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Mandiri: Bahasa Inggris
Mandiri: Bahasa Inggris
BAHASA INGGRIS 2
The Mary Celeste is a mystery ship. Something unexpected happened to it, and to this day, no one is sure of
the fate of the ship and its passangers.
Here is what little is known about the events leading up to the discovery of the ship. The ship was found
abandoned in the mid-Atlantic in 1872. On december 4, 1872, the ship was spotted by the British ship Dei Gratia.
The ship looked strange because the sails were not fully set and no crew members could be seen. Crew members
of the Dei Gratia took a boat over the ship, which left New York on November 7 with a full load and 10 people on
board.
The situation on the ship was quite mysterious. No one was on the ship; the ship had simply been left in the
middle of the ocean. No obvious reason why the ship had been abandoned. There were plenty of supplies, the
complete cargo was still on board, the crew’s belongings were there, and there was no sign of violent disaster.
However, one of the long boats and the captain’s navigational instruments were missing.
From the strange situation on the ship, a conclusion was drawn about the fate of the ship. The belief was that,
for some unknown reason, the captain along with his wife, his young daughter, and the seven crew members,
had decided to abandon the ship in the middle of the ocean, never to be seen again.
01. The suitable title for the passage is .... 04. The statement reflecting an opinion in
(A) A Mysterious Cargo the passage is ....
(B) The Mary Celeste and Its Passangers (A) the ship was found abandoned in the mid-
(C) A Ship’s Mystery Atlantic in 1872
(D) A Typical Voyage of the Mary Celeste (B) the cargo and crew’s belongings were still
(E) The Destination of the Mary Celeste complete
(C) there was no sign of violent disaster
02. According to the passage, what did the crew (D) the ship was abandoned for unknown reason
of the Dei Gratia find? (E) the ship had a full load and ten people on it
(A) A ship with full sails and no crew members
(B) A ship with no sails and few crew members 05. The word “abandoned” in line 4 can be replaced by
(C) A ship with sails not completely set and ....
few crew members (A) left
(D) A ship with sails not completely set and (B) broken
no crew members (C) sunk
(E) A ship with full sail and many crew members. (D) removed
(E) checked
03. Which of the following statements is true
according to the text?
(A) The ship was found at the harbor
(B) It was a passanger ship
(C) The ship was hijacked
(D) The ship’s instruments were still complete
(E) The ship was found sinking in the middle
of the ocean
06. What topic is the passage mainly concerned? 09. The subject of the paragraph preceding
(A) The characteristics fo good horses the passage could be about ....
(B) The conditions required for breeding horses (A) the nature of horse heredity
(C) The best way to breed horses (B) the appropriate place for breeding a horse
(D) The kinds of horses from different places (C) the economic value in breeding a horse
(E) The difference between cross-breeding and the (D) the requirements needed to breed a horse
Thoroughbred (E) the type of cross-breeding
07. It can be inferred from the passage that cold-blooded 10. According to the passage, which of the following
and hot-blooded horses are cross-bred for what is considered to be the finest breeding?
reason? (A) Darley Arabian
(A) Such cross-breeding was a safer means of (B) Thoroughbred
reproduction (C) Godolphin Barb
(B) Cross-bred horses are preferred by Arabs (D) Byerly Turk
(C) By cross-breeding, horses with desirable mixed (E) Ponies
characteristics could be produced
(D) Cross-breeding produced Thoroughbred
horses
(E) Cross-bred horses could be easily trained