ENGLISH DAILY TEST OF 9HI

NAME : Bryan Felix O.S

CLASS:9I

Please answer these questions by choosing the right one

The Wind and The Sun

The wind and the sun argued about which of them was the strongest. The wind said: “I’m so
powerful that I can blow all the cloud out of the sky.” The sun said: “I’m more powerful because I
can heat up sea below and this will produce many more clouds”

For a longtime the sun and the wind kept on arguing. Just then, they saw a boy walking along
the road below. He was wearing a coat. The wind suddenly has an idea. He said: “Let’s see who
can get the coat off the boys back.” The sun agreed

The wind started first. He blew as hard as he could. He blew from behind and he blew from in
front of the boy. The harder he blew, the more tightly the boy held on his coat to keep it from
blowing away. After a while, the wind gave up.

Then, it was the sun turn. It came out from behind the clouds and shone on the boy. The boy felt
warm. After that, it began hotter and hotter. Soon the boy could not stand the heat any longer.
He took his coat off. The sun won.

1. Who had idea of getting of the coat from the boys’ back?

A. The sun

B. The wind

C. The boy

D. The winter

Answer : B
2. What did the boy do to keep the coat on from blowing away?

A. He tied it with a rope

B. He buttoned it

C. He held it tightly

D. He blew

Answer : C

3. What did the sun do to take the boy’s coat off his body?

A. He shone brightly

B. He took off the boy’s coat

C. He blew as hard as he could

D. He came out from behind the clouds

Answer : A

4. What can we learn from the story?

A. We may be more successful by being gentle than by using force

B. We must try hard to cheat others when we want to be successful

C. We should be trick to people around us

D. We should be deceitful to win a game

 Answer : A

5. “It came out from … “(paragraph 4)

The underlined word refers to …

A. The boy

B. The wind

C. The could

D. The sun

Answer : D

The Magic Candle

One day, a young wanderer got lost in the wood. Suddenly he saw a light from an old hut. He
knocked on the door, and an old women opened it. She was crying. She said that the devil had
stolen her magic candle. The candle could grant anything she asked. The wanderer asked her
where the devil lived. “In the castle not far from here,’ said the women.

The wanderer went to the castle. There, he found the devil. He was old and weak. Therefore,
when the wanderer grabbed the magic candle from the devil’s and ran away, the devil could not
chase him.

The wanderer, actually, was not a kind man. He did not return the candle to the old woman, but
kept it for himself. He lit the candle and made a wish, “I wish to go far away from here.”
Suddenly a genie appeared and took him to beautiful palace. There was a party in the palace.
The wanderer wanted to make some money. So, he lit the candle again and wished for some
jewelry. He sold it to the guest and was soon making a lot of money.

The princess came to buy some jewelry, but there was nothing left. The wanderer fell in love
with her and asked her to marry him. “Would you marry me?” asked the wanderer.

“Yes! The princess answered.

Then, they got married the next day. In the happiness, the wanderer told the princess about his
adventure and the magic candle. Hearing that, the Princess got very angry. That night, she lit
the candle and wished that the wanderer would disappear.

In the morning, the wanderer woke up and found himself back in his own ugly house in is
village.

6. Why the old women crying?

A. Because the magic candle taken by the devil

B. Because the magic candle taken by the wanderer

C. Because the magic candle is lost

D. Because the magic candle is not working to grant her wish

Answer : A

Coconut Palm

A coconut palm (Coconut nucifera), is a tree of the palm family (Arecaceae). The slender,
leaning, ringed trunk of the tree rises to height of up to 25 m (80 feet) from a swollen base and
is surmounted by a graceful crown of giant, featherlike leaves. The mature fruits of a coconut
palm is avoid or ellipsoid in shape, 300-450 mm (12 –18 inches) in length, and 150-200 mm in
diameter and have a thick, fibrous husk surrounding the single-seeded nut. Coconuts produce
fruits all year round in a spiral pattern reaching toward the sky. Coconuts produce fruits all year
round in a spiral pattern reaching toward the sky. Coconut trees grow in the tropical climate.

7. The general classification is in …

A. sentence 1
B. sentence 2
C. sentence 3
D. sentence 4
Answer : A
 8. According to the paragraph above, the true statement is …

A. coconuts produce fruits once a year

B. coconuts trees do not produce fruits

C. mature fruits do not have husks

D. coconut trees cannot grow in the continental climate

Answer : D

9. … in diameter and have a thick …

The antonym of the underline word is …

A. deep

B. slim

C. thin

D. slight

Answer : C

10. The fruits of a coconut is cover by …

A. a leaves

B. a husk

C. a trunk

D. a seed

Answer : B

11. The purpose of the text above is …

A. to explain how coconut tree grow

B. to present argument about coconut trees from different viewpoints

C. to present information about coconut trees in general

D. to persuade readers to plant coconut trees

Answer : C

I HAVE A DREAM

I Have a Dream, a song to sing

To help me cope, with anything

If you see the wonder, of a fairy tale

You can take the future, even if you fail

I believe in angels

Something good in everything I see

I believe in angels

When I know the time is right for me

I'll cross the stream, I Have a Dream

I Have a Dream, a fantasy

To help me through, reality

And my destination, makes it worth the while

Pushing through the darkness, still another mile

I believe in angels
 Something good in everything I see

I believe in angels

When I know the time is right for me

I'll cross the stream, I Have a Dream

I'll cross the stream, I Have a Dream

12. What is the message that the writer want to deliver?

A. Don’t afraid when we cross the stream and through the darkness

B. we have to believe that angel is exist even we cannot see clearly

C. stop dreaming because it just fantasy not reality

D. Dream makes us have a hope and believe we can reach it

Answer : D

13. How is the writer / singer feel when sing the song?

A. sad

B. satisfy

C. optimism

D. afraid

Answer : C

14. From the text we know that … except …

 A. the dream will come true as long as we believe

B. the dream will come true in the right time

C. our dream helps us cope anything on the way

D. our dream just a fantasy as a fairy tale

Answer : D

15.If you see the wonder…

The synonym of the underlined word is …

A. amazement

B. stunning

C. beautiful

D. believable

Answer : A

NO PERTANYAAN PILIHAN JAWABAN

16 Sets the scene - introduces participants about

place and character in the story A. Once upon a time

17 In a flash, the frog turned into a … prince B. Lucky

18 The character in the text are animals C. Science - Fiction

19 … there were three little pigs and the time for D. Complication
 them to leave home and seek their fortunes

20 Tells the beginning of the problems which leads to

the crisis of the main participants E. Orientation

F. Re – Orientation

G. Fable

H. Finally

I. Moral Value

J. Resolution

K. Fairy tale

L. Handsome

The answer

16.E

17.L

18.G
19.A

20.D