DRILL OF ENGLISH FOR SCHOOL EXAM

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I. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER

Descriptive Text

Venice is a city in northern Italy. It has been known as the “Queen of the Adriatic”, “City
of Bridges”, and “The City of Light”. The city stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy
Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy.
Venice is world famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of 117 islands formed by
about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands on which the city is built are connected by
about 400 bridges. In the old center, the canals serve the function of roads, and every form of
transport is on water or on foot.
You can ride gondola there. It is the classical Venetian boat which nowadays is mostly
used for tourists, or weddings, funerals, or other ceremonies. Now, most Venetians travel by
motorized waterbuses which ply regular routes along the major canals and between the city’s
islands. The city has many private boats. The only gondolas still in common use by Venetians
are the Traghetti, foot passenger ferries crossing the Grand Canal at certain points without
bridges.

1. What does the text tell you about?

A. Gondola
B. Traghetti
C. Venice.
D. Italy

2. What transport crosses the Grand Canal for foot passengers at certain points without
bridges?
A. Gondolas
B. Traghetti.
C. Waterbuses
D. Lagoon.

3. From the text we can say that Venice belongs to a city of ….

A. water.
B. ceremonies
C. buses
D. funerals

4. What does the second paragraph of the text tell us about?

A. The forms of transport in the world
B. The canals and roads that people like to use
C. The archipelago that has a lot of islands
D. Venice as the world famous for its canals.

Descriptive Text
Masjid Sultan Suriansyah is a historical mosquE. Built 300 years ago, this building is
the oldest mosque in South Kalimantan. The mosque is located in the North Kuin Village of
Banjarmasin. It was built in the reign of Sultan Suriansyah known as Pangeran SamuderA. He
was the first Banjarnese King who converted into Islam. This mosque was found on the bank
of the Kuin River, near KampungKraton, which was destroyed by the Dutch colonial.
 The construction of Masjid Sultan Suriansyah was uniquE. The roof is layered. It took
the Banjar’s past architecture before Islam came. Different from any other old mosques in
Banjar, the mihrab has its own roof, separated from the main building.
5. Masjid Sultan Suriansyah was constructed in the era of ….
A. Banjar people
B. Dutch colonial
C. Kalimantan King
D. Sultan Suriansyah.

6. What is mainly discussed in the text?

A. A king reign
B. A palace complex
C. An Islamic location
D. A historical mosque.

7. From the text we know that ….

A. Some construction of the mosque takes the local style.
B. Banjar people burned down the mosque
C. There is nothing special from this mosque
D. The Dutch colonial built the mosque

Descriptive Text
Angkor Wat was faced a Hindu temple, a man of Buddhist temple completed in
Cambodia. It is the largest religious monument in the world. The temple was built by the
Khmer King, Suryawarman II in the early twelfth century in Yosadapura, the capital of the
Khmer Empire as this temple of eventual moslem. It is dedicated to Wisnu. It is designed to
represent Khmer Meru, frame of the Devis in Hindu mythology within the mouth and has an
outer wall which is 3 to 7 km long. It has three rectangular galleries which races about the
neck. At the center of the temple stand Queen Cap of Tower.
8. What is the monolog about?
A. Gallery complex
B. Buddhist mythology
C. Cambodia
D. Angkor Wat.

9. In the twelfth century which Empire was strong enough to build the biggest temple of the
world?
A. Old Empire.
B. Yosadapura Empire.
C. Meru Empire.
D. Khmer Empire.

Descriptive Text
Bale Kambang is a small village in the Southern coast of East Java, seventy kilometers
from Malang town and two hours’ drive from South. It is well known for its long beautiful white
sandy beach as well as the similarity of its temple to the one of Tanah Lot in Bali.
In Bale Kambang, there are three small rocky islands namely Ismaya Island, Wisanggeni
Island, and Anoman Island, those names are taken from “wayang” figures (Java traditional
puppets). These islands are surrounded by Indonesian Ocean which huge waves frighten
most overseas cruisers.
10. What makes Bale Kambang famous?
A. Small rocky islands
B. Long beautiful beach.
C. Huge waves of ocean
D. Overseas cruisers

II. WRITE 10 QUESTIONS AND GIVE SHORT ANSWER RELATED TO RECOUNT TEXT

Visiting My Village

Last month, I and my family went to Banyumas which was located in Central Java,
Indonesia. We drove a car. I enjoyed the journey all day long although it took 2 days to get
there. We were fun, my brother made some jokes all day. My father told us some stories on the
way. My mother slept in the back seat.
My first day in my village, I visited my siblings and friends. We are welcomed with happiness.
When I saw my parents, they cried because they looked so happy to meet up their families.
The next day, I, my brother, my cousin and my nephew went to a popular place in
Purwokerto. It was called “Baturaden”. That was a favorite spot in Purwokerto. We enjoyed
local specialty food as a culinary. I was satisfied and so were they. Next, I took a photo with
traditional music musicians.
My brother, my cousin and my nephew enjoy the view of other visitors. They took a
photo with their style as I did. In the evening, we were back home. And did other private
activities, such as made a conversation, told the story and made a joke.
The day after tomorrow, my cousin had a ceremony to say thanks to God for blessing their
son. It was called “Nazar”. When the parents had a promise for something and it was realized.
They had to make a traditional ceremony. I watched that traditional ceremony and took their
photograph.
For the last show, we were entertained by “Ebeg”. It was traditional art. The player
danced through traditional music and they were handled by the spirit. It was scary, but it was
fun and entertaining.
Time run so fast because the next day was our last day in the village. So I took the last photo
to bring it home. They were my family and still family until the last breath in this world.
Finally, we had to go home and brought a love experience from family. Yaps… that was the
hardest part.

III. WRITE 5 SENTENCES USING VERBS FROM THE TEXT PART II.

IV. CREATE YOUR DESCRIPTIVE TEXT USING THE FOLLOWING TITLES

A. MY CLASS
B. OUR TEACHERS
WRITE IN SEVEN SENTENCES