PH 2 (Descriptive Text & Adjective Order)

“The city was established in the 14th century.”

The best adjective to describe the city is...

• busy

• spectacular

• fantastic

• rich

• ancient

What is the generic structure of descriptive text?

• Identification and body

• Identification and description

• Identification, description, and resolution

• Opening and description

• Opening and body

“Normally, industrial areas have … air and water.”

The best adjective to complete the sentence is ….

• clean

• polluted

• clear

• fresh

• interesting

Bale Kambang

Bale Kambang is a small village in the Southern coast of East Java, seventy kilometers from Malang town and two hours' drive from South. It is well known for its long beautiful white sandy beach as well as the similarity of its temple to the one of Tanah Lot in Bali.

In Bale Kambang, there are three small rocky islands namely Ismaya Island, Wisanggeni Island, and Anoman Island, those names are taken from "wayang" figures (Java traditional puppets). These islands are surrounded by Indonesian Ocean which huge waves frighten most overseas cruisers.

What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

• There are three rocky islands in Bale Kambang

• Huge waves frighten many overseas cruisers

• Names of rocky islands are taken from "wayang" figures

• The rocky islands are in the middle of the sea

• The “wayang” characters from the old age

Masjid Sultan Suriansyah

Masjid Sultan Suriansyah is a historical mosque. Built 300 years ago, this building is the oldest mosque in South Kalimantan. The mosque is located in the North Kuin Village of Banjarmasin. It was built in the reign of Sultan Suriansyah known as Pangeran Samudera. He was the first Banjarnese King who converted into Islam. This mosque was found on the bank of the Kuin River, near KampungKraton, which was destroyed by the Dutch colonial.

The construction of Masjid Sultan Suriansyah was unique. The roof is layered. It took the Banjar's past architecture before Islam came. Different from any other old mosques in Banjar, the mihrab has its own roof, separated from the main building.

From the text we know that ....

• Some construction of the mosque takes the local style

• Banjar people burned down the mosque

• There is nothing special from this mosque

• The Dutch colonial built the mosque

Tanjung Puting National Park

Tanjung Puting National Park is an internationally famous ecotourism destination, which is located in the southwest of Central Kalimantan peninsula. Visitors from foreign countries come to this park because of its amazing nature. This is called a park, but unlike any park that you have seen in your city, this is a jungle! It is a real jungle, which is home to the most interesting animals in the world: orang utans. (orientation/identification)

Where is Tanjung Putting National Park located?

• Southwest Kalimantan

• Central Kalimantan

• Kalimantan Peninsula

• foreign country

Though the park is home to many animals, seeing orang utans is usually the visitors’ main reason to visit the park. Orangutans, which literally mean the man of the forest, are the largest arboreal animal on the planet. Most of their lives are spent in trees where orangutans travel from branch to branch by climbing or swinging with their long arms.

What does "arboreal animal" mean?

• the animal that has long arms

• the animal that travel from branch to branch

• the animal that spends its life mostly in trees

• the animal that can swing or climb on trees.

To see orangutans, we should go to Camp Leakey, which is located in the heart of Tanjung Puting National Park. Camp Leakey is a rehabilitation place for ex-captive orang utans and also a preservation site. It is also a famous center for research about orangutans which has been conducted by the famous primatologist Dr. Birute Galdikas since 1971. Here visitors can see daily feedings to orangutans at jungle platforms as part of the rehabilitation process to their natural habitat. This event gives them opportunity to see orangutans up close.

Who found the Camp Leakey?

• Dr Birute Galdikas

• Primatologists

• ex captive orang utans

• foreign visitors

To reach the place, we should take a boat down Sekoyer river. The boat is popularly called perahu klotok which is a boathouse that can accommodate four takes three days and two nights. You sleep, cook, and eat in that klotok, night and day during your journey into the jungle.

What is the name of the river that flows along Camp Leakey?

• Klotok

• boathouse

• Sekoyor

• Sekoyer

The traveling in the boat offers an unforgettable experience. In daylight, on your way to Camp Leakey, you can see trees filled with proboscis monkeys, monkeys that have an enormous snout which can only be found in Kalimantan. The monkeys anxiously await klotok arrivals. A troop of 30 light-brown monkeys may plunge from branches 10 meters or higher into the river and cross directly in front of the boat. These monkeys know that the boat’s engine noise and the threat of its propeller scare the crocodiles, which find these chubby monkeys delicious. At night, you can enjoy the clear sky and the amazingly bright stars as the only lights for the night.

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

• Proboscis monkeys

• Klotok arrivals

• the threat of crocodiles

• the trip to Camp Leakey