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Contoh Soal Descriptive Text
Contoh Soal Descriptive Text
My Timmy
I have some pets. However, my favourite pet is Timmy.
Timmy is a male tabby cat. He is very adorable with his soft stripes fur. He has innocent round
eyes and feeble sweet voice. He always meows when I come home, he usually give me a kiss.
Timmy is a nice playmate. I’m so happy to spend my time with him. Most of the time, he’s a
good cat. It’s almost impossible for me to be angry at him. In the morning, he always wakes up
early. When he wakes up earlier, he waits quality by my bedside until I wake up.
1. When does Timmy usually give a kiss to the writer? When the writer….
a. fells hungry
b. goes to sleep
c. leaves home
d. comes home
e. wakes up
2. Why is the writer almost impossible to be angry at his cat? Because ….
a. It has innocent round eyes
b. Most of the time, it is a good cat
c. It gives the writer kiss
d. It always wakes up early
e. It is a male tabby cat
3. The second paragraph tell about….
a. Characteristic
b. Habit
c. Habitat
d. Food
e. Behavior
4. What is the purpose of the text about?
a. To describe place
b. To entertain the reader
c. To describe something
d. To tell how to make something
e. To tell how to care for cats
Suramadu Bridge
The Suramadu Bridge (Indonesian: Jembatan Suramadu), also known as the Surabaya–Madura
Bridge, is a bridge with three cable-stayed sections constructed between Surabaya on the island
of Java and the town of Bangkalan on the island of Madura in Indonesia. Opened on June 10,
2009, the 5.4-km bridge is the longest in Indonesia and the first bridge to cross the Madura Strait.
The cable-stayed portion has three spans with lengths 192 m, 434 m and 192 m. The bridge has
two lanes in each direction plus an emergency lane and a dedicated lane for motorcycles. The
first toll bridge in Indonesia, fares have been initially set at Rp. 30,000 (US$3 in 2009) for four-
wheeled vehicles and Rp. 3,000 (US$0.30) for two-wheelers.
The bridge was built by a consortium of Indonesian companies PT Adhi Karya and PT Waskita
Karya working with China Road and Bridge Corp. and China Harbor Engineering Co. Ltd. The
total cost of the project, including connecting roads, has been estimated at 4.5 trillion rupiah
(US$445 million).
Construction was started on August 20, 2003. In July 2004, a girder collapsed, killing one
worker and injuring nine others. Work on the bridge halted at the end of 2004 due to lack of
funds, but was restarted in November 2005. The main span of the bridge was connected on
March 31, 2009, and the bridge was opened to the public in June 10, 2009.Within a week of the
opening, it was discovered that nuts and bolts as well as maintenance lamps had been stolen and
that there was evidence of vandalism of cables supporting the main span.
Kecak Dance
Kecak (pronounced [?ket?ak]) is a form of Balinese music drama, originated in the 1930s and
is performed primarily by men. Also known as the Ramayana Monkey Chant, the piece,
performed by a circle of 100 or more performers wearing checked cloth around their waists,
percussively chanting "cak" and throwing up their arms, depicts a battle from the Ramayana
where the monkey-like Vanara helped Prince Rama fight the evil King Ravana. However, Kecak
has roots in sanghyang, a trance-inducing exorcism dance.
Kecak was originally a trance ritual accompanied by male chorus. German painter and
musician Walter Spies became deeply interested in the ritual while living in Bali in the 1930s
and worked to recreate it into a drama, based on the Hindu Ramayana and including dance,
intended to be presented to Western tourist audiences. This transformation is an example of what
James Clifford describes as part of the "modern art-culture system" in which, "the West or the
central power adopts, transforms, and consumes non-Western or peripheral cultural elements,
while making 'art' which was once embedded in the culture as a whole, into a separate
entity."Spies worked with Wayan Limbak and Limbak popularized the dance by traveling
throughout the world with Balinese performance groups. These travels have helped to make the
Kecak famous throughout the world.
Performer, choreographer, and scholar I Wayan Dibia cites a contrasting theory that the
Balinese where already developing the form when Spies arrived on the island. For example,
well-known dancer I Limbak had incorporated Baris movements into the cak leader role during
the 1920s. "Spies liked this innovation," and it suggested that Limbak, "devise a spectacle based
on the Ramayana," accompanied by cak chorus rather than gamelan, as would have been usual.
17. What is meant by kecak?
a. Balinese music drama
b. bali dance
c. traditional house bali
d. holy book of bali
e. bali traditional weapons
18. from which the drama in the Kecak is taken?
a. local legend
b. Ramayana story
c. Mahabharata Book
d. mythical story
e. legend
19. who describes the "modern art culture system"?
a. Wayan Limbak
b. I Wayan Dibia
c. Prince Rama
d. James Clifford
e. Correct All
20. Where is Kecak from?
a. Bali
b. Jawa
c. Papua
d. Kalimantan
e. Sulawesi