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mole passage
I ~:rll 11

rl v word or short
1 (d) Choose e of the follow,ng words or plirases For each of them g,ve one he w ord or
phrase (o t nor more lhan seven words) which has !he same meaning that I
phrase has ,n rhe passage

1 ISOiated (line 3 )
2 5 g,ngerly (line 3 5)
flocked (hne 1 J J
3 6 In11mate (hne 53 )
confronr~d (line 1 J J 7 Impenc11ng fllne 65)
4 obhvrou s o f {hne 3 1J B linger (lin e 76) 151
[Total . 12 marks!

Pa n o f lhe passage describes lasga1r s a11emp1 to find a suitable habitat and hrs encounter with a
nes1tng parr o f ospreys

Write a summary of lh,s encounter You should concentrate on lasga1r s ac:;11ons and how th e
o ther two ospreys reacted -
-
USE ONLY THE MATERIAL FROM LINE 50 TO LINE 81 .

Your summary. which musl be in conti nuous wr11 ,ng. (not note form) must not be longer th an 160
words . including the 10 w ords given below

Begin your summary as follows:

lasgair discovered tha J th e numbt'r o f ospreys prevented him lrom [Total 20 marks]
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n 1111ucfo ro w o rrl!i
\Vhnl OOf'!< PMh Molll!!mBnl rcvonl o bt.lUI (111l dn•k S
)'OU• •ns- 11 S(ll)IIIA1ely (1) ond {ti) A colleague com ments
I ourire outftl s
(b) You go 10 wor~ one morning w ear1ng ono or yo ur ov
·, aomrr!' your simple ta ste ,n c lo lhes • , Number yo ur a n5w ~r~
Grve ~ o o,rteren1 reasons why your co lleaguo should say l htS 1;-1
~parately r•I ana (11)
The person rh e caller as ks tor ,.
(c } Yo.;, nome 1e1eph0ne r,ngs ancl you p,ck up the receiver
to you You say
uri~ riown

(I} Never heard o f h,m Sorry."

(ri) Im sorry but I think you·ve dialled the wrong number."
!he ca ller think abo ul your manner ? N umber y o ur a nsw ers
In eacn case , w hat w ould
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separately, (1) and (u)

(d) Your s1S1e1 ,s learning 10 bake a cake but what she has produced is not v ery good You say
 You are recommended to answer them in the ord er set.

From paragr aph 1:

(a) (i) The author was fascinated by the sheer size of the Amazon and its
forests . What other quality of the river also fascinated him?
[I]

(ii) Give two reasons why he wanted to canoe down the Amazon. [2]

From paragraph 2:

(b) (i) In what way was the author 's leave from the Air Force useful for
his canoe trip? [1]

(ii) He refers to this trip as' my solo expedition' .

Write down four consecutive words from paragraph 1 which
mean the same as 'solo expedition' . [1]

From paragraph 6:

(c) Apart from dangers from whirlpools, the author refers in the paragraph to
the 'dange rs for unwary navigat ors' . What is he afraid of?
[l]
From paragraph 9:

2 (a) ' Within minutes' (line 58). What does this phrase tell you about the manne r
in which the change in the river occurred?
[l]
(b) The usual method of night navigation was useless during the storm
(lines 59-60). Explain in your own words why it was useless.
[2]
(c) Why did the cargo boat have problems in attracting attention once it was
aground?
[l]
From paragraph 10:

(d) Suggest one reason why the author took 'a good look over the ship'
after the storm.
[l]

j
 -- . b · unde r
. d
a1t<:n r io n Wh en 111 <tng cr h an ce s wo ul d I ha ve o f em g sp ot ted
,i.;uniJar co
· nd 't' . • w at ch 7o
1
m ns in a ca no e?
. no co
I1 no r ice d ti uip m en t wa s Ja ck in g . Th er e was
T hc u I
la t pr op er na v ip,a rio n eq Am ~a ss
a d d I pr od uc ed a lar ge -sc ale m ap bof .South er1ca_
ch ar rs or m ap s o f an y kin t...
ca m e o v1 ou s the y ha
n nn we re . Jr so on ue
an d a~· k. C'd ti Ir c.n."w to cs r,m ,Hc w he re we fro m m em or y th e se
ct io ~
ma ps T he y kn ew
no C\ f)l"rre nc e '"- ha r.
c.oc vc r 111 u'l inp, es ; it wa s no t necess ar
y for the of 75
rhc ir rradi ng vo y ag rn
.'d pas t
th e \ m ,l.7 on rhcy "a r/<
in

f() k nO\~ m ort"

a pass ing
i ty . th e ca pt ain m an ag ed to ge t th e he lp of
c-rc m
12 A fl cr \\ har ~(' -f•mc<l Rn m p W e pr oc eede d wi th ou r jo ur
ne y an d I
th e ~
. wa far .
' c-.~(;d to pu ll u.s our of nly ha pp y ab ou t ev er yt hi ng I ha d seen so 8(J
uC 'd to m ak e no tes , rca .so na riv er . I on ly need ed
co n tm wn the Am az on
en t lh a r I co uld ca noe alo ne do m et hi ng el se ,
I \\ a~ co nf id
w hi ch 1 wa s su re I co ul d ge t, an d so
e ar ea .
map~ a nd ch an s of th
t g un , j ust in ca se .
too a n au to m a rrc sh o
e Amazon
n W ater: A re co rd -m aking Jo ur ne y down th ' 01Y
d trt e Ri vP r, Brow
◄ da{' tc fro m JW
◄ Ian H olm an

fTIJRN OVER]
 ver in usm g maps .
(e) Toe crew of the boat 'had no experience whatsoe
or gives for ~ap s
Explain in your own words the reason the auth [l]
•
being unnecessary .
From paragraph 12:

(f) (i) ' After what' seemed an eternity ' (line 78)
(ii) ' reasonab ly happ y' (line 80)
t the feelings of the
,Vhat does each of the expressions above tell you abou
(ii) .
author? Number your answ ers separately , (i) and [2]

(g) The auth or would need an automatic shot gun

for his jour ney , ' just
[1]
a gun necessary?
in case' . What had he already learnt that made

From the whole of the passage:

. For each of them ,
(h) Cho ose FIVE of the following words or phrases
give one wor d or shor t phrase (of not mor e than
seven word s) whic h has
in the pass age.
the sam e meaning that the word or phrase has

1 consequently (line 24)

2 extending (line 31)
3 luxu rian t (line 32)
4 handling (line 37)
')

5 norm al (line 47) ..,._

6 ran into (line 57)

7 sturd y (line 65)
[5]
8 estimate (line 74)

that would be useful to him on his trip

3 The auth or set abou t gathering all -the information
dow n the rive r Amazon.

problems he was likely to face , and

Give an acco unt of his,p lans for the trip, the
how he thou ght they could be overcome.

LINE 49
USE ONLY THE MATERIAL FROM LINE 13 TO
ing, must not be tonger than
Your account, which should be in continuous writ
160 word s, including the ten words given below.
Begin your account as follows :
[20}
I started ...
Afte r noting the poss ible hazards I could face,

9
r Indeed, there is no other river like the Amazon. It contains the largest volume
of fresh water in the world, with a network of waterways extending
millions of kilometres. Its luxuriant forests are responsible for replenishing half
the world's oxygen, and of the 22000 known plants in the world, 18000 can be
found in the Amazon basin.
30

6
During that time of preparation, I would spend hours just gazing at the river, 35
watching its titanic forces at work. Whirlpools would form without warning,
causing serious difficulties in handling even the largest of ships. Other
rivers would appear, their muddy waters merging with the Amazon, and then
veering off again. For a time they would run parallel with the dangers for
unwary navigators, but I knew I could do it. 40
7
These were not the only dangers. I had seen ferocious jaguars caught in the
area and realised the risks I would face if I was forced to camp by the banks of
the river. Furthermore, I was certain that
the river would be infested with
crocodiles, snakes and a host of other potentially dangerous animals. So it
seemed that I would not be safe either on land or on the river. And yet the 45
native inhabitants appeared to survive untroubled. Or was it that they accepted
death from such hazards as something normal?

8 During my trips on the cargo boats, I questioned the crew about any strange
_ . fruits, nuts or berries I saw. Could they be eaten and how were they prepared? a
•,--,.•Large turtles were in abundance; in fact much of the meat served on board these 50
1 •

vessels was turtle meat< On the larger ships they were kept in the shower room,
and if you did not want your toes bitten off, it was necessary to keep stepping over
them as they moved towards you. How the turtles were caught, I did not know.
a
In any case, it would be risky business trying to haul one into a canoe. But fishing
was, of course, a strong possibility if supplies ran short. It would just be a 55
question of identifying the edible species.

9 Towards the end of one of my trips, just as it was getting dark, we ran into a
violent tropical storm. Within minutes, the river changed from glassy calm to a
raging sea. Rain reduced the visibility to zero and the usu~l method of night
· t·10n by spotlight was useless The order to stop engmes came too late and
nav1ga 60
. · . .
soon we were aground in a swamp. The nver was wide here and efforts to .
·on of passing ships were unsuccessful. Swams of mosqmtoes
attract the attent1
under a piece
· of oId
·
tlessly and I spent the rught ·
now attacked us re1en sweatmg
canvas.
. .
1 had a good look over the ship . It was a sturdy vessel
The followmg morrung ed G tting it afloat again would be the only problem.
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10
and did not appear damag · e luable lessons to be learnt: the speed with
All the same, there wereedsome va ·
the millions of mosqmtoes, d h d
an t e ange1s
·
.
which conditions chang '

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 OCTOBER 1997
ENGLISH PAPER 2 (1122/2)

SECTION A
t
ore you atte mp t any que S ion s ·
Read the following passage carefully bef
0rd
to ans wer the m in the er set .
Answer all the questions . You are advised

g, punctuation and gramm ar ma y be penalised in any par t of the paper.

Mistakes in spellin
me. It is the she er siz e of the riv er, and
The river Amazon has always fascinated
1 l me. People are con sta ntl y bei ng
the huge forests surrounding it, that ~n_!hra
s. It is also a pla ce of gre at sec rec y and
swallowed up in their unexplored vastnes s
what life was rea lly like the re. Beside '
mystery and I have always wanted to see
e long ed to create a wo rld record for something or oth er, and this wa s the
I hav
fect opp ortu nity. I wou ld can oe alon e down the gre ate st riv er in the wo rld
per '
any man had eve r gon e bef ore .
further than
d to me in 1979, wh ile I wa s in Bra zil
2 The ide~ of making the canoe trip occurre
Air For ce. I had two mo re ear s to
on un~a1d lea~e from the Royal Australian
free. Me anw hile I wo uld u:e 10
serve m the Arr Force and then I would be eve ntu ally h 1 my leave
all the informa tion I cou ld wh ich wo uld
to ga~~r e P me on my solo
expechtion down the Amazon.

~ /
3 For two weeks in 1979, I travelled 3200 kil ometres of the Am azo n in sm all cargo
 ~ .UV illA BW E SC C
HO OL EXAMIN ATIONS COUNCIL
EN GL ISH LANGUAGE
PA PER 2 1122/2

Frid ay
24 October 1997
2 hours
Add itio nal mat eria ls:
Answer pap er

mm 2 hours

INS TR UC TIO NS TO CANDIDATES

Wri te you r nam e, Cen tre number

pap er/a nsw er booklet. and candidate number in the spaces
provided on the answer

Ans wer all questions.

Lea ve a spac e of one line between you

r answers to each part of a question, e.g.
Lea ve a spac e of at least three lines afte between l(a) and l(b) .
r your completed answer to each whole
question.
Wri te you r answ ers on the separate answ
er paper provided.
If you use mor e than one sheet of pap
er, fasten the sheets together.
INF OR MA TIO N FO R CANDIDATES

The num ber of mar ks is given in brac

kets [ ] at the end of each question or part
question.
You are adv ised to spend 1 hou r 30 min
utes on Section A and 30 minutes on Sec
tion B.
Mis take s in spelling, punctuation and
grammar may be penalised in any part
of the Paper.

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 uv "' ucc:n ao
- --•~ U uu L 1
~pnmanding enou equately addressed.

I seriously consider

Th e choice of wor
ed at all.
gh to persuade Nat

ds is good _ notic
asha to drop the no
Lisa 's letter is not
tion that Bibo's offe
t
r could~~

the extreme dissua e the chiding tone

sion in "your heal of "Bibo's wives
thy self becoming treat you dastardly
the letter is also fu thinner than a cr ac k" " or
ll of advice - Lisa : ~ e
should be doing, th is sticking her nose in conc lusion of
an pining sleepless her books - which
about Bibo! is what Natasha

Model/Mb
 ....,. , ~. -· ~ ••u . ~

The answer should b .

• e 10 the fo
so Iut10ns to the proble .
. rm of a letter since Lisa is writing back to Natasha and suggestmg
than waywar d! Aga. msthraised · It is hoped that the advice given will be
constructive rather
amplified and wen_ ~:• . e lett~r by Natasha is only a prompt : the reply
will be broader ,
be evident in the repl amng. Smee Natasha is a friend strains of closeness
Y too - oth · and humour should
erw1se the letter becomes' lousy or dreary .

Manama High School

P. Bag GA 5835
Gwanda

22 October 1997
Dear Natash a

I read your letter m d . .

e 1tat1vely and I hope I have the right answer to your problems.
I bunders tand that yo . 'd .
u are ng1 with fear and cannot face your father when he explodes at you
a out your school fees. You must, however, consider that your school work is very
crucial.
You hav~ to face the music. I think that your father knowing about this
after you have been
expell ~ 1s much worse than him knowing about it now. It is inevitable that
he will know - and ·
unavm dabl_e that you let him know as soon as possible.

I was very upset to read about Bibo. Imagine this : you are married to Bibo, and
you have no
educati on. Bibo Is wives treat you dastardly. Maybe Bibo has AIDS and
transmits it to you.
You are now a thin woman , a few bones in a bag of flesh . Imagine your
healthy self becoming
thinner than a crack. You have no money but more problems. Bibo no
longer loves you, you
want to run away but where to?

Men are a problem and I suggest you think about it carefully. Besides, he is
thirty years older
than you, meanin g that his days are ntimbered. Who will look after your
poor self when the sun
sets in his sky? Think about it. You have your whole life to lead. ·· Take
that chance and make
sure. you utilise all the time in school to prepare for what is coming. Even
though he says he has
got a lot of money, you also need your own money to be stable. You
cannot depend entirely
upon him.

Thank you for the luck. Rumbi is recuperating fro~ an ~jury after a_he~
branch hit her. I am
stickin g my nose in my books. Take care and do think twice about this Bibo
character.

Kindest regards.

Lisa

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 ,,,,. '. l!JLIQ

r
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'
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n as
/1 1' //

<.,,odic.l:.itc aucm pls question 4 :

AT LIFE IS LIKE THERE,

· JJESCRJBE THE SUMMER IN YOUR AREA AND WH .
rays onto the earth • Over head ' a threa te · b
The sun st rcam
0
'' " s out its hlistering
. ' · rung lack cl
• J , s loud er as the crick ets rasp, joine d by th h' ~ud
appi oac ies. The caco phon y of insects grow
JeteJy cove red. The earth shale e IsSmg
snak es aoci th e twitt ering of birds . Soon the sky is comp afte~ a
st rcak of yello w light ning followed by the booming sound of thunder. Seaweed and boexses ghde
' th tl · ti · s out from heav en racing through the b
as e _us e wmd swee ps If ighhills. The water pour
eance. The sun squints out from the clo :
mou ntam s ~nd flooding the valleys below with a veng
it and weeds and plants spring to life,
an? ~hen 1t finds the once parched earth, it seduces
pire with the sun to bring forth fruits that
pam tmg the land scap e a brilli ant green. The trees cons
er at Highhills.
hang heav y with juice from their branches. This is summ

kaleidoscope of colo ur of the mimosa and

I strol l in the brilli ant suns hine of the morning and a
goes overhead, I retire in the tree-shaded
boug ainv illea flowers draw s my attention. As the sun
terra ces. The beac h is most interesting. At midday,
I sit at a parasolled table watching the sun-
acquamarine blue waves lap at the beach
dimp led sea and the prom enad es of the sea gulls. The
ess watching the whim bright fiery red
in gent le moti on. At sun set, I recline on my air mattr
setting sun giving my skin a rich golden
horiz on. My sun-s tarve d body soaks up the rays of the
brow n colou r.

the flaring woods of Highhills, the usual

At night when the waxing bright moo n rises through
music and an occasional breez e caresses
danc e parad e takes place. I dance to the exhilarating
ing the mist of sleep to drift over me.
me as if to say good night. I lie down in my bed, allow
. Life is neve r boring at Highhills.
The next day, there is something new to do as usual
s at the promenade and drenching the
Watching the long lines of white topped waves themselve
That is life arH ighhills. When J look up at the
 In these days of eco .
families c nonuc refonns hi
b an not afford to rel w ch have brought about untold economic hardships, most
nd th advancement has,
_e~o any reasonable doubt yb on e husband's income only . Women's
hvmg • ' rought about an improvement in most families' standard of

Gone are the days Wh .

0 nl Y . en women were noth'. mg more than mere housemaids and really belonged
to the kitchen. Th
themselves . It is unfi ey deserve help and respect in their very endeavours to empower
with me. ortunate, however, that most men will not share these fervent sentiments

I truly and affectionate! elm' to

advance themseI Y a . ire what an emboldened lot of women in my country are doing
dubbed " OMA Capital
Project" pione v:s . In this regard , the setting up of a fund or bank
Mrs Abigail Magw enzi, cannot go unmentioned . The
sense of bu . ere. by, among others,
examp le . smess
10 th
ese women and others in Zimbabwe is astonishing. They are a shining
m a new era of gender equality.

politically empowering
:;11en one talks of socially empowering women, one also talks about
vying for promin ent positions in
em. In recent times, not only have we seen women
men domin eered before.
gover nment , but some have placed themselves in the top brass where
government to view them
This , I believ e, is a good move by women as they can now influence
are in the advanced stages
from a positiv e vantage. No doubt women in the industrialised world
such as Zimbabwe are sure
of wome n's liberation but the winds of change in developing nations
to be harbin gers of a brighter tomorrow.
are the hub of workers in
Wome n, I believe, are valuable in an economy like ours in that they
meaningful employment
the inform al sector where, according to economists, our hope for
creati on lies .
a society like ours. This
Wome n's advancement, I am convinced, is for the benefit of all in
suppor t it. To women I say ,
ideolo gical thrust is already bearing fruit in Zimbabwe, so why not
ours is a ceaseless fight for recognition.

***
is the acme of
that the contending voice is not intrusive but recognisably present. This
. &. tual and level-headed. Also the writer succeeds in creating a wholesome
Note here d . ,h ,
ent· to remam 1ac owever ,
argum · th e of important transitional markers or ev1ces -
firm and cohesive.
argum ent thro~gh fre ~s t Such markers of speech make the writing
, nevert heless ; apart om e c.

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 EXPECTED ANSWERS
NOVEMBER 1997
ENGLISH LANGJJAGE
- ~ 112211
SCORING PQINrs

Candidates sitting the , 0 , . . . .

and patterns C level exanunatton mvariably appear to produce stereotyped structures
e T . .weaknesses appear to arise from lack of proper competence m
· 0 mmon · the
English Langua
clarity on the tr g ·ti his _mcompetence leads to general misuse and confusion of words, lack of .
to distingu • h
structure ~~
:S ormatt?n of regular and irregular verbs, use of strange idiom and even failure
etw~n smgle words, compound words and words that are prepositional in
are wntten as two words.

The English Langu .

d age spellmg system can be called word specific. Although there are patterns
an some consistencies about the spellings, they are not syllabic nor phonetic and therefore one
:° only spell English words by knowing them specifically . Candidates need to expose
. emselves to wide reading in order to encounter the words in use, subsequently mastering them
· each word has its own idiosyncrasies .

Punctuation remains a nightmare for many candidates. Punctuation in English is very elaborate
and can be very effective if well used. Using marks of punctuation on a trial and error basis is
not the solution : use of the comma, the full stop, exclamation mark and semi-colon must be
learnt masterfully to enhance the flow of language.

INTERPRETATION NOTES

SECTION A <30 Marks}

Q.l A descriptive topic. Candidates are expected to describe the teacher's appearance
and his or her initial impact in the new school and the reaction of students and
others in the school community. Good candidates will show critical observation
of the teacher's minute traits of character and behaviour.

Q.2 Good candidates will create lively, interesting and relevant accounts which will
incorporate either of the given statements. Weak candidates will fail to produce
accounts in which there is a logical link between the given statements and the rest
of the story. The rudiments of short story telling: pace, suspense, atmosphere,
etc, in both options will be rewarded.

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 ·gmal accounts even of a descriptive nature.
. A Wid
e
J.3 The topic invites fresh, ~n , . . from an erroneous domestic or business
interpretation of 'confu ston anstg didates will create lively, interesting anct
address will be acceptable .. Gool ;~a The weak will harp on mere mix-ups
relevant anecdotes tinged with me o r .
or congeries.
.b discuss both positive and negative effects
cted to descn e or .
Q.6 Candidates are exp~ . . th contemporary world. The good candidates
of advances in apphed sciences ~th e aradoxical element in question and arrive at
will demonstrate an a~areness O d ~pa well informed opinion on the application
a reasoned point of view supporte y
of practical scientific knowledge.

Q.7 d. • t ·c Good cand1.dates will examine· in some depth both sides of the
.
A iscurs1ve op1 . . . a reasoned conclusion. A well-substantiated via
argument before amvmg at .
edia (non-committal) treatment of the topic w1
•u
be acceptable. Mediocre and
. .
:eak candidates will offer a mere list of pros and cons. without argumg them
through. Advice given by adults who are not necessarily the parents of the
children will be accepted.

* Question Paper : October 1997

WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT
The candidate has attempted question 5 - "Women's advancement". As an open - ended
question, the candidate ought to approach it with an open - mind seeking to unrav~l the loaded
meanings of this very topical subject. The example given below reveals a dehcate balance
between rhetoric and reality, thereby managing to present a coherent piece in which an apt
vocabulary has been employed to convey the argument. This is one example of good treatment
of the subject on a topic that does not give room to as varied a vocabulary as the narrative/
descriptive genres.

** My definition of women's advancement would be economically and socially empowering

them to give them a higher status in society than currently obtains. However, the definition has
been broadened in recent years with the advent of the call to observe their rights as well.

Many will agree with me that this norm brought about in recent years was long overdue because
of the following valid reasons. Apart from being just wilves, women are mothers as well.
Therefore, in such a situation a woman needs to have a sound financial background hence the
need for economic empowerment of women.

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 I ~houJd
ve ry un plea sant. What do you think
aking my life here
These problems are m
do? Please help . t
ations. K ee p swotting away until the las
coming 'O ' level ex
amin
Good luck with your do well.
minute! I know you'U
ask.
y? And ho w are you? I nearly forgot to
How is Rumbi , by th
e wa

shes .
Good luck and best wi

Your caring friend

Natasha [20]

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 SECTIONB

end not more

s section
8. Imagine that y •
yours h . . ou are Lisa. You receive the following letter from Natasha, a friend of
· th . w O IS m Form 3 at Ntili High School. Reply to the letter giving her advice on all
e Issues she raises.

Ntili High School

Private Bag 6013
MACHEKE
16 October 1927
Dear Lisa

1 am sorry I couldn't reply

to your last letter promptly as I had hoped. It was because I
had a number of problems which I still haven't solved. The first problem is to do with
my school fees. They were due last month and I received the money from my father two
weeks ago. However, I was on my way to the school office to pay the fees when I was
stopped by a boy in the Upper Sixth. I had borrowed his sports bag last August, but then
went and lost it. Now he was demanding his bag back, or the money to pay for a new
one. It was an expensive bag, I can tell you. Well, I had to give him most of the money I
had to compensate for that loss. So I did not pay my school fees in the end.

So now the Headmaster can send me away any time or bar me from sitting the end-of-
year examinations in three weeks' time. -I'd rather my father didn't know anything about
the lost bag or my failure to pay the school fees. -

The second problem is that two weeks ago I met a man who was looking for a young
wife. He said that he was prepared to marry me as soon as possible if I accepted his
proposal of marriage. Although he is thirty years older than I am, he is very rich and
good-looking.

The trouble is that I cannot make up my mind and this is worrying me. I cannot
centrate in class as I am excited about his proposal but also confused. Bibo, the man I
con talking about, said if I married him now there would be no need to continue in
:ool. He said that he bad plenty of money to look after a wife who didn't work .

•
QUESTIONS QCTOBEK 1997
E 1122 t

. Your answer should be b~wee

. ··
- , . c,.ll"win ~S, -
ONE ~~ ... ~ minutes on this· section.
' n 3SQ
Wnte a comp0stU00 on - -4
~ ~-
words in lcn~th, You should spe
d how he or she has affected your scho .
1. Describe a new teach~r
· your schoo1an
lI1 .
°
1hfe
·

[30]
. d ne of the following:
2. Write a story which 1s Jlase on °
. g late but the work had to be done.
Either (a) It was gettlll ' -
[30]

QI
Although his father had lost his job, Tendai was
determined to continue with his education. [30],

-3 The trouble all started when we were given the wrong addr~ss. \.. __-/

Describe the summer in your area and what life is like there:
[30]

[30]
5. Women's advancement.
[30]
6. The world of modem technology - is it a blessing or a curse?
[30]
7.
Yloung people often ignore parental advice until it is too
ate. Do you agree?
[30]

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 ZIM BAB WE SCH OOL EXA MIN ATI ONS COUNCIL

ENGLISH LAN GUA GE 1122

PAPER 1

OCTOBER 1997
TIME :
1 HOUR 30 MINU TES

INST RUC TION S TO CAN DIDA TES

Write your name , Centr e and candi date numb er in

the space s provid ed on the answ er
pape r/ans wer bookl et.

Answ er two quest ions.

Answ er one quest ion from Secti on A and one from

Secti on B.

Read the pape r caref ully befor e answ ering the quest
ions.

Write your answ ers on the separ ate answ er paper

provid ed.

If you use more than one sheet of paper , fasten the

sheet s toget her.

INFO RMA TION FOR CAND IDAT ES

The numb er of mark s is given in brack ets ( ) at

the end of each quest ion or part
ques tion.

You are advis ed to spend 50 minut es on Sectio n

A and 40 minut es on Secti on 8.

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SECTION B
x 2)
QUESTION 4: 10 MARKS (5
by your
do ub ts yo ur pe rfo rm an ce /h e is unconvinced
(i) Accept: he (I)
4. (a)
ability.
lighted/encouragi ng/
(ii) Accept: he is pleased/de (1)
ty.
he believes in yq ur abili
oled/
(i) Accept: comforted/accepted/cons (1)
(b )
relieved

hu rt/embarrassed/angry
I
(ii) Accept: (1)
unwanted/humiliated
ing/
(i) Accept: he is supportive/encourag
(c) owing
pleased with the idea/sh (1)
e idea .
approval/approves of th
you
(ii) Accept: he does not believe that
ts you
go out to study /he suspec
aying
spend most of the time pl
g you
with friends/he is advisin
e
to spend most of your tim (1)
fruitfully.
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(8) discouraged
dejected/put off/ depressed/bust/
(line 66)
disheartened/I osing prevented/ stopped
confidence.
QUESTIO N 3:
(15 + 5 = 20 marks)
Excess ~o rd s to the 150 required are not marked. The candidate is marked for points in response
to the given question as well as the grammar used to express them.

EACH POINT SCORES 1 MARK UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.

1. Follow it in a truck
2. and throw a 1asso over its head
3. (The chief prdblem was) the rhino
was (very) strong
4. and (highly) aggressive
5. the writer had no experience in dealing with rhinos/
he had no idea of how to deal with rhinos
6. big game trappers could not give advice/help.
7. the rhino could smash the truck to pieces.
8. there were real dangers
9. they would use a truck
10. they would leave its back open
11. they would use a log tied to a rope ,.y
12. the log would slow the rhm.o down .
13. the truck could drive safety if the rhmo charged
14. two trucks were necessary
 (d) 1 Ma rk
(1)
l word
"sacrificed"

(e) 5 Marks (5 X 1)
Q_mark
1JillUk
kno w/e arly mo rni ng
occurred/became
( l) dawn upon
(line 15-16) clear/realised/it
struck me/began to
be visible/came to
mind/made sense/
began to be
understood

(2) abundant plentiful/a lot of/ som e

~ (line 16) great/large numbe.i:s/
~ "'~ - f numerous/teeming/ ·
,. multitudinous/many

(3) skirted went round the circ led /

(line 17) ~ / travelled at the enc ircl ed/
edge of/w ent along the wen t rou nd/
borders of/ sur rou nde d
circumnavigated

(4) in vain without success/ in eve ry pla ce

(line 23) unsuccessfully/it was
fruitless/without any
results/to no avail.

(5) precarious very dan ger ous /ins ecu re/ unp red icta ble
(line 41) unsafe/vulnerable/ dou btfu l/un sur e
delicate/uncertain
(6) virtuall y nearly/ almost/basically
(line 48)
in effect.
(7) sanctuary
refuge/ retreat/haven/
(line 51) zoo
place of safety/ a secure
place/an animal reserve .
r 2
_,c~TI.QN_2 : 12 mar ks (2 + 2 +2
~ + 1 + 5)
(a) 2 Mar ks
"two reas ons"

A: the need to feed th .

e prisoners of war.
Hun dred s of buffal .
feed pr· 0
1soners of war.were killed in order to
(1)
Giv e O for: The re were .
of buff alo fell t . priso
a a time (alone)ners of war/hundreds

AND
B: evid ence of brea kdow n in law and order.

EITHER:
The ward ens were away at war hence the sold
iers
were killing the animals as a pastime.

OR: The sold iers were killing the animals

at will.
Giv e O for : The ward ens were ~way at·W (1)
a{ (alone)/ soldiers
wer e killi ng the anim als as a pastime (alon
e) \

(b) 1 Mar k

"the clim ax" the mos t interesting/captivating (1)

1 Mar k

"epi taph " (sad ) end (1)

(c) (i) 2 Mar ks

"wr iterI s wor k" ·

le outside Africa about

A He info rms pe~p ('n Africa) to
wha t is happ enm g •
(1)
wild life.
AND h threats to the animals
s to redu ce furt er
B atte m Pt· · (1)
be set in mot10n
wou Id

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1122 /2
ENGLISH LAN GUA GE
EXPE CTED ANS WER S

QUESTION 1 8 Marks (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
1. (a) 1 Mark
(1)
"chief reason" his love for Africa

OR - to find out what had happened to the (1)

Africa he had visited before.
(1)
OR - to make a film of wildlife .

(b) (i) 1 mark

"uneventful" there was nothing excit ing/
nothing much happe ned/i t was dull/
uninteresting/without adven ture (1)

Give O for: boring/wearisome/tedious .

(ii) "projects" 1. Congo (1)

2. Kenya (1)
OR
East Africa (1)

(c) 2 marks

(i) wound up
(1)
(ii) climbed
(1)
(d) (i) 1 mark ·

.
The valley had boasted the riche st wildlife befiore.
(1)
Give Ofor : H had no idea what· had hap d
e pene .
(ii) 1 mark

Some massive disaster.

(1)

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 w is a list of eigh t
1
(e) ~!i~ng to th e words. Each f
sa m e ar ea of _m
eaning~ th em co
mmonly works wi
th another from th
rofes_~ion - ~ e list. Both
P c1ate "
asso plice -
accorn
•ourneY -
1 pa
corn nY ✓
crirne ·. ✓
cornpanion )<
colleaQue

Write down th e fo
ur pa irs of words
that naturally go to
gether.
[2]

:'
I

i.
I
 Section B

Answer all the que st i ns.

. tes on this section .
You should not spend more than 30 m J1U
1
. . . j fl Read the description of each situatio,
4 Listed below are five situations which are described b e Y·
carefully and then answer t1e
questions which follow, rlefly ·
. . different teachers write the followin,
(a) You do very well in y ur mid-year examination Tw 0 1

comments on your repbrt:

(I) "A surprising perft rmance , I feel:'

1
I
(II) "Well done! Keep! it up!"
J

What is the teacher's attitude in each case to yo r efforts?

Number your answer separately, (i) and (ii). / [;

(b) Your class is making a noise. A prefect walks /, and orders you to keep quiet, but trips an
knocks her forehead gainst the wall as she gq s out. You say:
I
(I) "You haven't hur yourself, have you?" /
(II) f
"Who is going to e punished for that, the ?"
In each case, say ho; the prefect wouldJeel. ; umber your answers separately, (i) and (ii).[;

(c) One day you ask you \ parents' permission to r! o and study with your friend in the evening:
Your father remarks:
1
I

(I) "What a good ide~! You ought to get a lot f work done together."