ANSWER KEY SPM TRIAL PAPER 2016

SECTION A GRAPHIC MATERIALS & RATIONAL CLOZE

1. D
6. D
11. B

2. B
7. C
12. A

3. B
8.
13. D

4. A
9. A
14. C

5. D
10. D
15. C

SECTION B INFORMATION TRANSFER

16. To threaten or hurt or frighten
someone.
17. Physical bullying
18. Social bullying
19. Being lonely
20. Reluctance to go to
school/depression

21. Tell someone you trust

22. Act nonchalant
23. Block the bullies
24. Report to the network
administration
25. Tell parents

SECTION C COMPREHENSION & SUMMARY

26.

27.

a) He drove at night.
b) Reason 1: The passenger was nowhere to be seen and did not appear when
he honked.
Reason 2: He thought it might be an emergency and wanted to make sure that
passenger was not in need of help.
a) All the furniture was covered with sheets.
b) She was probably weak and unstable on her feet./She needed assistance to

walk.
28. The word is route.
29. Reason 1: She was very ill and was going there to be cared for until she died.
Reason 2: She did not have any family left to take care of her.
30. Yes, I agree that it was very important. He had been able to do a very kind deed
for a person and at that, no one else could have done that deed for her.
31.

1. returned to help the woman to the cab.

2. She gave him an address and asked him to drive through downtown.
3. When he told her that it was not the shortest route, she said she was ill and
was going to a hospice to stay there until she died.
4. She also said that she had no more family left.
5. hearing this, john shut off the meter
6. drove through the city for two hours, through her neighbourhood, and visiting
important places from her past.
7. At dawn, she said she was tired n ready to go.
8. when they arrived at the hospice, two orderlies were waiting for her with a
wheelchair.
9. Hwn she wanted to pay john, he refuse payment
10. instead, he hugged her.

SECTION D LITERATURE & NOVEL

a) It was to attack the enemy.
b) It means to make a careless mistake.

c) The followed orders unquestioningly.

d) Any logical answer
e) Any logical answer.