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Jawaban Peserta : C. The sign ‘P’ in the park Jawaban Peserta : B. A shopping list
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Read the following text and answer the question that
follows. Read the text and answer the question.
Every year thousands of people die, due to weather
The Monas National Monument is a 132-meter tower in the
related problems. It can happen in both winter and in
center of Merdeka Square, Central Jakarta, Indonesia
summer. Let’s examine the causes for a moment.
Jakarta, is the capital of the state. It symbolizes the struggle
The year 2003 was a time of extreme cold in the winter.
for Indonesian independence of our country. The
Extreme, that is by European standards. In Britain alone,
monument consists of a 117.7 m obelisk on a 45 m square
the number of people who died from cold-related
platform at a height of 17 m. The towering monument
illnesses was described as ‘shameful’. Nearly twenty-five
symbolizes the philosophy of Lingga and Yoni. Resembles
thousand people died from illnesses such as strokes, heart
a phallus, or pestle mortar pestle and Yoni resembles rice or
attacks, bronchitis, flu and pneumonia. In the summer of
mortar, two important things in the tradition of Indonesian
the same year, around twenty-three thousand people died
agriculture. Construction began in 1961 under the direction
in Europe due to the sizzling temperatures. France was
of President Sukarno, the first president of the RI and the
particularly badly hit, with nearly fifteen thousand deaths
monument was opened to the public in 1975. It is topped by
which were related to the sweltering heat. In Britain, the
a flame covered with gold foil, and now the monument
number of heat-related death was much lower than the
calls.
number of winter deaths. It is important to note that
government needs to give some advices to people on how
What is the kind of the text? to protect their health.
Jawaban Peserta : D. Descriptive What is the kind of the text?
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