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Read the following text to answer questions number 1 Read the following text to answer questions number 4
to 3. to 6.
Singapore to Develop Marine Tourism in Riau A survey has found about 13 percent of first-time
Islands of Indonesia smokers in the country are junior high school students. It
also revealed 89 percent of young female employees
Singapore has expressed its interest in developing marine were smokers.
tourism in Natuna, Anambas and Lingga, three beautiful The survey was conducted in five major cities across the
yet hidden regencies in the Riau Islands province of country, including Surakarta in Central Java.
Indonesia. Muhammad Syahril Mansyur, the Surakarta Health
According to Riau Islands deputy Governor, Soeryo Agency’s respiratory illness division, said that the
Respationo, the three areas have their own beauty but finding of the survey showed an alarming growth rate of
lack of adequate infrastructure to boost tourism. Indonesian smokers. "This situation is a cause for
Singapore's investment in the tourism sector would concern,” he said. “It appears the country’s younger
perfectly match with the islands' need, he said recently. generation is uneducated about the health risks of
Soeryo said that Singapore Ambassador Anil Kumar smoking.”
Nayar visited the Riau islands asministration on Tuesday
to show the country's commitment in developing the The Indonesian anti-tobacco campaign has reportedly
marine tourism sector. been deemed as ineffective as the government refuses to
sign the international convention on tobacco control. It
1. Singapore is interested in making investment in .... said that cigarette producers contributed to a large
A. Tourism in the three islands in Riau amount to state revenue and gave jobs to thousands of
B. Tourism in the sea around the three islands in workers.
Riau 4. The text mainly tells you about ….
C. Building marine infrastructure in the three
islands in Riau A. The increase of Indonesian smokers
D. Building tourism infrastructure in the three B. The health risks of smoking
islands in Riau C. Large amount of cigarettes
E. Developing tourism industry in the three island D. Young female smokers
in Riau E. The danger of smoking
2. What is the main idea of paragraph 3? 5. Why does the growth of Indonesian smokers have to
A. Singapore shows its commitment in developing be concerned?
the marine tourism sector in the three islands in
Riau A. It decreases the selling of cigarette
B. Singapore ambassador visited the three islands B. It cannot make people work at cigarette factory
in Riau C. There are increasing younger smokers in
C. Singapore needs to invest in the three islands in Indonesia
Riau D. It cannot make the large amount of cigarettes
D. Anil Kumar Nayar is the Singapore ambassador be distributed
in Indonesia E. It is likely that younger generation is
E. Tourism is the best sector to invest your money uneducated to the risks of smoking
in Riau 6. One of the advantages of cigarette industry is ....
3. What is the generic structure of the text above?
A. To cause people addictive
A. Orientation-Backgroud Event-Source B. To contribute a little amount to state revenue
B. Newsworthy Event-Backgroud Event-Source C. To make sellers rich
C. Background Event-Elaboration-Source D. To give a great job chance
D. Main Event-Newsworthy Event-Source E. To give jobs for certain people
E. Main Event-Source-Backgroud Event
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Read the following text to answer questions number 7
to 10. 8. Why does the growth of Indonesian smokers have to
Indonesia has embarked on the task of counting its be concerned?
islands in order to better protect its territory and marine A. 1,000
resources. It hopes to locate and name an additional B. 11,000
1,700 islands in time for the UN Conference on the C. 17,000
Standardization of Geographical Names in August. D. 7,100
Indonesia wants to claim sovereignty and fishing rights E. 1,700
in the waters surrounding the islands, many of which its
neighbors also claim. 9. When must an island be exposed for it to officially be
an island?
The Indonesian government says illegal fishing in its
waters is costing billions of dollars in lost revenue each A. At noon
year. A fisheries spokeswoman told the BBC: "Sixty per B. At midnight
cent of islands in Indonesia don't have a name or C. At low tide
officially have legal status, so they can easily be taken or D. At high tide
claimed by another country." E. At night

Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago. At the last

UN conference on geographical names in 2012, 10. "Indonesia has embarked on the task of counting
Indonesia registered 13,466 islands. A law in 1996 ...." (paragraph 1) synonym of the underlined word is ....
estimated that the number of islands was 17,508. The UN
Convention on the Law of the Sea defines an island as, A. Stayed
"a naturally formed area of land, surrounded by water, B. Launched
which is still exposed at high tide". C. Stopped
D. Moved
A spokesman from Indonesia's Ministry of Marine E. Convened
Affairs and Fisheries explained the scale of the task the
counting team had. He said: "We have to visit every one
of these islands, and then we note the coordinates, the
name, the meaning of the name, the history of the land
and describe the landscape and its geographical
history…all that in great detail."

7. What kind of rights does Indonesia want to claim?

A. Water rights
B. Legal rights
C. Fishing rights
D. Lost rights
E. Mountain rights
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