Descriptive Text : Recreation Places

Losari beach is a beautiful beach and located on the edge city of Makassar. It is located only about 3 km from the center of Makassar (Karebosi Park). The beach used to be the longest café in Asia, because many cafes stand in along the beach, but now the cafes are collected in a special place so it does not spread along the coast. Charm of the beach is mainly seen in the evening when the sunset stands out. This is a major attraction of people’s coming to the Losari beach.

Every evening hundreds of people come to witness the panorama of red as the sun will disappear into the ocean, so do not miss the sunset at the Losari beach. If the sky is sunny, the scenery is absolutely perfect. Because of its location in a bay, the water of Losari is even often quiet as usual pool water.

Losari is its waterfront of Makassar. The lengthy of the beach is approximately one kilometer and it is a public space that can be accessed by anyonE. On this beach there is a park called the Pelataran Bahari (Marine Park), with semicircular area of nearly one hectarE. This place is a plaza with a clean floor for children to play and running around, while parents and teens sit on concrete benches to enjoy the sea breezE. From this place, you are also free to view out to the sea and watch the sunset slowly turns reddish in the line of the horizon. The reflected light also creates sheen on the surface of sea water.

The Pelataran Bahari also serves as the stadium of open water to watch the coastal waters in front of Losari beach. This coastal water is often used as a racecourse jet ski, boat races and traditional boat jolloro katinting, or become a transit point of rely of Sandeq traditional sailboats and yachts.

In Losari there are also a few hotels. Some of them qualified as a tree stars hotel. The hotel is offering panoramic beauty of the sea with luxury service treats. There are Losari Beach Hotel, Losari Beach Inn, Makassar Golden Hotel, and Pantai Gapura Hotel. All of the hotels located in Jalan Penghibur.

1. What is the main idea of the text?

A. Losari beach is a awful place.

B. Losari beach is a good place to visit.

C. No body visit Losari beach.

D. Many visitor on Pantai Gapura Hotel.

E. No one stay at Losari Beach Inn.

Ans : B

2. How many hotels does the writer mention?

A. Six hotels.

B. Five hotels.

C. Four hotels.

D. Three hotels.

E. Two hotels.

Ans : C

3. Where is Losari beach located?

A. Somewhere at Makassar City.

B. Locate at Jalan Penghibur.

C. Near Makassar City.

D. Far away from Losari Beach Inn.

E. Located only about 3 km from the center of Makassar (Karebosi Park).

Ans : E 

Bale Kambang is a small village in the Southern coast of East Java, seventy kilometers from Malang town and two hours’ drive from South. It is well known for its long beautiful white sandy beach as well as the similarity of its temple to the one of Tanah Lot in Bali.

In Bale Kambang, there are three small rocky islands namely Ismaya Island, Wisanggeni Island, and Anoman Island, those names are taken from “wayang” figures (Java traditional puppets). These islands are surrounded by Indonesian Ocean which huge waves frighten most overseas cruisers.

4. What makes Bale Kambang famous?

A. Small rocky islands

B. Long beautiful beach

C. Huge waves of ocean

D. Overseas cruisers

E. three small rocky islands

Ans : B

5. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

A. There are three rocky islands in Bale Kambang

B. Huge waves frighten many overseas cruisers

C. Names of rocky islands are taken from “wayang”figures

D. The rocky islands are in the middle of the sea

E. Small village of Bale Kambang

Ans : A