5. koala and wallabies 

20.    What is the communicative purpose of the text?

1. to amuse, entertain and to deal with actual or vocarious experience
2. to tell the readers what happened in the past
3. to persuade the readers that something a case
4. to describe a particular place or thing
5. to share with others an account of on unusual or amusing incidents

On Wednesday, my students and I went to Jogjakarta. We stayed at Dirgahayu Hotel which is not far from Malioboro.

            On Thursday we visited the temples in Prambanan. There are three big temples, the Brahmana, Syiwa and Wisnu temples. They are really amazing. We visited only Brahma and Syiwa temples, because Wisnu temple is being renovated.

            On Friday morning we went to Jogja Kraton. We spent about two hours there. We were lucky because we were led by a smart and friendly guide. Then we continued our journey to Borobudur. We arrived there at four p.m. At 5 p.m. we heard an announcement that Borobudur gate would be closed.

            In the evening we left for Jakarta by Wisata bus.

33.    The text above mainly discusses about …

1. the writers first visit to prambanan
2. the writers impression about the guide
3. the writers trip to jogyakarta
4. the writers experience at kraton
5. the writers impression about borobudur

34.    Which temple was being renovated ?

1. syiwa
2. brama
3. borobudur
4. syiwa and wisnu
5. wisnu

35.    Which of the following statements is true ?

1. the writer and the student went to jogyakarta for having a research
2. the writer went to borobudur first ant them to kraton
3. the writer was very disappointed with the guide
4. the writer left for Jakarta on Friday
5. malioboro is very from dirgahayu hotel