Latihan Soal | Bahasa Inggris untuk SLTA

Once upon a time there was a poor widow who had an only son named Gori. They were so poor that they did not have anything but a cow. When the cow had grown up too old, Gor's mother sent the cow with him to the market to sell it. On his way to the market, Gori met a butcher who had some beautiful beans in his hand. The butcher told the boy that the beans were of great value. He then persuaded the silly lad to sell the cow for the beans.

Gori brought the beans happily. When he told his mother about it, his mother became so angry that she threw the beans out of the window.

When Gori woke up in the morning he felt that the sun was shining into a part of his room, but all rest was quite dark and shady.

He jumped to the window. What did he see? The beanstalk grew up quite close past Gori's bedroom's window. He opened the window and jumped to the beanstalk which ran up just like a big ladder.

He climbed and climbed till at last he reached the sky. While looking around, he saw a very huge castle. He was amazed. Then Gori walked along the path leading to the castle. There was a big tall woman on the doorstep. Gori greeted her and asked for the giantess' mercy to give him breakfast because he felt very hungry. Although the giantess grumbled at first, finally she gave Gori a hunk of bread and cheese and a jug of milk.

Gori had not finished when the whole house began to tremble with the noise of someone's coming. "Oh! It is my husband!" cried the giantess. "What on earth shall I do?"

Hastily the giantess opened a very big cupboard and hid Gori there.

Answer the following questions based on the above passage!

1. Where did Gori sell his cow?
a. At a castle
b. At the market
c. At the giant's castle
d. At the butcher's house
e. On his way to the market

2. What is the story about?
a. Gori and a butcher
b. Gori and the giantess
c. Gori and beanstalk
d. A poor widow and her son
e. The giantess and her husband

3. "Oh! It's my husband!" cried the giantess. "What on earth shall I do?". From the sentence we know that the giantess is .... her husband.
a. afraid of
b. angry with
c. annoyed with
d. fed up with
e. displeased with

4. Gori's mother looked very furious when he told that ....
a. the beans were precious
b. the butcher bought his cow
c. he had sold his cow to a butcher
d. he traded the cow for the beans
e. he met a butcher on his way to the market

5. What do we learn from the passage?
a. Sincerity makes Gori get something precious.
b. Gori's mother was a furious mother.
c. Poverty makes people hopeless.
d. The giantess took pity on Gori.
e. Gori was an innocent boy.

Daftar Pustaka:
Sukur SG. 2008. Kumpulan Pembahasan Soal Ujian Nasional: Bahasa Inggris. Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Indonesiatera. hal. 30-31.

IPA | Empat jenis gas

Di dalam bidang energi kita mengenal macam-macam gas. Setidaknya terdapat empat macam gas yang perlu kita ketahui dan pelajari, yakni gas alam, cairan gas alam, petro gas cair, dan gas alam cair.

Gas alam terbentuk oleh campuran hidrokarbon yang memiliki daya tekan tinggi, daya kembang besar, berat jenis spesifik rendah. Gas alam merupakan jenis gas yang terhimpun di bawah tanah yang memiliki komposisi berbeda. Gas ini memiliki kandungan minyak bumi. Gas larut di dalam minyak mentah dan membentuk cungkup gas di atas kandungan minyak bumi tersebut. Meskipun demikian, terdapat pula pengumpulan gas alam yang lepas dari kandungan atau ladang minyak. Gas alam memiliki komponen utama methana (CH4), Ethana (C2H6), Propana (C3H8), Isobutana (C4H10), Butana (C4H10), dan Pentana (C5H12). Unsur lainnya yang terkandung di dalam gas alam meliputi nitrogen, helium, karbon dioksida, hidrogen sulfida, karbonil sulfida, merkapten, asphaltina, dan merkuri.

Cairan gas alam merupakan hidrokarbon yang terdapat di dalam akumulasi gas alam dalam bentuk cair yang bersuhu rendah dan bertekanan tidak terlalu ekstrim. Di dalam cairan gas alam, propana, butana, dan pentana memiliki bentuk cair dan terbentuk melalui proses pendinginan, penyulingan, atau absorpsi.

Petro gas cair dapat berupa gas propan maupun gas buatan, atau campuran dari keduanya. Salah satu bentuk dari petro gas cair yang kita kenal saat ini adalah LPG (liquified petroleum gas).

Gas alam cair merupakan gas alam yang susunannya didominasi oleh gas mentah. Gas ini dicairkan untuk memudahkan penampungan atau pengangkutan. Proses pencairan gas alam cair lebih sulit daripada proses yang dilakukan terhadap LPG karena memerlukan suhu hingga -162 derajat Celsius dan tekanan yang sangat tinggi. Gas Alam Cair yang mengalami proses regasifikasi (pengembalian ke bentuk gas) dapat digunakan sebagai bahan bakar industri, dalam bentuk listrik.

Daftar Pustaka:
Gayo I. 2008. Buku Pintar: Seri Senior. Jakarta, Indonesia: Grasindo. hal. 240.