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

Koala is a mammal living in a tree. It has a (41) … diet which is mostly leaves of eucalyptus trees. Koalas are sometimes called koala bears. However, koala are not bears. Young bears (cube) are grown (42) outside their mother’s body, but young koalas (43) … their development inside the mother’s pouch.

Once upon the 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 battle 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 woman to their palace.

 

What happened when the old woman found the snail?

A man and his son were going to the market. While they were walking, a country man passed and said, “You fool, what a donkey for but to ride upon?"

So the man put the boy on the donkey. But soon, some passersby said, "see that lazy young steer. He lets his father walk while he rides."

So the man ordered his boy to get off and got on himself, but the passerby "Shame on that lazy old man, he lets his poor son walk, while he rides"

The man did not know what to do. Last, he took his boy on the donkey. Then the passerby said "Aren't you ashamed of yourself for overloading the poor donkey?"

The man and the boy got off. They cut down a pole, tied the donkey's feet to it and raised the pole to their shoulders. They arrived to a bridge when the donkey, getting one of its feet loose, kick all out and caused the boy to drop his end of the pole. In the struggle, the donkey fell over the bridge and then it was drowned.

“…,tied the donkey’s feet to it …” (last paragraph) The underline word refer to …

In ancient times, the king placed a boulder on a roadway. Then he hid and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge risk. Some of the king’s wealthiest merchants countries came by and simply walked around it.

Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything to get big stone out the way. Then a peasant came along carry a load of vegetables. On approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After lots of pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. As the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying on the road where the boulder had been.

The purse contained a lot of gold coins and a note from the king indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The peasant learned what Many others never understand.What does the last paragraph tell us?

Adult butterflies can only feed on … (41), usually nectar. Their mouth parts are modified to enable them to drink, but they cannot chew solids. A proboscis, which functions .. (42) a drinking straw, stays curled up under the butterfly’s chin until it finds a source of nectar or other liquid nutrition. It then opens the long, tubular structure and … (43) up the nectar.

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 happened when the old women found the snail?

I’m so happy to have a close friend. She is my beloved classmate, Fafa. We’ve known each other since we were in grade 8. We were in the same class, and we still are in grade 9 until now.                 Fafa is a very kind and friendly girl. She is always ready to help other people. Although she comes from a rich family, she never looks down on other people. She is very sociable and has a lot of friends. She can interact easily with people from different ages. Therefore, she is also popular among teachers and parents.

The underlined word in “she can interact easily with people …” is closest in meaning to …

I’m so happy to have a close friend. She is my beloved classmate, Fafa. We’ve known each other since we were in grade 8. We were in the same class, and we still are in grade 9 until now.                 Fafa is a very kind and friendly girl. She is always ready to help other people. Although she comes from a rich family, she never looks down on other people. She is very sociable and has a lot of friends. She can interact easily with people from different ages. Therefore, she is also popular among teachers and parents.

What is the text about?

Sand and Stone

Ikhwan and Arif were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey, they had an argument and Ikhwan slapped Arif in the face. Arif was hurt, but he said nothing and wrote in the sand: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE."

They kept on walking and finally found an oasis. They decided to take a bath. Suddenly, Arif slipped on moss, hit his head and started drowning, but Ikhwan saved him. After Arif gained his consciousness, he carved on a stone "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE."

Ikhwan asked Arif,"After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you carved it on a stone, why?"

Arif replied,"when someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where wind of forgiveness would blow it away and when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.

Why did Arif carve on a stone? Because ....

The text tells us about  ....