CLOZE PROCEDURE SMA

LATIHAN CLOZE PROCEDURE SMA

The Fly and The Bull

There was a little fly who thought he was important. He felt proud of himself. One sunny morning, he flew around looking for someone to talk to. He saw a bull grazing in a field. He decided to fly down to talk to him.

The little fly down and buzzed around the bull’s head. The bull didn’t bother him.

The fly then ....1..right inside the bull’s ear. The bull continued chewing grass. The fly thought” what a stupid animal”.

Now the fly decided to land on one of bull’s ...2.. to make the bull notice him. He wanted for the bull to say something,but the bull keep quite.

The fly then shouted angrily,” oh Bull, if you find that I am too heavy for you, let me know and I’ll fly away!”.

The bull laughed and said,”little fly”. I don’t care if you stay or leave. You are so ..3.. that your weight does not make any different to me, so please be quite and leave me alone”.

1.A flew           b. Buzzed           c. Whispered     d. sent into               e. Came into

2.a.claw     b. Hair   c. Face     d. Horns      e, feather

3. a. Heavy   b. Wide    c. Large   d. Tiny        e. Thin

Mercury and the Woodman

      A Woodman was felling a tree on the bank of a river, when his axe,glancing off the trunk, flew out of his hands and fell into the water.

As he stood by the water's edge lamenting his loss, Mercury ...4..and asked him the reason for his grief. On learning what had happened,out of pity for his distress, Mercury dived into the river and,bringing up a golden axe, asked him if that was the one he had lost.

The Woodman replied that it was not, and Mercury then 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...5.., and thanked his benefactor warmly; and the latter was so ..6.. with his honesty that he made him a present of the other two axes.

4. a. Emerged      b. Appeared   c. Whispered        d. Optioned      e. Suggested

5.a.dagger         b. Assets         c. Property      d. Clothes       e. Body

6. a. Pleased     b. Disgusted    c. Shocked  

d. Worried      e. relieved

The man and the Monster

Once upon a time there ....7... a young man, named Nazar. He lived a very poor life. One day, Nazar went to town to look for a job. He had to climb up the hill and ...8... a thick jungle to get to a nearest town. Suddenly, he heard ...9... from a bush. When he approach, he found some people gathering around a big tree. Nazar Realized that the people we doing against God order. Then he took out a big ....10.... axe and planned to cut down the tree.

7.a.Found     b. Lived     c. Appeared     

    d. Came        e. met

8.  a. Checked          b. Examined                 c. Inspected     

     d. went through      e.hunted through

9. a. Trembles          b. Shadows         c. Movement   d. gasture             e.sounds

10. a. Sharp         b. Edge           c. Dull      d. Rough        e.thick

A Dog and a Cock became great friends. One day they travelled together. At night they sleep in the forest. The Cock perched himself on the (11).... of a tree, while the Dog found a bed beneath in the hollow trunk. When the morning dawned, the Cock, as usual, crowed very (12)... several times. A Fox heard the sound, and wanted to eat the cock as breakfast. He came and stood under the branches, saying how (13)... his voice was and he wanted to meet the cock.

11. A. roots     B. trunks   C. leaves    D. branches

12. A. Loud      B. aloud     C. loudly    D. loudness

13. A. soft        B. loud        C. hard     D. beautiful

   

Now She came to me and I was reluctant to help me when  I got in trouble; She would always calm me when I was angry; She would always come back helping me; she would always get me a glass of water when I ...14... nightmares; she would always cheer me up when I cried helpless; she would never let me carry....15.. than I could hold. But why? Why did she do that? She would always comfort me when my parents fought.

“Honey, do you want a glass of water?”, Anna asked me, pulling my bed-sheet .....16...to my neck, with a glass of water in her right hand. I got up and saw her white face  in the dim of moonlight.

14. a. Lifted up       b. Picked up      c. Brought up

d. woke up       e. Stood up

15. a. Opportunities        b. Burden       c. Chances   d. prospect         e. Responsibility

16. a. Close     b. Deep          c. Beyond      d. narrow      e. huge

Long ago, a rich man wanted the very best education for his son, and so he sent him abroad to learn other languages. A few years later when the young man returned home, the only language he had learnt was the dog's language. The father was so indignant that he drove his son out of the house, and said that he wished to have nothing further to do with him. The young man ....(17).... his house with his broken heart.

After a great deal of wandering, the young man arrived in a village which was terrorized by a group of fierce dogs. Although everybody had advised him not to wander there, the young man insisted on going into the wood where dogs lived, and, too much amazement, he returned without even a ....(18).... He said that the dogs has spoken to him, explaining they were ....(19).... because they were compelled by a spell to keep guard all the time over a rich treasure chest buried in the woods.The young man solved all the problems by digging up the chest for himself, so the dogs troubled the villagers no further and were free to wander.

17.A. saw          B. left           C. took  D. visited      E. destroyed

18.A. fight          B. bark        C. pack   D. crack         E. scratch

19.A. sad        B. tame         C. greedy   D. fierce          E. disappointed 

Jupiter announced that he intended to appoint a king over the birds, and named a day when he would ....20.. the most beautiful of them all to be their ruler. Wishing to look their best, all  the birds busied  their feathers. The Jackdaw was realized that with his ugly plumage, he would have no chance  so he waited till they were all gone, and then picked up the beautiful ...21... they had dropped, and fastened them on his own body,  When the appointed day came, all the .....22... birds gathered before Jupiter's throne; and, after passing them in review, Jupiter       was about to make the Jackdaw king, when all the rest set upon the king-select, Jupiter stripped jackdaw of his borrowed plumes, and exposed him for the Jackdaw  was a cheat.

20. a.grant       b. Amuse           c. Feed      d. select          e. Invite

21.a. skins      b. Feathersrs           c. Beaks      d.claws                  e. Jaws

22. a. Clean         b beautiful          c. Colourful       d.horrible              e. Gaudy

Long time ago, in a peaceful side of this country, there (23) … a boy, named Raka, and a girl named Nimas. Raka and Nimas had been good friends since their (24) … However, there was something that led them to be apart. Nimas and her parents had to move to another town. Then, there was Raka, left alone. He felt (25)... From that mo-ment on Raka and Nimas lost contact.

23. (A) happened     (B) appeared     (C) believed      (D) came           (E) lived

24.(A) children     (B) child care       (C) childhood(D) child bearing       (E) child benefits

25. (A) miserable      (B) lucky            (C) happy(D) nasty            (E) tired