READING FOR ACADEMIC CONTEXT

Nama : Ikram jamil

Nim : 60403100320016
Class : PBI 3A Sukaraja
Lecturer : Annisa Awaliyyah, S. S., M.Pd

SKAMMING

Exercise 1
EXAMPLE

Here is an example from a newspaper article. Most of the article is not there. You
will only find a few sentences at the beginning and a few words in each
paragraph. But you should still be able to learn the general ideas of the article.
Read this article and try to answer the questions.
Big Macs in Mexico
McDonald's hamburgers are coming to Mexico. McDonald's is a world-
famous company .................................................................................... Started In
California .................................................................................................
.................................................................................... in Paris. Tokyo and
.............................................but not in Mexico.
Last year the Mexican government changed ............................................
................................. open some McDonald's restaurants .................................
.................................................................................................................
................................."Big Mac." the McDonald's specialty.
Some Mexicans are not happy .............................................................
.................................................................................................................
.................................................................................................................
....................................... eat only hamburgers and forget about Mexican food.

1. McDonald's is a
 a. kind of Mexican food.
b. Mexican company.
c. restaurant company.
d. kind of hamburger.
2. There were no McDonald's in Mexico because
a. Mexicans do not like hamburgers.
b. Mexicans only eat Mexican food.
c. there were McDonald's in other countries.
d. the Mexican government did not want them.
3. The "Big Mac" is a
a. restaurant.
b. kind of hamburger.
c. kind of Mexican food.
d. person who works for McDonald's.

Exercise 2

Skim this review as quickly as possible for the general ideas about the book.
Remember you only need to read a few sentences and words. Then try to answer
the questions. You should finish in less than 60 seconds.

Mother Teress
by Catherine Podijil (Scott, Fortsman and Company)

In 1979, Mother Teresa won the Nobel Prize for Peace. This book tells
about her life-long work with poor people and how she finally became famous.
The story begins with her childhood in Yugoslavia. She was born In 1910.
At the age of 18, she decided to become a nun. The Catholic religion was very
important to her. But for her, the most important part of the religion was helping
other people. She especially wanted to help the poor people in India.
She first worked as a schoolteacher in India. But her students were not poor
people. So, finally, she left the school. That was when she began her real life's
work. She walked the streets in Indian cities looking for people who needed help.
She gave them food, clothing or medicine.
After a while, other nuns began to help her. She built hospitals and schools
for the poor. She also started a special group of nuns called the Order of the
Missionaries of Charity. They began to work with the poor people in many
countries around the world.
Important people sometimes gave Mother Teresa money or cars for her
work. But the money and cars always went to the poor people. She lived very
simply and worked very hard. The Nobel Prize gave her $100,000. She will use
this money to continue her work.
This book gives many interesting details about her life and work. We may
not be able to give our lives to the poor like Mother Teresa. But we can learn a lot
from her.

1. This book probably

a. Is fun to read.
b. is good for children.
c. has a lot of useful information.
d. tells about the problems of poor people.

2. Mother Teresa is famous because she

a. is an Indian.
b. helps poor people.
c. has a lot of money.
d. is a schoolteacher.
3. People gave Mother Teresa money
a. because she was poor.
 b. so she could win the Nobel Prize.
c. so she could travel.
d. so she could help poor people.

Exercise 3
Skim this newspaper article. You should finish in less than 60 seconds. Then
answer the questions.

A New Drug for Heart Attacks

Doctors may now be able to stop many heart attacks. An important new
study reports that doctors have a new drug. This drug is called TPA. It may be
better than any other heart drug.
Many doctors now use a drug called Streptokinase. But this drug sometimes
causes problems for patients. It can even cause bleeding in the brain. Some
doctors do not use streptokinase. Streptokinase can save about of the people with
heart attacks. But TPA will save about %. This means many people. About 1.5
million Americans have heart attacks every year.
One reason TPA can help more people is because of time. This new drug is
easier and faster to use. It will give doctors more time in hospitals. Then they can
study the problem well. People with heart problems can also keep some TPA at
home. When a heart attack starts, they can take some TPA right away. Then they
will have time to get to the hospital. This is important because about 860,000 peo
ple in the United States die before they get to the hospital.
There is another reason why TPA is good news for people with heart
attacks. According to the study, it is much safer. It does not cause other problems
like streptokinase. TPA works only on the heart. It does not have an effect on the
blood or cause bleeding, like streptokinase.
 Doctors plan to do more studies about TPA. They need to test this new drug
on many more people with heart attacks. But in a few years, many doctors and
hospitals will probably start using this exciting new drug.

1. The new drug is

a. the same as streptokinase.
b. better than streptokinase.
c. called streptokinase.
d. bad for people with heart attacks.
2. The study says, that TPA
a. is safer and faster than the old drug.
b. is very dangerous.
c. slower and harder to use than the old drug.
d. causes many problems.
3. This new drug may mean
a. more people will die from heart attacks.
b. the same number of people will die from heart attacks
c. fewer people will die from heart attacks.
d. no one will die from heart attacks.

Exercise 4
Skim this magazine article. You should finish in less than 60 seconds.
Then answer the questions.
Sports in the German Democratic Republic
(adapted from the World Press Review, October 1984)
Many East Germans are already thinking about the year 2000. That is an
Olympics year. The East Germans are very serious about the Olympic Games.
They want to do well in 2000, so they are get ting ready now.
 Teachers, sports coaches, and parents are watching children at play. They
are looking for children who will be good at sports. They say they can tell a lot
about a very young child. They can already tell if the child will be good at sports.
These children will have special training. The Germans believe It is important to
start at a very young age. The children may be only six or seven years old. For
two hours, three times a week, they will train at a sport.
When they are a little older, they may go to the children's Olympic Games.
These are specially for East Germans. The children come from all over East
Germany for these games. In 1983, for example, there were 665,000 younger
children and 332,000 teenagers at the children's Olympics. The children who win
are the best in the country. The winners at the children's Olympics continue to
work hard. Rene Holitz, 13, is one of these teenagers. She won a prize in judo.
Now she goes to a special sports school. Every morning she gets up at 6:30. She
goes first to her regular classes. Then she spends six or seven hours a day training
with her judo coach. She hopes to win the gold medal at the 2000 Olympics,
This is not an impossible dream. The East Germans often win many medals
at the Olympics. Their planning seems to work well. Probably they will continue
to win medals at future Olympics. And Rene Holitz may be one of the winners.

1. Many East Germans

a. have children.
b. are sports coaches.
c. care a lot about sports.
d. like to go running.
2. Rene Holltz probably
a. is a very unusual child in East Germany.
b. is not very good at sports.
c. is not very unusual in East Germany.
d. wants to study at the university.
3. The Germans believe you should learn a sport
a. when you are a teenager.
 b. when you are very young.
c. when you are in college.
d. early in the morning.

Exercise 5
Skim this magazine article. You should finish in less than 60 seconds. Then
answer the questions.
Women in China Today
(adapted from the World Press Reuteur, March 1985)
What kind of jobs do women have in China today? Well, here are a few
examples: Zhao Changbal is a manager of one of China's largest companies. Zou
Hon is the manager of a large restaurant com pany. Wan Shiren is an important
scientist who works in China's space program.
The list could go on. According to Zhang Guoying of the All-China
Women's Federation, women are now important to the country. She says the
government believes this too, China needs educated women to help make the
country more modern.
This was not true 50 years ago. Then, there were few women in important
jobs. Women worked mostly at home or in factories. But now there are more than
40 million women working in China. That is 40% of all the people who work.
These working women include many women who work in factories. But now
there are also many women scientific and technical workers-almost two million.
And about 7,000 of these women are professors, engineers, chemists, and
blologists. Some women are also working in important government positions, as
governors or ministers.
It was not easy for these women, says Zhang Guoying. She believes that
Chinese women have more difficulties than Chinese men. Women still have to
take care of their families. That means they really have two jobs. One is at their
office or factory and the othe is at home. This is the same problem women have in
many othe parts of the world.
The government in China is trying to make life better for women It is
building more day-care centers for the children of workin mothers. It is helping
women get a better education and find bette jobs. According to Zhang Guoying,
the future for women in Chinshould even be better.

1. In China today.
a. more women are working.
b. most women do not work.
c. fewer women are working.
d. women do not like to work.
2. Chinese women now
a. have jobs only in factories.
b. have few important jobs.
c. have important jobs.
d. do not work for the government.
3. For a Chinese women
a. life is now very easy.
b. work is now very easy.
c. life is still not easy.
d. families are not important.
READING FOR ACADEMIC CONTEXT
Nama : Ikram Jamil
Nim : 60403100320016
Class : PBI 3A Sukaraja
Lecturer : Annisa Awaliyyah, S. S., M.Pd

SCANNING

EXAMPLE
UNIT 2
Scanning
Look at the following shopping list to find out if you remembered to order bread:

Shopping List
milk
butter
ice cream
bread
bananas
broccoli
rice
potatoes
oranges

How many words did you read? Bread was the only word you needed to read. The
other words were not important. This kind of reading is called scanning.
You usually scan: a telephone book
an index in a textbook
a list of movies in the newspaper
the ads in a newspaper
the pages of a dictionary
You usually do not scan : a mystery story
a textbook for an important course
Important papers from a lawyer
a map for getting to a party
a question on a test

EXAMPLE
Scan the next page for the answers to these questions.
Work as quickly as you can.
4. How many chapters are there in the book? Chapter 5
5. Which is the chapter on the computer in the classroom? Chapter 3
6. On what page can you read about games? Page 46
7. Which part of Chapter 3 is about having fun with computers? 3.10
8. Does this book have an index? On what page? Yes, on p. 191
Exercise 2
GOING TO THE MOVIES
Look for the answers to these questions on the next page. Try to find the answers
as quickly as possible. Ask your teacher or another stu dent to time you. Write
down exactly how many seconds it takes you to complete the page. (Hint: The
movie theaters are in alphabetical order.)
Starting time
1. What movies are playing at the Pi Alley movie house?
“D.A.R.Y.L” “Secret Admirer” “Code of Silence” “Nine Deaths of
Ninja”
2. What is the address of the Beacon Hill Cinema?
1 Beacon St
3. What is the phone number of the Cheri Cinema?
536-2870
4. How many movies are showing at the Allston Cinema?
TWO
5. What can I see at 9 p.m. today at the Village Cinemas?
“Police Academic 2”
6. Is there a show Sunday morning at the Copley Place?
NO
7. Which theater is showing the most movies?
Copley Place
8. What is the name of the cinema on Stuart Street?
Cinema 57
9. What movie is playing at the cinema in West Roxbury on Sunday?
“Falcon and Snowman”
10. Where can I go to see "Police Academy 2"?
Village Cinema, Aliston Cinemas, and
11. When can I see "Secret Admirer"?
Friday at 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, and 9:30 p.m
12. Can I see "Mask" in the morning?
NO
Exercise 1
SCANNING AN INDEX

Look for the answers to these questions in the index on the next page. Try to find
the page numbers very quickly. Ask your teacher or another student to time you.
Write down exactly how many seconds It takes to complete the page. (Hint: The
Index is in alphabetical order.)
Starting time On what page(s) can you read about:

Page
1. TOEFL 132
2. Taste 53
3. Vocabulary v, 12, 28, 29 .......
4. Writing 63
5. sound 75, 76, 131 .........
6. stereotype 9, 14, 53
7. Time Magazine 118
8. University of Illinois 127, 128, 132
9. Andrew Wright 159
10. Garry Trudeau 66

Finishing time 02.30

Scanning time 04.30
Exercise 5
SCANNING A NEWSPAPER STORY

Scan this news story to find the answers to these questions, Work fast. Ask your
teacher or another student to time you.
Starting time 22:18
1. How many people died in the typhoon (storm)? 515
2. On what day did the typhoon begin? Monday
3. How many people lost their homes (were homeless)? 445.000
4. What is the name of the island that was hit? Panay Island
5. What is the name of the typhoon? Agnes
6. How many people are missing? More Then 400

Finishing time 22:20

Scanning time 3 menit

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Philippines Sends Aid
For Typhoon Damage
MANILA. Nov. 10 (AP)-The Philip
pine Air Force ferried medical teams
and relief supplies today to provinces
ravaged by Typhoon Agnes. The auth
orities said 515 people had died in the
typhoon and more than 400 were
missing.
An air force spokenman said more
than 163 tons of food, medicine and
clothing had been sent to the Visayan
region, 300 miles south of Manila, and
more aid was on the way.
The typhoon hit the region Monday.
The spokesman said helicopters were
rescuing people stranded by Bloods that
remained chest-deep today in some
areas of Panay laland, which appeared
to have been hit the wornt. Most of the
fatalities and missing were on the
Island, where 445,000 people were
homeless.
The Philippine National Red Cross
reported that 90 percent of the 86.000
houses in Capiz Province on Panay
were destroyed. Many of the dead were
children who drowned as 30-foot waves
smashed into coastal villages.
Exercise 6
SCANNING TWO NEWS STORIES FOR INFORMATION

Scan the two news stories to answer these questions. Work fast.
Starting time 22:22

4. How many astronauts walked in space? Two

5. On what date did this happen? Nov, 12
6. How much did the Palapa B-2 satellite weigh? 1200 Pouns
7. How many miles above the earth were the astronauts? 224 Mills
8. Who held the satellite for more than 90 minutes? Allen
9. What is the commander's name? Rick Hauk