REMEDIAL MID SEMESTER TEST
FOR GRADE VIII SEMESTER II SMP NEGERI BERNAS
Read the text
carefully then answer question number 1 - 5
Last
week, Mr. Hadi., his wife and his children had a picnic. They went to Bali.
They left by car at four o’clock in the afternoon. They arrived at Sanur at six
in the evening, and then they went to a motel near the beach. They spent the
night there.
The next day, they went to the beach. They went there on foot
because the motel was not more than a kilometer far from the beach. They left
the motel early in the morning because they wanted to see the rising sun. After
the sunrise, they enjoyed other activities. Mr and Mrs. Hadi looked at painting
gallery. Their children, Aldin and Feni enjoyed boat riding. They were glad
because they never done it before. At ten o’clock, they went back to the motel.
They stayed and had lunch there
1) Who went to Bali last week?
a. Mr. Hadi and Mrs. Hadi
b. Mr. Hadi’s wife
c. Mr. Hadi’s family
d. Mr. Hadi’s family and his children.
2) Why did they go to the beach on foot?
a. Because they wanted to see the rising sun
b. Because the motel is near from the beach
c. Because they have never done it
d. Because the motel is more than one kilometer.
3) They spent the night there. What does the
underlined word refers to.....
a. Sanur beach
b. Bali
c. Motel
d. The beach
4) They went to a motel near the beach. The
synonym of the underlined word is .............
a. Strait
b. Wave
c. Current
d. Shore
5) The text above is a kind of ................
a. Narrative
b. Recount
c. Report
d. Descriptive
Read the text ten
answer questions number 6 to 9
Gunung
Tujuh lake is one of lakes in Jambi. It is an amazing tourist place to visit.
Its location is in Kecamatan Kayu Aro. It is about 50 kilometers from Sungai
Penuh to Pelompek village by public transport. Then people climb and walk for
another 4 kms or 2.5 hours. The lake is surrounded by steep forest slopes and
seven mountains. The highest peak of Gunung Tujuh is 1.950 m above sea level.
The length of the lake is 4.5 km and the width is 3 km. It is a volcanic lake
and the highest in southeast Asia. The temperature around the lake is very
cold. Besides waterfall you can also find animals such as Siamang, elephants
and birds. Gunung Tujuh lake is really beautiful with a spectacular scenery
6) What does the text mainly talk about?
a. Amazing tourist resort in Jambi
b. Gunung Tujuh lake in Jambi
c. Volcanic lakes in Jambi
d. Waterfalls in Jambi
7) What is the main idea of the text?
a. Gunung Tujuh Lake is a beautiful tourist resort to
visit.
b. Gunung Tujuh Lake is the only lake in Sumatra
c. The location of Gunung Tujuh is difficult to reach
d. Tourists from Southeast Asia visit this beautiful
lake.
8) Which statement is true according to the text?
a. The lake is 3 kms long
b. Siamang are the only animals that can be found in
Gunung Tujuh lake
c. There are steep forest slopes and seven mountains
around the lake.
d. Gunung Tujuh lake is 4.5 km away from Sungai Penuh
9) Gunung Tujuh Lake is really beautiful with spectacular
scenery. The bold word means.............
a. Pretty
b. Remarkable
c. Lovely
d. Amusing
Read the text
carefully then answer questions
MALIN
KUNDANG
Once upon a time, there was a
poor family who lived in a small village near the forest. The family had two
members. They were a mother and the son, Malin Kundang. They earned themselves
by getting firewood from the forest.
One day, Malin Kundang went
to the big city in order to get the better life than before. At a new place he
got a new job. After several years, he became a very rich merchant.
His mother wanted to meet him
very much. Her longing for him was great. She gave a message to her son friends
in order Malin Kundang went back soon. When malin Kundang,s friend told her son
did not have time for that. She was very sad.
One day, Malin Kundang
returned to his village. The old lady tried to check the reality of the good
news. She met her son in a ship at the seaside. But Malin Kundang confessed
that the old woman was his mother. He scolded his mother cruelly. The old woman
was very sad. She cried sorrowfully. She accused her son. Finally the ship and
Malin Kundang was to be a rock.
10) How many characters do you find in the story?
a. 1 c.
3
b. 2 d.
4
11) Why did Malin Kundang’s mother accuse her son?
a. Because she wanted to get a new job
b. Because she longed his son very much
c. Because Malin Kundang was a rich merchant
d. Because Malin Kundang scolded her cruelly
12) The story is made to .............
a. Give information
b. Entertain the reader
c. Explain something
d. Describe someting
13) But Malin Kundang confessed that the old woman
was his mother. The underlined word has the same meaning with .......
a. Admitted c.
Believed
b. Agreed d.
Obeyed
14) Finally the ship and Malin Kundang was to be a
rock. (Paragraph 3). This part shows the
................ of the text.
a. Orientation c. Resolution
b. Complication d.
Reorientation
15) Arrange these words to make a meaningful sentence.
Feel – in bed – stayed
– he – all day – did not – well – and
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
a. 5 – 1 – 7 – 4 – 2 – 8 – 3 – 6
b. 7 – 1 – 3 – 5 – 6 – 8 – 2 – 4
c. 2 – 5 – 4 – 7 – 1 – 3 – 6 – 8
d. 4 – 6 – 1 – 7 – 8 – 3 – 2 – 5
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16) What should Iddadi do after reading the message?
a. Going to the school.
b. Waiting Zekri and Nurul in front of the school gate
soon
c. Meet Nurul and Zekri after school is over
d. Going to Usrianto’s house
Read the dialogue carefully
Andi
: May I speak to John. Please?
Susi
: Wait a minute. ..... Oh. I am
sorry Sir, John is going out.
Andi
: Right. Can I leave a message?
Susi
: Yes. Of course. Please Sir!
Andi
: Could you tell him to phone Andi back on 081365682787 at 7. PM
Susi
: Well. I tell him later
Andi
: Thank you. Good Bye
Susi
: Bye
17) Where is the dialogue happened?
a. On the phone
b. In Andi’s house
c. In Susi’s house
d. In John’s house
18) What does the Underlined sentence
express?
a. Asking Something
b. Offering something
c. Accepting an Offering
d. Refusing Something
19) Who sends the message?
A.
Aldi.
B.
Vito.
C.
Anna.
D.
Wulan
20). What is the message sent for?
A.
To do his English assignment.
B.
To ask Wulan and Anna to come.
C.
To invite Aldi to come to his house.
D.
To ask Aldi to be free this afternoon.
21)
When will Aldi come to Vito’s house?
A.
In the morning.
B.
In the afternoon.
C.
In the evening.
D.
At night.
The text is for
questions
Last year, I went to a dance party. In the middle of the party, I saw a guy that I had a crush on. He was the boy that I met on last holiday five years ago. To get his attention, I went to the stage and started to dance with my friends. It was my first dance and I was so busy dancing that did not pay attention to anything else. I did not realize that I got to close to the rim of the stage.
Suddenly, I tripped and fell of the stage. The music stopped for a while and everyone laughed including the guy that I had a crush on. I felt so stupid.
It was a dance party that I would never forget.
22) What is the text about?
A.
The story about bad party.
B.
The experience about dance party.
C.
The description about dance party.
D.
The information about dance party.
23) What
is the idea of the first paragraph?
A.
The writer did not realize that she got to
the rim stage.
B.
The writer went to dance party last year.
C.
The writer best experience in dancing.
D.
The writer broke a stage.
24) When
did the writer go to the dance party?
A.
This year
B.
Last year.
C.
On holiday.
D.
Five years ago.
25) Why
did not she realize that she got to close to rim of the stage?
A.
She tripped on a stage.
B.
She was busy dancing.
C.
She saw a guy that crushes her on.
D.
She started to dance with her friends.
26) “I
felt so stupid” ( Paragraph 2)
The underlined word
means.…
A.
fool.
B.
lazy.
C.
ugly.
D.
poor.
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27) What
is the text talking about?
A.
The buffalo and the intelligent tiger.
B.
The intelligent man and the field.
C.
The tiger and the clever buffalo.
D.
The farmer and his intelligence.
28) What
is the text for?
A.
To entertain reader through story.
B.
To warn someone about the tiger.
C.
To explain the reader about the man and his field
D.
To describe about the man, the tiger and the
buffalo.
29) What
can you learn from the story?
A.
Honestly is the best habit.
B.
Every bad action deserves another.
C.
Cleverness will bring us to happiness.
D.
Good friends will protect one and other
30) “…but
I am afraid you will kill my buffalo….”
The underlined
word has the same meaning as ….
A.
Hesitate.
B.
Decisive.
C.
Brave.
D.
Scare.
31). “…even
you haven’t seen it”. (Last sentence )
What does the
underlined word refer to?
A.
The tiger.
B.
The farmer.
C.
The buffalo.
D.
The intelligence.
32). Arrange these
words into a good one!
were - beach
– in – yesterday – we - the
1 2
3 4
5 6
A.
5 – 1 – 3 – 6 – 2 – 4
B.
4 – 5 – 6 – 3 – 2 – 1
C. 3 – 6 – 2 – 1 – 5
– 4
D. 2 – 5 – 3 – 6 – 4
– 1
33). Arrange the
following words into a good meaningful sentence!
Bathroom –
Andi – song – is – in – singing – the – a
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
A. 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8
B. 2 – 6 – 3 - 4 – 5 – 7 – 1 – 8
C. 8 – 1 – 2 – 4 – 5
– 6 – 7 – 3
D. 2 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 3
– 5 – 7 – 1
Read the following text and answer questions
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THE SMARTEST PARROT
Once upon time, a
man had a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it. The parrot
could say every word, except one word. The parrot would not say the name of
the place where it was born. The name of the place was Catano.
The man felt
excited having the smartest parrot but he could not understand why the parrot
would not say Catano. The man tried to teach the bird to say Catano, however
the bird did not say the word.
At first, the man
was very nice to the bird but then he got very angry. “You stupid bird!”
pointed the man to the parrot. “Why can’t you say the word? Say Catano! Or I
will kill you” the man said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach, the
parrot would not say it. Then the man got so angry and shouted to the bird
over and over; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”. The bird kept not to say the
word of Catano.
One day, after he
had been trying so many times to make the bird say Catano, the man really got
very angry. He could not bear it. He picked the parrot and threw it into the
chicken house. There were four old chickens for next dinner “You are as
stupid as the chickens. Just stay with them” Said the man angrily. Then he
continued to humble; “You know, I will cut the chicken for my meal. Next it
will be your turn, I will eat you too, stupid parrot”. After that he left the
chicken house.
The next day, the
man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and was very
surprised. He could not believe what he saw at the chicken house. There were
three death chickens on the floor. At the moment, the parrot was standing
proudly and screaming at the last old chicken; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”.
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33. Why does the man feel so angry with the
parrot?
A. It
can say everything except Catano.
B. It
couldn’t say everything.
C. It
was a parrot like others.
D. It
was a stupid parrot.
34. What
does the purpose of the text above?
A. To describe the smartest parrot.
B. To tell us how the smartest parrot is.
C. To entertain the readers by telling about
the smartest parrot.
D. To describe in general the smartest parrot.
35. From
the text we learn that … .
a.
we have to respect others
b.
we have to imitate others
c.
we are not allowed to force others to do
something
d.
we must not have the feeling as higher
creature than others
36. “… the parrot was standing proudly and
screaming at the last old chicken …”
The word “proudly” nearly means …
A.
arrogantly
B.
bravely
C.
smugly
D.
humbly
Read the text and answer questions
Sender
Edo
Yulianda
081899734670
37.
Who
just passed away?
A.
Jefri.
B.
Raujum.
C.
Mr.
Fadil.
D.
Edo Yulianda.
38).
“As you know Jefri’s father is hospitalized.”The underlined word refers
to … .
A. Jefri.
B. Raujum.
C. Mr.
Fadil.
D. Edo
Yulianda.
39).
“He passed away last night”. The underlined word could be replaced
with….
A.
Accepted
B.
Approved.
C.
Conceded.
D.
Died.
Read the text to answers questions
Once upon time, there were three young brothers who lived with their father in a small village. Their father was old and always sick. The old man knew that he was not going to live for long, so he tried to split his wealth for his son’s.
“ Listen, sons, I’m going to leave you this small hut and that small farm. Land out therefore all of you. The Buffalo is for you. Kirmo”. Said the old man to his first son.
“ What about me, father?” Asked Beno, the second son.
“ You can take care of our plought “ said the old man.
“ And you my little son, I give you small bag of rice seed”.
“ Thank you, father”, said Gito, the third Son
“ All of you can change your destiny with all the things I give you. you must help from the oldman. Each other and remember that the son rises in the East and set in the West, “ Muttered the old man
Those were the last words from the old man to his sons. Few hours later, the oldman passed away.
A day after the old man died, Kirno went to the market to sell his buffalo. Gito run after , trying to remind him about their father’s will which ask them to help each other but Kirno ignored him, Beno also sold the plought and enjoyed the money himself. Kirno and Beno did nothing but spent their money.
Gito was very upset. But he wanted to become a good farmer like his father. So, he borrowed of plought his neighbor he had to ploght the farm land by himself because he did not have any buffaloes. He worked so hard from the sun rose until the sunset.
After seven years of working hard, Gito a became a succesful farmer but he was not happy because he kept thinking of his brothers. He looked for his brothers everywhere, but still he could no find them.
One day, Gito went down to town to buy some farming equipment. Went he was about to leave the shop, a beggar asked him for some money and a pick pocket was triyning to take his wallet. These people were actually Gito’s brothers. Gito recognized them at the first place. Feelling very happy. Gito quickly hugged them.
In the end, Gito told them that he had become a successful farmer. He also invited them to stay in his house. Kirno and Beno felt ashamed to Gito. They realized that they had done a teribble mistake in the past.
( Adapted from : FUN English Magazine, Edisi 10 Tahun IX )
40. How
many children did the farmer have?
A.
Two
B.
Three
C.
Four
D.
Five
41. When
the old man said “…the son rises in the East and set in the West,” He probably
meant that he wanted his children to….
A. wake
up early and sleep early too
B. becareful
of the sunlight
C. worship
the son
D. work
hard
42. “…a
beggar asked him for son…” ( Paragraph 12 )
The underlined word means a person who…
A.
lives by asking people for money
B.
always begs for mercy
C.
has limited money and food
D.
has all of loan
43. How
did Kirno and Beno spend their money..
A. wisely
B. slowly
C. carefully
D. carelessly
44. Which
of the following proverbs goes which the story…
A.
no pain no gain
B.
don’t cry over split milk
C.
honesty is the best policy
D.
one good turn deserves another
45. Arrange
the following sentense into a good paragraph.
After that, we went to back to Solo.
2. Last Sunday my family and I had apicnic to Ambarawa.
3. Then, we went to Bandungan.
4. And we had lunch and took a rest for a while.
5. It was tiring journey but i felt happy.
6. My mother bought some vegetables and fruits there.
7. Frist, we visited “Museum Kereta Api “ in Ambarawa.
The best arrangement of the sentences above is ...
A. 2
– 7 – 5 – 1 – 4 – 6 – 5
B. 2 - 7 – 4 – 1 - 5 – 6 – 3
C. 2
– 7 – 1 – 3 – 6 – 4 – 5
D. 2
– 7 – 3 – 6 – 4 – 1 – 5
46. Is – but – beautiful – the
girl – attitude – bad – has – she
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
A. 4 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 8 – 7 – 5 – 6
B. 4 – 1 – 8 – 3 – 2 – 7 – 6 – 5
C. 4 – 1 – 3 – 2 – 8 – 7 – 6 – 5
D. 4– 1 – 5 – 8 – 2 – 6 – 7 – 3
47. Arrange
these sentences into a good paragraph.
(1)
We
stayed at David and Della house.
(2)
On
Sunday we went on the scenic sky way.
(3)
It
has a big garden with a lot of colorful flower and tennis court.
(4)
On
Friday we went to the Blue Mountains.
(5)
We
went to some antique shops, and I tried on some old hats.
(6)
On
Saturday we saw three sisters.
(7)
We
saw cockatoos having shower.
(8)
In
the afternoon we went home.
(9)
There
we went on scenic rail-way, it was scary.
(10) Then mummy and I went shopping with
Della.
A. 4
– 5 – 7 – 9 – 6 – 10 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 8
B.
4 – 1 – 3 – 9 – 6 – 5 – 7 – 2 – 10 – 8
C.
4 – 7 – 1 – 9 – 6 – 5 – 10 – 2 – 3 – 8
D.
4 – 1 – 3 – 6 – 9 – 10 – 5 – 2 – 7 – 8
48. The best arrangement
of these sentences is….
1. He lives in a small
town and knows every family on his route.
2. Neil Moore has been a
postman for 20 years.
3. At Christmas many
families give him presents.
4. They appreciate his
dedication and good service.
5. He has carried mail
in heat an in cold, in rain and in snow.
6. He has delivered
thousands of letters to homes on his mail route.
A.
2
– 1 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6
B.
2
– 1 – 3 – 5 – 6 – 4
C.
2
– 5 – 6 – 1 – 3 – 4
D.
2
– 5 – 6 – 3 – 4 – 1
Read the text
carefully
Dear
mother,
I’ll go to
the public library to read some books for my
homework. Can you do me a favor please, Mum? When you go to the shops
this afternoon, can you buy a small bunch of carrot and a half kilo of potatoes? I need them for my cooking class tomorrow. Thanks a lot.
Yurike
49. What is the message about?
A.
Yurike
is asking for some carrots and potatoes from her
mother,
B.
Yurike is asking from her mother to read some books.
C.
Her mother is buying some carrots and potatoes directly..
D.
Her mother is preparing some
books to Yurike in the afternoon.
50. Where is Yurike
going after she leaves this message for her Mum?
A. To the public library.
B. To the grocery store.
C. To go shopping.
D. Nowhere
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