Soal Pilihan Ganda (PG) Hortatory Exposition

 The following text is for questions no 1-5.

                                                          Students’ Cheating

Students’ cheating is one of the biggest problems faced by teachers nowadays.

Despite the fact that teachers advise their students not to do dishonest acts during tests, some students still do cheating. There are many kinds of cheating that students do during the test or examination, such as looking other students’ work, put some notes under their clothes, write notes or formulas on their desks make hand signals or go to rest rooms to get the answers from their friends.

In my view, students who do cheating are committing a crime. It is a sort of taking something illegally. This crime causes negative results to the students. Students who always cheat deteriorate their mental capacity. Cheating acts also create dependence. They weaken their self confidence. Instead of preparing for the coming test, they are busy to organize notes on a piece of paper. If this awful habit continues, the students will lose their opportunity to develop their intellectual and mind.

Therefore, school should consider cheating as a very serious problem. School board and administration should go hand to overcome this matter. Honesty must be put in school’s vision. Harsh punishment must be applied to students who commit this crime.

1. What is mainly discussed in the text?
A. School policy
B. Harsh punishment
C. Cheating as a crime
D. Mental deterioration
E. Different ways of cheating

2. What will the school do to eliminate students who commit cheating?
A. Create a good vision
B. Select honest students
C. Make harsh punishment
D. Make students confident
E. Administer the school affair

3. “Students who always cheat deteriorate their mental capacity.” (Paragraph 3) The word “deteriorate” means…
A. support
B. worsen
C. cause
D. create
E. find

4. “They weaken their self confidence.” (Paragraph 3) What does the word “They” refer to?
A. tests
B. papers
C. results
D. students
E. teachers

5. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To persuade the reader or listener that something should or should not be done.
B. To tell the reader or listener that how to do something.
C. To inform the reader or listener about some cases
D. To persuade the reader or listener about the most important case.
E. To give opinion to the reader or listener related some cases.