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Name : Vincent Felix Wijaya

NIM : 2109026024

Final Examination

1. Please tell about what you must do in the airport.

What I must do first is to buy a ticket. After I get my hand on a ticket, I should check in for
my flight and hand over my luggage while answering questions asked regarding my
luggage(ex: how much am I bringing, did I pack it by my self, did anyone give me anything,
etc.) after handing over my luggage, I need to board the plane and wait till I reach my
destination. I might also transit somewhere before finaly reaching my destination. After
that, I must go trough immigration where the immigration officer will check on my passport
and ask me some question.

2. Make three (3) compound sentences (make it by yourself, don’t copy from somewhere)

I heard knocking at my door, Yet there’s nobody there.

My phone broke, so I bought a new one.

I can’t sing, nor can I dance.

3. Make three (3) complex sentences (make it by yourself, don’t copy from somewhere)

The guy who sat in the back didn’t pay attention

The food which I ate was terrible

I called the man who dropped his wallet

A long and healthy life


How long will a baby born today live? 100 years? 120 years? Scientists are studying genes that
could mean long life for us all.

There are already many, many people who have passed the landmark age of 100. In fact, there are
now so many healthy, elderly people that there’s a new term for them: the wellderly. These are
people over the age of 80 who have no diseases such as high blood pressure, heart disease or
diabetes and have never taken medicines for these conditions.

There have been many scientific studies of communities where a healthy old age is typical. These
include places like Calabria in southern Italy and the island of Okinawa in Japan.
The small village of Molochio in Calabria has about 2,000 inhabitants. And of these, there are at
least eight centenarians. When researchers ask people like this the secret of their long life, the
answer is almost always to do with diet and is almost always the same: ‘I eat a lot of fruit and
vegetables.’ ‘A little bit, but of everything.’ ‘No smoking, no drinking.’

While in the past scientists have looked at things such as diet and lifestyle for an explanation of long
life, these days they are investigating genetics. One such researcher is Eric Topol, who says, ‘There
must be genes that explain why these individuals are protected from the aging process.’

The new research into long life looks at groups of people who have a genetic connection. For
example, one group of interest lives in Ecuador. In one area of the country there are a number of
people with the same genetic condition. It’s called Laron syndrome. The condition means that they
don’t grow to more than about one metre, but it also seems to give them protection against cancer
and diabetes. As a result, they live longer than other people in their families. Meanwhile, on the
Hawaiian island of Oahu, there’s another group of long-lived men, Japanese-Americans. They have
a similar gene to the Laron syndrome group.

Back in Calabria, scientists are trying to work out exactly how much of the longevity is due to
genetics and how much to environment. By checking public records going back to the 19th century,
researchers have reconstructed the family trees of 202 nonagenarians and centenarians. They
concluded that there were genetic factors involved. And they seemed to benefit the men more than
the women – a surprising result because generally in Europe, there are five times more women
centenarians than men.

So what really makes people live longer? It seems likely that it is an interaction of genes, the
environment and probably a third factor – luck.

Reading comprehension:
Read the article and choose the correct option.
1. What two factors for long life do scientists usually investigate?
where people live and what their lifestyles are
genetic factors and environmental factors
people’s diet and activity when they were young

2. Diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure …


are common illnesses in elderly people.
teach scientists a lot about old age and long life.
are never found among a group of people in Ecuador.

3. What do some people from Calabria and Okinawa have in common?


They suffer from diabetes.
They have an unusual genetic illness.
They live long and healthy lives.

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