MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2008 P6 ENGLISH LANGUAGE/ FOUNDATION ENGLISH LISTENING COMPREHENSION Name: ) Class: Primary 6__ Pate: 25 April 2008, Duration of paper: 50 min ‘THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS 4 PAGES (excluding cover page). DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE TOL FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLThere are 7_ texts and 20 questions in this Listening Comprehension Examination. For each question, choose the correct answer and shade ils Val ‘on the Optical Answer Sheet You may do this at any time during the examination Text 1. Which picture shows the items that Tony bought at the ‘sports shop? XD@® Text2 2. Where was Danny Page 14S. Which of the following traces James’ journey to work ‘each day ? OOO @ — @ @) seem Q4, Where does Peter pick James up from every morning?......) @ @) (1) AtPointc @) Pointe @) APointG Yio Ge Kane - MET stauon 7S | once Busing (Poi) ~~ (Poin A) a pu 1 \ u ’ ips F bg Food Court Moor Cycle Parking 2.7 if 1 eee | e i oF 14 Where were Halimah and her cousins? O@®@ (1) Ona sip (2) tna cable car. {@) On Sentosa tsand 26, What were the twins experiencing for the first time? O@O (1) Acable car tide. 2) Being out at sea, ) Anolday in Page 20f4 a7. How many people in the group were from Sumatra? (1) Two people (2) Thvee people @) Four people 8. What happened two days earlier? (1) Ben missed the schoo! bus, 2) Ben's father left on a business trip. (@) Ben received a note from his scoot 9. Where was Ben's father that morning? (1) India ) China @) Singapore 10, How did Ben want to go to schoo! that morning?. (1) By car. 2) Bytaxi ©) Bybus. 11. Why was Ben feeling tired and sleepy? (1) He had been practicing for his school Sports Day. (2) He had been watching television til very late (3) He had been talking to his father on the telephone the night before. 6 Q12. What caused the van to skid? (1) The wet road, 2) Alarge signboard @) Reckless diving 213, Why didn’t the victims get out of the van's way? (1) They were inattentive. (2) There was not enough time todo so, (3) Their view was blocked by the signboard, O@®O O@®@ O@@ ©@®@ O@® D@O®@ ODOD@ nt214. How many people were warded in hospital? (1) Four people (2) Five people 8) Sixpeople 245. What vehicles were damaged in the accident? (1) Avan and a car. (2) Acarand a motor-cyce. (8) Amotor-cyee, a car and a van, 246. Who provided the police with information at the scene of the accident?, (1) Anttalian man, (2) Ateenaged boy (@) The driver of te van, 17. What does Peter want his mother to do?. (2) To help look atter 25 Japanese children, (2) To host a Japanese boy fora few days. (@) To help him understand the Japanese culture, G48, How tong wi (1) Two days. 2) Five days. ) Seven days, the programme last? 219. What activities will all the children involved in the programme be doing as a group? (1) Visiting kindergartens (2) Attending classes and a camp. (@) Going sightsecing during the weekend, (929, Who is Andy? (1) Peter's father 2) Peter's brother. @) Peter's classmate, Page 4 of OOO OOO DOO 1@®@ OOO @@O®O ByAnglo Chinese School (Primary) MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2008 P6 ENGLISH LANGUAGE - PAPER 2 (BOOKLET A) see (a) Class: Primary 6 2: 8 Way 2008 Duration of paper: 1h 50 min ~ParentsiGuprdian’s Signature ‘TITS BOOKLET CONTAINS 9 FAGES (eel dover pigs) D0 NOT OFEN THIS HOOKLET UNTIL YOU AR TOLD TO DO SO. FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.Study the advertisement below and then answer the questions that follow i Welcome the Year of the Rat at the Science Centre & Snow Citp! In cebration ofthe Year o the Rat, we have put together ‘an exibition choc a-block ul of excing rodent seated “Lite Sized” Mice Family 7-24 Feb 2008 Dostniss thie special phat {aking oppo wath oun rbot ends tntertainment fr tho whol amy. Fats ina Whole New Light! 7-24 Feb 2006, Getto lam and know more about (tt Pig eutiteatwin does Som ‘tvorescot under strane ihe Rats and Mice Exhibition 7-24 Feb 2008, ‘isan oer ting rodent ts atti acing exsion, ide Activites 7240 2008 1. Roden Viewing Staton Abies ouch and Pet our rodent species “Take photos ith esa ste at no cost 2. Lon bance on Dance pctomances sm diy, Sire Deron Getreave win he att Get rns pit ee Presented by young and talented dancers Lucy Dip Free Girt, 7-13 Feb 2008 Be one ofthe fest 50 visitors to ‘Science Centre each day and win a mechanical mouse. The Tit 120 vistors ta Snow Cay ‘ch doy wil aio stand a chance 6 win 3 free entry to ‘Snow Cty ofa bag of mandarin ‘ranges nour Daly Lucky Dip ‘Admission Charges: 36 fess] voce | Special Package! Admission to Science Centre and Snow City $15 Adult $13 Child (3-16 yrs) wFor each question from 1 to 5, four options are given. Choose the correct answer (1, 2, 3 of 4) and shade the correct oval on the Optical Answer Sheet, (& marks) 1. The "Rats and Mice’ exhibition offers an opportunity for people to (1) touch the rodent species wee (2) watch ive demonstrations (3) take photographs with the robotic mice (4) find out interesting facts about the rodent family 2. To promote creativity among vistors, the Science Centre and Snow City had organised the (2) tucky aps (2) rodent exhibition (3) "Rat Origami Station’ activity (4) special admission packages 3. All the exhibitions and activites involving rodents are available at the Science Contre tom 7 to 24 February except for the (1) ‘Face Painting’ activity @) ‘Rats ina Whole New Light exhibition (3) taking photos with the “Rat ioe Sculpturés? (4) special phototaking opportunity with the “Life-Size” mice family 4. Jacob, a twelve-year-old boy, went to the Science Centre and Snow City. He would have paid {or the admission charges. 33 @ 36 () 513 @ 45 Caleb went to the Science Centre on 12 February 2008; He was the 4g" Visitor that day. He would have been able to (1) watch a dance performance Q) take home a mechanical mouse (G}__ gain free admission into Snow City (2) walk away with a bag of mandavia oranges in the Oaily Lucky Dip 3°For each question from 6 to 12, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make your choice (1, 2, 3 oF 4). Shade the correct oval (1, 2, 3.or 4) on the Optical Answer Sheet mari) 6 Everyone _ know where to begin. to hold the party but no one to (AA) has agreed....seem 2), has agreed... seems GF te trees Se 2. 7. The teacher was fustated 26 nether John ner the gisua of ois (2) Fs adeniting 2) are admiting @) had admited (4) have admitted 8 nes, you suppor Liverpoo! Football Club, your" asked Geetha a0 @) dont @) wit (2) won't 8 ___ her mother's demise, Samantha has not been herself. She Tias grown quiet and disinterested in meeting people. () As (@) Since (When (8) Before > 10. “Ifthe boys refuse to help us, we will do the job i ‘Amminah told her troop of Brownies as they ried to star the Gampive, () mysett Mar Boas roy @) themselves,1, 12, “_ going for success is our goal, we must also ensure that we do nol sacifice our school values in the process,” Jin Teck told Fis leammates, “By 2) White @) When (4) Despite In the twenty years that he has been a traffic policeman, Mr Foo '@ more tragic accident, oO) @ a 4 have seen has never seen had never seen has been seeing 2 = 35For each question from 13 to 15, choose the correct punctuation to complete the passage. Shade the correct oval (1, 2, 3 or 4) on the Optical Answer Sheet. (Gmarks) Her mother said competing ii races is healthy and that everyone should learn to ‘compete There are pictures of her mather looking just as you would imagine (13) tall, defiant, ready to run “Bul vty? What's healthy about taking part in races (14) | asked her when I was about eleven ' good to compete. “But why?” “As a benchmark she explained (15) so that everyone will know where they stand. Youll know if you are slower or faster than the rest Its fun to. develop stamina and to ly you' best” “But L know what | am. Lknow I'm always going to be stow and I dont care!" oped oan Nok A Games Person by Iie Myerson 120) ] colon 7) [1 hllstop | 2G) [2] question mark 48) [1] exclamation mark 40) 1,1 comma [1 tillstop ©) [2] question mark and inverted commas & —E]—Sxeamaton mart and imerted commas 3 1% comma 2 ‘astop @ comma and inverted commas & {al stop and inverted commas 3 ge 5019 .For each question from 16 to 20, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make your choice (1, 2,3 of 4). Shade the comect oval (1, 2, 3.14) on the Optical Answer Sheet 16 w. 8 19, 20. Mr Chiong noticed that his children have really they enjoy istening to her stories. (1) taken to 2) taken by G) taken wits (4) taken from (6 marks) Maria as, 1m order to the correct response from her students, Miss Fatimah ackod them many guiding su Q) otcit Q) solicit G) project (4) request, Warm-up exercises should abvays that we do not sustain any injuries ater (1) prevait 2) prepare Q) precede (8) preclude ‘The principal gave Susan a top score in the PSLE inher School (2) implement (2) supplement @) compliment (4) complement He leads his team with an they folow his dtections sly. ()uninviting 2) uninteresting @) uncontrollable (4) uncompromising OQ physical activities so > after she achieved the 3 attitude and insists that A eoFor each question from 21 to 25, choose the word(s) closest in meaning to the Lunderlined words. Shade the corect aval (1, 2, 3.0 4) on the Optical Answer Sheet (6 marks) “The outcome shocked eveyone. twas incomprehensible, There was ia) nothing to suggest that it was going to be a disaster. The team was well-prepared Every player was psyched up. The coach was the bes nthe business, The spectators had utmost faith that this was going to be their season. 2) The players Looped onto the pitch with nonchalance. They belioved they @) were a lean, mean fighting machine. Twenty-five minutes into the game, the bubble burst. Their captain was sent off for a ghastly foul — a straight ced card The penalty es) ick was converted. One-nil to thei iva, Atte stoke of halftime, their misery was compounded. This tie, ther star 23) striker was given his marching orders for remonstraling withthe eteree 21. (1) batting 2) ilesiie () _inteligiste | @)impenetrabie 22. (1) topmost @ Sheting 6) compicte 2 @) Sutient 28) bahargy & irence 3) recklessness ) (@)__haltheartedness 24, (1) appaling (2) Gelightat (3) miserable (4) wholesome 25. (1) upturned (2) worsened @) completed (@) supplementeda9 me passage velow ana ahtswer me questons tna illow it | thave teamed that sweets are one of the great unifiers in the human ‘Woild. We might look diferent and speak diferent languages but most of 1s, especially the young ones, love sweets! | would always make sure | | brought a bag of sweets to give tothe beaut children we would meet. ‘One day, we stopped at one of the 15,000 orphan-ted households in ‘Swaziland. Inside the hut, we found a beautiful ite git with huge brown eyes. Her name was Tanaile. | gave her a sweet from my bag and she 32id something back to me in Stswal, the native language, which the hue next to me translated, “She wants another one, doctor, to give to be ite sister.” | agreed and gave her another. After we had tended to a man with tuberculosis a bil futhor down the road, we pacced by Tansile's house to ‘say goodbye. To our surprise, she seemed to be holding on to that extra ‘sweet | had given her. I jokingly said that Tanzile could have asked for the whole bag of sweets and we would have innocently given It to hhor! We then spent some time talking with her and that was when we siscovered how deep her pain was. It had been more than 15 years since the civil ended. When her parents had succumbed-(0HIVIAIDS Tike most of thei countrymen and ‘women, Tanz, then five, was. soparated from het three-year-old sister. Since then, she would never accept anything from anyone unless they gave her two. fn fac, in the litle mud hut where she lived, we found a pile of old | tinge wich she had been calcing wo ave to her sister. Her hope and her love was all she had. Now seven, it matioréd to her more than anything else. Whon | retumed home that day, ! was shocked to find that this was not an isolated story but others in the hospital knew of orphans: just ike Tanzi ~ waiting with litle piles of things in their hut for a sibling or a Parent whom they had not seen for so ong. Their loved ones who would probably never retum, Ever. Pee 8019 10 18 20 v4For each question from 26 to 20, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make your choice (1, 2, 3 oF 4). Shade the correct oval (1,2, 3.0r4) on the Optical Answer Sheet. (marks) 26. What was the author's occupation? (1) use (2) doctor () language teacher (4) omphanage master 27. There wore "15,000 orphan-led households’ (line 5) in the community because most ofthe parents had (1) been killed ina war (2) died from makutition @) ied from a deadly disease (2) lett the vitage to find jobs elsewhere 28. The author said that Tanzile ‘could have asked for the whole bag of ‘sweets and we would have innocently given it to hert (ines 14-16). This, shows thatthe author _| (1) knew that Tanzie's sister had died (2) knew all along that Tancile had no sister (3) thought wat Tanzle had led about her sister (4) did not want to give Tanzile any more sweets 28. The word ‘succumbed’ line 19) has the same meaning as. (1) passed on @) passed off ) passed into (4) passed down 30. Which ofthe folowing statements is true? (1) Tanzile's case was an exception (2) The author could speak Tanzile’s languaga, (@) Tanzile had been separated from her sister for five years (4) The author was pessimistic that Tanzle's sister would return,SInqlo-hinese School Brimare) MID-YEAR EXAMINATION PG ENGLISH LANGUAGE - PAPER 2 (BOOKLET B) ) Class: Primary 6__ Name: Date: 5 May 2008 Duration of paper: 4 h 50 min | 21 OAS (Bechet 3 0 = | 25 eing pling & Gemma} ae 2a Comprehension Cloze 15 = ~f0 I | 20, - 20 30 200 —} ‘THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS 7 PAGES (excluding cover page). DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO 80. FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.There are 10 blanks, numbered 31 fo 40, in the passage below. From the list of words siven, choose the mast suitable word for each blank. Write its letter (A to Q) in the Blank. The leters (I and (0) have been omitted to aveid confusion during marking, (10 marks) EACH WORD CAN BE USED ONLY ONCE, (ph anoiner (A does has, on if where paid tor Wh ave Yy—_other gh) wil Gow gh fom yf is Yh when woud To achieve success, one requires aiscipine, determination and perseverance. ‘Once @ goat been set, it would help to list the various steps. tha on be needed to achieve that goal, Hone has a goal but__ a, % 33) be easiegjose sight of the objective, Ye (62) pursue in a systematic manner, i oa et discouraged or distracted a 65) For example, you cannot tell yourself that you are going to finish revising you: ‘Science in time __ the examination and just study without a plan. If you G6 _= that, you might feel that there are just too many facts to learn and revising on ‘them becomes a daunting task It would help to divide your work according to chapters to be studied. Making notes _ each section in a chapter helps you organise the facts. twill then ey be easier to intoralise them, At times _—_ ‘you get distracted and are tempted to do 9) oy things, give yourself small rewards when you complete a particular secon. Within a dentine, you our scaled ou =Jorteo! each word in bold for spelling and each undefined word for grammar. Write ® correct word in the relevant Box. (10 marks) Many of us grew up on the story of the ugly duckling that tumed into a «aa (aay _ bboautifel swan. Swans fad always been a symbol of beauty and grase. Artists 1s) aint them, poets wile about them and musicians create music around them. Most «say ‘people would have heard of Tchaikovsky’ balleh, “Swan Lak (45) ‘There are seven spocyes of swans. Five of which are large and white. Two 46) wr) « the other types are difference trom our idea of what a swan look like. They are the South Americah black-necked swans and the Australian black swans, (43) ‘Although swans look ike dafécorative pieces on lakes, ponds and coastines, wf | they ate actually very good “flyers”. Swans can fly long distanis and up to great (60) fights. Once a swan pas strark by an aeroplane at a height of about nine {thousand metres, On long fights, the swans tke geese, fly in a °V" formation. ge 2017 ~Fills Gach blank witha suitable word, (18 marks) ‘Almost everyone has heard of or read Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar’ But Sho was Julius Caesar? He has _ called the fist emperor of the Romans by sone, « the destroyer of the Roman republic by He was a young, wealthy Roman (52) robleman who desired to ______ his. country, He made many tends 63) his wealth and position. However, there were also’ many who hated and (54) feared him, thinking that he would seize¥, and proclaim himsetf king. (5) ‘Seeing that many people were__ him, Caesar decided to go away for a 155) while, He was posted to Gaul, o_______ its governor. Gaut was. a. wild and 67) Lnciviised outpost of the Roman empire, ful of barbarian tibes and warring states. caesar to be a good general. He subdued the tribes and brought the ee whole of Gaul ____ Roman control. He also crossed we 69) (60) Bitain and claimed it for Rome. His Woops built a bridge across the snighty Rhine River in Germany. Findlly, Caesar decided to to Rome, However, his en _______ ste up the Roman Senate against him. They wanted Caesar to leave (62) his army in Gaul and return to Rome Caesar realised that he would be (63) defenceless he left his army behind. His enemies would kill him once he eH reached Rome, He decided to dety the Senate. C: sar ______the fiver betwzen 5) Gaul and ttaly with his army and marched on to Rome. Adapted tom ‘Cantar Lito ofa Colossus’ by hin Goldy Page 017 oeFor each of the questions 66 10 70, rewrite the given sentence(s) using the word(s) orovided, Your answer must be in ane sentence, The meaning of your sentence ‘must be the same as the meaning ofthe given sentence(s) (10 marks) 66. 70. From yesterday until now, no one has entered the room, Since Brandon thew the vase on the flor. He was very angry. Jane willlose weight. She has to'Start ektresing. untess, ‘Sally didnot bring ber umbiéila. She was caught inthe rain Had James lied to his mother, “I completed all my homework” James Hed to his mother that asRead the passage below and answer questions 71 to £0. (2omarks) ‘As far as anyone could tel, the group of men looked just lke an ordinary working party going about their work in the prison camp. Two of them were obviously British ‘officers, while the other five looked ike Indians, with thei white turbans and dark skins, ‘The Baitsh sergeant hardly glanced at them as he rade by on his bicycle in the dusty ‘compound of the main gate. ‘The guards on duty saluted th Urough. ‘The officers nodded briskly. This was the dangerous moment. If one of those guards had noticed thatthe five “Indians” had blue eyes or thal their dark make- Up had run and stained their white robes, then that would be an instant end to their escape, However officers as they marched nothing happened. Neither of the guards noticed anything. They just Stand there on that late April afternoon ia 1944, unaware that the oldest trick in the history of escape was being played on them, They let the carefully-disquised party of Germans and Austrians walk out of the camp, <..wn the path and out of sight and into ‘he bushes. It all scemed incredibly easy but at least one of the ‘indians’, the ‘Austiian skier and mountaineer, Heinrich Harter, knew how great the risks and hardships were for the next step oftheir escape, For Heinrich Harrer had Wied to get away from Detwa Dun before, and had managed to remain free for eighteen days before being caught. Now, a year later, as he hastily removed his make-up and white robes, he knew exactly what lay ahead of bi ‘The only escape rolite with a chance of success lay through the tangled forests, rushing rivers and ticky paths of the Himalayan foothills, where turning a corner could bring a man face to face witha tiger, Bear or leopard, Beyond the foothils lay the most demanding mountain country in the world, the ice-cold merciless peaks of Tibet, with theit savage winds, perlously narrow ledges and great gaping chasms that waited to Claim climbers at a stumble or the slip of a foot. No wonder Harrer’s friend, the Italian General Marchese, who had escaped with him the last ime, had chosen not to escape again, When the two of them were caught, Marchese had been so exhausted by the ‘gTuelling effort that he had to be taken back on horseback Harter’ desire for freedom had riot weakened. He had spent all year dreaming of the moment when he would be free again. After saying a quick farewell to his companions, he struck out on his own, up into the hills that would lead him to the valleys ofthe rivers Jumna and Aglar, which was the best route and safest, though by ‘no means the easiest Adopted from The Busta Book of Great Escapes 10 16 20 2 30 aneALL ANSWERS MUST BE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES. 71. Slate the two disguises that the men wore. ee ee 72. Why was the “moment” described in ine 6 considered dangerous? eS ee 73. Explain clearly what the “oldest tick in the history of escape" (ines 11 — 12) refers te eee eee 74. What does the expression “I all seemed incredibly easy” (line 14) tell us hows the men viewed thelr escape? ee ec 75, Why was Henrich Harrer able to know what lay ahead of him? eee eee 76, What were the two possible dangers the men would encounter on their escape route? eee ee7 78 9 80. Why did General Marchese choose not to escape with Heinrich Harter this time? Where was General Marchese taken back to (line 28) after he was caught escaping? What id Heinrich Horrar decide todo alte bidding Farewell to his companions? List one quality that is observable in Heinrich Harrer and give a Feason to support your answer. ~ END OF PAPER ~ Page of2 oea a az Qs a4 ats a at ais ai geo 2 1 33 1 3 3 ACS Primary School @ @ a a @ a a @ au 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 Gat gee ats ASS eT UBUD Qa 1 1 4 6 70, 7 7 7. 7A, 75. 76. 33 80. 3 2 1 2 2 3 3 at ase ss eT as ae to K Q@ ob Pp F E& ¢ hye 42, grace 43. write 44, ballet 45, species different 47. looks 48. decorative 49. distance 50. struck been 52, athers 53, lead 54. with 55. power ganst 57. be 58. proved 59. under 60. over return 62, enemies 63, clone on. 65. crossed Since yesterday, no one has entered the room. Brandon was very angry so threw the vase on the floor. Unless Jane starts exercising, she will not lose weight. Had Sally brought her umbrella; she would not have been caught in the rain, James lied to his mother that he had completed all his homework. ‘They wore white turbans and made their skin dark. Lf the prisoners were recognized at that moment, they be caught. Tt was to leave the prison camp unnoticed, under the disguise of ‘The man did not expect their disguise to work so well that they were let off easily. He had attempted to escape away from Dehra Dun and remained free for eighteen days. ‘They would encounter and face a tiger, bear or leopard and the tricky paths of the Himalayan foothills He had escaped before and he was willing to withstand he hard ships a¢ He was taken back to prison camp. He wants up the hills making his way towards the volleys over the rivers Jumna and Aglar, He does not give up. He wanted to escape by the safest route although it is not easy. owe tof [ACS Pri(h6 SA Engin 2008