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Maimun Palace is a tourist destination in North Sumatra which has historical and cultural values.Located at Jalan Brigjen Katamso,Aur,Medan, this palace is iconic to Medan.

The building stands on an area of 2,772 square meters and is the heritage of the Deli Sultanate. It was designed by an Italian architect and built in 1888 under the rule of Sultan Makmun Al Rasyid Perkasa, the Sultan of Deli.

The palace has stunning architecture. It combines Islamic, Dutch and Malay architectures, with a dominant color of yellow, typical of Malay. This two-storey building is divided into three parts,namely, the main building, left and right wing parts. It is supported by 82 octagonal stone pillars and 42 wooden pillars.

What is the purpose of the text?

• To relate Deli Sultanate.

• To entertain readers

• To describe Maimun Palace

• To describe a palace architecture

• To relate a person's trip to Medan

The palace architecture combines..

• Islamic, Turkish and Malay

• Malay,Dutch and Indonesia

• Islamic, Malay and Dutch

• Malay, Dutch and Turkish

• Malay, Islamic and  Dutch

" It combines Islamic, Dutch and Malay architectures,..." ( Paragraph 3)

'It' refers to...

• Malay architecture

• the Deli Sultanate

• The main building

• The residence

• Maimun Palace

What is the dominant color of the palace ?

• Red

• Yellow

• Green

• Blue

• Brown

From the text we know that..

• Maimun Palace is the heritage of the Deli Sultanate

• Maimun Palace was designed by the Sultan of Deli

• Maimun Palace covers an area of 2,727m

• Maimun Palace is a three-storey building with two main parts

• The visitors can see antiques on the second floor of the palace.

Angkor Wat was faced a Hindu temple, a man of Buddhist temple completed in Cambodia. It is the largest religious monument in the world. The temple was built by the Khmer King, Suryawarman II in the early twelfth century in Yosadapura, the capital of the Khmer Empire as this temple of eventual moslem. It is dedicated to Wisnu. It is designed to represent Khmer Meru, frame of the Devis in Hindu mythology within the mouth and has an outer wall which is 3 to 7 km long. It has three rectangular galleries which races about the neck. At the centre of the temple stand Queen Cap of Tower.

What is the monolog about?

• Gallery complex

• Buddhist mythology.

• Cambodia

• Khmer Empire.

• Angkor Wat.

In the twelfth century which Empire was strong enough to build the biggest temple of the world?

• Old Empire

• Yosadapura Empire

• Meru Empire

• The King Empire

• Khmer Empire.

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.

What is the purpose of the text?

• To persuade the readers to choose him in the election

• To entertain the readers about the story of Barack Obama

• To report the life of the president of United States of America

• To describe Barack Obama’s physical appearance and personality

“… dark complexion, pointed nose, and oval face.” The antonym of the word “pointed” is ….

• Flat

• Short

• Straight

• Handsome

Hello! My name is Boby Fudam. I come from Dundee. A town on the east coast of Scotland, but I’m a student at Durham University, in the north of England. I’m studying French and German, and I can speak the languages quite well. I also know little Spanish, so I can speak four languages. I’m enjoying the course a lot, but it’s very hard work!I live in Durham Castle, because the Castle is part of the University, with about thirty other students. The course started two years ago, and I’m in my third year. After the course, I’m going to work in France, but I don’t know where yet.

Boby Fudam is … student at Durham University?

• a lazy

• a diligent

• a dull

• a shy