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that it lows right out of the riverchannel. A lood hatikan kalimat berikut “The most common

from sea may be caused by a heavy storm, a high cause is because of the over capacity ofthe
tide,a tsunami, or a combination the three. body of water, e.g. river or lake. Jadi pada
Soil and vegetation absorbs most of the surface umumnya banjir disebabkan adanya aliran
water, loodshappen when there are lacks of trees air atau kapasitas air terhadap besar kecilnya
and the soil alone cannot absorb allthe water. The tubuh sungai.
water then runs off the land in quantities that
3. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
cannot becarried in stream channels or kept in
A. There are several types of lood.
natural ponds or man-madereservoirs. A flood
B. Floodshappen when there are lacks of
can also be caused by blocked sewage pipes
trees.
andwaterways, such as the Jakarta lood.
C. A flood from sea may be caused by a
There are several types of lood. Periodic loods occur
heavy storm.
naturallyon many rivers, forming an area known as
D. Flood is an overlow of water that soaks
the lood plain. These riverloods usually result from
or covers land.
heavy rain, sometimes combined withmelting snow,
Jawaban: B
which causes the rivers to overflow their banks.
Pembahasan:
A loodthat rises and falls rapidly with little or no
advance warning is called alash lood. Siswa menentukan pikiran utama. Pikiran uta-
Sourcehttp://www.belajarbahasainggris.us/2012 ma dalam paragraph kedua adalah terletak
pada awal kalimat paragraph tersebut “Soil
1. What does the text tell us about? pustaka-indo.blogspot.com
and vegetation absorbs most of the surface
A. The lood water, loodshappen when there are lacks of
B. The disaster trees …”
C. The river channel
D. The Heavy storm 4. A lood that rises and falls rapidly with little or
no advance warning is called a lash lood”. What
Jawaban: A
does the underlined word mean?
Pembahasan:
A. Slowly
Siswa menentukan gambaran umum. Teks
B. Swiftly
di atas menceritakan tentang banjir (lood)
C. Steadily
secara umum.
D. Gradually
2. What is the most common cause of the food?
Jawaban: B
A. The human behavior
Pembahasan:
B. The number of population
Siswa menentukan makna kata. Makna kata
C. The capacity of water low
di dalam kalimat ini berupa sinonim.
D. The number of vegetations
• Slowly (adv) = steadily (adv) = gradually
Jawaban: C (adv) = lambat, bertahap
Pembahasan: • Rapidly (adv) = quickly (adv) = swiftly (adv)
Siswa menentukan informasi tertentu. Per- = cepat

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