Contoh Soal Review, Reading and Listening Surprising News

Contoh Soal Review, Reading and Listening Surprising News - Getting news is a significant part of our daily routines. People get news from the mass media such as television, radio, and newspaper. Today, in this information era, the Internet provides an abundance of sources of news. However, it is worrying knowing that nowadays, despite the loads of sources, people seem not to really care about news. This is quite an anomaly. We need to be more aware of news now that it is a crucial matter in this era of information.

In this information era, as there are abundant sources of news, the ability to acquire news effectively is highly required. The more we know the better chance we have to be successful. Our attitude toward news also has a significant role on how we receive and process information. We ought to be open-minded and ready towards any kinds of news, including surprising news.

As you have learned, surprising news can be either good or bad news; the effect is similar—it causes the recipient to be surprised. The difference is that good news may make the recipient relieved and happy while bad news may leave the recipient sad and shocked.
Here, we are going to focus on the skill of reading news and listening to a piece of news in popular mass media. In surprising news, the opening of the written news may contain the wrap-up points of the news, then, it may be followed by the details. Look at the following example:

NOTE. In the example above, you can analyze that the primary points are delivered in the beginning of the text and it then moves into the details in the following paragraphs. The similar structure applies in the news through audio.