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Read the text to answer the questions number 8 to 11

Land Reclamation
Land reclamation will definitely increase land areas for a certain country. More land has
been made available for development. More buildings and infrastructure can be built.
However, much greenery has been removed in order for the land needed. Land
reclamation can be damaging to corals and marine life. Corals are usually moved to another
place when land is to be reclaimed. The corals might not be able to survive in that certain
habitat, and thus die out. In several countries, where the project is large-scale, they do not even
bother to re-plant the corals elsewhere, instead just reclaim the land on their habitat, causing
them to die out immediately. Marine life, such as fish, might not have enough food after the
underwater plantations are destroyed due to reclamation of land. This applies to the food chain.
The water might also be polluted from the soil used to reclaim land, causing the fish to die and
blocking out sunlight, depriving the underwater plants of growth. Marine habitats are also
destroyed; therefore, the marine creatures would be forced to move to another new habitat.
Some might not be able to adapt, and thus die out. Some would just die without even finding a
new habitat, as they cannot move long distances in water.

Finally, the reasons and examples look tempting to humans, but marine life is life too!
We should to protect it as much as possible, instead of just focusing on the advantages.

Adopted from: Pusat Penilaian Pendidikan Balitbang Kemdikbud, Ujian Nasional Utama SMA/MA Program Studi IPA Bahasa Inggris,

Jakarta, Kemdikbud, 2019.

8. The purpose of the text is ....
A. to show different views about land reclamation
B. to influence readers to support land reclamation
C. to persuade readers to support land reclamation
D. to explain how important land reclamation is
E. to criticise about land reclamation

9. The readers learn from the text that corals should be replanted because ..
A. they can survive elsewhere easily
B. they make fish have their hiding places
C. they could block out sunlight for the fish
D. their habitat can be used to reclaim again
E. they could survive as the source of food for fish.

10. What do paragraphs 2 and 3 tell us about?
A. Both paragraphs tell us about the opinions that support and reject the idea of land
reclamation.
B. Paragraph 2 tells us about the opinion that supports land reclamation, while paragraph
3 tells us about its detail.
C. Paragraph 2 tells us about the opinion that supports land reclamation, while paragraph
3 presents the conclusion.
D. Paragraph 2 tells us about the opinion that is against land reclamation, while paragraph
3 presents the opinion that support it.
E. Paragraph 2 tells us about the, opinion that is against land reclamation, while paragraph
3 presents the conclusion.

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