Skill 1 example 9

Hurricane generally occur in the North Atlantic from May through November, with the peak of the hurricane season in September; only rarely will they occur from December through April in that part of the ocean. The main reason for occurrence of hurricane during this period is that the temperature on the water's surface is at its warmest and the humidity of the air is at its highest.

Text 10 for questions 33-37

Text 10

Satellite Space-eye does not look like the
satellites of the 1980's. It has large wings that gather
solar power. The power is for the motor. It keeps the
satellite in the same place above the earth. All the big
farmers in the area have paid for the cost of Satellite
Space-eye.

Text 9 for questions 31-32

Text 9

A supporter of the national education bill displays
a sign reading "Endorse the national education* bill
right now" to every motorist passing the back gate of
the House of Representatives compound in Senayan,

Text 8 for questions 26-30

Text 8
Read the following text to answer questions 26 to
30.



Gunung Tujuh Lake is one of the many lakes in
Kabupaten Kerinci in Jambi province. It is an amazing
tourist place to visit. The location of Gunung Tujuh
Lake is in Kecamatan Kayu Aro. It is about 50 km

Text 7 for questions 21-25

Text 7
Read the following text to answer questions 21-25,



The increasing employment of Indonesian women
workers comes mostly from middle-and-upper-income
families. This is because many of them have got higher
education. Today more than half of all women college
graduates are employed, compared to four out often

Text 6 for questions 17-20

Text 6
Read the following text to answer questions 17 to 20.
Reading


Cobain's Pain


Next month late Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain's
life will once again become public property, courtesy t
Riverhead Books. And true to Cobain form , "Journals"
which NEWSWEEK's Lorraine Ali described in last
week U.S edition as "a collection of handwritten diary
entries: letters, band memos, drawings, screeds and
cries from the heart" - won't be released without
controversy.

Text 5 for questions 15-16

Text 5

Read the following text to answer questions 15 and 16

The market is called a floating market because the
trade takes place on boats - in Indonesia they are called
klotok and jukung. This market has existed for over
400 years. In the past, people from inland areas brought
their agricultural produce or handicrafts to sell. They
bartered with people from the coastal areas. Nowadays

Text 4 for questions 11-14

Text 4

This text is for questions 11 - 14


The polar bear is a very
big white bear. We call it the
polar bear because it lives
inside the Arctic Circle near
the North Pole. There are no
polar bears at the South Pole.

Text 3 for questions 07 - 10

Text 3

This text is for questions 07 - 10


The Hen with the Silver Eggs

One day, in an Arabian city, a woman went to the
market and bought a beautiful L™ A few days later to
her surprise the hen she bought laid a silver egg. If the
hen could only be persuaded to lay more than one egg

This text is for questions No. 03 - 06

This text is for questions 03-06

University of Cambridge

Do you plan to study abroad? Don't hesitate.
Welcome to Cambridge University. Cambridge
University, an institution of higher education, is the

Reading for No. 1 and 2 UAN SMA

This text is for questions 1 and 2



We are announcing today that we are bringing the
Milestone and Ever Green brands even closer together.
Effective as of December 5, 2005, our official name
will be:

Skill 1. Example 8.

Fort Knox, Kentucky, is the site of a U.S. army post, but it is even more renowned for the Fort Knox Bullion Depository, the massive vault that contains the bulk of the U.S. government's gold deposite. Completed in 1936, the vault is housed in two-story building constructed of granite, steel, and concrete, the vault itself is made of steel and concrete and has a door that weights more than twenty tons. Naturally the most up-to-date security devices available are in place at Fort Knox, and the army post nearby provides further protection.

Skill 1. Example 7

One identifying characteristic of minerals is their relative hardness, which can be determined by scratching one mineral with another. In this type of test, a harder mineral can scratch a softer one, but a softer mineral is unable to scratch the harder one. The Mohs' hardness scale is used to rank minerals according to hardness. Ten minerals are listed in this scale, ranging from talc with a hardness of 1 to diamond with a hardness of 10. On this scale, quartz (number 7) is harder than feldspar (number 6) and is therefore able to scratch it; however, feldspar is unable to make a mark on quartz.

Skill 1. Example 6

Old Huntsville Magazine is currently working with a major film production company from London, England on doing a documentary about this story the magazine recently published. The story, "The Legend of Harris Lee Parcus," is about moonshining in North Alabama and traces a family's involvement in the business from the early part of the last century. Filming is expected to start in the early part of summer 2006. The story is reprinted here with permission from Old Huntsville Magazine. 

 

Skill 1. Example 5

When Spanish explorers first entered the area now known as Hollywood, Native Americans were living in the canyons of the Santa Monica Mountains. Before long, the Indians had been moved to missions and the land which Hollywood now occupies was divided in two by the Spanish Government. Acreage to the west became part of Rancho La Brea and settlements to the East became Rancho Los Feliz.

Skill 1. Example 4

Kuala Lumpur had its origins In the 1850s when the Malay Chief of Klang sent Chinese upriver to open new and larger tin mines. They landed at the confluence of Sungai Lumpur (now Gombak) and Sungal Klang and established mines at Ampang. Later, tin mines were opened at Pudu and Batu.

 

This trading post was a wild frontier town plagued by floods, fires, disease and the Selangor Civil War (1870-73). During this time, Kapitan Cina Yap Ah Loy emerged as a leader, responsible for the survival and growth of the town. In 1880. in view of its strategic location, the Selangor state capital was moved from Klang to Kuala Lumpur. Nothing of this earlier period remains as all structures were of wood and atap (thatch) which were destroyed in the fire and subsequent flood of 1881.

Skill 1. Example 3

After Ayutthaya was burned by the Burmese army in 1767, the Thai army established Thonburi, a community of Bangkok as the new capital.  Bangkok was instituted as the new capital in 1782 by king Chakri, also known by his dynastic name Rama I.  After asking Chinese merchants to move to the Sampeng area, Rama I used the vacated land to build the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew).   Another thing he did was to give Bangkok a royal name, one that happened to include the title Krung Thep ("City of Angels"), which was what Ayutthaya had been called.

Skill 1. Example 2

The history of Seoul probably started in 18 BC, when it was chosen to be the capital of the Baekje Kingdom. After that it has been the capital of various rulers, which all gave the city a new name. 

The importance of Seoul as a city really started during the Joseon Dynasty. Former General Yi Seong-gye chose Seoul to be the capital of his empire in 1392. During the next 10 years Seoul grew into a real city, with 100.000 inhabitants. In that period Seoul was a city lead by the Neo-Confucianism philosophy of the Joseon Dynasty. Buddhism and Catholicism were banned into the mountains and the countryside. Till 1910 Seoul was controlled by this feudal system of kings, aristocrats, peasants, slaves and outcasts. 

Skill 1. Example 1

In 1880 the Southern Pacific Railroad, extending its line to the west, passed south of Castroville because the town refused to grant the railroad a bonus. Hondo became the county seat in 1892. Castroville citizens voted that year to disincorporate their town, and it remained unincorporated until 1948. In 1908 the Castroville school had 172 white students, twelve black students, and four teachers. In 1915 the old courthouse was converted into a school with three large classrooms.

SKILL 9. Determine Meanings from word parts.

SKILL 9. Determine Meanings from word parts.

When you are asked to determine the meaning of a long word you do not know in the
reading section, it is sometimes possible to determine the meaning of the word by
studying the word parts.