26 Contoh Soal News Item dan Kunci Jawaban, What is the Purpose of the Text?

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News Item Text 1The Surabaya Police have arrested a man, identified only as MN, for allegedly buying an infant via Instagram.MN was arrested at his house on Jl. Karah in Jambangan district in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday. He was found to have paid some Rp 3.8 million (US$250) for a baby boy when he was only three days olD.Surabaya police chief Sr. Comr. Rudi Setiawan said recently that the transaction was conducted in Semarang, Central Java, on Sept. 23. The baby’s parents live in Tangerang in Banten.“The baby is now safe with the Surabaya administration,” Rudi said on Monday (The Jakarta Post, Tue, October 16, 2018)

1. What is the purpose of the text?A. To inform readers about arrested man for buying an infantB. To describe the important person for readersC. To argue that arresting the man is importantD. To explain how police arrested the manE. To convince reader that buying infant is illegal

2. What is the generic structure of the text above?A. Orientation – Complication – ReorientationB. Orientation – Series of event – ReorientationC. Stating thesis – Arguments – ReiterationD. Goal – Equipments – StepsE. Newsworthy event – Background events – Sources

3. “MN was arrested at his house…” The underlined word refers to a house belongs to…….A. The police officerB. The arrested manC. The infant parentD. A Surabaya administration officerE. A Semarang administration officer

4. “…for allegedly buying an infant” The infant word has similar meaning with ……A. AdultB. TeenagerC. ChildD. GrownE. Man

News Item Text 2Two state-owned lenders — Bank Mandiri and Bank BNI — will build temporary houses for 400 families displaced by the recent strong earthquake that hit Sigi District, Central Sulawesi ProvincE.Second Assistant Secretary of Sigi District Government Iskandar Nontji informed that the temporary houses for 100 families will be constructed by Bank Mandiri in the South Sibayala area of Dolo Sub-district. Meanwhile, Bank BNI will erect the temporary shelters for 300 families in Jonoge Village of Sigi Biromaru Sub-district that severely suffered from soil liquefaction during the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that rocked the area on Sept 28, he noteD.The temporary houses will be constructed on pieces of land, owned by the sub-district government, village, and community members, he stated, adding that the Sigi district government will facilitate all related parties to sign a letter of agreement.“We are going to provide a letter of agreement that will be signed by all related parties to avoid any unexpected eventuality in the future,” he explaineD. (Antara, 17th October, 2018)

5. What is the text about?A. Building temporary houses for displaced familyB. Planning to displace the temporary houseC. Signing a letter of agreements to build a permanent houseD. New luxury house will be built by BNIE. Assistant Secretary has built temporary houses

6. What can we infer from the text?A. The temporary house will be build in the family landsB. The displaced family will build 400 houses for two state banksC. Shelters will be built by two state banks for the earthquake victimsD. Bank Mandiri will be built in the South SibayalaE. Bank BNI will be built by the earthquake victims in Jonoge Village of Sigi