DAILY TEST OF NARATIVE GRADE XI TEXT 1 On the last day of the holiday, Dad said What shall we do today?

Go out in the rowing boat,said Anne. Sail Sprite, said Alan. So they did both things at once. Sprite was a fine ship with two white sails and belonged to Alan.He held her fast by a long piece of string as she sailed behind the rowing boat. Dad rowed and Anne sat in the bows. Mum and Alan sat in the stern. The tide had turned and the water was running out of the river. We shall have to turn soon,said Dad. Or well get stuck in the mud. A sudden flurry of wind rocked the boat and Alan dropped his string. Stop rowing, he shouted, Ive lost sprite! Dad said sternly,Sit down! Youll have us all in the river! Alan tried to reach the string and nearly fell overboard. Ill get it, said Anne. Ill swim after it. Youll do no such a thing! cried Mum. But she was too late. Anne had scrambled out of the boat. The river was too full of weeds for Anne to swim. Help! she called in panic. Dad had to rescue Anne instead of Sprite. Sprite sailed into the reeds along the bank but a cow come down for a drink and pushed her out into the current again. Sprite came to the mouth of the river where some sailing boats were having a race. She sailed along with them but when they turned back up the river, Sprite went on out into the bay. The sea was rolling up the long sandy beach. A wave swept Sprite on to the shore so that she was almost shipwrecked on the rocks. She was saved just in time by some children who were fishing in the rock pools. Look what Ive found! one cried, launching Sprite in a pool. But later, when it was time to go home and the children were called by their mother, they forgot Sprite and she was left behind on the beach. Now the beach was deserted. The tide came up high and carried Sprite out ot sea. She rose and fell on the waves and the moon shone white on her white sails. There were fishing boats in the bay and Sprite was caught in a net with the fish. Early next morning the boat went back to harbor with her catch and the fish were sorted out on the deck ready to be sold. Somebodys lost a sailing boat! said one of the fishermen holding up Sprite. Mum and Dad, Anne and Alan had come down to the harbor for last look at the sea before they started for home. They watched the fishermen unload their catch. Then Alan shouted, Look at that fisherman, hes got Sprite! The fisherman climbed up on to the quay and Dad asked him about Sprite. We caught her in the net with the fish, said the fisherman. Glad to have found her for you. Alan was very happy, he thought he had lost Sprite forever. What a voyager must have had, said Dad. 1. Alan, Anne and their parents went out for their holiday . a. on foot d. by swimming b. by steam boat c. by sailing ship c. by rowing boat 2. Her a. b. c. in He held her fast refers to The sailing boat d. The sprite Anne e. The rowing boat Mum 4. During the voyage Alans father a. controlled the sail d. sat with his mother b. rowed the boat e. talked too much c. sat in the bows 5. One who helped catch loose sprite was a. Alan d. Mum b. Anne e. None c. Dad 6. Finally, one who caught the loosing ship was . a. a Cow d Children b. a fisherman e. Mum c. Anne 7. The following sentences are correct EXCEPT a. The fisherman was reluctant to give the ship back to Alan. b. The children didnt bring sprite home. c. Anne was failed to catch the loosing ship. d. Alans father warned them they would get danger if they stopped rowing. e. Alan lost his ship because of the flurry wind and the high tide. 8. The story tells you that . a. Alan lost his ship for one day long. b. Alan, Anne, Mum, Dad, The children and the fishermen gathered. c. The cows were grazing in the water. d. The fisherman caught the loosing ship by holding her string. e. Their journey made them unhappy and displeased. TEXT 2 Bernard knew his brother could not have done it. Max was too much of an idealist to have dealt in drugs. Yet he was arrested as a suspect. Bernard knew something was foul. Their whole family was breaking up. Their mother had fallen ill and their father was wandering about like a madman. Only Bernard stood firm. He was sure of the justice system. His brother would be released. His brother had been working as an immigration officer. In fact, he was due for promotion. Bernard knew that a lot of his brothers colleagues were jealous of him. One of them had probably hidden the drugs in his locker. But he had the only one key, so it looked as if no one else would have done it. Bernard was worried. The trial dragged on for weeks. The number of witnesses for the prosecution was many. Someone was out to get his brother. He decided to do something. He managed to speak to his brother and gathered from him whom he suspected of having framed him. He mentioned a name: Clive. He had been by passed many times for promotion because he was lazy. He hated Max. After that he went to the immigration checkpoint and spoke to the cleaner. He spent half a day talking to the elderly lady, trying to get her help. She was sympathetic and wanted to help in any way possible but was afraid. Bernard reassured her and finally managed to get her to give him a few items he asked for. Then Bernard went to see Maxs lawyer. 9. What does this text mainly talk about? a. Suspect of having dealt in drugs. b. Breaking up of whole family. c. Having been framed of Max. d. Being jealousy of Max. e. Getting promotion. 1

3. The sentence He had her fast by a long piece of string as she sailed behind the rowing boat, shows that sprite was a. rowing boat d. Annes toy b. a sailing boat e. Dads boat c. Alans toy

10. Where did the incident happen? a. In the hospital. d. At the jail. b. At the court. e. In Max office. c. At the lawyers office. 11. What was Max suspected to? a. To hide drugs in his locker. b. To be the trouble-maker of Clives promotion. c. To have hated Max. d. To have dealt in drugs. e. To be promoted. 12. Based on the text, which statement is NOT right? a. Bernard knew his brother couldnt have dealt in drugs. b. Max must have been working well in his office. c. A lot of Maxs colleagues were jealous of him. d. Max suspected Clive of having him framed. e. Clive had a good chance for promotion. 13. The a. b. c. word jealous (paragraph 2) is similar to . disagreeable d. envious unpleasant e. conflicted displeased

18. Who grumbles all the way? a. Albeit d. Everyone b. Auntie e. The neighbor c. The writer 19. Well, Auntie likes to check in on the sick and the old (paragraph 2,). The other word of check in is . a. examine d. report b. contact e. visit c. control 20. Everyone is fascinated with her boundless energy (last line, paragraph 2,). The underlined is close in meaning with a. strong d. with powerful b. elderly e. without limits c. helpful TEXT 4 Calonarang

14. Only Bernard stood firm. (paragraph 1). The italicized is close in meaning with . a. kept strong and sure b. had been survived c. had power and strength d. was optimistic e. was left alive 15. The following statement are right, EXCEPT; a. Bernard failed to get information from the elderly lady. b. Max works in an immigration office. c. Bernard has a strong belief that Max was not guilty. d. The drug was accidentally found in Maxs locker. e. Bernard worked hard to open the case. TEXT 3 A Helpful Neighbor

None of us knew her name but all call her Auntie and refer to her as the Auntie with big dog. Every evening we see her dog, Albeit, for a walk, or more accurately the dog taking her for a walk. From what everyone sees the dog pulls where it wants to go and she just follows, grumbling all the way. Auntie with the big dog is the most helpful neighbor in the block. She talks to everyone and invites herself to peoples home. She is typical of the old kampong neighbor that we hear our parents talking about at length when they talk about the good old days. Well, Auntie likes to check in on the sick and the old and get to know everyone. Auntie is welcomed everywhere she goes. This is because she is a helpful old soul. Let someone be sick and she will be the first to appear with her homemade remedies. Let someone die and she will be at the wake day and night until the funeral is over. Everyone is fascinated with her boundless energy. 16. What does paragraph one mainly talk about? a. The life of Auntie. b. Auntie with the big dog. c. The really big dog, Albeit. d. Why Auntie likes the dog. e. Albeit is somewhat helpful. 17. What is the topic sentence of paragraph two? a. Everyone is fascinated with her boundless energy. b. She will be wherever she is wanted the most. c. Auntie is the most helpful neighbor in the block. d. She is the typical of the old kampong neighbor. e. Auntie is welcomed everywhere she goes.

Long time ago in Girah village, there lived an old woman. Her name was CalonArang. She was a woman with magical power. She had daughter name Ratna Manggalih. Although she was such a beautiful girl, no one wanted to marry her because of her mother. People began to talk about RatnaManggalih. Calonarang did not like people talking about her daughter. She loved her very much. She got angry when she heard people talking about her daughter. And she cursed them that a lot of the villagers got ill and died. Story about CalonArangreached the King. He sent his best soldiers to arrest her but they failed. Then the king called MpuBaradah for help. MpuBaradah sent his student, MpuBahula to Girah village. He was sent to propose RatnaManggalih. Calonarang was very happy when he knew this. To celebrate the happy moment, she gave her daughter a big wedding party. One day MpuBahula asked RatnaManggalihto steal her mothers magic book and she agreed. When CalonArangwas asleep, she took it and gave it to her husband. Then MpuBahula gave it to her teacher. After he knew CalonArangs magic secret, MpuBaradah came to Girah village. MpuBaradah and CalonArang had a fight. CalonAranglost the fight because she didnt have her magical book anymore. 21. Who was calonarang? a. She was a beautiful woman b. She was a powerful and kind woman c. She was an evil woman with magical power d. She was an old but powerful woman e. She was a queen with a magical book 22. Which of the following statement is TRUE? a. No one like RatnaManggalih because she was a magician b. The king sent MpuBahula to propose Ratnamanggalih c. RatnaMAnggalih stole her mothers magical book to beat her d. MpuABradah came to Girah village because CalonAranginvited him e. CalonArangused her magical power to kill or make the villagers suffer from disease 23. What is the main idea of the 3rd paragraph? a. The sending of Kings best sold b. Calonarangs daughters wedding party c. The kings effort to defeat Calonarang d. The issue of Calonarang e. Calonarangs happiness 2

24. Calonarang was very happy when she knew this What does the underline word refer to? a. The celebration of her daughters wedding b. Mpubahulas coming to propose her daughter c. A big wedding party held by her daughter d. Her wedding party with MpuBaradah e. The loss of the kings Soldiers. TEXT 5 Once upon a time, there was once a guy who was very much in love with this girl. This romantic guy folded 1,000 pieces of papercranes as a gift to his girl. Although, at that time he was just a small executive in his company, his future doesnt seem too bright, they were very happy together. Until one day, his girl told him she was going to Paris and will never come back. She also told him that she cannot visualize any future for the both of them, so lets go their own ways there and then... heartbroken, the guy agreed. When he regained his confidence, he worked hard day and night, just to make something out of himself. Finally with all these hard work and with the help of friends, this guy had set up his own company... You never fail until you stop trying. He always told himself. I must make it in life! One rainy day, while this guy was driving, he saw an elderly couple sharing an umbrella in the rain walking to some destination. Even with the umbrella, they were still drenched. It didnt take him long to realize those were his ex-girlfriends parents. With a heart in getting back at them, he drove slowly beside the couple, wanting them to spot him in his luxury saloon. He wanted them to know that he wasnt the same anymore, he had his own company, car, condo, etc. He had made it in life! Before the guy can realize, the couple was walking towards a cemetery, and he got out of his car and followed them...and he saw his exgirlfriend a photograph of her smiling sweetly as ever at him from her tombstone... and he saw his precious papercranes in a bottle placed beside her tomb. Her parents saw him. He walked over and asked them why this had happened. They explained that she did not leave for France at all. She was stricken ill with cancer. In her heart, she had believed that he will make it someday, but she did not want her illness to be his obstacle ... therefore she had chosen to leave him. She had wanted her parents to put his papercranes beside her, because, if the day comes when fate brings him to her again he can take some of those back with him. The guy just wept. 25. Why did the guy break up with his girlfriend? a. He wanted to concentrate on his career. b. The girl said that she wanted to go to Paris and would not come back. c. The guy had found another girl for him. d. The guys parents did not like the girl at all. e. The girls parents did not allow her to marry the man. 26. What happened to the guy after he had been left by his girlfriend? a. He established his own company and succeeded in his business. b. He found another woman and got married with her. c. He recovered himself after a long period of frustration. d. He met the girl again and got married with her. e. He found her and got married and lived happily ever after.

27. When did he see his ex-girlfriends parents going to the cemetery? a. When he was in his office b. When he was driving his saloon c. When he was in a vacation d. When he visited a friends house e. When he is in a funeral 28. What did he want to show his ex-girlfriends parents? a. That he had got another girl and was ready to get married. b. That their daughter did a bad thing by leaving him. c. That he was happy to break up with their daughter. d. That his parents were their friends. e. That he had become a rich man after he broke up with their daughter. 29. What caused the girl to die? a. a commit suicide b. an accident c. an illness d. a fire in Paris e. giving birth 30. Why did the girl want her parents put the papercranes next to her tomb? a. because she wanted the man to know that she loved him b. because she hated the papercranes c. because her parents did not know where to put it d. because the man asked her to do e. because her parents told her to Complete the blank with suitable relative pronoun except that 1. This is the school ________ I used to study. 2. This test is for students _________native language is not English. 3. The students ________lost his bag is waiting in the office. 4. The house ________they live needs repairing. 5. Children _________eat a lot of candy often get bad teeth. 6. The girl _________pen you borrowed neds it not. 7. Go and find the guests __________arrived here yesterday. 8. Look at the horses_________ are drinking in the river. 9. The student__________ father is sick does not come to school today. 10. I ate all the cake ________ you gave me. 11. My brother Tom_________ hates fishing, will stay at home. 12. A man _________ name I have forgotten, came to see you yesterday. 13. I put everything in my suitcase, _________is under my bed. 14. The teacher, _________every student is afraid of, is really very nice. 15. This is the town _________ I was born.