ENRICHMENT MATERIAL FOR CLASS XI SOCIAL SCIENCE STUDENTS
The following text is for questions
1 to 4.
The Dangers of Typing SMS while Driving
The popularity of mobile devices has had some dangerous consequences. We know that mobile communications are linked to a significant increase in distracted driving which results in injury and loss of life.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that in 2010 driver distraction was the cause of 18 percent of all fatal crashes with 3,092 people killed and crashes resulting in an injury 416,000 people wounded.
The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute found that text messaging creates a crash risk 23 times worse than driving while not distracted.
Eleven percent of drivers aged 18 to 20 who were involved in an automobile accident and survived admitted they were sending or receiving texts when they crashed. Distracted driving endangers life and property and the current levels of injury and loss are unacceptable.
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The warning of texting and driving.
B. The debatable issue of texting and driving.
C. The involvement of mobile devices while driving.
D. The risks of texting while driving.
E. The consequences of not paying attention to traffic.
2. What does the passage tell us about the writer's opinion on the issue at hand?
A. Text messaging creates more risk than undistracted driving.
B. Mobile communication doesn't have any relation to accidents.
C. Many people lost their lives because of injury.
D. Distracted driving is still safe for the drivers.
E. Only adult drivers involved in the accident.
3. From the text, we know that .......
A. Mobile phones should be banned in the street.
B. Distracted driving makes accidents more rarely to happen.
C. Most of the accidents were caused by the condition of the road.
D. 18 percent of fatal crashes were caused by unnoticed street signs.
E. Drivers involved in car accidents admitted they were texting when they crashed.
4. Distracted driving endangers life ....... it is not an acceptable action.
A. as
B. if
C. so
D. and
E. yet
The following text is for questions 5 to 7.
Apartments Offer Practical Living
The number of high-rise apartment buildings continues to mushroom not only in the center of the city but also in suburban areas. This shows that many Indonesian enjoy living in apartments. This is true for a number of reasons.
In the first place, people prefer to live in an apartment because it is located near strategic areas. They can save time and energy as they don’t have to experience terrible traffic jams.
In addition, they enjoy the new lifestyle because an apartment offers comfort and privacy so they don’t have to worry about the city’s high crime rate as most apartments have 24-hour security systems.
Moreover, people now enjoy practicality and this is reflected in the design of their place. Living rooms become smaller and a veranda is no longer considered an important part of the house.
From the facts above, it is clear that apartments offer practical living which thus make them mushrooming.
5. According to paragraph two, what does an apartment offer?
A. Comfort
B. Security
C. Practicality
D. Privacy
E. Safety
6. It can be inferred from the text that ....
A. Many Indonesian people right now enjoy living in a small house
B. Practicality means security
C. People prefer living in an apartment because it is located near office areas
D. Living in an apartment creates practical lifestyle
E. Secure life style is mostly preferred now
7. “The number of high-rise apartment buildings continues to mushroom not only in the center.... “ (Paragraph 1) The underlined word has the closest meaning to....
A. increase
B. enhance
C. boost
D. intensify
E. raise
The following text is for questions 8 to 10.
USE AF FORMALIN AND OTHER ADDITIVES IN FOODS
The use of formalin and other dangerous preservatives in food has been serious for two reasons. Firstly, formalin is not for human beings, but it is for biological specimens and experiments. Formalin in biology is a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water which is usually used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens. Thus, it is not a food preservative, it will be very dangerous to human’s body.
The second reason is that there is not tight control from the government. This condition makes the people’s health really in danger. When the control is weak and the use of formalin is spread wide all over the Indonesia regions, and these days it has really happened, the citizens’ bodies will be badly contaminated with the poisons. Fish or food traders still sell their product which contains formalin and dangerous preservatives. Can you imagine that our digestive system absorbs the substance they should be for the human and animal corpses?
Considering the reasons, we can make a conclusion that the use of formalin and other preservatives is really a serious problem if it is not resolved immediately.
8. Why is formalin dangerous for human’s body?
A. It is not food preservatives
B. It is a disinfectant for human beings
C. It is used to preserve biological specimens
D. It is 10% solution of formaldehyde in water
E. It is controlled flight from government
9. The main idea of paragraph 2 is ….
A. The human’s bodies will be harmful after consuming the formalin
B. The government has not controlled the use of formalin firmly
C. The weak control of using formalin is not threatening the human
D. The human’s bodies will be harmful after consuming the formalin
E. The use of formalin is know all over the regions
10. The main idea of paragraph 2 is ….
A. The human’s bodies will be harmful after consuming the formalin
B. The government has not controlled the use of formalin firmly
C. The weak control of using formalin is not threatening the human
D. The human’s bodies will be harmful after consuming the formalin
E. The use of formalin is know all over the regions
Read the following text to answer questions number 11 to 13.
Everybody should change their way of life to reduce global warming. There are several things that we can do. One of them is buying and consuming fresh local groceries as much as possible. It of course includes local vegetables, fruits, bread, etc.
Local groceries don’t need much transportation to get it into the market. It of course means, the amount of carbon dioxide produced is less than the groceries from other regions. Therefore, by buying local groceries we are helping reduce the amount of carbon dioxide produced.
Consuming fresh groceries instead of frozen ones is healthier for us. Furthermore, fresh food or groceries means no requirements for it to freeze up. It means that no electricity is needed and saving energy means reducing carbon dioxide and money.
So, from now on we should consume fresh local groceries to reduce global warming.
11. The text gives us information about ….
A. the ways to minimize global warming
B. the ways to increase global warming
C. the effects of global warming
D. the importance of consuming local groceries
E. the importance of knowing global warming
12. To reduce global warming we should ….
A. buy import product
B. buy expensive clothes
C. consume frozen foods
D. consume fresh foods
E. not use electricity efficiently
13. We are helping reduce the amount of global warming” (Paragraph 2) The underlined word can be replaced by ….
A. increase
B. decrease
C. improve
D. add
E. maximize
14. The genre of the above text is ……
description
explanation
analytical exposition
discussion
exposition
15. The first paragraph is called ……
orientation
identification
thesis
argument
reiteration
