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

Answer the following questions based on the text.

    Dr. William Frankland, one of the top allergists of the 20th century and an indomitable researcher who helped legions of hay fever sneezers by distributing daily pollen counts to the British public, died on Thursday in London at 108.

    His son, Andrew, said the cause was the coronavirus. He lived in a care home at the historic Charterhouse complex, a former monastery in London.

    Dr. Frankland, who was among the world's oldest active scientists, remained remarkably vigorous to the end, despite having come close to death several times in his long life; He was born prematurely weighing just over three pounds, and he contracted bovine tuberculosis as a child Later, while serving in the British Army, he spent years as a malnourished prisoner of war in Japanese camps. He had another brush with death when he used himself as an experiment on a biting insect and had an anaphylaxis reaction.

    Dr. Frankland was best known in professional circles for a number of groundbreaking clinical studies. In 1954, he proved that pollen proteins were the parts of plants most useful in preseason allergy inoculations, and in 1955 he debunked the efficacy of treating asthma with bacterial vaccines.

    He was an early proponent of using allergen injections to desensitize patients with severe allergies, and developed immunotherapy serums for hay fever sufferers with pollen from one of the world's largest pollen farms, which he operated outside London until the late 1960s.

(Adopted from: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/science/william-frankiand-dead-coronavirus.html (April 12, 2020))

"Dr. Frankland was best known in professional circles for a number of groundbreaking clinical studies." (Paragraph 4)

What does the underlined word mean?    

F. GRAMMAR REVIEW

Task 2: Is it Direct or Indirect?
Direct and indirect sentences appear in the text above. Complete the blank spaces in the following column with direct and indirect sentences. 

Direct sentence: ____

Indirect sentence: "I cannot pay for a private school, if he thinks that is a good alternative for us, he should just give us the money to pay for those schools," she said.

F. GRAMMAR REVIEW

Task 2: Is it Direct or Indirect?
Direct and indirect sentences appear in the text above. Complete the blank spaces in the following column with direct and indirect sentences. 

Direct sentence: "They can then transfer them to a public school in the second semester," Lasro Marbun said on Thursday as quoted by kompas.com.

Indirect sentence: ____

Task 3: Do the comprehension questions. Answer the following questions by referring to the text from the newspaper above. Compare your answer with your friends'. 

What makes the online system problematic this year?

Use the words in the box to complete the following sentences.

7. At present, the ____ of the government is related to educating girls living in rural areas.

What is the purpose of the text?

What does Saskia say to congratulate Hamid?

“You understand me".

The word "you“ refers to ____

A. Choose A, B, C, D, or E for the correct answer.

This dialog is for questions 6 to 8.

Donas: Your performance in the opening ceremony of the national jamboree was amazing. I really like it.

Nila: Thanks.

Donas: You have a wonderful voice. Almost the whole audience gave you a standing ovation.

Nila: Is that true? I'm happy if they like my performance.

Donas: Where do you learn such a singing technique?

Nila: My parents have taught me some techniques in singing. My father is a musician, and my mother is a professional singer.

Donas: Wow! Your family is so amazing. I believe if you enter a singing competition, you will win. You have a good talent.

Nila: That's what I'm thinking about. Thank you.

Donas says "Almost the whole audience gave you a standing ovation."

What is the synonym of the underlined phrase?