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1 He smokes about 40 cigarettes a

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between
cups of coffee. Just before
bedtime, he has to have a stick
5 too. Indonesian Rapi Ananda
Pamungka is only two years old
but he has already made
international headlines for his
chain-smoking habits.
10 The toddler, who lives in
Sukabumi province in west Java, has been smoking for about a month, often
going through two packs a day. Rapi became addicted to smoking after he
picked up used cigarette butts off the floor. He then copied the behaviour of the
adult smokers around him.
15 His 35-year-old mother, known only as Maryati, said that Rapi would throw a fit if
his parents tried to put a stop to his addiction. "My child has been smoking for
more or less a month. If I don't buy cigarettes for him, he would throw a tantrum.
Recently, he asked to go to the coffee shop to drink coffee while smoking," she
said. "If Rapi doesn't get cigarettes, he cannot sleep. He will start rampaging and
20 crying," says Maryati. "It's expensive, because we have to buy them for him. He
likes to do it all day. He can smoke about 40 every day."
The boy's father, Misbahudin, 36, said that Rapi has even hounded passers-by
for sticks. Misbahudin added that he puffs only occasionally at work. Thus, he is
shocked that his son is able to hold a cigarette just like an older child. "If he
25 smokes, it has to be accompanied with a mochachino coffee," he told Sukabumi
Update. Keen for him to kick the habit, Rapi's parents are reportedly looking to
send him for rehabilitation soon.
Indonesia is one of the world's largest smoking nations, with more than 60 million
active smokers in 2017, according to figures from the Health Ministry. That year,
30 the ministry recorded an 8.8 per cent increase in the number of young smokers
aged 10 to 18. The low cost of cigarettes has been identified as one of the key
reasons why many in the country have been lured into the habit. Anti-tobacco
activists say that even children from poor families are able to afford them.
In 2010, a YouTube video of an Indonesian toddler who reportedly smoked 40
35 cigarettes a day shocked health experts in the country. Ardi Rizal from south
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Sumatra, who is now nine years old, has since been weaned off cigarettes with
the Indonesian government's help, according to a Daily Mail report last year.
Now in primary school, he has become a star student.
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Read the text and answer

the questions Mark : /20


Either tick off or answer the questions.

1. The document is an extract from a/an : (4 pts)


Ž  magazine  poem Ž newspaper Ž website
Ž  novel  essay Ž song Ž advertisement

2. The document is mainly about : (5 pts)


Ž the low cost of cigarettes Ž  smoking toddlers in Indonesia
Ž consequences of smoking Ž  the effects of smoking
Ž the destruction of the ozone layer  the conditions of children
Ž third world children Ž  children's life in Indonesia

3. The document mainly deals with  : (5 pts)


Ž the past Ž the present Ž the future
4. In your own words, briefly sum up what the document is about : (10 pts)
……………………………………………………………………………………………..…………...
……………………………………………………………………………………………..…………...

5. The text is rather (5 pts)


Ž  pessimistic  optimistic  ironical  neutral

6. Label the following pictures with words from the text. (18 pts)

toddler Kick the habit Cigarette butt increase Passers-by headlines

7. Tick below the equivalent for the underlined word in the following structure : (4 pts)
"hounded passers-by for sticks"
Ž  asked  harassed  followed  insulted  shouted
"keen for him to kick the habit"
Ž  clear  good  impatient  dull  insensitive

8. What can you imagine about the child : Complete … (4 pts)


He will ………………………………………………………………………………....
His lungs will soon …………………………………………………………………......
His parents can't ………………………………………………………….……………..
The air around him must be ………………………………………….………..………..
9. What is to blame for this problem? (5 pts)
……………the low cost of cigarettes………………………………………………………………...

10. Build questions using the appropriate questions word and then match it to its answer. (16
pts)

Question words
1. How many  cigaretttes does he smoke a day ?  2 years old
2. How old  country is the largest smoking nation in the world?  40
 do activists say?  Before bedtime
3. Where  does he absolutely have to have a cigarette?  Cigarettes are too cheap.
4. When  does he live?  For about a month
5. How long  has he been smoking?  In Indonesia
6. What  is actually the problem?  Indonesia
 is the child?  That even poor children can afford cigarettes.
7. Which
8. What
1. How many ……………………………………………………………………………………………
2. How old ……………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Where ……………………………………………………………………………………………
4. When ……………………………………………………………………………………………
5. How long ……………………………………………………………………………………………
6. What ……………………………………………………………………………………………
7. Which ……………………………………………………………………………………………
8. What ……………………………………………………………………………………………

11. Translate the following words into your own language : (10 pts)
to kick the habit to lure
addict to take puffs
more or less chain-smoking habit
keen rehabilitation
to pick up to be lured into

12. Match the words from the text with their definition : (14 pts)

1. toddler a. a child approximately 12 to 36 months old.


2. addict b. a period of violent and uncontrollable behavior.
c. a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict.
3. cigarette butt
d. a rise in the size, amount, or degree of something.
4. more or less e. an act of breathing in and blowing out smoke.
5. throw a tantrum f. approximately.
6. rampage g. calculations.
7. to puff h. having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm.
8. keen i. means you have enough money or time for something.
j. overcome or give up habitual use, especially of narcotics.
9. to kick the habit
k. the part of a cigarette that you throw away when you have finished smoking
10. to afford it.
11. figures l. the process of returning to a healthy or good way of life, or the process of
12. increase helping someone to do this after they have been in prison, been very ill, etc.
13. to be lured into m. to be tricked into doing something that one should not do.
14. rehabilitation n. to have an outburst of childish or unreasonable anger, frustration, or ill
temper.
KEY
1. The document is an extract from a/an : (5 pts)
Ž  magazine  poem Ž newspaper Ž website
Ž  novel  essay Ž song Ž advertisement

2. The document is mainly about : (8 pts)


Ž the low cost of cigarettes Ž  smoking toddlers in Indonesia
Ž consequences of smoking Ž  the effects of smoking
Ž the destruction of the ozone layer  the conditions of children
Ž third world children Ž  children's life in indonesia

3. The document mainly deals with  : (5 pts)


Ž the past Ž the present Ž the future
4. In your own words, briefly sum up what the document is about : (10 pts)
……………………………………………………………………………………………..…………...
……………………………………………………………………………………………..…………...
……………………………………………………………………………………………..…………...
5. The text is rather (5 pts)
Ž  pessimistic  optimistic (last sentences)  ironical  neutral

6. Label the following pictures with words from the text. (18 pts)

toddler Kick the habit Cigarette butt increase Passers-by headlines

7. Tick below the equivalent for the underlined word in the following structure : (2 pts)
"hounded passers-by for sticks"
Ž  asked  harassed  followed  insulted  shouted
"keen for him to kick the habit"
Ž  clear  good  impatient  dull  insensitive

8. What can you imagine about the child : Complete … (4 pts)


He will get addicted very soon. He will get ill. He will get lung cancer. He will cough. He will
die young.
His lungs will soon degenerate. They will soon be affected by smoking.
Your lungs can be very badly affected by smoking.
His parents can't make him stop / be happy
The air around him must be polluted

9. What is to blame for this problem? (5 pts)


……………the low cost of cigarettes………………………………………………………………...

10. Build questions using the appropriate questions word and then match it to its answer. (8
pts)

Question words
1. How many cigaretttes does he smoke a day ? 40
2. How old is the child? 2 years old
3. Where does he live? In Indonesia
4. When does he absolutely have to have a cigarette? Before bedtime
5. How long has he been smoking? For about a month
6. What is actually the problem? Cigarettes are too cheap.
7. Which country is the largest smoking nation in the world? Indonesia
8. What do activists say? That even poor children can afford cigarettes.

11. Translate the following words into your own language : (16 pts)
To kick the habit To lure
addict To take puffs
More or less Chain-smoking habit
keen rehabilitation
To pick up To be lured into

12. Match the words from the text with their definition : (16 pts)

1. Toddler 1. a child approximately 12 to 36 months old.


2. Addict 2. a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict.
3. Cigarette butt 3. the part of a cigarette that you throw away when you have finished smoking it.
4. More or less 4. approximately.
5. To have an outburst of childish or unreasonable anger, frustration, or ill temper.
5. Throw a tantrum
6. a period of violent and uncontrollable behavior.
6. Rampage 7. an act of breathing in and blowing out smoke.
7. To puff 8. having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm.
8. Keen 9. Overcome or give up habitual use, especially of narcotics.
9. To kick the habit 10. means you have enough money or time for something.
10. To afford 11. Calculations
11. Figures 12. a rise in the size, amount, or degree of something.
12. Increase 13. To be tricked into doing something that one should not do.
13. To be lured into 14. the process of returning to a healthy or good way of life, or the process of helping
14. rehabilitation someone to do this after they have been in prison, been very ill, etc.:

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