Ujian Bahasa Inggris - X IPA/IPS Semester 2

A bomb exploded on Wednesday at the office of a far-right political party in Santosa, northern Spain after a warning phone call in the name of ETA, official said.

A spokesman for police in the Basque Country said the Basque road assistance. Organization had received a call at 06.15 GMT from someone claiming to represent the Basque separatis guerrillas. The bomb, left in a sport bag, went off at around 07.00 GMT.

What is the purpose of the text ?

• to describe a bomb explotion

• to present two points of view about bomb

• to explain the process of bomb explotion

• to inform readers about bomb explotion

• to share with others an amusing story about bomb.

A bomb exploded on Wednesday at the office of a far-right political party in Santosa, northern Spain after a warning phone call in the name of ETA, official said.

A spokesman for police in the Basque Country said the Basque road assistance. Organization had received a call at 06.15 GMT from someone claiming to represent the Basque separatis guerrillas. The bomb, left in a sport bag, went off at around 07.00 GMT.

What is the news about ?

• political party

• a warning call

• bomb explotion

• the basque country

• The basque separatist Guerillas

A bomb exploded on Wednesday at the office of a far-right political party in Santosa, northern Spain after a warning phone call in the name of ETA, official said.

A spokesman for police in the Basque Country said the Basque road assistance. Organization had received a call at 06.15 GMT from someone claiming to represent the Basque separatis guerrillas. The bomb, left in a sport bag, went off at around 07.00 GMT.

How did the event happen ?

• The was found a sport bag with bomb in it.

• Police caught a separatist guerrillas set the bomb.

• Nobody knew there was a bomb before a bomb before explosion.

• The bomb exploded after ETA meeting.

• The bomb exploded after a warning call.

A bomb exploded on Wednesday at the office of a far-right political party in Santosa, northern Spain after a warning phone call in the name of ETA, official said.

A spokesman for police in the Basque Country said the Basque road assistance. Organization had received a call at 06.15 GMT from someone claiming to represent the Basque separatis guerrillas. The bomb, left in a sport bag, went off at around 07.00 GMT.

Question :

"The bomb left in sport bag, went off at around 07.00 GMT"

The underlined words mean….

• dissapeared

• exploded

• stopped

• sent off

• left

ANNOUNCEMENT

Because of the bad weather, the football match between grade X-1 and Grade X-3 originally scheduled for tomorrow, April 6, is now put off until April 9. The match between Grade X-2 and Grade-4 will be held on April 11. Final match will be held on April 14 and 15.

- Sport Club –

Question :

The announcement is about….

• sport club

• a match schedule

• bad weather

• a football match

• the delay of the match

ANNOUNCEMENT

Because of the bad weather, the football match between grade X-1 and Grade X-3 originally scheduled for tomorrow, April 6, is now put off until April 9. The match between Grade X-2 and Grade-4 will be held on April 11. Final match will be held on April 14 and 15.

- Sport Club –

Question :

When the match between Grade X-1 and Grade X-3 be held ?

• April 6

• April 9

• April 11

• April 14

• April 15

The Fox and the Crow

One day a fox came across a crow who was perched on a branch with a piece of cheese in its beak. Immediately, the fox began to consider how he might obtain it for himself.

“You have everything, strength, beauty, wisdom!” he said flatteringly to the bird. “If only you had a beautiful voice, the you would be perfect.”

Not wishing the fox to think that it did not have a fine voice, the crow began to sing. Of course, the piece of cheese feel from its beak and the fox claimed it at once. “Your most serious problem,” laughed the fox, “is that you have more vanity than intelligence!”

Question :

From the tale, we can learn that …

• We are supposed to believe in whatever others say

• we are not supposed to believe in whatever others say

• We have to pay attention to whatever others say

• we must believe when someone flatter us

• we must not believe when someone flatter us

The Fox and the Crow

One day a fox came across a crow who was perched on a branch with a piece of cheese in its beak. Immediately, the fox began to consider how he might obtain it for himself.

“You have everything, strength, beauty, wisdom!” he said flatteringly to the bird. “If only you had a beautiful voice, the you would be perfect.”

Not wishing the fox to think that it did not have a fine voice, the crow began to sing. Of course, the piece of cheese feel from its beak and the fox claimed it at once. “Your most serious problem,” laughed the fox, “is that you have more vanity than intelligence!”

Question :

From the tale, we can conclude that….

• the fox is more intelligent than the crow

• the crow is more intelligent than the fox

• the crow is as intelligent as the fox

• the crow does not like the cheese

• the fox does not like the cheese

The Fox and the Crow

One day a fox came across a crow who was perched on a branch with a piece of cheese in its beak. Immediately, the fox began to consider how he might obtain it for himself.

“You have everything, strength, beauty, wisdom!” he said flatteringly to the bird. “If only you had a beautiful voice, the you would be perfect.”

Not wishing the fox to think that it did not have a fine voice, the crow began to sing. Of course, the piece of cheese feel from its beak and the fox claimed it at once. “Your most serious problem,” laughed the fox, “is that you have more vanity than intelligence!”

Question :

“If only you had a beautiful voice, then you would be perfect.” This is what the fox told to the crow. From this statement we can conclude that …..

• The crow has a beautiful voice

• the crow is perfect

• the fox has a beautiful voice

• the fox does not have a beautiful voice

• the crow does not have a beautiful voice

Our body

In some ways our body is like a machine. A machine, such as a car engine, needs energy to do its work. The engine burns fuel, usually petrol. The fuel is combined with oxygen form the air. Energy is released.

There are many likeliness between a machine and the human body. But there are some differences that make us better than a machine. For example, our body can change food into living material and it can grow. Machine cannot do these things. They cannot feel or see and they cannot think and learn as human beings do. The human body can reapir worn-out parts. It can even produce new human beings. There is something very special about the human body. It is alive, but machine are not.

The human body has many kinds of organs. For example, it has the skeleton to hold the body erect. It has muscles to move the body. It has the blood to carry food to all parts of the body. Our body has the brain to think with. It has the nervous system to control the muscles through our senses. Information comes to us through our eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin an some other senses. These senses tell us what is going inside our body.

Question :

one similarity between our body and a machine is that both……

• produce new human beings

• can repair worn-out parts

• use energy to do their work

• can feel, see, think and learn

• can change food into living material