Little Boy with a
Slingshot
Once upon a time
Sammy and his sister Marie visited their grandparents at their farm. Sammy
picked up a slingshot to play with out in the woods. He practised in the woods,
but he could never hit the target. Getting a little discouraged, he headed back
for lunch. As he was walking back, he saw Grandma's pet duck.
Just out of
impulse, he let the slingshot fly which hit the duck square in the head and
killed it. He was shocked and grieved. In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the
pile of woods. Marie had seen it all from the window, but she said nothing.
After lunch, the next day Grandma said, "Marie, let's wash the
dishes." Marie said, "But Grandma, Sammy told me he wanted to help in
the kitchen."
Then she
whispered to Sammy, "Remember the duck?" Sammy got nervous knowing
his sister knew about the duck and if he did not obey, she might tell his
grandparents about it. So, without saying anything, he did the dishes.
Later that day,
Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing but Grandma said, "I'm sorry
but I need Marie to help make a supper." Marie just smiled and said,
"Well that's all right because Sammy told me he wanted to
help."
She whispered
again to Sammy, "Remember the duck?" So, Marie went fishing and Sammy
stayed to help. After several days of Marie taking advantage of Sammy, he
finally couldn't stand it any longer. He came to Grandma and confessed that he
had killed the duck.
Grandma knelt
down, gave him a hug and said, "Sweetheart, I know. I was standing at the
window and I saw the whole thing but because I love you, I've forgiven you. I
was just wondering how long you would let Marie take advantage of
you."
(Adapted from
https://www.moralstories.org/little-boy-slingshot/.)
1. What kind of
social situation has possibly inspired the creation of the story?
A. Feeling
reluctant to confess their mistakes so feel guilty all the time.
B. Holding ideas that
confessing their mistakes is safer than hiding them.
C. Using people’s
mistakes for taking advantage of them.
D. Being not responsible for the mistakes they have committed.
E. Hiding their
mistakes without feeling guilty.
2. What can we
learn from the story?
A. Confess your
mistakes and take away a load of guilt from your heart.
B. Other people
may use your hidden mistake to make use of you.
C. By hiding your
mistakes, you will feel guilty all the time.
D. We Should not
take other people’s honesty for granted.
E. It is easier
to make mistakes than to confess them.
Catatan:
Ada yang mungkin memilih pilihan jawaban `C. By hiding your mistakes, you
will feel guilty all the time`. Namun, kalau kita kembali ke sumber bacaan
(https://www.moralstories.org/little-boy-slingshot/), di situ penulis dengan
jelas mengatakan bahwa moral "Moral: Always confess of your mistakes. It
will take away a load of guilt from your heart ...". Hal in berarti
seakan2 pembuat soal juga ke pilihan A.
3. The underlined
word in “Marie had seen it all from the window, …”(paragraph
2) refers to the event when Sammy….
A. killed the
duck.
B. hid the dead
duck.
C. attempted to hide
his mistake.
D. was using a
slingshot to kill the duck.
E. was practising
using a slingshot to hit targets.
Soal in
betul-betul menurut saya pribadi tidak mudah dibedakan pilihan jawabannya.
Karena jelas bahwa dalam konteks di paragraf 2 yang dimaksud, Sammy membunuh
(tanpa sengaja) duck it dan kemudian menymbunyikannya. Nah semua aktifitas ini
dilihat langsung oleh Marie. Jadi, pada dasarnya pilihan A dan B bisa
dibenarkan. Tapi, bisa juga dimaknai lebih umum yaitu yg dilakukan oleh Sammy
adalah berusaha menyembunyikan kesalahannya, dg cara menyembunyikan duck yang
terbunuh itu. Jadi, amannya kita bisa putuskan pilih jawaban C. attempted to hide his mistake saja.
4. How are paragraph
3 and 5 related?
A. Sammy’s guilt
in paragraph 3 was forgiven in paragraph 5.
B. Both
paragraphs show how Mary took advantage of Sammy’s mistake.
C. Both
paragraphs show Mary and Sammy were very close to each other.
D. Sammy’s
mistake in paragraph 3 was being used by Mary in paragraph 5.
E. Paragraph 3 is
about Mary making use of Sammy’s guilt; paragraph 5 is about Sammy’s
confession.
Referensi: Soal Ujian Nasional (UN) Bahasa Inggris SMA/MA 2019, Englishahkam
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