Example Review Text : Home Alone

A.           Reading test

Read the texts and choose the best answer to each question based on the alternatives given.

Questions 1 - 10 are based on the following text.

INDONESIA :

Home Alone

Home Alone adalah film komedi keluarga yang ditulis dan diproduksi oleh John Hughes dan disutradarai oleh Chris Columbus pada tahun 1990 di Amerika. Bintang film Macaulay Culkin sebagai Kevin McCallister, seorang anak laki-laki delapan tahun yang tertinggal ketika keluarganya terbang ke Paris untuk liburan Natal mereka. Kevin awalnya menikmati berada di rumah sendirian , tapi tidak berlangsung lama karena harus bersaing melawan dua calon pencuri dimainkan oleh Daniel Stern dan Joe Pesci. Film ini juga menampilkan Catherine O'Hara dan John Heard sebagai orang tua Kevin. Pada 2009, Home Alone adalah komedi paling sukses sepanjang masa.

Malam sebelum penerbangan, keluarga McCallister berkumpul. Kevin, anak laki-laki mereka (umur delapan tahun) merasa tersiksa oleh  saudara-saudara dan sepupu-sepupunya. Setelah bertengkar dengan Buzz, kakak laki-lakinya, Kevin naik ke lantai tiga rumahnya dan berharap keluarganya menghilang. Pemadaman listrik selama malam hari mereset jam alarm menyebabkan mereka kesiangan dan terburu-buru untuk mencapai penerbangan tepat waktu. Mereka menyadari Kevin tertinggal saat sudah mengudara. Mereka tidak menemukan penerbangan hingga dua hari berikutnya.

Sementara itu, Kevin bangun menemukan rumah kosong dan gembira dengan kebebasannya. Hingga perampok-perampok datang karena menyadari Kevin sendirian dan membuat Kevin harus berjuang melawan mereka. Pada hari Natal, Kevin kecewa karena keluarganya masih menghilang. Kemudian ibunya datang dan setelah itu langsung terbang dari Paris ke Chicago, tapi Kevin merahasiakan tentang pertemuannya dengan Harry dan Marv.

Plot yang baik dan masuk akal membuat kita sulit percaya. Terkadang inilah yang menunjukkan kejeniusan John Hughes dalam menulis naskah film. Macaulay Culkin juga sangat berbakat dalam berbagai adengan dan harus membawa hampir seluruh film. Tapi film ini tampaknya tidak mungkin terjadi dalam kenyataan karena itu berlebihan. Jadi film ini hanya sebagai hiburan.

Secara keseluruhan, ini merupakan film yang bagus, terutama untuk hiburan saat liburan. Film ini dapat ditonton untuk semua umur. Dan mengandung beberapa pesan untuk orang tua kepada anak-anaknya.

ENGLISH :

Home Alone

Home alone is family comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus in 1990 in America. The film stars Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, an eight-year-old boy who left behind when his family flies to Paris for their Christmas vacation. Kevin initially enjoy being home alone, but didn’t last long because he has to racing against two burglars played by Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci. The film also features Catherine O'Hara and John Heard as Kevin's parents. As of 2009, Home Alone was the highest-grossing comedy of all time.

The night before flight, the McCallister family gather. Kevin, their son (eight-year-old) feel tortured by his siblings and cousins. After fight with Buzz, his older brother, Kevin go to the third floor of the house and hope his family disappear. Electrical outage during the night reset the alarm clock cause they oversleep and rush to reach flight on time. They realize Kevin is left behind when already airborne. They not found flight fot the next two days.

Meanwhile, Kevin wake up to find the house empty and enjoy with his freedom. Until robbers come because realize Kevin is alone and make Kevin have to racing against them. On Christmas Day, Kevin is disappointed because his family is still gone. Then his mother come and after that flown directly from Paris to Chicago, but Kevin keep secret about encounter with Harry and Marv.

Good plot and implausible make we hard believe. Sometime this is shows genius of John Hughes written movie’s screenplay. Macaulay Culkin also very talented in many scene and has to carry almost the whole movie. But this film appartently not possible happen in fact because that over. So this film only as consolation.

Overall, this is good film, especially to consolation when holiday. This film can watch to all age. And contains some message to parents to them child.

1.             The text mainly review …

a.              talent of Macaulay Culkin

b.             John Hughes written the movie’s screenplay of Home Alone

c.              the film Home Alone stars of Macaulay Culkin

d.             The Home Alone movie

e.              A family film in America

2.             What is the purpose of the text?

a.              to describe about Home Alone movie

b.             to entertain the reader about Home alone movie

c.              to review a film

d.             to critique or evaluate an event is the Home Alone movie

e.              to critique or evaluate an art work is the Home Alone

3.              “Good plot and implausible make we hard believe.”

The underlined word can be replaced by the word …

a.             difficult

b.             soft

c.              easy

d.             different

e.              obtain

4.             The following statement is TRUE based on the text, except …

a.              Kevin keep oneself about encounter with Harry and Marv

b.             Kevin follow with his family go to Chicago

c.              Kevin feel comfortable in home alone

d.             the family pick up Kevin to Chicago

e.              Kevin had to against the robbers

5.             Why the McCallister family can oversleep?

a.              because the alarm clock is off

b.             because they rush untuk to reach flight on time

c.              because they sleep during the night

d.             because his family disappear

e.              because there are electrical outage

6.             “… Kevin go to the third floor of the house and hope his family disappear.”

The underlined word has the opposite meaning to …

a.              flown

b.             aircraft

c.              touch down

d.             go down

e.              descend

7.              “They not found flight fot the next two days.”

The underlined word refers to …

a.              Buzz

b.             Kevin

c.              Kevin's parents

d.             McCallister family

e.              Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci

8.             “Sometime this is shows genius of John Hughes written movie’s screenplay.”

The underlined word has the synonym of …

a.              sail

b.             desktop

c.              film script

d.             partition

e.              themes film

9.             How Kevin can left behind?

a.       they forget with Kevin because Kevin in the third floor of the house

b.      the McCallister family very hurry to achieve the flight

c.       electrical outage during the night reset the alarm clock the McCallister family

d.      Kevin feel tortured by his siblings and cousins

e.       they not found flight fot the next two days

10.         The fourth paragraph mainly tell us about

a.              a good plot in the Home Alone movie

b.             the lack and overplus about this film

c.              the film of Home Alone only as consolation

d.             of John Hughes written movie’s screenplay

e.              this film isn’t possible happen in fact