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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many shelters were there in Manokwari?

a)

17 camps

b)

More than 17 camps

c)

Less than 17 camps

d)

Need 17 camps more

2.

The total amount of victims is. . .

a)

14 thousand people

b)

35 people

c)

2 people

d)

37 people

3.

How many bridges made the transportation cut?

a)

Seven

b)

Two

c)

Nine

d)

One

4.

How many quakes happened per hour?

a)

1-2 times

b)

29 times

c)

842 times

d)

17 times

5.

Which statement is true based on the first and second paragraph?

a)

The first and second paragraph have no relation

b)

Second paragraph provide evidence for the first paragraph

c)

The firs paragraph is the conclusion of the second    

d)

The second paragraph tells the causal of the first paragraph

6.

Which statement is true based on the first and second paragraph?

a)

The first and second paragraph have no relation

b)

Second paragraph provide evidence for the first paragraph

c)

The firs paragraph is the conclusion of the second    

d)

The second paragraph tells the causal of the first paragraph

7.

What is the main idea of paragraph 4?

a)

Food, medical service and money were sent to the place

b)

People who were injured and killed not more than 1%

c)

The govenment has a concern to handle the disaster 

d)

The government planned to rebuild the damaged houses

8.

Which statement was not in line with “hundreds of aftershocks continued to rattle the coastal city

a)

The city which got the quacke was near the beach

b)

The earth quacke was frequently occured

c)

The disaster was having a slightly tsunami

d)

The city had a high cost in living

9.

Who said that the accident was caused by the car?

a)

The police

b)

the truck driver

c)

The victims      

d)

the bus passengers

10.

What was the cause of the collision ?

a)

The car carried more than five people

b)

The truck driver didn’t use his lights.

c)

The truck driver didn’t see the car

d)

The car tried to overtake the bus

11.

The text mainly reports that there was/were. . . .

a)

A car accident

b)

Careless drivers

c)

A small Japanese car

d)

victims of an accident

12.

“If the passengers had brought their identity cards, the police would have been easy to identify the names of the victims.”

The sentence above means…….

a)

The victims’ names were not known

b)

The victims were easy to be identified

c)

The passengers brought their identity cards

d)

The police had no difficulty in identifying the victims

13.

Why was it said that the truck’s driver could not see the car coming?

a)

Because there were no lights along Jalan Sultan

b)

because the truck’s driver felt sleepy while driving

c)

Because the car might have no lights

d)

Because the truck might have no lights

14.

The Beckham’s huge income is depended on their ….

a)

news

b)

image

c)

contracts

d)

marriage

15.

According to the newspaper, the Beckham’s marriage was unhappy because of David Beckham's ….

a)

affair

b)

income

c)

profession

d)

public image

16.

The marriage was really "on the rocks" (Paragraph 1 sentence 4)

The phrase "on the rocks" means that the beckham’s marriage is in a …. condition.

a)

bad

b)

good

c)

strong

d)

happy

17.

Why did the couple say their marriage was fine?

a)

They needed to have more contracts.

b)

They wanted the public happy.

c)

They had many children.

d)

They were angry each other

18.

What probably made public like reading this news?

a)

The news was published in a newspaper..

b)

The unhappy marriage was good news.

c)

The couple was famous persons.

d)

There was no other news.

19.

The underlined word it in ‘It said that the couple tried to convince the public…’ refers to…

a)

the couple

b)

David Beckam

c)

the newspaper.

d)

Victoria

20.

The underlined word they in ‘The Beckhams, meanwhile, insist they are a happy marriage couple.’ refers to . . . .

a)

the news

b)

David and Victoria

c)

the newspaper.

d)

the lawyers