SMP Bahasa Inggris: Pertanyaan, Jawaban, Latihan Soal & Pembahasan

Penguins are torpedo-shaped, flightless birds that lived in the southern regions of the Earth. Though many people imagine a small, black-and-white animal when they think of penguin, these birds actually come in a variety of sizes, and some are very colorful.

For example, crested penguins spot a crown of yellow feathers. Blushes of orange and yellow mark the necks of emperor and king penguins. What look like bright yellow, bushy eyebrow adorn the heads of some species, such as the Foirdland, Royal, Snares and rock hopper penguin. The macaroni penguin’s name comes from the crest of yellow feather on its head. which look like the 18th – century hats of same name. A light yellow mask covers the face of the yellow-eyed penguin around the eyes.

 

Pragraph 2 describe penguins in terms of its ...

Mercury and the Woodman

A Woodman was felling a tree on the bank of river, when his axe, glancing off the trunk, flew out of his hands and fell into the water. When he stood by the water's edge was sad by his loss, Mercury  (x)......... and asked him the reason his sad. On leraning what had happened out of pity for his distress, Mercury dived into the river and, bringing up a gloden axe, asked him if  that was the one he had lost. The Woodman replied that it was not, then Mercury dived a second time, and bringing up a silver axe, asked if that was his. 'No, that is not mine either,' said the Woodman. Once more Mercury dived into the river, and brought up the missing axe. The Woodman was overjoyed at recovering his (y)........., and thanked his benefactor warmly. The latter was so (z)......... with his honestly that he made him a present of the other two axes.

 

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Mercury and the Woodman

A Woodman was felling a tree on the bank of river, when his axe, glancing off the trunk, flew out of his hands and fell into the water. When he stood by the water's edge was sad by his loss, Mercury  (x)......... and asked him the reason his sad. On leraning what had happened out of pity for his distress, Mercury dived into the river and, bringing up a gloden axe, asked him if  that was the one he had lost. The Woodman replied that it was not, then Mercury dived a second time, and bringing up a silver axe, asked if that was his. 'No, that is not mine either,' said the Woodman. Once more Mercury dived into the river, and brought up the missing axe. The Woodman was overjoyed at recovering his (y)........., and thanked his benefactor warmly. The latter was so (z)......... with his honestly that he made him a present of the other two axes.

 

(x)......

A Kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia. It has a smaller relative, called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian island of Tasmania and in New Guinea.

Kangraroos eat grass and plants. They have short front legs, but very long and strong back legs and tail. These are used for sitting up and for jumping. Kangaroos have been known to make fordward jumps of over eight metres, and leap across fences more than three metres high. They can also run at speeds of over 45 kilometres per hour.

The largest kangaroos are the Great grey kangaroo and the Red Kangaroo. Adults grows to a length of 1.60 metres and weighs over 90 kilos.

Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo has an external pouch on the front of her body. A baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born, and it crawls at once into this pouch where it spends its first five months of life.

 

We know from the text that kangaroo ..........

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 an drew pictures everywhere. One night, he dreamed that and old man gave him 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 on, he used the paintbrush to help people. Whenever he draw pictures, they became a 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.

Guava is a plant native from Mexico and Central America, Northern South America, parts of the Caribbean, some parts of North Africa, and some parts of India.

A guava tree is not big. It is about 33 feet with spreading branches. The bark is smooth with green or reddish brown color. The plant branches are close to the ground.

Guavas are cultivated in many tropical and sub tropical countries for their edible fruit. The fruit is round or oval depending on the species. It is usually green when unripe, but becomes yellow or maroon when ripe. The flesh of the fruit is sweet or sour. The color of the flesh may be white, pink, yellow, or red, with the seed in the central part of the flesh. The seed are numerous but small. In some good varieties, they are edible. Guavas are rich with vitamins A and C, Omega-3 and Omega-6, gutty acids and dietary fibers.

 

Based on the text, what does the third paragraph talk about?

 

Guava is a plant native from Mexico and Central America, Northern South America, parts of the Caribbean, some parts of North Africa, and some parts of India.

A guava tree is not big. It is about 33 feet with spreading branches. The bark is smooth with green or reddish brown color. The plant branches are close to the ground.

Guavas are cultivated in many tropical and sub tropical countries for their edible fruit. The fruit is round or oval depending on the species. It is usually green when unripe, but becomes yellow or maroon when ripe. The flesh of the fruit is sweet or sour. The color of the flesh may be white, pink, yellow, or red, with the seed in the central part of the flesh. The seed are numerous but small. In some good varieties, they are edible. Guavas are rich with vitamins A and C, Omega-3 and Omega-6, gutty acids and dietary fibers.

 

The Guava is usually ... when unripe

All his life, Guntur had dreamt about travelling aboard. One day his school announced a competition for scholarship to study in Singapore. As he really wished to go aboard, he followed the competition. he prepared well for the competition because he didn’t want to miss the chance. He won the competition and could go aboard. studying in Singapore.

Guntur was pleased when he heard about his winning the scholarship. He was going to study in Singapore. He actually felt cheerless when he had to say goodbye to his family and friends. However, he was excited about going to the university and meet people from all over the world.

The first few weeks in Singapore was not easy for Guntur. Sometimes, he felt homesick and lonely. The other students were nice, but he found it hard to get along with people from the countries with different background, cultures, and languages. He tried his best to adjust to the new environment. The classes were interesting, but they were hard. He had to spend time in the library many hours every day. Guntur didn’t want to give up. He knew he had to do his best and succeed.

 

What can we conclude from the text?

1. Theu are invertebrate animals
2. Jellyfish have s stomach and a mouth, but no heads
3. This means that they have no backbones
4. They are made almost entirely of water. That's why we can look through them
5. They have a nervous system for sensing the world around them, but no brains.
6. In fact, they have no bones at all
7. Jellyfish are not really fish