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Report is a text which presents information about something, as it is.

• True

• False

what is communicative purpose of report text?

• is to present information about something in general.

• is to present information about something in specific

People first experienced flying by using a hot air balloon. The first-ever recorded hot air balloon flight was in France in the summer of 1783. Two brothers, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier, experimented with paper models heated by hot air at their family’s paper factory.

On the day of their launch, thousands of people turned out to watch the Montgolfier balloon take off. The French King Louis XVI was among the crowd. The balloon’smaiden flight was a great success. Hot air ballooning became an instant national triumph for France. The Frenchnation loved the Montgolfiers, who were seen as a shining example of the country’s new age of adventure and invention.

However, the Montgolfier brothers were not on board their balloon. The passengers in the hot air balloon included a duck, a sheep and a chicken! A couple of months later, on 21 November 1783, two brave men called Marquis Francois d’Arlandes and Pilatre de Rozier entered the history books as the world’s first people to take safely to the air.

The Montgolfer’s design of a hot air balloon is similar to the designs still in use today. Hot air balloons work on a very basic scientific theory. Warm air rises up through cooler air. Warm air in the balloon makes the hot air balloon rise up through the cooler air surrounding it. To stay airborne, the balloon needs to remain hotter than the surrounding air. As the air inside the balloon cools, the balloon drops slowly towards the ground. A gas-powered burner underneath the balloon warms up the air inside the balloon and makes it rise again.

“Warm air in the balloon makes the hot air balloon rise up through the cooler air surrounding it.” (Paragraph 3) The underlined word refers to ….

• warm air

• cooler air

• the invention

• hot air balloon

• scientific theory

The following is the examples of handmade object in report text, except ...

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Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon, without making physical contact with the object. In modern usage, the term generally refers to the use of aerial sensor technology to detect and classify objects on Earth (both on the surface, and in the atmosphere and ocean) by means of propagated signals (e.g. electromagnetic radiation emitted from aircraft or satellites).

There are two main types or remote sensing: passive remote sensing and active remote sensing. Passive sensors detect natural radiation that is emitted or reflected by the objects or surrounding area being observed. Reflected sunlight is the most common source of radiation measured by passive censors. Examples of passive remote sensors include film photography, infra-red, charge-coupled devices, and radiometers. Active collection, on the other hand, emits energy in order to scan objects and areas whereupon a sensor then detects and measures the radiation that is reflected or backscattered from the target. RADAR and LIDAR are examples of active remote sensing where the time delay between emission and return is measured, stabilizing the location, height, speed and direction of an object.

From the text we know that remote sensing…

• is a way to obtain information about an object or phenomenon

• does not make use of censors

• Does not difficult to do c. Makes physical contact with the object

• does not make use propagated signals

• a thing that’s used to detect something special

A tsunami is a series of ocean waves that sends surges of water, sometimes reaching heights of over 100 feet (30.5 meters), onto land. These walls of water can cause widespread destruction when they crash ashore.

These awe-inspiring waves are typically caused by large, undersea earthquakes at tectonic plate boundaries. When the ocean floor at a plate boundary rises or falls suddenly, it displaces the water above it and launches the rolling waves that will become a tsunami.

Most tsunami, about 80 percent, happen within the Pacific Ocean's "Ring of Fire," a geologically active area where tectonic shifts make volcanoes and earthquakes common.

Tsunamis may also be caused by underwater landslides or volcanic eruptions. They may even be launched, as they frequently were in Earth's ancient past, by the impact of a large meteorite plunging into an ocean.

Tsunamis race across the sea at up to 500 miles (805 kilometers) an hour — about as fast as a jet airplane. At that pace they can cross the entire expanse of the Pacific Ocean in less than a day. And their long wavelengths mean they lose very little energy along the way.

A tsunami's trough, the low point beneath the wave's crest, often reaches shore first. When it does, it produces a vacuum effect that sucks coastal water seaward and exposes harbor and sea floors. This retreating of sea water is an important warning sign of a tsunami, because the wave's crest and its enormous volume of water typically hit shore five minutes or so later. Recognizing this phenomenon can save lives.

A tsunami is usually composed of a series waves, called a wave train, so its destructive force may be compounded as successive waves reach shore. People experiencing a tsunami should remember that the danger may not have passed with the first wave and should await official word that it is safe to return to vulnerable locations.

Some tsunamis do not appear on shore as massive breaking waves but instead resemble a quickly surging tide that inundates coastal areas.

6. From the text, we know that Tsunami can be very destructive because ...

• They come after earthquakes

• They are caused by volcanic eruptions

• They are tall, fast, forceful and repetitive

• They have a vacuum effect

• They occur suddenly

Laptop

Laptop computers, also known as notebooks, are portable computers that you can take with you and use in different environments. They include a screen, keyboard, and a trackpad or trackball, which serves as the mouse. Because laptops are meant to be used on the go, they have a battery which allows them to operate without being plugged into a power outlet. Laptops also include a power adapter that allows them to use power from an outlet and recharges the battery.

Question:

From the text above, we know that …

• Laptop is portable computer.

• Laptop is notebook.

• Laptop is hard to be used.

• Laptop is useless.

A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia. It has a small relative called a wallaby, that lives in Tasmania and New Guinea. Kangaroos eat grass and plants. They have short front legs, long and strong back legs and a tail. These are used to sit up and jump. Kangaroos are well known for their 8-meter forward jumps and more than 3-meters high leap across fences. They can also run at the speed of over 45 kilometers per hour. The largest kangaroos are the Great Grey Kangaroos and Red Kangaroos. Adult kangaroos grow to a meter in length and 90 kilos in weight. Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo has an external pouch on the front of her body. The baby kangaroo is very tiny when it was born. It right away crawls into its mother's pouch where it spends the first five months of its life.

8. What is the purpose of the text?

• To inform Kangaroo's uniqueness.

• To report the features of Kangaroo.

• To encourage Kangaroo's preservation.

• To describe how a Kangaroo looks like.

• To raise awareness of Kangaroo's special status.

Summer is a season which include the hottest and longest days in a year, among the four seasons, in its cycle. As a result, summer, which falls between spring and autumn, has the shortest nights, albeit the summertime may vary among countries due to climate and tradition. When summer is coming, the days lengthen.

In most countries in the nothern hemisphere, summer starts in June and ends in September. Meanwhile, summer occurs in December, January, and February in southern hemisphere.

During summer, the days are usually bright so people go holidaying, swimming, or sunbathing on the beach. Vegetables and tropical fruits, such as pineapples, watermelons, mangoes, berries, and melons, are abundant in summer.

Question:

“..are abundant in summer. ” (last paragraph)

What does the underlined word mean?

• Having a great deal.

• Available in large quantities.

• Ready to be served in large portions.

• Easy to get.