Fasten Your Seat Belt
Fasten Your Seat Belt
Fasten Your Seat Belt
A seat belt, sometimes called safety belt, is a safety harness designed to secure the occupant of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result from collision or a sudden stop. As a part of an overall occupant restraint system, seat belt are intended to reduces injures by stopping the wearer from hitting hard interior elements of a vehicle or other passengers (the so-called second impact) and by preventing the wearer from being thrown from the vehicle. During2004, Total accident in DKI Jakarta are 4.554 cases, with 1.146 death victims, 63% of that accident victims didn t use the seat belt ( sources: tempo interactive. If we use seat belt, we will be safe if an accident happens to us. Of course it will decrease the number of death by fatal accident. This fact, make us realize if we don t use seat belt, we will endanger our life. So it s very important to use seat belt. For some people, using seat belt make journeys uncomfortable, make us can t move freely, etc. But if we use to wear it, it will be our habit. We will feel more and more comfortable if we often use it. Regardless of whether it is comfortable or not, it is very important to us to use seat belt, to save our life. Government, especially police department, began enforcing us to use a seat belt to decrease the number of the death victim. It s appropriate with police s slogan Melindungi dan Mengayomi Masyarakat Indonesia . Because the number of the death victims in Indonesia is so high. And most of the victims didn t use seat belt. There is no reason for us to not use seat belt. There are so many advantages of using seat belt. And there are so many disadvantages if you don t use seat belt. I think we have to pay attention of one thing: Our safety. As a wise man say: Protection is better that curing . So, fasten tour seat belt !!!
1. What does the text tells you about? a. A suggestion to wear seatbelt by the government b. The function of seatbelt in our daily life c. An explanation to the readers that they should wear their seatbelt d. Inform the readers about seatbelt e. Rules and regulations about the use of seatbelt 2. What is the function of the text above? a. To retell about past events b. To entertain the readers about seatbelt c. To persuade the readers to use seatbelt in their daily life d. To explain how to use seatbelt correctly e. To explain the readers that they should wear seatbelt
3. What government organization has to take responsibility for the case above? a. President b. Governor c. Intelligent service d. Police e. Judges 4. What is the meaning of protection is better than curing ? a. We have to take responsibility of using seatbelt b. We have to obey the rules of using seatbelt c. We must protect ourselves with seatbelt d. We must protect our body before cure ourselves e. We better protect ourselves with seatbelt than heal it 5. What is the synonym of regardless? a. Fortification b. Irresponsible c. Conscientiousness d. Misfortune e. Recognize 6. As a wise man say: protection is better than curing . Change the sentence into reported speech a. A wise man say that protection is better than curing b. As a wise man said that protection is better than curing c. A wise man said protection is better than curing d. As a wise man said that protection would be better than curing e. Protection is better than curing, as a wise man say