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) What does the author mean by saying that Tanjung Putting National Park is a real jungle?

Because we can find many varieties of interesting animals.\

Because many visitors come to this place because of its amazing nature.

Because in Tanjung Putting National Park people can only find orang utans

Because It is located in Kalimantan Peninsula

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 spends its life mostly in trees

the animal that travel from branch to branch

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. Why do the orang utans need to be rehabilitated?

because they are not used to living in the jungle

because they need to be preserved.

because they are the subject of research

because they need to be seen by the visitors

Mr.Tucker is the headmaster of my school. He does not wear glasses. His eyes always frighten me even when I refuse to face them. They are sharp, hard, and cold, and he uses them like a whip. He always washes his hands in an enamel basin in the corner of the room. After he has washed them, he will walk over to his desk and stand behind is looking at the pupils while he dries his hands on a small, white towel. He dries each finger separately, beginning with the first finger. His fingers are long and white. He rubs them briskly without losing the effect of deliberation and as he rubs them, he looks at us with his eyes. No one moves while he dries his hands, no one speaks. When he finishes, he will fold the towel and put it in the desk drawer. Then, he will awkwardly smile at us. He really terrifies me. What is the purpose of the text?

to describe the writer’s headmaster

to promote the writer’s headmaster career

to inform the readers about a terrifying school

Descriptive Text Quiz

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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What is the text talked about?

The text describes about Borobudur temple

The text informs about Borobudur temple

The text tells about Borobudur temple

The text identifies about Borobudur temple

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What is the second paragraph of descriptive text called by?

conclussion

reorientation

description

recommendation

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Jennifer Lopes (or J.Lo) is a highly successful actress, singer, and dancer. Her new ﬁlms and new albums usually go straight to the top.

What’s a typical working day for her? Making a ﬁlm is a hard work. She usually gets up at half past five in the morning and she’s always on the ﬁlm set at half past six. She never drinks coffee and she always has a light lunch of just green salad. She doesn’t like working up late at nights. She is usually in bed half past ten. If she stays out late, she will be too tired in the next morning.

Adam Shankman, a director of one of her ﬁlms, says ”J.Lo is actually a quiet person. She doesn’t like going out all the time. She often stays at home on Saturday nights and watches video.

If J.Lo isn’t working on a ﬁlm or making a record, her life style is very different. When she has got time off, she’s quite happy to go out. She loves New York restaurants. She loves dancing. She sometimes dances until three o’clock in the morning!

J. Lo’s family lives in New York. They were very close family. She sees her parents every weekend and she always phones them if she has a problem. She’s got two older sisters and they get on very well together. They are not just her sisters; they are her best friends.

What is the text about?

A successful actress

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez’s sisters

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Jennifer Lopes (or J.Lo) is a highly successful actress, singer, and dancer. Her new ﬁlms and new albums usually go straight to the top.

What’s a typical working day for her? Making a ﬁlm is a hard work. She usually gets up at half past five in the morning and she’s always on the ﬁlm set at half past six. She never drinks coffee and she always has a light lunch of just green salad. She doesn’t like working up late at nights. She is usually in bed half past ten. If she stays out late, she will be too tired in the next morning.

Adam Shankman, a director of one of her ﬁlms, says ”J.Lo is actually a quiet person. She doesn’t like going out all the time. She often stays at home on Saturday nights and watches video.

If J.Lo isn’t working on a ﬁlm or making a record, her life style is very different. When she has got time off, she’s quite happy to go out. She loves New York restaurants. She loves dancing. She sometimes dances until three o’clock in the morning!

J. Lo’s family lives in New York. They were very close family. She sees her parents every weekend and she always phones them if she has a problem. She’s got two older sisters and they get on very well together. They are not just her sisters; they are her best friends.

What is the main idea of paragraph four?

J. Lo’s typical working day

J. Lo’s family relationship

J. Lo’s lifestyle on her free days

J. Lo’s activities in New York

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is a descriptive text?

a text which says what a person or a thing is like.

a story with problematic events with resolution at the end

a text that provides facts that is educational and purposeful

an essay used to convince readers

Barack Obama is the president of United States. He is an African-American. He is tall and thin. He is bald. He has dark complexion, pointed nose, and oval face.

He is the first black man who becomes the president of United States. He is known as a smart and wise man. He is a loving husband for his wife and a good father for his two children. People from all over the world adore him because of his spirit and action in creating peace in this world. He also looks friendly because he always smiles a lot

"... dark complexion, pointed nose, and oval face." The antonym of the underlined word is ....

Flat

Short

Straight

Handsome

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is the generic structure of Descriptive Text?

Identification, Resolution

Identification, Description

Identification, Conclusion

Orientation, Complication, Resolution

Thesis, Argument, Reiteration

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Natural Bridge National Park is luscious tropical rainforest. It is located 110 kilometers from south of Brisbane and is reached by following the Pacific Highway to Nerang and then by travelling through the Numinbah Valley. This scenic roadway lies in the shadow of 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 rain forest 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 offers toilets, barbecue, shelter sheds, water and fireplaces; however, overnight camping is not permitted.

What is the function of paragraph 1?

as an orientation

as an identification

as a thesis

as a classification

as a resolution

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Natural Bridge National Park is luscious tropical rainforest. It is located 110 kilometers from south of Brisbane and is reached by following the Pacific Highway to Nerang and then by travelling through the Numinbah Valley. This scenic roadway lies in the shadow of 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 rain forest 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 offers toilets, barbecue, shelter sheds, water and fireplaces; however, overnight camping is not permitted.

What is the communicative purpose of the text?

to present two points of views about Natural Bridge National Park

to explain the Natural Bridge National Park

to describe the Natural Bridge National Park

to retell the Natural Bridge National Park

to persuade readers to treat preserve the Natural Bridge National Park

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Venice is a city in northern Italy. It has been known as the “Queen of the Adriatic”, “City of Bridges”, and “The City of Light”. The city stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy.

Venice is world famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of 117 islands formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands on which the city is built are connected by about 400 bridges. In the old centre, the canals serve the function of roads, and every form of transport is on water or on foot.

You can ride gondola there. It is the classical Venetian boat which nowadays is mostly used for tourists, or weddings, funerals, or other ceremonies. Now, most Venetians travel by motorised waterbuses which ply regular routes along the major canals and between the city’s islands. The city has many private boats. The only gondolas still in common use by Venetians are the Traghetti, foot passenger ferries crossing the Grand Canal at certain points without bridges.

What transport crosses the Grand Canal for foot passengers at certain points without bridges?

Gondolas.

Traghetti

Water buses.

Lagoon

Ship

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