MADRASAH TSANAWIYAH DDI KOTA BONTANG

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
FINAL ASSESSMENT SEMESTER OF THE 2024/2025
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Subject : English Class : 8th grade
Time : 90 minutes Date : December,09,2024
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Instructions :
1. Bismillah!
2. The Identity!
3. If there is a question that is not clear,ask the room supervisor!
4. Before the working time ends,check the answer you have completed!
5. Believe in yourself.being honest is good!
6. Al Hamdulillah !

Choose the correct answer by crossing ( X ) the letter A, B, C, or D

The following text is for questions number 1 to 5

My elder sister and I are moving into a new house this weekend,so we decided to do shoopping to
furnish the place. First, we went to an appliance store not too far from our new house,and we bought a
refrigerator for the kitchen. You really can’t live without that one because you have to keep you food cold or
frozen so it doesn’t spoil. Then, we bought a washing machine wash and dry out clothes. We don’t want to
go to a laundromat to do this every week like we used to do when we are in a boarding house. Next, we
bought a rice cooker. We certainly need one because it can make life easier.you simply put the rice into the
cooker and press the cooking button, then you can do other chores while the cooker is cooking the rice.
Finally, we picked up a microwave oven. If we are in a hurry and don’t have time to cook. We can place the
food in the microwave and heat it up quickly. We haven’t purchased everything we need to furnish our new
place, but we think we have the basic appliances to make life more comfortable for now.

1. The text tells us about the writer and her sister’s

a. New house c. Household chores
b . Shopping experience d. Activities at new house

2. Where did the story take place?

a. At their new house c. At a furniture store
b. At an appliance store d. At their boarding house

3. From the text, it can be inferred that the writer and her sister ....
a. Bought a dishwasher c. Used to wash their clothes manually
b. Just moved to a new house d. Stay at a boarding house

4. “... so it doesn’t spoil ( paragraph 2)

The word “ it “ referrs to ....
a. The rice c. The house
b. The food d. The refgenerator

5. What is the name of the text above?

a. Recount c.Exposition
b. Narrative d.news item

The following text is for questions number 6 to 10

My Busy Day
Last Monday was a busy day for me. I spent my time to do a lot of activities from college to my home.
First, in the morning, I did my presentation assignment with my partner, she was Nurhidayat. It took 3 hours.
And then we went to the campus for joining lecture. But, the lecture said that our presentation would be started
next week. It made us disappointed. The class was finished at 12.30.
 After that, I had to go home because my grandmother was in abad condition. She was hospitalized. So, it
was a must for me to back home at that time. When I got there, there were so many members of my family.
There were about 10 people. My aunt, my niece, my uncle, and some of my cousin. We all hoped that our
grandmother would get letter soon. Those activities made my day busy.

6. What did the writer feel on Monday?

a. Busy c. Refreshed
b. Relaxed d. Well

7. What is the first activity done by the writer in the morning?

a. Doing presentation c. Eating breakfast
b. Taking a bath d. Going to the college

8. What made the writer fell disappointed?

a. The presentation is due next week c. One of the writer’s members cannot do the presentation
b. The presentation is bad d. The presentation was late

9. Why must the writer go home?

a. He was asked to cook something c. Her grandmother asked the writer to come back home
b. Her grandmother was in a bad condition d.her mother was ill

10. What is the writer’s hope to her grandmother?

a. To get well soon c. To give the writer money
b. To go out soon d. To make something to the writer.

The following text is for questions number 11 – 15

A little boy was given a little bull-calf by his father. His father died, and his mother remarried.
His stepfather was cruel to him and threatened to kill the calf. An old man advised the boy to run away, and he
did. He begged for some cheese, which he would have shared, but the calf refused. It told the boy it would go
into the wild and kill all the creatures it finds, except a dragon, which will kill it. It told the boy to climb a tree,
and once it was dead, to skin it and take its bladder, which would make anything it struck drop dead with it, he
was to kill the dragon.
It happened as the calf said. Monkeys climbed the tree after him, and the boy squeezed the cheese,
claiming it was flint; when they saw the whey, they retreated.the boy set out to find the dragon and kill it.
He found a princess who had been staked out for the dragon. He killed it, though it bit off his forefinger.
He said he must leave her, but first he cut out the dragon’s tongue and the princess told her father, who asked
for him to come, and many gentlemen cut off their forefingers and brought diamond rings and the tongues of all
kinds of beasts, but none were the dragon’s tongue or the princess’ring.
The boy came, but the king turned him away as a beggar, though the princess knew he was like the
boy.somewhat later, he came back, better dressed, and the princess insisted on speaking with him. He showed
the ring and the tongue and married the princess. And they live happily ever after.

11. What was the stepfather’s threat?

a. To kill the calf c. To gave the little boy to the king
b. To banish the little boy from home d. To made the little boy as his helper

12. What kind of animal must the little boy kill

a. A calf c. A snake
b. A dragon d. A monkey

13. What happened to the boy after fighting with the dragon?
a. He cut the dragon’s tongue c. He killed the princess
b. He cut his own hand d. He killed the blues

14. What was the boy like when he visited the princess?
a. A beggar c. A boastful
b. A prince d. A marquis

15. What was left by the princess to the boy

a. A necklace c. An earing
b. A ring d. The dragon’s tongu
The following text is for questions number 16 – 20

A wealty businessmen worried about his son’s bad habits, so he sought counsel from a wise, old man.
The old man met the man’s son and took him out for a stroll. They walked into the woods, and the old man
showed the boy a small sapling and asked him to pull it out. The boy did so with ease, and they walked on.
The old man then asked the boy to pull out a small plant. The boy did that too, with a little effort. As they
walked, the old man asked the boy to pull out the bush, which he did. The next was a small tree, which the child
had to struggle a lot to pull out. Finally, the old man showed him a bigger tree and asked the child to pull it out.
The child failed to pull it out even after trying several time, in different ways.
The old man looked at the boys, smilled and said, “ so this is the case with habbits, good or bad.

16. The bussinessmen worried about his son because he....

a. Was spoiled c. Behaved badly
b. Was unlucky d. Disobeyed his parents

17. Why do you think the boy failed to pull out a bigger tree?
a. It was a big challenge c. The tree roots had settled deeply
b. He had done his best d.the tree had a thin but strong stem

18. What can we learn from the story

a. It is best do everything with great effrorts c. There will be many problems in human’s life
b. It is hard to get rid of permanent bad habits d. Nobody can change our bad habits if we don’t
Change them
19. “ The child failed to pull it out ...” ( paragraph 2 )
What does the bolded word refer to?
a. Bushes c. A small tree
b. A sapling d. A bigger tree

20. What kind of text is it?

a. Narrative c. report
b. Recount d. descriptive

The following text is for questions number 21 – 24

One day, several boys were playing at the edge of a pond in which lived a family of frogs.
The boys amused themselves by throwing stones into the pond so as to make them skip on top of the water.
The stones were flying thick and fast, and the poor frogs ini the pond were trembling with fear.
At last one of the frogs, the oldest and bravest, put his head out of the water, and said,” oh, please, be fun for
you, it mean death to us!”

21. Where did the story take place?

a. Next to a pond c. At the bank of a pond
b. In front of a pond d. Across from a pond

22. Why did the frogs feel insucure?

a. The boys frightened them c. The boys destroyed the pond
b. The stone would hurt them d. The water in the pond got dirty

23. What can you learn from the story

a. We should care for those around us c. We should spend most of our time wisely
b. Our fun may be the cause of others’s unhappiness d. There is more precious than playing with frien

24. What kind of tense used in the text above?

a. Simple present tense c. Present perfect tense
b. Simple past tense d. Past perfect tense
The following text is for questions number 25 – 28

Once upon a time, there lived three neighbors in a beautiful village. Three of them were diligent farmers.
At one time the three neighbors were having trouble with their crops. All three fields had crops that were
wilting and infested ideas to help their crops. The first one tried using a scarecrow, the second used pesticides,
and the third built a fence on his field, all to no avail.
One day, the village head came by and called all three farmers.he gave them each a stick and asked them
to break the sticks.the farmers could break them easily. He then gave them to break it. This time, farmers
struggled to break the sticks. The village head said,” together you are stronger than when you work alone.”
The farmers pooled their resources and got rid of the pets in their fields.

25. What is the conflict of the story?

a. The three neighbors’crops failled c. The village head gave the three neighbors sticks
b. Pets infested the three neighbors’ fields d. The three neighbors’efforts to help their crops failed

26. From the text, we know that the three neighbors earned money by ....
a. Cultivating their fields c. Collecting firewood
b. Selling crops to a market d. Working on others’s fields

27. The moral value of the story is ....

a. Practice makes perfect c. Hard work is a key of a success
b. There is strenght is a key of a success d. A friend in need is a friend indeed

28. “ ... all to no avail.” What does it mean?

a. It’s better to do nothing c. All the efforts done are useless
b. Everything is imposisible to do d. There is no way out to solve the problem.

The following text is for questions number 29 – 30

Once upon a time, two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell into conflict. They had been sharing
machinery, trading a labor and goods as needed without a hitch. Then the long collaboration fell apart. It began
with a small misunderstanding and it grew into a major different which exploded into an exchange of bitter
word followed by week of silence.
One morning, there was a knock on the elder brother’s door. He opened it to find a man with a
carpenter’s tool box.” I am looking for a few small jobs here and there. Could I help you?
“ yes” said the elder brother.” I do have a job for you. Look acroos the creek at that farm! That’s my
neighbor in fact, it’s my younger brother and we don’t get along. Last week he dug wider passage for water into
his farm. But he ended up creating a very wide creek in between our farms and I am sure he did it just to annoy
me. I want you to buil me something so that we don’t have stand and see each other’s face from across.
The carpenter said,” I think I understand the situation. I will be able to do a job that will please you.”
The elder brother had to go to town for supplies, so he helped the carpenter get the material ready and then he
was off for the day. The carpenter worker hard all that day measuring. Sawinng,nailing.
At sunset when the elder brother returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The elder brothers’s
eyes opened wide his jaw dropped. It was not what he had even of on imagined. It was a bridge stretching from
one side of the creek to the other! A fine piece of work, beatiful handrails. To his surprise, his younger brother
acroos the creek was coming to meet him with a big smile and arms wide open to hug him.
“ you are really kind and humble, My brother! After all I have done and said to you, you still show that
blood relations can never be broken! I am truly sorry for my behavior” the younger brother said as he hugged
his elder brother.

29. What is the text about ?

a. Two bothers is dispute c. Two brothers competing with each other
b. Two brothers having continously bad crops d. Two brothers fighting for the carperter’s services
 30. What is actually requested by the elder brother to the carpenter?
a. A pond c. A shed
b. A wall d. A barn

The following text is for questions number 31 – 35

The Legend of Banyuwangi

Once upon a time, in eastern part of Java Island, there was a kingdom ruled by a king.
The king’s name was prabu Menak Prakoso. One day, Prabu Menak and his soldiers invaded the kingdom
Of klungkung in Bali. The king of klungkung was killed, yet his daughter, Made Surati, and his son,
Agung Bagus Mantra, were able to escape and hide in the jungle.
Prabu Menak Prakoso had son named Raden Banterang. He was such a handsome young man.
One day, raden Banterang went to the jungle for hunting. It was in the jungle that Raden Banterang
Met Made Surati. She was then taken to Blambangan to be his wife. Raden Banterang and Made Surati
Enjoyed a happy life in the palace.
When Raden Banterang was hunting one day, Made Surati was surprised by the arrival of a dirty
Beggar asking for her pity. The princess was surprised to find that the beggar was her order brother,
Agung Bagus Mantra. She promptly squatted and embraced her brother’s legs. However, her great respect
of her brother was not well accepted. Instead, AgungBagus Matra asked his sister to kill Raden Banterang
but such a request was rejected. He was very angry with her and came up with a sly idea to slander her.
Slowly but surely, Agung Bagus Mantra succeeded in convincing Raden Banterang that his wife had been
Involved in a scandal with another man. Asking for compassion, Made Surati tried to tell the truth and denied
Her husband’s accusation. Hearing his wife explanation, the king became angrier and angrier.
As a proof of her sacred love, she asked her husband to kill her. As her last request, she asked her husband
To throw her dead body into the river. She said that if the water in the river smelled terrible, it meant that
She had ever been sinful. But if it smelled fragrant, it meant that she was innocent.
Raden Banterang who was unable to control his emotions soon stabbed his keris ( dagger ) into
His wife’s chest. She died instantly. The dead body of Made Surati was quickly thrown into the dirty river.
Raden Banterang was shocked to see the river suddely become clean and as clear as glass with a fragrant smell
Raden Banterang screamed crazily and regretted his deed. He walked unsteadily and fell into river screaming
,” Banyu ... Wangi ... Banyuwangi!” This means “ fragrant water” Banyuwangi was born from the proof of
noble and sacred love. From then on, the place is called Banyuwangi.

31. What happened to Made Suranti and Agung Bagus Matra?

a. They were escaping c. They were in bad terms
b. They were taken as a hostage d. They were killed

32. What has Agung Bagus Mantra become in the future?

a. King c. Common people
b. Beggar d. Peasant

33. What is Raden Banterang’s hobby?

a. Hunting c. Making money
b. Giving people goods d. Watching other people fight

34. What is the purpose of the text above?

a. Entertaining the readers c. Making people believe in Raden Banterang
b. Telling the writer’s past event d. Telling the biography of Made Surati

35. What is the last fate of Made Surati

a. She is dead c. She becomes immortal
b. She becomes s nymph d. She becomes a river
The following text is for questions number 36 – 40

A long time ago, very few people lived in the New Territories. There were only a few one villages.
If the people wanted to go from one village to another, they often had to pass through wild and unsafe forests.
One day, a farmer’s young life went to the next village to visit her own mother and brother.
She brought along her baby son. When it was time for her to leave, her brother said,” it is getting dark.
Let my son, ah Tim go with you through the forest.” So Ah Tim led the way and the young woman followed
Behind, carrying her baby.
When they were in the forest, suddely they saw a group of wolves. They began to run to avoid
The danger, but Ah Tim kicked againts a stone and fell down.
At dance the wolves caught him. The young woman cried to the woves,” please eat my own son instead.
“ then , she put her baby son on the ground in front of the wolves and took her nephew away.
Everyone understood that this was because the woman was very good and kind. She had offered her own son’s
Life to save her nephew.
They ran back to the house and called for help. All men in the village fetched thick sticks and went back
With her into the forest. When they got there, they saw something very strange. Instead of eating
The women’s baby, the wolves were playing with him.

36. What separated one village from another a long time ago in the New Territories?
a. Another village c. forests
b. Mountain d. Hills

37. Who was Ah Tim?

a. The young woman’s brother c. The young woman’s brother and nepwen
b. The young woman’s son d. The young woman’s brother

38. Who walked in front when they were in the forest?

a. Ah Tim c. The woman’s son
b. The women d. Her brother’s nephew

39. How could the wolves catch Ah Tim?

a. He was afraid c. He ran slowly
b. He was stumbled by a stone d. The woman cried

40. The woman gave her son to the wolves because

a. She loved her nephew than her son c. She wanted her son was eaten by the wolves
b. She thought about how her brother would be d. She was crazy

The following text is for questions number 41 – 50

Once upon a time there lived a hen. She had so many children but all are male. The hen felt
Very sad because she had not been blessed with female chicks. His children were surprised by his
Mother’s sadness.” Mom, why are you sad? Don’t you feel happy to have male children like us?”
The mother hen answered,” listen, son, I am happy to have beautiful boys like you.
I really love you guys. But I am very sad, because after you grow up, humans will turn you into fighting
chickens. You will be competed against other rooster. A sharp blade will be attached to your starch, as
Will your opponents’s rooster. Humans will not be satisfied if there is no one rooster that has lost and died.
One of her children asked again,” but mom, what is used as a fighting cock by humans is a handsome
Good-looking rooster. While bad roosters won’t be turned into fighting chickens.”
“ it’s true, son. But you also have to know that ugly chickens will be made into chicken pieces, slaughtered
For human food,” the mother answered.” That’s how human behaviour is, my children. If they are happy
And will rejoice, we will be slaughtered to make their food. But if they are in trouble, then we will starve
Without food.”
 “ it’s not good to follow humans, mom. Humans are greedy and ungrateful. They only care about
Themselves. How about we run away from them, mom? We just run to the forest, away from human
Settlements,” one of the chicks said. “ then what should we eat? It was always been humans who always give us
food.
,” answered another chick. “ well, we look for food alone in the forest.
There are a lot of food as long as we want to go to great lenghts to look for it. Even if it’s only a little
It’s okay, what’s important is being free from humans,” the other chick answered.
Hearing the child’s proposal, the hen agreed. “ all right, we all just run to the forest. We will learn
To look for food ourselves. I don’t want you to be victims of human abuse. Let us go to great lenghts
To find our own food, as long as we are happy. Thus the origin of the partridge. They actually have lived side
By side with humans. But now the number of pheasant is getting smaller because many forests have been
Converted into human settlements.

41. The hen was sad because ....

a. She had no chicken c. She was left alone by the rooster
b. She had no female chicken d. She had an ugly son

42. What happened to the male chicken when they were adult?
a. They will fight against other roosters c. They will never meet their mother
b. They will do nothing d. They will go alone

43. What do the chickens think of human?

a. They are kind c. They are powerful
b. They are greedy d. They are clever

44. What are the chickens’characteristics?

a. Honest c. Independent
b. Selfish d.Kind

45. What will happen if the rooster cannot fight?

a. It will be slaughtered c. It will be compelled to fight
b. It will be ignored d. It will be sold

46. What is the chickens’ solution to the problem they are facing?
a. They ran to the forest c. They fought against themselves
b. They fought against human d. They pretended to be dead

47. “ then what should we eat? It has always been humans who always give us food.”
a. Chicken c. hens
b. Roosters d. Humans

48. “ .... if they are happy and will rejoice, we will be slaughtered to make their food ....”
The underlined word above refers to ....
a. The hen c. The people
b. The chicken d. The animals

49. What kind of lesson we can take from the text above?
a. We must be independent c. Human is an evil creature
b. We must depend our fate to human d. All animals must be treated the same

50. The name of the text above is ....

a. Exposition c. narrative
b. Recount d. Expository