Man : So, how was your trip?

Woman : It was awful. The committee was not professional. I lost a bag but they didn’t do anything
about it.

Man : That is bad. Well, at least the tour was great, wasn’t it?

Woman : No, it wasn’t. We just stayed at the hotel because it rained all day. They didn’t predict the
weather. Boring!

Man : Let me guess. The hotel was terrible as well?

Woman : You bet!

1. What does the woman express?

a. Hope
b. Sympathy
c. Satisfaction
d. Expectation
e. Dissatisfaction

Thomas Matulessy, also known as Kapitan Pattimura or Ahmad Lussy or simply Pattimura, was an
Ambonese soldier and National Hero of Indonesia. Born on the island of Saparua, Pattimura joined the
British army after they took the Maluku islands from the Dutch colonials. When the islands were
returned to the Dutch in 1816, he was dismissed. Concerned that the Dutch would implement programs
that limited his people, Pattimura led an armed rebellion that captured Fort Duurstede on 16 May 1817.
Killing the inhabitants of the fortress and fighting off Dutch reinforcements, on 29 May he was declared
the leader of the Maluku people. After being betrayed by the King of Booi Pati Akoon, he was captured
by Dutch forces on 11 November and hanged the next month.

Pattimura has become a symbol of both Maluku and Indonesian independence, praised by
President Sukarno and declared a national hero by President Suharto. He has several namesakes both in
the capital of Maluku, Ambon, and in the rest of the Indonesian archipelago.

2. What can we infer from the monologue?

a. The Dutch took Maluku from the British.
b. Pattimura was born in a nationalist family.
c. Pattimura was executed to stop the rebellion.
d. Thomas Matulessy joined the British army to fight the Dutch.
e. Pattimura was declared the leader of the Maluku people by Suharto.

The Proclamation of Indonesian Independence was read at 10.00 a.m. on Friday, 17 August 1945.
The document was signed by Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta, who were appointed president and vice-
president respectively the following day. The draft was prepared only a few hours earlier on the night of
16 August 1945 by Sukarno, Hatta, and Soebardjo, at the house of Rear-Admiral Tadashi Maeda.
The wording of the proclamation had been discussed at length and had to balance both conflicting
internal Indonesian and Japanese interests. Sukarno drafted the final proclamation which balanced the
interests of both the members of the youth movement and the Japanese. The term ‘TRANSFER OF
POWER’ was used in Indonesian to satisfy Japanese interests to appear that it was an administrative
transfer of power, although the term used ‘pemindahan kekuasaan’ could be perceived to mean political
power. The wording ‘BY CAREFUL MEANS’ related to preventing conflict with members of the youth
movement. The wording ‘IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME’ was used to meet the needs of all
Indonesians for independence.
Initially the proclamation was to be announced at Djakarta central square, but the military had
been sent to monitor the area, so the venue was changed to Sukarno's house at Pegangsaan Timur 56.
The proclamation was heard throughout the country because the text was secretly broadcast by
Indonesian radio personnel using the transmitters of the Jakarta Broadcasting Station.

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

a. The location of the proclamation.
b. The night before the proclamation.
c. The term ‘TRANSFER OF POWER’.
d. Word choice in the text of proclamation.
e. The preparation of Indonesian independence.

4. “the text was secretly broadcast” (Par. 3). The underlined word has similar meaning to …
a. continuously
b. formally
c. openly
d. publicly
e. quietly

A Long time ago a very cruel king named Virat Singh. He was the ruler of Vijay Nagar. All citizens
were fearful because of his cruelty.
Virat has a dog named Jack, which he used to love more than anything, one fateful morning Jack
died. Virat Singh organized last rituals for the dog, entire city came to the cremation ground. Virat Singh
was very happy to see that people love him so much and he felt he is the most popular king in the world.
After few days Virat Singh died, but nobody came for his funerals.

5. From the text we can infer that …

a. the citizens were afraid of the dog.
b. Virat Singh was killed by his people.
c. the dog was actually the King’s child.
d. the people loved the dog more than the king.
e. nobody came to the king’s funeral because it was far.