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ENGLISH (SET 1)
PAPER 2
TIME : 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES

Section A

♦ Monday - class - field trip - fruit orchard – Taiping - bus

♦ Greeted - Encik Razak – caretaker – in charge – orchard - tour explained -

job

♦ Started - showing - tree sapling - mango tree -kept - green house - a month -
grow -affected insects - saplings safe - enclosed.

♦ Another part - orchard – 1 month old -planted - ground. – rows - small tractor
- ground - tree

♦ Leaving Encik Razak -two large baskets -fruits – ourselves -thanked him
patience - spend time

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When writing your composition:

* use all the notes given.

* elaborate on the given notes to make it more interesting
* make sure it is not less than 120 words.

Section B
You are advised to spend about 30 minutes on this question.
Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

Exercising carries with it many benefits that will help us lead better
lives. Physical activity burns calories, so the more you just get up and move,
the more calories you will burn. You even burn calories doing things like
running the vacuum cleaner or going up and down steps.

Exercise increases your metabolic rate. Perhaps this is why active

people can Eat anything and not gain weight. It also lowers the risk of many
diseases, including heart attacks.

Exercise is good for body and soul. Exercising improves mood and
due to the chemicals it releases in the brain called endorphins, it gives you an
overall feeling of well-being. This is the same chemical that being in love or
eating chocolate induces.

Exercise, particularly in the morning, may help you sleep better. Just
be sure not to exercise too close to your bedtime because it may keep you
awake. If you need to exercise within a few hours of going to bed, make sure
it's only a brisk walk. Experts say you should allow yourself about three hours
between exercise and going to bed.

Write a summary on the benefits of exercising.

Your summary must

* not be more than 60 words, including the 10 words given below.
* be in continuous writing (not in note form)
* be written in ONE paragraph.

Use your own words as far as possible without changing the original meaning.

Begin your summary as follows:

Regular exercising will help us stay healthy in more ways…

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 Section C

You are advised to spend about 20 minutes on this question.

Novels
1 Potato People - Angela Wright
2 Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
3 The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux
4 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson
5 The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope Hawkins

Based on one of the novels above, write a comparison between two characters
of your choice. Write about the characters that you have chosen, comparing their
attributes.

Give evidence from the novel to support your answer.

Your response should be:

• in not less than 50 words

• in continuous writing (not note form)

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ANSWERS

Section A

On Monday, our class went on a field trip to a fruit orchard. As this orchard is
situated in Taiping, therefore we had to go there by bus.
We were greeted by Encik Razak, the caretaker of the orchard. He is in
charge of the entire orchard. He took us on a tour of the orchard and explained his
job there.
He started the tour by showing us a tree sapling. The sapling of the mango
tree is kept in a green house for a month, so that it can grow without being affected
by insects or wind. The saplings were safe there because it was enclosed.
He then took us to another part of the orchard where the month old trees are
finally planted into the ground. According to Encik Razak, a small tractor is used to
dig up the ground for each tree.
Before leaving, Encik Razak brought us two large baskets of fruits to share
among ourselves. We thanked him for his patience and willingness to spend time
with us.

173 words

Section B

Regular exercising will help us stay healthy in more ways than we know.
Physical activity burns calories and increases your metabolic rate. Besides that, it
helps our body and soul by releasing chemicals in the brain called endorphins, which
improves mood. Regular exercising may also help us sleep better, and it definitely
reduces the risk of diseases.

57 words

Section C

The novel that I have chosen to write about is Dr. Jekyll ad Mr. Hyde.
The two characters that I choose to compare are Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The
former is
the elderly gentleman at the center of the story who battles with his split personality.
Known to his friends as a very good hearted and pleasant man, Dr. Jekyll actually
has a dark side which manifests in the person of Mr. Hyde.

Mr Hyde, as mentioned above, is the alter ego of Dr. Jekyll. Unlike the kind,
well mannered doctor, this is a man who is full of brutality to the point of nbeing
murderous throughout the story. Created when Dr. Jekyll drinks a special chemical
solution, Mr. Hyde is hated by everyone he meets, even at first glance. Although they
can’t name it, those around him sense something profoundly evil about him. The
novel revolves around Dr. Jekyll’s valiant efforts to keep Mr. Hyde bottled up inside.

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