NEWS ITEM

Read the following text to answer questions number 1 to 5.

The Surabaya Police have arrested a man, identified only as MN, for allegedly buying an infant via Instagram.

MN was arrested at his house on Jl. Karah in Jambangan district in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday. He was found to have paid some Rp3.8 million (US$250) for a baby boy when he was only three days old.

Surabaya police chief Sr. Comr. Rudi Setiawan said recently that the transaction was conducted in Semarang, Central Java, on Sept. 23. The baby’s parents live in Tangerang in Banten.

"The baby is now safe with the Surabaya administration," Rudi said on Monday (The Jakarta Post, Tue, October 16, 2018).

1. What is the purpose of the text?

• A. To inform readers about an arrested man for buying an infant

• B. To describe the important person for readers.

• C. To argue that arresting the man is important.

• D. To explain how police arrested the man.

2. What is the generic structure of the text above?

• A. Orientation – Complication – Reorientation

• B. Orientation – Series of events – Reorientation

• C. Stating thesis – Arguments – Reiteration

• D. Newsworthy event – Background events – Sources

3. "MN was arrested at his house…" The word "his" refers to a house belonging to ...

• A. The police officer.

• B. The arrested man.

• C. The infant-parent.

• D. A Surabaya administration officer.

4. "…for allegedly buying an infant" The infant word has a similar meaning with ...

• A. Adult

• B. Teenager

• C. Child

• D. Grown

5. The saying verb is….

• A. Arrested

• B. Paid

• C. Live

• D. Said