News Item

(LKS p.50) The news tells us about ....

• the case of Covid-19 in Indonesia rises

• Covid-19 daily cases in Indonesia hit its highest number, 13.645

• the decrease of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia

• Indonesian government plan on PCR tests

Answer explanation

"We are grateful that the predictions saying Covid-19 cases in Indonesia will grow exponentially is not happening." Our average number of cases is still low and the highest number of confirmed daily cases is still lower than 500."

Achmad Yurianto is ....

• the head of national Covid-19 task force

• the health ministry

• coordinating human development and culture minister

• the ministry's disease control and prevention director-general

Answer explanation

"The Ministry's disease control and prevention director-general, Achmad Yurianto, ..."

Doni Monardo is ....

• the head of national Covid-19 task force

• the health ministry

• coordinating human development and culture minister

• the ministry's disease control and prevention director-general

Answer explanation

"Other officials, including national Covid-19 task force head Doni Monardo, had also claimed ...."

Muhadjir Effendy is ....

• the head of national Covid-19 task force

• the health ministry

• coordinating human development and culture minister

• the ministry's disease control and prevention director-general

Answer explanation

"The spike in cases came one day after Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy..."

(LKS p.50) It can be inferred from the text that the causes of the rise of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia are, EXCEPT ....

• low scale of PCR testing over the nation

• the exemptions to large-scale social restrictions in some districts

• people break the health protocols when they are in public

• government succeed capturing the real scale of the cases

(LKS p.50) "Experts have warned that the fight against covid-19 was far from over" This sentence can be replaced by ....

• There is a warning from experts that Covid-19 cases in Indonesia is still far from the highest outbreak number

• Experts warn that the nation doesn't need to fight against Covid-19 because it won't rise higher

• Experts alert the fight against Covid-19 is not over yet

• It is a warning that Covid-19 cases in Indonesia is already over

(LKS p.50) " ... Singapore and Malaysia have conducted more than 30,000 and ... (paragraph 5) " The underline word is similar in meaning to ....

• carried out

• occurred

• concerned

• included

(LKS p.50) "... Covid-19 cases in Indonesia will grow exponentially is not happening. (paragraph 3). The underlined word in opposite in meaning to ....

• swiftly

• slowly

• proficiently

• efficiently

(LKS p.52) The main cause of the fire is ....

• searing temperatures

• strong winds

• lightning

• patchy rain

(LKS p.52) The main idea of the second paragraph is ....

• some houses in South Australia are burned and the firefighters are still trying to control the fire

• Adelaide is covered by thick smoke of the fire

• there are six homes destroyed by the fire

• blast-furnace winds are the main challenge to stop the fire