Reading adalah skill yang memang harus dikuasai oleh setiap siswa. Reading bukan berarti membaca secara lantang tidak. Namun reading disini adalah membaca santai lalu memahami apa yang terkandung dalam bacaan tersebut. Sekarang saya coba berikan contoh simple mengenai reading comprehension


BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
            Beauty  (be) 1……..a beautiful girl. She was also hard working. She always (help) 2……..her father on the farm. One day, her father set out for the city. He (see) 3…….. an old castle and went in. No one was in there but there was food on the table ! He picked a rose from the garden for beauty. Suddenly an angry beast appeared. He (want) 4……to kill Beauty’s father unless Beauty was (bring) 5…… to him.
            Beauty’s father told his daughter what had (happen) 6…….. Beauty’s sisters ordered her to see the beast and had to stay at the castle. She felt scared, lonely and sad. She (try) 7…….. to run away but was stopped by the beast.
            The Beast (treat) 8…….. Beauty well. Soon Beauty began to like the Beast. One day through the Beast’s magic mirror, Beauty saw that her father was sick. The Beast (allow) 9…….. her to go home. Her father was happy to see her.
            One night Beauty had a dream. A fairy told her that the Beast was sick. Beauty hurried back and saw the Beast dying. She began to cry. Tears fell on to the Beast. Suddenly the Beast (changed) 10……. in to a handsome prince. Beauty and the Beast got married and lived happily ever after.

1.   a. is                        b. am                           c. was              d. are                           e. were
2.   a. helped                b. help                         c. was help      d. helping                    e. was helped
3.   a. see                     b. seeing                      c. saw              d. soon                       e. seen.
4.   a. will                    b. wanted                    c. would          d. want                         e. is wanted
5.   a. brought              b. bringing                   c. bring            d. was brought             e. is bringing
6.   a. happening          b. is happening            c. happen         d. happened                 e what happen
7.   a. triyed                 b. tried                         c. trying           d. was tried                 e. is tried
8.   a. treatened           b. treat                         c. treated         d. treating                    e. treaned
9.   a. allow                  b. alone                        c. allowing       d. always                     e. allowed
10. a. choose               b. choosing                  c. change         d. changed                   e. channel
11. What happened when Beauty’s father picked up a rose from the garden ?
a.       he changed into a beast                                   d. the beast changed into a handsome prince
b.      a beast killed him                                            e. a beast appears and want  to kill him
c.       beauty changed into the beast
12.  Why did Beauty like the Beast ?
a.       because the beast gave her a rose                    d. because Beauty knew that he was a prince
b.      because the beast released her father              e. because the beast was very rich
c.       because the beast treated her in a good manner
13.  What does the writer intend to do with his text?
a.       describe the story of the Beauty         d. tell a news to the readers
b.      review a text for the audience                        e. explain how the Beauty got married with the beast
c.       entertain the readers
14.  The resolution of the story is found in paragraph……
a.       1                      b. 2                              c. 3                  d. 3 and 4        e. 4
15.  “ She felt scared, lonely and sad. “ (paragraph 2)
The word “scared” means….
a.   proud               b. brave                       c. frightened    d. boastful       e. indifferent


Nah contoh soal diatas memberikan beberapa kebutuhan skill tersendiri untuk memahaminya. dan untuk uji pemahaman cantumkan soal diatas. Semoga berhasil. Thanks.

Amir Fadhil Arragil