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Singapore to Develop Marine Tourism in Riau Islands of Indonesia
Singapore has expressed its interest in developing marine tourism in Natuna, Anambas
and Lingga, three beautiful yet hidden regencies in the Riau Islands province of
Indonesia.
According to Riau Islands deputy Governor, Soeryo Respationo, the three areas have
their own beauty but lack of adequate infrastructure to boost tourism.
Singapore's investment in the tourism sector would perfectly match with the islands'
need, he said recently. Soeryo said that Singapore Ambassador Anil Kumar Nayar
visited the Riau islands asministration on Tuesday to show the country's commitment in
developing the marine tourism sector.
1. Singapore is interested in making investment in ....
A. Tourism in the three islands in Riau

B. Tourism in the sea around the three islands in Riau
C. Building marine infrastructure in the three islands in Riau
D. Building tourism infrastructure in the three islands in Riau
E. Developing tourism industry in the three islands in Riau

2. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?
A. Singapore shows its commitment in developing the marine tourism

sector in the three islands in Riau
B. Singapore ambassador visited the three islands in Riau
C. Singapore needs to invest in the three islands in Riau
D. Anil Kumar Nayar is the Singapore ambassador in Indonesia
E. Tourism is the best sector to invest your money in Riau

3. What is the generic structure of the text above?
A. Orientation-Backgroud Event-Source

B. Newsworthy Event-Backgroud Event-Source
C. Background Event-Elaboration-Source
D. Main Event-Newsworthy Event-Source
E. Main Event-Source-Backgroud Event

A survey has found about 13 percent of first-time smokers in the country are junior
high school students. It also revealed 89 percent of young female employees were
smokers.
The survey was conducted in five major cities across the country, including Surakarta
in Central Java.
Muhammad Syahril Mansyur, the Surakarta Health Agency’s respiratory illness

division, said that the finding of the survey showed an alarming growth rate of
Indonesian smokers. "This situation is a cause for concern,” he said. “It appears the
country’s younger generation is uneducated about the health risks of smoking.”
The Indonesian anti-tobacco campaign has reportedly been deemed as ineffective as the
government refuses to sign the international convention on tobacco control. It said that
cigarette producers contributed to a large amount to state revenue and gave jobs to
thousands of workers.
4. The text mainly tells you about ….
A. The increase of Indonesian smokers

B. The health risks of smoking
C. Large amount of cigarettes
D. Young female smokers
E. The danger of smoking

5. Why does the growth of Indonesian smokers have to be concerned?
A. It decreases the selling of cigarette

B. It cannot make people work at cigarette factory
C. There are increasing younger smokers in Indonesia
D. It cannot make the large amount of cigarettes be distributed
E. It is likely that younger generation is uneducated to the risks of
smoking

6. One of the advantages of cigarette industry is ....
A. To cause people addictive

B. To contribute a little amount to state revenue
C. To make sellers rich
D. To give a great job chance
E. To give jobs for certain people

Indonesia has embarked on the task of counting its islands in order to better protect its
territory and marine resources. It hopes to locate and name an additional 1,700 islands
in time for the UN Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names in
August. Indonesia wants to claim sovereignty and fishing rights in the waters
surrounding the islands, many of which its neighbors also claim.
The Indonesian government says illegal fishing in its waters is costing billions of dollars
in lost revenue each year. A fisheries spokeswoman told the BBC: "Sixty per cent of
islands in Indonesia don't have a name or officially have legal status, so they can easily
be taken or claimed by another country."
Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago. At the last UN conference on geographical

names in 2012, Indonesia registered 13,466 islands. A law in 1996 estimated that the
number of islands was 17,508. The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea defines an
island as, "a naturally formed area of land, surrounded by water, which is still exposed
at high tide".
A spokesman from Indonesia's Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries explained the
scale of the task the counting team had. He said: "We have to visit every one of these
islands, and then we note the coordinates, the name, the meaning of the name, the
history of the land and describe the landscape and its geographical history…all that in
great detail."
7. What kind of rights does Indonesia want to claim?
A. Water rights

B. Legal rights
C. Fishing rights
D. Lost rights
E. Mountain rights

8. Why does the growth of Indonesian smokers have to be concerned?
A. 1,000
B. 11,000
C. 17,000
D. 7,100
E. 1,700

9. When must an island be exposed for it to officially be an island?
A. At noon
B. At midnight
C. At low tide
D. At high tide
E. At night

10. "Indonesia has embarked on the task of counting ...." (paragraph 1)

synonym of the underlined word is ....
A. Stayed
B. Launched
C. Stopped
D. Moved
E. Convened

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Read the following text to answer questions number 1 to 3.

Singapore to Develop Marine Tourism in Riau Islands of Indonesia

1. Singapore is interested in making investment in ....

A. Tourism in the three islands in Riau

2. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

A. Singapore shows its commitment in developing the marine tourism

3. What is the generic structure of the text above?

A. Orientation-Backgroud Event-Source

Muhammad Syahril Mansyur, the Surakarta Health Agency’s respiratory illness

4. The text mainly tells you about ….

A. The increase of Indonesian smokers

5. Why does the growth of Indonesian smokers have to be concerned?

A. It decreases the selling of cigarette

6. One of the advantages of cigarette industry is ....

A. To cause people addictive

Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago. At the last UN conference on geographical

7. What kind of rights does Indonesia want to claim?

A. Water rights

8. Why does the growth of Indonesian smokers have to be concerned?

9. When must an island be exposed for it to officially be an island?

10. "Indonesia has embarked on the task of counting ...." (paragraph 1)

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