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SEKOLAH MENENGAH PULAU KETAM

MID YEAR EXAMINATION
2012

FORM 2 ENGLISH

ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 1

MAY
1 hour One hour

DO NOT OPEN QUESTION PAPER UNTIL GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper contains fourty (40) questions.

2. You are required to answer all the questions.

3. Each question is followed by three or four choices of answers, that is A, B, and C, or A, B, C,

and. For each question, select only one (1) answer. Shade all your answers in the objective
answer sheet provided.

Mark Allocation
Section Item Total marks Score
A Graphic materials and texts 10 marks
B Rational cloze 10 marks
C Closest in meaning 6 marks
D Comprehension 14 marks

This paper containts four (4) printed pages

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Questions 1 – 6 are based on the information given.

What? You mean I

only have one
hour for this test?

4. From the sign above, we know that…

A. Smoking is illegal
1. From the picture above, we can say that…
B. Smoking is cool and trendy
A. The boy has a test starting in one hour
C. Smoking can help you reduce stress
B. The boy didn’t remember he had a test
D. Smoking is bad for people around you
C. The boy is happy that he has one hour for the test
D. The boy is shocked that he only has one hour for
the test

Ahmad, we have run out of sugar.

Here is some money to go and get
Plastic, Glass, and Paper Only
some sugar from the shop.
5. Which of the following should NOT be
Okay mum. recycled when you see this sign?
A. aluminum cans
2. The woman is asking her son to… B. Glass bottles
A. Buy some sugar C. Plastic bags
B. Get some money D. Used Paper
C. Ask for more sugar
D. Run out of the house
Grrr! They stole my
eggs!

“An Apple a Day Keeps

the Doctor Away”
6. From the picture above, we can say that…
3. What is the message of the text above? A. The bird is angry because its eggs were stolen
A. Eat an apple a day B. The bird is happy because he has no eggs
B. Eat apples everyday C. The bird is tired of searching for its eggs
C. The doctor eats apples everyday D. The bird wants to steal some eggs
D. Eat fruits everyday to stay healthy

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Question 7 – 8 is based on the table below.

Vivian’s Weekend Schedule 7. What does Vivian do twice a day?

A. Rest
7 a.m. – 8 a.m. Jogging
B. Exercise
8 a.m. – 9 a.m. Breakfast C. Revision
9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Homework/Revision D. Have lunch
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Lunch 8. From the schedule, when does Vivian do
1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Household Chores household chores?
2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Revision A. At night
B. Before lunch
3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Rest C. In the morning
D. In the afternoon

Question 9 is based on the comic strip below.

9. What does the mother want the children to do?

A. To go to sleep C. Leave the house
B. Not to annoy her D. Give her a present

Question 10 is based on the advertisement below.

Don’t miss the Jusco Sale!

Discounts on clothes,
Stationary, toys, books,
and much more!
50% OFF ALL bags and shoes.

Hurry to a Jusco near you!

10. Based on the advertisement above, which of the following statements are true?
A. Jusco is near your house
B. There are 50 items on sale at Jusco
C. You can buy bags and shoes at half price
D. The sale will begin on the 29th of January 2012
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Question 11 – 20 are based on the following text.

Homework! Why must I do homework? This question must have gone through your mind many times.
Homework is ________ (11) inevitable part of our school life. Homework is a means of consolidating
what is taught in class. It is based on what has been ________ (12) in class. So, the teacher is able to
________ (13) whether the students have understood the lesson and ________ (14) remedial work if
necessary.
When the teacher ________ (15) homework on the lessons taught, he is able to use the time in
class for more teaching. Lessons in school can be disrupted by school activities and school holidays. So,
instead of doing the exercises in class, the teacher ________ (16) to set homework in order to have
enough time to finish the syllabus. In the past, teachers ________ (17) to finish the syllabus because
there was not enough time in school to complete all the exercises.
How much homework should be set? On a normal school day, a student has at least five different
lessons in a day. So, if each teacher gives a piece of work, the student ________ (18) with too much
homework. Teachers could cooperate and space out the homework deadline for handing in the work.
Doing homework is the ________ (19) of the student. Educating the student is the responsibility
of the teachers and ________ (20) parents. Parents can help their child by guiding them. They should
not do their child’s homework. Otherwise, the teacher cannot assess the students accurately.

11. A. a 16. A. hat

B. an B. has
C. the C. had
D. be D. have

12. A. teach 17. A. struggle

B. teaches B. struggles
C. taught C. struggled
D. teaching D. struggling

13. A. assess 18. A. end up

B. assesses B. ends up
C. assessed C. ended up
D. assessment D. ended uped

14. A. provide 19. A. desire

B. provides B. decision
C. provided C. responsibility
D. provision D. understanding

15. A. give 20. A. a

B. gave B. an
C. gives C. the
D. given D. -
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Question 21 - 23 is based on the announcement below.

Public Speaking Contest for Forms 1, 2, and 3

The English Club of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kuala Lumpur has to bring forward (1) the public
speaking contest. This is because the scheduled date clashes with the school’s Open Day. Therefore,
the contest will be held on January 28, 2011 at the school hall at 2.00pm.

If the new date is not suitable for you and you wish to pull out (2) of the contest, please do let the
secretary of the English Club know a week before the contest. Please get your supporters to turn up (3)
on that day to give you moral support.

21. bring forward 22. pull out 23. turn up

A. delay A. reject A. spin
B. retreat B. cancel B. come
C. carry on C. remove C. dismiss
D. hold earlier D. withdraw D. produce

Question 24 - 26 is based on the announcement below.

Timothy : David! Congratulations! You did very well in your exams.

David : Thank you. It was really out of the blue (1) because I thought
I didn’t prepare enough.
Timothy : You’re just being modest. Aren’t you feeling on top of the
world (2)?
David : Well, I still can’t believe it.
Timothy : Whatever the case is, you should give yourself a pat on the
back (3) for your results.

24. out of the blue 25. on top of the world 26. give yourself a pat on the back
A. weird A. happy A. pat yourself
B. strange B. satisfied B. praise yourself
C. unusual C. surprised C. have worked hard
D. unexpected D. depressed D. deserve a long rest

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Question 27 - 32 is based on the following advertisement.

Standard Room

Semi-D Bungalow – Garden view

Semi-D Bungalow – Sea view

27. What is the advertisement above about?
A. House for sale by the beach
B. Rooms rental in Redang Island
C. Travelling packages outside of Malaysia
D. 3 Days and 2 night snorkeling and hotel
packages in Redang
30. Who is advertising the holiday packages above?
A. Ontravel & Tour
B. Single Occupancy Travel
C. Early Bird Promotion Tours
D. Redang Holiday Beach Villa

28. The word infant in the advertisement most 31. Which of the following dates falls during the
likely means early bird promotion period?
A. Pets A. 8th June 2012
B. Adults B. 11th August 2012
C. Babies C. 17th January 2012
D. Teenagers D. 15th September 2012

29. How much would it cost to take a four – five 32. The following are ways you can make a booking
sharing Semi-D bungalow – Sea view package for a Redang holiday package EXCEPT?
during a weekend of the early bird promotion? A. Fax your booking details to 603-62500466
A. RM 419 B. Call 603-62501478 to speak to a sales
B. RM 469 assistant
C. RM 479 C. Travel to Redang island and look for the
D. RM 529 Redang Holiday Beach Resort
D. Send an email with your booking details to
sales@ontravel.com.my

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Question 33 - 40 is based on the following passage

The door was slammed so hard that the whole house seemed to shake from the impact. Encik
Yusof was about to yell at his daughter but decided to hold his tongue at the last minute. “Teenagers can
feel very stressed out at times for no apparent reason. Sometimes, you need to be a little patient to get to
the root of the problem,” his friend had advised him.

Up in her room, Hazlinda flung herself onto her bed. Anger welled up inside her. “Life’s so
unfair! Why do I have to do most of the chores around here?” she thought to herself. Surely her brothers
could help out more.

A little later, she decided that she should tackle the problem head on. Grabbing a pen and paper,
she began to write out her complaints. Then, she listed down all of her and her brother’s chores.

She had to admit that it was a fair distribution. Since her brothers were in the afternoon session,
they completed their chores in the morning while she was still at school. That was why she never saw
them doing any work.

She was glad her grandmother had suggested that she write down her problems. It helped her see
them more clearly. Perhaps her current moodiness had something to do with the embarrassing incident
that had taken place earlier in school.

Her grandmother looked up as Hazlinda strolled into the living room. She patted the empty spot
next to her, inviting Hazlinda to sit next to her.

“How was your day?” asked her grandmother. Hazlinda poured out her heart to her. It felt good
to be able to talk about all her troubles. She felt thankful that she had an understanding grandmother
who lived with her.

33. Who slammed the door shut?

A. Hazlinda
B. En Yusof
C. Encik Yusof’s friend
D. Hazlinda’s grandmother

34. The word him in paragraph 1 refers to

A. Hazlinda
B. Encik Yusof
C. Hazlinda’s brother
D. Encik Yusof’s friend

35. Why did Encik Yusof hold his tongue at the last minute?
A. Encik Yusof tongue was hurting
B. Encik Yusof was in a hurry to meet his friend
C. Encik Yusof was tired of yelling at his daughter
D. Encik Yusof wanted to give his daughter some space to cool down

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36. Hazlinda felt that
A. she was doing too little work
B. her father should do less work
C. her brothers should do more work
D. her brothers should not do any work

37. When Hazlinda has a problem, her grandmother suggests that she
A. talks about it
B. writes it down
C. thinks about it
D. tells her friends about it

38. The word strolled in the passage can best be replaced by

A. ran
B. jogged
C. walked
D. crawled

39. Why was Hazlinda thankful her grandmother lived with her?
A. Her grandmother cooks delicious food
B. She could share her problems with her grandmother
C. Her grandmother can help with doing the house chores
D. Her grandmother can talk to her father on her behalf whenever she faces trouble

40. Based on the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A. Hazlinda’s grandmother lives with her
B. Hazlinda goes to school in the afternoon
C. Her brothers go to school in the morning
D. Encik Yusof likes the sound of the slamming door

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