CHAPTER 5 NARRATIVE TEXT

Read the following text to answer questions number 1 to 3.

A Story from the Farm Yard
Two roosters were fighting fiercely to be the king of the farm yard. One finally gained advantage and the
other surrendered.
The loosing rooster slunk away and hid itself in a quiet corner. The winner flew up to a high wall, flapped
its wings and crowed its victory, as loud as it could.
Suddenly, an eagle came sailing through the air and carried it off, with its talons. The loosing rooster
immediately came out of its corner and ruled the farm yard from then on.

1. From the text we know that ... c. The eagle took the winning rooster as
a. Only one rooster can rule the roost its prey
b. The roosters are fighting to flap their d. The winning rooster celebrates its
wings winning proudly
c. The eagle had watched them all day 3. What can we learn from the story?
d. The farm needs a new king a. There's always a bigger enemy in this
2. What is the main idea of paragraph 3? life
a. An eagle watching the rooster from a b. Your friend can be your enemy
distance c. Always grab an opportunity before
b. The loosing rooster came out from its you
hiding place d. Don't be cocky when we have
achieved our goal

Read the following text to answer questions number 4 to 7

Mouse Deer and Mr. Crocodile

One day, a mouse deer was walking by the river. He was very starving because he hadn't eaten since morning.
It was midday. But he found nothing in the land but dying trees. "Huh... I hate this branches, I don't like it!"
Across the river, there was green grassland, with young leaves. 'Hmm.. it seems delicious' imagined the
mouse deer, 'but how can I get there? I can't swim, the current is very rapid?'
The mouse deer was figuring out the way how to reach there. Suddenly, he jumped to the air,'aha.: he then
walked to the edge of the river. He didn't see the reflection because the water flowed very fast. He dipped
one of his fore legs into the water. A few moment later, appeared Mr. Crocodile showing his sharp teeth. He
then laughed, "Ha... ha... ha, you can't run away from me, You'll be my tasty lunch!" said the crocodile.
"Of course I can't. You are very strong, Mr. Croco," replied the mouse deer frightened. Then, the other
crocodiles approached moving slowly. They approached the edge of the river.
"But, before you all have a party, I wonder how many your members are there in the river. If I know your
number exactly, I can distribute my meat evenly, “said the mouse deer.
"Oh...o, great, good idea! But we are a large group, I can't count it precisely," Mr. Croco moaned. "Leave it
to me, and I can make it for you!" Now, can you ask the others to line up, from one edge to the other edge
of the river? The mouse deer requested. Then the crocodiles arranged themselves in line from one edge to
the other edge of the river. The mouse deer jumped to the body of one crocodile to the others while he was
counting, 'one, two, three; and so forth up to ten. Then at last he arrived at grassland, and he thanked to the
dumb crocodiles.

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 4. Why did mouse deer want to go across the 6. " .... But we are a large group, I can't count
river? it precisely," The underlined word has
a. Because he was very hungry closest meaning with....
b. Because he wanted to cheat Mr. a. Accurately
Crocodile b. Objectively
c. He wanted to eat some dying trees c. Definitely
d. He was afraid of the current of the river d. Obviously
5. How many crocodiles were there in the 7. After reading the text, we may conclude
story above? that the mouse deer was...
a. Three crocodiles a. Very greedy animal
b. Ten crocodiles b. Cunning animal
c. Thirteen crocodiles c. Dumb animal
d. Not mentioned d. Frightened animal

Read the following text to answer questions number 8 to 9.

The Bear and the Two Friends "Friend, what did the bear tell you into your
Once, two friends were walking through the ears?" The other friend replied, "He advised me
forest. They knew that anything dangerous can not to believe a false friend.
happen to them at any time in the forest. So they 8. What can we get from the story?
promised each other that they would remain a. We have to save ourselves
united in case of danger. b. We have to learn how to climb
Suddenly, they saw a large bear approaching tern. c. Bear will not harm a dead man
One of the friends at once climbed a nearby tree. d. True friend always stand by us in ups
But the other one did not know how to climb. So and downs
being led by his common sense, he lay down on 9. "He advised me not to believe a false
the ground breathless, pretending to be a dead friend." (Paragraph 3) The underlined
man. word refers to....
The bear came near the man lying on the ground. a. The bear
It smelt his ears and slowly left the place. Because b. The dead man
the bear did not touch him, the friend on the tree c. The friend who cannot climb
came down and asked his friend on the ground, d. The friend who climb the tree

Read the text to answer question 10 to 12

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 and drew pictures everywhere. One night, he dreamt that an old man gave him a
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, he used the paintbrush to help people. Whenever he drew the pictures, they became 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.
When Ma Liang came, he said to him, “If you draw some pictures for me and turn them to life, I will set you
free”. The young man said, “I can help you, but you should obey your words”. The bad man felt very happy
and said, I want to Golden Mountain. I will go there to gather gold.” The young man drew a sea first. Then
the young man drew a golden mountain which was far away from the sea. After that he drew a big ship. The

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bad man jumped into the ship. When the ship sailed to the middle of the sea, the young man drew a large
wave and it destroy the ship. After that, the young man lived with his family happily and kept on helping the
poor people. So the magic paint brush was known by everyone.
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10. What is the topic of the story?

a. A magic paintbrush and helpful man.
b. A good painter and a wise king
c. A clever painter and a wise king
d. A young man and his king
11. If Ma Liang didn’t do what the King asked he would ...
a. Live alone in the golden mountain
b. Be poor
c. Stayed in jail
d. Lose in the sea
12. What would happen if Ma Liang didn’t kill the King?
a. A king would get a lot of gold
b. The king would kill him
c. He would get big price from the King
d. He wouldn’t be able to help

Read the text to answer question 13 to 15

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 the morning, the granddaughter would go to the market. Before she left, she asked her granddaughter to
cook.
“Please cook some rice for lunch. But just cook one gain 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 enough for them.
“I think it’s not enough for me and my grandmother”. Then she cooked two handfuls of rice. Suddenly,
something bad happened to the rice pot. “OH, no! The rice flowed out and flowed until it covered the kitchen.
Suddenly, the grandmother came home. The girl explained what happened.
“You are naughty girl! Why didn’t you listen to me? The grandmother was so angry. She hit the girl with
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 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 come home. The people of Roti Island believe this story.
And that is until now; people in Roti Island never hit their children or other people’s child. They are afraid the
child would turn into a monkey.

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 13. What is the purpose of the text above? a. The rice pot exploded
a. To describe characters in a story b. The girl turned into a monkey
b. To tell what happened with the characters c. The grandmother was so angry
in a story d. The porridge flooded the kitchen.
c. To argue why story is important 15. “The grandmother chased it.” (Paragraph 5).
d. To teach moral value with the story The word it refers to.....
a. Thing
14. What happened when granddaughter cooked b. Monkey
the rice? c. Tree
d. Wooden stick
Sumber: Soal UN 2016/2017

This text is for question 16 to 18

The King of mice lived inside a bayan tree forest. One day, a poor man was cutting down some trees. As he
started to cut down the bayan tree, the king of mice grew frightened “please, leave the tree standing” he
said to the woodcutter”, and I’ll give you a piece of gild every day”.
The woodcutter agreed. So, every evening the king of 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 to home and showed them
to his wife.
After a few days, his wife asked him, “where does 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 are a robber”.
The woodcutter was frightened of his wife when she was angry. So she said, “Every evening the king of 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 down the tree and take it all away?”
The woodcutter did as she was told. He cut down the tree. But when he looked under the roots, the
gold was not there. The king of mice had run away too.
That night, the king of mice crept up to the woodcutter’s house and took back all the gold. So the
woodcutter was as poor as before.

16. What is the purpose of the text? b. He was afraid of the king of mice
a. To describe the king of mice who lived c. The king of the mice lived inside a
inside a bayan tree in a forest bayan tree
b. To present information about d. The king of the mice never gave the
woodcutter and the king of mice gold to the poor
c. To entertain readers about the story of 18. What we can learn from the story above?
woodcutter and the king of the mice. a. The greedy person would never satisfy
d. To tell the readers that the woodcutter himself
was a poor man at the end of the story b. The tricky person will get a problem
17. Why did the woodcutter cut down the tree? c. The lazy person will never success
a. He wanted to get more gold d. The poor person must work hard

This text is for question 19 to 22

A mother duck and her little duckling were on their way to a lake one day. The ducklings were very happy
following their mother and quack-quacking along the way. All of a sudden the mother duck saw a fox at the
distance she was frightened and shouted, “Children, hurry to the lake. There’s a fox”.

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The duckling hurried toward the lake. The mother duck wondered what to do. She began to walk back and
forth dragging one wing on the ground. When the fox saw her, he became happy. He said to himself. “It
seems that she’s hurt and can’t fly! I can easily catch and eat her!” Then he ran towards her.
The duck’s mother ran, leading the fox away from the lake. The fox followed her. Now he wouldn’t be able
to harm her ducklings. The duck’ mother look toward her duckling and saw that they had reached the lake.
She was relieved, so she stopped and took a deep breath. The fox thought she was tired and he came closer,
but the duck mother quickly speed her wings and rose up in the air. She landed in the middle of the lake and
her ducklings swam approach her.
The fox started in disbelief at the mother duck and ducklings. He could not reach them because they were in
the middle of the lake. In this way she fooled her enemy thinking she was hurt. When the enemy followed
her, this gave her children time escape.

19. What does the text tell us about? c. Mother duck ran away from the fox and
a. A tricky fox finding his prey left the lake.
b. A smart duckling in running away from d. The fox was successful to the duck’s
fox mother away
c. A good effort the ducklings in searching 21. What would happen to mother duck if she
food. didn’t pretend to be hurt? She would ...
d. A clever way of mother duck protecting a. Be caught by the fox
her little ducklings b. Lose her children
20. What is the main idea of the third c. Run away soon
paragraph? d. Be happy
a. Mother duck tricked the fox to save her 22. From the text we learn that we have to be ...
duckling a. Smart to save ourselves from enemy
b. The fox was finally succeeded to get the b. Calm to make the enemy run away
ducklings. c. Smart to make the enemy happy
d. Calm to save the time

Sumber : Soal UN 2017/2018

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 could go to the sky playground to play with the slide. But since there was only
one 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 become grey. It meant they were very angry. When the cloud were angry, water usually come out
their bodies. It meant rain for the people on the earth.
“Stop it, children! Stop fighting!” Papa cloud said.
“You can play with the slide turns. Now, shake hands. Both of you!” order Papa cloud.
Lody and Tody shake hands and slowly their colors changed. Their bodies became fair white again. The rain
stopped and people on earth cloud go on their activities again.
(Adapted from: FUN English Magazine, edisi 4,VIII)

23. The mainly tells about ... 24. What is the main idea of last paragraph?
a. The cloud family a. Lody and Tody was fighting
b. Using slide to play b. Lody is angry with his brother
c. Playing slide in the sky c. Lody and tody could stop raining
d. Struggling to get slide d. Loddy and tody stopped their fighting

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25. What happened when the children cloud got angry?
a. The slide was broken
b. There was rain on earth
c. The sun shined brightly
d. The cloud became grey

26. From the text we can learn that one have to be ...
a. Cool
b. Patient
c. Impolite
d. Annoyed

Sumber: Paket soal B UN 2017/2018

This text is for question 27 to 30

A long time ago, several children were playing at a seaside when they found a turtle. They began to
abuse the turtle. After a while, a young man came and said to them, “Stop it!” The children went away.
“I really appreciate your kindness. Really would like to invite you to a wonderful place now”, the
turtle said. As soon as the young man got on the back of the turtle, he was taken a secret palace under the
sea. When he arrived, he was very surprised and said, “What a nice place!”
The palace was very beautiful and the king of the turtles hosted a feast for him. He had never
experienced such a grand feast. He received a warm welcome and he was satisfied with everything. He
thought there was no other place nicer. He said to the turtle, “thank you I am glad to have meet you.”
When he left, the turtle said, “I am going to give you two boxes, but you can only open one of the
boxes. You must not open both. Don’t forget!”
“All right. I will open only one,” he promised. After saying good bye, he returned to land. On arrival
home, he opened the bigger box. To his amazement, there was a great deal of gold of it.
“Heavens!” he said loudly. He was rich now. He thought, “The other one must also be full of
money.” He could not refrain from opening the other box, so he opened it.
As soon as opened the box, he become an old man. His hair turned white and his face was
wrinkled, like an old man of over eighty years of age. It all happened in instant. After that he regretted what
he did. “Just because I broke my promise,” he said. But it was too late.
Adapted from :http//www.topics-mag.com/folk
27. How did the young man save the turtle? 29. What was the young man’s character?
a. He scolded the boys a. He was kind and honest
b. He released it from a net b. He was kind, but greedy
c. He bought it back from the boys c. He was polite and wise.
d. He asked the boys to put it back. d. He was brave, but greedy.
28. “To his amazement, there was a great 30. What is the moral value of the story?
deal of gold in it.” (paragraph 5) a. We should respect to each other
a. The land b. Sincerity gives us happiness
b. The turtle c. Let’s do anything wholeheartedly
c. The big box d. We should always keep our word
d. The small box

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There was certainly in their stories a lesson for those of understanding. Never was the Qur'an a
narration invented, but a confirmation of what was before it
and a detailed explanation of all things and guidance and mercy for a people who believe.
(QS. Yusuf 111)

Sesungguhnya pada kisah-kisah mereka itu terdapat pengajaran bagi orang-orang yang mempunyai
akal. Al Quran itu bukanlah cerita yang dibuat-buat, akan tetapi membenarkan (kitab-kitab) yang
sebelumnya dan menjelaskan segala sesuatu,
dan sebagai petunjuk dan rahmat bagi kaum yang beriman.
(QS. Yusuf 111)

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