Recount Text beserta Soal dan Jawaban (horrible nightmare)

Recount Text beserta Soal dan Jawaban (Pharmacists )

Soal UN SMP/MTs 2013

Read the text to answer questions 31 to 34.

"Don't eat just before going to bed!" my mother used to tell me. "You might get a nightmare." How right she was. I never believed her until it happened to me.

It was on a night when I felt hungry just as I was about to go to bed. So I made myself a peanut-butter sandwich and a large cold glass of milk. After consuming them I went to bed.

Soon I drifted off into a troubled sleep. I dreamt that I was with a group of people looking for an old woman. I was not sure why we were looking for her but we all seemed afraid of her. Somehow we had to find her. So there I was, searching high and low for her in frightful places I had never been before. Sometimes I seemed to be flying while at other times I seemed unable to move. The whole atmosphere was one of fear, like a dreadful horror-movie in which I was a victim.

After some searching I entered a darkened room and saw a figure sleeping on a bed. As I got nearer the figure suddenly threw away the blanket, got up and stared at me. It was an ugly old woman with shiny golden teeth. She raised her claw-like fingers and walked towards me.

I wanted to run but was unable to. I tried to scream but found that I could not. In horror I struggled and struggled to get away from the frightful woman.

The next moment I gave a muffled yell and found myself panting on my bed. My goodness, what a horrible nightmare it was! For a minute or so I lay on my bed not daring to close my eyes for fear of falling asleep again and continuing the nightmare. Then I sat up on my bed until the horrible feeling passed. From then on I never eat just before going to sleep.

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31. Why did writer never eat again before going to sleep?
A. He was afraid being a fat boy.
B. He was afraid to meet an old woman.
C. He didn‟t want to have a trouble sleep.
D. He didn‟t want to get a horrible nightmare.

32. “The next moment I gave a muffled yell and …”
The underlined word means …
A. quiet and less clear. 
B. noisy and shooting.
C. loud and screaming.
D. forceful and talkative.

33. “I never believed her until it happened to me …”
The word „it” refers to …
A. a bed.
B. a nightmare. 
C. a Sandwich .
D. peanut butter.

34. What is the purpose of the writer to write the text?
A. To share a bad dream
B. To describe an old woman
C. To retell a frightening experience 
D. To advice not to eat before sleeping

Muhammad Ahkam Arifin Muhammad Ahkam Arifin is a Fulbright PhD student at Washington State University, US. He earned a master`s degree in TESOL from the University of Edinburgh & Applied Linguistics from the University of Melbourne.

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