Exercise of English Literature

Flooding in Jakarta

Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia. It is a big city that has many buildings, offices tower, real estates and skyscrapers which make Jakarta as a beautiful city especially in the night.

Flooding is one of natural disasters in Indonesia, especially in Jakarta beside earth quake. And it is one of serious problems due to flood.

One of the problems is, there are many citizens who like throwing away the garbage in the street, rivers, or we can say garbage is in every corner of the city. They do not care about cleanliness. So, it makes looks a dirty city. It is a dark side of Jakarta.

The other problem is illegal house. Many people from central or east java move to Jakarta just looking for a job and they bring their family but they do not have house for their living. So they make an illegal house in the side of river in Jakarta and it makes more flooding in Jakarta.

There are many ways to decrease the flood. First of all, we must aware of flood. Do not try to throw away the garbage. And the last but not least, keep the cleanliness, because the cleanliness is a part of belief in Islamic religion.

Based on the text above, how many reasons cause flood in Jakarta?

• one

• two

• three

• four

• five

Choose the best answer to fill in the blank!

You _________ have been waiting for more than two hours when her plane finally arrives.

• will

• was

• is

• am

• are

Taylor Swift was born on 13 December 1989, in Wyoming, Pennsylvania. She was singer-songwriter. Taylor Swift is one of country music’s pop recording artists. She has crossed over into pop, winning many awards, including several Grammy Awards. She also modeled for cover girl. Taylor Swift started creating songs at age 5, and, at age 16, released her first album. Hits like “Love Story” and “You Belong With Me” appealed to country and pop fans alike and helped fuel the multiplatinum success of her albums, with “fearless” the 2009 top-seller.

Who was Taylor Swift?

• She was singer-songwriter

• She was singer-songwriter and model

• She was model and artist

• She was cover girl and artist

• She was a architecture

As we know there is so much water in the world. There are many kinds of water that we can consume every day all time. Consuming water can be made as therapy of disease, because water that we consume with enough amounts and the right method can purify of poisons in our body. The therapy of water can save water availability in the body. Therapy of water can keep the beauty too. Skins is the out part of the body that has contact with dirty air, sun light and pollutions. To keep the skin elasticity, water is needed in the enough amounts. Water can dampen of skin until not easy to dry and make crimp. To keep the balancing of size body, water is needed. In fact, water can increase the metabolism and pressing of eat desire. Consume a lot of water can filtrate much calories. So, let’s consume water everyday at least eight glasses to keep our health and beauty. But, the water must be clean and hygiene. Find, buy and consume the best mineral water!

What can we conclude from the text?

• By cooking our water, we can keep our beauty.

• By having mineral water, we will keep our health.

• By consuming enough water, we can clean our blood.

• By consuming a lot of water, we can increase desire to eat.

• By drinking enough water, we can be healthy and beautiful.

Rob is 10 years old kid from USA. He likes eating chips, juices and sweets. He spends all day in front of TV watching his favorite shows. What suggestion would you give to Rob?

• Be more active, Rob!

• Let us watch another movie, Rob!

• Let us go for chips, Rob!

• Just do whatever you want to do, Rob!

• You should get some soft drink too

If I work harder, I ..........… my paper in due time

Choose the best answer to fill in the blank!

• will finish

• would finish

• has finished

• will be finished

• will have finished

The poem above is talking about..

• Love

• Nature

• Stars

• Angel

• Friendship

Choose the best phrase to fill the blank!

The river ______________ is dangerous to cross.

• in the boundary

• next to the boundary

• beside the boundary

• inside the boundary

• outside the boundary

If I hadn’t booked in advance, I would have had difficulties in being good accomodation at a reasonable price.

The sentence means …………

• I got a good room and I didn't have to pay much

• It was difficult to get a room although I had a reservation

• The room I got was good but rather expensive

• I found a room in advance but in wasn't confortable

• I was lucky to get a good room without reservation

“ If I had known that you were in Surabaya, I would have shown you some interesting places.

“…………….”

Choose the best response to fill the blank!

• Yes, it was such an interesting trip

• Thank you for showing me around surabaya

• I am sorry, I did not have time to write you before I left for Surabaya

• Thank you I will ready enjoy that

• That is a good idea. I have not had time to go around