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Kumpulan Soal " News Item Text "
NEWS ITEM
GROUP :
ALFINA IRFA’I KHURIYAH
INTAN PURNAMA SARI
PATRICIA YOVIKA ADIESTARI
GRADE 12 SCIENCE PROGRAM
SMA N 1 SEPAUK
Th 2012-2013
I. Choose the
right answer by crossing a, b, c, r or e.
Text
1
Bridge breaks in Central Java,
killing 5 people and injuring 29 others
A footbridge packed with tourists broke at a mountainous
resort on Java Island Wednesday, killing five people and injuring 29 after they
plunged into a rocky riverbed, police and tourist officials said. The victims
were evacuated to three nearby hospitals, said Surono, an employee at the
Baturaden resort in Central Java province, adding that they fell more than 20
meters (yards) after one of the steel cables holding the small bridge snapped.
Local police chief Emron Putra Agung said five people were killed and 29
injured. The accident occurred as the country enjoys a weeklong holiday marking
the end of the Islamic month Ramadan, when people traditionally flock to
holiday sites. Baturaden, located 300 kilometers (190 miles) east of the
capital Jakarta, is one of the most popular resorts on the slopes of Mount
Slamet (3,428 meters, 11,246 feet), Java's second-highest peak.
1. Some local tourist were killed and injured in Baturaden when
….
a. they were swimming in the river.
b. they were enjoying the landscape on the small bridge.
c. they were in the riverbed.
d. they were climbing Mount Slamet, Central Java.
e. they were swinging on the small bridge over the rocky river.
2. The footbridge in Baturaden broke because ….
a. it couldn’t afford supporting overload.
b. it had been too old to walk on.
c. it had not been used for long time.
d. it lied on the slope of Mount Slamet.
e. it was used to evacuate the victims.
Text 2
Lapindo Brantas Inc. is dumping
contaminated water from the Sidoarjo mudflow disaster directly into the Porong
River without treating it first as promised, witnesses claim.
The company has denied it has dumped
untreated water into the river.
Witnesses claimed they had seen
water from retaining ponds being channeled directly into the river.
The two pipes were connected to the
river from one of the ponds near Pejarakan Jabon village. Three pumps have also
been installed to distribute water from the pond to the river.
A TV journalist, Medi, said the
pipes were set up in Thursday by soldiers from the Kepanjen battalion in
Malang. Of the two pipes, only one was operating Friday, he said.
State Minister of Environment
Rachmat Witoelar earlier said the water must not be dumped into seas or rivers
without being treated.
The ministry earlier said the mud
was non-toxic and safe, despite a study published in a government magazine that
said the mud contained a number of dangerous chemicals.
3. What did the company conceal from the local people?
a. the mudflow dumping into the Porong River.
b. the water distribution into the pond.
c. the mud pumping into the gas installation.
d. the contaminated water channeling into the sea.
e. the treated water flow into the river.
Text 3
RADIO, PAY-TV TO RESUME 24-HOUR
BROADCASTS
The
government has revised a controversial decree cutting back the airtime for
broadcasters to allow radio and pay-TV stations to resume broadcasting 24 hours
a day.
The Ministry
of Information and Communications issued Decree No. 11/2005 last month obliging
all broadcast stations to go off the air from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m., in a bid to
save energy amid soaring oil prices that have greatly inflated the government
fuel subsidy.
The decree
has drawn strong criticism from a number of different parties, with critics
calling the decree government intervention in the public’s freedom and right to
information.
The new
decree, No. 12/ 2005, stipulates that local TV stations will be allowed to stay
on the air 24 hours a day in the event of emergency situation, such as natural
disasters.
In addition,
the new decree also allows local TV stations to air live broadcasts from 1 a.m.
to 5 a.m. if the stations signed a contract with a third party before the
decree was issued.
The new
decree will be effective for five months and is subject to revision based on
further developments in the county’s energy crisis.
The
Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) said that the decree violated the
independence of the media.
4. Why did the
decree violate the independence of the media? Because ….
a. the decree
has drawn strong criticism from a number of different parties
b. the
government has interfered with the public’s freedom and right to information
c. the decree
has made the oil price soar greatly
d. the
government has issued decree to save energy
e. some radio
and pay-TV stations have signed contract with a third party
5. The new
decree, No. 12/ 2005, stipulates
that local TV stations will be allowed to stay on the air 24 hours a day.
What is the
meaning of the underlined word?
a. specifies d. requires
b. demands e. insists on
c. orders
Text 4
AUSTRALIAN
JOB ADS FALL
SYDNEY: The number of Australian
job advertisements in newspapers and on the internet fell 2.4 percent in June
from May but were still up 24.1 percent year-on-year, figures showed on Monday
in another sign the economy continues to slow.
The number of jobs advertised in metropolitan newspapers alone dropped
1.9 percent in June to their lowest level since May 2003 and were down 6.1
percent from a year earlier.
Internet ads also declined in June, falling 2.5 percent from May but
were still up 30.6 percent year-on-year.
The recent slowing in growth in job advertisements was consistent with
cooling domestic economic activity, particularly in housing and retail
spending, said ANZ senior economist Tony Pearson. “It suggests the
exceptionally strong performance of the labour market over the past half year
or so is coming to an end,” Pearson said.
6. The decrease
of Australian job ads is caused by …
a. the figures
of job growth
b. the labour
market activity
c. the
metropolitan newspaper circulation
d. the dull
housing and retail business
e. the internet
and newspaper role
7. Which is NOT
TRUE according to the text?
a. Australian
economy slowed gradually.
b. The fall of
job ads was influenced by labour market.
c. Annual
Australian job ads were down.
d. Australians
advertised job vacancy in newspapers and internet.
e. The lowest
decline of job ads happened in May.
8. …. figures
showed on Monday in another sign
the economy continues to slow.
The
underlined words have synonymous meaning with ….
a. symptom d. notice
b. trace e. indicator
c. warning
Text 5
GENEVA: global health officials have set out new guidelines governing
research on smallpox due to fears that the deadly virus could leak from
laboratories or wind up in terrorist hands, UN officials said on Saturday.
National health authorities meeting at the UN’s World Health Assembly
approved moves to tightly control research, including a ban on scientists
building the virus from scratch using rapidly developing lab technology.
“This sets out the principles by which research will be allowed,” said
Ian Simpson, spokesman for the UN World Health Organization (WHO), host to the
annual policymaking summit.
Smallpox was declared officially eradicated in 1980 and all known
samples either destroyed or sent to WHO-controlled centres in Russia and the
United States, where research on vaccines continues.
The new rules explicitly ban laboratories from making smallpox from
scratch for fear it could fall into terrorist hands. Scientists will, however,
be permitted to create small segments of the virus for research.
9. The
scientists were frightened with smallpox virus spread because …
a. it has been
officially eradicated in 1980
b. WHO
authorities have set out new guidelines
c. the new
rules ban lab oratories from making smallpox vaccine
d. it could
leak from laboratories or fall into the terrorist hands
e. WHO has
controlled the research on smallpox vaccine
10. How did the
health officials do to control the research on smallpox virus?
a. They sent
them to WHO-controlled centres.
b. They held
the meeting at the UN’s Health Assembly.
c. They set out
new guidelines governing smallpox research.
d. They banned
laboratories from making smallpox.
e. They
permitted scientists to create small segments of the virus for research
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