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Venice is a city in northern Italy. It has been known as the Queen of the Adriatic, City of Bridges, and The City of Light. The city stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy.
Venice is world famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of 117 islands formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands on which the city is built are connected by about 400 bridges. In the old centre, the canals serve the function of roads, and every form of transport is on water or on foot.
You can ride gondola therE. It is the classical Venetian boat which nowadays is mostly used for tourists, or weddings, funerals, or other ceremonies. Now, most Venetians travel by motorised waterbuses which ply regular routes along the major canals and between the citys islands. The city has many private boats. The only gondolas still in common use by Venetians are the Traghetti, foot passenger ferries crossing the Grand Canal at certain points without bridges.

1. What does the text tell you about?

• A. Gondola.

• B. Traghetti.

• C. Venice

• D. Italy.

• E. Venetian boat

2. What transport crosses the Grand Canal for foot passengers at certain points without bridges?

• A. Gondolas.

• B. Traghetti.

• C. Waterbuses.

• D. Lagoon.

• E. Ship

3. From the text we can say that Venice belongs to a city of ....

• A. water

• B. buses

• C. funerals

• D. Gondola

• E. ceremonies

4. What does the second paragraph of the text tell us about?

• A. The canals and roads that people like to use.

• B. Venice as the world famous for its canals.

• C. The archipelago that has a lot of islands.

• D. The forms of transport in the world.

• E. Venice is the city of light

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Masjid Sultan Suriansyah is a historical mosquE. Built 300 years ago, this building is the oldest mosque in South Kalimantan. The mosque is located in the North Kuin Village of Banjarmasin. It was built in the reign of Sultan Suriansyah known as Pangeran SamuderA. He was the first Banjarnese King who converted into Islam. This mosque was found on the bank of the Kuin River, near KampungKraton, which was destroyed by the Dutch colonial.
The construction of Masjid Sultan Suriansyah was uniquE. The roof is layered. It took the Banjars past architecture before Islam came. Different from any other old mosques in Banjar, the mihrab has its own roof, separated from the main building.

5. Masjid Sultan Suriansyah was constructed in the era of ....

• A. Sukarno

• B. Banjar people

• C. Dutch colonial

• D. Kalimantan King

• E. Sultan Suriansyah

6. What is mainly discussed in the text?

• A. A historical mosque

• B. An Islamic location

• C. A palace complex

• D. . A king reign

• E. A temple

7. From the text we know that ....

• A. The Dutch colonial built the mosque

• B. Banjar people burned down the mosque

• C. There is nothing special from this mosque

• D. Banjars past architecture before Islam came

• E. Some construction of the mosque takes the local style

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.

8. What is the monolog about?

• A. Buddhist mythology.

• B. Gallery complex.

• C. Khmer Empire.

• D. Gallery complex.

• E. Angkor Wat.

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

• A. Yosadapura Empire.

• B. The King Empire.

• C. Khmer Empire.

• D. Old Empire.

• E. Meru Empire.

10. 10. What is the text about?

• A. Recount text

• B. Descriptive text

• C. Procedure text

• D. Narrative text

• E. Analytical exposition text