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    ‘Queen's college Yearly Examination 2018-2019 English Language | General English Secondary 2 Date: 6 June 2019 Class: Time: 8:30 .m.~9:30 am, Class Number: Maximum Marl 90 Instructions 41, Write your class and class number in the spaces provided on the answer sheet. 2, Answer ALL questions on the Answer Sheet provided. Do not turn over this page until you are told to do so. Section A Comprehension (28 marks) Passage 1 (19 marks) ‘Ada is writing about her camping experience. Read the text [Ew ever gt my fr eomping oly, was ona Tareday when Te wb Astronomy Club 2-day sominer cmp with my rend Macy Thad hed oe abet he capt in al Kang before my trp. Before we set ff, ha expected to have asa day so tht we coud ejoy he tar observation actives, However he weather was ey. ‘Unexpectedly, we il ba lovely caging lia. (2) The minue we avved athe campsite, Lali how ub Las ahi mide ie ace, Contry o what Tha heard its quit ity was impressive Iwas strc by is ua eau cul smell he fesh ras and iste othe saws chip Altough it ep iaing, we ejoed playing tere and pitching te teat together, What surprised us was that thre was wife cvryhere We oak close-ps of sand teres. One of ends a sullen, tate sbsoeb the lous scenery, sure and willie [3] Soon, wat nly the tet prepare inner and we were faced with an uredicble challenge. The pees of wood we cole fom the campsite were oly soaked because of dowepour We eu ot ook, We waited fran hour under be wees but the sudden storm showed n signs of ting up, which gases og fases Out ofthe us, acow appeared ad wed wana us. As we wee escaping we sponte a lng bande of ry ‘wood in cave. We Hilly rele ta the cow was showing us tho way te evecume ‘oucoblemt [A After puting rato int cooking dina, we ware overjoyed led hate shy eas lar and housnds of str were tain dove our ead. The very mon beamed own, Welayon the sof gras in clos contact with aire {hummel ing and sa shooting star kal ars he sky Maryan Timely made a wish hat we could enjoy aberving the petal viow ofthe tan ht he cow that ad eps could ive hap A wonderfl sense of calm Mutered down por, {51 Withowe shining son my’ bedicom eling | silrenambe the dy T went camping, ‘helt challenge we fed the cow we met andthe memorable view of the a. Tat camping lida wil be one of the unforgetable experiences rowshout my We Part (5 marks) Match the correct sub-headings tothe paragraphs in the text. Write the letier only. ([eraeraph os. sub headings [i [parerophi nae 2._ | Paragraph 2 ‘An encounter with a fierce animal | raregraoha Acai nike 4 [Poreophé ._Areanng sensation onatre S| Paragraphs _ £. Details of the camp. An unemected dif L — {Shining stars ona cloudy night Part 2(3 marks) Find words in paragraphs 2-3 that have similar meanings tothe following: 41. impressed 2. wet 3. solve art 3 (3 marks) ‘Choose the best answers. Write the letter only. 1, Rend lines 6-7, I realised how dumb I was to have misjudged the place’. How Aid the author ee? Avregret Brel fondness D. anger 2 According o paragraph 2, what had the author heard cout te ampst before her tip? ‘A Tiwas bent B.Itwas quiet. Teas noi D. There were lots of birds. 3 Read ine 16, Which ofthe following can replace ‘out ofthe be"? ‘A once in blue moan B. blue with cold Cb in the ce D.allota sudden Pare (8 marks) ‘Answer the questions in complete sentences. 41. What was the main purpose fr the authar to join the camp? 2, What kinds of animals are mentioned in the article? 3. Read line 16... gave us long faces." What does it mean? 4, Read ine 19. What does ‘our problem’ refer to? Passage 2 (9 marks) ‘ead the passage and complete the report in the answer shet. > Kerry travelled to Japan and went tothe Museum of Comics at Easter. She wrot ‘an e-mall to her sister, Leona. Read the e-mail and the information below. Help Kerry complete her report. From: Keny ‘sussecr A fantasti visit tothe Museum of Comics Hi Leo0a, [es my second day in Japan! The weather is great nd enjoy sighseing here Isa bit exhausting though, T visited the Museum of Comic yesterday. The museum sso big tat it has atl of four galleries and two theatres. Since I went thereafter lunch. the frst event inal was the ily film show. The show bighlighted.an interesting cartoon character which Telly wanted 19 learn more about. watched the show with Mum and Dad We paid 450 yen altogether. That svaecheep—a quar ofthe envance fe! ‘Aer watching the fl, Immediately proceeded Theatre 20 know more about my favourite cartoonist Thea used to CallryB to listen tothe ak there becase T want to be a suceessfleatoons inthe fate Before Het [went othe souvenir galery. I bought some lovely cartoon figures for ou. I'm soe you'l ike the, relly enjoyed visting the museum. I could go there regularly. be a member oft The embers fei reasonable. only costs 150 yous fr |-yar unlimited vis have "top here since i time for dane. Chat sos, Kery Daily Exhibitions & Events Schedule ‘Time Exhibitions and Events Yeu | Remarks ‘9:00 a-6:00 pm | Board Show 1 Superheroes of AllTime | Gallery| Free 2.00pm /30 pm Fim Show = Henan ‘Theawe 1 | ¥150 per person Talk How tobe a caoonst 45:00 pt ler Free ‘Pm-430M | ear hose who want tobe acenoonin) | OMe ® “Taped ineview with Charles M, Schutz 300 pm Treare2| Free oe (The cartoonist of Peanuts) ‘00am-600pm | Boamd Show Comic Book Facts | GalleyC| Free 00 an-60 pm | PEW oF Comics varus wp=OE | oD) ee comes ound the work “500 pm-&:00 pm | Talk From comics wo snimation | Theawe || ¥550 per peson Section 8 Cloze Passage (12 marks) Ada is reading an article about the Milky Way in the camp. Help Ada to complete the article. Choose the most sultable answer and write the ltter only, Galaxies are the objects comprising stars, gas clouds and all the other stuff in a neighbourhood of space. The Milky Way is our own galaxy. It (1) of billions of stars, one of (2) is the Sun. With the (3) of telescopes, Galileo found that the Milky Way (4) many faint stars. By the early 1900s, it (5) that the Sun was near the middle of this pancake-like structure, Today we know that the Sun sits about (6) of the way from the centreto the edge of the disk that is our galaxy. All the stars which you can see inthe sky at night (7) our galaxy. (8) Earth is also a resident of our galaxy. Near the centre of our own Milky Way Galaxy, Sagittarius is the (9) sign of the zodiac. Sagittarius (10) ‘the teapot' (11) its shape. It can usually be seen

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