SMP Bahasa Inggris: Pertanyaan, Jawaban, Latihan Soal & Pembahasan

    Here is my unforgettable experience. One day I joined a story telling contest. Two of my friends an d I had been choosen to take part in the final round at the district level. I was very happy and eager to win the competition.

    For preparation, I had to memorize and understand the story well. My teacher guided and taught me pronunciation, facial expression, and gestures. One day before performing, my friends and I were busy to prepare the props and costumes for the competition. Thing that me sad was my teacher rented the props and costumes  for my friend but not for me. My two friends had beautiful costumes and luxurious props. Although I just wore simple ones, I performed my best to win the competition.

    The competition started. I got number 29 and My friends got number 5 and 10. I was nervous but I showed my best performance on stage. Lots of people took photos and videos for me. Finally, anxiety was gone after I had finished performing. And then, the announcement came which made three of us very uneasy. Luckily I was chosen as the first winner. I went to stage and all the judges congratulated me and gave a plaque, trophy, and money. I was very happy

 

... I was nervous , I showed my best performance on the stage.

The sentences can be connected by which of the following words?

An ox came down to a reedy pool to drink. As he spalshed heavily into the water, he crushed a young frog into the mud.
The old frog soon missed the little one and asked his brothers and sisters what had become of him.

"A great big monster," said one of them, "stepped on little brother with one of his huge feet!"

"Big, was he!" said the old frog, puffing herself up. "Was he as big as this?"

"Oh, much bigger!" they cried.
The frog puffed up still more.

"He could not have been bigger than this," she said. But the little frogs all declared that the monster was much, much
bigger and the old frog kept puffing herself out more and more until, all at once, she brust.

 

What is the message of the story?

An ox came down to a reedy pool to drink. As he spalshed heavily into the water, he crushed a young frog into the mud.
The old frog soon missed the little one and asked his brothers and sisters what had become of him.

"A great big monster," said one of them, "stepped on little brother with one of his huge feet!"

"Big, was he!" said the old frog, puffing herself up. "Was he as big as this?"

"Oh, much bigger!" they cried.
The frog puffed up still more.

"He could not have been bigger than this," she said. But the little frogs all declared that the monster was much, much
bigger and the old frog kept puffing herself out more and more until, all at once, she brust.

 

An ox unintentionally a ... young frog when it jumped into the water.

THE FLY AND THE BULL

There was once a little fly wo thought he was very important. He felt proud of himself. One sunny morning, he flew around looking for someone to talk to. He saw a bull grazing in a field. He decided to fly down to talk to him.

The little fly flew down and buzzed around the bull's  head. The bull did not bother him. He went on chewing grass.

The fly then (48) ... right insidee the bull's ear. The bull continued chewing grass. The fly thought, "What a stupid animal"

Now the fly decided to land on the bull's (49) ... to make the bull notice him. He waited for the bull to say something, but the bull kept quiet.

The fly then shouted angrily,"Oh, Bull, if you find that i am too heavy for you, let me know and I'll fly away!"

The bull laughed and said,"Little fly, I don't care if you stay or leave. You are so (50) ... that your weight does not make any difference to me, so please be quiet and leave me alone."

The Songkran festival is celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year’s Dat. It is celebrated from 13 to 15 April. It coincides with the New Year of many calendars of South and Southeast Asian countries. It is believed to have been adapted from the Sankranti Hindu festival. It is now observed nationwide even in the far south.

However, the most famous Songkran celebrations are still in the northern city of Chiang Mai, where it lasts days and even longer. It has also become a party for foreigners and an additional reason for tourists to visit Thailand. The most obvious celebration of Songkran is the throwing of water to other people. Thai roam the streets with containers of water or water guns. In addition, many Thai will have small bowls of cheap beige colored talc and mixed with water which is then smeared on the faces and bodies of random passersby as a blessing for the new year. City officials close off many sections of the street for the festival.

Besides the throwing of water, people celebrate Songkran by going to a wat (Buddhist monastery) to pray and give food to monks. They also cleanse Buddha images in the household shrines as well as Buddha images at monasteries by gently pouring water mixed with a Thai fragrance over them. It is believed that doing this will bring good luck and prosperity in the New Year. In many cities, such as Chiang Mai, the Buddha images from all of the city’s important monasteries are paraded through the streets so that people can toss water at them, ritually ‘bathing’ the images as they pass by.

 

The suitable title for the text above is ...

THE FLY AND THE BULL

 

There was once a little fly who thought he was very important. He felt proud of himself. One sunny morning, he flew around looking for someone to talk to. He saw bull grazing in a field. He decided to fly down to talk to him.

The little fly flew down and buzzed around the bull's head. The bull did not bother him. He went on chewing grass.

The fly then (48) …. right inside the bull's ear. The bull continued chewing grass. The fly thought, "What a stupid animal"

Now the fly decided to land on the bull's (49) …. to make the bull notice him. He waited for the bull to say something, but the bull kept quiet.

The fly then shouted angrily, "Oh, Bull, if you find that I am too heavy for you, let me know and I'll fly away!"

The bull laughed and said, "Little fly, I don't care if you stay or leave. You are so (50) …. that your weight does not make any difference to me, so please be quiet and leave me alone."

Arrange these sentences below into a good order.

1. Grate the cheese into the bowl and stir.

2. Then turn omelet with a spatula when it brown

3. First, crack an egg into a bowl.

4. Heat the oil in a frying pan and pour the mixture into the frying fan.

5. Next cook both side and it is ready to serve.

6. Whisk the eggs with a fork until it is smooth.

Jakarta people who passed Semanggi were shocked when hail hit in 22nd November 2018. What is hail?

Hail is a type of precipatation, or water in the atmosphere. Hail is formed when drops of water freeze together in the cold
upper regions of thunderstorm clouds. These chunks of ice are called hailstones. Most hailstones measure between 5
millimeters and 15 centimeters in diametre, and can be round or jagged. Hailstones are not frozen raindrops. Frozen
rain falls as water and freezes as it nears the ground. Hail actually falls as a solid.

Hailstones are formed by layers of water attaching and freezing in a large cloud. A frozen droplet begins to fall from a
cloud during a storm, but is pushed back up into the cloud by a strong updraft of wind. When the hailstone is lifted, it
hits liquid water droplets. Those droplets then freeze to the hailstone, adding another layer to it. The hailstone eventually
falls to Earth when it becomes too heavy to remain in the cloud, or when the updraft stops or slows down.

Certain parts of the world receive more hail than others. The approach of the summer monsoon season in India brings
severe thunderstorms, often with tornadoes and hail. A particularly deadly hail storm in Moradabad, India, in 1888 killed
more than 250 people. China also experiences frequent hail storms, as do parts of the Midwestern United States.

Hailstones can cause extreme damage to buildings, vehicles, and crops. Not surprisingly, people have tried to find ways
to prevent hail.

 

The information in the text above is mainly important for...

There was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he loses his temper, he must hammer a nail into the fence.

The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily, gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy should pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.

The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said “You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one.”

You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry, the wound is still there.

"..., they leave a scar just like this one. "(paragraph 3)

The underlined word refers to ....

Jakarta people who passed Semanggi were shocked when hail hit in 22nd November 2018. What is hail?

Hail is a type of precipatation, or water in the atmosphere. Hail is formed when drops of water freeze together in the cold
upper regions of thunderstorm clouds. These chunks of ice are called hailstones. Most hailstones measure between 5
millimeters and 15 centimeters in diametre, and can be round or jagged. Hailstones are not frozen raindrops. Frozen
rain falls as water and freezes as it nears the ground. Hail actually falls as a solid.

Hailstones are formed by layers of water attaching and freezing in a large cloud. A frozen droplet begins to fall from a
cloud during a storm, but is pushed back up into the cloud by a strong updraft of wind. When the hailstone is lifted, it
hits liquid water droplets. Those droplets then freeze to the hailstone, adding another layer to it. The hailstone eventually
falls to Earth when it becomes too heavy to remain in the cloud, or when the updraft stops or slows down.

Certain parts of the world receive more hail than others. The approach of the summer monsoon season in India brings
severe thunderstorms, often with tornadoes and hail. A particularly deadly hail storm in Moradabad, India, in 1888 killed
more than 250 people. China also experiences frequent hail storms, as do parts of the Midwestern United States.

Hailstones can cause extreme damage to buildings, vehicles, and crops. Not surprisingly, people have tried to find ways
to prevent hail.

 

What is the main idea of paragraph 3?