MAKASSAR

Makassar is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the largest city on Sulawesi Island. From 1971 to 1999, the city was named Ujung Pandang, after a pre-colonial fort in the city, and the two names are often used interchangeably. The port city is located at 5°8′S 119°25′E, on the southwest coast of the island of Sulawesi, facing the Makassar strait. Its area is 175.77 km2 and has population of around 1.4 million.

Makassar is home to several prominent landmarks including the 16th century Dutch fort Fort Rotterdam, Trans Studio Makassar the third largest indoor theme park in the world and the Karebosi Link the first underground shopping center in Indonesia.

Makassar has several famous traditional foods. The most famous is Coto Makassar. It is a stew made from the mixture of nuts and spices with beef parts which include beef brain, tongue and intestine. Konro rib dish is also popular traditional food in Makassar. Both Coto Makassar and Konro are usually eaten with Burasa, glutinous rice with coconut milk and sauted coconut granule.

In addition, Makassar is the home of pisang epe, or pressed bananas. These are bananas which are pressed, grilled, and covered with palm sugar sauce and sometimes eaten with Durian. Many street vendors sell pisang epe, especially around the area of Losari beach.

What is the most well-known food in Makassar?

The Houses of the Toraja

The ethnic groups in the mountain regions of southwest and central Sulawesi (Celebes) are known by the name of Toraja, which has come to mean “those who live upstream” or “those who live in the mountains”. Their name is in fact derived from the word Raja, which in Sanskrit means “king”. The society is hierarchically structured: the noblemen are called rengnge, the ordinary people to makaka, and the slaves to kaunan; birth determines which rank a person will occupy.

The distinctive features of the traditional houses (tongkonan) of the Toraja are the “buffalo horns”, the roof design and the rich decoration on the walls. The buffalo is a symbol of status, courage, strength and fighting spirit.

Designed as a representation on the universe, the tongkonan is constructed in three parts: the upper world (the roof), the world of humans (the middle of the building), and the underworld (the space under the floor). The highly distinctive roors constructed by the Toraja given rise to various ingenious interpretations. Certainly the roof is something of deep significance for the Toraja, and even today they build “modern” (in other words houses built with cement) houses with such roofs.

“… and even today they bulid modern…” (paragraph 3)

The underlined word refers to…

The Houses of the Toraja

The ethnic groups in the mountain regions of southwest and central Sulawesi (Celebes) are known by the name of Toraja, which has come to mean “those who live upstream” or “those who live in the mountains”. Their name is in fact derived from the word Raja, which in Sanskrit means “king”. The society is hierarchically structured: the noblemen are called rengnge, the ordinary people to makaka, and the slaves to kaunan; birth determines which rank a person will occupy.

The distinctive features of the traditional houses (tongkonan) of the Toraja are the “buffalo horns”, the roof design and the rich decoration on the walls. The buffalo is a symbol of status, courage, strength and fighting spirit.

Designed as a representation on the universe, the tongkonan is constructed in three parts: the upper world (the roof), the world of humans (the middle of the building), and the underworld (the space under the floor). The highly distinctive roors constructed by the Toraja given rise to various ingenious interpretations. Certainly the roof is something of deep significance for the Toraja, and even today they build “modern” (in other words houses built with cement) houses with such roofs.

“… and even today they bulid modern…” (paragraph 3)

The underlined word refers to…

BANDUNG ZOO

Bandung Zoo is one of natural attractions in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It is located at Tamansari Street. It opens from 8 am until 6 pm. Visitors must pay the ticket for 20.000 to enter the zoo. The zoo occupies a land area of 13.5 hectares.

The zoo has collection of animals. There are hundreds of species. They are Indonesian’s animal and imported animal, for example, camels, dragons, leopards, orangutans, bears, elephants, various species of birds, and many more.

At the Zoo, visitors can not only see the collection of animals. They can interact directly with some types of animals. They can also ride a camel, horse, or elephant accompanied by the officers. Zoo also provides several facilities. There are flying fox, playground for children with a variety of games, such as swings, a seesaw and special pond where the visitors can ride duck boat.

“They can also interact directly with some types of animals” (paragraph 3 line 1) The word “they” refers to …

Beijing’s Shishahai sports school is a special school for athletes. The sports are gymnastics, table tennis, volley ball, boxing, badminton and martial arts. It has some large training gyms.

The school has modern dormitory. All of the students live in the dormitory. It also has a big and pleasant eating hall. The students eat in the cafeteria for free. There are cameras all around the school the monitor the students.

Beijing’s Shinhahai sports school has 550 students. The youngest student is only five years old. The eldest students is 16 years old. The students get up at seven in the morning, and practice for half an hour before breakfast. Then they do school work. After lunch, they practice in the gym for three hour. At five o’clock in the afternoon, they shower. Then they eat and do their homework. At eight in the evening, they go to bed. The students go home on Saturday or one night. Parents visit their very young children two times a week.

The third paragraph is about…..

Baturaden is a tourist destination in Banyumas regency, Central Java, Indonesia. Baturaden located in the northern town of Purwokerto just on the shout slope of Mount Slamet. With height 640 m above sea level. Air temperature ranges between 18- 25Celcius with humidity from 70 to 80 mm Hg.

The air in Baturaden is very cool, and the scenery is very beautiful and natural. From the town of Purwokerto, the road to this Baturraden is only about 14 km to the north, and can be reached by public transportation.

Baturraden also a tourist area visited by many local tourists, as well as foreign tourists, especially on Sundays and national holidays. To accommodate tem, there are some hotels and inn available there.

“Baturaden is a tourist destination in Banyumas regency…”. Which the phrase can subtitite the underlined words?

Suramadu Bridge

The Suramadu Bridge (Indonesian: Jembatan Suramadu), also known as the Surabaya–Madura Bridge, is a bridge with three cable-stayed sections constructed between Surabaya on the island of Java and the town of Bangkalan on the island of Madura in Indonesia. Opened on June 10, 2009, the 5.4-km bridge is the longest in Indonesia and the first bridge to cross the Madura Strait.

The cable-stayed portion has three spans with lengths 192 m, 434 m and 192 m. The bridge has two lanes in each direction plus an emergency lane and a dedicated lane for motorcycles. The first toll bridge in Indonesia, fares have been initially set at Rp. 30,000 (US$3 in 2009) for four-wheeled vehicles and Rp. 3,000 (US$0.30) for two-wheelers.

The bridge was built by a consortium of Indonesian companies PT Adhi Karya and PT Waskita Karya working with China Road and Bridge Corp. and China Harbor Engineering Co. Ltd. The total cost of the project, including connecting roads, has been estimated at 4.5 trillion rupiah (US$445 million).

Construction was started on August 20, 2003. In July 2004, a girder collapsed, killing one worker and injuring nine others. Work on the bridge halted at the end of 2004 due to lack of funds, but was restarted in November 2005. The main span of the bridge was connected on March 31, 2009, and the bridge was opened to the public in June 10, 2009.Within a week of the opening, it was discovered that nuts and bolts as well as maintenance lamps had been stolen and that there was evidence of vandalism of cables supporting the main span.

The following statement is true, except ....

Raja Ampat or 'Four Kings', is the name given to some islands in West Papua and comes

from a local myth. The four major islands are Waigeo, Misool (which is home to ancient rock

painting), Salawati, and Batanta. Raja Ampat is located in the bird head of the island of Papua.

Underwater enthusiasts flock to this region because it offers the world's best marine sight. In the

Raja Ampat islands, divers can explore vertical underwater walls. The thrill of drift diving is

another great challenge.

The territory within the islands of the Four Kings is enormous, covering 9.8 million acres

of land and sea, home to 540 types of corals, more than 1,000 types of coral fish and 700 types

of mollusks. This makes it the most diverse living library for world's coral reef and underwater

biota. According to a report developed by The Nature Conservancy and Conservation

International, around 75% of the world's species live here.

When divers first arrive here their excitement is palpable. It's common to hear people

praise God as they take in the remarkable scenery. Others prefer to remain in silence taking in

the overwhelming sight of so many islands with crystal clear water that softly brushes over the

white sandy beaches

Why so many divers come to Raja Ampat?

Wakatobi is the name of an archipelago and regency in Sulawesi Tengggara, Indonesia. The name Wakatobi is derived from the names of the main island of the archipelago: Wangiwangi, Kaledupa, Tomea, and Binongko. The group is part of a larger group called the Tukangbesi island.

The archipelago, located in the diverse hotspot known as Wallacea. It is part of the Wakatobi National Park. Wakatobi as one of the world’s marine tourism object is now preparing it self and ready to welcome you and your family with hospitality and its particular culture. The Wakatobi is also home to Operation Wallacea, a UK based,non profit conservation group looking at sustainable development of fisheries and coral reef research.An independent non commercial website has been set up about a marine park. This website contains tourist and travel information in Wakatobi, including the biodiversity, conservation and local people.

Wakatobi is also situated geographically at the world’s coral reef triangle center with its 942 fish species and 750 coral reef species from a total of 850 world’s collection comparing to the two world’s famous diving center of the Caribbean Sea that owes only 50 species and other 300 species in the red sea.

Wakatobi is located in a larger group of island called . . .

Wingo Island

The Island of Wingo is by the island of Singa. In the water around Wingo Island, there are hundreds of sharks. They are so many that the water bubbles like a whirlpool. People can only get to Wingo Island by boat. The boat has a rocket on it. The rocket takes people over the sharks and onto the island.

Wingo Island has no sand but it has green moss. At night the moss sparkles like stars. Tall stars called Fruji grow everywhere The Fruji tress have purple leaves at the top and yellow fruit all over them. When a fruit falls off, another tree grows in a minute.

The Weather on Wingo Island is very hot but at twelve o’clock, everyday, it rains. Sometimes, there are windstorms. They happen when too many animals fly around at the same time.

People who stay on Wingo Island sleep in a big-gloo. It is like an igloo but it is on long poles. It has a ladder to get up and a slide to come down. The big-gloo has a moss bed, chairs, and tables that are made of Fruji tress.

There is no television on Wingo Island. So is the telephone and computer. It is place to listen to the leaves whispering. It is a place to lie on soft green moss and look at the clouds. It is really a place to dream.

According to passage, which of the following is not true?