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JAKARTA : The United States resumed on Tuesday its diplomatic missions in Indonesia after closing its doors on Thursday last week due to heightened fears of a terror attack.

The U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, the Consulate General in Surabaya, and the Consular offices in Bali and Medan reopened to the public on Tuesday, but maintained the travel warning for American citizens over possible attacks in Indonesia.

The embassy stated on its website that only visa applicants with appointments scheduled on Tuesday were allowed to enter. Visa applicants whose interviews had been scheduled on may 26 or May 27, may come for interview on Wednesday,

U.S. officials have declined to disclose the precise nature of the threat that prompted Thursday’s closures. Indonesian police chief Gen, Da’i Bachtiar said intelligence reports, which had reached him said terrorist groups might launch a strike on the U.S. Embassy as they possessed a map of the embassy - JP

1.       Based on the text, how long was the United States closed its diplomatic missions in Indonesia?

A.       Four days

B.       Five days

C.      Six days

D.      Seven days

E.       Eight days

2.       Why the United States closed its diplomatic missions in Indonesia?

A.       Because of the travel warning

B.       Because of fear of terrorism attack

C.      Because of U.S. policy

D.      Because of the U.S. diplomatic missions

E.       Because of the U.S. army

3.       The following are the U.S. diplomacy office that reopened to the public, except …

A.       The U.S. Embassy in Jakarta

B.       The Consulate General in Surabaya

C.      The Consular office in Bali

D.      The Consular office in Medan’

E.       The Consular offices in Bandung

4.       The embassy stated on its ….that only visa applicants with appointments scheduled on Tuesday were allowed to enter.

A.       Office

B.       Consular

C.      Website

D.      Consulate

E.       Diplomacy

5.       The closest meaning to the word prompted is …

A.       Possessed

B.       Driven

C.      Driven

D.      Encouraged

E.       Stated

F.       Took

SINGAPORE : A supervisor was jailed for two months for repeatedly striking his Indonesian maid on the head and back with a television remote. Muhammad Shafiq Woon Abdullah was brought to court in Singapore because he had physically hurt the woman on several occasions between June and October 2002, the Straits Time said. The magistrate’s court heard that Shafiq 31, began striking Winarti, 22, about a month after she started working for him. He hit her on the head with the TV sets remote control because he was unhappy with her work. On one occasion, he punched her on the back after accusing her of daydreaming. S.S. Dhillon, Shafiq’s lawyer, said that his client had become mad when he saw his daughter’s face covered as she was lying in bed. He said his client thought the maid had put the child in danger.

6.       The text reported …

A.       The arrest of a supervisor

B.       The working condition in Singapore

C.      An Indonesian worker in Singapore

D.      The Indonesian workers’ condition in Singapore

E.       A crime by a Singaporean supervisor towards his maid

7.       Which one of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?

A.       A supervisor was put in jail for two years

B.       The supervisor gave many kinds of jobs to the maid

C.      The maid has been working for him for two months

D.      Winarti struck the supervisor with a remote control

E.       The supervisor hit his maid’s head with the TV set’s remote control

8.       ‘…he physically hurt the woman …’  The underlined word is closed in meaning to ….

A.       Cut

B.       Injured

C.      Offended

D.      Punished

E.       Damaged

9.       Why did Shafiq punch Winarti on her back? She was accused of …

A.       Talking much time of herself

B.       Not working properly

C.      Working carelessly

D.      Daydreaming

E.       Being lazy

10.    The supervisor was put behind the bar for ….

A.       Forty days

B.       Fifty days

C.      Sixty days

D.      Seventy days

E.       Eighty days