Kunci Jawaban Bahasa Inggris Kelas 8 Kurikulum Merdeka Hal. 285: LIVING BY THE CITARUM RIVER BANKS

TRIBUNTERNATE.COM - Simak kunci jawaban mata pelajaran Bahasa Inggris kelas 8 SMP/MTs Kurikulum Merdeka, halaman 285.

Kunci jawaban ini membahas soal dari bacaan teks yang dimuat dalam buku English For Nusantara.

Dalam pembahasan kunci jawaban ini, siswa diminta untuk membaca terlebih dahulu teks yang berisikan kisah tentang kehidupan Pak Suratmo yang tinggal di bantaran Sungai Citarum atau the life of Suratmo who lived by the
Citarum river banks.

Lalu, siswa diminta untuk menjawab benar atau salah (True or False) dari lima pernyataan berdasarkan teks tersebut 

Adapun kunci jawaban dalam artikel ini dibuat hanya sebagai referensi belajar siswa untuk mengerjakan soal secara mandiri.

Perlu dicatat pula, paparan soal dan kunci jawaban dalam artikel ini hanya ditujukan kepada orangtua untuk memandu proses belajar.

Baca juga: Kunci Jawaban Bahasa Inggris Kelas 8 SMP Kurikulum Merdeka Hal. 92-93: The Ugly Duckling

Baca juga: Kunci Jawaban Bahasa Inggris Kelas 8 SMP Kurikulum Merdeka Hal. 125: A Man and Gold Chain

Baca juga: Kunci Jawaban Bahasa Inggris Kelas 8 SMP Kurikulum Merdeka Hal. 109-111: An Elephant and His Friends

LIVING BY THE CITARUM RIVER BANKS

Pak Suratmo lives on the banks of the Citarum River. He started fishing in the Citarum river when he was a teenager and chose to be a fisherman once he grew up. After being a sand miner, being a fisherman was the second main job for people living in this area. It was a good decision as everything was fine till seventeen years ago and started getting worst from five years ago.

Starting from that time, Pak Suratmo did not catch much fish as he used to. Less and less fish, he caught. Even, he often came home empty-handed. As a breadwinner, he had to think a lot about his life. He said that he could no longer be called a fisherman. Instead, he should be called a scavenger because he collected and sold plastic waste to make a living. He collected the garbage from the same river he went fishing - the Citarum river.

The Citarum river was often labeled as the world’s most polluted river. Every day, no less than 20,000 tons of waste and 340,000 tons of wastewater are thrown into this river. The wastewater came from around 2,000 textile factories. The waste killed the fish and destroyed the environment. The Citarum river is the third-biggest river in Java but since then, the fish were largely gone. In total, almost 60 persen of its fish species was no longer found in the river since 2008.

As the river contained chemicals that killed the animals living in and drank the water, there were dead animals floating along the waste and trash. Not only the river’s bad smell and color, but also the polluted water made people suffer from skin and respiratory diseases and farmers lost their crops. This condition gave hard conditions to its surrounding, including Pak Suratmo and 25 million people living near the river, and people depending on the electricity produced from the river.

State whether the following statements are true or false.

1. At first, Pak Suratmo worked as a fisherman and a sand miner.

2. After the river got polluted, Pak Suratmo caught fish and collected garbage to make a living.

3. The Citarum river was vital for people living on the river banks only.