Reading Quiz July # 3

‘Laskar Pelangi’: The Audacity of Hope

This is a movie adapted from a best-selling Indonesian novel. It took 40 days of filming on Belitung Island, Bangka-Belitung province. Involving 12 local actors, it reportedly cost Rp 8 billion. With all the efforts of transforming Laskar Pelangi (Rainbow Warrior) into a moving picture, will it satisfy readers’ imaginations?

Laskar Pelangi, the novel, was written by Andrea Hirata in 2005, based on his own experiences. It is about an inspiring teacher and her 10 students in the poverty-stricken Kampung Gantong in Belitung. The poor condition of their school building does not dampen their high spirits and hopes for a better future.

Two years later, the novel became a phenomenon in Indonesian literature. With its humanistic touch, Laskar Pelangi has sold more than 500,000 copies and has won the position of Must-Read Novel in every corner of the nation’s bookshops and media review pages. It has finally overcome the domination of teen-lit, chick-lit and even religious novels, the popular theme of today.

Andrea entrusted the filming of the story to the respected figures in the film industry, Mira Lesmana and Riza, as producer and film director. In July 2007, Mira and Riri started the pre-production, which took a’year to finish. Together with the scriptwriter Salman Aristo they decided to create a different scenario for the film.        

1.         What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

A.    ‘Laskar Pelangi’ is the story of poor people at the Bangka Belitung province.

B.    ‘Laskar Pelangi’ is the story of poor school children of the Belitung Island.

C.   ‘Laskar Pelangi’ is about poverty in Kampung Gantong in Bangka Belitung.

D.   ‘Laskar Pelangi’ is about an inspiring story towards a better life. ‘

E.    ‘Laskar Pelangi’ is about Andrea Hirata.

2.         From the text above, we know that....

A.    the movie was played by poor children

B.    Andrea Hirata is the producer of Laskar Pelangi

C.   the novel of Laskar Pelangi was a phenomenal work of literature,

D.   people like the movie better than the novel

E.    people like the novel better than the movie

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1. D

2. C

Reading Quiz July # 2

I, Milton Friedman was born on July 31, 1921, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the fourth and last child and first son of Sarah Ethel (Landau) and Jeno Saul Friedman. My parents were born in Carpatho-Ruthenia of the Soviet Union. They emigrated to the U.S. in their teens, meeting in New York. When I was a year old, my parents moved to Rahway, N.J., a small town about 20 miles from New York City.

I was awarded a competitive scholarship to Rutgers University. I graduated from Rutgers in 1932. I financed the rest of my college expenses by the usual mixture of waiting at tables, clerking in a retail store, occasional entrepreneurial ventures, and summer earnings. Shortly, however, I became interested in economics.

In economics, I had the good fortune to be exposed to two remarkable men: Arthur F. Burns and Homer Jones. Arthur Burns shaped my understanding of economic research, introduced me to the highest scientific standards, and became a guiding influence on my subsequent career. Homer Jones introduced me to rigorous economic theory, made economics exciting and relevant, and encouraged me to go on to graduate work. On his recommendation, the Chicago Economics Department offered me a tuition scholarship. As it happened, I was also offered a scholarship by Brown University in Applied Mathematics, but, by that time, I had definitely transferred my primary allegiance to economics. In 1976 I won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for my achievements in the fields of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy. In 1977, at age 65,1 retired from the University of Chicago after teaching there for 30 years.

1.         Who influenced Milton Friedman on economic research?

A.    Sarah Ethel.

B.    Jeno Friedman.

C.   Arthur F. Burns.

D.   Homer Jones.

E.    Alfred Nobel.

2.         What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

A.    Milton Friedman was very committed in his interest and talent in economics.

B.    Homer Jones shaped Milton Friedman understanding of economic research.

C.   Arthur Burns introduced Milton Friedman to rigorous economic theory.

D.   Brown University offered Milton Friedman a tuition scholarship.

E.    Milton Friedman was offered a scholarship by the Chicago Economics Department in Applied Mathematics.

3.         What did Milton Friedman do in financing his college expenses?

A.    He was a teacher during summer.

B.    He had a job in entrepreneur company.

C.   He worked as a clerk in a retail store.

D.   He sold tables to people.

E.    He taught economics in the university.

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1. C

2. A

3. C

Reading Quiz July # 1

I recently took a trip to New Hampshire and had what I would call my first genuine (1) .... hiking up a mountain. I’ve gone up hiking before but this was without a doubt the best experience of my life. My friend, Sean and Madeline (2) .... some pictures during the trip. We need 2 hours straight before we reached the summit. The storm clouds were heading right toward us and you could actually see the rain falling from the cloud. It was like a wall of water moving at an alarmingly (3).... pace ready to engulf us.

1.         ………………

A.    experience.

B.    influence

C.   experiment

D.   expedition

E.    independence

2.         ………………

A.    broke

B.    bought

C.   brought

D.   took

E.    put

3.         ………………

A.    wide

B.    strong

C.   long

D.   bright

E.    fast

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2. D

3. B 

Reading Quiz, Juni (6)

Every single rock on the surface of the Earth-whether it is gravestone, a piece of solidified lava from a volcano ;or a boulder that has broken from a cliff or mountain-is slowly being broken down. Thjs breaking down of rocks at or near the Earth’s surface is called weathering. The word is used because the weather is mainly responsible. Weathering turns solid rock into soft materials that may eventually form soil.

Air and water are the cause of most weathering. Sometimes they change the chemical in the rocks, and sometimes they just break apart the rock physically. If water seeps into the cracks in the rocks, for example, it may later freeze if the temperature falls below 0 degrees Celsius. As the water turns to ice, it expands, pushing against the sides of the rock with a pressure believe to be as much as 2,100 kilograms per square centimetre. This forces the cracks open. Repeated freezing and thawing causes the fragments to break away from the original rock, these may slide down a cliff or mountain and form a sloping mass of fragments at the bottom, called scree.    

1.         According to the text,....

A.    there are two kinds of rock, gravestone and a boulder

B.    soft materials will turn to solidified lava through weathering

C.   chemical in the rocks causes weathering in every single rock-

D.   a cliff or mountain may slide down because of the water in the rocks

E.    cracks in the rocks will turn water into ice at the temperature below 0 degrees Celsius

2.         The first paragraph is about....

A.    the materials of weathering

B.    the process of weathering

C.   the impact of weathering

D.   the definition of weathering

E.    the result of weathering

3.         We know from the text that....

A.    very solid rock is impossible to break down

B.    solid rock can turns into soil because of air and water

C.   soft materials harder’s to eventually become rock

D.   the weather can turn lava into gravestone

E.    air and water are the main elements of the weather

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2. D

3. E

Reading Quiz, Juni (5)

Is it important to know what your kids are watching? Of course yes. Television can expose things you have tried to protect them from, especially violence, pornography, consumerism, etc.

A study demonstrated that spending too much time on watching TV during the day or at bedtime often causes bedtime disruption, stress, and short sleep duration.

Another research found that there is a significant relationship between the amount of time spent for watching television during adolescence and early adulthood, and the possibility of being aggressive.

Meanwhile, many studies have identified a relationship between kids who watch TV a lot and being inactive and overweight.

Considering some facts mentioned above, protect your children with the following tips:

1.             Limit television viewing to 1-2 hours each day.

2.             Do not allow your children to have a TV set in their bedrooms.

3.             Review the rating TV shows that your children watch.

4.             Watch television with you children and discuss what is happening in the show.

1.         Too much TV watching can possibly lead to ....

A.    frustration

B.    overweight

C.   low achievement

D.   laziness

E.    hyperactivity

2.         We know from the text that....

A.    too much watching TV causes stress

B.    being aggressive can happen to children

C.   adult can get overweight

D.   parents will protect their children

E.    short of sleep duration cause overweight

3.         The word disruption in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to

A.    improvement

B.    restoration

C.   eruption

D.   allocation

E.    interference

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2. A

3. E

Reading Quiz , Juni (4)

Beggars have become a big problem for us today. They come as street musicians, street boys, “sick” people, “lost” people, or just beggars. As their number is getting bigger, the municipal government feels the need to set a regulation to ban beggars. Many people support this.

They say that begging makes people lazy and bad survivors. They are like parasites. Criminals take advantage of their existence. Car drivers are strong-armed in crossroads, motorbikes are seized, trucks are hijacked, etc. A man in a rural area takes them to the city with his truck in the morning and pick them up in the afternoon. They have made an agreement to share what they get. Some children are reported to have been kidnapped not for ransom. They are forced to be beggars.

Some people, however, say that we must help beggars. They become beggars because they have no choice. What they get every day is only enough for buying food. Being a beggar is better than being a thief or a robber. So it is a high time to apply their religious teaching to care for others. In addition, what they do is to help the government to check crime-rates.

Despite the controversy of their existence, beggars continue to color the life of urban people.

1.         Where are beggars mostly found?

A.    In cities.

B.    In rural areas.

C.   In small towns.

D.   In country sides.

E.    In small villages.

2.         Why do some people disagree to help beggars?

A.    They are rich.

B.    They are not criminals.

C.   They are mostly villagers.

D.   They are lazy and bad survivors.

E.    They only make use of their time.

3.         What does the writer think about the man who transports beggars from their villages to the city?

A.    He is generous.

B.    He is exploitative.

C.   He is very helpful.

D.   He is their protector.

E.    He is doing business.

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2. D

3. B

Reading Quiz, June (3)

Did you know that the immune system which protects your body from bacteria and viruses will be considerably weaker if you are under stress?

According to health scientists, when a person is under stress his body will release a hormone that will prevent his immune system from destroying bacteria and viruses.

Garvan Institute scientists in Sydney discovered that a hormone called “neuropeptide Y” (NPY), which prevents the immune system from destroying bacteria and viruses, is produced when a person is under stress. It has proven that people are more likely to get sick when they are too busy or worried.

This is how NPY works: when a person is under stress, his nerve system will relase a lot of NPY into the bloodstream; this eventually prevents the immune system from destroying bacteria and viruses. On the other hands, when the body is relaxed and calm, the immune cells will act as protection cells to search and destroy bacteria as well as viruses and thereby increase resistance.

Hopefully, one day this scientific discovery will lead to finding cures for some illness that are linked to cold, flu and even cancer and stroke.

I in the meantime, according to health scientists, the best thing to do to strengthen the immune system is to relax, stay calm, recognize one’s lifestyle and take up “Yoga” or “Tai Chi”.

1.         What is NPY?

A.    A nerve system.

B.    An immune system

C.   A virus.

D.   A bacteria.

E.    A hormone.

2.         What does NPY do?

A.    It releases bacteria to the human body.

B.    It strengthens the immune system.

C.   It destroys bacteria and viruses.

D.   It destroys the virus in human body

E.    It weakens the immune system.

3.         From the text we know that....

A.    healthy people have a lot of NPY

B.    NPY was invented by scientists

C.   NPY is the source of some illness

D.   you need to have NPY to get relaxed and cool

E.    NPY is an immune system

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1. E

2. E

3. C

Reading Quiz, June (2)

Dr. ABDULRACHMAN SALEH

1909-1947

Born into a family of doctors in Kampung Ketapang, Kwitang Barat, Jakarta, Abdulrachman Saleh also became a doctor. After finishing MULO, he studied at STOVIA. While still a student, he was appointed assistant at the laboratory of physiology. Graduating from STOVIA, Abdulrachman Saleh continued his work at the lab while having his own medical practice.

Abdulrachman Saleh’s role in medicine was significant. He became a lecturer in Jakarta, Surabaya, Malang, and Klaten. For his meritorious service in medicine, specifically in physiology, in 1958, the University of Indonesia bestowed him the title of Bapak Ilmu Faal (Father of Physiology).

Abdulrachman Saleh was a man of many interests. He was involved in youth organizations like Boy Scouts and Indonesia Muda. He was also a member of Aeroclub, and co-founded the Verenigde Oosterse Radio Omroep (VORO), an organization of broadcasters. It was he who established the Voice of Free Indonesia, the radio station which spread the proclamation of Indonesia’s independence to the world.  

1.         Abdulrachman Saleh was bestowed the title Father of Physiology because ....

A.    he was a lecturer in the Medical faculty of the University of Indonesia

B.    he was a lecturer as well as a doctor

C.   he had significant contribution in physiology

D.   he was a lecturer in many parts of Indonesia

E.    he was a professor in physiology

2.         The main idea of the first paragraph is that Abdulrachman Saleh ...

A.    had his own medical practice,

B.    studied at the medical school in STOVIA.

C.   became a doctor because of his family.

D.   was appointed assistant at the laboratory of physiology.

E.    started his career as a doctor in STOVIA.

3.         Besides medicine, Abdulrachman also had a special interest in ....

A.    laboratorium assistance

B.    student organizations

C.   aeroplane designing

D.   broadcasting

E.    politics

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2. D

3. B

Reading Quiz, June (1)

‘Laskar Pelangi’: The Audacity of Hope

This is a movie adapted from a best-selling Indonesian novel. It took 40 days of filming on Belitung Island, Bangka-Belitung province. Involving 12 local actors, it reportedly cost Rp 8 billion. With all the efforts of transforming Laskar Pelangi (Rainbow Warrior) into a moving picture, will it satisfy readers’ imaginations?

Laskar Pelangi, the novel, was written by Andrea Hirata in 2005, based on his own experiences. It is about an inspiring teacher and her 10 students in the poverty-stricken Kampung Gantong in Belitung. The poor condition of their school building does not dampen their high spirits and hopes for a better future.

Two years later, the novel became a phenomenon in Indonesian literature. With its humanistic touch, Laskar Pelangi has sold more than 500,000 copies and has won the position of Must-Read Novel in every corner of the nation’s bookshops and media review pages. It has finally overcome the domination of teen-lit, chick-lit and even religious novels, the popular theme of today.

Andrea entrusted the filming of the story to the respected figures in the film industry, Mira Lesmana and Riza, as producer and film director. In July 2007, Mira and Riri started the pre-production, which took a year to finish. Together with the scriptwriter Salman Aristo they decided to create a different scenario for the film.        

1.         What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

A.    ‘Laskar Pelangi’ is the story of poor people at the Bangka Belitung province.

B.    ‘Laskar Pelangi’ is the story of poor school children of the Belitung Island.

C.   ‘Laskar Pelangi’ is about poverty in Kampung Gantong in Bangka Belitung.
D.   ‘Laskar Pelangi’ is about an inspiring story towards a better life.

E.    ‘Laskar Pelangi’ is about Andrea Hirata.

2.         From the text above, we know that....

A.    the movie was played by poor children

B.    Andrea Hirata is the producer of Laskar Pelangi

C.   the novel of Laskar Pelangi was a phenomenal work of literature

D.   people like the movie better than the novel

E.    people like the novel better than the movie

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1. D

2. C

Reading For UAN (8)

Almost everyone eats bread daily, especially for breakfast. Bread making is not a complicated task. You only need flour, water, yeast, sugar, salt, oil, butter, and an oven.
Choosing good flour is the step in making bread. There are two kinds of flour, soft and hard. Hard flour, made of winter wheat, is a better choice for making bread because it produces bread that has a better texture and taste.
Then, lukewarm water, yeast, sugar and salt are mixed with the flour to make dough. Yeast is a microscopic organism that is capable of producing carbon dioxide. It can make the dough rise or expand. Both sugar and salt give flavor to the bread so that it tastes nice. They, however, have different effects on yeast. After that, oil (such as olive oil, corn oil, peanut oil) and butterbare added because they are essential to make the bread tender. After mixing the ingredients, the dough is sent to the oven.

1. The text mainly talk about ...
A. The process of baking a good loaf of bread.
B. Why bread is served as breakfast.
C. How to select the correct wheat.
D. The importance of bread.
E. How to make bread.

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Reading For UAN (6)

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a bacteria that has been isolated from sea water, shell fish, finfish, plankton and salt springs. It has been a major cause of food poisoning in Japan and the Japanese have done several studies on it. They have confirmed the presence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the north and central Pasific with the highest abundance in inshore waters, particularly in or near large harbors.

A man named Nishio studied the relationship between the chloride content of sea water and the seasonal distribution of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and concluded that while the isolation of Vibrio parahaemolyticus was independent of the sodium chloride content, the distribution of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the sea water was independent on the water temperature. In fact it has been isolated in high frequencies during summer, form June to September, but was not isolated with the same frequency in winter.

Reading 21

If you want to advance in your career, you will have to make some careful decision about which jobs to take. Evaluate a job offer for the value it has to your career. It may mean sacrifice at first. You may have to move to a different region or a different country to get a job that is right for you. You may have to work late hours, at last temporarily. You might even have to take lower salary for job that offers you the experience that you need. But you should never accept a job if it is not related to your career goals.

Reading 20

TSUNAMI

The term "tsunami" comes from the Japanese which means harbor ("tsu") and wave ("nami"). A tsunami is a series of waves generated when water in a lake or the sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale.

A tsunami can be generated when the sea floor abruptly deforms and vertically displaces the overlying water. Such large vertical movements of the earth's crust can occur at plate boundaries.

Reading 19

Among pets, I like dogs the best because they are tamed animals and they can be trained as a man’s friend. I have a wonderful dog. I named him Volvo. You know, Volvo is a male dog. He is a Pomeranian dog and is about …uhm…two years old. That’s right two years old.

      My dog is great. He has greyish-white fur, small ear, cone-shaped mouth. His paws are strong.

      Well, my dear Volvo is a clever dog. He always barks loudly and noisily when there is a stranger coming to my house. He can also do many things such as sitting down quietly, bringing the newspaper to me, standing on his two hind feet, and shaking my hand.

Reading 18

Polar bear is a very big white bear. We call it the polar bear because it lives inside the Arctic Circle near the North Pole. There are no polar bear at the South Pole. Polar bears live at the North Pole. There is only snow, ice and water. There is not any land. These bears are three meters long, and weight 450 kilos. They can stand up on their back legs because they have very wide feet. They can use their front legs like arms. The polar ears can swim very well they can swim 120 kilometers out into the water. They catch fish and sea animals for food. They go into the sea when they are afraid.

People like to kill the polar bears for their beautiful white coats. The government of Canada, the United State and Russia say that no one can kill polar bears now. They do not want all of these beautiful animals die.

Reading 17

A local councilor claims 147,000 hectares of the 166,000 hectares of mangrove forest in South Borneo were destroyed.
“Only 19000 hectares are still in good condition. The rest has razed,” the head of the South Borneo Regional Representatives Council Commission II, Mohammad Ihsanuddin, was quoted as saying Saturday by news portal tribunnews.com.
Ihsanuddin blamed the damage on human encroachment, citing the construction of a special port or embankment as one example.

Reading 16

Animal Congregation

Many types of animals combine the advantage of family association with those conferred by membership in still larger groups. Bees congregate in hives; some fish move in schools; ants gather in mounds; wolves lives in packs; deer associate in herds. The main advantage of membership in a mass community is the safety that it provides. A large group of prey may be easier for a predator to find at any given point than in a small one, and a predator may think

Reading 15

Crossing activity in Muara Angket Port is stopped because of high wave, Penjaringan, Jakarta, Thursday (26/1/2012)

The activities have been stopping since Wednesday (25/1/2012). The situation looks empty and only some boat's crews are sitting around in the port. The ticket selling of the crossing is opened but nobody serves the selling.

Reading 14

Yet Another Western!

Twenty-four of the thirty - two new films shown in the Colony this year have been western. The film now showing at the Paramount, ‘Kill for A Dollar’, is the twenty-fifth western to show. It is not very much different, no better and only a little inferior to the other twenty-four.

            The story is the usual one. A bad man comes to a small town. He shoots the sheriff and a number of

Reading 13

The education system where I have been a student for the last 16 years is a system that places high value on individual achievement and little value on group achievement.  Having been a rather successful student in this educational system for the better part of my life, I am well aware of the advantages of working individually on projects. However, I can only imagine the advantages of working on projects in groups.