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the main idea for a passage, but only the author of the passage can create the topic

sentence.

Reading Selection

Text 1

Assistance in Preventing and Combating Corruption (KPK), Indonesia

The new Indonesian Government has demonstrated a strong political will to fight

corruption, yet, Indonesia is still perceived as one of the most corrupt countries worldwide.

Corruption, collusion and nepotism (KKN - Korupsi, Kolusi, Nepotism) are widespread in all

spheres of society. Government measures to combat corruption include the ratification of

the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) in March 2006, the establishment of a

special Court of Corruption in 2004 and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in

2003. KPK is a state agency with has reporting obligations towards the president, the

parliament and the state auditor. It has a strong legal mandate and is independent in its

operations. KPKs core mandates are repression (conduct, coordinate and supervise

investigations and prosecution) and prevention (education, research and development,

collection and dissemination of information, managing public complaints etc.). Furthermore,

KPK is actively involved in the governance reform debate. The commission has shown an

impressive performance with respect to its mandates. However, shortcomings at the level of

effectively implementing its tasks and exercise authority need to be addressed. KPK is

confronted with high expectations of the general public to successfully combat corruption.

The overall goal of the project is to support the establishment of an Anti-Corruption

Clearing House that is serving the prevention of corruption. It aims at building capacity for

the analysis of the causes and effects of corruption, for public education work and for

advising the government on preventive action with emphasis on supporting public

administration and civil service reform. Stakeholders involved in the project are government

agencies, civil society groups, media, universities and individual and researchers. The project

addresses three main tasks: i) Setting-up an active documentation centre; ii) designing,

establishing and maintaining database; iii) dissemination of information. The Clearing House

is expected to generate various types of information for different user groups in a systematic

way. This includes information for KPK staff via intranet, information needed in cooperation

with other state institutions via extranet and information that is addressing civil society viainternet.

The GTZ (Germany) contribution is mainly advice by short- and long-term experts,

training and logistical support. The project contributes to the Indonesian compliance with

Article 6 of the UNCAC.

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Questions

Answer all questions based on the passage you have read.

1. What is the main idea of the reading passage?

2. True False Indonesian government under the new President has performed an

action against a corruption.

3. True False Indonesia is one of the corrupt countries in the world but the

condition is not worse than other countries.

4. The acronym of UNCAC in the passage is possibly derived from _________

a. United Nation Convention Against Corruption

b. UN Convention and Corruption

c. United Nation Corruption And Collusion

d. UN Convention Against Corruption And Collusion

5. True False The corruption Eradication Commission is an independent agencyassigned to resport to thepresident of Indonesia.

6. There are two main tasks the KPK has to perform:

a. to conduct, coordinate and supervise investigations.

b. to educate and manage public complaints.

c. repression and prevention.

d. to get involved actively in the governance reform debate.

7. The result of the work of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) so far shows that it

has _________

a. done its job successfully.

b. not performed its function properly.

c. confronted the government policies.

d. done too far.

8. True False The GTZ contribution to Indonesia is legalized by one of the laws issued by

the United Nation.

Vocabulary

Complete the sentences with one of the following words.

widespread address

commission eradication

nepotism collusion

prevent corruption

combat disseminating

1. One of the acts of preventing corruption is by ___________ information about it in a

way of spreading the information widely.

2. KPK is a special ____________ formed by Indonesian government to fight against

corruption in Indonesia.


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3. Please __________ complaints to the manager, not to me. You came to the wrong

person.

4. The act of __________ means to put an end a crime including a corruption as the term

used in KPK.

5. It is better to __________ illness than to cure it. That is why you have to consume

healthy food and do exercise regularly.

6. We have an obligation to __________ corruption, collusion and nepotism in this country.

We have to fight against all of them till the end.

7. When you are in a high positon and you give a special favor especially employment to

your relatives, your act is called a __________

8. __________ is against any rule. It is a secret agreement or understanding for a deceitful

purpose.

9. What is considered as a __________ is not only the act of accepting bribes but also

offering the bribes.

10. Our country has to take a very serious action against TBC disease before it is__________ to all over the places and to all ages.

Reading SelectionText 2

SEA Games Begin with Corruption Claims

11 November 2011

The 26th South East Asian Games begin in the Indonesian city of Palembang today.

Preparations for the Games have seen many allegations of corruption.

Reporter

Karishma Vaswani

Picture 2.1 The torch relay for the Games went through Jakarta

Report

On the surfacethe sporting venues in Palembang look grand. But look a little closer, and

you'll see that organisers are still trying to get things ready in time.


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The roads are filled with dust, because of the unfinished work. Even the road signs need

some fixing.

Allegations ofgrafthavemarredthe Games from the start. Mohammad Nazaruddin, a

senior politician from Indonesia's ruling party has been accused of taking bribes worth

millions forawarding contractsto build the athletes' rooms. He'sconsistently denied the

allegations but the scandalhas cast an ugly shadow on the event.

Organisers admit the corruption scandal hasimpactedPalembang's ability to host a

successful Games. But officials say this is the best they can do, and are optimistic Indonesia

will deliver on time.

This is the first time Indonesia is hosting an event of this scaleoutside the capital city Jakarta.

Hosting the games is a huge matter of pride for the local people in Palembang and for

Indonesians aroundthe archipelago.

But the event has been tainted bythe all too familiar smear of Indonesian corruption.

Karishma Vaswani, BBC, Indonesia

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Questions

Answer all questions based on the Reading Passage 2 SEA Games Begin with Corruption

Claims.

1. What international event occurred on November 11th

, 2011 in Palembang?

2. How is the preparation on the surface?

3. Who has been accused of taking bribes for awarding contracts to build the facilities?

4. Apart from the corruption case, what do the officials say about the event?

5. How many times has this scale of event organized outside the capital city, Jakarta?

6. Who makes the report of the news?

7. What is the name of the institution the reporter works for?

Vocabulary

Learn the following words and phrases from text 2.

on the surface : if you take a quick look

graft : the dishonest use of political power and influence in

order to get money

marred : spoiled

awarding contracts : deciding which companies will be given a particular

ob

consistently denied the allegations : always stated that the things said about him werenot true


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Determiners always precede the noun they determine, but they have different positions

relative to one another. The most important category is that ofcentral determiners,

including articles. These may be preceded by, predeterminersand/or followed by

postdeterminers.

The function of determiners is to introduce noun phrases.

NOUN PHRASE

PREMODIFICATION HEAD

DETERMINERS ADJECTIVES

PREDET. CENTRAL DET. POSTDETERMINERS

all definite article (the) cardinal numerals

(one,two, three, etc)

red dresses

both indefinite articles

(a/an)

ordinal numerals (first,

second, third, etc)

green pepper

double demonstrative

determiners (this,

that,these, those)

next old building

half possesive

determiners (my,

your, his, etc)

last new engineer

twice genitive few big happiness

many another fewer tall etc.

such any fewest Japanese

what each little English

either less

every least

much more

neither most

no other

some own

what same

which such

whose

(Ek, 1985:115)

Exercise 1

Select the correct answer.

1. How ______ money did they steal?A. a little

B. few

C. much

D. many

2. A ______ of elephants destroyed the plants.

A. litter

B. troop

C. packD. heard


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3. On Sundays there is not ______ traffic along this road.

A. many

B. much

C. fewD. several

4. I gave her a ______ of flowers.

A. bouquet

B. suit

C. forest

D. cluster

5. How ______ books did you buy?A. much

B. few

C. many

D. some

6. He has spilt ______ ink on his clothes.

A. many

B. few

C. any

D. a little

7. A ______ of spectators cheered the players.

A. staff

B. crowd

C. crew

D. gang

8. There is too ______ sugar in that drink.

A. much

B. many

C. few

D. a little

9. It rained heavily. Only ______ children came to school.

A. much

B. many

C. a few


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D. a little

10. A flock of ______ crossed the country road.

A. cattle

B. sheepC. lions

D. wolves

Exercise 2

A. Identify determiners from the passage.

B. Identify determiners from the following paragraph.

It would appear now that some classroom instruction and practice is far from

enough to grasp a language. In Akikos case, it would appear that the right tools of the

language had not been given to her. The common, everyday expressions; the variety of

common idioms, accepted phrases with different meanings; and, informal, contracted

expressions and words have not come to be part of Akikos idiolect.

Writing Practice

Summarize the report of text 2 in 100 words. Remember to include the points the writer has

mentioned in the text.

Summary

1. The main idea of a reading passage is what the author wants the readers know about

the topic or the thing which is being talked about. Usually it is put in the beginning of a

paragraph or at the end of the paragraph.

2. A descriptive paragraph is a paragraph which consists of a description of a thing, a

person, a location, etc.

3. Determiners are divided into two: pre-determiners (which are put before a noun phrase)

and post-determiners (which are put after the noun phrase). The main function is to give

more explanation to the noun phrase.

Reflection

In this unit, you have learned how to identify the main idea of a reading passage, make a

descriptive paragraph, and identify determiners and use them in sentences. Put a check on

the column based on your own self-assessment.


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Objectives Achieved More practice

needed

To identify the main idea of

a reading passage

To identify determiners and

to use them in sentences

For more practice, you can access the following sites:

www.e-grammar.org

www.myenglish.com

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