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I remember the way when I first got Sandy, my 7 year old cat. I wanted to name her because she was so cute. My older sister Michelle convinced me to name her Sandy Bucket instead; so we could call her Sandy for short. I was so attached to Sandy. Every time I saw her, I couldn’t walk away, I would just have to hug her. I even slept at the end of my bed, so I can hug her the whole night even though I was freezing.

I always remember so many fun times with Sandy. Like when we would run and jump off the end of our pier, and Sandy would chase after us. When I was scared or mad, I would just hug Sandy and everything wouldn’t be so bad.

But one night, right before I went to bed, my mom let her out. While I went to sleep, my mom went to call Sandy back in. But she didn’t come in, so I thought she maybe went inside my neighbor’s house. As my mom and dad went outside to look for Sandy, I became really worried. They couldn’t find her. Every ten minutes they would go out to look for her, so I went to bed hoping she was safe. I just thought she got lost and would come back tomorrow.

The next day was the worst. My mom woke us early and told me and my sister, Michelle, that Sandy died last night. I was so sad did not want to do anything that day. When I was going to school, I could not stop crying. At school all my friends made me cards and tried to make me stop crying, but I couldn’t. My teachers would always look at me and ask why I was crying. Even my friends was crying with me.

When I got home I went to my room crying really loudly. I wanted to scream. I came downstairs and hugged my mom. She said we could get another cat. Then, she was trying to find a new cat on the Internet. But I did not want another cat. I wanted Sandy. She never found one that looked like Sandy or at the same age or even in the same kind.

That night I slept with my mom and we prayed for Sandy. I kept thinking she was a ghost at the end of the bed, so I stayed close to my mom. The next day I figured out that if Sandy was a ghost, she would not scare me or haunt me. She would be waiting for me to play with her.

I still think about Sandy every day and wish she could come back.

81. What kind of text is it?

    1. Narrative

    2. Recount

    3. Descriptive

    4. Anecdote

    5. Exposition

82. What is the main idea of the text?

    1. Sandy’s dead

    2. Looking for Sandy

    3. The lost of the beloved cat

    4. The sadness of the Sandy’s cat

    5. The cat and the owner

83. What is the purpose of the text?

    1. To tell the readers a joke

    2. To tell the readers about the past even

    3. To describe a place

    4. To tell the readers the story

    5. To describe a particular person

84. Which steps does the writer use to write the text?

    1. Abstract – Orientation – Crisis – Reaction

    2. Thesis – Argument – Recommendation

    3. Orientation – Evaluation – Complication

    4. Orientation – Events – Reorientation

    5. Orientation – Complication – Resolution

85. How could the cat get lost?

    1. The cat played with another cat.

    2. The cat slept on the owner’s bed.

    3. The writer’s mom let the cat in her house.

    4. Sandy sent her cat play out doors.

    5. Someone took the cat to the remote area.

86. What did the writer’s mom do to support the writer?

    1. She slept with the writer

    2. She bought a new cat

    3. She reported to policemen

    4. She was trying to find a new cat on the internet

    5. She asked the teacher to give me a cat

Text 2

Many people now have a card which enables them to withdraw money from an ATM. You just insert your card into the machine and key in your PIN (Personal Identification Number). Then, tell the machine how much money you want.

81. What kind of text is it?

    1. Narrative

    2. Procedure

    3. Exposition

    4. Anecdote

    5. Descriptive

82. The purpose of the text is ___ .

    1. to tell how to use ATM

    2. to check the customer’s account

    3. to explain to the readers how to use PIN

    4. to persuade the readers to have credit card

    5. to describe a particular person

83. “Many people now have a card which enables them to …”. (paragraph 1).

The word “enables” means ___ .

1. asks

2. forces

3. allows

4. supports

5. believe

Text 3

The greenhouse effect is a/an 90 process that keeps the Earth 91 . It is cause by a layer of gases that 92 heat energy from the sun.

81. A. natural

2. artificial

3. tropical

4. industrial

5. logical

81. A. cold

2. warm

3. worm

4. hot

5. cool

81. A. traps

2. keeps

3. wants

4. supports

5. saves

Text 4

Vita : Good morning, Mr. Hadi.

Mr. Hadi : Good morning.

Vita : Mr. Hadi. I’m Vita. I’m a new student.

Mr. Hadi : 93 .

Vita : How do you do. It is nice to meet you.

Mr. Hadi : 94 , Vita.

81. A. How are you?

2. How do you do?

3. How is life?

4. You are welcome

5. I’m Mr. Hadi

81. A. Nice to meet you too

2. See you next time

3. You are welcome

4. It’s very kind of you

5. Don’t mention it

81. My mother was preparing the dinner when we ___ home yesterday.

    1. come

    2. came

    3. were coming

    4. are coming

    5. have come

81. Aldi : What were you doing when I phoned you last night?

Dina : I ___ my new books.

1. am reading

2. was reading

3. have been reading

4. will read

5. have read

81. Rosa watched TV ___ she finished her homework.

    1. but

    2. after

    3. although

    4. before

    5. while

81. Aldi ___ the book he borrowed you can read it now.

    1. has returned

    2. will returned

    3. is returning

    4. was returning

    5. returned

81. Do you know the man ___ told us a story yesterday.

    1. who

    2. whom

    3. whose

    4. which

    5. to whom

81. Romi : Does your uncle send his sons and daughters to university.

Rita : Yes, ___ he has low salary he can send his sons and daughters to university.

1. although

2. in spite of

3. while

4. whereas

5. and