SECTION A Error Identification

Question 1
The text below is about the effects of an earthquake in Sabah.
Circle the suitable word in the brackets. An example has been given.
Panic gripped villagers living around the foothills (on / in / of) Mount Kinabalu when boulders
and rocks began rolling down close to (1. my / their / his) homes. Some said they were preparing to
(2. evacuate / evacuating / evacuation) as rivers flowing from the mountain began to foam up.
Some reported seeing hundreds of dead fish (3. float / floated / floating). Apparently, a massive
landslide had (4. occurs / occurred / occur) on the western part of Mount Kinabalu. Soon after, the
river water turned foamy and ground movements were (5. feeling / felt / feel). At Nuluh Kiau, it was
geologist Prof Dr Felix Tongkul (7. say / says / said) that the universitys research team (8. was / is /
were) unable to ascertain the cause of the rivers condition. Earlier in a statement, he (9. urging /
urged / urges) villagers living along the riverbanks here to be cautious (10. with / for / of) possible
mud floods, which he said could be dangerous.
Extracted from http://says.com/my/news/earthquake-in-sabah-and-kota-kinabalu

Question 2
The text below is about Tari Kecak dance.
Circle the suitable word in the brackets. An example has been given.
The captivating Tari Kecak dance, also called the monkey chanting dance, was created
around 1930 and (is / was / are) now internationally recognised as one of Balis top-three signature
(1. dancing / dances / dance). It actually originated from a Balinese ancient ritual (2. so / and / but)

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reported that several (6. houses / house / housing) suffered cracks. Universiti Malaysia Sabah

also a form of an exorcism, which used to only take place (3. outside / on / in) a temple area.
Tari Kecak is unique in (4. which / whom / where) it has no other musical background but the
chanting (5. with / of / by) a male chorus intoning a keh-chak polyrhythmic sound during (6. the
most / most / mostly) of the performance. The male chorus chants chak, representing the sound of
the monkey troops. The (7. man / mans / men) wear black-and-white sarongs and are (8. seated /
seating / seat) in tight circles with a central space reserved for (9. an / the / a) protagonists.
Kecaks storyline is (10. take / took / taken) from the Ramayana Hindu epic and it is on the
entertainment schedule of almost every Balinese arts and culture venue.
Extracted from http://www.bali-indonesia.com/attractions/kecak-dance.htm

SECTION B Information Transfer

Organizers :
a) SMK Permata Indah
b) Royal Malaysian Police

Activities
d) recitation of the Rukun Negara
e) the raising of Jalur Gemilang
f) singing competition of patriotic songs
The Celebration of
58th Independence
of Malaysia

g) Outfit :
patriotic attire
h) Duration :
27 31 August 2015 / 5 days

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c) The veterans of Malaysian Army

Hashtags for Instagram members :

i) #smkpermataindah
j) #merdeka2015