Bloating Children and Corruptors

 Bloating Children and Corruptors

       It is a sad state of affairs when we learn from the print and electronic media that many skinny children in many places in Indonesia are lying helplessly with bloated bellies, in a severely malnourished conditions. Ironically, we also have learned from the same print and electronic media reports about massive graft involving huge amounts of money, perpetrated by smartly-dressed, smug officials.

       It will not be an odd thing if there are some people who question whether or not these smartly-dressed and smug corruptors who hold office in government and legislative agencies have ever learned of these cases of malnutrition, bloated bellies and poverty, which are rampant in this country. It seems that these people have lost a fraction of their conscience to take pity on their fellow creatures that have been beset by such a misfortune.

       These people should have realized that their disgusting corruption has sent many of their fellow countrymen to the abyss of poverty. Unfortunately, in reality, these smartly dressed people are living luxurious life and often spending their time and money abroad. Meanwhile, many of their fellow countrymen live in abject poverty. Don’t they feel embarrassed?

1. “It is a sad state of affairs when we learn from the print and electronic media that many skinny children in many places in Indonesia are lying helplessly …..”This part of the text is called the …..

a. Sequence of explanation

b. Description

c. Identification

d. Thesis

e. Event

2. What is the purpose of the text above? It is...

a. To tell the readers that there are many corruptors in Indonesia

b. To persuade government officials to stop corrupting

c. To persuade the corruptors to donate their money to the poor

d. To explain the process of corruption

e. To describe Indonesian corruptors

3. “Ironically, we also have learned from the same print and electronic media ...”The word “we” refers to …

a. The listener and the readers

b. The writer and the presenter

c. The viewers and the writer

d. The readers and the writer

e. The presenter and the readers

4. “These people should have realized that their disgusting corruption has sent many of their fellow countrymen to the abyss of poverty ….
”This part of the text is called the ….

a. Coda

b. Reiteration

c. Conclusion

d. Re-orientation

e. Recommendation