Exercise Reading Comprehension Describing Text

Kapoposang is one of the largest of the Spermonde Islands, around 70 km northwest of Makassar, South Sulawesi. Kapoposang covers an area of around 50.000 hectares and is inhabited by around 100 families. Several other islands, both inhabited and uninhabited, lie near Kapoposang. The larger ones include Papandangan, Kondongbali, Suranti, and Tambakulu.

Kapoposang and the nearby islands were declared a Nature Tourism Park by the Departement of Forestry in 1999. Diving has been an important activity at Kapoposang. There were so few local divers at the time, and because of the distance from other wellknown diving areas in Indonesia, Kapoposang has basically remained a secret.

The best time to visit Kapoposang is between April and November, when the seas are calm, the weather favorable, and the wind less fi erce than in the other months. The trip takes two hours by speedboat; the ocean breezes help to cool your skin in the hot morning sun. As you approach Pulau Kapoposang, you see the deep blue water, which suddenly meets an expanse of coral reefs between extensive shallows with white sands in the seabed. Sea grass also grows lushly near the shore. The sea bed at Kapoposang has a unique composition; near the island are some quite shallow contours, and then suddenly steep underwater cliffs leading to seemingly endless depths. The water is very clear, you can expect underwater visibility of over 15 meters – ideal condition for divers.

The text is about ....

• Kapoposang and the surrounding islands

• Kapoposang as a diving spot

• Kapoposang as a very popular tourist spot

• Kapoposang as a secret area

• Kapoposang and the weather

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Kapoposang is one of the largest of the Spermonde Islands, around 70 km northwest of Makassar, South Sulawesi. Kapoposang covers an area of around 50.000 hectares and is inhabited by around 100 families. Several other islands, both inhabited and uninhabited, lie near Kapoposang. The larger ones include Papandangan, Kondongbali, Suranti, and Tambakulu.

Kapoposang and the nearby islands were declared a Nature Tourism Park by the Departement of Forestry in 1999. Diving has been an important activity at Kapoposang. There were so few local divers at the time, and because of the distance from other wellknown diving areas in Indonesia, Kapoposang has basically remained a secret.

The best time to visit Kapoposang is between April and November, when the seas are calm, the weather favorable, and the wind less fi erce than in the other months. The trip takes two hours by speedboat; the ocean breezes help to cool your skin in the hot morning sun. As you approach Pulau Kapoposang, you see the deep blue water, which suddenly meets an expanse of coral reefs between extensive shallows with white sands in the seabed. Sea grass also grows lushly near the shore. The sea bed at Kapoposang has a unique composition; near the island are some quite shallow contours, and then suddenly steep underwater cliffs leading to seemingly endless depths. The water is very clear, you can expect underwater visibility of over 15 meters – ideal condition for divers.

We know from the text that ....

• There are very few divers in the island

• Hundreds of families live in the island

• Kapoposang has a large area of coral reefs

• Kapoposang always has good weather

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This massive waterfall called Dua Warna (two colours) is located in North Sumatera.

With its unique water color of mixed blue and clear, this waterfall is absolutely very beautiful to the eye.

However, the route needed to reach this waterfall may be a difficult journey, since you have to get through the forests and along a rocky and mountainous road.

Nonetheless, your tiresome will certainly be paid off once you successfully reach this destination.

From the text we know that this tourist place is ....

• easy to reach

• tiresome

• challenging yet awesome

• an ordinary place

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Lawang Sewu is a historic building in Indonesia located in Semarang City, Central Java. This building was formerly the office of Nederlands-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij or NIS. It ______ in 1904 and completed in 1907. It is located at the Tugu Muda area.

• was built

• built

• is built

• was building

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For your information, when the Kingdom of the Netherlands _______ the Sultanate of Aceh on the second Dutch aggression on the Shafar Month 1290 Hijriah or 10 April 1873 AD, Masjid Raya Baiturrahman burnt.

• attacked

• attacking

• attacks

• has attacked

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