English Task

- Hortatory exposition text

- Analitycal exposition text

Nama Kelompok :
- Hotma Patuan Anggari Manurung
- Afkur Mahesa Nasution
- Alief P
Where Should Be after High School?

The National examination result will be publicly enounced in next short

time. Euphoria will flood for those who get success. In the other hand, It will
be sorry to hear that there are some of them do not succeed in their national
final examination. For those who succeed soon will think to decide; where will
they be after graduating high school? Actually it will be easy to decide for
those has been arranged and thought earlier but for those have not planed
yet, it will be quite confusing.
Continuing study or looking for work is the primary choice among
them. When they think about continuing study, they will think hard about the
time and cost. How long the higher study will last? And how high is about the
cost. In the same way, when they think about straightly seeking job, what
skill and competence they have got is a big matter of questioning. So, doing
both choices in the same time is an alternative.
Continuing study as well as seeking job is possibly done but it will be
hard for them. Conventionally studying in the university needs much time to
spend especially in the first year. It is true because they have to do and
adapt a lot of things in their new higher school. it will be very hard to looking
for job. Therefore it should come to their mind of continuing studying at
higher school from their own home. As result, the available time will be more
flexible for them. Then it will be very possible to seek job and get the
appropriate one. This type of studying is publicly known as distance learning.
As the alternative method of studying, besides the conventional studying
which students and the lecturer have to meet in the fixed time and place
regularly, distance learning provides possibility to grow better. Possibly
working and studying surely will create high quality graduate. Distance
learning should appear as a considerable choice for them.
1. What is the communicative pupose the text above ?
a. To describe the things to do after graduating high school
b. To persuade the readers in favour of distant learning
c. To explain how to choose the perpect place for study
d. To report the National Examination result
e. To entertain the readers about the story of a high school
2. What are the considerations of continuing study ?
a. Time and age
b. Language level and cost
c. Time and cost
d. Difficulty level and time
e. Age and cost

3. What is the alternative method of studying mentioned in the text ?

a. Online dictionary
b. University
c. Higher school
d. Distant learning
e. High quality learning
4. What is the benefit of learning from home ?
a. Cheaper
b. More flexible
c. Better
d. Easier
e. More sophisticated

Is Smoking Good for Us?

Before we are going to smoke, it is better to look at the fact. About 50

thousands people die every year in Britain as direct result of smoking. This is
seven times as many as die in road accidents. Nearly a quarter of smokers
die because of diseases caused by smoking.
Ninety percent of lung cancers are caused by smoking. If we smoke
five cigarettes a day, we are six times more likely to die of lung cancer than
a non smoker. If we smoke twenty cigarettes a day, the risk is nineteen
greater. Ninety five percent of people who suffer of bronchitis are people who
are smoking. Smokers are two and half times more likely to die of heart
disease than non smokers.
Additionally, children of smoker are more likely to develop bronchitis
and pneumonia. In one hour in smoky room, non smoker breathes as much
as substance causing cancer as if he had smoked fifteen cigarettes.
Smoking is really good for tobacco companies because they do make
much money from smoking habit. Smoking however is not good for every
body else.

1. What is the text about ?

a. A report of deaths caused by smoking
b. The effects of smoking for people
c. A calculation of how many cigarettes that may cause cancer
d. Information of the effect of smoking to non-smokers
e. The result of smoking habit for tobacco companies
2. Wich of the statements below is TRUE ?
a. Smoking only does a good impact for the tobacco company
b. Non-smokers dont have any threat of getting pneumonia
c. Fifteen cigarettes a day is all right for smokers.
d. Smoking can risk ninety five percent of the people in a country
e. The risk caused by smoking for non-smokers is low
3. What is the effect of smoking to non-smokers ?
a. It makes non-smokers healthy
b. It makes non-smokers have a good life
c. It risks non-smokers health
d. It causes so much fun
e. It results in a better lung function

Walahan , January 6, 2009

The school committee of SMAN 1 Welahan Jepara.
Dear sir,
We have writing this letter to you because we are concerned
about education quality of SMAN 1 Welahan.
To improve the students quality in language learning, we need
language laboratory.
As we know, two of the subjects given on the national final
examination are Bahasa Indonesia and English. Especially on
English, there is listening comprehension section on the test.
Students should be prepared to do listening test and one of the
instruments needed is language laboratory.
Actually we have tape recorder to teach listening, but it is a
matter of problem since the teacher must bring tape recorder, wire,
cassette and other material from class to class. It wastes of energy
and time. Teachers are busy on preparing instruments. If we have

language laboratory, teacher can prepare the material of lesson

without disturbing preparing the instruments.
Furthermore, language laboratory is not only used by
English lesson, but also can be used by any language lessons. There
are four language lessons in SMANELA, they are Bahasa Indonesia,
English, Arabic and Bahasa Jawa. Those teachers can use language
laboratory when teaching and it is very useful for students.
1. What is the text about ?
a. A request to build a language laboratory
b. An explanation how to make a language laboratory useful
c. An acknowledgement foor teachers to prepare the exam well
d. Information for the headmaster to achieve high result
e. Steps to conduct listening test for the final exam
2. What is the difficulty that the teacher find for the listening test
preparation ?
a. There isnt a tape recorder
b. There isnt any electricity
c. There isnt a language laboratory
d. The language laboratory is used for the other subjects
e. The instruments are not complete
3. What is the communicative puspose of the text ?
a. To ask for the building of a language laboratory
b. To make a contribution in preparing listening test well
c. To have some new materials for listening text
d. To collect some instrument for the listening
e. To resume the development of language laboratory

Reading English for pleasure is not the same as studying English . You
do not have to remember everything, as there is no test on books you read
for pleasure, it is more interesting because you can choose your own book.
Beside the Enjoyment you get, reading for pleasure contributes a lot in
learning English. It will help you to read faster, find examples of good writing,
learn new words, learn how speaker of English use the language and learn
about the cultures of different people in the world.
The first step to read English for pleasure is to find a good book one
that is interesting and that is not too difficult to read. You can go to the
library and ask the librarian for books that may interest you. Also you can
browse around in a bookstore and ask the clerk to help you find a good book.
Surely you can borrow books from friends , but makes sure you return to

them.
If you plan to check out books from a library, following are some tips to
help you select books and find them more easily. Firstly, read the front and
back covers of the books and find out whether you think it is interesting or
not. Secondly, check the number of pages of the book. If you happen to be a
beginner, it is better to begin with a short book. Then if you like a book read
one or two pages. Find out if you can understand it. Finally, which is the most
important thing the books should be interesting to you.
The next step is to read your book every day . Also ,
try to read your book very quickly , wich is another way to learn more
English. Moreover , if you like your book, tell a friend about it.
In the
beginning, you may find it difficult to read in English, but do not give up.
Keep on reading, and after some time you will be reading, and after some
time you will realize that it is not so difficult after all. Then you will enjoy
reading English . you will be reading English for pleasure
1. What is the type of this text ?
a. Explanation
b. Exposition
c. Description
d. Procedure
e. Report
2. What should you do if you happen to be a beginner ?
a. Read the book that is affordable to you
b. Read one or two pages
c. Find dicult words
d. Read an interesting book
e. Read a short book
3. These are the advantages of reading English for pleasure, EXCEPT .
a. It helps to read faster
b. It helps to learn about other people or culture
c. It helps to learn how English speakers use the language
d. It helps to write a lot of books
e. It helps too learn new words
More Dust Bins is Cleaner
To improve comfort and cleanliness at our school a number of dustbins
should be increased. When we look at classrooms, school corridors and
school yard, there are papers, mineral water cups, straws and napkins here
and there. The condition of uncleanliness and discomfort really hinders

learning and teaching environment. Litters thrown carelessly cause disease,

especially empty plastic cup or glasses. They can be filled out with water
coming from the rain. This can be places for dengue mosquitoes to spread
out. Besides, this rubbish can deteriorate the scene. Well-painted wall and
green school yard do not meant anything if litters are scattered everywhere.
I notice that most of the students in our school have responsibilities for their
school environment. They put their litters on the proper places. But some are
not diligent enough to find the dustbins. The number of dustbins in our
school is not enough. Most dustbins should be put besides each of steps,
outside the classrooms and some more along the corridors. Probably one
dustbin should be in every ten meters. When students want to throw away
their litters they can find the dustbins easily.
When school is equipped with sufficient dustbins, we do not have problem of
filth and discomfort anymore. Our school will be very clean and a nice place
to study.

1. The writers intention of writing the text above is to readers to do

something good
a. Inform
b. Explain
c. Describe
d. Entertain
e. Persuade
2. According to the writer , more dustbins . In every ten meters
a. Should be decorated
b. Should be painted
c. Should be placed
d. Are unnecessary
e. Are not required
3. What is the writers argument on a sufficient number of dustbins
a. They can prevent litters
b. They can save janitors energy
c. Students are asked to clean them
d. They make school environment neat
e. Student can throw garbage away easily

Opportunity in the Global Financial Crisis

US financial crisis and its contagion to Europe and the rest of the world
could also create new opportunity for Indonesia in term of foreign direc
investment and the development of basic infrastructure.
As the US, financial crisis has now spread to Europe, the oil-rich
countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Arab Emirate which have
accumulated hundreds of billion of Dollars in their foreign reserve, are now
reviewing their holding or investment vehicle. They are looking for more
diversified investment outside the US and Europe.
Because of unfavorable political developments in Thailand and
Malaysia over the past few months, Indonesia which has largely Muslim
population could become one of these oil-rich countries favorite place for
foreign direct investment. That wil be true if the conditions, legal and market
infrastructures are conducive for Islamic financial instruments.
The government had improved the legal framework with the recent
actment of laws on sharia banking and bonds. The long term nature of
Islamic bonds could make them the most suitable investment instrument for
Indonesia, as these bonds grant an investor a share in an asset along with
the cash flows and risks commensurate with such ownership.
The financial crisis that has gripped the globe and weakening economic
growth in the rest of the world will serve to the government to accelerate the
investment reform measures in order to grab the hidden opportunity in the
global crisis.
1. Wht is the communicative purpose of the text above?
a. To analyse the hidden opportunity in the global crisis
b. To describe the current situation of global financial crisis

c. To report the conductive of Islamic banking

d. To explain the unfavorable political developments in Thailand and
Malaysia
e. To compare economic conditions in the rich-oil countries
2. What is the text about?
a. Financial report of the US government
b. Oil-rich countries assets
c. Indonesia opportunity to win foreign investors
d. The impact of global crisis to U.S
e. Thailand political condition
3. What is suggested by the writer?
a. Indonesia government to prepare good investment clime
b. The US bonds and share to be stocked back
c. The long term nature of Islamic banking should be canceled
d. The acceleration of economic growth should be denied
e. The U.S.,Kuwait and Saudi Arabia should make oil price
regulation
If you want to advance in your career, you will have to make some
careful decisions about which jobs to take. Evaluate a job offer for the
value it has to your career. It may mean sacrifice at first. You may have
to move to a different country to get a job that is right for you. You may
have to work late hours, at least temporarily. You might even have to
take lower salary for that job offers you the experience that you need.
But you should never accept a job if it is not related to your career
goals.
Accepting a job that is not within your career path will not give you
the training or experience you need or want. You will find yourself
frustrated in a such a position and consequently will not perform your
best. This will have an effect on the people arpund you who will not fell
as if you being part of the team. The best advice is to think carefully
before accepting any position and make sure the jobs is the one you
want to have.

1. What is the most significant factor in evaluating a job ?

a. Location
b. Salary
c. Value to your career
d. How much you like it

e. Prestige
2. Which is NOT mentioned as a sacrifice for a valueable job?
a. Moving to other region
b. Benefits
c. Bad working hours
d. Moving to other country
e. Low salary
3. What is the writers best advice
a. Take the first job
b. Consider changing career
c. Dont work with other people
d. Think before accepting a job
e. Find a job with highest salary

In many hilly areas of Scotland there once were large forest. Over the
years the forests become smaller. People cut down the trees to use the wood
for heating or building. They used the land for farming. After a while the land
was not good for farming. It become rocky because the earth was washed
away the rain. There were no trees to hold the earth place. Now the Scottish
government is planting new trees. These new forests look nice and green.
They will also help improve the earth for the future.
Large forests are important to us in may ways. They give us wood for
building and heating. They are a home for many kinds of plants and animals.
And for many city people, forests are a place for vacation. People can learn
about nature there. They can breathe fresh air and sleep in a quite palce. But
there is one more reason why forests are important for everyone. The leaves
on the trees in a forest help clean the air. Dirty air is a problem in many parts
of the world. Without forests, this problem might be much worse. With all the
forests has given to us, it is now our time to save the forests.
1. The text tell us about?
a. Large forests in scotland
b. The importance of forests
c. Why people plant new trees
d. How trees hold earth in place
e. Why people cut down trees
2. The second paragraph mainly tells us that?

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Wood can be used for building and heating

People learn about nature in the forests
Forests may cause a lot of problems
Forests give a lot of benefits to us
Forests can clean the air

3. The Scottish government avoids forest devastation by?

a. planting new trees
b. using the land for farming
c. improving the earth for the future
d. learning more about the nature
e. making home for many kind plants

you ever wondered how people get chocolate from? In this article we'll
enter the amazing world of chocolate so you can understand exactly what
you're eating. Chocolate starts with a tree called the cacao tree.This tree
grows in equatorial regions, especially in places such as South America,
Africa, and Indonesia.The cacao tree produces a fruit about the size of a
small
pine apple. Inside the fruit are the tree's seeds, alsoknown as cocoa
beans.
The beans are fermented for about a week, driedin the sun and then shipped
to the chocolate maker. Thechocolate maker starts by roasting the beans to
bringout the flavour. Different beans from different placeshave different
qualities and flavor, so they are often sorted and blanded to produce a
distinctive mix. Next, the roasted beans are winnowed. Winnowing
removesthe meat nib of the cacao bean from its shell. Then, the nibs are
blended. The blended nibs are ground to make.
it a liquid. The liquid is called chocolate liquor. Ittastes bitter. All seeds
contain some amount of fat, andcacao beans are not different. However,
cacao beans are half fat, which is why the ground nibs form liquid. It's pure
bitter chocolate.
1. The text is about?
a. The cacao tree
b. The cacao beans
c. The raw chocolate
d. The making of chocolate
e. The flavor of chocolate
2. The third paragraph fpcused on?
a. The process of producing chocolate
b. How to produce the cocoa flavor

c. Where chocolate comes from

d. The chocolate liquor
e. The cacao fruit
3. How does the chocolate maker start to make chocolate?
a. By fermenting the beans
b. By roasting the beans
c. By blending the beans
d. By sorting the beans
e. By drying the beans

The increasing employment of Indonesian womenworkers comes

mostly from middle-and-upper-income families. This is because many of
them have got higher education. Today more than half of all women
collegegraduates are employed, compared to four out often high school
graduates, three out often elementary school graduates, and only two out
often among those
with less than grade five in school. Most of theworking girls in the
1980s were unskilled, but today'sworking women have considerably more
education than those who do not work. Among the working women only
three fourths are high school graduates and less than 10 percent have not
been to high school at all. Most well-educated middle class working women
hold white collar or professional jobs. Although many other kinds of work are
offered to college graduated women, clerical work and teaching are mostly
preferred. About three fifths of the girls who are graduated from high schools
take clerical jobs.
1. What is passage about?
a. Tile shirt from household work to professional and clerical work
for women
b. A comparison between well-educated and lesseducated working
women
c. The number of employed middle-class working women
d. Job choice for working women
e. working women tn the 1980s
2. the main idea of paragraph two is?
a. More than half of college graduated women are professionals
b. Many kinds of work are offered to educated women
c. Less educated working women like working as clerks

d. The profession as a teacher and a clerk is suitable for women

e. The profession as a teacher is better than the profession as a
clerk
3. According to the passage, teaching is considered as?
a. A white collar or professional job
b. An educated employment
c. Middle-class work
d. Proportional work
e. Clerical work