Friday, January 21, 2011

education : descriptive text

                                                            Natural Bridge National Park
Natural Bridge National Park is a luscious tropical rainforest.
It is located 110 kilometers south of Brisbane and is reached by following the Pacific Highway to Nerang and then by traveling through the Numinbah Valley. This scenic roadway lies in the shadow of the Lamington National Park.
The phenomenon of the rock formed into a natural ‘arch’ and the cave through which a waterfall cascades is a short one-kilometer walk below a dense rainforest canopy from the main picnic area. Swimming is permitted in the rock pools. Night-time visitors to the cave will discover the unique feature of the glow worms.
Picnic areas offer toilets, barbecues, shelter sheds, water and fireplaces; however, overnight camping is not permitted.

01. The text is mostly told using ....
a. Simple Past Tense                          d. Present Perfect Tense
b. Past Perfect Tense                          e. Simple Present Tense
c. Simple Future tense

02. What is the purpose of the text ?
      It is to ....
a. to describe a particular place .
b. to retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining.
c. to amuse, entertain and to deal with actual or vicarious experience in different ways.
d. to describe how something is accomplished through a sequence of action or steps.
e. to inform readers, listeners or viewers about an events of the day which are considered

03. What kind of text is it ?
     It is a ....
a. hortatory exposition                                    d. anecdote
b. analytical exposition                                    e. recount
c. description

04. What is the structure of the text above ?
      It is ....
a. Identification, description.
b. orientation, event 1, event 2 , twist
c. orientation, major complication, resolution,, complication, resolution, complication, major resolution.
d. newsworthy event, background event, sources
e. abstract, orientation, crisis, incident, coda

05. All of these statements are correct, EXCEPT .... .
a. Natural Bridge National Park is a luscious tropical rainforest.
b. Natural Bridge National Park lies in south of Brisbane.
c. Swimming is allowed in the rock pools
d. Night-time visitors to the cave will discover the unique feature of the glow worms.
e. overnight camping is not prohibited

06. These are NOT offered in the picnic areas.
a. Toilet                             d. water and fire places
b. Barbecues                     e. fire works
c. shelter sheds

07….. walk below a dense rainforest canopy from the main picnic area
    The synonym of the underlined is ... .
a. contradict                          d. gloom
b. reliable                              e. crowded
c. store

08. How far is it from the cave to the waterfall ?
It is ... . km.
a. 0 d. 3
b. 1 e. 4
c. 2

Text 2
                                                      A Great Temple of Borobudur
Borobudur is a great Buddhist temple.The temple is located in Magelang on the island of Java in Indonesia. Built in the 9th century under the Sailendra dynasty of Java. It was abandoned in the 11th century and partially excavated by archaeologists in the early 20 the century.
Influenced by the Gupta architecture of India, the temple is constructed on a hill 46 m (150 feet) high and consists of eight steplike stone terraces, one on top of the other. The first five terraces are square and surrounded by walls adorned with Buddhists sculpture in bas-relief; the upper three are circular, each with a circle of bell-shape stupas (Buddhist Shrines) The entire edifice is crowned by a large stupa at the center of the top circle. The way to the summit extends through some 4.8 km ( some 3 miles) of passages and stirways. The design of Borobudur, a temple mountain symbolizing the structure of the universe, influenced temples built at Angkor, Cambodia. Borobudur was rededicated as an Indonesia national monument in 1983 following extensive reclamation, aided by the United Nations

09. What kind of temple is Borobudur ?
      It is a ....
a. Hindu                               d. Christian
b. Moslem                            e. Shaolim
c. Buddhist

10. Who built the Borobudur Temple ?
a. Majapahit Kingdom              d. Sanjaya Dynasty
b. The United Nation                e. Syailendra Dynasty
c. Gupta Dynasty

11. Who gives assistance to rebuild the Borobudur Temple?
a. Indonesian National Monument
b. The United Nations
c. Indonesia citizens
d. Gupta Dynasty
e. Cambodia

12. .....,aided by the United Nations. ( Pr. 3)
    The synonym of the underlined word is ....
a. assisted,                  c. helped                 d. spoiled
b. reconstructed                                         e. destroyed

13. Mr. Hartono : Would you like to visit our Nursery. We have new variety of Anthurium Jenmanii there.
      Mr. Pranowo: That’s sound interesting
What does Mr. Hartono mean with his expression? .
a. Asking for help
b. giving invitation
c. asking for someone to do something
d. refusing invitation
e. accepting an invitation

14. Budi : I have a dinner tonight. Will you come?
     Shinta : ______________. I have a busy schedule
a. I’d love too, but
b. What a terrible invitation
c. I hope so
d. I accept that.
e. Don’t bother me

15. Lisa : What do you do in Saturday night?
      Mischa : I usually _________ out with my family around our town.
a. Hang             c. to hang         e. hanged
b. Hangs           d. hanging

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