Jl. Jambu 129 Bandung 30th January 2017
Dear Fred, It was a real sorrow that I heard this morning of your great loss. I knew your mother was ill. For your brothertold me severalweeksago. However, as heatthattime did not seem to think. Theillness was very serious, the news of your mother’s death came to me as a shock. You have my sincere and hearthfelt sympathy, my dear fellow, in your sorrow. I know you will feelit deeply, foryou always thought so much of your mother and loved her so truly. I feelit also as a personal loss to myself for yourmotherwas always very kind tome. I admired hera good and noble woman. Her death must be a terrible grief to your father too. Please assure him of my sincere sympathy. Words, I know, are poor comforters. “The heart knows its own sorrow”, and in such sorrows we arealways alone. However, itis not merewords when I say that I feel with you in your sorrow.
Your sincere friend, Jack
From the letter we know that..
A. Fred’s mother was not ill before her death
B. Jack sent letter to Fred several weeksago
C. Jack was very sorrowful to send the letter to his mother
D. Jack had known Fred’s mother before
E. Fred is the only child in his family
Jawab: D
Dari surat tersebut kita tahu bahwa Jack sudah mengenal ibu dari Fred sebelumnya (Jack had known Fred’s mother before). Hal ini dapat dilihat dari kalimat I feel it also as a personal loss to myself for your mother was always very kind to me (Saya merasakan kehilangan secara pribadi karena ibumu selalu baik padaku).
