This text is for questions 1 to 5.
Monday’s tsunami along the southern coast of Java
has caused devastating losses that are still being counted. Traumatized
survivors, many camped out on the hills far from the shore line,
are living in fear that
another earthquake would trigger another wave of destruction.
The
earthquake which triggered a tsunami wiped out the beach resorts and fishing villages along the southern coast of Java . The
Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said that the Wednesday’s earthquake
measured 6.2 on the Richter Scale.
Its epicenter
was 48 kilometers below the sea level. BMG official, Weni, said the areas on
the west coast of Java and Banten, as well as those in the south coast of
Lampung, were at risk of being hit by a tsunami. However, the possibility of a
tsunami was quickly discounted by other agencies.
1. The news is about ....
A. the victims of a
tsunami
B. the possible risks of tsunamis in Banten and Lampung
C. the tsunami in the south-western part of Indonesia
D. the disaster caused by the tsunami in the southern coast of Java
E. the tsunami survivors in Java
2. The words below are
associated with the suffering of the victims, except .....
A. fear B.
trauma
C. losses D.
trigger
E. destroy
3. “Monday’s tsunami along the
southern coast of Java caused devastating
losses . . . .”
(Paragraph 1)The underlined word may be replaced by .....
(Paragraph 1)The underlined word may be replaced by .....
A. stressful
B. injuring
C. destructive
D. harming
E. fearful
4. Where
did the tsunami happen?
A. In Banten.
B. In Jakarta
C. In the southern coast of Java .
D. In the south coast of Lampung .
E. In the west coast of West Java .
(
5. What place was at risk of being hit by a
tsunami?
A. The
east of Banten.
B. The
easthern coast of Java .
C. The
southern coast of Java .
D. The
south coast of Lampung .
E. The
south coast of West Java .
This text is for questions 6 to 9.
Women’s
Train Launched
PT
Kereta Api Operational Area VI Yogyakarta-Central Java has launched a women’s
train, last Saturday (4/9). The launch of the diesel train Prambanan Expres
Yogyakarta-Kutoarjo-Solo is aimed to minimize sexual harassment.
“This is not
discriminative, but the Kereta Api company’s maximum effort,” said Gusti
Kanjeng Ratu Hemas, a member of the Regional Representatives Council.
The Executive
Vice President of PT Kereta Api Operational Area VI Noor Hamidi said that the
train is in the Prameks train chain with a capacity of 104 persons. “At the end
of the month, we will accelerate the travel time to 45 minutes,” said Noor.
6. What is
the purpose of the launch of a women’s train?
A. To provide better service.
B. To give more space for women.
C. To minimize sexual harassment.
D. To
minimize the number of pick pocketing.
E. To make passengers feel comfortable,
particularly women.
particularly women.
7. What
route does the women’s train take?
A. Yogyakarta–Kutoarjo–Solo.
B. Yogyakarta–Purworejo–Solo.
C. Surabaya–Solo–Yogyakarta.
D. Surabaya–Kutoarjo–Solo.
E. Yogyakarta–Kutoarjo–Malang.
8. How many
persons can the train load?
A. More than 104 persons.
B. Up to 150 persons.
C. 104 persons.
D. 45 persons.
E. Less than 100 persons.
9. “‘ . . . but the Kereta
Api company’s maximum effort,’ said Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Hemas . . .
.” (Paragraph 2) The underlined word can be best replaced by ________.
A. success B. guarantee
C. failure D. work
E. role
10. My
experiment on the plant ________ if it is not watered.
A. fail B. failed
C. would fail D. will be failed
E. will
fail
11. (1) A bus which was traveling south was hit by a large truck.
( 2) The injured people were taken to the hospital.
( 3) Meanwhile, the driver of the truck who was drunk was taken to the
police station to be interrogated.
( 4) J.P. There was a bad accident on Jalan Sudirman last night.
( 5) Several people in the bus were killed, including the driver.
(
The proper arrangement of the sentences is
________.
A. 2–3–1–5–4 B. 4–1–5–3–2
C. 4–1–5–2–3 D. 4–2–3–1–5
E. 5–3–4–1–2
This text is for questions 12 to 15
A
Halo over Moscow
And
you thought rainbows were cool. A few days ago, a mysterious cloud shaped like
a halo appeared over Moscow ,
and the buzz has yet to break.
We’re the
first to admit that a photograph of the heavenly cloud appears to be
photo-shopped. It’s just so . . . perfect. But meteorologists have spoken up
and said the cloud wasn’t digitally altered. However, it wasn’t exactly what it
appeared to be, either.
When the cloud
initially formed, some UFO enthusiasts declared it to be a “true mystery.” Some
even compared it to the giant spaceship hovering over Earth in the movie
“Independence Day.” Reality quickly dashed any predictions of an alien
invasion. An article from the Daily Mail explains that the “luminous
ring-shaped cloud” was simply an optical effect.
An official
spokesperson for Moscow ’s
weather department said, “Several fronts have been passing through Moscow recently, there
was an intrusion of the Arctic air too, the sun was shining from the west —this
is how the effect was produced.”
The
cloud loomed last week, but the searches are still soaring. Look-ups on
“halo cloud” and “Moscow
cloud” are both booming, and a video clip has garnered hundreds of thousands of
views on YouTube.
12. At the
beginning of the news, the writer tried to compare what he saw with .....
A. a star ship B. a typhoon
C. UFO D. rainbows
E. a moon
13. The
people of Moscow
A. it
was luminous
B. the
cloud was like a human’s face
C. the
sun was shining from the west
D. they
had never seen such a cloud
E. it
looked like the giant spaceship hovering over Earth in the movie ‘Independence
Day’.
14. “But
meterologists have spoken up and said the cloud wasn’t digitally altered.”
(Paragraph 2)
The underlined word is best replaced by ....
A. moved B. stopped
C. turned D. changed
E. created
15. “And you
thought rainbows were cool.” (Paragraph 1)
The word ‘you’
refers to....
A A. the writer B. the readers
C. B. the scientists D. the editors
E. the spokesperson
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