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Question 5
Question 8
Read the extract below and answer the question that follows.
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Bahasa 10
Inggeris
Kertas 2
Ogos / Sept. C
2007 25
2 1/4 jam
JABATAN PELAJARAN NEGERI JOHOR
D
PEPERIKSAAN PERCUBAAN 25

SIJIL PEPERIKSAAN MALAYSIA 2007


Total
75
BAHASA INGGERIS
Kertas 2
Dua jam lima belas minit

JANGAN BUKA KERTAS SOALAN INI SEHINGGA DIBERITAHU


Arahan

I. Kertas soalan ini mengandungi 4 bahagian.


2. Jawab semua bahagian.
3. Anda dinasihati supaya mengambil masa 25 minit untuk menjawab soalan Bahagian A, 25 minit
untuk Bahagian B, 50 minit untuk Bahagian C dan 35 minit untuk Bahagian D.
4. Bulatican jawapan anda untuk Bahagian A di dalam kertas jawapan di halaman 19.
5. Soalan-soalan yang dikemukakan dalam kertas ini mungkin mempunyai tiga atau empat
pilihan jawapan.
Instructions
1. This question paper consists of four sections.
0.Answer all sections.
2. You are advised to spend about 25 minutes on Section A, 25 minutes on Section B, 50
minutes on Section C and 35 minutes on Section D.
3. Circle your answers for Section A on the answer
sheet on page 19.
5. Questions on this paper might have three or four
options.

Kertas soalan ini mengandungi 19 halaman bercetak dan 1 tidak


bercetak

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Section A
[1 5 marks]
Questions 1— 8
For each of the questions, read the question first and then study the information given to find
the best answer. Then circle the answer A, B, C or D on the answer sheet provided.

Questions 1 and 2
Read the advertisement below and answer the questions that follow.

1 The following are the courses offered by the university except


A Affordable Education.
OPEN
B OPEN
Information Technology.
UNIVERSITY 365 DAYS A YEAR
C Business Administration.
UNIVERSITI TERBUKA
D MALAYSIA
Multimedia Communication UNIVERSITY FOR ALL

rs, 7 days a week to all our learners especially to those who are working. Learners can upgrade and enh
ed diplomas and degrees in Management, Information Technology, Business Administration and Multime
able education to all levels of society.

Jalan Tun Ismail, 50480 Kuala Lumpur


Tel : 03-2773 2046 / 03-2773 2047
Fax : 03-2697 8852
E – mail : enquiries @
Website :
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2 The word firmly can be best replaced with


A strongly.
B fairly.
C surely.

Question 3
Read the extract below and answer the question that follows.

Frogs and toads have some differences. Frogs have smooth, moist
skin whereas toads are dry and have relatively short legs. Both are
amphibians.

3 Compared to toads, frogs have


A drier skin
B longer legs
C shorter legs
Dmoister skin

Question 4
Study the dialogue below and answer the question that follows.

4 "I am too busy to attend the meeting," said Ali.


According to Ali, he .............................

A needs a meeting.
B will attend the meeting. C
cannot attend the meeting.

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Question 5
Read the extract below and answer the question that follows.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome to the exhibition. We are proud to introduce to you a


famous artist from Malaysia with such remarkable achievement in this decade.
I present to you.....

C
i
s

5 How many years has this artist been known?


A 5 years.
B 10 years. C
15 years.
D20 years.

Question 6

Study the picture below and answer the question that follows.

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C o m p l e t e b e d rest. No visitors.

6 Which of the following sentences best explains the given sign?

A This patient should receive his visitors in bed.


B This patient is upset because he has no visitors.
C This patient must rest and is not allowed to have visitors.
DThis patient should be encouraged to rest after his visitors have left.
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Question 7

Read the advertisement below and answer the question that follows.

Who are we kidding?

Size does matter!


A good bookstore houses at most 200,000 titles.
At Acmamall, we have over 9 1 000,000
book titles
available.
We give you big on variety, all with the click of
your mouse.
www.acmall.com.my
lA g eystes orAlne shoppti)g, m g !

7 How do you order your favourite books from the mall?


A Fax to Acmamall.
B Call the bookstore.
C Write to Acmamall.
D Through the Internet.

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Question 8

Study the cartoon strip below and answer the question that follows.

From The Star, 21 May 2007.

8 From the cartoon strip, we know that 'Dad'YE4, IF t CAK -TALK 1414.1
KNOW WHAT A
A does not like changes. STICK IN11-1E ML)9

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B loves to change plans.
C hates anniversaries.
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Questions 9 —15
Read the following passage and choose the best answer. Then, circle A, B, C or D on the
answer sheet provided.
Filling the earth has long been a respected profession for Melakans
and agribusiness plays an important role in the state's economy. The
agricultural sector for tourism (9)
excellent potential for rapid expansion.
Agro-tourism in Melaka encompasses _(10)_ to rubber estates
and oil palm plantations. Tourists are given a feel of rubber seeds and
witness _(I1)_ rubber trees are planted and tapped and learn about the
process of making rubber sheets from latex.
Tourists are also given a little insight _(12)_ the history of rubber
in Malaysia when the British first planted rubber seedlings in Malaysia.
"Hevea Brasiliensis" or natural rubber seedlings _(13)_ brought from
Brazil and planted on Malaysian soil. Rubber plantations then _(l4)_,
propelling Malaysia to a position of being the _(15)_ producer of
natural rubber in the world at the same time.
Visit Historic Melaka, 2006

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9Question 8
A shows 13 A is
Bshowed Bare
C is showing C was

Dwas showing Dwere

14 A advanced
10 A trips
Bflourishe
Bvisits
dC
C excursions
improved
11 A why
15 A led
Bhow
Blead
C
C leading
what

12 A of
Bon
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Section B
[10 marks ]
Questions 16 - 25
Read the following advertisement on the common cold and answer the questions that follow.

Adapted from The Star, June 2007.

Saying No to the Common Cold

oducing colds is a weakened immune system aggravated by stress and allergies, leading to p

ears to effectively overcome colds. Esberitox ? N has been shown to be effective when ta

E SBERIT OX N
Traditionally used for relief of cold

100 Tablets

DISTRIBUTED BY: IDS Services (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd


KKLIU 0715/2007/AIK
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Section B

Using the information on the common cold, complete the blanks with suitable answers.

Symptoms

16

Name of the herbal


Main factor causing colds

20
23

V
Common Cold Distributor

24


Suitable for
Doctor's recommendations
25
21_____________________

[10 marks]

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Section B

Section C
[25 marks]
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.

In recent years, there has been a general awareness of the importance of trees. A series of
discoveries pointed to the fact that it was trees that cleaned up atmospheric pollution and also
helped
1 to bring rain. At first, people took these discoveries lightly. But, a decade later people
realised that either we planted more trees or we would have a tough time in future. Then the
whole world started numerous campaigns until the message finally got through: If you want it5to
rain, then you plant trees or else ...

2 Trees are indeed useful to us. Humans and animals breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon
dioxide. On the other hand, trees breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen. This
process helps to balance the amount of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the air. Factories
throughout the world caused more problems for the trees. When they pollute the air 10
with
too much carbon dioxide, the trees clean it up and return the oxygen to us. Then people
started to be cruel to the trees. Throughout the world, they cut down more and more trees
to make way for agriculture and development. Hence, industries kept on increasing. This
meant that we were producing more
carbon dioxide now because the trees which can neutralise the air, were getting 15
fewer and fewer.

3 Scientists warned us about the danger of cutting down the trees unnecessarily but few
listened. In time, governments realised that they had to act responsibly and started to
understand the importance of trees. Everyone feared the time when there would not
be enough trees to maintain the delicate balance in the air. 20

4 Trees also play an important role in the water cycle. They are an important link in the
process of evaporation. The sun absorbs the moisture from the ground, lakes, rivers
and seas. Then the water vapour condenses and falls down as rain again. Here, the
trees actually help to balance the water vapour in the air. This important ability could
have created greater awareness of how important trees are to us. There was less rain 25
in many parts of the world. And people began to realise that if they wanted rain, they
had to leave the trees alone. A simple solution to the problem was: If you destroy one tree,
you have to plant twenty saplings in order to balance the water vapour in the air.

5 Almost two decades ago, Malaysia took tree-planting seriously. A nationwide


campaign made people more aware of trees and their importance. Thousands of trees 30
were planted all over the country and green lungs were established. Acts were passed
to protect trees. One such act was, if a person cut down a tree, he could be prosecuted
and fined. This act applied even if the tree belonged to you.
6 One other way the government helped to save the trees was to make the first Sunday
in November every year as the Tree Planting Day. On this day, thousands of trees 35
were planted throughout the country. Even politicians and community leaders took
the lead in this tree-planting effort. At this time too, there was greater awareness of
the usefulness of trees.

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7 The public was also educated. In schools, students learnt about the
importance of
trees to the eco-system. Advertisements and information through the
mass media too 40 helped spread the important message that trees
helped man. For example, when trees are cleared, there are no
roots to hold the soil firmly. This causes flooding. Besides that,
insects, birds and animals lose their habitat. This could lead to an
imbalance in the food chain.

8 We have to save the trees which are part of our natural


heritage for future 4 5
generations. Every small effort to save them counts. It is not how
much we do for the environment that is important but our attitude
towards the environment that really matters.

Questions 26 - 30
Answer all the questions. You are advised to answer them in the
order set.

26 From paragraph 1,

a) name one thing that scientists discovered about trees ?

__________________________________________________________[1

mark]

b) which word means " hard" ?

__________________________________________________________[1

mark]

27 From paragraph 2, it is mentioned that the atmospheric


balance was disrupted. Give two reasons why this
happened.

(i) __________________________________________________________[I mark]

(ii)__________________________________________________________________________ [I mark]

28 From paragraph 4, what two ways help to save trees?


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Section D

[1 mark] [25 marks]


(b) ()What does the phrase "uncoil her snake hair" mean?
(b) ()
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(c)Read the following
()What extract
do you from is
think Monsoon History andof
the occupation answer the questions
the poet's father?that follow.
(b) ()
Reading Tennyson, at six p.m. in pajamas,
Listening to down-pouring rain; the air ticks
with gnats, black spiders fly, Moths sweep out of our rooms
Where termites built
Their hills of eggs and queens zoom I n h e a t . We w a s h o u r
f e e t For bed, watch mother uncoil H e r s n a k e h a i r ,
u n b u c k l e The silver mesh around her waist, Wa i t i n g f o r
f a t h e r p a c i n g The sand as fishers pull
From the Straits after monsoon.
Shirley Geok-lin Lim 32 (a) What creatures are mentioned in the extract?

(d) Do you think the persona followed the western culture? Give a
reason for your answer.

[2 marks]

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33 Read the extract from the short story The Sound Machine below and answer the
questions that follow.

Again it came – a throatless, inhuman shriek, sharp and short, very clear and
cold. The note itself possessed a minor, metallic-quality that he had never heard before.
Klausner looked around him, searching instinctively for the source of the noise. The
woman next door was the only living thing in sight. He saw her reach down, take a rose
stem in the fingers of one hand and snip the stem with a pair of scissors. Again he heard
the scream.
It came at the exact moment when the rose stem was cut.
At this point, the woman straightened up, put the scissors in the basket with the
roses and turned to walk away.
"Mrs Saunders!" Klausner shouted, his voice shrill with excitement. "Oh! Mrs
Saunders!"
And looking round, the woman saw her neighbour standing on his lawn – a
fantastic, arm-waving little person with a pair of earphones on his head – calling to her
in a voice so high and loud that she became alarmed.

a ) ( i )

W h a

s o u n

d i d

K l a u

s n e r

h e a r

? [1

mark]

(ii) What made the sound?

[I mark]

b) Why did
Mrs
Saunders
stop
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cutting
the
stems?

[1 mark]

(c) If you were Mrs Saunders, how would you react towards Klausner's
actions?

[2 marks]
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34 The following are the novels studied in the literature component in English Language:

The Pearl John Steinbeck


Jungle of Hope Keris Mas
The Return K. S. Maniam

Choose any one of the novels and answer the following

question. ' We need to struggle hard to improve our lives'.

How is this shown in the novel you have studied? Support your answer with close
reference to the text.

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KERTAS SOALAN TAMAT


SULIT 19 Index No. ..... 1119/2

Name :..........

ANSWER SHEET

FOR SECTION A

1 A B

C D
2 A B C
3 A B C D
4 A B C
5 A B
C D
6 A B C D
7 A B C D
8 A B C
9 A B
C D
10 A B C
11 A B
C
12 A B C D
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A B C
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