17.Reading Comprehension 39-41.

Questions 39-41 refer to the following information:

A great earthquake occured at 6:58 a.m. local time on Sunday, 26 December 2004. It triggered massive tsunami (SOO-NAH-MEE) that affected several countries throughout south and southeast Asia.
By December 30,2004 the dath toll from the Asian tsunami disaster had arisen to over 100,000 people and by 5 January 2005,the number approache 150,000.

39.In the Asian tsunami disaster,how many people were probably killed by the end of December 2004?

A.Less than 100.000.
B.More than 100.000.
C.Over 10.000.
D.Over 150.000.

40."It triggered....................(line 1). The word "it"refers to .......................

A.Local time
B.Southeast Asia
C.Tsunami
D.Earthquake

41.The antonym of the word "massive" in line 2 is ....................

A.big
B.large
C.small
D.thin

Difficult Words
affected.mempengaruhi/arisen.meningkat/approach.mendekati/
disaster.bencana/
earthquake.gempa bumi
massive.besar-besaran
occured.terjadi/

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