SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEBANGSAAN PERDANA

UJIAN KEMAJUAN 1
FORM 4
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Name: _______________ Class: Form 4 ______

SECTION A ( 20 marks )
Read the information below and then answer the questions that follow:
Question 1

Title : The Five People You Meet In Heaven

Author: Mitch Albom
Price : RM29.50 (all leading bookstores in Malaysia)

Another delightful book by the author of the bestseller

‘Tuesdays with Morrie’. ‘The Five People You Meet in
Heaven’ is about an 83-year-old amusement park
maintenance man named Eddie. He served in the war and
was wounded in his leg, leaving him with a permanent
physical disability. He is angry with his life as he feels he
had to give up his own goals. He feels robbed of his own
prospects in life by the war and those around him.

Eddie is killed trying to save a little girl from being crushed

by a ride in the park. He awakens in heaven where he, in
turn, meets five people who take turns to explain to Eddie
the events of his life. Some people he knows very well like
his mother, father and wife, others are strangers, yet all had
an impact in his life and he learns how they changed each
others' paths.

Fill in the blanks with short answers based on the book review:

a)
1. Title:
2. Another title by
same author:
3. Available at:
4. Cost:

b) Eddie…..
1. was ________________________________________ and became disabled.
2. worked as ____________________________________________________
3. felt cheated of _________________________________________________
4. died while ____________________________________________________
5. met familiar people like his parents, his ________________ and 2 strangers.
6. was told by all the five people that he had ______________ on their lives.
Question 2 ( 10 marks )
Choose the best answer from the options A, B, C and D. Circle the correct answers.

Years ago, as a newly-qualified teacher, I was posted to a school in a small village. There
was only one coffee shop, ___1___ sundry shop and a bicycle repair shop. The village
had piped water ___2___ no electricity supply. There ___3___ no public transport at
night. ___4___, the lack of amenities in the village did not bother me much. The students
___5___ hardworking and eager to learn. There were no discipline ___6___. I had to
___7___ a set of living quarters with two others and we had to cook our own meals. In
the evenings and during weekends we went fishing or ___9___ round the many surrounds
villages. At weddings we and festivals, we were showered with food. ___9___ village
folk respected ___10___ and made us feel wanted. I'll never forget their warmth and
kindness.

1. (A)a 6. (A)problems
(B) an (B) difficulties
(C) the (C) challenges
(D)-- (D)attitudes

2. (A)and 7. (A)live
(B) but (B) make
(C) or (C) share
(D)both (D)divide

3. (A)is 8. (A)cycle
(B) are (B) cycles
(C) was (C) cycled
(D)were (D)cycling

4. (A)Moreover 9. (A)A
(B) Therefore (B) An
(C) Since (C) The
(D)However (D)--

5. (A)is 10. (A)us

(B) are (B) we
(C) was (C) me
(D)were (D)you
Question 3 ( 20 marks )

IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP

by Latiff Mohidin
At dawn they returned home
their soaky clothes torn
and approached the stove
their limbs marked by scratches their legs full of wounds
but on their brows there was not a sign of despair

The whole day and night just passed

they had to brave the horrendous flood
in the water all the time
between bloated carcasses and tiny chips of tree barks
desperately looking for their son‟s albino buffalo that was never found

They were born amidst hardship

and grew up without a sigh or a complaint
now they are in the kitchen,
making jokes while rolling their cigarette leaves

Translated by Salleh Ben Joned

1. Where did the villagers go to the moment they came back to the house?

___________________________________________________ ( 2 marks )

2. What were they doing the whole night?

___________________________________________________ ( 2 marks )

3. Identify 2 words used in the poem to suggest that the villagers were very poor.

_______________________________________________________ ( 3 marks )

2. In your opinion, why did the villagers take the trouble to look for the albino
buffalo?

_______________________________________________________ ( 3 marks )
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