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Section A
[15 marks]
[Time suggested : 25 minutes]
Questions 1 to 8 are based on the given stimuli. Study the information carefully and choose the
best answer.

The a rr ow n ex t to the pe tr ol symbo l o n you r dashb oar d…

… is a perpetual reminder of which side your petrol cap is on. If the arrow points right, your petrol
tank is on the right side of your car, and vice versa. This handy guide is now used by most car
manufacturers so you will never be stumped at the service station again

(Adapted from: Reader’s Digest, August 2016)

1 From the extract above, the arrow next to the petrol symbol is an indicator to
A remind where your petrol cap is
B tell you the petrol tank is empty
C show you the nearest petrol station
D warn you that your car needs service

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Back to the wild

Wild tigers are being reintroduced in Kazakhstan, 70 years after they became
extinct there because of poaching. The WWF-supported project, which involves the
restoration of a forest, is the latest in a series of wild releases- Kate Samuelson

(Adapted from: Time, September 2017)

2 According to the text, why did the wild tigers in Kazakhstan become extinct?
A Deforestation
B Earthquakes
C Habitat loss
D Poaching

3 Based on the statistics above, it shows that

A Delhi contributes the highest cases of child abuse
B more than 50% of the abused victims is children
C less than 80% of the physical abuser is parents
D UP reports the lowest number of abuse cases

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Rainy Monday morning, floods in Penang

GEORGE TOWN: Many areas in Penang were inundated in floodwater after continuous heavy
rainfall since late last night. There was also a report of a fallen tree along Jalan Tun Dr Awang.
According to the Penang Island City Council’s Facebook page, among the areas affected with
floods were Taman Scotland, Jalan P Ramlee, Jalan Perak, Jalan Masjid Negeri, Bayan Baru,
Dhoby Ghaut, Jalan Zoo and Jalan Dato Keramat.

“Some areas have been submerged in water.”

“Hope the people will be careful and on alert at all times,” it advised.

Meanwhile,
the
Fire and
Rescue
Department
were despatched
to Jalan Tan Lu Ghee, Taman
Free School, Jalan York and Jalan Ismail Che Mat off Jalan P. Ramlee at about 4am to evacuate
victims.

(Adapted from: The Star, August 2018)

4 What is the main message of the news report?

A All areas in Penang were submerged in the water.
B The residents were advised to stay alert of the fallen tree.
C Fire and Rescue Department gave warnings not to go to flooded areas.
D Penang City Council reminded people to be cautious during Rainy Season.

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5 Based on the dialogue above, what is the meaning of cut out?

A He is not the right person for the job.
B He is not qualified to be a surgeon.
C He wants to operate the patient.
D He wants to be a butcher.

Checking in your flight

Find your airline. The first thing you'll need to do when you arrive at the
airport is to locate your airline. Check your bags. Depending on what you've
packed, you may need to check a bag or two. Print your boarding pass before
checking in. In order to board your plane, you'll need a boarding pass.

6 Based on the extract above, which is the correct sequence to check in flight?
A Print boarding pass – search airline – check in – board plane
B Find airline – print boarding pass – check your bags – board plane
C Print boarding pass – look for flight – check your bags – board plane
D Look for flight – check your bags – print boarding pass – board plane

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7 In the note, Jeff Harris informs his friends that

A he is receiving offer from other companies for the next season.
B he is staying away from his work temporarily.
C he is going to stay in Beirut with his wife.
D he is finally leaving the show.

8 Which of the following statements best conclude the situation above?

A The woman makes decision for Chuck.
B Adults are free to have their choices.
C Chuck is an obedient person.
D It is good to eat vegetables.

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Question 9 to 15 are based on the following article. Choose the best answer to fill in each blank.

Juthamart Rattnana was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Her prospects
9 dim. As the degenerative neurological disease progressed, the girl, nicknamed Oun,
would lose the 10 to walk and perform basic tasks, like feeding herself. Her mother
Chanpen Wayalun, 32, decided to leave her job at a factory and 11
herself to care for her daughter in her hometown in Ubon Ratchathani, 620km northeast of Bangkok.
At age nine, Oun was selected at her school to join a project called Horse Therapy. “After
practising horse-riding on weekends for months, Oun started to sit 12 longer than she
used to. She also learnt to get up 13 herself Chanpen says, beaming.
Horse Therapy 14 founded by Chuchat Warapreedee, a teacher at Oun’s school
15 the president of the Pony Preservation Club in Ubon.
(Adapted from Reader’s Digest)

9. A look 13. A by
B looks B on
C looked C upon
D looking D with

10. A skill 14. A is

B ability B was
C strength C has
D competence D had

11. A dedicate 15. A for

B dedicates B and
C dedicated C but
D dedicating D yet

12. A on
B up
C upright
D downright

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Section B
[10 marks]
[Time suggested : 25 minutes]
Questions 16 to 25
Read the following poster and complete the graphic organiser on the following page.

WHAT IS HAND, Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease (HFMD)

is a highly contagious disease:
FOOT & MOUTH - Caused by Consackie virus A16, also can be due to
Enterovirus 71 and other consackie virus types
DISEASE (HFMD) - Spread through contact with saliva , nasal discharge
or the fluid from the blisters of an infected person

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Questions 16 to 25
Using the information given, complete the graphic organiser below. Use no more than four
words.

Caused by : Symptoms :
16. ……………………………………. 19 …………………… for a few days

Dispersed by: • Sore throat
• Running nose
• Drool
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of contaminated person.

HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH

DISEASE

Steps if infected:

• If your child has fever and other symptoms 21 ….…………………………………………

and inform the school administration.

• Children should be fed frequently with 22…………………………………….

• Take your child to the hospital if 23 ………………………………………….. persist.

Prevention :

• The most important way to stop the spread of HFMD is 24………………………………

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• It is advised to separate infected child’s belongings and keep them at home until they
[10 marks]
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Section C
[25 marks]
[Time suggested : 50 minutes]

Questions 26-31 are based on the following passage.

The passage below describes how a toddler, Gardell, is saved from an icy stream. Read the
passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

1 It’s the first warm day of spring 2015, and the March sun pours over the ridge

that borders Doyle and Rose Martin’s rural property outside Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania,
US. Yesterday it rained all day, melting the better part of the long winter’s snow.

Water seeps and trickles down the surrounding slopes, swelling the normally humble
creeks until they nearly jump their banks. The stream that runs through the Martin’s 5

yard is usually ankle deep, but today it courses angrily beneath the footbridge at startling

speed, up to a man’s waist.

2 The Martin boys will not waste such a lovely afternoon. After the school bus

drops them off, they barge outside to ride bikes, gathering sticks to build a fire. They
are what people in some circles call free-range kids; the Martins have eight, and in 10
keeping with their own upbringings, Doyle and Rose expect their children to learn

independence and responsibility, the older ones looking after the younger. Today, Gary,
11, and Greg, 7, are playing with little Gardell, who is not yet 2. Doyle, a truck driver,

is out on the road, Rose works in the kitchen, where she can frequently check on the
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boys through the window.

3 Suddenly, Greg bursts through the door, his face streaked with tears. “I can’t find
Gardell!” he screams. “He was just with me!”

4 Rose and her two eldest, Gloria and Grace, charge outside, shouting Gardell’s
name. Just to make sure, they check the two outbuildings, but everybody is thinking

about that raging stream. Rose call emergency services and the girls call their father. 20
The property echoes with the family frantic shouts for Gardell, as mother and children


scramble along the banks of the brook, sickened, by the speed of that icy
grey water.
5

Randall Beachel is washing dishes at his kitchen sink when he looks idly out

the window and s ees Grace and Gary Martin running alongside the stream where it 25
exits their property. Something’s wrong. Grace is barefoot, no jacket. They’re
yelling. He steps outside. ‘What’s wrong?” he calls to Gary.
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“We can’t find my little brother!”
7
Randall’s heart sinks. He runs back inside, tells his wife, Mellissa, what’s

going on, and pulls on his shoes. Together they rush outside and down the road to 30
where the stream passes through pastureland some 200 metres downstream of
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Martins’ place. Randall holds the strands of electric fence wire, ignoring the shocks,


as Melissa climbs through. When they reach the brook, Melissa goes downstream

and Randall begins following the brook back toward the Martins’, scanning the
water’s surface. After a moment, he sees a tiny pair of navy blue boots partially 35
obscured by brush. A step or two farther, and he sees the whole picture: the little

boy, still clad in a hooded snowsuit, hanging bizarrely on his side in the middle of


that rushing stream, his face turned away from the current.
8 Randall plunges into the brook, gasping involuntarily – the water temperature

is around 2°C – loses his footing, and blunders into a deep hole. Recovers himself. 40

Pulls the limp little body off what turns out to be a grassy underwater knoll.

Staggers back to dry land, shouting, “I found him!” even as he turns the kid over to
see if he can drain the water from the mouth and lungs. An ambulance is coming up


the road. Randall raises an arm, and it stops.

9 As for Rose, she never gets so much as a glimpse of herson. The ambulance is 45
taking him to Evangelical Community Hospital in nearby Lewisburg, she learns.

(Adapted from Reader’s Digest, March 2016)

26 From paragraph 1, why does the water level increase?

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27 From paragraph 2,

(a) how do the Martin boys spend their afternoon?

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(b) what do the Martins want to instil in bringing up eight of their children?

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28 (a) From paragraph 4, state one of the places the family go in search of Gardell.

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(b) From paragraph 5, why is Grace not wearing her shoes and jacket?

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29 (a) From paragraph 7, which word conveys the meaning of ‘hidden’?

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(b) From paragraph 8, what are the obstacles Randall faces when he is in the brook?

(i) …………………………………………………………………………[1 mark]

(ii) …………………………………………………………………………[1 mark]

30 In your opinion, suggest ways to ensure children’s safety while playing?

Suggestion 1: ……………………………………………………………….....[1 mark]

Suggestion 2: ……………………………………………………………… [1 mark]

31 Gardell is missing while playing with his brother. Based on the passage given, write a
summary on what the Martins and their neighbours do to find and save him.

Credit will be given for use of own words but care must be taken not to change the
original meaning.

Your summary must:

• be in continuous writing form (not in note form)

• use materials from line 18 to line 44
• not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below

Begin your summary as follows:

When Greg informs that Gardell is missing, Rose and her ……

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Section D
[20 marks]
[Time suggested : 35 minutes]

32 Read the poem and answers the questions that folow.

The Living Photograph

My small grandmother is tall there,

straight-back, white broderie anglaise shirt,
pleated skirt, flat shoes, grey bun,
a kind, old smile round her eyes.

Her big hand holds mine,

White hand in black hand.
Her sharp blue eyes look her own death in the eye.
It was true after all; that look.

My tall grandmother became small.

Her back round and hunched.
Her soup forgot to boil.
She went to the awful place grandmothers go.

Somewhere unknown, unthinkable.

But there she is still,
in the photo with me at three,
the crinkled smile is still living, breathing.

Jackie Kay

(a) Who are in the photograph?

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(b) There is one dish mentioned in Stanza 3. What it is?

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(c) Why do you think ONLY grandmothers go to “the awful place”? State one reason.

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(d) ‘But there she is still ‘

(i) What does the line suggest about the emotion of the persona?

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(ii) If you were the persona, what would you do to overcome this kind of
feeling?

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33 The following are the novels studied in the literature component in English Language
Dear Mr. Kilmer - Anne Schraff
Captain Nobody - Dean Pitchford
Sing To The Dawn - Minfong Ho

Choose any one of the novels above and answer the questions below.

“Be kind whenever possible towards others”

Relate the statement above to the novel you have studied.

Provide evidence to support your answer.

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KERTAS SOALAN TAMAT

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FOR SECTION A

Blacken only one space for each question. If you wish to change your answer, erase the blackened
mark that you have made. Then blacken the space for the new answer.

EXAMPLE:
A B C D

1 A B C D 9 A B C D

2 A B C D 10 A B C D

3 A B C D 11 A B C D

4 A B C D 12 A B C D

5 A B C D 13 A B C D

6 A B C D 14 A B C D

7 A B C D 15 A B C D

8 A B C D

For examiner’s use

Section Marks

A 15

B 10

C 25

D 20

Total 70

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