Latihan Narrative Text

 Exercise 1 Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.

The following test is for question 1 to 5.

Once upon a time there was a rose who was very proud of its beautiful looks. Its only disappointment was that it grew next to an ugly cactus. Every day, the rose would insult he cactus on its looks while the cactus stayed quiet. All the other plants in the garden tried to make the rose see sense, but it was too swayed by it own good looks.
One summer, the well in the garden grew dry and there was no water for the plants. The rose began to wilt. I saw a sparrow dip its beak into the cactus for some water. Though ashamed, the rose asked the cactus if it could have some water too. The cactus readily agreed and they both got through the tough summer as friends.

1. What is the story about?
A. Two different, but special plants.
B. A beautiful, but arrogant rose.
C. Two plants in a beautiful garden.
D. A beautiful rose and an ugly cactus.

2. From the story, we know that the cactus was …
A. brave
B. wise
C. patient
D. humble

3. The rose ignored other plants’ advice to change its attitude because …
A. it believed it was the prettiest.
B. it could change others to do so.
C. it thought that it was right.
D. it didn’t trust other plant.

4. What is the similar word of the "tough" in "... the tough summer as friends."

          A.  clean
          B. long
          C. hard
          D. wide

5. What can you learn from the story?
A. Don’t allow others influence your life.
B. Never judge the others by the way they look.
C. Respect others and they may respect you either.
D. Don’t let anyone underestimate you because of your look.

The following test is for question 6 to 10.

Once upon a time an owl and a pigeon met and talked.
“There are more owls than pigeons,” said Owl.
“No, way,” said Pigeon, “There are many more pigeons.”
“Let’s count!” answered Owl, “We will meet in the big wood a week from today.”
On that day. the owls came first. The trees were full of them. The owls laughed and said, ” Oowah-wah-wah!”
Soon they heard a loud roar from the sky. Pigeons were coming from everywhere! The owls could not believe there could be so many pigeons. They sat there moving their heads back and forth staring with wide eyes.
The owl stared so long and hard at the pigeons that their eyes just stayed that way. Then, one by one the one the owls took off, fled into the sky.
In the meantime, the pigeons were shouting to each other, celebrating their victory . Since then, owls have always travelled at night when the pigeons are asleep.

6. The writer’s purpose of writing the text is ….
A. to entertain the readers.
B. to describe owls and pigeons.
C. to relate the writer’s experience.
D. to explain how owls have big, flat eyes.

7. Why were the owls laughing when they first arrived?
A. They were making jokes about the pigeons.
B. They were telling foolish stories about the pigeons.
C. They were sure they would out number the pigeons.
D. They were talking about how ugly the pigeons were.

8. Why were the owls staring at the pigeons?
A. They were afraid that the pigeons would.
B. They were shocked there were so many pigeons.
C. They’d like to count the number of all the pigeons.
D. They wanted to scare the pigeons by acting wicked.

9.  In the meantime, the pigeons were shouting to each other, celebrating their victory.

The word 'their' refers to ...

       A. owls
B. pigeons
C. owls and pigeons
D. owls' and pigeons' enemies

10. What can we learn from the story?

       A. Boasting will do more harm to others.
B. Friendship is very easy to build.
C. We can do anything if we are together.
D. Being too proud does not make us noble.