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Seven people were killed in a collision between a bus, a car, and a truck on Jalan Sultan at 10:35 p.m. last night. The dead were all passengers of the car. The police believed the car had been trying to overtake the bus when it was struck by a truck coming from the opposite direction. The driver of the car might not be using his lights, as the truck driver said he did not see the car approaching.

The police said the car should not have tried to pass the bus, since overtaking is not allowed on Jalan Sultan. In addition, the police reported that the car, a small Japanese car , should not have been carrying more than five people. If the passengers had brought their identity cards, the police would have identified the names of the victims easil

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• A road accident.

• Dead people.

• Killing victims.

• Unidentified passengers.

• Police report.

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Seven people were killed in a collision between a bus, a car, and a truck on Jalan Sultan at 10:35 p.m. last night. The dead were all passengers of the car. The police believed the car had been trying to overtake the bus when it was struck by a truck coming from the opposite direction. The driver of the car might not be using his lights, as the truck driver said he did not see the car approaching.

The police said the car should not have tried to pass the bus, since overtaking is not allowed on Jalan Sultan. In addition, the police reported that the car, a small Japanese car , should not have been carrying more than five people. If the passengers had brought their identity cards, the police would have identified the names of the victims easily.

Who said that the accident was caused by the car?

• The police

• The truck driver

• The victims

• The bus passengers

• The reporter

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Seven people were killed in a collision between a bus, a car, and a truck on Jalan Sultan at 10:35 p.m. last night. The dead were all passengers of the car. The police believed the car had been trying to overtake the bus when it was struck by a truck coming from the opposite direction. The driver of the car might not be using his lights, as the truck driver said he did not see the car approaching.

The police said the car should not have tried to pass the bus, since overtaking is not allowed on Jalan Sultan. In addition, the police reported that the car, a small Japanese car , should not have been carrying more than five people. If the passengers had brought their identity cards, the police would have identified the names of the victims easily.

The text mainly reports that there was/were ....

• a car accident

• careless drivers

• a small Japanese car

• victims of an accident

• the function of an identity card

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Seven people were killed in a collision between a bus, a car, and a truck on Jalan Sultan at 10:35 p.m. last night. The dead were all passengers of the car. The police believed the car had been trying to overtake the bus when it was struck by a track coming from the opposite direction. The driver of the car might not be using his lights, as the truck driver said he did not see the car approaching.

The police said the car should not have tried to pass the bus, since overtaking is not allowed on Jalan Sultan. In addition, the police reported that the car, a small Japanese car , should not have been carrying more than five people. If the passengers had brought their identity cards, the police would have identified the names of the victims easily.

What was the cause of the collision?

• The truck came from the opposite direction.

• The car carried more than five people.

• The truck driver didn’t use his lights.

• The truck driver didn’t see the car.

• The car tried to overtake the bus.

“If the passengers had brought their identity

cards, the police would have been easy to identify the names of the victims.”

The sentence above means…….

• The victims’ names were not known

• The victims were easy to be identified

• The passengers brought their identity cards

• The police had no difficulty in identifying the

  victims

• It was easy for the police to identify the victims of the accident

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Seven people were killed in a collision between a bus, a car, and a truck on Jalan Sultan at 10:35 p.m. last night. The dead were all passengers of the car. The police believed the car had been trying to overtake the bus when it was struck by a truck coming from the opposite direction. The driver of the car might not be using his lights, as the truck driver said he did not see the car approaching.

The police said the car should not have tried to pass the bus, since overtaking is not allowed on Jalan Sultan. In addition, the police reported that the car, a small Japanese car , should not have been carrying more than five people. If the passengers had brought their identity cards, the police would have identified the names of the victims easily.

The car’s driver kept overtaking other vehicle . . . it is not allowed to do along Jalan Sultan.

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• because

• because of

• in spite of

• despite

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Seven people were killed in a collision between a bus, a car, and a truck on Jalan Sultan at 10:35 p.m. last night. The dead were all passengers of the car. The police believed the car had been trying to overtake the bus when it was struck by a truck coming from the opposite direction. The driver of the car might not be using his lights, as the truck driver said he did not see the car approaching.

The police said the car should not have tried to pass the bus, since overtaking is not allowed on Jalan Sultan. In addition, the police reported that the car, a small Japanese car , should not have been carrying more than five people. If the passengers had brought their identity cards, the police would have identified the names of the victims easily.

The police believed the car had been trying to overtake the bus when it was struck by a track coming. . . .

The underlined word refers to . . . ( Par.1 line 3 ).

• the car

• the truck

• the bus

• the accident

• the dead

The police said the car should not have tried to pass the bus, since overtaking is not allowed on Jalan Sultan. In addition, the police reported that the car, a small Japanese car , should not have been carrying more than five people. If the passengers had brought their identity cards, the police would have identified the names of the victims easily.

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The police believed the car had been trying to overtake the bus when it was struck by a truck coming from the opposite direction.

The passive voice form is ....

• The police believed....

• ...the car had been trying to overtake the bus....

• ...when it was struck by a truck....

• ...coming from the opposite direction.

• The police believed the car had been trying to overtake the bus....

The police said the car should not have tried to pass the bus, since overtaking is not allowed on Jalan Sultan.

The sentence means....

• The car was slow.

• The police drove the car.

• Jalan Sultan was dark and narrow.

• The car overtook the bus.

• The car was faster than the bus.