Goverment Reduce Freeport’s Output
Jakarta:Freeport-MC-Moran
Copper & gold inc., the world’s second-largest copper producer, had
it is maximum ore producer permit in Indonesia cut 26 percent on
environmental concerns.
The Government only approves a Freeport
ore output this year of 220,000 tons a day to reduce the impact the
impact on the environment,” Witoro S Soelarno, head of mine inspection
at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, said. The previous limit
was 300,000 tons a day, he said.
Phoenix-based Freeport produced on average 229,000 of copper and gold ore a day from its Grasberg mine in 2006.
Freeport’s copper ore output in the fourth quarter of 2007 fell to 926
million of recoverable pounds from 1,044 million of recoverable pounds a
year earlier, the company said on its Website. Gold output in the
quarter dropped to 186,000 of recoverable ounce from 554, 000 of
recoverable ounces, it said. Bloomberg
1. What kind of this text above?
a. Descriptive text d. News items
b. Narrative text e. Procedure text
c. Recount text
2. What is the purpose of this text?
a. To describe a thing d. To inform the reader
b. To entertain the reader e. To tell how to make something
c. To tell the past events
3. How many of output that approved by Government for Freeport?
a. 300,000 tons/day d. 186, 000 tons/day
b. 229,000 tons/day e. 544,000 tons/day
c. 220,000 tons/day
4. Why Government reduce the Freeport’s output?
a To reduce the impact on the environment d. Because Freeport don’t pay the tax
b. To get a little output e. Because the president said it.
c. To save for next generation
5. How many the previous limit for Freeport’s output in a day?
a. 300,000 tons/day d. 186, 000 tons/day
b. 229,000 tons/day e. 544,000 tons/day
c. 220,000 tons/day
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The underlined word expresses……
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c. Sadness
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c. The history of Borobudur
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b. Report d. News item
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a. Borobudur is built as a single large stupa
b. Borobudur is a single large stupa
c. It has eight levels
d. The stupa on the top most level contain statues of Buddha
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a. The foundation is a circle
b. The upper three level one square
c. There are seventy small stupas surrounding on large central stupa
d. It will bring good luck for those who touch the statues of Buddha through the hole
e. Statues of the Buddha stands inside the pierce enclosures
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a. Entertain the readers
b. Inform the readers
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The italicized sentence expresses…
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