Learning Objectives:

After following the learning process, the students are able to:
 Identify detail informations of the text

Task 2
Read the text carefully and answer the questions.

MRT Jakarta Prepares for Phase Two Construction in December

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - PT MRT Jakarta President Director William Sabandar said that the MRT overall
construction is 91.8 percent completed as from February 28, while the second phase of the construction
commences in December of 2018.
“We have also formed an operation readiness working group,” said William in a perss release on
Wednesday, March 21.
William further explained that the group will be tasked to identify, discuss, coordinate, and provide
analysis of the MRT project construction and its preparation heading towards its operations in March 2019. PT
MRT will also add a new member of the board of directors that is responsible for the company’s business
development and a new commissioner member. The decision will be decided in today’s shareholder’s
meetings [RUPS].
Two MRT units that will arrive in Jakarta at the end of March are now being thoroughly inspected at a
Nippon Sharyo factory in Japan to ensure that the components are working normally. In total, MRT Jakarta
ordered 16 train units that consist of six wagons each. Once the MRT trains arrive at the port of Tanjung Priok,
it will be sent to the Lebak Bulus depot in South Jakarta to be re-inspected and have its electricity installation
tested in August 2018. The train units will undergo its operational test in December

Read the text carefully then complete the statements below based on the text.

1. The first paragraph tells us about………………

2. The main idea of the second paragraph is about……..
3. The MRT would be completely operated in………
4. A new member of the board of director was needed to handle……
5. The new member would be decided in…….
6. The MRT train units were made by……
7. The MRT Train units would be re-checked in…..
8. In August 2018 the train units would be tested for……..
9. PT MRT Jakarta ordered……………
10. “… now being thoroughly inspected at a Nippon Sharyo factory…” (Paragraph 5). The underlined word is similar
in meaning to….
 Evaluation

Complete the following text with the suitable words from the box.
refuse have established the slopes

farmlands available the mountain most dangerous

Thousands Declined to Flee from Coughing Mt. Sinabung

Thousands of villagers living on the slopes of Mt. Sinabung in Karo regency, North
Sumatra, (1) ________ not to leave their homes and assets despite fresh warnings about the
mountain’s increasing activities.
Head of Disaster Mitigation Agency in Karo Subur Tambun said that out of 33,000 people
residing in the danger zone, only 10,000 have taken refuge in available tents and government
buildings.
“Villagers have insisted on staying at home and working their farmlands.They are sure they
can escape if there is a major eruption. What we can do is to persuade them to take refuge,” he
said as quoted by kompas.com. The mountain’s status has been set at the (2) ________ level
during the past two weeks. On Tuesday, (3) ________ spewed hot clouds as far as 2.5
kilometers to the southeast. It also emitted volcanic ash and dust as high 700 meters. Authorities
(4) ________ a danger zone at a radius of 7 kilometers to the south and southeast of the
mountain’s caldera, but most locals have declined to leave their (5) ________ and they still stay
to take care of their crops, including coffee plants

Read the text once again then answer the questions.

1. What is the text about?
2. How many people were in danger zone?

3. Why did the people prefer working?

4. What was the mountain’s status during the past two weeks?

5. How far did the hot clouds spew?