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Smoking is. a bad habit that we must avoid. Commonly, most people start smoking because of peer pressure, depression, the need to lose weight, to relax, or to fit in. For young people, they usually start to smoke to feel better about themselves. They think that it is the only way to get through their problems. Actually, smoking is not good for our health. It causes lung cancer, bad breath, yellow teeth or nails, bronchitis, and other diseases But, mentally, if someone has been smoking, they can encounter some loss of concentration or balance that can affect their social life. Actually.smoking can become very addictive and kills more people than car accidents,marijuana, illicit drugs, suicide,murder, and other things. From the reasons above we can conclude that smoking is a bad habit that does not give us any advantages. 8. According to the text above, why do young people decide to start smoking? a. Because they think that it is the only way to get through their problem. b. Because they want to lose theirconcentration. C. Because they want to try it, even just one. d. Because they become addicted to smoking e. Because they just want to do it. 9. What is the main idea of the second paragraph? a. Smoking can lose our balance and concentr ation. b. Smoking can relieve stress and Text 4 is for no 11-12-13-14 Have you ever wondered how people get chocolate from? In this article we'll enter the amazing world of chocolate so you can understand exactly what you're eating. Chocolate starts with a tree called the cacao tree. This tree grows in equatorial regions, especially in places such as South America, Africa, and Indonesia The cacao tree produces a fruit about the size of a small pine apple. Inside the fruit are the tree's seeds, also known as cocoa beans. The beans are fermented for about a week.dried in the sun and then shipped to the chocolate maker. The chocolate maker starts by roasting the beans to bring out the flavour. Different beans from different places have different qualities and flavor, so they are often sorted and blended to produce a distinctive mix. Next, the roasted beans are winnowed. Winnowing removes the meat nib of the cacao bean from its shell. Then, the nibs are blended. The blended nibs are ground to make it a liquid The liquid is called chocolate liquor. It tastes bitter. All seeds contain some amount of fat and cacao beans are not different. However, cacao beans are half fat, which is why the ground nibs form liquid. It's pure bitter chocolate 11. The text is about __ a. the cacao tree The underlined word is close in meaning to __ a arranged b. the cacao beans C. the raw chocolate b. combined C. separated d. the making of chocolate e. the flavour of chocolate d. distributed e. organized __ a. the process of producing chocolate b. how to produce the cocoa flavor 14. How does the chocolate maker start to make chocolate? where chocolate comes from a. By fermenting the beans. the chocolate liquor e. the cacao fruit b. By roasting the beans. C. By blending the beans d. By sorting the beans. 13. ...., so they are often sorted and __ ded to produce __ " (Paragraph 3) blended e. By drying the beans. Source: www.topics.mag,con/readers/smoking forumhtm depression. C. Smoking can cause several disadvantages. d. Smoking makes people become addicted. e. Smoking causes many diseases. 10."Smoking is a bad habit that we must avoid" (paragraph 1). What cana replace the underlined word? a face. b. admit. C. prevent. d promote. e. encourage.
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8. a. Because they think that it is the only way to get through their problem.9. a. Smoking can lose our balance and concentration.10. c. prevent.11. d. the making of chocolate12. a. the process of producing chocolate13. b. combined14. b. By roasting the beans.
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8. Dalam teks tersebut, disebutkan bahwa orang muda biasanya mulai merokok untuk merasa lebih baik tentang diri mereka sendiri. Mereka berpikir bahwa itu adalah satu-satunya cara untuk mengatasi masalah mereka.9. Paragraf kedua berfokus pada efek merokok pada kesehatan mental, yaitu kehilangan konsentrasi atau keseimbangan yang dapat mempengaruhi kehidupan sosial mereka.10. Kata "avoid" dalam konteks ini berarti "menghindari" atau "mencegah", sehingga kata yang paling mendekati makna tersebut adalah "prevent".11. Teks tersebut secara keseluruhan membahas tentang proses pembuatan cokelat dari pohon kakao.12. Paragraf ketiga berfokus pada proses produksi cokelat, mulai dari fermentasi biji kakao hingga menjadi cairan cokelat.13. Kata "sorted and blended" dalam konteks ini berarti "dikelompokkan dan dicampur", sehingga kata yang paling mendekati makna tersebut adalah "combined".14. Dalam teks tersebut, disebutkan bahwa pembuat cokelat memulai proses pembuatan cokelat dengan cara memanggang biji kakao.