Soal Latihan Descriptive Text

                Singapore is a city state, it is a city but it is also a state. It is a republic. Along with Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philipines and Brunai, it belongs to ASEAN, the Association of South East Asian nations.

                Like Indonesia, Singapore is a country of “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika.” Chinese, Malay Indians and Eurasians make up its citizens. Other Asians, including Indonesians, Japanese, Philippines, Korea, Thailand’s, and Arabs also live on that tiny island. Singapore is sometimes called “Instant Asia” because you can see varieties of customs, cultures and foods of nearly all Asia in Singapore.

(UN 2007 Paket 45)

1. The text mainly talks about Singapore as ...

    A. a nation

    B. an island

    C. a republic

    D. a city state

    E.  a member of ASEAN

2.  Singapore's citizens consist of ...

    A. Brunei, Indians

    B. Chinese, Thais and Arab

    C. Chinese, Malays, Indians, and Eurasians

    D. Eurasians and Philippines

    E. Asians and Arabs

3. " ... Koreans, Thais and Arabs live on that tiny island."
(Paragraph 2)

The underlined word may be replaced by "very ..."

    A. cute

    B. huge

    C. small

    D. broad

    E. narrow

                Wakatobi is the name of an archipelago and regency in Sulawesi Tengggara, Indonesia. The name Wakatobi is derived from the names of the main island of the archipelago: Wangiwangi, Kaledupa, Tomea, and Binongko. The group is part of a larger group called the Tukangbesi island.

                The archipelago, located in the diverse hotspot known as Wallacea. It is part of the Wakatobi National Park. Wakatobi as one of the world’s marine tourism object is now preparing it self and ready to welcome you and your family with hospitality and its particular culture. The Wakatobi is also home to Operation Wallacea, a UK based,non profit conservation group looking at sustainable development of fisheries and coral reef research.An independent non commercial website has been set up about a marine park. This website contains tourist and travel information in Wakatobi, including the biodiversity, conservation and local people.

                Wakatobi is also situated geographically at the world’s coral reef triangle center with its 942 fish species and 750 coral reef species from a total of 850 world’s collection comparing to the two world’s famous diving center of the Caribbean Sea that owes only 50 species and other 300 species in the red sea.

1. What is the text about?
A. Wakatobi as a tourist spot.
B. Wakatobi as a research spot.
C. Wakatobi as a fishing center.
D. Wakatobi as a conservation center.
E. Wakatobi as a regency.

2. Wakatobi is located in a larger group of island called . . .
A. Wangiwangi.
B. Kaledupa.
C. Tomea.
D. Binongko.
E. Tukangbesi. 

3.What is the operation of Wallacea?
A. Non-profit conservation group looking at sustainable development of fisheries and coral reef research. 
B. The additional sources about the biodiversity, conservation and local people.
C. Tourist and travel information about the wakatobi.
D. It is part of the Wakatobi National Park.
E. The world’s marine tourism objects.

                Have you ever seen how some people run a business office? There are some professions that have very important roles in business activities. These professions are related to each other in an organization. The professions discussed here are banker, accountant, and secretary.

                A banker is person who conducts banking. He may be the owner of a bank or he can be the member of the board of directors who operated the bank. Bankers give loans to business offices, firms, factories, to operate or expand their business.

                An accountant is a person who has charge of the accounts of a company. He is the one who records, keeps financial accounts and makes financial statements. He plays an important role to make the firms remain in good financial condition.

                A secretary is someone who keeps records, handles correspondence, or does the administration for an organization or person. The assistant or private secretary of an executive always deals with the business letter writing of that person. The secretary is, therefore, concerned with any business that the firm undertakes. The secretary must be qualified and able to speak English, fluently. There are certain types of duties that a secretary is responsible of such as making appointments, receiving orders, making reservations for the manager, sending letters of congratulations or condolence, sending invitations etc. She also makes an agenda for the manager. An office usually has more than one secretary who are always busy doing their duties.

1. What is the topic of the second paragraph?
A. How a banker gives credits
B. The financial system of a bank
C. The job description of a banker 
D. A banking business as a company
E. The board of directors

2. An accountant who works unprofessionally will …
A. bring big profit for the company
B. improve the book keeping 6f the business
C. harm the financial management of the firm
D. help the manager plan his expenditure
E. complete his work properly

3. The main idea of the fourth paragraph is ...
A. the office can hire two secretaries 
B. a secretary should prepare the manager's agenda
C. the manager should help the secretary complete her job
D. English is not so important for a private secretary
E. a secretary often makes appointments with the manager

4. Which of the following statements is not true?
A. A manager should follow whatever his secretary says 
B. An accountant must deal with the finance of the firm
C. Most banks deal with receipt and transmission of money
D. A professional banker is needed to run money business
E. A good secretary should master English

5. He plays an important role to make the firms remain in good financial condition, (paragraph 3). The underlined word means ...
A. administrative details of a firm
B. any credits taken from banks
C. loan procedures in a bank
D. line of jobs in an office
E. monetary position 

6. The secretary is, therefore, .concerned with any business that the firm undertakes .(paragraph 4). The synonym of the underlined word is ...
A. inspects
B. observes
C. performs
D. holds 
E. tries