latihan soal 39

The text is for question no.46-50

      Daniel Defoe, the man who wrote Robinson Crusoe, published the first magazine. He had strong opinions about the British government’s policies, and he wanted to publish his ideas so that people could read them. In 1704 he started writing and publishing the Review. It appeared every week until 1713.

      Gradually other magazines were founded. Some lasted only a short time. Some have contonued to last up to the the present time.

      More than 25 magazines are published in Indonesia alone. Some small magazines are put out by two or there persons. But the large, general magazines are tremendously complicated operations.

      Magazines are sometimes classified according to periodic issue of a magazine-weekly magazine, bi-monthly magazine and monthly magazine. But the classification can be based on the age or sex of the readers. They are the gentlement’s magazine women’s magazine, boys’ magazine, and children’s magazine.

      There are various kinds of magazines now religious magazines, farm magazines, and magazines for doctors, bankers, teachers, druggists, and homemakers.

      Women’s magazine include articles concerned with family living, food recipes and dresses. Children’s magazine in a magazine for children. On its pages readers find stories, poems, and articles. Some articles, stories in serial form, sheet music, poems and declamations. Declamations speeches or reciatations with dramatic gestures.

46. …. published the first magazine

      a.   British Goverment

      b.   Daniel Defoe

      c.   Defoe and Gruose

      d.   Robinson Grusoe

      e.   Deni Crusoe

47. What is the main idea of the fourth paragraph ?

      a.   The first composer

      b.   The kinds of magazines

      c.   The parts of magazines

      d.   The classification of magazines

      e.   The kinds of magazine

48. We can classity the magazines according to the periodical issue and based on the age, sex, profession or interest. So, the review magazine belongs to ….

      a.   age                     d.   sex

      b.   interest               e.   possession

      c.   profession

49. “Some have continued to last up the present time” (paragraph 2)

      The underlined words means ….

a.    already stopeed

b.    only in a short time

c.    up to now

d.    uncontinuously

e.    until now

50. The review magazine published for …. years.

      a.   10                       d.   1704

      b.   25                       e.   1713

      c.   1714