Narrative Text

This text is for question number 11 to 20

Narrative text

The Three Sheiks and Queen of Arabia

                

Maura, who liked to be thought of as the most beautiful and powerful queen of Arabia, had many suitors. One by one she discarded them, until her list was reduced to just threes sheiks, all equally young and handsome, rich and strong. It was very hard to decide who would be the best of them.

One evening, Maura disguised herself and went to the camp of the three sheiks, as they were about to have dinner, and asked them for something to eat.

The first gave her some leftover food; the second gave her some unappetizing camel’s tail; the third sheik, who was called Hakim, offered her some of the most tender and tasty meat. After dinner, the disguised queen left the sheiks’ camp.

The following day the queen invited the three sheiks to dinner at her palace. She ordered her servants to give each one exactly what they had given her the evening before.

Hakim, who received a plate of delicious meat, refused to eat it if the other two could not share it with him, and this act finally convinced Queen Maura that he was the man for her.

“Without question, Hakim is the most generous of you,” she announced her choice to the sheiks, “So, it is Hakim I will marry.”

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            Vocabulary list :

·         Suitor              : pelamar, peminang

·         Discard            : menolak, membuang

·         Disguise          : menyamar

·         Overleft           : sisa, kelebihan

·         Unappetizing   : tak menimbulkan selera

·         Tender             : lembut, lunak

·         Tasty               : lezat, gurih

·         Palace              : istana

·         Convince         : meyakinkan

·         Generous         : dermawan

Question :

1.       Who is Maura?

2.       What did the Queen do to choose the best of the three Sheiks?

3.       What did the respond of the three Sheiks when the Queen asked them for something to eat?

4.       Why did Hakim refuse to eat a plate of delicious food?

5.      Who was the Queen chosen as the best man?

6.       Why did the Queen ordered her servant to give the sheiks the same kind of food she got from them the evening before?

7.       What is the main idea of paragrah six?

8.       “.....the queen invited the three sheiks to dinner at her palace.” ( P.4)

What is the underline word refers to?

9.       “...refused to eat it if the other two could not share it with him.” (P. 5)

What is the opposite of the underline word?

10.  “...Hakim is the most generous of you.” (P.6)

What is the synonym of the underline word?