2 A. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

We have seen them on TV screens and on the front pages of news papers: the girls with pretty
plastic smiles on their faces and glittering tiaras on their heads. The headlines and the captions
scream: A New Miss Uganda!! African "ea#ty $on%#ers the World! &he 's the (#een. The
story will tell of how so)and)so! a *#dding fashion model! a school leaver or a #niversity st#dent
has won a *ea#ty contest and is now Miss World! Miss +ampala! Miss Ma,erere University!
Miss To#rism Uganda! Miss -a,e Victoria! Miss .lastic &#rgery $hina! Miss /o#)Name)'t.
't is all very e0citing! especially when the TV stations r#n several ho#rs of live coverage of the
contests we are gl#ed to the spectacle of glamoro#s yo#th! striding and str#tting the catwal, li,e
peacoc,s 1or is it peahens2 "#t peahens do not str#t3! in vario#s states of dress and #ndress.
Then come the 4#dges5 %#estions. /o# see! these days they say a *ea#ty %#een sho#ld not only
e0hi*it da66ling loo,s and plenty of na,ed flesh! *#t also wide)ranging ,nowledge! a foc#sed
mind and a sharp intelligence. 7ence the %#estions. The tro#*le is that contestants5 answers
hardly ever e0hi*it anything other than the d#m*est and most insipid minds *eneath those
glittering and tantali6ing heads of hair. 'ndeed! it is incredi*le to *elieve that anyone co#ld *e as
ignorant and as shallow as some of those *ea#tif#l people5s #tterances s#ggest. ' wo#ld li,e to
give the girls the *enefit of the do#*t and *lame the emptiness of their answers on the 4#dges. '
mean one co#ld say that the girls give d#m* answers *eca#se they are as,ed d#m* %#estions.
'f ' was to 4#dge a *ea#ty contest! here are some of the sharp and intelligent %#estions ' wo#ld
as,. 8irstly! 7ow and why did yo# come to *elieve that yo# are *ea#tif#l2 &econdly! 's *ea#ty
something yo# are! something yo# have or something yo# do2 Thirdly! if *ea#ty is something
yo# have! why sho#ld yo# *e praised and given h#ge pri6es and contracts for it2 8o#rthly!
What e0actly is *ea#ty and who sho#ld meas#re it! weigh it and determine it2 8inally! After
yo# win this contest and yo# are declared the most *ea#tif#l woman in the village! the world or
the #niverse! do yo# e0pect people to treat yo# with admiration! reverence or with envy2
8ort#nately for #s all! no person li,e me will ever *e appointed to 4#dge a *ea#ty contest. /o#
see! 4#dges at a *ea#ty contest m#st *e really nice people! who will not ca#se tro#*le for the
contestants or the organi6ers. Those li,ely to as, to#gh and pleasant %#estions sho#ld *e
strictly avoided! so sho#ld those who may want to ta,e *ri*es 9 in cash or in ,ind 9 to 4#dge in
favo#r of one contestants or another.
The *ottom line! however! is: do we need *ea#ty contests2 'f we want to recogni6e and hono#r
o#r women! do we have to parade their :;5)<;5):;5 *#sts! waists and hips *efore pr#rient
crowds2 Why can5t Miss Uganda *e a woman who too, care of the largest n#m*er of 7'V=A'>&
patients at M#lago 7ospital2 Miss University sho#ld o*vio#sly *e a st#dent who e0celled at her
st#dies and co)c#rric#lar activities. The woman who! in any one year ma,es the greatest
contri*#tion to the emancipation and empowerment of women! incl#ding li*erating them from
having to parade themselves at *ea#ty contest! sho#ld *e voted Miss World for that year.
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<.@. What in the first paragraph shows that the a#thor does not approve of *ea#ty contests2
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2 B. Read the following passage and answer the questions after it.
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' still remem*er the visage of a tall hat)wearing man! with a rare elegance who wal,ed with a
spring in his step. 7e always carried a wal,ing stic,! not to aid him in wal,ing *#t rather as a
statement of fashion! a declaration of his s#periority. This man was a teacher in the school '
attended. 7is name was Wagatai. There was something painf#lly different in Mr. Wagatai. At a
time when teachers rarely wore s#its and ties! Mr. Wagatai always wore one. 7e preferred the
white! cream or *eige type. 7is hat was always *lac,. 8or this! ' admired him.
/et there was something vag#ely #nsettling a*o#t him. 7e loo,ed far too distant. 7e chose his
company well and he spo,e to few people. En some mornings! his eyes loo,ed li,e small *lac,
hearths left *y a fire that had not *een properly p#t o#t. "#t when he started tal,ing! they lit #p
li,e fireflies. &ometimes ' had a feeling that Mr. Wagatai was s#rro#nded *y some dar,ness we
co#ld not decipher and which he was always str#ggling to rise from.
Mr. Wagatai loo,ed li,e a story with a tragic ending. 't appeared as if his past tales of *o#nty
were imprisoned in this pec#liar frame. These tales yearned to come o#t! yet they co#ld not
*eca#se he wo#ld never let them. 'nstead! his charming nat#re! his occasional aloofness and
his cosiness with yo#ng p#pils made it pointless for one to try to pro*e into his personal life. 7e
never tal,ed a*o#t himself or his family. &till on meeting him! he left an impression that
engendered *oth an e0citing sensation and a moronic taste. There was something treachero#s
a*o#t him. /et! *eca#se he allowed #s only a small chin, thro#gh which to peer into his
personality! no*ody co#ld definitely say what was treachero#s a*o#t him.
When he was first introd#ced to #s at assem*ly! there was a m#rm#r from the st#dents. 't was a
m#rm#r of *em#sement a %#iet apprehension of the presence of a man who was different from
what we were #sed to seeing. This partic#lar teacher was not dressed cas#ally li,e the others!
and he did not loo, li,e he even ,new how to handle a cane. Those days! every teacher
appeared to ,now how to handle a cane and apply it most prodigio#sly on o#r *ottoms. "#t this
partic#lar one held a different promise.
Mr. wagatai settled in o#r school. 7e ta#ght mathematics and mathematics teachers were
,nown to wield the cane with a*andon! *#t Mr. Wagatai rarely did. 7e spo,e softly! ta#ght well
and those he ta#ght loved him. 'n the evening! he wo#ld wal, in %#ic, long strides! waving his
cane with some theatrical flo#rish and seeming to im*i*e grace in every step he too,. &ometime
he wo#ld raise some d#st in his wa,e and everyone wo#ld ,now that Mr. Wagatai was on his
way home. 7e was never happier than when he was going home.
Questions
<.;. Which of the following statements is tr#e a*o#t Mr. Wagatai2
A. 7e always carried a wal,ing stic, *eca#se he wal,ed with a spring.
". 7e wore a hat *eca#se it was fashiona*le.
$. 7e had an inferiority comple0.
>. 7e wore well designed and attractive clothes.
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<.C. The a#thor admired Mr. Wagatai *eca#se AA
A. he always wore a *lac, hat.
". #nli,e the #s#al teachers! he was fashiona*ly dressed.
$. he preferred white! cream and *eige s#its.
>. he was painf#lly different.
<.F. /et there was something vag#ely #nsettling a*o#t him. This statement means A
A. Mr. wagatai loo,ed far too distant.
". Mr. wagatai spo,e to few people.
$. Mr. wagatai5s eyes lit #p li,e fireflies.
>. Mr. wagatai was not easy to decipher.
<.G. Why did st#dents m#rm#r when Mr. Wagatai was introd#ced to them2
A. They were afraid of Mr. Wagatai.
". They tho#ght Mr. Wagatai was different from the other teachers.
$. They were am#sed *y Mr. Wagatai.
>. Mr. Wagatai held a different promise
@H. 'n general! how did the writer feel a*o#t Mr. Wagatai2
A. 7e admired him.
". 7e respected him.
$. 7e was intrig#ed *y him.
>. 7e was *em#sed *y him.
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