NOVEMBER 16

JAKARTA: City officials will donate their annual bonus worth Rp. 330 million in total to a project helping develop fishing villages on Jakarta’s north coast.

Governor Sutiyoso said, Thursday, that some 80 high-ranking city officials had agreed to donate their annual bonus, popularly called the 13th salary because it is equivalent to one month’s pay.

He said that the money would be allocated in this year’s city additional budget and the paying out would be conducted in September.

                                                                            (Taken from:” The Jakarta Post,”2006)

1. What is the text about?

       a. The plan of Governor Sutiyoso to help other people

       b. The project development on fishing villages

       c. The annual bonus of high-ranking officials

       d. The donation of the annual bonus for the development of fishing villages

       e. The paying out of the donation will be conducted in

           September

2. What do you call the first paragraph of the text?

       a. Orientation

       b. Thesis

       c. Newsworthy event

       d. General classification

       e. Identification

3. Which statement is not true according to the text?

a. There is a project helping develop fishing villages

b. Some high-ranking city officials had agreed to donate their annual bonus.

c. Governor Sutiyoso supported the program.

d. The donation would be channeled directly to the needy

e. The paying out will be conducted in September            

4. The organization of the text consists of . . . 

a. Issue - arguments for - arguments against - conclusion

b. Thesis - arguments - reiteration

c. Thesis - arguments - recommendation

d. General statement - a sequence of explanations - closing.

e. Newsworthy events - background events - sources

5. The synonym of the word 'donate' is . . .

a. Waste

b. Spend

c. Give
d. Spread

e. Distribute

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