Soal dan Pembahasan The Lion and the Mouse : Ambiz Education

Soal dan Pembahasan The Lion and the Mouse – Secara umum materi narrative text dapat dipelajari pada pelajaran bahasa Inggris pada tingkatan SMP. Pada pelajaran bahasa inggris terdapat materi narrative text yang soalnya akan dibagikan pada tulisan ini beserta pembahasannya.

This text is for questions 1 to 4.

The Lion and the Mouse

Once when a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down upon him; this soon awoke the lion, who placed his huge paw upon the mouse, and opened his big jaws to swallow him. “Pardon, O King,” cried the little mouse “forgive me this time. I shall never forget it, who knows I may be able to do you a good tum some of these days?” The Lion was so tickled at the idea of the mouse being able to help him. Then he lifted up his paw and let him go.

Sometime after, the lion was caught in a trap. Some hunters who wanted to carry him alive to the King, tied him to a tree while they went in search of a wagon to carry him in. Just then the little mouse happened to pass by and see the sad plight in which the lion was.

The little mouse went up to him and soon gnawed away the ropes that bound the king of the beasts. Soon after the little mouse had finished gnawing away the ropes, he asked the lion to run away.

1. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To entertain the readers
B. To persuade the readers that something should or should not be the case
C. To inform the readers about the events of the day which are considered newsworthy
D. To explain something
E. To present at least two points of view about an issue
Pembahasan:
Pada soal di atas menanyakan “Apa tujuan dari teks tersebut?”. Pada teks tersebut merupakan narrative text yang bertujuan untuk menghibur pembaca (to entertain the readers).

Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah (A) To entertain the readers.

2. What is the moral value of the text?
A. Don’t look at someone because of his clothes
B. It is best for prepare for the days of necessity
C. Common people may prove great ones
D. United we stand, divided we fall
E. Honestly begins at home
Pembahasan:
Pada soal di atas menanyakan “Apa nilai moral dari teks tersebut?”. Pada teks tersebut kita mengetahui bahwa si tikus dapat melakukan sesuatu yang hebat dengan menyelamatkan si singa.

Berdasarkan informasi tersebut, maka kita dapat mempelajari bahwa orang biasa mampu melakukan sesuatu yang hebat (common people may prove great ones).

Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah (C) Common people may prove great ones.

3. Paragraph three mainly tells us that …
A. The little mouse asked for forgiveness
B. The hunters carried the lion alive to the King
C. The lion was tied to a tree by the hunters
D. The little mouse could prove that he could help the lion
E. From the first, the lion believed in what the little mouse said
Pembahasan:
Pada soal di atas menanyakan “Paragraf tiga terutama memberitahu kita bahwa …”. Pada paragraf ketiga teks tersebut disebutkan “The little mouse went up to him and soon gnawed away the ropes that bound the king of the beasts. Soon after the little mouse had finished gnawing away the ropes, he asked the lion to run away” yang memiliki arti “Tikus kecil itu mendekatinya dan segera menggerogoti tali yang mengikat raja binatang itu. Segera setelah tikus kecil selesai menggerogoti tali, dia meminta singa untuk melarikan diri”.

Berdasarkan informasi tersebut, maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa paragraf ketiga terutama membahas tentang tikus kecil yang dapat membuktikan bahwa dia bisa membantu singa (the little mouse could prove that he could help the lion).

Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah (D) The little mouse could prove that he could help the lion.

4. What did the little mouse do to prove his words?
A. He would never forget the lion
B. He tried hard to help the lion free
C. He ran up and down upon the lion
D. He asked for apology to the king of the beast
E. He tied the lion to the tree so that the hunters could carry him
Pembahasan:
Pada soal di atas menanyakan “Apa yang dilakukan tikus kecil untuk membuktikan kata-katanya?”. Pada paragraf ketiga teks tersebut disebutkan “The little mouse went up to him and soon gnawed away the ropes that bound the king of the beasts” yang memiliki arti “Tikus kecil itu mendekatinya dan segera menggerogoti tali yang mengikat raja binatang itu”.

Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah (B) He tried hard to help the lion free.

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Referensi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_%26_the_Mouse
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