Read the following news. pay attention to its structure and language features.
Then choose the best answer.
Denpasar, Bali: Environmental Organization Fauna Conservation for Life (EOFCFL) claimed that Bali is the biggest sites of turtle trading in the country.
In the period between May through to August 1999, it reported, some 9,400 of the protected animals had been traded.
According to Putu Lisa Kusuma Mustika, a reptile expert from the Indonesian World Wildlife Fund (WWF), tortoises have long been killed in several areas of Indonesia, with the highest number in Bali.
“Most of them are consumed as food while some of them are used for traditional ceremonies,” Putu told Antara.
Besides its meat, Putu said, tortoise shells are also used as souvenirs for tourists.
Taken from: Genre, p. 106-107
1. The topic of the article is_____.
a. Fauna Conservation for Life
b. the protected animals
c. turtle trading
d. a reptile expert
e. souvenirs from tortoise shells
2. What type of text is used by the writer?
a. Narrative
b. Report
c. Recount
d. News Items
e. Analytical exposition
3. The text says that _____.
a. turtles are mostly traded in Bali
b. because they are not preserved, turtles are threatened to extinct
c. unlike turtles, tortoises are reptile
d. turtles mainly traded for souvenirs
e. traditional ceremonies always require a turtle
4. The communicative purpose of this text is _____.
a. to inform readers about important and newsworthy events
b. to present critique to an extinction of turtle
c. to describe the threatened turtle in Bali
d. to persuade readers to accept his/her opinions that turtle should be preserved
e. to denote or purpose the extinction of turtle as the case
5. What can we say about paragraph 2?
a. It presents a background event
b. It denotes a source
c. It presents a newsworthy event
d. It gives an elaboration
e. It sets an orientation
d. a reptile expert
e. souvenirs from tortoise shells
2. What type of text is used by the writer?
a. Narrative
b. Report
c. Recount
d. News Items
e. Analytical exposition
3. The text says that _____.
a. turtles are mostly traded in Bali
b. because they are not preserved, turtles are threatened to extinct
c. unlike turtles, tortoises are reptile
d. turtles mainly traded for souvenirs
e. traditional ceremonies always require a turtle
4. The communicative purpose of this text is _____.
a. to inform readers about important and newsworthy events
b. to present critique to an extinction of turtle
c. to describe the threatened turtle in Bali
d. to persuade readers to accept his/her opinions that turtle should be preserved
e. to denote or purpose the extinction of turtle as the case
5. What can we say about paragraph 2?
a. It presents a background event
b. It denotes a source
c. It presents a newsworthy event
d. It gives an elaboration
e. It sets an orientation
