NAME: vvinasya sholafa ananda TEST OF NEWS ITEM

CLASS: 12 mipa 2

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This text is for number 1 to 3

An early start to the rainy season in Central Java has led to several areas across
the province’s capital, Semarang, suffering landslides.

Heavy rain, which fell in Semarang from Sunday through Tuesday, caused
landslides in five locations — two in Lempongsari and three others in Deliksari, Randusari
and Tegalsari. All landslides occurred in hilly areas. No injuries or fatalities were reported in
the incidents.

On Thursday, local residents continued to clean up and repair houses hit by the
landslides. Semarang Mayor Hendrar Prihadi said the administration had mapped out areas
with the potential to suffer from natural disasters, such as floods, landslides and high tides,
during this year’s rainy season.

“We also want all residents to stay alert in facing this extreme weather,” he added.

Semarang Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) head Budi Setiawan said 13 areas
were prone to landslides in Central Java — Bongsari, Candi, Gisikdrono, Jomblang,
Kembangarum, Lempongsari, Petompon, Randusari, Simongan, Tambakaji, Tembalang,
Tinjomoyo and Wonosari.

1. An early start to the rainy season in Central Java has led to several areas across
the province’s capital, Semarang, suffering landslides . This sentence is called....
A. General classification
B. Newsworthy event
C. Background event
D. Identification
E. Orientation

2. Which statement is TRUE based on the text?

A. The landslide occured in five districts in Semarang.
B. There were some wounded villagers in the incident.
C. The heavy rain fell in some areas during four days in Semarang.
D. The government promised to give the donation to the victims of the landslide.
E. Semarang Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) head Budi Setiawan said 13 areas were prone
to landslides in Central Java.

3. Semarang Mayor Hendrar Prihadi said the administration had mapped out areas with the
potential to suffer from natural disasters, such as floods, landslides and high tides, during this
year’s rainy season. The similar meaning of the underlined word is....
A. undergo
B. sustain
C. endure
D. collapse
E. resist
This text is for numbers 4 to 6

The cargo ship MV Thaison 4 and the KM Mulya Sejati, which was carrying 27 people,
collided before dawn Saturday off Tuban district, said the head of the local Disaster Mitigation
Agency, Joko Loediyono

Media reports quoted witnesses as saying the Indonesian boat capsized after being hit
from behind by the freighter, which is now being moored in Lamongan town for investigation.
The freighter, loaded with tapioca flour, was reportedly heading to Tanjung Perak seaport in
East Java's capital of Surabaya.

All of the victims were from the Indonesian boat, and 12 were rescued and rushed to a
hospital for examination.

A search for the missing has been underway with the help of the navy, which deployed
two warships, Loediyono said.

Sea accidents are common in Indonesia, where boats are a popular and relatively cheap
form of transportation in the world's largest archipelago nation, which spans more than 17,000
islands with a population of 256 million.

4 What kind of the text is?

A. report
B. analytical expositon
C. news item
D. procedure
E. discussion

5. From the text we can infer that........

A. All of the victims were from Thailand boat rescued and taken to the hospital.
B. There was a crash in Tuban between the Cargo ship MV Thaison 4 and KM Mulya
Sejati.
C. The sea accidents never happen in Indonesia previously between popular boat and
cheap one.
D. The freighter loaded tapioca flour from Surabaya to Jakarta.
E. The local government didn’t do the investigation in this incident.

6. A search for the missing has been underway with the help of the navy, which
deployed two warships, Loediyono said. This sentence is called...
A. thesis
B. identification
C. backgroud event
D. newsworthy event
E. source

This text is for numbers 7 – 9

JP. The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Police on Friday recaptured a 35-year-old French
national and drug smuggling suspect identified as Dorfin Felixon Saturday, February 2, 2019,
who had recently escaped from NTB Police custody.

NTB Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Komang Suartana said the officers had recaptured
Felix on the border between North Lombok and West Lombok.

“[The case] is still under investigation,” Komang told The Jakarta Post  on Saturday.
North Lombok Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Herman Suryono said Felix had been hiding in the
Pusuk forest area. Police have brought Felix to the NTB Police headquarters for further
questioning. They are also investigating 14 police officers on duty the night Dortin escaped and
have alleged that Comr. Tuti Maryati, the custody subdivision head, accepted bribes in
connection with Felix’ escape.

Felix was arrested at Lombok International Airport in September upon his arrival from
Singapore. He stands accused of having brought into the country 2.9 kilograms of ketamine and
amphetamine as well as 850 ecstasy pills.

He faces five to 20 years of imprisonment if found guilty under Law No. 35/2009 on
narcotics.

7.What does the news tell you?

A. The rearresting of French suspect on drug smuggling.
B. Police’s uncover its internal syndicate on narcotics.
C. The drug smuggling suspect identified as Dorfin Felix.
D. The international drug trading done by international police.
E. The seize of Felix at Lombok International Airport in September.

8.The main idea of the first paragraph is ....

A. Dorfin’s escape from NTB police jails.
B. Felix’s effort to decieve the NTB Police for his escaping
C. International drug trading trial to smuggle into Indonesia.
D. The re-detention of a middle-aged Frenchman in drug matters.
E. NTB Police investigation of Felix’s case in acussing drug smuggling recently.

9.What was Felix’s first case?

A. His case was smuggling 29 pills ectasy pills and 950 kg of ketamine and amphetamine.
B. For selling 2.9 kilograms of ketamine and amphetamine as well as 850 ecstasy pills.
C. The NTB court has sentenced Dorfin Felix for his fault on assassination case.
D. Felix was guilty on escaping from the jail due to his expired passpord.
E. Indictment to smuggle drugs through NTB, Indonesia.

This text is for numbers 10 - 12

Hasan Sadikin Hospital (RSHS) in Bandung announced on Monday that it had quarantined
two patients suspected of having 2019-nCoV. One is a Chinese national and the other
Indonesian. Both suffered from an acute respiratory infection (ISPA) when admitted.
The 35-year-old Chinese man was admitted to RSHS on Sunday afternoon. He had
returned to Indonesia on Jan. 12 after traveling to his hometown, Sichuan, China, some 1,300
kilometers from Wuhan.
The 24-year-old Indonesian patient was also admitted on Sunday after previously
receiving care at Santo Borromeus Hospital. The patient, who has epilepsy, was in Singapore
for a medical checkup from Jan. 19 to 22. He developed a fever and cough a day after he
arrived in Bandung.
The head of a special infection team, Yovita Hartantri, said the patient had a seizure and
lost consciousness on Saturday and was taken to Santo Borromeus Hospital. The blood test
revealed signs of a lung infection. (JP)

10The news is about....

A. The 24-year-old Indonesian epilepsy patient
B. Cases of suspected coronavirus patients in Bandung
C. The annoucement from Hasan Sadikin Hospital about two Indonesian couple
patients
D. The notice of two patients who suspected of having an acute respiratory infection
E. Special report from two activities of hospitals in Bandung

11,According to the text, Chinese and Indonesian man. …

A. had the similar symptoms of having 2019-nCoV
B. are positively infected with 2019-nCoV
C. were treated and examined in Hasan Sadikun Hospital
D. are tragically fainted in the hospital
E. were hospitalized in two hospital in Bandung for two weeks
12 Not only the Chinese man, ... Indonesian man have suffered from an acute respiratory
infection (ISPA).
A. or else
B. as if
C. so
D. but also
E. and

This text is for numbers 13 to 17

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Six U.S soldiers were killed by a blast north of Baghdad on
Monday, the U.S. military said on Tuesday, in one of the single deadliest ground attacks against
American forces in Iraq in months.

Three other soldiers were wounded after an explosion went off near their vehicles in the
province of Salahaddin, the military said in a statement, without giving details. Salahaddin is
a Sunni Arab insurgent stronghold.

More than 3,170 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq since the U.S. led invasion in March
2003. Iraq and U.S. forces are in the third week of a security crackdown in crackdown in
Baghdad aimed at stemming sectarian violence, U.S. military commanders have expressed
concerns that insurgents could step up attacks outside Baghdad.

13. The text tells about……..

A. six U.S soldiers killed by blast
B. attacking against American
C. a blast north of Baghdad
D. a Sunni Arab insurgent
E. the U.S military

14. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the text?

A. Insurgents could increase attacks outside Baghdad
B. Three soldiers were wounded after an explosion went off
C. The U.S. invasion has caused more than 3,170 of its soldiers died
D. Six U.S soldiers died due to a blast north of Baghdad on Monday
E. Iraqi and U.S forces are in the second week of a security crackdown in Baghdad

15. Iraqi n U.S. for. Forces are in the third week of a security crackdown in Baghdad aimed at
stemming sectarian violence. ( Paragraph 3 ) The underlined word means……
A. line
B. guard
C. attack
D. clean up
E. protection

16 How many soldiers were injured after the explosion in the province of Salahaddin?
A. three
B. six
C. three thousand
D. three thousand one hundred and seventeen
E. nine

17.Where did the explosion tragedy occur ?

A. In America
B. In the province of Salahaddin
C. In Saudi Arabia
D. In the base camp of American
E. In the middle of Baghdad
This text is for numbers 18 to 20

The Tangerang City administration has planned to conduct all  administrative

work in its government offices without using paper starting in 2020.

Tangerang Mayor Arief R. Wismansyah said the program would benefit Tangerang

residents as it would provide more efficient services. “We set a target to be totally
paperless in 2020. We want all services in the city to be integrated and paperless. That’s
why in 2019 we are pursuing the regulation and legal framework for it,” Arief said on
Sunday, kompas.com reported.

He said all administrative work that used paper would be replaced with an app,
through which residents would need to upload documents, such as family cards or IDs.
After that, residents would receive a notification from a subdistrict or district office
confirming that they have verified their data via the app.

Arief, noting that the city was currently drafting a mayoral regulation for the
app, added that the administration, along with several tech companies, was currently
developing an app to support the program. “We are currently digitizing our archives. In
the future, residents will no longer have to carry their ID cards or copies of them [to
receive government services],” Arief said.

“I want bureaucracy in Tangerang to no longer be out of date." (ami)

18.The purpose of the text is ...

A. to introduce a new app to the residents of Tangerang.
B. to describe the bureaucracy of administrative work in Tangerang.
C. to explain the process of making ID cards without paper in Tangerang.
D. to tell the newsworthy procedure of developing an app in Tangerang.
E. to inform about the paperless of administration in Tangerang.

19.The impact that might occur if the Tangerang government program is carried out by other
regional governments is ....
A. logging in the forests to make paper can be further increased
B. saving Indonesia's forests from logging trees to make paper
C. paper manufacturing plants will increase their production
D. no more paper will be found in the government office
E. pollution from deforestation will be even greater

20.What is the main idea of paragraph 4?

A. The bureaucracy in Tangerang is always up to date.
B. The city was preparing itself to support the program.
C. The residents won’t need to have Id cards in the future.
D. The city government is digitizing the residents’ archives.
E. The city has developed the app with several tech companies.