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Language Assessment Task. Post Graduate Program, University of Indraprasta PGRI. Jakarta

Part one

Choose the best answer to the questions :
Hurricane Irene hit southeaster Florida on Friday night, causing damage and destruction everywhere. The storm dumped 18 inches of rain on the area. The high winds that blew up to 85 miles per hour were responsible for the most of area. The winds knocked down tress and power lines, broke hotel windows, and damaged roofs. The wind also was to blame for ten serious injuries and several car accidents.
       
Much of the city was without electricity and water this morning. In fact, hundreds of people have no electricity. The hurricane caused severe flooding. Hundreds of people lost their homes or offices because of high winds and heavy rains. Some of the worst flooding was in Miami, where police sometimes needed boats to get through up to 4 feet of standing water. Thousands of acres of crops were damaged or destroyed in South Florida, which supplies 75 per cent of the nation’s winter produce. No one knows yet exactly how much money was lost in crop damage. “I could not give you an estimate of damage to the crops, but I would not be surprised if it were $ 100 million,” said the mayor of Miami.
       
Local officials called Irene the worst storm of the hurricane season for the area. It will take the people of Florida a long time to recover from the effects of this hurricane.

1. What is the text about?
          A. Hurricane
          B. Earthquake
          C. Tsunami
          D. Accident
          E. Typhoon

   2. Where did it take place?
          A. Southeaster Florida
          B. southern Florida
          C. southwester Florida
          D. Eastern Florida
          E. western Florida

3. The worst flood was in ………………
          A. Ohio
          B. Nevada
          C. California
          D. Miami
          E. Florida

4. “I could not give you an estimate of damage…………” another word for estimate is……….
          A. Prediction
          B. Calculation
          C. Judgment
          D. Consideration
          E. Evaluation.

       
Once you arrive in Bali, there are several ways to travel around the island. Taxis and rented cars (with or without drivers) are available through hotels and travel agents. Tour agencies and most hotels offer bus tours to major pints of interest. Motorcycle and bicycles are available for rent through agencies in Denpasar, kuta Beach, and Sanur Beach. Oplets pass through areas and offer inexpensive rides.   

Denpasar, the capital of province, is the location of many community temples and the Bali museum. Batubulan, reached in a short drive northeast of Denpasar, is the location of many sandstone shops. Celuk is the village just north of Batubulan where gold and silver work for jewellery and ornaments is done. The village of Barubulan specializes in traditional paintings and weaving as well as decorative wooden panels and screens.

Further north is Mas, many of Bali’s old master woodcarvers still alive, work of art. Ubud, an hour’s drive north of Denpasar, is the center of Balinese of painting. The Goa Gajah at Bedulu is an eleventh century monastery bearing many rock carvings, statues and bathing pools. The active volcano, Mount Batur, has  a beautiful view and you can hire the boat on its lake or just enjoy the scenery. Besakih, on the slope Mount  Agung, is the location of the largest and holiest temple in Bali which one must not miss. Northwest of Denpasar is Tanah lot, where you can see the most important see temple. Sea snakes found at the base of the temple on this rocky island, are believed to guard the temple.

5. What is the text about?
          A. Exhibitions
          B. souvenirs
          C. Tourism Resorts in Bali
          D. Entertainment
          E. Historical places

6. Where is the center of Balinese paintings?
          A. Kuta Beach
          B. Ubud
          C. Batubulan
          D. Denpasar
          E. Goa Gajah



7. According to the text, which of the following statements IS NOT CORRECT?
         A. Denpasar is  the location of community temples and museum
         B. There are some ways to travel around in Bali
         C. Batubulan is the location of many sandstone shops
         D. Tourists can hire motorcycle and bicycles to travel around
         E. Oplets offer expensive rides.

8. What is Besakih?
          A. Mount Agung
          B. A sea Temples
          C. a rocky mountain
          D. a temple
          E. a sea snake

9.  “Mount Batur, has a beautiful view and you can hire a boat on  its lake or just enjoy. Another word for hire is…………….
          A. Get
          B. Rent
          C. Buy
          D. Take
          E. Offer

Please follow the procedure in order to make a machine withdrawal from your City Bank checking or saving accounts:

1.    Insert your card face up into the card slot on the machine teller
2.    Inter your four-digit identification number on the numbered buttons
3.    Press the withdrawal button for checking or the button for saving
4.   Enter the amount of withdrawal, either fifty or one hundred dollars, on the numbered buttons and wait for your receipt to be printed.
5.  Remove your card from the slot. The drawer will open with receipt and your cash withdrawal in fifty dollars packets

All customers are limited to two withdrawals in one twenty-four period. If you attempt to
withdraw more than limited number of times, your card will be retained in the machine, and you
will have to reclaim it in person at your main branch bank.

10. All the following steps must be performed in other to withdraw money from your accounts   EXCEPT…………………………
     A. The identification number must be entered
     B. Your card must be inserted in the machine
     C. The amount of withdrawal must be entered
     D. The card must be reclaimed in person from a bank teller


Read these newspaper reports of missing person.
1. A 45-year old woman is reported missing from her park Street Home. The missing person, Mrs. Rose Levinson is five feet tall. Weighs 100 pounds and has short gray hair. She has a pale complexion and blue eyes. When last seen she was wearing a light brown coat, a green scarf and brown shoes.


2  Police are trying to locate Miss Elsie Pearson, Age 63, who disappeared from St. Margaret’ some for Elderly on Wednesday night. Miss Pearson is five feet four inches tall, weighs 150 pounds, and has short brown hair. She wears thick glasses has a light complexion, and brown eyes. When last seen she was wearing a short blue jacket, brown slack and black shoes.

3 Teacher. Missing. Mr. Stephen Drayton, age 35, failed to return to his Gladstone Drive  esidence on Saturday night. Mr. Drayton, who is 5 feet ten inches tall, weighs 155 pounds and  as short black hair. He was wearing blue sweater, jeans and running shoes when last seen.

4. Kathy Stazzo, age 5, is reported missing from her home on Thomas Drive. Kathy weighs 60  ounds is four feet tall, and has long black hair and dark complexion. She wears glasses. She was seen most recently on Sunday morning and was wearing a red dress with brown sweater and brown sandals.


5 Relatives of Mrs. Margaret Fairview report that she disappeared from her central street  partment on August 10 and has not been seen since. Mrs. Fairview is recovering from an  peration, and it is feared she may be suffering from a loss of memory. Mrs. Fairview is 75 and  bout five feet tall. She weighs 110 pounds and has curly gray hair. She wears glasses and has  ark complexion and brown eyes. At the time of her disappearance she was wearing a brown  weater, a long green skirt and brown shoes.

Part Two
 Write true or false beside each sentence
1. Kathy Stazzo is  pretty thin.
2. Mrs. Fairview is the oldest woman.
3. Mrs. Pearson is very tall.
4. Kathy Stazzo is very short.
5. Mrs. Pearson has poor eyesight.

How are you?
“Hello,” “How are you,” Good morning,” “Have You eaten yet? “Where are you going?” These are greeting which people use in different language when they meet each other. But what is greeting?

A greeting is away of being friendly to someone. It is a way of being polite. It is also a way of starting a conversation. In many languages a question is used as a greeting: “Where are you going?” “How is everything?” But questions like these are not real questions. They do not require a full answer or even a true one. In English, for example, the most common greeting is a question about person’s health:”How are you?” But we do not expect the person to tell us about their health when they reply. We do not expect them to talk about their headache or backache, if they have one. People reply to these questions with a fixed expression such as ”I am fine, thank you or “OK, thanks.” In the same way, in countries where people greet each one with “Where are you going?” a simple reply such as” just walking around” is sufficient. It is not necessary to describe where are you actually going.

  In most languages, a greeting is usually followed by “small talk” small talk means the little things we talk about at the start of a conversation. In English-speaking countries people  often make small talk about the weather “Nice day, isn’t it? “terrible weather, isn’t it? But there us something special about small talk. It must be about something which about people have the same opinion about . The purpose of small talk is to let both people agree on something. This makes meeting people easier and more comfortable. People usually agree about the weather, so it is safe topic for small talk. But people often disagree about religion or politics so these aren’t suitable topics for small talk in English. The topics for small talk also depend on where the conversation take place. At football game, people make small talk about the game they are watching: “great game, isn’t it?” At the bus stop people may comment about the transportation system” The buses are very slow these days, aren’t they?”

Greeting and small talk are an important part of conversation in any language. The way the people greet each other and the thing they talk about, however, may be different from one language to another. This show that there is much more to be aware of when we learn a language than just vocabulary and grammar of the language. We also have to learn the social behavior of the people who speak it.





Part Three
 Answer all these questions
1. What is greeting?
2. Do we need full answers to the greeting?
3. What is the most common greeting?
4. What topic is safe for small talk?
5. Why we have to learn the social behavior of the people when we study their language?