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SERI OMEGA PRIVATE & INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Subject: ENGLISH LANGUAGE Level: FORM 5 Revision No: 1

Questions 26-30 are based on the following passage.

1 Dolphins, professed to be the world’s second most intelligent creatures after humans, are so 1
bright that they should be treated as ‘non-human persons’. Studies have shown the
similarities of their communication to those of humans, indicating many key features
associated with high intelligence in dolphin brains. As such, researchers argue, it is morally
unacceptable to keep such intelligent animals in amusement parks or kill them for food or 5
by accident when fishing. Indeed, some 300 000 whales, dolphins and porpoises die in this
way each year.

2 Being at the top of the marine food chain, dolphins and whales play a pivotal role in
ecosystems, but unchecked whaling and illegal hunting have threatened their future.
Collectively known as cetaceans, the whales and their smaller cousins, dolphins and 10
porpoises, are still harpooned worldwide or driven into shallows and killed in traditional
hunts despite international criticism on the controversial nature of these hunts, and the
possible health risk that the polluted meat often causes. Thousands of dolphins are caught
in drive hunts every year.

3 The town of Taiji in Japan is the centre of controversy for its annual drive hunt in which pods 15
of dolphins are herded towards a small, shallow cove and killed. Their escape is prevented
by closing off the route to the open sea or ocean with boats and nets. Each year, from
September to May, over 20 000 dolphins are slaughtered in Japan. This is clearly featured in
‘The Cove’, an Academy Award Winning and Sundance Film Festival award-winning film
about the yearly slaughter of over 23 0000 dolphins at a Taiji cove. 20

4 ‘The Cove’ exposes the cruel practice of dolphin killing in Japan. The entire event is hidden
in secrecy for the most part. Film crew and the public are arrested if they try to view the
slaughter in the heavily guarded cove. Thus, it is kept under the radar for the vast majority
of the world – even the citizens of Japan are unaware of this practice. This event is not open
to the public, cameras are not allowed inside the Taiji cove, nor are the media permitted to 25
cover the story. In fact, the practice is so big and profitable that the Japanese Yakuzza or
Mafia, is involved, providing the security to help keep the cove private.
5 The fishermen, or dolphin hunters in this case, use a technique called drive fishing, in which
the hunters place a line of motorized boats and create a wall of sound between the dolphins
and the open seas. Then, they start banging on metal poles lowered into the water. At one 30
end of the poles, they have bell-shaped devices that specifically amplify the sound waves.
Dolphins are auditory creatures as they use their natural sonar, called echolocation, to help
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 them navigate the oceans. Thus, they are immediately lost or disoriented when threatened.
Terrified, they swim frantically to shore to escape the source of the noise. There, they get 35
corralled into a small cove and trapped overnight by nets. At sunrise the next morning, they
are herded into an adjacent killing cove, where they are stabbed to death by hunters using
harpoons, fish hooks and knives. The emerald waters of the cove literally turn blood-red
with their blood. Some dolphins simply wither away and drown, being injured or exhausted,
while some drown in their own blood. Fishermen drag many still-alive dolphins onto boats 40
with hooks and harpoons or tie them to boats by the tail, forcing their air holes under water.
The dolphins are then hauled by truck or dragged over concrete roads by their tails, to a
nearby warehouse for butchering. If they are still alive, they are stabbed again and left to
die.
6 Activist, Rick O’Barry, exposed the annual killing of dolphins with Louis in his documentary,
‘The Cove’. Then, in August 2010, the cable station Animal Planet aired ‘Blood Dolphins’, a 45
three-part miniseries, in which Rick continued advocating the dolphins across the world. The
film has made waves on the international front, receiving critical praise and awards
worldwide, as well as exposing the cruel practice of dolphin killing and making it an
international issue.

7 The dolphin killing exposed by ‘The Cove’ also involves another unsettling fact ----- mercury- 50
laden meat is still being sold without warnings in Japan, which is often labelled as whale
meat to avoid further scrutiny! Ironically, in the 1950s, the Japanese government had
funded studies in Minamata, Japan and found that eating mercury contaminated dolphin
meat led to ‘Minamata disease’. Although greater awareness and publicity about mercury
poisoning and cruel dolphin hunting at the cove has driven down demand and the total 55
number of dolphins killed annually, the dolphin drive hunt still continues. In September 1,
2013, Taiji residents and fishermen headed back to the cove to massacre more dolphins.

Answer all questions. You are advised to answer them in the order set.
26 From paragraph 1 and paragraph 2,
a) explain why it is morally unacceptable to keep dolphins in amusement parks or to kill
them.
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b) what is threatening the future of dolphins and whales?

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27 a) From paragraph 3, what is a dolphin drive hunt?

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killings?
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28 From paragraph 5, give one distinguishing feature of dolphins and what happens
when it is threatened.
i. Feature : _______________________________________________________ [1 mark]

ii. Result when threatened:

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29 From paragraph 6, how was the miniseries ‘Blood Dolphins’ greeted by the public?

_________________________________________________________________ [1 mark]

30 From paragraph 7,
a) what was the unsettling fact involved in dolphin killing?

_______________________________________________________________ [1 mark]

b) explain in your own words, why was the funding of studies by the Japanese
government on eating mercury contaminated dolphin meat ironical.
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31 The passage describes how dolphins are hunted and killed in Taiji, Japan and the effects
of the film showing dolphin killing on the public.

Based on the passage given, write a summary on:

 how dolphins are hunted and killed in Taiji and

 the effect of the film showing dolphin killing on the public
Credit will be given for use of own words but care must be taken not to change the
original meaning.
Your summary must:
 be in continuous writing (not in note form)
 use materials from line 25 to 57
 not be longer than 130 words including the 10 words given below

Begin your summary as follows:

The public and media are disallowed in the Taiji cove…

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The following is the novel you have studied in the literature component in English
Language.
Captain Nobody – by Dean Pitchford

Based on the novel, describe your favourite character. Give examples from the text to
support your answer.

Based on the novel, describe the character which you admire the most. Give examples from
the text to support your answer.

‘It is important to have a person you look up to in your life.’

From the novel that you have read, write about one character that you look up to. Give
reasons why you choose him or her. (2007)
Suggest one character in the novel you have read whom you think is a good role model for
teenagers. Briefly describe the character and give reasons for your choice with close
reference to the text. (2015)

Based on the novel, describe the protagonist. Give examples from the text to support your
answer.

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 Section D (Revision)

33 The following are the novels studied in the literature component in English Language.

Sing to the Dawn - Minfong Ho

Captain Nobody - Dean Pitchford
Dear Mr. Kilmer - Anne Schraff
Choose any one of the novels above and answer the questions below.
Based on the novel that you have studied, describe any of the characters who
possesses positive qualities. Support your answer with close reference to the text.
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 SERI OMEGA PRIVATE & INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Subject: ENGLISH LANGUAGE Level: FORM 5 Revision No: 1

MODEL ANSWER
Questions 26-30 are based on the following passage.

1 Dolphins, professed to be the world’s second most intelligent creatures after humans, are so 1
bright that they should be treated as ‘non-human persons’. Studies have shown the
similarities of their communication to those of humans, indicating many key features
associated with high intelligence in dolphin brains. As such, researchers argue, it is morally
unacceptable to keep such intelligent animals in amusement parks or kill them for food or 5
by accident when fishing. Indeed, some 300 000 whales, dolphins and porpoises die in this
way each year.

2 Being at the top of the marine food chain, dolphins and whales play a pivotal role in
ecosystems, but unchecked whaling and illegal hunting have threatened their future.
Collectively known as cetaceans, the whales and their smaller cousins, dolphins and 10
porpoises, are still harpooned worldwide or driven into shallows and killed in traditional
hunts despite international criticism on the controversial nature of these hunts, and the
possible health risk that the polluted meat often causes. Thousands of dolphins are caught
in drive hunts every year.

3 The town of Taiji in Japan is the centre of controversy for its annual drive hunt in which pods 15
of dolphins are herded towards a small, shallow cove and killed. Their escape is prevented
by closing off the route to the open sea or ocean with boats and nets. Each year, from
September to May, over 20 000 dolphins are slaughtered in Japan. This is clearly featured in
‘The Cove’, an Academy Award Winning and Sundance Film Festival award-winning film
about the yearly slaughter of over 23 0000 dolphins at a Taiji cove. 20

4 ‘The Cove’ exposes the cruel practice of dolphin killing in Japan. The entire event is hidden
in secrecy for the most part. Film crew and the public are arrested if they try to view the
slaughter in the heavily guarded cove. Thus, it is kept under the radar for the vast majority
of the world – even the citizens of Japan are unaware of this practice. This event is not open
to the public, cameras are not allowed inside the Taiji cove, nor are the media permitted to 25
cover the story. In fact, the practice is so big and profitable that the Japanese Yakuzza or
Mafia, is involved, providing the security to help keep the cove private.
5 The fishermen, or dolphin hunters in this case, use a technique called drive fishing, in which
the hunters place a line of motorized boats and create a wall of sound between the dolphins
and the open seas. Then, they start banging on metal poles lowered into the water. At one 30
end of the poles, they have bell-shaped devices that specifically amplify the sound waves.
Dolphins are auditory creatures as they use their natural sonar, called echolocation, to help
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 them navigate the oceans. Thus, they are immediately lost or disoriented when threatened.
Terrified, they swim frantically to shore to escape the source of the noise. There, they get 35
corralled into a small cove and trapped overnight by nets. At sunrise the next morning, they
are herded into an adjacent killing cove, where they are stabbed to death by hunters using
harpoons, fish hooks and knives. The emerald waters of the cove literally turn blood-red
with their blood. Some dolphins simply wither away and drown, being injured or exhausted,
while some drown in their own blood. Fishermen drag many still-alive dolphins onto boats 40
with hooks and harpoons or tie them to boats by the tail, forcing their air holes under water.
The dolphins are then hauled by truck or dragged over concrete roads by their tails, to a
nearby warehouse for butchering. If they are still alive, they are stabbed again and left to
die.
6 Activist, Rick O’Barry, exposed the annual killing of dolphins with Louis in his documentary,
‘The Cove’. Then, in August 2010, the cable station Animal Planet aired ‘Blood Dolphins’, a 45
three-part miniseries, in which Rick continued advocating the dolphins across the world. The
film has made waves on the international front, receiving critical praise and awards
worldwide, as well as exposing the cruel practice of dolphin killing and making it an
international issue.

7 The dolphin killing exposed by ‘The Cove’ also involves another unsettling fact ----- mercury- 50
laden meat is still being sold without warnings in Japan, which is often labelled as whale
meat to avoid further scrutiny! Ironically, in the 1950s, the Japanese government had
funded studies in Minamata, Japan and found that eating mercury contaminated dolphin
meat led to ‘Minamata disease’. Although greater awareness and publicity about mercury
poisoning and cruel dolphin hunting at the cove has driven down demand and the total 55
number of dolphins killed annually, the dolphin drive hunt still continues. In September 1,
2013, Taiji residents and fishermen headed back to the cove to massacre more dolphins.

Answer all questions. You are advised to answer them in the order set.
26 From paragraph 1 and paragraph 2,
a) explain why it is morally unacceptable to keep dolphins in amusement parks or to kill
them.
Dolphins show similarities of their communication to those of humans, indicating
many features associated with high intelligence in dolphin brains so they are too bright
to be killed or kept in amusement parks.___ [1 mark]
b) what is threatening the future of dolphins and whales?
_illegal hunting_ [1 mark]

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27 a) From paragraph 3, what is a dolphin drive hunt?

_ It means pods of dolphins are herded towards a small, shallow cove and killed._ [1 mark]

b) From paragraph 4, why are the Japanese public mostly unaware of the Taiji dolphin
killings?
This event is not open to the public, cameras are not allowed inside the Taij cove, nor
are the media permitted to cover the story. / Film crew and the public are arrested if
they try to view the slaughter in the heavily guarded cove. __ [1 mark]

28 From paragraph 5, give one distinguishing feature of dolphins and what happens
when it is threatened.
i. Feature : _ Dolphins are auditory creatures__ [1 mark]

ii. Result when threatened:

_ Dolphins are immediately lost or disoriented when threatened.__ [1 mark]

29 From paragraph 6, how was the miniseries ‘Blood Dolphins’ greeted by the public?

The film has made waves on the international front, receiving critical praise and
awards worldwide._ [1 mark]

30 From paragraph 7,
a) what was the unsettling fact involved in dolphin killing?

Mercury-laden meat is still being sold without warnings in Japan, which is often
labelled as whale meat to avoid further scrutiny._ [1 mark]

b) explain in your own words, why was the funding of studies by the Japanese
government on eating mercury contaminated dolphin meat ironical.
The studies found that eating mercury contaminated dolphin meat led to
‘Minamata disease, yet nothing was done to curb the Taiji dolphin killing - 1 mark
and the contaminated meat was still being sold to the public. - 1 mark

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31 The passage describes how dolphins are hunted and killed in Taiji, Japan and the effects
of the film showing dolphin killing on the public.

Based on the passage given, write a summary on:

 how dolphins are hunted and killed in Taiji and

 the effect of the film showing dolphin killing on the public
Credit will be given for use of own words but care must be taken not to change the
original meaning.
Your summary must:
 be in continuous writing (not in note form)
 use materials from line 25 to 57
 not be longer than 130 words including the 10 words given below

Begin your summary as follows:

The public and media are disallowed in the Taiji cove…

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 the hunters place a line of motorized boats and create a wall of sound between the
dolphins and the sea
 start banging on metal poles lowered into the water
 they have bell-shaped poles that specifically amplify the sound waves
 the dolphins are disoriented, and they swim frantically to escape the noise
 they are herded and trapped overnight in a small cove
 the next morning, they are stabbed to death by hunters using harpoons, fish hooks
and knives
 they are left to wither away and drown
 they are dragged alive onto boats with hooks and harpoons
 they are tied to boats by the tail to suffocate them
 they are then hauled by truck or dragged over concrete roads by their tails for
butchering
 if they are still alive, they are stabbed again and left to die
 the film receives critical praise and awards worldwide
 the cruel practice of dolphin killing is exposed and people make it an international
issue
 mercury-laden meat is still being sold without warnings in Japan
 it has driven down demand and the total number of dolphins killed annually

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The following is the novel you have studied in the literature component in English
Language.
Captain Nobody – by Dean Pitchford

Based on the novel, describe your favourite character. Give examples from the text to
support your answer.

Based on the novel, describe the character which you admire the most. Give examples from
the text to support your answer.

‘It is important to have a person you look up to in your life.’

From the novel that you have read, write about one character that you look up to. Give
reasons why you choose him or her. (2007)
Suggest one character in the novel you have read whom you think is a good role model for
teenagers. Briefly describe the character and give reasons for your choice with close
reference to the text. (2015)

Based on the novel that you have studied, describe an interesting character. Support your
answer with close reference to the text.
Based on the novel, describe the protagonist. Give examples from the text to support your
answer.

Discussion

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 Section D (Revision)
33 The following are the novels studied in the literature component in English Language.
Sing to the Dawn - Minfong Ho
Captain Nobody - Dean Pitchford
Dear Mr. Kilmer - Anne Schraff
Choose any one of the novels above and answer the questions below.
Based on the novel that you have studied, describe any of the characters who
possesses positive qualities. Support your answer with close reference to the text.
[15 marks]
Introduction
- Captain Nobody - written by Dean Pitchford-
- Interesting characters who possess positive qualities-
- Among all of them, Newton Newman is one of the characters who possesses a
myriad of good qualities-
Body
1. Caring and understanding
Evidence 1: He offers to make breakfast for his family members
Elaboration : - mother – housing agent
- busy – easily distracted
- has once poured milk into a bowl of strips of raw turkey
- understanding – volunteers – reduce the burden
Evidence 2: He realises that his brother has been packed the week before the
Big Game and does not mind if his brother does not speak to him
properly.
Elaboration : - interviews
- football practice
- homework to be completed
- tight schedule – tired – understand his situation
Evidence 3: He wants to cheer his mother up by wearing Chris’s clothes after
realising that Mum misses Chris.
Elaboration : - sees his mother holding Chris’s sweatshirt and cries
- has decided to wear Chris’s clothes to cheer his mother up
- remembers that whenever he shows up in Chris’s oversized
clothes, Mum would laugh so hard that she would get
hiccups (page 50)
- caring – make his mother happy in this stressful situation
2. Brave/willing to accept challenges
Evidence 1: He climbs up the dumpster to retrieve a bass drum for Cecil
Elaboration: - receives a call through his walkie-talkie – to meet Cecil at the
corner of Warren and Kander
- lies on top of the dumpster – fear of heights kicks in –
palms begin to sweat - dumpster looms over his head –
is like a skyscraper - Cecil – Captain Nobody is fearless –
confident and brave – discarded drum is Cecil’s dream -
- calms himself down when he reaches the top – manages to
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successfully
Evidence 2: He climbs up the water tower when he is aware that Reggie
Ratner is not the one who has knocked his brother into a coma.
Elaboration : - Captain Nobody – should tell Reggie the truth
- accompanied by Cecil and JJ - cycle to the back of the tower
- abandoned – tall weeds and vines have overgrown- broken-
- unsteady old ladder - first solid rung – six feet off the ground
- a few of the rotting rungs are broken – the unbroken ones
Creak
- after Cecil has distracted the police – JJ – helps – ladder
- reaches the edge of the roof – strong wind sweeps him
against the ladder
- mask – gets hooked-jutting nail-considers a retreat
- brave - responsible – Reggie – alone and desperate
- helps Reggie untie his shoelace
- guides Reggie to slither on the rooftop
- tells him to descend once he has done so
3. Responsible
Evidence 1: Newton helps his mother who is absent-minded for the things
she has forgotten.
Elaboration:
- keys to the three-bedroom on Elwood Street
- refrigerator
- Mrs. Hennessey – a gallon of coleslaw or ice cream for thirty
- is in charge of ten bags of potato chips
Evidence 2: He walks Mr. Clay home when he is found near the dumpster.
Elaboration: - Newton cannot leave him alone as Mr. Clay is out of
medicine and is lost
- suffers from dementia – mind is fuzzy
- responsible – walks him the six blocks to his house
Evidence 3: He answers calls after the Big Tackle and writes down all the
messages without alarming anyone
Elaboration: - Saturday - Newton – alone at home
- phone rings the whole day
- calls from relatives, friends as well as strangers
- responsibility – writes down all the messages – answers
every question as best as he could without alarming anyone
Reflect:
In my opinion, Newton Newman has enlightened me to be a person like him- have
learnt to be caring, responsible and willing to take up challenges -motivate-

Conclusion:
In conclusion, Newton is indeed an empowering character who has inspired me –
with these positive qualities – can surely achieve success in life -

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