SPM Model Set 4

ENGLISH SPM MODEL SET 4 1 1119/2
Name: _______________________________________ Class: __________
Section A [15 marks] [Time suggested : 25 minutes]

Banking on Trees to Prevent Floods
Nearly 15,000 trees were recently planted at a flood retention pond in order to establish a green
lung in the midst of the city. This sizeable donation from a single company to the government will
help improve the city’s ecosystem as well as enable to local community to enjoy nature.
1 Based on the newspaper extract, which of the following is true?

A The trees were a gift to the government.
B The company single-handedly planted 15,000 trees.
C 15,000 new trees will be planted throughout the city.
D The community living in the area helped to plant the trees.
Well, this is the first time I am living on my

Tula, how’s own. There are so many things I have to deal
college life? with.
Really? How
so?
I find it hard to manage my budget. Most of

the time, I seem to find myself running out of
cash. The allowance I get from my parents
doesn’t seem sufficient!
2 From the dialogue above, we can say that Tula

A comes from a wealthy family
B finds that life in college is full of fun
C is unable to handle his personal finances
D enjoys living on his own without his parents
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Is Vitamin C essential?
Vitamin C found especially in citrus fruits is needed for normal growth and development. So what
are you waiting for? Enjoy revitalizing total goodness of 100% pure fruit juices. Fruityjus products
have no added preservatives and sugar. They are available in all leading supermarkets.
3 We can conclude that Fruityjus products

A have one flavor.
B have a natural taste.
C are available in every store.
D are made from all kinds of fruits.
Dear Vinentina,
It’s Madam Sophia’s birthday next Thursday. Would you like to join us for the birthday
celebration? We are organising a birthday surprise for her at school after the Prefectorial Board’s
meeting. You are the apple of her eye, so you must be there.
I have been racking my brains all day for the best person to host the party. Finally, I thought
of Flora and have cordially invited her to be the master of ceremonies. She will be the life and soul
of the party. You can count on her to bring the house down with her gentle humour and jokes.
Your friend,
Jennifer
4 The expression the life and soul of the part in the note tells us that Flora is
A the most talkative person
B the most charming hostess
C the most eloquent speaker
D the most interesting person
“I bought the boys two shirts, two pairs of trousers and two pairs of shoes each amounting to
about RM3000. These were quality items and this may have added to the cost. However, the
more expensive brands tend to last longer so I prefer such goods.” Madam Rachell Lalo, 45
“I have spent about RM350 on uniforms and books alone for my two children. Luckily, they can
still fit into last year’s shoes, so I don’t have to spend anything extra on that. I pity those with
four children in school.” Mrs Patricia Kalang

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5
What are the comments mainly about?
A
Rising prices of school supplies
B
Lack of variety of school supplies
C
Low quality of uniforms and shoes
D
Getting the children ready for school
Shaliza Learning Centre

Workplace English
This course is tailor-made to improve communication in English especially for

frontline staff. It will allow you to improve your grammar and develop your writing
skills within a realistic business context.
6
The phrase tailor-made in the advertisement above means
A
most effective
B
perfectly suited

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C
has special features
D
provides maximum benefit
END OF FREE MEALS

KOTA KINABALU: Passengers who use express buses to travel between major towns in Sabah
will no longer be served complimentary meals and bottled water following the fuel hike.
Express bus operators have been providing packed nasi campur (rice with vegetables and meat)
and drinking water, worth RM4.00, for those who travel distances of more than six hours.
7 From the newspaper report, express buses are not offering free meals because
A the price of fuel has escalated
B passengers travel more than six hours
C too many passengers travel on these buses
D of a hike in the price of packed nasi campur
Sometimes, we overlook the supreme importance of water, even though it is today’s most
abundant ingredient, and its most essential one. It is more important than the five classes of
nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, minerals and fats) combines. Human beings can live
up to 40 days without food, but no more than seven without water. Water transports nutrients, gets
rid of wastes, acts as an air conditioner and universal solvent, helps other chemicals react with one
another, is an element in the lubricating fluid of the eye and around the joints.
8 From the article, we know that drinking water is important because

A we can get it easily
B it rids the body of toxins
C it contains the five classes of nutrients
D we need it if we do not want to eat food

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Questions 9-15 are based on the following passage. Choose the best answer to fill in each
blank.
The two Cambodian disabled women’s basketball teams are battling it out under the
baking sun in the western city of Battambang. Sounds of laughter can be ______ (9) despite the
game being ruthless. Sweat-drenched players expertly manoeuvre ______ (10) wheelchairs to
block an opponent or find a crucial opening.
At one point in the game, a player is knocked ______ (11) her chair and sent sprawling
to the floor. However, she quickly dusts herself off, pulls herself back in and manages to score
just minutes later. It is truly amazing ______ (12) much these women have accomplished. Just a
few years ago, most of these women languished ______ (13) home. They were unable to find
work, ______ (14) by their own communities in a country where the disabled are often seen as a
burden.
Many of the players had little confidence when they started off. However, sports has
helped to change all that. It has also affected the way people ______ (15) them. Last year, some
team members jetted off for a tournament in Malaysia. This move shocked the players’
neighbours.
9 A hear 12 A how 15 A view

B hears B why B views
C heard C what C viewed
D hearing D when D viewing
10 A they 13 A in
B their B at
C them C to
D theirs D by
11 A at 14 A eluded
B on B evaded
C in C avoided
D from D shunned

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Section B
[10 marks]
[Time suggested : 25 minutes]
Questions 16 – 25
Read the following poster and answer the questions that follow.
THE BOX OFFICE

MOVIE CLUB CINEMAS
NOW SHOWING
SAYANG MAYANG A 10-year old, orphan girl Kathy has a unique ability to communicate
Distributor: with her favourite cartoon characters, Upin and Ipin. However, all is
not well in her world as the orphanage she loves is about to be
Primeworks Studios
repossessed by a heartless businessman. Kathy turns to her friends
Genre: Upin and Ipin to help her find the once famous rock star Awie to help
Animation her raise funds to save her home.
BEHIND YOU
On Orientation day, a group of university students cut classes. They
Distributor: alternately tell horror stories to each other, with each new story
Legend Entertainment getting scarier than the previous ones. When the characters from the
stories turn out to be real, the ghosts show up to haunt the students
Genre:
and the university is no longer safe.
Horror
THE GALAXY ATTACK

Distributor: This movie is set during the Age of the Dominion Empire. It revolves
around a group of resistance fighters who unite to steal the plans to
Allen Starling Pictures
the Aeon Star, the Dominion Empire’s deep space mobile battle
Genre: station that is capable of destroying entire planets.
Science Fiction
THE ADVENTURE
Distributor: A young woman uses her navigational talents to set sail for a mythical
Allen Starling Pictures island. Joining her on the adventure is her hero, the legendary
demigod Maui.
Genre:
Animation
WISHLIST FOR YOU Stephanus, who lacks a mother’s care and love in his teenage years,

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Distributor:
leaves his mother once he comes of age. After 20 years, he comes
MM2 Entertainment Sdn. Bhd. back to Malaysia for a funeral only to realise his mother is ill and
Genre: barely recognises him. He then decided to stay with her and fulfil his
“10 Best Wishes to Mummy” that he wrote when he was 10.
Drama / Family
Questions 16 to 20
Using the information in the movie synopses, answer each of the questions below. Write the title
of the movie.
Which synopsis mentions Title of movie
16 Something was said and it turned out to be real?
17 An intergalactic battle of the universe?
18 Someone who had a second chance to be a good son?
19 Someone who enjoyed exploration and journey?
20 A character who lost her father and mother?
[5 marks]
Question 21 to 25
Your friend has asked you to recommend a movie. Using words from the movie synopses,
complete the email below. Use no more than three words.
Subject: Great movies to watch
From: micheal@msiamail.com.my
To: richel@palace.com.my
Date: Friday, November 3, 2017 11.00a.m.
A few days ago, I came across a few movie synopses on webpage called
__________________________________ (21) I personally would enjoy
________________________________ (22) movie about a space battle like The Galaxy Attack.
However, I know that you would prefer a terrifying experience watching __________________
(23) movie. In spite of that, I’d recommend either Sayang Mayang or The Adventure. In one of

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the movie, the main character has to _____________________ (24) to save the orphanage. The
other one is about an adventurous journey to a _____________________________ (25). I think
you would find both movies fascinating. I’m sure you will be eager to watch the movie. Enjoy!
[5 marks]
[10 marks]
Section D [20 marks] [Time suggested : 35 minutes]
32 Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
What Has Happened to Lulu? I woke to voices late last night,

I heard an engine roar.
What has happened to Lulu, mother? Why do you tell me the things I heard
What has happened to Lu? Were a dream and nothing more?
There’s nothing in her bed but an old rag-doll
And by its side a shoe. I heard somebody cry, mother,
In anger or in pain,
Why is her window wide, mother, But now I ask you why, mother,
The curtain flapping free, You say it was a gust of rain.
And only a circle on the dusty shelf
Where her money-box used to be? Why do you wander about as though
You don’t know what to do?
Why do you turn your head, mother, What has happened to Lulu, mother?
And why do the tear-drops fall? What has happened to Lu?
And why do your crumple that note on the fire
And say it is nothing at all? Charles Causley
1. In stanza 1, why is there only “a shoe” left in the room?
_______________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
2. In stanza 3, why do you think the mother crumple the note?
_______________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
3. Which line shows that the mother was restless and very worried about Lulu?
________________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
4. If you were the persona, how can you make your mother feel better?
________________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
5. Based on the poem, state a quality of the persona. Then, provide a reason for your
answer.
Answer: ________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
Reason: _________________________________________________________________

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_______________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
33 The following are the short stories studied in the literature component in English Language.
Captain Nobody – Dean Pitchford
Based on the novel that you have studied, describe an incident where the main character has
done something amazing. Give reasons why you find the action amazing.
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Section C [25 marks] [Time suggested : 50 minutes]

Questions 26 – 31 are based on the following passage.
1 After one night in Kuala Lumpur, we flew to Kuching to begin our quest which
would take us to the Batang Ai National Park – the only place in Sarawak where you get
to see wild orang-utans. While you can pay RM 1000 to go there on an organised tour, we
wanted to travel on our own. Being seasoned independent travellers, we felt that we would
have more time to enjoy our trip. 5
2 The first leg of our journey was a three-hour bus trip from Kuching to the small
town of Sri Aman. We were the only tourists there. As we walked the streets looking for
some place to put up for the night, the locals waved and shouted greetings, some covertly
taking pictures of us as we passed. However, when we asked them about Batang Ai, they
seemed not to know much. 10
3 “No one goes there nowadays,” said our taxi driver, Mahat. “There is no bus
service to the place. The only helicopters that fly out belong to the police.”
4 We were dejected. We seemed to have reached a dead end. I sat on a roadside
pavement writing my diary entry about our unlucky day. Derrick walked ahead to the
riverside fishing village intending to take some photographs of the fishermen and their 15
boats. Twenty minutes later, Derrick returned with a piece of good news. “We’re in luck,”
announced Derrick. “I’ve found a boatman. He’s agreed to take us upriver by boat.”
The next morning, with Billy our Iban boatman at the prow, we began our trip
5 upriver. The boat meandered with the river past lush green jungles, with occasional
longhouses on the river bank. After a two-hour trip, Billy guided the boat to a wharf. He 20
pointed to the posh, pricey Batang Ai Resort Hotel. “No, Billy,” said Derrick,
gesticulating wildly with his hands and head. “We want to stay in a longhouse.”
Billy was at loss. He was himself a stranger to Batang Ai. He did not know the
6 local folk. Again Derrick found the answer. He managed to talk to some waiters at the
resort. One of them, named Antalai, agreed to take us to the longhouse belonging to his 25
family.
We paused hesitantly at the threshold of the longhouse feeling like total intruders.
7 That evening, the longhouse headman and his wife served us a dinner of simple traditional
Iban food; fish with pickled cucumber, rice, pumpkin and sausage washed down with a
glass of surprisingly strong rice-wine, which the Chief’s wife makes by hand. 30
We awoke to the smell of wood fire and the deafening crows of roosters early the
next morning. Antalai was all business today and we bid farewell to the Chief, boarding
8 the boat again for the two-hour journey to the National Park. To begin with, the boat cut
smoothly through the water, then abruptly we rounded a corner and came to a stop; the
entire stretch of river was covered in floating logs and driftwood. We made our way 35
painstakingly through; Antalai and Billy used oars and feet to create a path as we lurched
from side-to-side. Derrick and I gripped the edges of the boat as if our lives depended on
it. At last, with the engine gunning, we were through and facing the next stretch of river,
which was even more difficult to navigate. We were battered by water as we fought
against rapids, the bottom of the boat often scraping the riverbed or knocking into rocks – 40
now we understood why we needed two guides to make the journey.
The river eventually evened out and we pulled to a stop outside what looked like
several large huts on a hill. This, we thought, must be a ranger’s office where we would be
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9 however, we realised that the place was utterly deserted. The buildings were long ago 45
abandoned and had fallen into disrepair; we searched the eerie huts only to find that the
jungle had begun to claim them back; birds roosted in the ceilings, damp stained the floors
and insects crawled over the yellow posters on the walls.
This was not what we had expected. We learned, much to our disappointment, that
orang-utans could no longer be seen at Batang Ai owing to deforestation activities. The 50
primates had now retreated deeper into the interior!
10
26 From paragraph 1, why did the writer want to visit Sarawak?

_________________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
27 From paragraph 2,
a) why did the tourists like the local people in Sri Aman?
_________________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
b) why were they disappointed in Sri Aman?
_________________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
28 a) From paragraph 4, which one word means “disappointed”?
_________________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
b) From paragraph 5, suggest two reasons why Derrick and the writer did not want to
stay at the resort.
1. ___________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
2. ___________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
29 a) From paragraph 7, which four-word phrase tells us the visitors felt like unwelcome
guests?
_________________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
b) From paragraph 9, what does the word “them” refer to?
_________________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
30 From paragraph 11, how would you feel if you were in orang utans’ shoes? Give reasons
for your answer.
Feeling: __________________________________________________________________
Reason: __________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
[2 marks]
31 Based on the passage given, write a summary on:
- the problems faced by the tourists to reach Batang Ai National Park
- how they overcome these problems

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Your summary must:

1. be in continuous writing (not in note form)
2. use material from line 6 to 44
3. not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below
Begin your summary as follows:
In Sri Aman, the tourists faced the first problem when…
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MARKING SCHEME FOR 1119/2
Section A
1. A 1. C
2. C 2. B
3. B 3. D
4. C 4. A
5. D 5. B
6. B 6. D
7. A 7. A
8. B
Section B
1. Behind You
2. The Galaxy Attack
3. Wishlist For You
4. The Adventure
5. Sayang Mayang
6. The Box Office
7. Science Fiction
8. horror / scary
9. raise funds
10. mythical island
N.B – award ‘0’ for spelling errors
Section C
No. Answer Lifting
The writer wanted to see wild orang-utans Accept: The only place in Sarawak where
26
you get to see wild orang-utans.
Accept: The locals waved and shouted
greetings
27 (a) The people were friendly.
Do not accept: some covertly taking
pictures of us as we passed
The locals did not know much about Barang
Ai or Do not accept: When we asked them about
27 (b)
When they asked the locals about Batang Batang Ai, they seemed not to know much.
Ai, they seemed not to know much.
28 (a) Dejected

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Do not accept: He pointed to the posh,

1. The resort was pricey pricey Batang Ai Resort Hotel
28 (b)
2. They wanted to stay in a longhouse Do not accept: We want to stay in a
longhouse
29 (a) like total intruders / feeling like total intruders
29 (b) Eerie huts / Ranger’s office / the buildings
*Accept any suitable response
Feeling: Angry.
30 Reason: This is because my habitat is destroyed by the humans.
Feeling: Scared
Reason: This is because the humans cleared the jungle and I have no place to stay.
31. Summary
In Sri Aman, the tourists faced the first problem when…
The problems faced by the tourists to reach Batang

How they overcome these problems
Ai National Park
C1 – the locals in Sri Aman seemed not to know much
about Batang Ai. C3 - Derrick found a boatman, to take them
C2 - There is no bus service to the place (Batang Ai upriver by boat.
National Park).
C4 - After a two-hour trip, they reached the pricey

C7 - Derrick managed to talk to some
Batang Ai Resort Hotel.
waiters at the resort.
C5 - They wanted to stay in a longhouse.
C8 - Antalai agreed to take them to the
C6 - Billy was a stranger to Batang Ai / Billy did not
longhouse.
know the local folk.
C9 - After a night at the longhouse, they boarded the C11 - Antalai and Billy used oars and feet
boat again for two hours. to create a path (as they lurched from side-
C10 - The entire stretch of river was covered in to-side).
floating logs and driftwood.
C12 - They were through and facing the next stretch of

river, which was even more difficult to navigate.
C13 - They were battered by water as they fought C15 - They needed two guides to make this
against rapids journey.
C14 - The bottom of the boat often scraping the
riverbed (or knocking into rocks)

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* If the candidate does not change the pronouns, penalise only the first content in error. Award marks
as usual for the next contents.

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Section D
1.
1. It refers to the photograph / photograph hung on the wall.
2. The grandmother has become small
/ The grandmother has bent back / is hunched
3. Her soup forgot to boil
4. Accept any appropriate answer
1. Yes.
2. This is because the grandmother held hands with the persona.
This is because the persona remembered the grandmother clearly.
This is because they took photos together when the persona was small.
2. Please refer to the band descriptors deciding which band BEST FITS the mark for
CONTENT and LANGUAGE
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ENGLISH SPM MODEL SET 4 1 1119/2

Name: _______________________________________ Class: __________

Section A [15 marks] [Time suggested : 25 minutes]

1 Based on the newspaper extract, which of the following is true?

Well, this is the first time I am living on my

I find it hard to manage my budget. Most of

2 From the dialogue above, we can say that Tula

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3 We can conclude that Fruityjus products

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Shaliza Learning Centre

This course is tailor-made to improve communication in English especially for

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END OF FREE MEALS

8 From the article, we know that drinking water is important because

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9 A hear 12 A how 15 A view

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THE BOX OFFICE

THE GALAXY ATTACK

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16 Something was said and it turned out to be real?

17 An intergalactic battle of the universe?

18 Someone who had a second chance to be a good son?

19 Someone who enjoyed exploration and journey?

20 A character who lost her father and mother?

Subject: Great movies to watch

Date: Friday, November 3, 2017 11.00a.m.

__________________________________ (21) I personally would enjoy

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other one is about an adventurous journey to a _____________________________ (25). I think

What Has Happened to Lulu? I woke to voices late last night,

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Captain Nobody – Dean Pitchford

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Section C [25 marks] [Time suggested : 50 minutes]

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26 From paragraph 1, why did the writer want to visit Sarawak?

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Your summary must:

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Do not accept: He pointed to the posh,

In Sri Aman, the tourists faced the first problem when…

The problems faced by the tourists to reach Batang

C4 - After a two-hour trip, they reached the pricey

C12 - They were through and facing the next stretch of

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PERATURAN PEMARKAHAN TAMAT

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