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