Tugas softskill ke 3_ READING TEXT
READING TEXT
One evening last week my and I were sitting quietly at home.
Suddenly we heard a loud bang. I supposed that the old lady in the flat above
ours was moving the furniture about. My wife was afraid that the noise would
wake the baby. She turned down the TV and moment latter we heard someone
calling for help.
I run upstairs. The old lady’s door was shut but I could see smoke coming through the letter box and under the door and smell something burning.” Ring the fire brigade .” I should down to my wife.
I banged on the door but the old lady took a long time answer. I was turning over in my mind the idea of breaking the door down when she finally appeared.
“I was having a bath,” she said,” when the water heater in the kitchen blew up. And I was getting dressed when you knocked.
I took her down stairs to our flat. Smoke was pouring out of the kitchen and the heater was in flames. Just then I heard a fire engine arriving outside and the heavy footsteps of the firemen on the stairs.” It’s in here,” I shouted,” You turned up promptly, I must say.”
When I got back to our flat, my wife was making the old lady a cup of tea, Soon afterwards, the fire chief came in to ask a few questions. It turned out that the fire was not very serious and the firemen were already putting it out. When they left, my wife went up with the old lady to help her clean up the mess.
When she returned, my wife remarked : “It’s all right now. Nothing was damaged except the water heater. But wasn’t it lucky that baby slept through the noise ?’
She took the teacups into the kitchen and I heard her scream and the cups crash to the floor. When I got there, water dripping from the ceiling and forming a pool on the floor. The baby woke up at least and began to cry.
I run upstairs. The old lady’s door was shut but I could see smoke coming through the letter box and under the door and smell something burning.” Ring the fire brigade .” I should down to my wife.
I banged on the door but the old lady took a long time answer. I was turning over in my mind the idea of breaking the door down when she finally appeared.
“I was having a bath,” she said,” when the water heater in the kitchen blew up. And I was getting dressed when you knocked.
I took her down stairs to our flat. Smoke was pouring out of the kitchen and the heater was in flames. Just then I heard a fire engine arriving outside and the heavy footsteps of the firemen on the stairs.” It’s in here,” I shouted,” You turned up promptly, I must say.”
When I got back to our flat, my wife was making the old lady a cup of tea, Soon afterwards, the fire chief came in to ask a few questions. It turned out that the fire was not very serious and the firemen were already putting it out. When they left, my wife went up with the old lady to help her clean up the mess.
When she returned, my wife remarked : “It’s all right now. Nothing was damaged except the water heater. But wasn’t it lucky that baby slept through the noise ?’
She took the teacups into the kitchen and I heard her scream and the cups crash to the floor. When I got there, water dripping from the ceiling and forming a pool on the floor. The baby woke up at least and began to cry.
Choose the right statement !
1. What is the story about ?
a. A disastrous accident
b. A confused old lady
c. A fire brigade in action
d. A surprising evening
e. A small accident in the kitchen
1. What is the story about ?
a. A disastrous accident
b. A confused old lady
c. A fire brigade in action
d. A surprising evening
e. A small accident in the kitchen
Answer : E
2. The writer suspected that something was wrong when…
a. there was a loud noise
b. there was a cry for help
c. his wife was afraid of the noise
d. furniture was being moved about
e. he saw smoke coming through his letter-box
Answer : B
3. Which of the following statement is true ?
a. the old lady hurried to the door when yhe writer knocked
b. the noise in the old lady’s flat didn’t disturb the baby
c. the writer kicked the door open to save the old lady’s life
d. there was great damage in the flat ofter the fire
e. the old lady immediately called the fire brigade
Answer :B
4. ‘Turning over in my mind in paragraph 3 means…
a. chancing
b. repeating
c. reminding
d.considering
e.supposing
Answer : D
5. After reading the whole story, we know that…
a. the old lady was good at house cleaning
b. the baby was startled by the some of the fire engine
c. the fire occurred because the old lady had been careless
d. the old lady always enjoyed having tea with the writer’s wife
e. the fire had caused a leak in the ceiling of the writer’s kitchen
5. After reading the whole story, we know that…
a. the old lady was good at house cleaning
b. the baby was startled by the some of the fire engine
c. the fire occurred because the old lady had been careless
d. the old lady always enjoyed having tea with the writer’s wife
e. the fire had caused a leak in the ceiling of the writer’s kitchen
Answer : E
6. Which of the following statement is not true ?
a. the baby woke up a long while after the fire
b. the writer and his wife were at home watching TV that night
c. the fire engine didn’t arrive as quickly as the writer had thought
d. the writer’s wife was so startled that the cups fell from her hends
e. the writer’s wife didn’t expect to see a pool of water in her kitchen
6. Which of the following statement is not true ?
a. the baby woke up a long while after the fire
b. the writer and his wife were at home watching TV that night
c. the fire engine didn’t arrive as quickly as the writer had thought
d. the writer’s wife was so startled that the cups fell from her hends
e. the writer’s wife didn’t expect to see a pool of water in her kitchen
Answer : C
7. Nowadays people prefer using small cars than big ones because they are more…
a. economic
7. Nowadays people prefer using small cars than big ones because they are more…
a. economic
b. economy
c. economical
d.economize
e.economically
Answer : C
8. The place …..the Dutch imprisoned Pangeran Diponegoro was hilly
a. which
8. The place …..the Dutch imprisoned Pangeran Diponegoro was hilly
a. which
b. that
c. that
d.on
c. that
d.on
e.in which
Answer : E
9. The woman begged the robber…
a. don’t take my money
b. not to take her money
c. not taking her money
d. he didn’t take her money
e. he’d better not take her money
a. don’t take my money
b. not to take her money
c. not taking her money
d. he didn’t take her money
e. he’d better not take her money
Answer : B
10. Every night the street vendors walk along the road and…food and drink.
a. sells
b. to sell
10. Every night the street vendors walk along the road and…food and drink.
a. sells
b. to sell
c. sell
d.selling
e.is selling
Answer : C
