Jawaban:

Reading Comprehension:

1. Main event/Newsworthy events:

• The eruption of Java' Mount Semeru
• Search and Rescue Operations
• The death toll from the eruption

2. Elaboration/Background Event:

• Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 270 million people, is prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity because it sits along the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, a horseshoe-shaped series of fault lines.

• Mount Semeru, in the Lumajang district of East Java province, spewed thick columns of ash more than 12,000 metres (40,000 feet) into the sky, with searing gas and lava flowing down its slopes after the sudden eruption. The disaster left entire streets filled with mud and ash, swallowing homes and vehicles in several villages.

3. Simple past tense:

• Mount Semeru, in the Lumajang district of East Java province, spewed thick columns of ash more than 12,000 metres (40,000 feet) into the sky, with searing gas and lava flowing down its slopes after the sudden eruption.
• The disaster left entire streets filled with mud and ash, swallowing homes and vehicles in several villages.

4. Saying Verbs:

• local officials said, and rescue operations are still under way.
• “So far, 34 people have died and 16 are still being searched [for],” Wayan Suyatna, head of the local search and rescue agency, told state media on Tuesday, raising an earlier death toll of 14. He added that nearly 3,700 people have been evacuated from the affected area.
• each spewing ash about a kilometre (3,300 feet) into the sky, authorities said.

5. Adverbs of Manner:

• as the nearby air is highly polluted and could affect vulnerable groups.

Penjelasan:

Jawaban dicetak tebal dan merupakan materi pembelajaran Reading Comprehension (pemahaman bacaan) dalam Bahasa inggris.

Main event/Newsworthy events adalah topik utama yang bernilai berita sehingga banyak orang tertarik untuk membacanya

Elaboration/Background Event adalah latar belakang dari sebuah cerita sehingga orang mengerti awal mula kejadian dari suatu situasi dalam sebuah cerita

Simple Past Tense dalam cerita tersebut adalah kalimat-kalimat yang menjelaskan aktivitas kegiatan di masa lampau dan menggunakan kata kerja bentuk ke 2 dalam Bahasa Inggris

Saying Verbs adalah kata-kata yang menunjukkan apa yang dikatakan seseorang dalam teks seperti: said dan told dalam teks bacaan pada soal

Adverbs of Manner adalah kata keterangan yang menjelaskan suatu aksi dan biasanya memakai akhiran "-ly"

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