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LATIHAN SOAL CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIP
A. Read the following text carefully. The text uses the form of cause and effect in delivering its argument.
After that, answer the following questions!
Long Drought 2011
Drought during 2011 has caused many problems. First, the people lack of clean water to either take a bath, wash
clothes of drink. Consequently, the government has to spend more expenditure in social welfare. Second, many
breeders do not find grass for their cattle, sheep and goats. As result, their animals get thinner day after day due to
lack of enough food. Third, many farmers who depend on rainfall can’t cultivates their land. Consequently, they do
not get regular income from agribusiness. This also causes the farmer labors of losing their jobs. Therefore, poverty
rate gets increased this year. Finally, the drought has a great impact on the water reservoir: dams, lake, Canal.
Their water levels go down of even totally dry. All of those conditions are clearly due to mono cause that is long
drought in our country.
Questions:
1. What is the first problem posed by the long drought in 2011?
2. What is the consequent of the scarcity of clean water?
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