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Berikut 30 contoh soal news item bahasa Inggris, lengkap dengan kunci jawabannya.

Baca Juga: 30 Contoh Soal Cerpen Pilihan Ganda Kelas 11 beserta Jawabannya

Text 1

Two 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).

1. What is the text about?

A. Building temporary houses for displaced family
B. Planning to displace the temporary house
C. Signing a letter of agreements to build a permanent house
D. New luxury house will be built by BNI

Jawaban: A

2. What can we infer from the text?

A. The temporary house will be build in the family lands
B. The displaced family will build 400 houses for two state banks
C. Shelters will be built by two state banks for the earthquake victims
D. Bank Mandiri will be built in the South Sibyala

Jawaban: C

3. What makes 400 families displaced?

A. Local governement
B. 7.4-magnitude earthquake
C. Temporary shelters
D. 400 houses

Jawaban: B

4. “The temporary houses will be constructed on pieces of lanD..” The temporary word has antonym of ……..

A. Momentary
B. Transitory
C. Limited
D. Permanent

Jawaban: D

Text 2

The 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)

5. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To inform readers about arrested man for buying an infant
B. To describe the important person for readers
C. To argue that arresting the man is important
D. To explain how police arrested the man

Jawaban: A

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

A. Orientation – Complication – Reorientation
B. Orientation – Series of event – Reorientation
C. Stating thesis – Arguments – Reiteration
D. Newsworthy event – Background events – Sources

Jawaban: E

7. “MN was arrested at his house…” The underlined word refers to a house belongs to…….

A. The police officer
B. The arrested man
C. The infant parent
D. A Surabaya administration officer

Jawaban: B

8. “…for allegedly buying an infant” The infant word has similar meaning with ……

A. Adult
B. Teenager
C. Child
D. Grown
E. Man

Jawaban: C

Text 3

Yogyakarta (JP)- National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has temporarily diverted its flights intended for Adisucipto Airport in Yogyakarta to Adisumarmo Airport in Surakarta, Central Java, after one of its planes overshot an Adisucipto runway lane on Wednesday night.

“All of Garuda Indonesia flights heading toward Yogyakarta, for a total of 34 flights, now will [be diverted] to Surakarta,” Garuda Indonesia VP of corporate communications Benny S. Butarbutar said in an official statement on Thursday.

The flights include 10 coming from and going to Jakarta, three to and from Denpasar, Bali, two to and from Makassar, South Sulawesi, and one flight from Surabaya, East Java.