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READ THIS TEXT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-4

On Saturday night, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large
crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty
minutes’ time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big
minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone
shouted,”It’s two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!”
I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that
moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.
                                             (sumber: detik-detik UN bahasa Inggris; 2005/2006; Intan
Pariwara)
Vocabularies: Saturday night: sabtu malam, went: pergi, town hall: tengah kota, last: terajhir,
large crowd: keramain yang besar, gather: berkumpul, under: di bawah, stop: berhenti, strike:
tepat, big: besar.

1. Why did the people gather under the Town Hall clock?

2. Based on the text, where was the writer?

3. a large crowd of people…. What is the meaning of the phrase?

4. When did the clock stopped?

5. When did the event happen?

II. READ THIS TEXT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS 5-7

Read the dialogue and answer the following questions!

Pair up and practice the following dialogue.

Ina : Hi, Andra. How are you doing?
Andra : Great thanks. How’s the world treating you?
Ina : Fine, thank. I tell you what. I had very nice experience yesterday.
Andra : Did you?
Ina : Yesterday , when I had my first day at school.
Andra : What’s up?
Ina : You see , Yesterday I had an orientation program for the new students. I was little bit late so
one of the seniors got mad at me.
Andra : You were in big trouble, weren’t you?
Ina : I were, but the senior was nervous.
Andra : Was he? A senior?
Ina : He was so nervous that when he gave a command he did it wrongly.
Andra : And?
Ina : All the juniors laughed at him.
Andra : He must be very ashamed, mustn’t he?
Ina : Sure, finally he let us all join the other students who didn’t come late. It was a funny
experience on my first day at school.
 6. I had very nice experience yesterday. the sentence means that ….

7. Who told about her experience?

8. Where did the experience take place?

9. How did Intan feel about the experience?

III. READ THIS TEXT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS 8-10

Proclamation of Independence day

Proclamation of independence was read at 10.00 a.m. on Friday,17 August 1945.
The declaration marked the start of the diplomatic and armed resistance of the Indonesian
National Revolution, fighting against the forces of the Netherlands and pro-Dutch civilians,
until the latter officially acknowledged Indonesia’s independence in 1949 . The Netherlands
declared that they had decided to accept de facto 17 August 1945 as Indonesia’s
independence date. The United Nations, who mediated in the conflict, formally acknowledge
the date of independence as 27 December 1949.
The document was signed by Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta, who were appointed
president and vice-president respectively the following day.
Answers these questions:
10. What is the social function of the text?
11. What happened on 17 August 1945?
12. Who is the president of Indonesia based on the text?
13. Identified the generic structure of the text.
14. Identified the language feature in the text.