DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS

My Unique Pets

I’m used to having pets at home because my family is pet lovers. I have kept two turtles since February 2003. I put them all in one tank in my room.

The name of the male turtle is Donatello and the female one is called Rafael It is quite easy to keep them. They can survive  without  food for about two months. However, they need a comfortable place to live. They have to live with imported soil and plants, good water circulation and a piece of dry trunk in the aquarium. Inadequate conditions can cause not only stess but also affect their growth. The worst thing is they may even end in their death!

   The weapon of an adult turtle lies in its edge of the shell. He will use this weapon when he is disturbed while he is taking a nap.

1.Why is it dangerous to touch the edge of the turtle’s shell when he is having his nap?

   

2. “Inadequate conditions can cause not only stress but also affect their growth.” (paragraph     2)

   The underlined word can be best replaced by …  

 

3. What is the purpose of the text above ?

Suramadu Bridge

The Suramadu Bridge (Indonesian: Jembatan Suramadu), also known as the Surabaya–Madura Bridge, is a bridge with three cable-stayed sections constructed between Surabaya on the island of Java and the town of Bangkalan on the island of Madura in Indonesia. Opened on June 10, 2009, the 5.4-km bridge is the longest in Indonesia and the first bridge to cross the Madura Strait.

The cable-stayed portion has three spans with lengths 192 m, 434 m and 192 m. The bridge has two lanes in each direction plus an emergency lane and a dedicated lane for motorcycles. The first toll bridge in Indonesia, fares have been initially set at Rp. 30,000 (US$3 in 2009) for four-wheeled vehicles and Rp. 3,000 (US$0.30) for two-wheelers.

The bridge was built by a consortium of Indonesian companies PT Adhi Karya and PT Waskita Karya working with China Road and Bridge Corp. and China Harbor Engineering Co. Ltd. The total cost of the project, including connecting roads, has been estimated at 4.5 trillion rupiah (US$445 million).

Construction was started on August 20, 2003. In July 2004, a girder collapsed, killing one worker and injuring nine others. Work on the bridge halted at the end of 2004 due to lack of funds, but was restarted in November 2005. The main span of the bridge was connected on March 31, 2009, and the bridge was opened to the public in June 10, 2009.Within a week of the opening, it was discovered that nuts and bolts as well as maintenance lamps had been stolen and that there was evidence of vandalism of cables supporting the main span.

4.   Suramadu’s bridge also known as….

   

 5.   Suramadu’s bridge connects the island….

      

6.   Length of the Suramadu’s bridge is….

     

7.  The following statement is true, except ....

     a.   Suramadu’s bridge is also known Surabaya-Madura bridge

     b.   the long of Suramadu’s bridge is 5400 meters

     c.   suramadu’s bridge connects the islands of Java and Madura

     d.   bridge was opened on March 31, 2009

     e.   car charged at 30000 rupiahs

8. When the bridge was built?

  

9. Suramadu’s bridge have … tracks in one way.

10. the word " maintenance " means in Indonesian is .....