SMA Bahasa Inggris: Pertanyaan, Jawaban, Latihan Soal & Pembahasan

I (43). . . my adolescence when I was thirteen. It started with acne that showed right on top of my pointed . . . It was very annoying. It made me self conscious about my look. Fortunately, my Mom treated me . . . in three weeks. The acnes started to vanish. That was my experience during adolescence.

The Jakarta Post – Saturday, October 13, 2012.

Juve assistant has been cut

Rome: Juventus assistant coach Angelo Alessio will be back in the dugout for the Serie A champions next weekend after the Italian Sports tribunal cut his match day ban from six to four months on Friday.

               Alessio was initially handed an eight-month ban for failing to report attempts to fix matches during the time at Siena but had it reduced to six on appeal on Aug 24.

The latest reduction means that his ban expires on Monday, meaning that he will be allowed to be on the touchline for the champion’s huge clash with title rivals Napoli next Saturday.

               Earlier this month, Juve boss Antonio Conte had his 10-month ban, also imposed for failing to report match-fixing at Siena, cut to four, meaning that he will be free to begin full managerial duties on Dec, 8 – Reuters.

 

What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

The Jakarta Post – Saturday, October 13, 2012.

Juve assistant has been cut

Rome: Juventus assistant coach Angelo Alessio will be back in the dugout for the Serie A champions next weekend after the Italian Sports tribunal cut his match day ban from six to four months on Friday.

               Alessio was initially handed an eight-month ban for failing to report attempts to fix matches during the time at Siena but had it reduced to six on appeal on Aug 24.

The latest reduction means that his ban expires on Monday, meaning that he will be allowed to be on the touchline for the champion’s huge clash with title rivals Napoli next Saturday.

               Earlier this month, Juve boss Antonio Conte had his 10-month ban, also imposed for failing to report match-fixing at Siena, cut to four, meaning that he will be free to begin full managerial duties on Dec, 8 – Reuters.

According to the text, Angelo Alessio ....

In the days when an a soda float costed less, a 9 year old girl entered a coffee shop and sat at a table. A waiter put the menu in front of her.
"How much is a soda float?"
"One dollar, replied the waiter.
 

The little girl pulled her hand out of her cute little pink purse and studied a number of coins in it.
"How much is a bottle of soda?" she inquired. Some people were now waiting for a table and the waiter was a bit impatient.
"75 cents," he said brusquely.
 

The little girl again counted the coins. "I'll have a bottle of soda," she said. The waiter brought the soda bottle, put the bill on the table and walked away. The girl finished the soda, paid the cashier and departed
 

When the waiter returned, he began wiping down the table and then swallowed hard at what he saw. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were 25 cents his tip

 

<meta charset="utf-8">“. . .and studied a number of coins in it." (Paragraph 2)
The underlined word refers to . . .

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In the days when an a soda float costed less, a 9 year old girl entered a coffee shop and sat at a table. A waiter put the menu in front of her.
"How much is a soda float?"
"One dollar, replied the waiter.
 

The little girl pulled her hand out of her cute little pink purse and studied a number of coins in it.
"How much is a bottle of soda?" she inquired. Some people were now waiting for a table and the waiter was a bit impatient.
"75 cents," he said brusquely.
 

The little girl again counted the coins. "I'll have a bottle of soda," she said. The waiter brought the soda bottle, put the bill on the table and walked away. The girl finished the soda, paid the cashier and departed
 

When the waiter returned, he began wiping down the table and then swallowed hard at what he saw. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were 25 cents his tip

 

<meta charset="utf-8">What can we learn from the story?

The Jakarta Post – Saturday, October 13, 2012.

Juve assistant has been cut

Rome: Juventus assistant coach Angelo Alessio will be back in the dugout for the Serie A champions next weekend after the Italian Sports tribunal cut his match day ban from six to four months on Friday.

               Alessio was initially handed an eight-month ban for failing to report attempts to fix matches during the time at Siena but had it reduced to six on appeal on Aug 24.

The latest reduction means that his ban expires on Monday, meaning that he will be allowed to be on the touchline for the champion’s huge clash with title rivals Napoli next Saturday.

               Earlier this month, Juve boss Antonio Conte had his 10-month ban, also imposed for failing to report match-fixing at Siena, cut to four, meaning that he will be free to begin full managerial duties on Dec, 8 – Reuters.

Why did the Juve assistant coach get match ban?

In the days when an a soda float costed less, a 9 year old girl entered a coffee shop and sat at a table. A waiter put the menu in front of her.
"How much is a soda float?"
"One dollar, replied the waiter.
 

The little girl pulled her hand out of her cute little pink purse and studied a number of coins in it.
"How much is a bottle of soda?" she inquired. Some people were now waiting for a table and the waiter was a bit impatient.
"75 cents," he said brusquely.
 

The little girl again counted the coins. "I'll have a bottle of soda," she said. The waiter brought the soda bottle, put the bill on the table and walked away. The girl finished the soda, paid the cashier and departed
 

When the waiter returned, he began wiping down the table and then swallowed hard at what he saw. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were 25 cents his tip

 

<meta charset="utf-8">The main idea of the last paragraph?

A mouse that cured

A new ally against cancer

            Dr. Megan Sykes, a medical researcher, has a mouse with a human immune system – her own. She calls it “Mini- Me.”

            There are also mice containing a part of  9 year old Michael Feeney- a cancerous tumor extracted from his lungs. Researches have tasted various drugs on the mice, hoping to find the treatment that would work best for Michael.

            In what could be the ultimate in personalized medicine, animals bearing your disease, or part of your anatomy, can serve as your personal guinea pig, so to speak. Some researches call them avatars, like the virtual characters in movies and online games.

            “The mice allow you the opportunity to test drugs to find out which ones will be efficacious without exposing the patient to toxity.” said Colin Collins, a professor at the University of British Columbia.

            Experiments on mice have been done for decades, including implanting people’s tumors into the animals. But the techniques have improved in the past few years and interest is growing. The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland,  held a workshop on personalized animal models which are mainly being used for research. Companies are beginning to commercialize them for use in drug development and medical treatment as well.

            Experts caution that it has not been proved that the use of avatars will prolong the lives of cancer patients. And it costs tens of thousands of dollars, which insurer will not cover, to create and test a colony of the animals.

            ‘It’s an act of faith to say this is a superior way of proceeding,” said Dr. Edward Sausville, a professor of medicine at the University of Maryland.

 

“... a cancerous tumor extracted from his lungs.” (paragraph 2)

 The underlined word is synonimous with ....

A mouse that cured

A new ally against cancer

            Dr. Megan Sykes, a medical researcher, has a mouse with a human immune system – her own. She calls it “Mini- Me.”

            There are also mice containing a part of  9 year old Michael Feeney- a cancerous tumor extracted from his lungs. Researches have tasted various drugs on the mice, hoping to find the treatment that would work best for Michael.

            In what could be the ultimate in personalized medicine, animals bearing your disease, or part of your anatomy, can serve as your personal guinea pig, so to speak. Some researches call them avatars, like the virtual characters in movies and online games.

            “The mice allow you the opportunity to test drugs to find out which ones will be efficacious without exposing the patient to toxity.” said Colin Collins, a professor at the University of British Columbia.

            Experiments on mice have been done for decades, including implanting people’s tumors into the animals. But the techniques have improved in the past few years and interest is growing. The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland,  held a workshop on personalized animal models which are mainly being used for research. Companies are beginning to commercialize them for use in drug development and medical treatment as well.

            Experts caution that it has not been proved that the use of avatars will prolong the lives of cancer patients. And it costs tens of thousands of dollars, which insurer will not cover, to create and test a colony of the animals.

            ‘It’s an act of faith to say this is a superior way of proceeding,” said Dr. Edward Sausville, a professor of medicine at the University of Maryland.

 

Why did the research use mice? Because ....

In the days when an a soda float costed less, a 9 year old girl entered a coffee shop and sat at a table. A waiter put the menu in front of her.
"How much is a soda float?"
"One dollar, replied the waiter.
 

The little girl pulled her hand out of her cute little pink purse and studied a number of coins in it.
"How much is a bottle of soda?" she inquired. Some people were now waiting for a table and the waiter was a bit impatient.
"75 cents," he said brusquely.
 

The little girl again counted the coins. "I'll have a bottle of soda," she said. The waiter brought the soda bottle, put the bill on the table and walked away. The girl finished the soda, paid the cashier and departed
 

When the waiter returned, he began wiping down the table and then swallowed hard at what he saw. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were 25 cents his tip

 

<meta charset="utf-8">Why did the waiter swallow hard?