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The Necessity of Salt

Once upon a time there was a king who had three daughters. Because they were good and beautiful he loved them all sincerely. He did not know which one he should appoint as queen. As his birthday approached he summoned his daughters and said to them, "My dear children, I love all three of you sincerely, and for a long time have not known which one of you I should name to be the heir to my throne. But I have now decided that the one of you shall become queen who brings to me a birthday present that is most necessary in human life. Go and make your plans accordingly and with utmost diligence." The old king's birthday arrived, and the two oldest daughters brought him presents that were very necessary, but at the same time extremely expensive. However, the youngest daughter brought him nothing more than a little pile of salt in a decorated container. When the king saw her present, he became very angry, and he drove his daughter out of the castle, forbidding her ever again to let herself be seen by him. With deep sorrow the rejected daughter went out into the unknown world, comforted only by her faith in her own good sense. After walking a good while she came to an inn. There she found a female innkeeper who thoroughly understood cooking. She entered an apprenticeship with her and soon exceeded even the innkeeper in the art of cooking.

News spread far and wide of the excellent cook in this inn, and everyone who came this way and who still had a few kreuzers left in his pocket stopped to be served a roast or something even more elegant.

The king heard of the cook's reputation, and he hired her as court cook. Now it came to pass that the oldest princess was getting married, and the famous cook was assigned the preparation of the wedding feast, with no expenses to be spared. Thus on the wedding day one elegant dish after the other was served until the table almost cracked. Everything was excellently prepared, and everyone praised the cook. Finally the king's favorite dish arrived. Quickly taking a spoon he tasted it. "This has not been salted!" he cried out angrily. "Have the cook brought before me!" They quickly ran for the cook, who entered the hall undaunted. "Why did you forget to salt my favorite dish, you careless girl?" snapped the king at her. The cook answered, "You drove away your youngest daughter because she thought that salt was so necessary. Perhaps you can now see that your child was not so wrong."When the king heard these words he recognized his daughter, begged her for forgiveness, asked her to be seated at his side, and accepted her once again as his dear child. Then the wedding became doubly joyful. The king lived happily with his children for many years thereafter.

1. The text is about…

a. a princess who wanted to celebrate her birthday.
b. a king who became a famous cook.
c. a princess who proved that salt was so necessary.
d. a princess who finally got married with a famous cook.
e. A princess who drove his own father out of their castle.

2. Why did the King ask his daughters to bring him a birthday present that was the most necessary thing in human life?

a. To show that he was the most powerful man in the kingdom.
b. To see who loved him most
c. To decide who would be his cook.
d. To decide who would marry with the prince.
e. To decide who would be the next queen

3. Why did the King drive his youngest daughter out of his castle?

a. Because she wanted to become a cook.
b. Because he thought that she did not respect him.
c. Because the King did not want her got married with the Prince.
d. Because he wanted to prepare her to become the queen.

e. Because she did not want to give him any birthday gift.

4. Where did the King's daughter learn to cook?

a. In the castle.
b. In a villager's house.
c. In a famous restaurant.
d. In an inn.
e. In a course.

5. Why did the King ask the famous cook to prepare the wedding fest?

a. Because the King knew that it was his daughter.
b. Because people believed that she was the best cook in the kingdom.
c. Because she applied for the position of King's cook.
d. Because the King wanted to prove that salt was not so importance.
e. Because the King did not any other cook in the kingdom.

6. How did the King's daughter prove that salt is the most necessary thing in human live?

a. By giving the King a container of salt.
b. By telling the King that she is the famous cook.
c. By serving dishes cooked with much salt.
d. By serving very sweet dishes.
e. By serving dishes cooked without salt.

7. The word "undaunted" in paragraph 8 is contradictory in meaning to …

a. Curious
b. Fearless
c. Doubt
d. Confused
e. Afraid

Questions 8 .The following questions will test how well you understand certain passages. Answer these questions on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage.

During the 1890's in America, child labor was common in the garment trade.Textile manufacturers squeezed workers into small, cramped, poorly ventilated workplaces known as sweatshops. Factory labor had a devastating effect on children's lives. For example, children who worked six-day weeks in a candy factory refused gifts of candy. The legs of a 7-year-old girl were paralyzed and deformed because she worked "day after day with little legs crossed, pulling out basting from garments.”

8. The purpose of the passage is to present

a. a personal observation
b. a solution to the problem
c. factual information
d. opposing scientific theories

Questions 9- 10 are based on the following passage

Research shows that young children who are read to on a regular basis will grow up to be better readers. When children sit in their parent's lap and listen to stories, they are learning about the pleasures of reading and the patterns of language. When you see children turning the pages of a book, looking at the pictures, and telling the story, often from memory, they are engaged in what is called emergent literacy. Parents can foster this early language and literacy development by talking with their children, telling them stories, reading to them every day, and surrounding them with books.

9. The writer's main point is that..

a. parents should read to their children
b. every day children must learn the alphabet before they can learn to read
c. pretend reading is one of the first steps toward learning
d. how to read parents should buy their children lots of books

10. Emergent literacy is best defined as ..

a. the practice of pretend reading
b. reading to children every day
c. patterns of language
d. early language and reading development

Questions 11 - 15:

The next artist in this survey of American artist is James Whistler; he is included in this survey of American artist because he was born in the United States, although the majority of his artwork was completed in Europe. Whistler was born in Massachusetts in 1834, but nine years later his father moved the family to St. Petersburg, Russia, to work on the construction of a railroad. The family returned to the United States in 1849. Two years later Whistler entered the U.S. military academy at West Point, but he was unable to graduate. At the age of twenty-one Whistler went to Europe to study art despite familial objections, and he remained in Europe until his death.

Whistler worked in various art forms, including etchings and lithographs. However, he is most famous for his paintings, particularly Arrangement in Gray and Black No. 1: Portrait of the Artists Mother or Whistlers Mother, as it is more commonly known. This painting shows a side view of Whistlers mother, dressed I black and posing against a gray wall. The asymmetrical nature of the portrait, with his mother seated off-center, is highly characteristic of Whistlers work.

11. The paragraph preceding this passage most likely discusses

a. A survey of eighteenth-century art
b.a different American artist
c. Whistlers other famous paintings
d. European artists

12. Which of the following best describes the information in the passage?

a. Several artists are presented
b. One artists life and works are described
c. Various paintings are contrasted
d. Whistlers family life is outlined.

13. Whistler is considered an American artist because
a. he was born in America
b.he spent most of his life in American
c. he served in the U.S. military
d. he created most of his famous art in America

14. The world majority in line 2 is closest in meaning to

a. seniority
b.maturity
c. large pieces
d. high percentage

15. It is implied in the passage that Whistlers family was
a. unable to find any work at all in Russia
b.highly supportive of his desire to pursue art
c. working class
d. military

16. The word objections in line 7 is closest in meaning to
a. protests
b.goals
c. agreements
d. battle

Questions 17-20

The locations of stars in the sky relative to one another do not appear to the naked eye to change, and as a result stars are often considered to be fixed in position. Many unaware stargazers falsely assume that each star has its own permanent home in the nighttime sky.
In reality, though, stars are always moving, but because of the tremendous distances between stars themselves and from stars to Earth, the changes are barely perceptible here. An example of a rather fast-moving star demonstrates why this misconception prevails; it takes approximately 200 years for a relatively rapid star like Bernard’s star to move a distance in the skies equal to the diameter of the earth’s moon. When the apparently negligible movement of the stars is contrasted with the movement of the planets, the stars are seemingly unmoving.

17. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

a. What the eye can see in the sky
b. Bernard’s star
c. Planetary Movement
d. The Ever moving stars

18. The expression “naked eye” in line 1 most probably refers to

a. a telescope
b.a scientific method for observing stars
c. unassisted vision
d. a camera with a powerful lens

19. According to the passage, the distances between the stars and Earth are

a. barely perceptible
b. huge
c. fixed
d. moderate

20. The word “perceptible” in line 5 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

a. noticeable
b. persuasive
c. conceivable
d. astonishing

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kunci jawaban :

1. C
2. E
3. B
4. D
5. B
6. C
7. A
8. C
9. C
10. D
11. B
12. B
13. A
14. D
15. C
16. A
17. D
18. C
19. B
20. A