Descriptive text : recreation places

Kediri is a name of a town. It is situated in a valley between the Kelud and Willis mountains and inhabited by about 1.3 million peoplE. In the centre of the town there is a large hill which is called the Dathok Mountain. Because of the topography of the region, Kediri is called a chilly town by the locals. There is a big river called Brantas cutting off the centre of the town.

Beside the temples, Kediri is also famous for its products like cigarettes and a special kind of tofu or bean curD. This highly nutritious food is delicacy of Kediri and has a distinctive tastE. The cigarettes factory dominates the town economy and employs the majority of the women labor forcE. Kediri and the cigarettes factory are inseparable and it is considered the biggest cigarette factory in IndonesiA. Most of the local people work in this factory. Those who do not work here are farmers or traders.

1. What does the above text tell about?

A. The history of Kediri

B. The famous products of Kediri

C. The description of Kediri

D. The people

E. 1.3 million people

ANS : C

2. Which one has a distinctive taste?

A. The cigarette

B. The special food

C. The bean curd

D. The highly nutritious food

E. Tofu

ANS : C

3. Those who do not work here …” (last sentence). The “those” word refers to ….

A. The local people

B. The factory workers

C. The farmers

D. The traders

E. Woman labour force

ANS : A

Venice is a city in northern Italy. It has been known as the “Queen of the Adriatic”, “City of Bridges”, and “The City of Light”. The city stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy.

Venice is world famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of 117 islands formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands on which the city is built are connected by about 400 bridges. In the old centre, the canals serve the function of roads, and every form of transport is on water or on foot.

You can ride gondola therE. It is the classical Venetian boat which nowadays is mostly used for tourists, or weddings, funerals, or other ceremonies. Now, most Venetians travel by motorised waterbuses which ply regular routes along the major canals and between the city’s islands. The city has many private boats. The only gondolas still in common use by Venetians are the Traghetti, foot passenger ferries crossing the Grand Canal at certain points without bridges.

4. What transport crosses the Grand Canal for foot passengers at certain points without bridges?

A. Gondolas.

B. Traghetti.

C. Waterbuses.

D. Lagoon.

E. Ship

ANS : B

5. From the text we can say that Venice belongs to a city of ….

A. water

B. ceremonies

C. buses

D. funerals

E. Gondola

ANS : A