Kutai National Park
Kutai National Park is a lowland tropical forest in East Kalimantan, with a total land area of about
198.629 hectares.
Biodiversity and vegetation make Kutai National Park a great ecotourism destination for local as
well as foreign nature lovers and researchers. Mangroves, freshwater swamp forest, Dipterocarpaceae,
ironwood, ebony trees and orchids species can be found in the park. As well as a potential wealth of
flora, Kutai National Park also has a grand diversity of fauna. Primate groups like orangutan, gibbon,
proboscis monkeys and long-tailed macaques and other animals like Kalimantan rhinos, deer, sun bear,
crocodiles and hundred species of birds live in the park area.
Kutai National Park has several tourist attractions such as Sangkima, Prevab and Kaba Bay.
Sangkima and Prevab are the most visited. Sangkima is located near the highway of Bontang-Sangatta.
Visitors can either see ironwood trees with a diameter of 2,47 meters or observe the animals in the
wildlife. Visitors can also test their courage by crossing a suspension bridge made ironwood.
Prevab approximately a 25 minutes boat ride up the Sangatta River, is one of important
orangutan research centres. There are many students and researchers conducting researches in this
area. Another attraction is Kaba Bay, which lies between the cities of Bontang and Sangatta, reachable
by speedboat. There are various coloured corals and a variety of fish in bluish green water. Settlements
of Bajau people are found around the pristine coastal forests of Kaba Bay.
1. What is paragraph two about?
a. A great ecotourism destination
b. Total area of Kutai National Park
c. Research areas in Kutai National Park
d. Flora and fauna in Kutai National Park
e. Tourist attractions in Kutai National Park
2. Why is Kutai National Park a great ecotourism destination?
a. It is the widest national park in Indonesia
b. It is renowned for its research centres
c. It has a great variety of plants and animals
d. It keeps the biggest ironwood trees
e. It is rich in natural resources
3. What can be concluded from the text?
a. The park covers more than two hundred thousand hectares land area
b. Only certain species of plants and animals are found in the park
c. There is a suspension bridge made of iron in Sangkima
d. Bajau people live around coastal forests of Kaba Bay
e. Visitors can see ironwood trees with a diameter of 2,47 meters in Prevab.
4. Where can visitors visit the orangutan research centre?
a. In Bontang
b. In Prevab
c. In Sangkima
d. In Sangatta
e. In Kaba Bay
As soon as we step into the museum, a fossil of a Blora Elephant (Elephas hysudrindicus)
greets us. It stands tall in the middle of the hall. This male elephant lived 165,000 years ago and
died at the age of 49. The discovery of this fossil is extraordinary, since 85% of the fossils remain
intact.
From this hall we have three choices to explore: to the left we explore Geology of Indonesia, to
the right we explore the History of life, to the upstairs to explore Geological Resources, Benefits and
Disasters.
Geology of Indonesia section exhibits the origin of earth. Here we will see the collections of
meteorites. The biggest meteorite exhibited is the Jatipengilon found in Madiun, East Java on March
19th, 1884. Its weight is 156 kg.
If you go to history of life gallery, we will see lots and lots of fossils here., from many different
time frames. The oldest fossil is Stromatolite from 3.5 billion years ago. This museum also has
trilobite from Pre-Cambrian period, a replica of Tyrannosaurus (T-rex) from Mesozoic and ancient
mammals from Indonesia, such as elephants from quarter period of Cenozoic.
A corner of this museum has quite detail information of the dinosaurs. Then, as a souvenir,
you just need to go to the 3D photo studio at Geo Museum Store and pose with the imaginary
dinosaurs.
Going upstairs to the second floor, we go to see the Geology for Human Life Gallery,
exhibiting the geological resources, their benefits for the mankind as well as disasters we will face
when they are used unwisely. This section is a modern gallery supported with audio visual
technology. The first exhibition is a short movie on how a volcano merge until it erupts. We can also
see many showcases of various minerals, both metal and non-metal.
5. What is the purpose of the second paragraph?
a. To describe the attractions of the museum
b. To introduce the museum to the reader
c. To describe the audio-visual technology
d. To describe the collection of meteorites
e. To describe the fossils of prehistoric animals.
6. What is the most ancient fossil you can find in the museum?
a. Trilobite
b. Stromatolite
c. Tyrannosaurus rex
d. Blora Elephant
e. The ancient mammals.
7. What can visitors do in the History of Life Gallery?
a. Learn about the origin of earth
b. Observe many geological resources
c. Learn about animals’ fossils
d. See a collection of meteorites
e. Take a 3D picture with dinosaurs
8. “The discovery of this fossil is extraordinary, since 85% of the fossils remain intact.” (Paragraph
one) The underlined word can be replaced by . . .
a. Strong
b. Hard
c. Whole
d. Full
e. Secure
Tikal
Tikal is a city and ceremonial centre of the ancient Maya civilization. The largest urban centre in the
southern Maya lowlands, it stood 30 km north of Lake Peten Itza in what is now the northern part of the
region of Peten, Guatemala, in a tropical rainforest.
The main structures of Tikal cover approximately 2.5 square km. Surveys in a larger area,
encompassing at least 15,5 square km, have revealed outlying smaller structures that were residences.
These, however, were not arranged in streets or in close-packed formation, but were rather widely
separated. It is estimated that Tikal had a population of about 10,000 people, but that the centre drew
upon an outlying population of approximately 50,000.
The site’s major structures include five pyramidal temples and three large complexes, often called
acropolis, these presumably were temples and palaces for the upper class. One such complex is
composed of numerous buildings beneath which have been found richly prepared burial chambers.
Pyramid I is topped by the temple of the Jaguar and rises to 45 meters, just west of Pyramid I and facing
it is Pyramid II, standing 42 meters above the jungle floor and supporting the temple of the masks.
Pyramid III is 55 meters high. Near the plaza of the seven Temples stands Pyramid V (57 meters). The
highest of the Tikal monuments is Pyramid IV 65 meters, which is westernmost of the major ruins and
also the site of the temple of the Two-Headed Serpent. Pyramid IV is one of the tallest pre-Columbian
structures in the western Hemisphere.
9. The text is about an ancient. . .
a. Lake
b. Tombs
c. Rainforest
d. Settlement
e. Monument
10. What is the weather in Tikal probably like?
a. Cold
b. Breezy
c. Humid
d. Arid
e. Snowy
