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    Personal Letter: A. Children From Low-Income Families Do Not Perform Well in The Official Assessment

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    The letter is from the head teacher of a large junior high school complaining about an article in the newspaper that claimed schools fail low-income children. The head teacher disagrees with this claim, as tests show the children at her school do well despite coming from a range of economic backgrounds, including many from lower-income families. Last year the school ranked 5th according to official government assessments, showing it is not a "failure" as the article suggested. The head teacher wants the newspaper to conduct more careful research in the future so its articles more accurately describe the true situation in schools.

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    The letter is from the head teacher of a large junior high school complaining about an article in the newspaper that claimed schools fail low-income children. The head teacher disagrees with this claim, as tests show the children at her school do well despite coming from a range of economic backgrounds, including many from lower-income families. Last year the school ranked 5th according to official government assessments, showing it is not a "failure" as the article suggested. The head teacher wants the newspaper to conduct more careful research in the future so its articles more accurately describe the true situation in schools.

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    The letter is from the head teacher of a large junior high school complaining about an article in the newspaper that claimed schools fail low-income children. The head teacher disagrees with this claim, as tests show the children at her school do well despite coming from a range of economic backgrounds, including many from lower-income families. Last year the school ranked 5th according to official government assessments, showing it is not a "failure" as the article suggested. The head teacher wants the newspaper to conduct more careful research in the future so its articles more accurately describe the true situation in schools.

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    The letter is from the head teacher of a large junior high school complaining about an article in the newspaper that claimed schools fail low-income children. The head teacher disagrees with this claim, as tests show the children at her school do well despite coming from a range of economic backgrounds, including many from lower-income families. Last year the school ranked 5th according to official government assessments, showing it is not a "failure" as the article suggested. The head teacher wants the newspaper to conduct more careful research in the future so its articles more accurately describe the true situation in schools.

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    PERSONAL LETTER

    Read the following text to answer questions number 1 and 2.

    Dear Sir/Madam.

    I am writing to complain about an article in last Monday's newspaper, “Schools fail low-income
    children.” As the head teacher of one of the largest junior high schools in the city. I feel strongly that the
    article does not describe our school.

    My school has children from many different economic backgrounds, but a large percentage some from
    lower-income families. Nevertheless, our tests show that the children do well and benefit from the
    excellent work our teachers do. Last year our school moved from 24m to 5th place according to the
    official assessment by the state government. This is clearly not the ‘Tailure" that the article suggests.

    I would be strongly recommend that more careful research should be conducted in the future so that
    your newspaper will more realistically describe the true situation in our schools.

    Yours sincerely,

    Joan Gonzales

    1. The letter shows Ms. Gonzales's strong disagreement with the newspaper’s claim that ....

    A. Children from low-income families do not perform well in the official assessment

    B. The poor students in her school fail in the national examination

    C. Her school only admit students from economically advantaged families

    D. Many of her students fail because of their parents' low income

    E. Low-income children are not as good as high-income children

    2. What is expected by Joan Gonzales from Monday's newspaper?

    A. To present information based on facts

    B. To conduct more research

    C. To fix the information given


    D. To explain more about that school

    E. To be responsible for the report

    Read the following text to answer questions number 3 and 4.

    Dear Susan,

    It feels like such a long time since the last time I saw you. I know it's only been several weeks since I saw
    you. So far my summer has been great!

    I spend my all my weekends at the beach. I am getting a nice tan and you can no longer say I am paler
    than you. I have been playing lots of volleyball, surfing and building a nice collection of sea shells. Just
    this past week-end I took second place in a sandcastle building contest!

    On the weekdays I work. I drive an ice cream truck around and sell ice cream to the kids. It is so cool. It is
    a combination of the two things I love most, ice cream and kids. The pay isn't too great but I love the job
    so much.

    I hope the summer's been going well for you too. There's only a month and a half left in summer
    vacation and after that it's back to school. Would you like to meet up some time before school starts?

    Your friend,

    Signature

    P.S. John Austin.

    3. The letter shows about ....

    A. Spending time in summer

    B. Happiness someone who meet her friends soon

    C. The poor students in summer vacation

    D. How to finished summer vacation

    E. Missing old friend in summer

    4. What is writer do on the weekdays?


    A. She is getting a nice tan

    B. Drive an ice cream truck around and sell ice cream

    C. Spend her time with working

    D. Playing lots of volleyball and surfing

    E. Building a nice collection of sea shells

    Read the following text to answer questions number 5 to 8.

    Jerowaru, 1st February 2017

    Dear Nathan

    How are you? Hope everything is okay with you. I’m all right here.

    We are going to have the national examination, aren’t we? Are you well prepared for it? Well, to be
    honest, I just have some difficulties in preparing for it, especially in Science. There are extra lessons in
    my school and I take them all. But, I feel that they don’t help. I’m still confused in solving Mathematic
    problems. I’m just worried that I fail the national examination. Do you have any suggestion for me? I
    really appreciate your help.

    I look forward to hearing from you.

    Your buddy

    Rendy

    5. What does the letter tell us about?

    A. Asking for a friend to teach Mathematic

    B. Preparing for the national examination

    C. Asking for a friend’s suggestion to solve a problem

    D. Giving a solution to a friend

    E. Having extra lesson at school

    6. Why is Rendy worried that he may fail the national examination?


    A. There are extra lessons at Rendy’s school

    B. He will have the national examination soon

    C. He is confused in solving Mathematic problem

    D. He appreciated Ivan’s help

    E. His friends are all well prepared

    7. “I’m still confused in solving Mathematic problems.”

    The underlined word means …

    A. Unable to think clearly

    B. Unable to speak fluently

    C. Unable to perform well

    D. Unable to read quickly

    E. Unable to behave politely

    8. “I’m just worried that I fail the national examination.”

    The antonym of the underlined word is ....

    A. Escape

    B. Reach

    C. Predict

    D. Underestimate

    E. Success

    Read the following text to answer questions number 9 and 10.

    Mr. Hasan Renaldi

    PT Jaya Sentosa

    Jl. Hasanudin 73

    Makasar

    Dear Mr. Hasan Renaldi,


    In response to your letter of December 20, 2015 we apologize for the error in shipment. We are sending
    immediately the additional 500 boxes of glossy photo papers, that were not included in the shipment.

    We value our relationship with your company, and we regret the inconvenience. You can be assured
    that this will not happen again in the future. We also enclose some catalogues of our new products.

    Sincerely yours,

    Hilman

    Manager of order Department

    9. The purpose of sending the letter is to ….

    A. Request the paper excluded in the previous shipment

    B. Complete another request from PT Jaya Sentosa

    C. Request more orders of glossy photo papers

    D. Ask for apology for the error in shipment

    E. Enclose some new catalogues

    10. We know from the text that the first shipment was .…

    A. Not complete

    B. Not insured

    C. Damaged

    D. Wrong

    E. Late
    CAUSE AND EFFECT

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