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The Great Wall of China is an ancient series of walls and fortifications, totaling more than 13,000 miles in length, located in northern China. Perhaps the most recognizable symbol of China and its long and vivid history, the Great Wall was originally conceived by Emperor Qin Shi Huang in the third century B.C. as a means of preventing incursions from barbarian nomads. The best-known and best-preserved section of the Great Wall was built in the 14th through 17th centuries A.D., during the Ming dynasty. Though the Great Wall never effectively prevented invaders from entering China, it came to function as a powerful symbol of Chinese civilization’s enduring strength.

               Though the beginning of the Great Wall of China can be traced to the fifth century B.C., many of the fortifications included in the wall date from hundreds of years earlier, when China was divided into a number of individual kingdoms during the so-called Warring States Period.

               Around 220 B.C., Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China under the Qin Dynasty, ordered that earlier fortifications between states be removed and a number of existing walls along the northern border be joined into a single system that would extend for more than 10,000 li (a li is about one-third of a mile) and protect China against attacks from the north.

What is the type of the text? It is a _____ text.

• narrative

• historical recount

• description

• personal experience

• report

The Great Wall of China is an ancient series of walls and fortifications, totaling more than 13,000 miles in length, located in northern China. Perhaps the most recognizable symbol of China and its long and vivid history, the Great Wall was originally conceived by Emperor Qin Shi Huang in the third century B.C. as a means of preventing incursions from barbarian nomads. The best-known and best-preserved section of the Great Wall was built in the 14th through 17th centuries A.D., during the Ming dynasty. Though the Great Wall never effectively prevented invaders from entering China, it came to function as a powerful symbol of Chinese civilization’s enduring strength.

               Though the beginning of the Great Wall of China can be traced to the fifth century B.C., many of the fortifications included in the wall date from hundreds of years earlier, when China was divided into a number of individual kingdoms during the so-called Warring States Period.

               Around 220 B.C., Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China under the Qin Dynasty, ordered that earlier fortifications between states be removed and a number of existing walls along the northern border be joined into a single system that would extend for more than 10,000 li (a li is about one-third of a mile) and protect China against attacks from the north.

The communicative purpose of the text is _____.

• to retell a historical events of the Great Wall

• to entertain readers with a story of the Great Wall

• to describe about the Great Wall

• to inform how the Great Wall was built

• to report the phenomena of the Great Wall

The Great Wall of China is an ancient series of walls and fortifications, totaling more than 13,000 miles in length, located in northern China. Perhaps the most recognizable symbol of China and its long and vivid history, the Great Wall was originally conceived by Emperor Qin Shi Huang in the third century B.C. as a means of preventing incursions from barbarian nomads. The best-known and best-preserved section of the Great Wall was built in the 14th through 17th centuries A.D., during the Ming dynasty. Though the Great Wall never effectively prevented invaders from entering China, it came to function as a powerful symbol of Chinese civilization’s enduring strength.

When was the Great Wall originally conceived?

• in the third century

• 300 hundred years BC

• fourteenth century

• seventeenth century

• long time ago

The Great Wall of China is an ancient series of walls and fortifications, totaling more than 13,000 miles in length, located in northern China. Perhaps the most recognizable symbol of China and its long and vivid history, the Great Wall was originally conceived by Emperor Qin Shi Huang in the third century B.C. as a means of preventing incursions from barbarian nomads. The best-known and best-preserved section of the Great Wall was built in the 14th through 17th centuries A.D., during the Ming dynasty. Though the Great Wall never effectively prevented invaders from entering China, it came to function as a powerful symbol of Chinese civilization’s enduring strength.

According to the text, why was the great wall conceived by Emperor Qin Shi Huang?

• to attract foreign tourists

• to prevent the barbarian nomads threatens

• to symbolize Chinese culture

• to empower people's unity

• to punish labors as a force work

The Great Wall of China is an ancient series of walls and fortifications, totaling more than 13,000 miles in length, located in northern China. Perhaps the most recognizable symbol of China and its long and vivid history, the Great Wall was originally conceived by Emperor Qin Shi Huang in the third century B.C. as a means of preventing incursions from barbarian nomads. The best-known and best-preserved section of the Great Wall was built in the 14th through 17th centuries A.D., during the Ming dynasty. Though the Great Wall never effectively prevented invaders from entering China, it came to function as a powerful symbol of Chinese civilization’s enduring strength.

How long did it take to built he Great Wall? It took approximately _____.

• a thousand years

• a hundred years

• three centuries

• three years

• five centuries

In 1938, the Dutch sent Sukarno to Bengkulu, a city lacking in political activity and fairly hard to reach. Sukarno spent four years in exile in Bengkulu, a sleepy coastal city in southern Sumatra. The years were eventful for the founding president, his family and the nation itself.

               As a leader of the independence movement against the Dutch, Sukarno was first exiled to Ende, in Flores, East Nusa Tenggara; along with his wife, Inggit Garnasih; Ratna Djuami, Inggit'€s niece; and an adopted daughter. However, after five years, Sukarno came down with malaria, prompting his friends to demand that the Dutch transfer him to a healthier climate.

               Sukarno described it as a bastion of conservative Islam, where women neatly covered their bodies and were separated from males. He lived in a house in the city center loaned to him by Tjang Tjeng Kwat, a Chinese businessman supplying the Dutch in Bengkulu with basic necessities, and accepted an offer from local Muhammadiyah chairman Hasan Din to teach at a new religious school on the condition that he would not talk about politics. In that class he met Fatmawati, Hasan Din'€s 15-year-old daughter, a year younger than Ratna Djuami.

What is the text mainly about?

• Soekarno

• Bengkulu city

• The history of Bengkulu

• Soekarno's exile in Bengkulu

• How Soekarno met Fatmawati

In 1938, the Dutch sent Sukarno to Bengkulu, a city lacking in political activity and fairly hard to reach. Sukarno spent four years in exile in Bengkulu, a sleepy coastal city in southern Sumatra. The years were eventful for the founding president, his family and the nation itself.

Which statement is the orientation of the text?

• Sukarno spent four years in exile in Bengkulu

• The years were eventful for the founding president

• Bengkulu is a city lacking in political activity and fairly hard to reach

• He took his family and the nation itself

• the Dutch sent Sukarno to Bengkulu

As a leader of the independence movement against the Dutch, Sukarno was first exiled to Ende, in Flores, East Nusa Tenggara; along with his wife, Inggit Garnasih; Ratna Djuami, Inggit'€s niece; and an adopted daughter. However, after five years, Sukarno came down with malaria, prompting his friends to demand that the Dutch transfer him to a healthier climate.

According to the text, Soekarno was taken away from Ende because ____.

• Soekarno led the independence movement

• his family was not taken with him

• Soekarno suffered from a dangerous disease

• Soekarno adopted a daughter

• the Dutch shot Soekarno to death

Sukarno described it as a bastion of conservative Islam, where women neatly covered their bodies and were separated from males. He lived in a house in the city center loaned to him by Tjang Tjeng Kwat, a Chinese businessman supplying the Dutch in Bengkulu with basic necessities, and accepted an offer from local Muhammadiyah chairman Hasan Din to teach at a new religious school on the condition that he would not talk about politics. In that class he met Fatmawati, Hasan Din'€s 15-year-old daughter, a year younger than Ratna Djuami.

Which of the following statement is not true based on the text?

• Soekarno once taught at a new religious school in Bengkulu

• Soekarno lived in a house provided by the Dutch

• Soekarno met Fatmawati when he taught in the class

• Hasan Din was Fatmawati's father

• Ratna Djuami is a year younger than Hasan Din

Sukarno described it as a bastion of conservative Islam, where women neatly covered their bodies and were separated from males. He lived in a house in the city center loaned to him by Tjang Tjeng Kwat, a Chinese businessman supplying the Dutch in Bengkulu with basic necessities, and accepted an offer from local Muhammadiyah chairman Hasan Din to teach at a new religious school on the condition that he would not talk about politics. In that class he met Fatmawati, Hasan Din'€s 15-year-old daughter, a year younger than Ratna Djuami.

The word 'loaned' has a similar meaning to ____.

• sold

• deprived

• rented

• borrowed

• built