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

            Once upon a time there was a rose who was very proud of its beautiful looks. Its only disappointment was that it grew next to an ugly cactus. Every day, the rose would insult the cactus on its looks while the cactus stayed quiet. All the other plants in the garden tried to make the rose see sense, but it was too stayed by its own good looks.

            One summer, the well in the garden grew dry and there was no water for the plants. The rose began to will. It saw a sparrow dip its becak into the cactus for some water. Though ashamed, the rose asked the cactus if it could have some water too. The cactus readily agreed and they both got through the tough summer as friends.

Adopted from: https://parenting.firstcry.come/articles/top-15-short-coral-stories-for-kids/ (29th November 2018)

 

From the story, we know that the cactus waa ....

            Once upon a time there was a rose who was very proud of its beautiful looks. Its only disappointment was that it grew next to an ugly cactus. Every day, the rose would insult the cactus on its looks while the cactus stayed quiet. All the other plants in the garden tried to make the rose see sense, but it was too stayed by its own good looks.

            One summer, the well in the garden grew dry and there was no water for the plants. The rose began to will. It saw a sparrow dip its becak into the cactus for some water. Though ashamed, the rose asked the cactus if it could have some water too. The cactus readily agreed and they both got through the tough summer as friends.

Adopted from: https://parenting.firstcry.come/articles/top-15-short-coral-stories-for-kids/ (29th November 2018)

 

The rose ignored other plants' advice to change its attitude because ....

                The king of the mice lived inside a banyan tree in a forest. One day, a poor man was cutting down some trees. As he started to cut down the banyan tree, the king of the mice grew frightened “Please, leave the tree standing” he said to the woodcutter, “and I’ll give you a piece of gold every day.”

                The woodcutter agreed. So, every evening the king of the mice took out a piece of gold from under the roots of the tree and gave it to the woodcutter. The woodcutter took the pieces of gold home and showed them to his wife.

                After a few days, his wife asked him, “Where dose the gold come from?”

                “Don’t worry about that,” he said, “just keep it,”

                A few days later she asked him again, but he did not tell her. “If you don’t tell me.”she said, “I’ll go and tell the government or even the king that you’re a robber.”

The woodcutter was frightened of his wife when she was angry. So he said, “Every evening the king of the mice gives me a piece of gold from under the roots of the tree.”

                “Oh, you are stupid!” his wife said. “You’ve been tricked by a mouse. He gives you one piece of gold every evening but the rest of the gold is under the tree all the time! Why don’t you cut the tree and take it all away?”

                The woodcutter did as he was told. He cut down the tree. But when he looked under the roots, the gold was not there. Yhe king of the mice had run away too.

                That night, the king of the mice crept up to the woodcutter’s house and took back all the gold. So the woodcutter was as poor as before.

Why did the woodcutter cut down the tree?

                The king of the mice lived inside a banyan tree in a forest. One day, a poor man was cutting down some trees. As he started to cut down the banyan tree, the king of the mice grew frightened “Please, leave the tree standing” he said to the woodcutter, “and I’ll give you a piece of gold every day.”

                The woodcutter agreed. So, every evening the king of the mice took out a piece of gold from under the roots of the tree and gave it to the woodcutter. The woodcutter took the pieces of gold home and showed them to his wife.

                After a few days, his wife asked him, “Where dose the gold come from?”

                “Don’t worry about that,” he said, “just keep it,”

                A few days later she asked him again, but he did not tell her. “If you don’t tell me.”she said, “I’ll go and tell the government or even the king that you’re a robber.”

The woodcutter was frightened of his wife when she was angry. So he said, “Every evening the king of the mice gives me a piece of gold from under the roots of the tree.”

                “Oh, you are stupid!” his wife said. “You’ve been tricked by a mouse. He gives you one piece of gold every evening but the rest of the gold is under the tree all the time! Why don’t you cut the tree and take it all away?”

                The woodcutter did as he was told. He cut down the tree. But when he looked under the roots, the gold was not there. Yhe king of the mice had run away too.

                That night, the king of the mice crept up to the woodcutter’s house and took back all the gold. So the woodcutter was as poor as before.

What can we learn from the story above?

                Once upon a time, there lived a Clouds family. Papa Cloud, Mama Cloud, and children Cloud lived quietly in the sky.

                Every morning, the children cloud went to the sky playground to play with the slide. But since there was only slide, they had to take turns on the slide. Lody, the youngest cloud, looked impatient. He could not wait for his turn to come. His brother, Tody, didn’t like his attitude. Suddenly, they were quarrelling. Their white bodies became grey. It meant they were very angry. When the clouds were angry, water usually came out of their bodies. It meant rain for the people on earth.

                “stop it, children! Stop fighting!” Papa cloud said.

                “You can play with the slide in turn. Now, shake hands. Both of you!” order Papa Cloud.

                Lody and Tody shake hands and slowly their colours changed. Their bodies became fair white again. The rain stopped and people on earth could go on their activities again.

(Adapted from : FUN English Magazine, edisi 4,VIII)

From the text, we can learn that ones have to be ....

                Once upon a time, there lived a Clouds family. Papa Cloud, Mama Cloud, and children Cloud lived quietly in the sky.

                Every morning, the children cloud went to the sky playground to play with the slide. But since there was only slide, they had to take turns on the slide. Lody, the youngest cloud, looked impatient. He could not wait for his turn to come. His brother, Tody, didn’t like his attitude. Suddenly, they were quarrelling. Their white bodies became grey. It meant they were very angry. When the clouds were angry, water usually came out of their bodies. It meant rain for the people on earth.

                “stop it, children! Stop fighting!” Papa cloud said.

                “You can play with the slide in turn. Now, shake hands. Both of you!” order Papa Cloud.

                Lody and Tody shake hands and slowly their colours changed. Their bodies became fair white again. The rain stopped and people on earth could go on their activities again.

(Adapted from : FUN English Magazine, edisi 4,VIII)

The text mainly tells about ....

The Shard is an 8-7 storey skyscraper, which sits in the heart of London. It is known as the shard of glass. Construction began in 2009 and was completed three years later in 2012, making it Western European’s tallest building.

Designed by architect Renzo Piano, The Shard is the second tallest free standing structure in the UK. Its exterior boasts 11.000 glass panels – that’s equivalent in area to eight football pitches or two-and-a-half Trafaigar Squares

Once upon a time, there was a young man called Ma Liang. He was poor. He helped a rich bad man to tend cattle. He liked drawing an drew pictures everywhere. One night, he dreamed that and old man gave him magic paintbrush and asked him to use it to help poor people. When he woke up, he found the magic paintbrush in his desk.

From that day on, he used the paintbrush to help people. Whenever he draw pictures, they became a real. But a few days later, his master heard about the magic paintbrush and stole it. He drew a lot of pictures, but they could not become real. He was very angry and asked some people to get Ma Liang.

Crispy Hash Brown Recipe

Ingredients:

3 tbsp olive oil, canola oil or grape seed oil

1 lb russel backing potatoes, peeled and grated, salt and pepper.

 

Method:

1. Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a large frying pan on medium heat.
2. Squeeze out as much moisture as you can from the grated potatoes. It's easier to do this with pottoes ricer. If you don't have it, you can use paper towel to squeeze it.
3. Add the grated potatoes on the hot frying pan, spread them out along the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle some salt and pepper on the potatoes. If they have been fried to golden brown on the bottom. Put them on the serving plate. Serve for 4 people.

 

What should we do first to make crispy hash brown?

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom in Java that was attacked by another kingdom. The King asked his Queen to save her life. Alas! In the middle of the jungle, the enemy killed all her guards. However, the Queen was lucky because she changed herself into a golden snail and survived.                 One day, an old woman saw the snail and took it home. She looked after it. Whenever the old woman was not at home, the snail turned into a human being. She cooked and did the household chores. When the old woman got home, the Queen quickly changed into a snail again. It happened several times and made the old woman curious. One day, the old woman peeped and saw what was going on. She broke in, immediately. She asked, “Why did you change yourself into a snail? ”. The Queen told her what happened. The old woman was surprised to know that the snail was a Queen.                 Later, from the head of the village they discovered that the King had won the battel and he was looking for his wife. Then the village head sent a message to the King telling him that his wife was safe.                 Several days later, the King and his guards came for the Queen. They thanked the villagers for their kindness and brought the old women to their palace.

What does the second paragraph tell you about?