Soal Eksklusif: Prepositions of Time and Place (In, On, At)

This text is for questions 46 to 48.

ONCE upon a time, a grandmother and her granddaughter lived in Roti Island, Nusa Tenggara Timur. They had a field and grew some vegetables. The grandmother sold them at the market.

In one morning, the grandmother would go to the market. Before she left, she asked her granddaughter to cook.
"Please cook some rice for lunch. But just cook one grain of rice. It’s enough for both of us."
"Why, Grandma?" asked the girl.
"Just do what I said."

The grandmother then left for the market. Later, the girl started to cook. However, she felt a grain of rice would not be enough for them.
"I think it’s not enough for me and my grandmother." Then she took two handfuls of rice. Suddenly, something bad happened to the rice pot. "Oh, no! The rice flowed out of the pot!" shouted the girl. "What should I do? The rice became rice porridge. It flowed and flowed until it covered the kitchen. Suddenly, the grandmother came home. The girl explained what happened.

"You are a naughty girl! Why didn’t you listen to me? The grandmother was so angry. She hit the girl with a wooden stick.
"Please forgive me, Grandma!" The little girl cried and cried. But the grandmother kept hitting her.

Then, an incredible thing happened! The girl turned into a monkey. The monkey then ran away and climbed a tree. The grandmother chased it. From the tree, the monkey said.
"Grandmother, I’m a monkey now. I cannot live with you anymore. You are all alone."

The monkey climbed up and disappeared. The grandmother was very sad. She regretted what she had done to her beloved granddaughter. "Please come back to me. Please forgive me, my granddaughter!" but it was too late.

The little girl has turned into a monkey and never came home. The people of Roti Island believe this story. And that is until now; people in the Roti Island never hit their children or other people’s child. They are afraid that the child would turn into a monkey. ***

46. What is the purpose of the text above?

A. to describe characters in a story	B. to tell what happened with the characters in a story
C. to argue why story is important	D. to teach moral value with a story

Jawaban & Analisa Nomor 46

Jawaban benar: D

Analisa:

Teks ini adalah cerita rakyat yang berakhir dengan pesan: “people in the Roti Island never hit their children ... They are afraid that the child would turn into a monkey.” Artinya cerita dipakai untuk mengajarkan nilai moral (jangan memukul anak, jangan mudah marah, dengarkan nasihat, dan menyesal setelah terlambat).

A. Salah, teks tidak fokus menggambarkan karakter secara rinci; yang dominan adalah rangkaian peristiwa.

B. Kurang tepat sebagai tujuan utama, karena selain menceritakan peristiwa, teks jelas menutup dengan pelajaran/akibat moral bagi masyarakat.

C. Salah, teks tidak berargumen tentang pentingnya cerita.

D. Benar, tujuan utamanya memberi pelajaran moral melalui cerita.

47. What happened when the granddaughter cooked the rice?

A. The rice pot exploded	B. The girl turned into a monkey
C. The grandmother was so angry	D. The porridge flooded the kitchen

Jawaban & Analisa Nomor 47

Jawaban benar: D

Analisa:

Ketika gadis memasak dengan “two handfuls of rice”, terjadi kejadian: “The rice became rice porridge. It flowed and flowed until it covered the kitchen.” Jadi yang terjadi adalah bubur mengalir dan menutupi dapur.

A. Salah, teks tidak menyatakan panci meledak; yang disebut adalah “something bad happened” lalu bubur mengalir keluar.

B. Salah, berubah menjadi monyet terjadi kemudian setelah dipukul nenek (bagian berikutnya), bukan saat memasak.

C. Salah, nenek marah setelah pulang dan melihat kejadian, bukan “when cooked”.

D. Benar, sesuai kalimat “covered the kitchen.”

48. “The grandmother chased it,” (paragraph 5)
The word “it” refers to....

A. thing	B. monkey
C. tree	D. wooden stick

Jawaban & Analisa Nomor 48

Jawaban benar: B

Analisa:

Kalimat sebelumnya: “The girl turned into a monkey. The monkey then ran away and climbed a tree. The grandmother chased it.” Kata ganti “it” merujuk pada kata benda terdekat dan paling logis yang dikejar, yaitu the monkey.

A. Salah, “thing” tidak menjadi objek yang berlari dan memanjat pohon.

B. Benar, yang lari dan dikejar adalah monyet.

C. Salah, nenek tidak mengejar pohon; pohon adalah tempat monyet memanjat.

D. Salah, wooden stick adalah alat memukul, bukan yang dikejar.

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