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Kamis, 19 Juli 2012

Reading Time IV



A.     Read this passage carefully and answer the questions
Be Careful
More than 120 million motor vehicles (cars, buses, trucks, and motorcycle) travel on U.S. highways. Most of the people who drive these vehicles are responsible and careful. However some drivers are reckless, and dangerous to themselves and others. Each year in the United States, 50.000 people die in car accidents. Eight thousands of these are teenager. Car accidents injure almost two million people every year. Some injures are only minor cuts and bruises, but other are very serious. Some accidents result in the loss an arm or a leg. Others result in paralysis.

Talking about you:
1.      Do you drive a car or ride a motor cycle? Are you careful driver or rider? If you don’t drive or ride yet, do you want to learn? Why or why not?
2.      According to you, what are the factors of accident?
3.      What rules should the rider or driver follow in driving and riding? 


B.     Context clues

Use the context to help you define the term in bold.


1.    It’s best to have reliable employees. 
 
teenage
 
trustworthy
 
uncaring
 
untrustworthy
2.    It is best to avoid ridiculing others. 
 
to ride a horse
 
to make fun of
 
to care deeply for
 
to ride in a car
3.    Sometimes people won’t understand your abbreviations. You might want to spell them out. 
 
to set apart for a special purpose
 
highly skilled; proficient
 
referring to beauty

a shortened form or a word or phrase
4.    The pianist is quite adept. He plays beautifully. 
 
poor
 
highly skilled
 
wealthy
 
few skills
5.    Do you know who painted this work of art? I can’t see a name, so I guess it’s anonymous
 
wealthy
 
unknown
 
known
 
crazy

6.    The old-fashioned man has contrary views to his teenaged grandchildren. 
 
popular
 
opposite
 
gentle

kind

7.Use your best diction when speaking in front of a crowd. 
 
choice of jokes
 
choice of words
 
paper
 
clothing
8        Because children think they are immortal, they often act in dangerous ways. 
 
one who never dies
 
carefree
 
about to meet death

uncaring
9.       Are you a monoglot, or are you bilingual? 
 
able to speak one language
 
able to speak three languages
 
able to speak more than three languages
 
able to speak two languages

10.   Do doctors have an antidote to obesity yet? It is not healthy to be overweight.  
 
drug
 
cure
 
stop
 
delay






C.     Synonym



1. Remote

a. automatic
b. distant
c. savage
d. mean

2. Utter most nearly means
a. express
b. defer
c. borrow
d. laugh

3. Foe
a. fellow
b. friend
c. pleasant
d. enemy

4. Fatigue
a. foretell
b. decide
c. tired
d. good

5. Vintage
a. classic
b. alcoholic
c. disease
d. spoiled



D.   Antonym


1. Homogeneous
a. alike
b. indifferent
c. polite
d. unalike

2. Secret
a. friendly
b. covert
c. hidden
d. overt

3. Common
a. strange
b. uneasy
c. quick
d. fast

4. Continue is most opposite to
a. curve
b. argue
c. carry
d. pause

5. Hesitate
a. willing
b. lazy
c. unwilling
d. doubt




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