LATIHAN SOAL RECOUNT TEXT

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Choose the best answer by crossing a, b, c or d. 

The text is for questions no 1-4 
Last week, Valerie and her friends from SMP Perdamaian Surabaya,
learned how to make donut in Ring Master Donuts and Coffee at Tunjungan
Plaza, Surabaya.
First, they listened to the story of Mister Ringo, the baker, and soon they
had a trip to the kitchen. The baker showed them how to shape the donuts, to
restore, to fry and add the donuts with various kinds of topping and filling.
Finally, the students had their chance to make their own donuts. The baker
only gave each them a piece of yellow dough and some flour. Amazingly, the
students could make their own donuts.

1. Where did the studen

students
ts go last week?
a. To SMP Perdamaian Surabaya
b. To Valerie’s Plaza
c. To Mister Ringo
d. To R
Ring
ing Master Do
Donuts
nuts & Co
Coffee
ffee

2. Why did they visit there?

a. To have some meals
b. To enjoy the special donuts
c. To learn how to make donuts
d. To see the proces
process s of making donu
donuts
ts

3. Which of tthe
he followings are the things done by the students?
a. They went to the kitchen
kitchen,, made the donuts and tried to sell them.
b. They made the donuts, restore them a and
nd ate them with some coffee
c. They listened to the ststory,
ory, went to tthe
he kitchen and made ttheir
heir own don
donuts
uts
d. They listened to the story, had some donuts and tried to make them

4. Did Mister Ringo giv

give
e the stud
students
ents any donuts?
a. No, they did c. Yes, they didn’t 
b. Yes, he did d. No, he didn’t 

Read the text to answer no 5-8 

My family and I went on a recreation to Solo. We went there on Monday by
car. We stayed at grandparents’ house.
On Tuesday we interested went to Tawangmangu. We enjoyed the scenic
view with its waterfall and had lunch there. We had traditional foods like
gudangan, tempe bacem, fried fish and fried chicken. Then we continued our trip
to Taman Jurug.
The next day, we went to Kasunanan Palace. We saw many kinds of
historical heritage of the palace. After that we had shopping at Klewer Market
and Solo Grand Mall. I bought some souvenirs for my cousins. In the evening, we
 

went sightseeing the town.

On Thursday morning, we said goodbye to our grandparents and went
home. I really enjoyed my holiday. It was fun

5. What did the writer and his family ddo

o on Wednesday evevening?
ening? They…. 
a. Had shopp
shopping
ing at Klewer Marke
Markett and Solo Grand Mall
b. Saw many kinds of historical heritage of the palace
c. Bought s
some
ome sosouvenirs
uvenirs for the writers c
cousins
ousins
d. Went sightseeing the town

6. ‘On Thursday morning, we said goodbye…….’  The word we refers to…. 

a. writer c. the writer and his family
b. The writer’s parents d. the writer and his grandparents.

7. In the evening, w
we
e went s ig hts eeing  the town.’  The bold typed word is closely in meaning
with… 
a. Going around c. going shopping
b. Having dinner d. watching a movie

Read the text to answer questions 9-11 

My Day 
I had a terrible day yesterday. First, I woke up an hour late because my
alarm clock didn't go off. Then, I was in such a hurry that I burned my hand when
I was making breakfast. After breakfast, I got dressed so quickly that I forgot to
wear socks.
Next, I ran out of the house trying to get the 9:30 bus, but of course I
missed it. I wanted to take a taxi, but I didn't have enough money.
Finally, I walked the three miles to my school only to discover that it was
Sunday! I hope I never have a day as the one I had yesterday.

8. What h
happened
appened to the writer yes
yesterday?
terday?
a. He has a terrible day. c. He gets a terrible day.
b. He had a terrible day. d. He got a terrible day.
9. How far did the w
writer
riter walk
walk?
?
a. He walked for two miles. c. He walked for three miles.
b. He walked for four miles. d. He walked for five miles.

10. What does the writer hope?

a. The writer hopes to discover that it was Sunday.
b. The writer hopes to take a taxi.
c. The writer hopes he never had a day like yesterday.
d. The writer hopes that yesterday will be better.
 

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A. Ringkasan Materi
1. Purpose : To retell the past event / experience.

2. Generic Structure :
a. Orientation: • Introducing who/what/when/where 
(berisi pendahuluan tentang peristiwa yang terjadi, tokoh yang terlibat dalam peristiwa
tersebut, tempat, serta waktu peristiw
peristiwa
a itu terjadi.)

b. Events
(berisi jalinan peristiwa/kejadian yang ada dalam cerita pengalaman tersebut. Bagian ini
biasanya terdiri atas beberapa peristiwa.)

c. Reorientation:
personal comment (berisi tentang rangkuman/penutup cerita)

3. Language Features:
Past tense
Past continuous tense
Etc (dealing with the past events)

B. The First Exercise Of Recount Text!

It was my grandpa’s birthday last Sunday. On Friday, my sister and I went shopping. We
found a nice Batik shirt. We bought it and wrapped it in a blue paper. Blue is my grandpa’s
favourite color.

On Saturday morning, my brother and I helped our sister in the kitchen. We made a birthday
cake. It was a big and beautiful cake. I wrote Happy Birthday on it. We put some chocolate and a
big candle on top of it.

On Sunday evening, we had a party. My uncle and my aunt came to my house. They brought

some coke and flowers for my grandpa. We sat together in our living room. My dad said a beautiful
prayer. Then, we sang “Happy Birthday” and my grandpa blew out the candle. He cut the cake and
gave it to everybody in that room. He opened his present and he was very happy with the shirt.
Finally, my grandpa told us some stories.
Source: EOS Erlangga
1. Where did the writer and his family celebrate their grandpa’s birthday? 
a. In the living room
b.  In the kitchen 
c.  In the shopping 
d.  In the writer’s uncle’s house 

2.  The correct sentence based on the text is ... 

a.  The nice batik shirt bought by the writer is blue 
b.  The writer bought a birthday cake for his gran
grandd father  
c.  The writer’s uncle and aunt came on Sunday 
d.  The family didn’t get a birthday cake 
 

 
3.  The text is a / an ... text. 
a.  Descriptive 
b.  Report 
c.  Narrative 
d.  Recount 

4.  What is the purpose of the text? 

a.  To present a point of view 
b.  To inform past events 
c.  To describe something 
d.  To persuade the readers 

5.  Which id
idea
ea can you fin
find
d in tthe
he 2nd paragraph? 
a. The writer bought a nice shirt for his ggrandpa.
randpa. 
b. The writer and family celebrated their grandpa’s birthday 
c. The writer’s uncle came to his house to celebrate his grandpa’s birthday  
d. The writer and his family prepared their grandpa’s birthday 

6.  Candle means... 

 
a.
b. A lampoftomatch
A kind g
give
ive awhich
light is burnt to give fire 
c. Round stick of wax which is lit to burn w
with
ith a light – giving flame 
d. An electronic lamp which can be switched on to produce the flame 

7.  We put some chocolate an and

d a big candl
candle
e on top of it. T
The
he underlined w
word
ord refers to... 
a. a can
candle
dle is on the c
cake
ake 
b. some cchocolate
hocolate is on the can
candle
dle 
c. a can
candle
dle is above the c
cake
ake 
d. the cake 

8. The synonym of “present” in the text is... 

a. Existence 
b. right now 
c. feast 
d. gift 

9.  A living room is one of the parts of house. Which is used to ... 
a. receive the family 
b. prepare the meal 
c. gather the family member  
d. hold a party 

10. We bought it and wrapped it in blue paper (paragraph 1). The word “wrapped” has the same
meaning as ... 
a. Decorated b. Packed c. Took d. Covered 
 

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Recount text,reading and exercises

Read the letter below. 

Dear Grandpa and Grandma, Orientation

Yesterday at my school we had an International day. We had (who/where/when)
performances, food stalls, displays, raffle ticket draw, and some of us
were dressed in costumes.

We started our day off with performances but the one I liked best was the
one from fourth grade. We played games. The performance I was in was Event 1
Labamba.

Straight after our performances we had our lunch.There were food stalls.
They came from Australia, Asia, Arab, and Greece
Event 2
Everyone had a job. These people were from sixth grade. I did my job
after I had lunch. My job was to sell International Day Books.

We had displays in the hall. These displays were good but I didn’t get to Event 3
see them. The displays came from a lot of countries.

There was also a Trash and Treasure

T reasure stall where they sold toys. The
school got these things by asking the children to bring them in. Event 4

anything, International Day was still fun. 

 Although I didn’t win anything,

Love from Sue Event 5

Re-orientation

 A ns wer thes
these e ques tions  
1. Why did Sue write the letter?
2. To whom did she write the letter?
3. What did she tell in the letter?
4. Mention the words that Sue uses to tell the order of events.
5. Are the verbs in the present or in the past tense?
6. Write all the action verbs (e.g., started, played etc,) you find in the letter.

Read this text and then discuss with your friends the questions that follow. 

One day Sandra Dewi fell sick in the middle of the English lesson. All the students did reading
tasks. Suddenly Sandra Dewi vomited. All other students stopped writing. Mrs. Lidia helped her
immediately. The chairman of the class sent for the school’s doctor.  
In five minutes the doctor came. He examined her carefully. He examined her eyes. He felt her
stomach. He listened
l istened to her heart beat. He measured her blood pressure. Then he took her
temperature.
“I’m afraid she suffers from malaria. Her temperature is very high. That is why she vomited. She
has a very bad cough, too. I’ll give her some pills for her malaria, some  tablets for her fever, and
syrup for her cough. She needs a week’s rest”, said the doctor. 
 

 
Questions:  
1. What is the text telling you about?
2. What did the students do? What happened?
3. What was the name of the teacher?
4. What did the doctor do?
5. What was Sandra Dewi suffering from?
6. What did the doctor recommend?
7. Identify the text structure by listing the happenings according to
these categories of: orientation, events, and re-orientation 

You have also learned these. 

 which has social function to retell events for the purpose of informing  
• Recount is a text  which
or entertaining. 
entertaining.
• When you tell about the happenings in the past, it means that you make a recount text.  
• A recount text begins with information about who, where, and when;continues to list  
the events that happened
happened;; and ends with a c losure. 
closure.

Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.  

It was my grandpa’s birthday last Sunday. On Friday, my sister and I went shopping at the
…..(1)…... We bought a nice …..(2)…... Then, we wrapped it in a blue paper. Blue is my
grandpa’s favourite colour. On Saturday morning, my brother and I helped my sister
making
a birthday cake in the …..(3)…... It was a big and beautiful …..(4)…... I wrote ‘Happy
Birthday’ on it. After that, we put some chocolate and a ….. (5)….. on the top of the cake.
On Sunday evening, my uncle and my aunt came to my …..(6)…... They brought several
bottles of soft-drink, and …..(7)….. for grandpa. Then, we sat together in the …..(8)…...
Finally, grandpa blew the candle and cut the cake while we were singing a ‘Happy
Birthday’ song for him. After giving each of us  
a piece of cake, he opened the present. He told us that he liked the present, and he was
very …..(9)…... 

mall shirt house kitchen birthday cake candle flowers living

room happy

Match each word in list A with its opposite in list B 

A  B 
1) beautiful . . . boring
2) big . . . rude
3) cheap . . . dirty
4) clean . . . expensive
5) friendly . . . small
6)
7) interesting
quiet .. .. .. noisy
safe
8) dangerous . . . ugly
 

Wolf,wolf,and exercises
Wolf! Wolf! 

In the forest which was near a village in India, there were many wolves and other animals.
The wolves often came out of the forest and killed the sheep in the field.
The men who lived in the village tried
tried to kill all the wolves. Whenever they heard that there was a
wolf in the fields they came to the place to kill it.
Now one of the shepherds was only a boy. This boy, who was rather lazy, liked to waste as much
time as he could. He gave his master and the village people much trouble. One day he suddenly
shouted, "Wolf! Wolf!" several times.
When the men heard the boy's shouts they left their work and ran into the field with sticks
sticks and
and
knives.
"Where is the wolf which is troubling your sheep?" they asked.
But the bad boy only laughed and said, "There is no wolf, you are just wasting your time."
He thought this an excellent game, so he played it several times.
Finally the villagers
villagers said, "We
"We won't go any more."
One day they heard the boy cry "Wolf! Wolf! a wolf is eating my sheep," but they did not leave
their work to go and save the sheep.
They said, "We don't believe him. It is only another of his games."
This time, however, the boy was telling the truth
There really was a wolf and the wolf killed all his sheep.

EXERCISES 
Answer these questions: 
1. Where do we generally finds wolves? 
2. What do wolves do to sheep? 
boy-shepherd like to do? 
3. What did the boy-shepherd
4. Why did the people of village not like the boy? 
of the village

5. What did the men do whenever they heard that there was a wolf in the field? 
6. What did they take with them? 
7. What did the boy do when the men came to help him? 
8. What did the men say in the end? 
9. Why did the men not
not help the boy when called them? 
when he called
10. What di the wolf do to his sheep?  

Student's worksheets 1
My Friend’s Birthday Party 

Task 1. Answer the questions based on the dialogue.  

Windy : Where did you go yesterday? 
Tya : I went to my friend’s birthday party 
Windy : Whose party? 
Tya : It was Tiara’s. 
 

Windy : What did you do there? 

Tya : We sang songs, ate delicious food, talked about many things. 
Windy : That’s wonderful. I saw Tiara was very happy. 
Tya : That’s right. You know, she blew all fifteen candles once. 

1. Where did Tya go last night?  

2. Whose birthday was it? 
3. How old was Tiara? 

4. What did Tya do there?  

5. Was Tiara happy? 

pa ragraph. 
Task 2. Rearrange these jumbled sentences to make a good paragraph.
a. Many people came to the party.  
b. Everyone sang “Happy Birthday” song. 
c. party. 
My family and I went to the party.
d. My cousin blew the candles only once.  
e. Yesterday was my cousin’s birthday party. 
f. There were happy to have party. 
g. They shook my cousin’s hands and gave her presents. 

Task 3. Rearrange these jumbled sentences to make a good paragraph.  

a. But during the day it plays with me.  
b. Blacky is my little dog. 
c. It often barks when we play together.  
d. It has fluffy fur. 
e. It sleeps in a cute kennel.  

Task 4. Rearrange these jumbled words to make a good sentence. 

a. Ita – blue – bicycle – a – rode 
b. Ani – green – bag – had – a 
c. Udin – yellow – kite – flew – his 
d. He – big – ball – kicked – the – hard 
e. She – red – apple – ate – a 

Task 5. Complete the sentences with the suitable words in the box.  
a. clean b. fresh c. expensive d. comfortable e. polite

1. It was ….. restaurant with cozy chairs and tables. 

2. We choose ….. fruit for desert. 
3. They paid so much for that ……food. 
4. She was served by ……. Waiter. 
 

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REcount TEXT EXERCISES 

Last Friday, a friend of mine asked me to accompany him to buy a new shirt at a department store. We left
home at 03.00 p.m. by motorcycle. As soon as we arrived there, we went to the clothes section. I let him
choose one. An hour later, I got bored watching him confused in choosing a shirt. So I left him and went to
the cassette counter. Thirty minutes later, I went back to the clothes section but I couldn't find him there.
My cell phone was broken so I couldn't call him. I went to the parking area. I saw his motorcycle was there
but I couldn't find him. I waited for him for a few moments then finally I gave up and decided to go home.

When I arrived home, my mother told me that my friend called. She said that he was in the department
store looking for me. My mother asked me to come back to the department store. Reluctantly, I walked to
the department store and you know what? When I arrived there his motorcycle was not in the parking
area. He just went home. I was very tired. There was no other choice, I had to walk home again. When I
arrived home, I was so tired. I was very angry but when I saw my friend's broad smile greet me in front of
the door, I just could not help laughing.  

(Sumber Text dari soal UN SMP/MTS 2011) 

1. The text above is about ....

A.  an embarrassing day
B.  shopping with mother
C.  the writer and his friend
D.  my friend and his motorcycle

2. The writer couldn't

couldn't contact his friend because
because ....
A.  he went home alone
B.  his cell phone was broken
C.  he was in the parking area
D.  his friend was still choosing a shirt

3. From the story above

above we can conclude that there was a problem because
because ....
A.  the writer couldn't contact his friend
B.  the writer's friend was in the clothes section
C.  the writer and his friend couldn't ride the motorcycle
D.  the writer and his friend decided to go to the department store

The following text is for questions 42 to 44

Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England, on February 12, 1809. He came from a
wealthy family and never had to work. He studied medicine and theology. In 1831 he graduated
from University of Cambridge with a degree of theology.

He began a career as a scientist quite by chance. On December 27,1831, 22 years old Charles
Darwin joined the crew of the HMS Beagle as a naturalist.The five years expedition collected
 

hydrographic, geologic, and meteorologic data from South America and many other regions
around the world. Darwin's own observation on this voyage led to his theory of natural selection.

Charles Darwin was greatly influenced by the geologist Adam Sedgwick and naturalist John
Henslow in his development of the theory of natural selection, which was to become the
foundation concept supporting the theory of evolution. Darwin's theory holds that environmental
effects lead to varying degrees of reproductive success in individuals and groups of organisms.
Natural selection tends to promote adaptation in organisms when necessary for survival. This
revolutionary theory was published in 1859 in Darwin's now famous On the Origin of Species by
Means of Natural Selection.
42. Charles Darwin's theory of evolution believed that ....
 A. people could defend themselves
themselves naturally
B. environment affected natural election
C. organism needed adaptation to survive
D. people and nature supported to each other
E. natural selection tend to adapt organism to survive

43. How was Darwin's theory of natural selection developed?

 A. Adapted by the neces
necessary
sary for survival.
B. Influenced by his collection.
collection.
C. Supported the
the effect of environment.
environment.
D. Influenced by John Henslow.
Henslow.
E. Affected by groups of
of organisms.

44. The famous Darwin theory was published based on ....

 A. theories developed by other scientists
B. the influence of organisms adaptation in survival liv
living
ing
C. the success of his observation
observation supported by geologist
geologist and naturalist
D. his expedition and
and natural observation
observation data a scientist
scientist
E. the observation of other geologists'
geologists' natural selection

 Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and ornament manufacturer.
He was the inventor of dynamite. He also owned Bofors, which he had redirected from its previous
role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannons and other
ornaments. He held 355 different patents, dynamite being the most famous. In his last will, he
used his enormous fortune to institute the Nobel Prizes. The synthetic element nobelium was
named after him. He was the third son of Immanuel Nobel and Andriette Ahlsell Nobel. Born in
Stckholm on 21 October 1833, he went with my family to Saint Petersburg in 1842, where his
father invented modern plywood. He studied chemistry with Professor Nikolay Nickolaevich Zinin.
When he was 18, he went to the United States to study chemistry for four years and worked for a
short period under John Ericsson, who designed the American Civil War ironclad USS Monitor.

Returning to Sweden, with his father after bankruptcy of his family business, he then devoted
himself to the study of explosives, and especially to the save manufacture and use of
nitroglycerine (discovered in 1847 by Acanio Sobrero, one of his fellow students under Theophile-
Jules Pelouze at the University of Turin). A big explosion occurred on 2 September 1864 at his
factory in Heleneborg in Stockholm, killing five people. Among them was his younger brother,
 

Emil.

The foundations of the Nobel Prize were laid in 1895 when Alfred Nobel wrote his last will, leaving
much of his wealth for its establishment. Since 1901, the prize has honoured men and women for
outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and for work in peace.

1. Where did Alfred Nobel work with John Ericsson?

a. In Sweden
b. In the USA
c. In Stockholm
d. In Heleneborg
e. In Saint Petersburg

2. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

a. Alfred Nobel devoted himself to the study of chemistry
b. His success with explos
explosive
ive finally led to the 1864 tr a
agedy
gedy
c. A big ex
explosion
plosion in Hel
Heleneborg
eneborg in Stockholm killed many people
d. A big ex
explosion
plosion destroy
destroyed
ed his factory in Helene
Heleneborg
borg Stockhol
Stockholm
m
e. Alfred Nobel pla
planned
nned the safe manufac
manufacture
ture and us
usee of nitrogly
nitroglycerine
cerine

3. What was Bofor’s main business under Alfred Nobel? 

a. It manufactu
manufactured
red cann
cannons
ons and other ornamen
ornamentts
b. It des
designed
igned the ironclad monitor
c. It produced iron and steel
d. It produced dynamite
e. It invented nobelium

DR. ABDULRAHMAN SALEH 

1909-1947 

Born into a family of doctors in Kampung Ketapang, Kwitang Barat, Jakarta, Abdulrachman Saleh also
became a doctor. After finishing MULO, he studied at STOVIA. While still a student, he was appointed
assistant at the laboratory of physiology. Graduating from STOVIA, Abdulrachman Saleh continued his work
at the lab while having his own medical practice. 
Abdulrachman Saleh’s role in medicine was significant. He became a lecturer in Jakarta, Surabaya,
Malang, and Klaten. For his meritorious service in medicine, specifically in physiology, in 1958, the
University of Indonesia bestowed him the title of Bapak Ilmu Faal (Father of Physiology). 
Abdulrachman Saleh was a man of many interests. He was involved in youth organizations like Boy
Scouts and Indonesia Muda. He was also a member of Aeroclub, and co-founded theVerenigde
the Verenigde Oosterse
Radio Omroep (VORO), an organization of broadcasters. It was he who established the Voice of Free
Indonesia, the radio station which spread the proclamation of Indonesia’s independence to the world.
SOAL UN SMA 2012

1. Abdulrachman Saleh was bestowed the title Father of Physiology because ....
A.  he was a lecturer in the Medical faculty of the University of Indonesia
B. he was a lecturer as well as a doctor 
C. he had significant contribution
contribution in physiology  
D. he was a lecturer in many parts of Indonesia E. he was a professor in physiology  
 

2. The main idea of the first paragraph is that Abdulrachman Saleh ...
A. had his own medical practice,
B. studied at the medical school in STOVIA.
C. became a doctor because of his family.
D. was appointed assistant at the laboratory of physiology.
E. started his career as a doctor in STOVIA.

3. Besides medicine, Abdulrachman also had a special interest in ....

A.  laboratorium assistance
B. student organizations 
C. aeroplane designing 
D. broadcasting 
E. politics 

Maria Yuryevna Sharapova is a Russian professional tennis player. She was born in 1987 in
Ngayan, Siberia.

 At the age of three, Sharapova moved with her family to Sochi. She began playing tennis at the
age of four using a racket given to her by Yevgeng Kafelnikov's father. At the age five or six, at a
tennis clinic in Moscow, Sharapova was spotted by Martina Navratilova, who urged her parents to
get her serious coaching in the USA.

 At the age of seven, she and her father boarded a plane to the USA with only $700. Her father
took her to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy where one of the coaches check her out. The story
goes that maria knocked his hat off with the tennis ball, thereby making a favorable impression.
This led her obtaining a scholarship. At the age of nine, she was signed up by a number of
sponsors including Prince (racquets), Oakley and Nike.

In 2004, Sharapova became the second youngest Wimbledon women's champion in open era
(after Martina Hingis) by defeating defending two-time champion Serena Williams in straight sets
(6-1, 6-4). In the process she also became the first Russian ever to win that tournament.

1. What is the text about?

 A.
B. The family of tenn
Professional maria
tennis Sharapova
is play
players
ers in the world
C. The happiness of having a great
great father
D. The working experienceof maria Sharapova

2. In what age was miss Sharpova being a model of some products?

 A. Three
B. Four
C. Five
D. Nine

3."... was spotted by Martina Navratilova ..." (Paragraph 2)

The synonym of the underlined word is...
 A. seen C. Placed
B. searched D. Introduced
 

My wonderful experience at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha  

In December 2006, I went to Doha to participate in the 2006 Asian Games taking part in the Bach Volley
Ball Championship. We prepared for a long time, training hard and fighting for approval of our
participation. Nothing was easy. My partner, clear, my coach, King, and I were aiming to get into the top 8
at the Asian Games. 

Unfortunately, I sprained my ankle one week before departure, which frustrated me beyond belief. I had
physiotherapy every day following the injury, and tried to recover as quickly as possible. Of course, the
ankle could not heal completely in a few days, so I had no choice but to just try my best and have my ankle
taped when I played in matches.  

We played against a team from Thailand, Mongolia, and Malaysia. The most difficult and important match
was that against the Malaysian Team. We played well for the match and tried our very best. But finally we
lost to them and ranked 9. It was so close. We nearly reached our goal - to be among the first 8 teams.  

1. The writer's team was bitten by the team from … 

A. Qatar 
B. Thailand 
C. Mongolia 
D. Malaysia 
E. Indonesia 

2. What is the main idea of paragraph 2? 

A. The ankle could not heal.  
B. The writer sprained her ankle. 
C. The writer tried hard to recover.  
D. The ankle made the writer frustrated.  
E. It needs a long time to heal her ankle. 

3. According to the writer. ... team was difficult to beat. 

difficult to
A. Thai 
B. Qatari 
C. Indonesian 
D. Malaysian 
E. Mongolian 

I, Milton Friedman was born on July 31, 1921, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the fourth and last child and first
son of Sarah Ethel (Landau) and Jeno Saul Friedman. My parents were born in Carpatho-
Ruthenia of the Soviet Union. They emigrated to the U.S. in their teens, meeting in New York.
When I was a year old, my parents moved to Rahway, N.J., a small town about 20 miles from New
York City.

I was awarded a competitive scholarship to Rutgers University. I graduated from Rutgers in 1932. I
financed the rest of my college expenses by the usual mixture of waiting at tables, clerking in a
 

retail store, occasional entrepreneurial ventures, and summer earnings. Shortly, however, I
became interested in economics.

In economics, I had the good fortune to be exposed to two remarkable men: Arthur F. Burns and
Homer Jones. Arthur Burns shaped my understanding of economic research, introduced me to tthe he
highest scientific standards, and became a guiding influence on my subsequent career. Homer
Jones introduced me to rigorous economic theory, made economics exciting and relevant, and
encouraged me to go on to graduate work. On his recommendati
recommenda tion,
on, the Chicago Economics
Department offered me a tuition scholarship. As it happened, I was also offered a scholarship by
Brown University in Applied Mathematics, but, by that time, I had definitely transferred my primary
allegiance to economics. In 1976 I won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for my
achievements in the fields of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and for his
demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy. In 1977, at age 65,1 retired from the
University of Chicago after teaching there for 30 years.

1. Who influenced Milton Friedman on economic research?

 A. Sarah Ethel.
B. Jeno Friedman.
C. Arthur F
F.. Burns.
D. Homer Jones.
E. Alfred Nobel.

2. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

 A. Milton Friedman was very committed in h hiis interest and talent in economics.
B. Homer Jones sh shaped
aped Milton Friedm
Friedman
an understanding of economic researesearch.
rch.
C. Arthur Burns introduce
introduced
d Milton Friedman to rigorous economic theory.
D. Brown University offered Milton Friedman a tuition scholarship.
E. Milton Friedman was offered a scholarship by the Chicago Economics Department in
 Applied Mathematics.

3. What did Milton Friedman do in financing his college expenses?

 A. He was a teacher during s
summer.
ummer.

B.
C. He worked
He had a job
asina entr
entrepreneur
epreneur
clerk co
company.
in a retail mpany.
store
D. He sold tables to people.
E. He taught economics in the university.