(Analytical Exposition Text) Bahasa Inggris, Dimas K. Risky

Dimas Khairul Risky
XII MIPA 2
Text 1 for questions 1 to 4
(Analytical Exposition Text )

For many students, exams seem a necessary evil. Time-consuming yet inevitable. But are exams
really necessary?(clue for answer no 1) In 2011, Macquarie University was the first Australian
university to debate the abolition of exams. No exams in any subject, at any year level. At the time it
was suggested that exams fail to develop “questioning, self-sufficient learners”. Critics also often
argue that they promote a superficial understanding of topics, and that they are inauthentic. That is,
they fail to represent the kinds of things students will be asked to do “in the real world”.
However, this is taking a narrow view of the benefits of exams. Exams include many of the
aspects we want from assessment (clue for answer no 3). Good assessment programs aim to provide
a balanced, fair evaluation of each student. They achieve this in two ways. First, they use of a variety
of strategies and task. This gives students multiple opportunities, in varying contexts, to
demonstrate what they know and can do. It also enables teachers to be confident in the accuracy of
their judgments about each student. Second, task must be fit for purpose. Each task should be
appropriate to the specific goals it is assessing.
1. What is the main topic of the first paragraph?
a. Exams seem like an evil thing to students
b. How schools treat students with exams
c. The importance of exams for students
d. Doubts about whether exams are really important or not
e. Argumentation about schools without exams
2. Which one is not a criteria of good exams?
a. They help teachers to grade students precisely
b. They set certain standards for every student
c. They fit any specific goals on the related field
d. They have alternative forms in testing students’ abilities (in 2nd paragraph)
e. They can’t be used as a reflection of students’ capacity
3. How does the author write and arrange the text?
a. The author shows the pros and cons of exams
b. The author gives his views fairly and neutrally
c. The author stated clearly about his opinion in exam
d. The author gives opposite opinion of exams from most parties
e. The author shows concern about the poor views of exams
4. “... topics, and that they are inauthentic. ‟ (paragraph 1)
The underlined word refers to ....
a. Critics
b. Exams
c. Topics
d. self-sufficient learners
e. Universities
News Items Text

Kendari SAR Team Finds 3 More Victims
KENDARI: On Thursday, three more victims (clue for no 5) from a ship that sank in the Banda Sea
were found by a search and rescue team. They were Aris Triono, the captain of the Amami cargo
ship, Yakub, a crewman, and Suharto, a passenger.
The Amami cargo ship had been missing since the incident occurred on Friday last week. The
three victims were found in Thursday (clue for no 6), floating in water close to Menui Island, Central
Sulawesi Province. Two other victims were earlier saved by the SAR team in the Banda Sea on
Saturday last week, only a day after the ship sank due to bad weather. “The SAR team is still
searching for 10 crew members and a passenger still missing after incident,” said Rocky Asikin, the
head of Kendari SAR team
5. Which one of the following information is false according to the text?
a. Nineteen people who were on board became victims of the incident
b. There are eleven people who haven’t been found
c. The accident occurred because of poor weather
d. SAR team had worked hard since the incident happened
e. Rocky Asikin directed SAR team to find undiscovered passengers
6. How long the victim search has been carried out by the SAR team?
a. 7 days
b. 8 days
c. 5 days
d. 6 days
e. 4 days
7. ... the fact that the accident had happened for a while ago, SAR team are still trying hard to find
all of them.
a. Because
b. Despite
c. Moreover
d. Unlike
e. Even
Youtube Shifts to Make New Exclusive Shows, Movies Free to Users
YouTube plans to make all future original programming available to users for free with advertising,
as the video streaming unit of Alphabet Inc’s Google seeks a bigger audience for shows and movies
that had mostly been restricted to paid subscribers.
The shift in strategy means that starting in 2020, a YouTube premium subscription will no
longer be the only way to watch most original programs, with all users having some access.
YouTube's paid option will still remove ads from originals as well as all other videos, and it comes
with music streaming privileges. YouTube said earlier on Tuesday that the new strategy will kick in
next year, but later noted that though it will apply to content planned in 2019, the actual
programming will debut the year after. YouTube has not disclosed the total number of subscribers
for the paid offering, launched three years ago, which is available in 29 countries.
8. The statement that is true based on the passage is ....
a. Youtube plans to remove the paid subscribing method
b. Youtube will release total paid-subscribers information by the next year
c. The new system in premium subscription will be started in 2019
d. Original programs won’t become accessible for many people in 2020
e. Youtube will increase the commercial video displayed in future
9. What is the purpose of the text?
a. To inform about Youtube’s newest subscribing method
b. To give information about how to watch exclusive Youtube shows
c. To announce new programs that will be running on next year
d. To plan a new access for regular users to watch premium movies
e. To declare another innovation that Youtube has been working in
10. What does it mean by ‘the shift in strategy’?
a. They will expand their premium features to gain more subscribers
b. They will grant access to original program for every member
c. They will add a music player add-on as a premium feature
d. They will reduce the advertisements on free account holders
e. They will create more original programs to be watched by all members
11. “... earlier on Tuesday that the new strategy will kick in next year, ...”
The phrase ‘kick in’ from the passage will be best replaced with ....
a. Be constructed
b. Be prepared
c. Be appointed
d. Be declared
e. Be contributed
Exposition Text
Chinese Botanist Builds ‘Bank’ For Desert Plants
In 1972, Researchers started domesticating drought-resistant plants for desert control at a people’s
commune in Turpan, a city along the ancient Silk Road, China. At that time, the commune was
plagued by frequent gales blown from the sandy land to its west. Local residents hoped the
researchers could help them shake off the fear of the sands.
Life in Turpan was harsh. Researchers lived in cave houses with windows made of plastic. In
the winter, heavy winds would tear apart the windows leaving dust and sand everywhere. Food
supplies were also scarce. Researchers’ regular diet included steamed cakes of sorghum, green
turnips and onions. They had to bicycle to the county seat to buy daily necessities such as meat,
sugar, and soap with ration coupons.
Despite the difficulties, the researchers worked hard and successfully introduced a dozen
drought-resistant plants, which are adaptable to local climate and soil conditions. After sapling
nursery and planting trials, several species were chosen to be promoted in Turpan. And today, these
sand-fixation plants have grown into tall shrubs which form a ‘green barrier’ to prevent sands from
moving.
12. What is the main idea of the passage?
a. Problems that caused by unbearable moving sands in Turpan
b. A research project about drought-resistant plants multiplication
c. Discoveries about domestic pants as a solution for moving sands
d. The bad effect of moving sands problem to villagers in Turpan
e. Plant propagation invention to resist sand movement in Turpan
13. What does the passage tell us the writer’s opinion on the research?
a. The author feels that researchers in Turpan plan to stop the research if they fail
b. The author thinks that researchers have to find a new place to start the research
c. The author suggests that this research was initiated by a demand to live freely
d. The author thinks that the drought-resistant plants are adapted from several common
plants there
e. The author suggests that the function of the plants is to ease the citizens’ life
14. From the text, we can get a fact that ....
a. Sands and dusts are contaminating the researchers’ food stocks
b. The intensity of dusty wind will decrease after autumn
c. The domesticated plants work by binding the sands in the soil
d. Turpan citizens will grow the plants around their houses
e. The plants that used in the research were originally not drought-resistant
15. “At that time, the commune was plagued by frequent gales blown from ...” The underlined word
has the closest meaning to ....
a. Teased
b. Bothered
c. Abused
d. Hurt
e. Blown

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