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UNIVERSITAS TERBUKA
SEMESTER: 2021/22.2 (2022.1)

Fakultas : FHISIP/Fakultas Hukum, Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik

Kode/Nama MK : BING4102/Reading I
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No. Soal
1. Japan's largest complete dinosaur skeleton discovered

The complete skeleton of an 8-meter-long dinosaur has been unearthed from marine deposits
dating back 72 million years at Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, making it the largest dinosaur
skeleton ever found in Japan, according to researchers.

Excavations to uncover a fossilized duck-billed dinosaur (Hadrosauridae) in the Hobetsu district of

Mukawa Town have been underway since 2013. It is the third time a complete skeleton of a Hadrosaurid
from a marine stratum has ever been discovered.

(1) Hadrosaurids, or duck-billed dinosaurs, were common herbivores during the Late Cretaceous
Period (about 100 million to 66 million years ago) and thrived on the Eurasian, North and South
American continents as well as at Antarctica. (2) Complete hadrosaur skeletons have been unearthed on
these continents, but it is extremely rare for a complete skeleton of a land dinosaur to be discovered in a
marine stratum.

In 1936, a complete hadrosaur skeleton was unearthed from a marine stratum in Sakhalin and
named Nipponosaurus by Professor Takumi Nagao of Hokkaido Imperial University (predecessor of
Hokkaido University). It had been the only such fossilized dinosaur from a marine stratum that was
assigned a name. (3) The latest discovery of the fossilized skeleton, nicknamed "Mukawaryu" (Mukawa
dragon), represents the third such discovery in the world, including a complete skeleton of an
undescribed specimen.

If a complete skeleton is defined as a skeleton containing more than 50 percent of the bones,
Mukawaryu represents the second complete dinosaur skeleton unearthed in Japan after Fukuivenator, a
2.5-meter carnivore from the Early Cretaceous Period (about 145 million to 100 million years ago)
discovered in Katsuyama City, Fukui Prefecture. (4) Different from Fukuivenator, Mukawaryu is the first
complete skeleton of a herbivore from the Late Cretaceous Period and from a marine stratum in Japan.
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Source : https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170606095031.htm retrieved on 23January

2021

a. The complete skeleton of an 8-meter-long dinosaur has been unearthed from marine deposits
dating back 72 million years at Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, making it the largest dinosaur
skeleton ever found in Japan, according to researchers

W hat does the bold-typed word in the sentence mean?

b. Identify the subject of sentence number 1

c. Identify the main verb of sentence number 3

d. W hat is the function of the bold-typed word in sentence number 4?

e. W hat is the function of the bold-typed word ( linking words) in sentence number 2?

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2. Mobile Phones should be allowed in School

Nowadays, mobile phones have become more of a necessity than a fancy item. Even students
can be seen carrying this device, either for chatting or browsing on the internet. It is undeniable that
they have become a part of their everyday life, no wonder that students bring them to school. There are
several reasons why mobiles phone should be allowed in school.

(1) Firstly, most students nowadays have their own mobile phones as they are getting cheaper,
and become a very useful communication device. (2) In case of some emergency, students can
swiftly call their parents or helpline numbers like the police. In reverse, parents also can inform their
children at school easily.

(3) Secondly, if students need something from home, they can call and ask someone at home
to bring it. On the other hand, if the students miss their school bus or any other transport after school,
they can call home and ask to be picked up. (4) They can also inform their parents that they are going to
go home late in case of some extra class or doing a group project.

Lastly, mobile phones can help students to avoid miss any point from the lesson. During a
classroom session, it is possible for students to miss out certain crucial points. Here, mobile phones can
be used to record the teaching process and playback the entire lesson anytime. Hence they will not miss
any point and understand the lesson better.

Based on the facts above, mobile phones can be beneficial for students in school. Therefore, the
teacher should show them how to use mobile phones judiciously and embrace modern technology to
make a better, captivating teaching and learning process.

Source :https://www.contohtext.com/2019/05/contoh-teks-hortatory-exposition-tentang-handphone.html
retrieved on January 22, 2021

a. It is undeniable that they have become a part of their everyday life, no wonder that students bring
them to school.

W hat does the bold-typed word in the sentence mean?

b. Identif y the main phrase of the bold-typed ones on sentence number 1

c. Identif y the main clause of sentence number 2

d. W hat is the function of the bold-typed word in sentence number 3?

e. W hat is the function of the bold-typed word ( linking words ) in sentence number 4?

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