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English 2001 Paper 1 2
English 2001 Paper 1 2
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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the answer
paper/answer booklet.
Answer both Sections.
Write your answers on the separate answer paper provided.
If you use more than one sheet of paper, fasten the sheets together.
You are advised not to spend more than 50 minutes on this section. Write on one of the
following topics. You should write between 250 and 350 words.
2. During the next few years mankind will face one great challenge of feeding a population
of over six billion. What, in your opinion, would be the solution (s) to this problem?
3. Describe a person you dislike most. What is it that makes you dislike this person?
4. As you were flipping through a recent "Times of Zambia" newspaper you spotted a
Zambia Telecommunications Corporation advertisement inviting applications from young
Zambian men and women for ten vacant posts of cashiers. Successful applicants are
expected to start work in January, the following year. Since you are interested in the job,
apply to the Director, Zambia Telecommunications Corporation, P. 0., Box 30066,
Lusaka.
5. State what has been done in your part of the country to tackle the HIV/AIDS and
problems related to it. What more do you think needs to be done?
6. Write a letter to a friend telling him/her what you like and dislike about your school.
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SECTION 2
You are a member of the Commission of Inquiry which has been set up to look into the
question of the education system in Zambia as viewed by the members of the public.
Here are some of the points you have gathered in your research . Write a report using some
or all those points that are not in favour of the system. You may add points of your own.
More people educated, better chance of selecting capable personnel for various
posts.
Boarding and Examination fees too high - only rich can afford
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Candidate
Centre Number Number
Candidate Name _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __
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ENGLISH bANGUAGE 1121/2
PAPER 2
TIME: 2 hours -
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page.
TOTAL
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Answer all three questions
Question 1 .
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question that follows.
1. Lead is a common metal present in most of our household items but the grisly facts
scientists have recently revealed about its dangers to human life especially in children
are so horrifying that it seems impossible to reverse the "slow death" situation at hand.
2. Lead poisoning causes high blood pressure, strokes, heart attacks and kidney diseases.
The most unfortunate target is the children whom it attacks silently and slowly without
bringing out any obvious symptoms until it is too late. Researchers have found that in
Africa, Asia and the Middle East, lead is sometimes used as a medicine to relieve
constipation and prevent infection of the umbilical cord and even as a teething
substance for babies. Children whose brains are heavily laden with lead find it difficult to
do analytical work or even to respond to simple routine procedures. Other symptoms
include irritability, insomnia, colic, anaemia, impaired growth, and a damaged nervous
system accompanied by chronic restlessness.
3. It takes strikingly little lead to cause lead poisoning. A child can become severely
poisoned by eating one milligram of lead-paint dust, equivalent to about three granules
of sugar each day during childhood. Because of their behaviour and activity, children
are more likely to pick up lead from their environment. Smooth painted surfaces may
not pose any danger but as paint ages, itlJegin_s to crack and peel. Since lead has a
sweet taste, children are likely to eat the paint chips from toys, floors and carpeting.
Moreover a child may become ill merely by touching the dust on the window sill and
sucking his thumb.
4. Women who work in lead factories suffer high rates of sterility, mis-carriage, premature
birth and birth defects. If a pregnant woman ingests even a small amount of lead, it can
pass through her placenta to the foetus. Fathers too are affected with malformed and
sluggish sperm, causing deformity.in the foetus or preventing conception.
5. Apart from paint, the other primary source of lead toxicity is water. Lead pipes
and even copper or steel pipes joined with lead solder can contaminate water. Health
officials advise allowing cold water from a tap to run for a minute or two before drawing,
especially if the tap had been turned off for more than six hours. This will help flush out
any contaminated water. Hot tap water from the geyser is likely to contain a lot of lead; it
should not be used for drinking or cooking.
6. Lead crystalware that are used to store foods and beaverages for extended periods of
time, especially acidic foods such as tomato sauce, fruit juices, wine and vinegar, are
quite dangerous, and so are lead crystal baby bottles. Researchers have also detected
high levels of lead in the ink used to print plastic bread bags. If the consumer turns the
bag inside out, the lead ink can cause contamination when it leaks on to the foods.
(Adapted from Wendy Mwachilinga's article in the Sunday Times of Zambia
of January 17, 1993)
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You are interested in the causes or sources of lead poisoning; you are not interested in the symptomc
or in the precautions to be taken to avoid lead poisoning, or indeed in the
consequences of lead poisoning.
Write a connected summary of these causes. You may use your own words or those of the
passage to express some or all of you r points, but you should not exceed 145 words of your
own. The summary has been started for you.
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9. Ellla died young, ostensibly from a bout of malaria. But what really
killed her was lack of a will to live.
(Adapted from Kankasa-Mabula T. and Chondoka Y.A., 1976: in the Best Interests of
the Girl Child: Effects of Cultural and Legal Environment on Education for Zambian
Girls, Ministry of Education, Zambia)
In questions 1 - 8, select the best of the four choices provided, by putting a ring around it, as in
the example below. For questions 9 and 10, answer as instructed.
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5. When Ella's uncle, aunt, parents and family learnt about Uncle Larry's intention to marry
Ella, they were all happy. This was because
A. they knew Ella as a well-trained girl who would not disappoint them.
B. Uncle Larry was a good family friend.
C. they hoped to benefit from Ella's early marriage.
D. Uncle Larry was capable of giving them six head of cattle as 'lobola'.
6. How did Ella receive the news that she would soon marry Uncle Larry?
A. She was so shocked that she fainted.
B. She was disappointed because she would never become a doctor.
C. She was worried because she would never cope with the responsibilities of marriage.
D. She was shocked because she was not ready for marriage.
9. It is apparent from the passage that the writer does not favour initiation ceremonies and
early marriages for girls. For each of these mention any one reason that the writer gives,
beginning with the words provided.
A. Initiation ceremonies for girls are bad because _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
10. For each of the following words or short phrases, choose one word of similar meaning
from those underlined in the passage. Do not use any word more than once.
A. Apparently: ___________________________
B. Generally accepted practices: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
C. D e t a i l e d : - - - - - - - - ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
D. Make possible: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Section 1
In each of the following sent ences, Sentence A is complete, but Sentence B is not. Complete
Sentence B each time, making it as similar as pos$ible in meaning to Sentence A. Make B one
sentence, never two.
Do not make any changes to the printed parts of the B sentence.
Example: A I am surprised . I have no more words to say
B I am so surprised that I have no more words to say.
e Q~ll ·.... . :~ -;~ .. ·..~ ... ..5.0.g_-~- - ..~ . }o.J: ............. ~.'~~n ., r. ...~.. ..
7. A The giraffe is a wonderful animal to watch .
B To ... ............... .. ..... ·....... ......... ..... : .................... .... ..... ................ ....... .
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Section 2
Complete each of the following sentences by supplying the missing preposition.
Only one word must be written in each blank space.
1. It is important to keep abreast . . . . . . . .c?......... . new ideas.
2.
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You seem to be obsessed .......... V .. ~ ...... a lot of problems.
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8. People living in mosquito-infected areas are usually immune ...... .. ... malaria.
9. Certain categories of people are exempt .... ..... .1. . • • . . • paying tax.
10. In poor countries, people subsist ..... ....-... .'..... any food available.
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13. However difficult a situation is, Jane always comes ...0: .a~ .. with a suitable
solution.
15. The scandal involving the General Manager was quickly hushed ...... ~-~ 7. ~. f. .......
16. Patience and hard work often pay .... ~U 1.r.?... in the end.
17. The Senior Teacher was .. .............. .. . earshot when you insulted him.
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18. We must always live ...... (\. .. .. . peace with our neighbours.
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19. She bought the council house with a view .....-:- ... ...... selling it at a profit.
20. If you al'f{ ys criticize your supervisor, you cannot expect to be in favour
.. .. .. W( .... ....... her.