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

Sand and Stone

Ikhwan and Arif were talking through the desert. During some point of the journey, they had an argument and Ikhwan slapped Arif in the face. Arif was hurt, but he said nothing and wrote in the sand: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE."

They kept on walking and finally found an oasis. The decided to take a bath. Suddenly, Arif slipped on moss, hit his head and started drowning, but Ikhwan saved him. After Arif gained his consciousness, he carved on a stone, "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE."

Ikhwan asked Arif, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you carved it on a stone, why?"

Arif replied, "when someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness would blow it away and when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it."

 

"... but Ikhwan saved him." (paragraph 2)

The underlined word refers to ....

Dr. Mohammad Hatta was born in Bukittinggi, West Sumatera, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). He was Indonesia’s first Vice President, later also served as the country’s prime minister. Known as the ‘proclamator’, he and a number of Indonesian people including the first President of Indonesia Soekarno, fought for the independence, he studied in the Netherlands from 1921 until 1932.

Moreover, after his early education, he studied in Dutch Schools in Indonesia. He is more remembered as Bung Hatta (Bung is an affectionate title used to address colleagues, popular in the early 1900 and is still used by Indonesians).

 

Why was Mohammad Hatta called Bung Hatta?

Tarragon Corn Chowder Recipe

Ingredients:

• 4 ears corn
• 3 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup chopped fennel bulb
• 2 minced garlic
• 3 bay leaves
• 4 small potatoes, cut into chunks
• Salt
• 1/2 cup white wine
• 1-2 tbsp fresh chopped tarragon

Method:

1. Grill the corn directly over heat about 10-15 minutes to get extra flavor.
2. Cut the corn kernels away from the cobs.
3. Boil 6 cups water and bay leaves and add the corn cobs to make corn broth.
4. Heat the pot; add butter, chopped onion, fennel and garlic. Saute for about 5 minutes.
5. Add the white wine and boil them down by half. Add potatoes to the pot with onions and fennel, then pour in the corn broth. Stir well and add salt to taste. Simmer gently until the potatoes are tender.
6. Last, add the fresh tarragon to the pot.

 

What should we do before adding the potatoes to the pot?

Tarragon Corn Chowder Recipe

Ingredients:

• 4 ears corn
• 3 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup chopped fennel bulb
• 2 minced garlic
• 3 bay leaves
• 4 small potatoes, cut into chunks
• Salt
• 1/2 cup white wine
• 1-2 tbsp fresh chopped tarragon

Method:

1. Grill the corn directly over heat about 10-15 minutes to get extra flavor.
2. Cut the corn kernels away from the cobs.
3. Boil 6 cups water and bay leaves and add the corn cobs to make corn broth.
4. Heat the pot; add butter, chopped onion, fennel and garlic. Saute for about 5 minutes.
5. Add the white wine and boil them down by half. Add potatoes to the pot with onions and fennel, then pour in the corn broth. Stir well and add salt to taste. Simmer gently until the potatoes are tender.
6. Last, add the fresh tarragon to the pot.

 

How much water do we need to make corn both?

Tarragon Corn Chowder Recipe

Ingredients:

• 4 ears corn
• 3 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup chopped fennel bulb
• 2 minced garlic
• 3 bay leaves
• 4 small potatoes, cut into chunks
• Salt
• 1/2 cup white wine
• 1-2 tbsp fresh chopped tarragon

Method:

1. Grill the corn directly over heat about 10-15 minutes to get extra flavor.
2. Cut the corn kernels away from the cobs.
3. Boil 6 cups water and bay leaves and add the corn cobs to make corn broth.
4. Heat the pot; add butter, chopped onion, fennel and garlic. Saute for about 5 minutes.
5. Add the white wine and boil them down by half. Add potatoes to the pot with onions and fennel, then pour in the corn broth. Stir well and add salt to taste. Simmer gently until the potatoes are tender.
6. Last, add the fresh tarragon to the pot.

 

"Slimmer gently until the potatoes are tender." (step 5)

The underlined word means ....

Accordig to the text ....

The text suggests that ....

The bite of Komodo is ferocious because ...

Why is Komodo lizard called komodo dragon?

Why is the crime rate increasing due to the new industry?