R E P O R T (Kelas IX)
à MATERI
Read the following text about
gorillas. After that read the text yourself and anwer the questions that
follow.
GORILLAS
Gorillas are
the largest of all the primates. A male gorilla can be 180 centimeters tall and
can weigh 200 kilograms. Gorillas are very strong but they do not often fight.
In fact they are peaceful animals. Gorillas live in small family groups of
about 15. In a group there is one strong, older male, some young males, and a
few females with their babies. They move slowly around a large area of jungle
eating leaves and bushes. In some ways gorillas are very like humans. When they
are happy, they laugh and wave their arms. When they are angry, they beat their
chests. When they are sad, they cry. But they cry quietly, without any tears.
Unfortunately,
people hunt and kill gorillas. They also cut down and burn their trees. There
are now only about 10,000 gorillas left in the world.
Questions:
1. How tall can
gorillas be?
2. How much can
they weigh?
3. Do gorillas
like fighting?
4. Where do
they live?
5. Do gorillas
usually live alone?
6. What do they
eat?
7. What do
gorillas do when they are happy? Sad? Angry?
8. How many
gorillas are there left in the world?
9. Why are not
there many left?
Elephants are amazing animals. Do you
agree? Complete the following sentences. Use the suitable words
1. Elephants
are the ______ land animals.
2. Elephants’
______ are strong enough to pick up trees.
3. Elephants
are good swimmers and use their trunks like _____.
4. Elephants
live together in _____ groups.
5. Elephants
______ each other when in trouble.
6. Elephants’
trunks are _______ enough to pick up flowers.
help (v) family (n) snorkels (n)
largest (adj) trunks (n) sensitive
(adj)
Study the words in the following list.
Then, read the report text and answer the questions provided.
Vocabulary list:
mate (n) :
pamer outstreched
adj) : terbentang
show off (v) :
ujung jari twirling (adj) : berputar-putar
cepat
DANCING
BIRDS
Many birds
dance to attract a mate, especially in springtime. From pigeons to parrots,
birds like to show themselves off by dancing. Have a look at the birds near
where you live and see what kinds of dances they perform. Ostriches are the
only birds which dance for fun. Early in the morning, the birds gather and
begin to dance in circles on tip-toes with their wings outstretched. Very soon,
the whole group joins in with the twirling dance. Scientists think that this
dance is purely an expression of joy at being alive!
Comprehension
questions
1. What kind of
bird is reported in the text?
2. Why do they
dance?
3. Which of the
following description is not correct?
a. Birds may
dance to attract their mates.
b. Ostriches
dance for fun.
c. Ostriches
dance without their friends.
4. When do they
dance?
5. Who says
that the ostriches’ dancing is an expression of joy?
6. The writer
uses a pronoun to replace a noun. What does ‘their’ in ‘their wings
outstretched’ refer to?
a. circles b. tip-toes c. ostriches
Study the text about sharks below.
Some words are missing. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box. You can
use one word more than once.
is are
have has leave
eat grow
depend breathe helps
SHARKS
A shark is a
type of fish that lives in the sea. It … one of the largest sea creatures.
There … over 350 species. A shark is shaped like a torpedo. It … rough skin
like sandpaper. Instead of bones it … elastic cartilage which helps them to
move easily. It can … up to 8 metres. Sharks … found in all oceans around the
world. The type of shark found will … on the water’s temperature. A shark … to
keep moving when it is asleep because it will either sink or suffocate.
It has to keep
moving because it needs to … through its gills to keep alive. When sharks are
hungry, they look for food. Different sharks eat different food. Harmless
sharks eat plankton but harmful sharks eat meat. Sharks … up to forty two
babies (which are called pups) at a time. When the pups … born, they … straight
away because the mother shark does not have teats. Some sharks … their pups in
different ways, some lay eggs while others … them alive. When they are born
they need to defend themselves because they have no one to help them.
Read the text , then, answer the
following questions in your words.
1. What is a
shark?
2. What shape
does a shark have?
3. Why does a
shark have to keep moving while it is asleep?
4. How does a
shark breathe?
5. What are
pups?
When you describe things, you will
usually use these verbs.
is are
have look
Fill up the
blanks in the text below with one of the verbs. You can use one word more than
once.
AMPHIBIANS
An amphibian
………….… (1) an animal that has moist, hairless skin. Amphibians …………….. (2)
cold-blooded, which means they cannot make their own body heat. They get warm
in the sun and cool off in the shade. The three main groups of amphibians
………………. (3) frogs and toads, salamanders, and caecilians. All amphibians
………………….(4) backbones. The three kinds of amphibians ………………. (5) very different
from
each other.
Frogs and toads
……………….. (6) legs but do not have tails. Salamanders ………………….. (7) short legs
and long bodies ending in tails. Caecilians do not ……………….. (8) any legs. They
…………….. (9) a lot like
big earthworms.
What Is a Report Text?
a.
The purpose of a text: To report something, just like the way it is. The
subject includes natural things, environment, social matters, or human matters.
Description of a general classification.
b.
Text structure:
•
General classification which includes the report’s subject, information, and
its classification.
•
Description of the subject.
•
Use of present tense
à TIPS MENGERJAKAN
à LATIHAN SOAL
Read
the text about AMPHIBIANS in pairs to answer these questions.
1.
The
text is trying to ….
a.
tell
me about frogs, salamanders and
caecilians
b. persuade me to like amphibians
c. describe amphibians
d. tell me that frogs are different
from toads
2.
The
text is written for ….
a. Botanists b. animal lovers
c. biology
teachers d. students
learning
biology
3.
The
text is written as ….
a. an
advertisement b. a letter
c. an article d.
a message
4.
The
verbs in the text are written in ….
a. the simple present tense
b. the simple past tense
c. the present perfect tense
d.
the present continuous tense
ROCK MUSIC
Rock
music is part of popular music today. It is played and listened in almost every
countries in the world. Rock and roll was the name given to the music that
developed in the early 1950’s. It is believed that the term rock
and roll was
first used by a
disk jockey,Alan Freed. In 1955, records of a young singer from Tennessee,
Elvis Presley, were heard across the US.
After
he appeared on nation-wide television, Elvis Presley’s singing and his
performing style came to mean rock and roll all over the
world. Then came Bill Haley and The Comets. Rock mainly became the music of the
young. They understood its beat and sound, and its lyrics.
The
1970’s were the time of big developments in the rock industry. Rock became a
very big business, earned more money annually than any other form of
entertainment including the film industry.
5.
What
is the best title for the text?
a. Music. b. Kinds of Music.
c. Rock Music. d. Music from Time to Time.
6.
What
is the main idea of paragraph one?
a.
Rock
and Roll was the name given by Alan
Freed.
b.
Alan
Freed was the one who used the term
rock and roll.
c.
Rock
music is played and listened in most
countries.
d.
Rock
music is part of popular music today.
7.
What
does the word “it” in paragraph one line 1 refer to?
a. Popular
music. b. Rock music.
c. Rock and
Roll. d. All countries.
8.
The
main idea of paragraph two is .....
a. in 1955
b. young singer
c. Elvis Presley’s voice was heard across
the US
d. young singer from Tennessee, Elvis Presley
9.
The
supporting idea of paragraph two is.....
a. Elvis Presley’s singing & his performing
style
b. After Elvis appeared on nationwide television
c. Bill Haley and The Comets
d. Elvis Presley’s performing style
10.
What
is the supporting idea of paragraph three?
a. Rock mainly became the big business.
b. The 1970’s were the time of big developments
in rock music.
c. Rock music vs film industry.
d. By the early 1970’s.
11.
Which
statement is not true based on the text?
a. Rock is popular among young people.
b. The term rock and roll wasn’t first
used by a
disk jockey, Alan Freed.
c. Rock became a very big business at
that time.
d. Bill Haley and The Comets sang rock
and roll
in their times
PUPPETS
Puppets have
been used for centuries in Indonesia to tell the stories of the ancient epics,
the Ramayana and the Mahabarata, as well as ancient myths. Modern stories also
utilize this ancient art form for contemporary audiences. Puppets fall into two
major classifications, wayang kulit the leather or
shadow puppet
of Central Java, and wayang
golek-wooden
puppets of West Java.
There are
several varieties of wooden puppets. Some expatriats enjoy collecting the same
character by various artisans, or all the characters in a scene or story, or
just characters that strike their fancy. Good guys, bad guys, gods, demons,
nobles, giants, clowns, princes and princesses and monkeys, all can be found in
traditional puppet forms. Less commonly seen are the Wayang
Klitik,
a flat wooden puppet.
12.
What
did the puppets use for centuries in Indonesia?
a.
Used
to tell the stories of the ancient epics and myths.
b. Used to tell the stories of ancient
art.
c. Used to form a local art.
d. Used to tell the characters of Indonesian
people.
13.
What
are the famous tales of puppets in Indonesia?
a. Wayang kulit and wayang
golek.
b Wayang klitik and wayang
orang.
c. Ramayana and Mahabrata.
d. Malin Kundang and Timun Mas.
14.
What
is wayang
kulit also
called?
a. Wayang
golek. b. Shadow puppet.
c. Skin puppet. d. Wooden puppet.
15.
Who
are enjoying to collect characters of Indonesian puppets?
a. Some
tourists. b. Some rich people.
c. Some elders. d. Some expatriats.
16.
What
can we found in traditional puppet forms?
a. Nature, animals, people.
b. Nature, kingdom, people.
c. Animals, people, demons.
d. Demons, nature, animals.
PERCUSSION
INSTRUMENTS
Percussion
means striking. All percussion instruments make musical sounds when struck by
the hands, by the fingers, or by some suitable implement. Bells and gongs, bars
of wood or
metal, and even
bowls and thin stones make fine percussion instruments. The orchestras of
Eastern people sometimes have a wonderful variety of these and other kinds of
percussion instruments, including
drums of every
size and shape.
But in Western
symphony orchestra percussion instruments are not very numerous. The bowl-shaped
kettledrums, or timpani, are .almost always present. They give a clear, definite
note and a sonorous tone that can be as soft or as loud as the player wishes. Other
types of drums may also be used. Cymbals are brass plates that are clashed or
jangled together. The triangle is a metal rod left open at the corner. The xylophone
is a row of wooden bars.
The glockenspiel
has metal bars that sound ringing and enchanting. It is often played by a
keyboard, called a celesta. Only the kettledrums are regular percussion
sections of the orchestra in Western music.
17.
Which
one of the following musical instruments is not a percussion?
a. Bell. c.
Harmonica.
b. Gong. d. Cymbal.
18.
What
does percussion mean?
a. Pressing. c. Twanging.
b. Striking. d. Blowing.
19.
Bell
is a hollow, metal vessel, usually , which makes a ringing sound when struck
with a hammer.
a. rectangular b. flat like a floor
c. round like a
ball d. round like a cup
20.
What
is a gong? It’s a
saucer-shaped bell made of metal, struck to give a ....
a. signal c.
warning
b. mark d. Message
21.
How
are percussion instruments in Eastern orchestras? They are .....
a. numerous b. not numerous
c. quite
numerous d. not very
numerous
22.
What
kind of percussion instruments are always played in Western symphony orchestra?
a. Bongo drums. b. Triangle.
c.
Glockenspiel. d.
Kettledrums.
23.
Cymbals
are brass plates. What is brass?
a. Plates that are clashed.
b. Plates that are clashed or jangled.
c. Plates that is jangled.
d. Plates that are clashed or jangled together.
24.
Timpani
when struck can give a soft or loud tone. Why? Because it depends on what tone
the player .
a. plans c. needs
b. wishes d. Decides
25.
“...sound
ringing and enchanting. The
Indonesian equivalent of the English word enchanting is . (Which
option is wrong?)
a. memesonakan b. memikat
c. mengusik d. menawan
hati
HOTELS
People
sometimes need hotels if they travel far from homes. They sometimes need hotels
when they arrive in cities late at night and they do not have any relatives
there. Hotels are places that provide lodging and usually meals and various
personal services for the public. A good hotel provides many comforts and
conveniences. Travel is usually safe and pleasant. Hotels with hundreds of
rooms are common.
People can find
the advertisements of the hotels in newspapers, brochures, the internet, and
magazines. Downtown hotels survive and prosper because of two important
factors. First, business travellers wish to stay close to the offices or
industrial plants they plan to visit. Second, the location of the airport is
close to the hotels.
As the pace of
jet travel grows, hotels spring up near airports. Some travellers stay at
airport inns
when their
fiights are delayed. To save time, business executives often select airport
hotels for meetings or conferences. Once the plane lands, the hotel is only
minutes away.
26.
Which
hotels can survive and prosper more?
a. Big hotels. b. Small hotels.
c. Luxurious
hotels. d. Downtown hotels.
27.
What
does survive
mean?
Except...
a. Go bankrupt. b. Continue to live.
c. Remain
alive. d. Continue
to exist.
28.
What
is the Indonesian word for lodging?
a. Losmen. b. Penginapan.
c. Penempatan. d. Tempat
istirahat.
29.
Hotels
are places that provide lodging and meals .... What is meant by meals?
a. Coffee, milk, tea.
b. Bread, butter, jam.
c. Rice, porridge, soup.
d. Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
30.
... various personal services for the public.
What does public
mean
in Indonesian?
a. Orang.
c. Manusia.
b. Umum.
d. Perorangan.
31.
As
the pace of jet travel grows, hotels spring up near airports. What does spring
up mean?
a. Bring. c. Leap.
b. Appear. d. Jump.
32.
Some
travellers stay at airport inns .... What is an
inn?
a. A building in which aeroplanes are
kept.
b. A place where whisky is sold and
drunk.
c. A public house where travellers may
eat,
drink, and sleep.
d. A large building where travellers
may get
meals and lodging.
33.
... when their fights are delayed. What does delay
mean?
a. Cancel. c. Arrive.
b. Retreat. d. Postpone.
34.
To
save
time,
business executives often .... What does save mean?
a. Set free from sin.
b. Keep from injury.
c. Avoid loss of time.
d. Keep for future use.
35.
Once
the plane lands, the hotel is only 10 minutes away. Minutes
away means
a very short space of ....
a. depth c. time
b. distance d. Length
SHIP
SINKS – ALL RESCUED
Penang, Sat.
The holiday cruise ship; Sun Vista sank in the Straits of Malacca yesterday
after its engine caught fire. The ship was on its way to Singapore from
Thailand. All the 461 passengers and 632 crew members were rescued. The fire
started in the engine room at about 2.00 p.m.
The passengers
were moved to the open upper decks for safety. Some passengers song My
Heart Will Go On while
black smoke was billowing from the engine room. The captain gave the order to
evacuate the ship at 5.30 p.m. to all crew.
36.
There
were passengers and crew members on the ship.
a. about two thousand
b. more than one thousand
c. four hundred and sixty one
d. six hundred and thirty two
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