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

Read the following jumbled letters and their synonym.
Arrange the letters into meaningful words and explain their meanings.

15. s-e-r-i-l-i-e-c-e-n: toughness 

Read the following jumbled letters and their synonym.
Arrange the letters into meaningful words and explain their meanings.

14. m-e-t-x-e-r-e: tremendous 

Read the following jumbled letters and their synonym.
Arrange the letters into meaningful words and explain their meanings.

12. l-r-e-v-a-t: to move 

Read the following jumbled letters and their synonym.
Arrange the letters into meaningful words and explain their meanings.

9. e-n-i-m-s-i-o-s: release 

In pairs, practice the following dialog.
Answer the questions that follow

Bagus: What are you reading, Mawar?

Mawar: I am reading news about protest against global warming.

Bagus: Interesting. But, who are the protest addressed to? Global warming is a worldwide issue.

Mawar: It's not really addressed to a person or institution. It is more to raise awareness to put effort to fight against global warming.

Bagus: O.K. What do the protesters ask, then?

Mawar: Plenty. They want people to start using green products, use less fossil fuels, and many more.

Bagus: Who are these protesters? Are they from an environmentalist community?

Mawar: Several of them. But, you know what is interesting? Most of the protesters are teenagers like us.

Bagus: Why are so many teenagers joining the protest?

Mawar: Because we will be the ones who will feel the damage of the worsening global warming. Think about it.

Bagus: That's true. Our parents might no longer live by the time the effect is worsening.

Mawar: We should also try our best to stop the worsening effect of global warming.

Why is global warming an important issue? 

Read the following jumbled letters and their synonym.
Arrange the letters into meaningful words and explain their meanings.

5. r-u-p-d-i-s-t: to interrupt 

In pairs, practice the following dialog.
Answer the questions that follow

Bagus: What are you reading, Mawar?

Mawar: I am reading news about protest against global warming.

Bagus: Interesting. But, who are the protest addressed to? Global warming is a worldwide issue.

Mawar: It's not really addressed to a person or institution. It is more to raise awareness to put effort to fight against global warming.

Bagus: O.K. What do the protesters ask, then?

Mawar: Plenty. They want people to start using green products, use less fossil fuels, and many more.

Bagus: Who are these protesters? Are they from an environmentalist community?

Mawar: Several of them. But, you know what is interesting? Most of the protesters are teenagers like us.

Bagus: Why are so many teenagers joining the protest?

Mawar: Because we will be the ones who will feel the damage of the worsening global warming. Think about it.

Bagus: That's true. Our parents might no longer live by the time the effect is worsening.

Mawar: We should also try our best to stop the worsening effect of global warming.

What are other examples of environmental issues that are happening today? 

Complete the following text with the correct forms of verbs in brackets!

Future Prospects Bright For Schools And Education Businesses In Indonesia

    The Indonesian Teachers Association (IGI) says more and more schools are ramping up investments in procuring new technologies as well as other means to improve the quality of education being provided to students across the country.

    Partnering with GESS Indonesia's buyer's program, explains Chairman Muhammad Ramli Rahim, [1. enable] ____ schools to become acquainted with the latest advances in technology and education developments. This year, for the first time, representatives from IGI offices, as well as regional government including provinces and cities came to the event as part of the show's buyers' program.

    "Companies from all over the world [2. come] ____ here to share the latest education products and solutions, giving our schools a wide range of choices which new tools are suitable to adopt for our students," Ramli added.

    According to Ramli, interest from teachers, not just schools, is also on the rise. Ramli explained, "From just 900 IGI attendees at last year's event, more than 1,500 [3. attend] ____ GESS this year, with each one is eager to learn not just about new technologies, but also, other skills and teaching techniques they can use to improve their capabilities and the students' ability to learn."

    Even local companies at the start-up pavilion see bright prospects ahead for their business. Smartbee, a locally developed mobile application now being used in nearly 60 schools in Jakarta, [4. receive] ____ plenty of inquiries while exhibiting at GESS Indonesia. The application will help users to easily report any student and school activities to parents.

    Febri Raharningrurn, Smartbee Community Engagement Manager, says as many as 20 schools [5. express] ____ interest in using the application. "Our participation here at GESS [6. yield] ____ positive developments, which is why we are thankful for this platform that enables us to reach out to schools to show what we can offer."

    An Indonesian company that has been producing e-books for the last 10 years, sees equally bright prospects for growth. "The use of electronic books in Indonesia is significantly growing and there is a lot of potential not just in the country but also overseas," said Suka Harijanto, Marketing Manager, who [7. be] ____ busy meeting teachers, lecturers, and school owners at GESS Indonesia.

    For Matt Thompson, Project Director, Tarsus, organisers of GESS, a global series of shows in key education markets such as Indonesia, UAE, Turkey, and Mexico, the advantage provided by the show is not only in connecting schools with suppliers through its buyers' program, but also in providing professional development for teachers.

    "The feedback [8. be] ____ amazing thus far. Year on year visitor numbers [9. increase] ____ with more principals, teachers, and educational professionals attending. We have been overwhelmed by the quantity of people at the event and how well attended all the conference sessions [10. be] ____, with teachers really engaging in the content," Thompson added.

(Adopted from: https:/lwww.gessindonesia.com/news-center/press-releases/future-prospects-bright-schools-and-education-businesses-indonesia (April 8, 2019)) 

Read the following words.
Match the words with their suitable definitions from the box.
 

• information or reports about recent events
• to send out a program on television or radio
• interesting enough to be described in a news report
• a person whose job is to take pictures on objects or people
• a person whose job is reading news on television or other media
• a person whose job is to discover information about news events
• a line of words printed in large letters as the title of a story in a newspaper
• false stories that appear to be news, spread on the Internet or using other media
• the work of collecting, writing, and publishing or broadcasting news stories and articles
• a regular record of your thoughts, opinions, or experiences that you put on the Internet
• the act or process of examining a case or problem carefully, especially to discover the truth

1. journalism  

Answer the following questions based on the text!

A Canadian Tourist Has Died After Falling from a Popular Zipline Attraction in Northern Thailand

    Local media reports say a Canadian man has died after the cable of a zip line he was traveling on snapped in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand-the latest accident to befall the popular Flight of the Gibbon tourist attraction.

    According to the Bangkok Post, the man was identified as 25-year-old Spencer Charles, who was vacationing in Thailand.

    Local officials in Mae-on district told the Post that the accident happened late on Saturday morning when a cable was reportedly disconnected shortly after Charles was released from the start of the zip line, causing him to fall more than 300 feet to the creek below.

    The year before, an American woman and a Chinese woman, crashed into each other while riding the zip line and were hospitalized.

    According to a Post report of 2017, the husband of the Chinese woman claimed in a statement to a Thai court that there was no first aid kit available on the site at the time of the accident, while the American woman suffered from brain trauma and lost vision in one eye as a result.

    The Flight of the Gibbon bills itself as "a chance to encounter wild gibbons in their natural habitat" by zip lining through "the ancient Thai rainforest." It says it has "the highest international safety standards"; land "fully trained staff" it calls "Sky Rangers."

    It was founded in 2007 by New Zealander David Allardice, according to its website, and operates zip line attractions in Chiang Mai and in the Thai capital Bangkok

    The company has accepted full responsibility for the accident, said an official cited by the Post, and an investigation is underway.

(Adopted from: Hillary Leung, http://time.com/5570560/flight-of-the-gibbon-death-accident-safety-tourist-thailand-zipline/ (April 15, 2019))

Who was the victim?