TEXT 1
An air plunged 1200 m over Bass street . one of its (C) an Indonesian worker in Singapore
two engines blew up. It caused a midair panic among 120
passengers.
A passengers said that Boeing 717 was about 50
km north of Melbourne when the passengers and crew
heard a massive explosion from the right-hand side of the
plane about 11.30 pm on Friday.
“there was a loud bang and the whole cabin
shuddered,” another passengers said.
According to an airline spokesperson in matter of
second the plane dropped from 7300 m to 6100 m.
The pilot shut down the fuel supply to the damaged
engine and steadied the craft.
The international distress call “Pan-Pan-Pan” was
radioed to Melbourne`s tower.
The plane flew to Melbourne on one engine and
landed safety. It was met by a 60 strong contingent of fire,
ambulance and technical teams.
The damaged engine was being replaced yesterday
and the plane would be back in the sky today, said the
manager of the airplane.
The emotional passengers praised the captain and
crew for their landing of the emergency.
1. The text mainly talks about…
a. An airline crash
b. A damage engine of an airline
c. The passenger in an airline crash
d. An airline with a damage engine
e. Emotional passengers in an airline crash
2. The passengers were panic when…
a. They landed in Melbourne.
b. The plane reached 1200 m height.
c. When there was a contingent of fire.
d. The plane dropped from 6100 m.
e. One of its engines blew up.
3. At the airport there was/were…waiting for the plane dumpster in a plastic bag in July.
for landing.
a. The manager, the captain and the crew
b. The panic passengers and newspaper men
c. A contingent of fire, ambulance and technical The office says two children decided to depose of the body
teams
d. The emotional passengers and an airline
spokesman
e. The manager, the captain, the crew and news
paper men
TEXT 2
SINGAPORE : a supervisor was jailed for two
months for repeatedly striking his Indonesian maid on the
head and back with a television remote. Muhammad Shafiq
Woon Abdullah was brought to court in Singapore because
he had physically hurt the woman in several occasions
between June and October 2002, the Straits Time said.
The magistrate’s court heard that Shafiq, 31 began
striking Winarti, 22, about a month after she started
working for him.
He hit her on the head with the TV sets remote
control because he was unhappy with her work. On one
occasion, he punched her in the back after accusing her of
daydreaming. S.S. Dhilon. Shafiq’s lawyer said that his
client had become mad when he saw his daughter’s face
covered as she was lying in bed. He said his client thought
the maid had the child in danger.
4. The text reported....
(A) the arrest of a supervisor
(B) the working condition in Singapore
(D) the Indonesian workers’ condition in Singapore
(E) a crime by a Singaporean supervisor towards his
maid
5. Which one of the following statements is TRUE
according to the text?
(A) A supervisor was put in jail for two years.
(B) The supervisor gave many kinds of jobs to the
maid.
(C) The maid has been working for him for two
months.
(D) Winarti struck the supervisor with a remote
control.
(E) The supervisor hit his maid’s head with the TV
set’s remote control.
6. “ ... he physically hurt the woman ...” (P. 2)
The underlined word is close in meaning to ....
(A) cut
(B) injured
(C) offended
(D) punished
(E) damaged
TEXT 3
Russian woman keeps hold of dead husband`s body
Associated Press, Moscow | odd word | Tue, November 20
2012, 3:34 PM
Russian authorities say a woman with five children kept
her husband`s body in their apartment for almost three
years after his death.
Prosecutors in the central Yaroslavl region said the
unidentified woman, described as a devout Pentecostal
Christian with a psychiatric record, was so distraught when
her husband died of natural causes in 2009 that she
believed he “was bound to resurrect.”
An investigation was opened after the body was found in a
The prosecutors office said Monday that the woman kept
the cadaver in a bed in a room of her apartment and asked
her children to talk to it and feed it.
when the family moved to another apartment.
7. According to the text, how many people did the father
have in his family?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7
e. 3
8. When was the news broadcasted?
a. Tuesday
b. At 3.34 PM
c. November 20 2012
d. After three years after his death
e. Thursday
9. “…asked her children to talk to it and feed it…”
The underlined word refers to…
a. Apartment
b. Cadaver
c. Room of the apartment
d. A dumpster
e. A psychiatric record
10. Refer beck to text 1 par. 3. Another passengers said
that ................................................................................
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