Contoh Latihan Soal 5

16.     The text tells us about …

a.    clean water

b.    ground water

c.    the use of water

d.    sources of water

e.    the governmental water supply (PAM)

17.    … people should conserve the water (par.3). The underlined word means …

a.    harm

b.    flow

c.    manage

d.    keep away

e.    keep from lost or destruction

18.    Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the text?

a.    The quality of water must be good

b.    We use water for domestic purpose

c.    The surface water is obtained from the lakes

d.    Swimming-pool, public fountain belong to primarily use of water.

e.    People in Jakarta use ground water, PAM, and public hydrant primarily.

Text. 4

            A woman and her two children could not stop sneezing as heaps of kapok floated in the air around them. Even the afternoon downpour did not dampen their working spirit. With the silky fibers or kapok flying all around them and setting onto their bodies, they kept stuffing kapok into a large cloth bag to make mattress.

            Rasni 40 is one of the woman working in a mattress-making centre in Wanakerta mattress in Bajanegara village of Purbalingga district.   Almost all of the women in Wanakerta, which has population of some 350 families or about 1,200 people, works as mattress-makers.

            Since 1978 Wanakerta residents have been making mattresses in a very traditional way. To make one mattress they need stuffing, mattress cloth and thread. There are two kinds of stuffing with which they are familiar : kapok and fibrous  yarn called benglon which is made from textile factory waste. The products have a good market not only in Purbalingga but also in other urban centers like Surakarta, Tasikmalaya, and Jakarta.

            The mattress-making business in Wanakerta was pioneered by Mahwari, 50, and the late Rasmadi. Before trying their hands at mattress-making, they sold agricultural products in a number of areas in Java. When they were in a textile mill in Bandung, West Java they saw heaps of textile waste, the kapoklike polyester benglon fibers.

            The process of making a mattress in a traditional way is simple. “Before it is put into a cloth bag, the kapok or benglon must be first put in the sunlight so that it will expand, “said Rasni.

            Then it is put into a cloth bag of mattress size. The bag is sewn up with mattress thread. “When the mattress is ready, it will be again put in the sunlight  so that it will expand further, “she added.

            To make a single mattress, nine metres of mattress cloth, 20 kg of kapok or 25 kg of benglon and two rolls of thread, are needed. One mattress is sold at an average price of Rp. 90,000,-

            The mattress-makers handle heaps of kapok and benglon every do not wear protective masks, leaving them vulnerable to health problem. The biggest risk they is when unpack the stuffing, put it in the sunlight and fill the mattress bag.

19.    what is the text about ?

a.    The price of mattress

b.    The process of making mattress

c.    The Wanakerta residents

d.    The mattress business in Wanakerta

e.    The pioneer of making mattress in Wanakerta