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News Item Text

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 12mins

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1.

Singaporere to Develop Marine Tourism in Riau Islands of Indonesia


Singapore has expressed its interest in developing marine tourism in Natuna, Anambas and Lingga, three beautiful yet hidden regencies in the Riau Islands province of Indonesia.


According to Riau Islands deputy Governor, Soeryo Respationo, the three areas have their own beauty but lack of adequate infrastructure to boost tourism.


Singapore's investment in the tourism sector would perfectly match with the islands' need, he said recently. Soeryo said that Singapore Ambassador Anil Kumar Nayar visited the Riau islands asministration on Tuesday to show the country's commitment in developing the marine tourism sector.


Singapore is interested in making investment in ?

a)

Tourism in the three islands in Riau

b)

Tourism in the sea around the three islands in Riau

c)

Building marine infrastructure in the three islands in Riau

d)

Building tourism infrastructure in the three islands in Riau

e)

Developing tourism industry in the three islands in Riau

2.

What Is News Item Text ?

a)

to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing

b)

is a text which says what a person or a thing look like

c)

text which informs readers about events of the day

d)

to tell about all legend that happend here

3.

How many Structure in News Item text ?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

4.

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 Rp 3.8 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).


What is the purpose of the text?

a)

To inform readers about 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 convince reader that buying infant is illegal

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 Rp 3.8 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).


What is the generic structure of the text above?

a)

Orientation – Complication – Reorientation

b)

Orientation – Series of event – Reorientation

c)

Stating thesis – Arguments – Reiteration

d)

Newsworthy event – Background events – Sources

6.

“…for allegedly buying an infant

The infant word has similar meaning with ……

a)

Adult

b)

Teenager

c)

Child

d)

Man

7.

What Tense that used in News Item Text?

a)

Perfect Past Tense

b)

Simple Present Tense

c)

Pasti Tense

d)

Future Tense

8.

What Purpose of news item text?

a)

To entertaining people

b)

To inform important event of the day

c)

To give an knowlegde

d)

To inform whats gonna happen tomorrow

9.

Thailand: Forty-two passengers were injured and two were missing after two boats carrying Thai and foreign tourists collided in the popular island beach party, police said Sunday.

The speedboats were ferrying tourists to the Pha-Ngan island for a “Fullmoon” party, a monthly event that attracts thousands of young, mostly western tourists.

Provincial police officer, Adipong Tapee said of the 42 travelers injured, 39 were hospitalized including four Britons, four Australians and four Singaporeans. Also among them were Irish, Norwegian, Malaysian and Thai tourists, he said.

The boats collided and overturned before midnight Saturday, throwing the passengers into the rough sea water just off the island, the website of The Nation newspaper said.


We know from the text that ...

a)

The boat carry carried fourty two passangers

b)

The accident happened not far from Pha-Ngan

c)

The Passangers were mostly foreign tourists

d)

The two missing pessangers were westernes

10.

”But the earlier talks are sign that they may form a stronger partnership”.

The word “partnership” means ….

a)

Collusion

b)

Competition

c)

Agreement

d)

Collaboration