TUGAS READING

RICKY NURSETYAWAN

22209836

3EB06

SOAL READING

Central Java

The wirst-hit flood area in the country this rainy season has been Central Java where people has been killed and tens of thousands evacuated.

The public works ministry estimated that it will need 14 bilion rupiah to reconstruct the bridges in Kali Kuto and Kali Desa, Central Java, and to repair a number of roads in the provibce. another 10.36 billion rupiah is need to repair irrigation facilities.

The minister of Public work, Radinal Mochtar, has instructed that repairs on damaged roads and bridges be completed before the Idul Fitri holidays at the end of March.

Radinal said he ordered the state-owned construction company PT adi Karya to begin the reconstruction innedietelly. He said he chose the frim because it is now working or projects in the area and has experience in handling similar kinds of repairs. The company rebuilt both the Kali Comal Bridge, which was damaged by floods three years ago, and the Kali Kuto Bridge, which was destroyed by floods two years ago.

the minister also said the damaged irrigation facilities in the regencies of demak, Kendal and Purwodadi might be repaired before the end of March, allowing farmers to meet tis year's planting schedules.

The agriculture Ministry Pledged to send seed and tools to farmers in East and Central java whose fields have been damaged by floods.

1. What was the minister of public works instruction?

a. to send seed and tools

b. to calculate the funds

c. to evacuate the victim

d. to take all the people away

e. to reconstruct the damaged thing

2. When should the damaged roads and bridge be finished?

a. in March

b. at the end of March

c. before the Idul Fitri holidays at the end of March

d. at the Idul Fitri holidays at the end of March

e. at the Idul Fitri holidays

3. Which one is true according to the text?

a. the goverment has paid attention to the victim of the flood

b/ to reconstruct the destruction of the foods needs a lot of funds

c. the flood happened in the west season

d. there is no one killed in the flood

e. the flood took place in Central Java

The northern and shoutern polar regions are different in many ways. The most important difference the concerns the distribution of land and water. The northern artic regions are ice-covered sea, almost completely surrounded by land. The pole itself is in deep water. In the south, Antartica is a huge continent which is surrounded by a great ocean. Because of this basic difference other difference occur. The Artic has varied climate, while the Antartic climate vaies little; the Artic has much plant life but the Antartic is an empty desert. And whereas the Artic has been exploited economically for centuries, trade has never really touched Antartica.

One reason for the present interest in both polar regions is that the world may soon be short of fresh water. The world's population is double in every 35 years, and the United States alone an average person uses about 1,500 gallons of fresh water a day. The ice in the northern and southern polar regions is actually frozen fresh water. In fact over 85% of the erath's entire fresh water is found in the polar ice. If we could find a way of carrying this ice to other parts of the world, this would solve all our fresh water problems. (taken from; Communicate in Writing p. 28b)

4. Which of following is not true the northern Artic..

a. ice-covered sea

b. no economic exploitation

c. surrounded by land

d. varied climated

e. much plant life

5. The main ideia of the first paragraph is...

a. the differences between Artic and Antartic

b. Trade has never really touched Antartica

c. the south Antartica is a huge continent

d. The Artic has varied climate

e. the northern Artic regions are ice-covered sea

6. Because of this basic difference other difference occur (paragraph 1). the word "occur" has similar meaning with...

a. appear

b. change

c. happen

d. emerge

e. create

The chinese invented paper almost 2000 years ago. Origami, the art of paper folding, is just as old. It is quite possible that the art developed from the ancient custom of making paper houses, furniture, vehicles and servant, as well as paper money, as part of Chinese funeral rites. These colored paper symbols are still burned at Buddhist funeral so the dead person can live in earthly comfort in the next world.

In the 7 century A.D. paper folding was brought to japan. The japanese developed many of China's art dan craft into their own forms expression. They found new methods of folding paper into pretty forms and images and made origami a highly creative art.

From a few simple folds the Japenese make thins of great beauty and realism. Some are used as religious symbols to decorate the temples. Others are good-luck symbols such as the tortoise and lobster, wich are used as ornaments fastened to gifts.

7. They found new methods of folding paper into pretty forms and images and made origami a highly creative art. "highly creative art" have the same meaning as...

a. complete

b. colourful

c. expensive

d. logical

e. sophisticated

8. If a Japanese person give you a present with a tortoise fastened to it. He or she hope that you will have...

a. good luck

b. bad luck

c. death

d. sickness

e. richness

9. The Buddhist community burns the colour paper symbols at the funerals because they hope that...

a. the dead person can live in earthly comfort in the next world

b. the family lefy by the dead person can live in earthly comfort

c. the god will bless the dead person in the next world

d. the dead person can live in the world

e. the dead's sin will be forgiven

Solar energy is the resultof reactions that take place within the sun. The reaction are in the nuclei, or central parts of atoms. Because these reaction are in atomic nuclei, they called nuclear reacttions.

The solar energy that falls on the United States in 1 minutes is enough to supply the energy need of the entire country for one one day.

Man has made very little direct use of the enormous amount of solar energy that reaches the earth. He has used solar energy inderectly, however, for many thousands of years. When fuel is burned, solar energy stored in plants is being used. Windmills used for grinding grain and for pumping water are driven by wind that results from infrared solar energy.

Scientists are trying to find ways of using solar energy inexpensively and on a large scale. They are trying to find an inexpensive method of making electric current from solar energy for use in regions where generating electric current is expensive. They are experimenting with ways of using solar energy to supply heat and hot water to homes less expensively that can be done at present. Air conditioners and refrigerators also may some day be run bay solar energy.

Electricity can be produced directly from sunlight, without using a collector. The device that does this is called a photelectric cell.

Photoelectric cells are made of materials that produce an electric current when light sines on them. If sunlight us used, that cell is called a solar cell. Many solar cells are connected to make solar battery.

Solar batteries are extremely useful in supplying electric current for spacecrafts or on flat plates along the outside of the crafts. When the sun shines of the solar batteries, they generate an electric current. This current is used to charge the storage batteries inside the spacecrafts.

10. The text us about

A. the direct current of solar energy

B. electricity from solar energy

C. the way to extract solar energy

D. the uses of solar energy

E. the total amount of the sun's energy

11. The main information of paragraph 3 is.....

A. man has made plants to store energy

B. solar energy that reaches the earth is enormous

C. solar energy has been used indirectly since a long time ago

D. wind that results from infrared solar energy is used to drive windmills

E. only a small amount of solar energy reaching the earth has been used directly

12. The following statements are true, except.....

A. The flow of energy from the sun never stops

B. solar energy is the result of reactions that take place within the sun

C. Some day air conditioners and refrigrators will be powered by solar energy

D. Electricity can be produced directly from sunlight without using a collector

E. Advanced technology is not needed to make effective use of solar energy

13. Photoelectric cell can be used to generate....directly without using any collector

A. sunlight

B. electricity

C. solar cell

D. electric current

E. solar battery

14. Which of the following is the word used in the text which means "flow of electricity through a wire"?

A. Atomic nuclei

B. current

C. Supply

D. Collector

E. Battery