News Item Text Quiz 1

 

JAKARTA (JP): Two women, both foreign nationals, were robbed Saturday night in a taxi they hailed in Kemang.

At around 9 p.m., the two women entered a taxi on Jl. Kemang Raya in South Jakarta. After driving for several minutes on the same road, the driver slowed the taxi and two men jumped into the backseat of the vehicle, entering from both sides.

Without saying a word, the well-built and neatly dressed men struck the young women as the driver sped away. The women shouted for help, but none of the other drivers or pedestrians on the busy street came to their aid.

One of the women said several people on the street saw what was happening but chose not to help.

“I thought it was safe to use the taxi, especially since I took it from the crowed Jl. Kemang on Saturday night,” She told The Jakarta Post.

One of the women was able to jump into the front seat of the taxi and then escape through the passenger door of the moving vehicle, suffering cuts, and bruises.

The other woman was driving around and robbed of all her belongings, including her passport, a cellular phone, cash, and jewelry, before being left on jl. Sudirman in Central Jakarta.

Another taxi stopped and the driver took the woman to the nearest police station where officers took her statement before taking her back to Jl. Kemang and then checking on her friend, who had been taken to Global Doctor medical center.

Media reports revealed there were 13 cases of robberies targeting taxi passengers in 2007, while there have already been six reported cases this year. Most of the victims are women.

 

1.      What is the main idea of the text above?

a.       Two women as victims of a robbery targeting taxi passengers.

b.      Reasons whether it is safe or not to take a taxi

c.       Samples of things robbed from taxi passengers

d.      People reaction to seeing robberies targeting taxi passengers

e.       Ways of escaping from a robbery in a taxi.

 

2.      What is the communicative purpose of the text?

a.       To explain why robberies targeting taxi passengers frequently happen

b.      To inform a robbery occurred to women as taxi passengers

c.       To discuss samples of things robbed by taxi passengers.

d.      To tell a story about a robbery

e.       To describe taxi passengers who became victims of robberies

 

3.      When the first woman managed to escape from the robbers, she was taken to . . . .

a.       A police station

b.      Her house

c.       A hospital

d.      Jl. Kemang

e.       Jl. Sudirman