NEWS ITEM_ING_KELAS XII (KD 3.

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How can you get the news

1. Print media (news paper, magazine, journals)

2. Broadcast media (radio or television)
3. The internet (blog, social media)

A. Defenition : News Item Text is a text which informs readers about events of the day. The
events are considered newsworthy or important events.

News item text adalah suatu teks yang menginformasikan pembaca tentang peristiwa/kejadian
sehari-hari yang layak diberitakan atau penting.

B. Social function to inform the readers/listener about newsworthy or important events of the
day.”

Tujuan news items text adalah untuk menginformasikan pembaca tentang peristiwa/kejadian
sehari-hari yang layak untuk diberitakan atau penting. Dan kejadian yang diberitakan biasanya
adalah kejadian atau peristiwa terbaru.

C. Generic Structure

1) Headline. The title of the news

2) Newsworthy event: it’s a part of a text which tells about the main idea or the main topic
of the text.
3) Elaboration. It’s a part of a text which tells about the background of the event.
4) Resource of information (source): it contains comments by participans, witness and
authority expert of the event.
D. Ciri Kebahasaan News Item Text

Di setiap teks bahasa Inggris yang berjenis News Item Text, terdapat ciri-ciri kebahasaan seperti
berikut ini:

 Informasi singkat tertuang dalam headline

 Memfokuskan pada kejadian
 Menggunakan action verb
 Menggunakan material process

E. Every NEWS ITEM must have the answer to the 5 questions:

1. What happened exactly?

2. Who are the people and groups involves in the event?
3. When did the event take place?
4. Where did the event take place?
5. Why did it happen? (the reason behind the even)
Text 1 untuk Soal no 1 - 4

News Item Text 1

Two state-owned lenders — Bank Mandiri and Bank BNI — will build temporary houses for 400
families displaced by the recent strong earthquake that hit Sigi District, Central Sulawesi Province.
Second Assistant Secretary of Sigi District Government Iskandar Nontji informed that the temporary
houses for 100 families will be constructed by Bank Mandiri in the South Sibayala area of Dolo Sub-
district. Meanwhile, Bank BNI will erect the temporary shelters for 300 families in Jonoge Village of Sigi
Biromaru Sub-district that severely suffered from soil liquefaction during the 7.4-magnitude earthquake
that rocked the area on Sept 28, he noted.

The temporary houses will be constructed on pieces of land, owned by the sub-district
government, village, and community members, he stated, adding that the Sigi district government will
facilitate all related parties to sign a letter of agreement.
“We are going to provide a letter of agreement that will be signed by all related parties to avoid any
unexpected eventuality in the future,” he explained. (Antara, 17th October, 2018)

Artinya
Dua pemberi pinjaman milik negara – Bank Mandiri dan Bank BNI – akan membangun rumah
sementara bagi 400 keluarga yang terlantar akibat gempa kuat baru-baru ini yang melanda Kabupaten
Sigi, Provinsi Sulawesi Tengah.
Asisten II Sekretaris Pemerintah Kabupaten Sigi Iskandar Nontji menginformasikan bahwa rumah
sementara untuk 100 keluarga akan dibangun oleh Bank Mandiri di daerah Sibayala Selatan, Kecamatan
Dolo. Sementara itu, Bank BNI akan mendirikan tempat penampungan sementara untuk 300 keluarga di
Desa Jonoge Kecamatan Sigi Biromaru yang menderita akibat pencairan tanah selama gempa
berkekuatan 7,4 yang mengguncang daerah itu pada 28 September, katanya.

Rumah-rumah sementara akan dibangun di atas lahan, yang dimiliki oleh pemerintah
kecamatan, desa, dan anggota masyarakat, katanya, menambahkan bahwa pemerintah kabupaten Sigi
akan memfasilitasi semua pihak terkait untuk menandatangani surat perjanjian.
“Kami akan memberikan surat perjanjian yang akan ditandatangani oleh semua pihak terkait untuk
menghindari kejadian tak terduga di masa depan,” ia menjelaskan. (Antara, 17 Oktober 2018)

1. What is the text about?

A. Building temporary houses for displaced family
B. Planning to displace the temporary house
C. Signing a letter of agreements to build a permanent house
D. New luxury house will be built by BNI
E. Assistant Secretary has built temporary houses
2. What can we infer from the text?
A. The temporary house will be built in the family lands
B. The displaced family will build 400 houses for two state banks
C. Shelters will be built by two state banks for the earthquake victims
 D. Bank Mandiri will be built in the South Sibayala
E. Bank BNI will be built by the earthquake victims in Jonoge Village of Sigi
3. What makes 400 families displaced?
A. Local government
B. 7.4-magnitude earthquake
C. Temporary shelters
D. 400 houses
E. Mandiri bank and BNI
4. “The temporary houses will be constructed on pieces of land.” The temporary word has antonym of
…
A. Momentary
B. Transitory
C. Limited
D. Permanent
E. Seasonal

Text 2 untuk Soal no 5 - 7

News Item Text 2

Yogyakarta (JP)- National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has temporarily diverted its flights intended for
Adisucipto Airport in Yogyakarta to Adi Sumarmo Airport in Surakarta, Central Java, after one of its
planes overshot an Adisucipto runway lane on Wednesday night.
“All of Garuda Indonesia flights heading toward Yogyakarta, for a total of 34 flights, now will [be
diverted] to Surakarta,” Garuda Indonesia VP of corporate communications Benny S. Butarbutar said in
an official statement on Thursday.
The flights include 10 coming from and going to Jakarta, three to and from Denpasar, Bali, two to and
from Makassar, South Sulawesi, and one flight from Surabaya, East Java.
The airline would provide a bus at Adisumarmo Airport to transport passengers to YogyakartA.
Garuda Indonesia is still evacuating the Boeing 737-800 NG, which slipped on the runway and overshot a
lane on Wednesday night. It carried 123 passengers, none of whom were harmed.
Garuda aims to finish evacuating the aircraft on Thursday afternoon. (bbn) Taken from :
thejakartapost.com

Artinya
Yogyakarta (JP) – Maskapai bendera nasional Garuda Indonesia mengalihkan sementara
penerbangannya yang ditujukan untuk Bandara Adisucipto di Yogyakarta ke Bandara Adisumarmo di
Surakarta, Jawa Tengah, setelah salah satu pesawatnya melewati jalur landasan Adisucipto pada Rabu
malam.
“Semua penerbangan Garuda Indonesia menuju Yogyakarta, dengan total 34 penerbangan, sekarang
akan dialihkan ke Surakarta,” VP Garuda Indonesia komunikasi perusahaan Benny S. Butarbutar
mengatakan dalam sebuah pernyataan resmi pada hari Kamis.
Penerbangan termasuk 10 yang berasal dari dan pergi ke Jakarta, tiga ke dan dari Denpasar, Bali, dua ke
dan dari Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, dan satu penerbangan dari Surabaya, Jawa Timur.
Maskapai ini akan menyediakan bus di Bandara Adisumarmo untuk mengangkut penumpang ke
Yogyakarta.
Garuda Indonesia masih mengevakuasi Boeing 737-800 NG, yang tergelincir di landasan dan melampaui
satu jalur pada Rabu malam. Ini membawa 123 penumpang, tidak ada satupun yang harmed.
Garuda bertujuan untuk menyelesaikan evakuasi pesawat pada Kamis sore.

5. What is the text about?

A. Redirect flights of Garuda Indonesia from Yogyakarta to Surakarta because of runway accident
B. Slipped plane accident in Adisucipto runway lane
C. Evacuation of Garuda Indonesia after its accident
D. Confirmation of Garuda Indonesia VP of corporate communication about overshot accident
E. The delay of Garuda Indonesia after one of its planes overshot an Adisucipto runway lane
6. It can be concluded from the text that ….
A. Adisucipto Airport will be closed after the incident
B. Because of the incident, Garuda Indonesia redirected Yogyakarta flights to Surakarta permanently
C. Garuda Indonesia supplied bus to support passengers from Surakarta to Yogyakarta
D. Garuda Indonesia had been finished evacuating its plane when this news was reported
E. There are a lot of passengers were harmed due to that accident
7. The reason why Garuda Indonesia diverted Yogyakarta flights to Surakarta is because of ….
A. Maintenance one of Garuda Indonesia’s aircraft
B. The accident of its plane which slipped on the runway lane
C. Many flights in Adisucipto Airport
D. The statement of Garuda Indonesia VP of corporate communications
E. The evacuation of Garuda Indonesia’s aircrafts

Text 3 untuk Soal no 8 - 10

News Item Text 3

(Reuters Health) – Half of all heart patients made at least one medication-related mistake after leaving
the hospital, and guidance from a pharmacist didn’t seem to reduce those errors, in a new study.
Consequences of mistakes – such as forgetting to take certain drugs or taking the wrong dose – can
range from side effects like constipation to more serious drops in blood pressure. Two percent of errors
were life-threatening.
Hospitals involved in the study were already taking steps to prevent medication mistakes in addition to
the extra pharmacist intervention, said Dr. Sunil Kripalani, the study’s lead author from the Vanderbilt
University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
“We were surprised to see that in spite of these efforts that 50 percent (of patients) were still having
these medication errors,” he told Reuters Health.
Although the pharmacist visits didn’t help the average patient, he added, certain ones seemed to benefit
– such as patients who were on multiple drugs or had trouble understanding health information.
As for traditionally lower-risk patients, he said other strategies to prevent errors may be needed.
Artinya
(Reuters Health) – Setengah dari semua pasien jantung membuat setidaknya satu kesalahan terkait obat
setelah meninggalkan rumah sakit, dan bimbingan dari seorang apoteker tampaknya tidak mengurangi
kesalahan itu, dalam sebuah penelitian baru.
Konsekuensi kesalahan – seperti lupa mengambil obat tertentu atau mengambil dosis yang salah – dapat
berkisar dari efek samping seperti sembelit hingga penurunan tekanan darah yang lebih serius. Dua
persen kesalahan mengancam jiwa.
Rumah sakit yang terlibat dalam penelitian ini telah mengambil langkah-langkah untuk mencegah
kesalahan pengobatan selain intervensi apoteker tambahan, kata Dr. Sunil Kripalani, penulis utama studi
dari Vanderbilt University Medical Center di Nashville, Tennessee.
“Kami terkejut melihat bahwa terlepas dari upaya ini bahwa 50 persen (pasien) masih mengalami
kesalahan pengobatan ini,” katanya kepada Reuters Health.
Meskipun kunjungan apoteker tidak membantu pasien rata-rata, ia menambahkan, beberapa manfaat
tampaknya bermanfaat – seperti pasien yang menggunakan banyak obat atau mengalami kesulitan
memahami informasi kesehatan.
Untuk pasien dengan risiko yang lebih rendah, ia mengatakan strategi lain untuk mencegah kesalahan
mungkin diperlukan.

8. What does the text tell us about?

A. The patient’s medication errors
B. The hospital’s medical treatments
C. The doctor’s medical treatment
D. The uncontrolled medical treatment
E. The pharmacist’s medication mistakes
9. What is the effect of medication errors?
A. Bleeding on heart
B. Health information
C. Problem in healing
D. Life—long time
E. Life –threatening
10. “… and guidance from a pharmacist didn’t seem to reduce those errors ….” The “reduce” word is
closest in meaning to ….
A. Improve
B. Upgrade
C. Decrease
D. Degrade

Text 4 untuk Soal no 11 - 13

News Item Text 4

Growing Number of High School Student Smoking A survey has found about 13 percent of first-time
smokers in the country are junior high school students. It also revealed 89 percent of young female
employees were smokers. The survey was conducted in five major cities across the country, including
Surakarta in Central Java.
Muhammad Syahril Mansyur, the Surakarta Health Agency’s respiratory illness division, said that the
finding of the survey showed an alarming growth rate of Indonesian smokers. “This situation is a cause
for concern,” he saiD. “It appears the country’s younger generation is uneducated about the health risks
of smoking.”
The Indonesian anti-tobacco campaign has reportedly been deemed as ineffective as the government
refuses to sign the international convention on tobacco control. It said that cigarette producers
contributed to a large amount to state revenue and gave jobs to thousands of workers

Artinya
Semakin Banyaknya Siswa SMU Merokok Sebuah survei menemukan sekitar 13 persen perokok pertama
di negara tersebut adalah siswa SMP. Itu juga mengungkapkan 89 persen dari karyawan wanita muda
adalah perokok. Survei dilakukan di lima kota besar di seluruh negeri, termasuk Surakarta di Jawa
Tengah.
Muhammad Syahril Mansyur, divisi penyakit pernafasan dari Dinas Kesehatan Surakarta, mengatakan
bahwa temuan survei menunjukkan tingkat pertumbuhan yang mengkhawatirkan dari perokok
Indonesia. “Situasi ini memprihatinkan,” katanya. “Tampaknya generasi muda di negara ini tidak
berpendidikan tentang risiko kesehatan merokok.”
Kampanye anti-tembakau Indonesia dilaporkan telah dianggap tidak efektif karena pemerintah menolak
untuk menandatangani konvensi internasional tentang pengendalian tembakau. Dikatakan bahwa
produsen rokok memberikan kontribusi besar untuk pendapatan negara dan memberikan pekerjaan
kepada ribuan pekerja

11. The Indonesian anti-tobacco campaign has reportedly been deemed as ineffective as…. “ Paragraph
3) The ineffective word has similar meaning to ….
A. useful
B. useless
C. functional
D. to fail
E. fall
12. 89 percent represents the percentage of …
A. The number of female smokers
B. The number of student smokers
C. The number of smokers in Indonesia
D. Number of male smokers
E. the number of children smokers
13. Which statement is fault according to the text …
A. The Indonesian anti-tobacco campaign has reportedly been deemed as ineffective
B. Mohamed Mansour Syahril perkerja from the health department
C. First-time smokers in the country are junior high school students
D. Government agrees with the anti-tobacco convention
E. 89 percent of young female employees were smokers
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News Item Text 5

The Surabaya Police have arrested a man, identified only as MN, for allegedly buying an infant via
Instagram. MN was arrested at his house on Jl. Karah in Jambangan district in Surabaya, East Java, on
Sunday. He was found to have paid some Rp 3.8 million (US$250) for a baby boy when he was only three
days old. Surabaya police Chief Sr. Comr. Rudi Setiawan said recently that the transaction was
conducted in Semarang, Central Java, on Sept. 23. The baby’s parents live in Tangerang in Banten.
“The baby is now safe with the Surabaya administration,” Rudi said on Monday (The Jakarta Post, Tue,
October 16, 2018)

Artinya

Polisi Surabaya telah menangkap seorang pria, yang diidentifikasi hanya sebagai MN, karena diduga
membeli bayi melalui Instagram.
MN ditangkap di rumahnya di Jl. Karah di distrik Jambangan di Surabaya, Jawa Timur, pada hari Minggu.
Dia ditemukan telah membayar sekitar Rp 3,8 juta (US $ 250) untuk bayi laki-laki ketika dia hanya tiga
hari.
Kepala polisi Surabaya Kombes. Rudi Setiawan mengatakan baru-baru ini bahwa transaksi dilakukan di
Semarang, Jawa Tengah, pada 23 September. Orangtua bayi itu tinggal di Tangerang di Banten.
“Bayi itu sekarang aman dengan pemerintah Surabaya,” kata Rudi, Senin (The Jakarta Post, Selasa, 16
Oktober 2018)

14. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To inform readers about arrested man for buying an infant
B. To describe the important person for readers
C. To argue that arresting the man is important
D. To explain how police arrested the man
E. To convince reader that buying infant is illegal
15. What is the generic structure of the text above?
A. Orientation – Complication – Reorientation
B. Orientation – Series of event – Reorientation
C. Stating thesis – Arguments – Reiteration
D. Goal – Equipments – Steps
E. Newsworthy event – Background events – Sources
16. “MN was arrested at his house…” The underlined word refers to a house belongs to…….
A. The police officer
B. The arrested man
C. The infant parent
D. A Surabaya administration officer
E. A Semarang administration officer
17. “…for allegedly buying an infant” The infant word has similar meaning with ……
A. Adult
B. Teenager
C. Child
D. Grown
E. Man