Descriptive Text Historical places Exercise

 Exercises

Maimun Palace is a legacy of the Deli Kingdom. Founded by Sultan Maimun Al Rasyid Perkasa Alamsyah who was the descendant of the 9th king of the Deli Sultanate. This palace was built on August 26, 1888 and inaugurated on May 18, 1891.

    Maimun palace building is a historical building which is evidence of the existence of the deli kingdom in Medan

    The yellow color that dominates the Maimun Palace symbolizes the Malay color, as well as the greatness of the Deli Kingdom in North Sumatra. Meanwhile, European influences can be seen from the lamp ornaments, chairs, tables, cabinets, to the sliding doors. One more thing, the shape of the doors and windows is wide like buildings in Europe

    The influence of Islam can be seen from the shape of the arc (arcade) on the roof that resembles an inverted boat (persian curve) which is usually found in buildings in the Middle East region. Until now, Maimun Palace is still well preserved.

    Maimun Palace building facing east which consists of two floors with three parts, namely the main building, left wing and right wing. Maimun Palace has an area of ​​2,772 square meters and 30 rooms.

1. What makes Maimun Palace so historic?

A. Maimun Palace is a legacy of the Deli Kingdom

B. Maimun Palace is the seat of Japanese government

C. Maimun Palace was never touched by the Dutch

D. Built recently

E. Has been used as a place of negotiation

Answers: A. Maimun Palace is a legacy of the Deli Kingdom

 

 

This museum is located in Ambarawa in central JavA. The musseum focuses on the collection of steam locomotivE. Ambarawa was a military city during the dutch colonial government. King Willem I ordered the construction of the new railway station to enable the government to transport it’s troops to Semarang. On may the 21st 1873, the Ambarawa railway station was built on 100,027,500 squares meter lanD. Back then it was known as the Willem I station. The Ambarawa railway museum was established much later on October 16, 1976 in the Ambarawa station to preserve the steam locomotivE. They were coming to the end of their useful life when the 3 feet 6 inches guard railway or the Indonesian state railway or Perusahaan Negara Kereta Api was closed. The steam locomotives are parked in the open air next to the original station.

2. Why was the Ambarawa railway museum established?

A. To build new railway museums.

B. To transport government troops.

C. To preserve the steam locomotives

D. To build a new government station.

E. To park the locomotives at the original station.

Answer: C. To preserve the steam locomotives

 

3. What was the Ambarawa called during the dutch colonial government?

A. A military city

B. A railway museum,

C. A new railway town,

D. King Willem I station.

E. Steam locomotives station.

Answer: A. A military city

 

Angkor Wat was faced a Hindu temple, a man of Budhist temple completed in Cambodia. It is the largest religious monument in the world. The temple was built by the Khmer King, Suryawarman II in the early twelveth century in Yosadapura, the capital of the Khmer Empire as this temple of eventual moslem. It is dedicated to Wisnu. It is designed to represent Khmer Meru, frame of the Devis in Hindu mithology within the mouth and has an outer wall which is 3 to 7 km long. It has three rectangular galleries which races about the neck. At the centre of the temple stand Queen Cap of Tower.

 

4. In the twelveth century which Empire was strong enough to build the biggest temple of the world?

A.  Old Empire.

B.  Yosadapura Empire.

C.  Meru Empire.

D.  The King Empire.

E.  Khmer Empire.

Answer: E.  Khmer Empire.

 

Kediri is a name of a town. It is situated in a valley between the Kelud and Willis mountains and inhabited by about 1.3 million peoplE. In the centre of the town there is a large hill which is called the Dathok Mountain. Because of the topography of the region, Kediri is called a chilly town by the locals. There is a big river called Brantas cutting off the centre of the town.

Beside the temples, Kediri is also famous for its products like cigarettes and a special kind of tofu or bean curd. This highly nutritious food is delicacy of Kediri and has a distinctive taste. The cigarettes factory dominates the town economy and employs the majority of the women labor force. Kediri and the cigarettes factory are inseparable and it is considered the biggest cigarette factory in Indonesia. Most of the local people work in this factory. Those who do not work here are farmers or traders.

 

5. “Those who do not work here …” (last sentence). The “those” word refers to ….

A. The local people

B. The factory workers

C. The farmers

D. The traders

E. Woman labour force

Answer: A. The local people