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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.
The text tells us about ….
The evacuation of the victims.
The tourist resort in Central Java.
The killing of five visitors in Baturaden.
The accident on the broken bridge in Baturaden.
The popular tourist resort in Central Java.
Some local tourist were killed and injured in Baturaden when ….
They were swimming in the river.
They were enjoying the landscape on the small bridge.
They were in the riverbed.
They were climbing Mount Slamet, Central Java.
They were swinging on the small bridge over the Rocky River.

The footbridge in Baturaden broke because ….

It couldn’t afford supporting overload.
It had been too old to walk on.
It had not been used for long time.
 It lied on the slope of Mount Slamet.
It was used to evacuate the victims.
Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE according to the text?
The broken footbridge killed five visitors.
The accident happened at the end of Ramadhan.
The victims were left behind without relief.
The visitors were killed because of falling into a rocky riverbed.
The bridge broke because of one of the broken steel cables.
…. killing five people and injuring 29 after they plunged into a rocky riverbed,
What is the similar meaning of the words “plunged into”?
fell back d. fell on
fell away e. fell down
fell off
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.
What type of text is used by the writer?
report d. news item
recount e. description
narrative
The communicative purpose of this text is….
To describe a particular accident
To share an amusing incident
To entertain the reader
To inform the reader about the case
To retell for the purpose of informing and entertaining.
What did the company conceal from the local people?
The mudflow dumping into the Porong River.
The water distribution into the pond.
The mud pumping into the gas installation.
The contaminated water channelling into the sea.
The treated water flow into the river.
It has dumped untreated water into the river. ( Paragraph 2)
What does It in the above text refer to….
Lapindo Brantas Inc. d. Mud
The manager e. Witnesses
Government
…. despite a study published in a government magazine that said the mud contained a number of
dangerous chemicals.
distributed d. broadcasted
circulated e. issued
printed
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.
The above text is written in ….
narrative d. discussion
news item e. exposition
recount
What does the text tell us about?
The revision of airtime decree
The criticism on the airtime cut of broadcast
The duration of the broadcasting hours
The controversial decree of broadcasting airtime
The radio and pay-TV stations airtime
Why did the decree violate the independence of the media? Because ….
the decree has drawn strong criticism from a number of different parties
the government has interfered with the public’s freedom and right to information
the decree has made the oil price soar greatly
the government has issued decree to save energy
some radio and pay-TV stations have signed contract with a third party
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?
specifies d. requires
 demands e. insists on
orders
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.
What is the type of the above text?
exposition d. description
discussion e. news item
explanation
What is the purpose of the text?
to describe the Australian job ads specifically
to explain how the Australian job ads decrease
to present at least two points of view about the Australian job ads
to inform the readers about the Australian job ads decline
to persuade the readers to learn the Australian job ads fall
The decrease of Australian job ads is caused by …
the figures of job growth
the labour market activity
the metropolitan newspaper circulation
the dull housing and retail business
the internet and newspaper role
Which is NOT TRUE according to the text?
Australian economy slowed gradually.
The fall of job ads was influenced by labour market.
Annual Australian job ads were down.
Australians advertised job vacancy in newspapers and internet.
The lowest decline of job ads happened in May.
…. figures showed on Monday in another sign the economy continues to slow.
The underlined words have synonymous meaning with ….
symptom d. notice
trace e. indicator
warning
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.
What is the type of the text?
recount d. description
news item e. report
narrative
The scientists were frightened with smallpox virus spread because …
 it has been officially eradicated in 1980
WHO authorities have set out new guidelines
the new rules ban lab oratories from making smallpox vaccine
it could leak from laboratories or fall into the terrorist hands
WHO has controlled the research on smallpox vaccine
How did the health officials do to control the research on smallpox virus?
They sent them to WHO-controlled centres.
They held the meeting at the UN’s Health Assembly.
They set out new guidelines governing smallpox research.
They banned laboratories from making smallpox.
They permitted scientists to create small segments of the virus for research
HUMAN STEM CELLS BECOME NERVE CELLS
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Stem cells taken from human embryos were coaxed into becoming
motor neurons in an experiment that might one day help scientists repair damaged nervous
system, researchers reported on Sunday.
The study supports claims by stem cell researchers that they can train embryonic stem cells
to develop on demand into any type of tissue in the body
They hope this technology will eventually transform medicine and allow cures for a range
of diseases – in this case, nervous system injuries and diseases such as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Su-Chun Zhang and colleagues said their trial and error study helped them learn how motor
neuron cells, which are key to the nervous system, develop in the first place.
Writing in the journal Nature Biotechnology, Zhang and colleagues said they delivered a
carefully timed cocktail of proteins to their cells to direct their development.
The text tells us about ….
the journal Nature Biotechnology
the nervous system damage
the research on the human embryos
the trial and error study on motor neuron cells
the experiment on nervous system injury medicine
The generic structure of the text above is ….
 goal, materials, steps
newsworthy event, background event, the sources
general statement, explanation
orientation, event, re-orientation
thesis, arguments, recommendation
What did Zhang and his colleagues actually want to develop?
stem cells
medicine for damaged nervous system
tissue in the body
motor neuron cell for nervous system
cocktail of proteins

Answer the questions briefly!

Around 200 families along the river banks received a final notice from the municipality on
Saturday, warning them to vacate the area within 72 hours. The final notice was signed and
stated on October, 11. It’s said that the eviction is a part of the administration’s efforts to
preserve Jakarta’s green location. The land occupied by the fishermen belongs to the Ciliwung-
Cisadane flood project.
Questions:

What is the social function of the text?

Mention the generic structures!

Mention the language features!

What notice did the local people get?

Why did the government give the notice?