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1119/2 Section Read the extract below and answer the question that follows. Marks SULIT 1119/1 A 15 Nama : No. KP :

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Kertas 2 Dua jam lima belas minit JANGAN BUKA KERTAS SOALAN INI SEHINGGA DIBERITAHU Arahan I. Kertas soalan ini mengandungi 4 bahagian. 2. Jawab semua bahagian. 3. Anda dinasihati supaya mengambil masa 25 minit untuk menjawab soalan Bahagian A, 25 minit untuk Bahagian B, 50 minit untuk Bahagian C dan 35 minit untuk Bahagian D. 4. Bulatican jawapan anda untuk Bahagian A di dalam kertas jawapan di halaman 19. 5. Soalan-soalan yang dikemukakan dalam kertas ini mungkin mempunyai tiga atau empat pilihan jawapan. Instructions 1. This question paper consists of four sections. 0.Answer all sections. 2. You are advised to spend about 25 minutes on Section A, 25 minutes on Section B, 50 minutes on Section C and 35 minutes on Section D. 3. Circle your answers for Section A on the answer sheet on page 19. 5. Questions on this paper might have three or four options. Kertas soalan ini mengandungi 19 halaman bercetak dan 1 tidak bercetak

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Section A [1 5 marks] Questions 1— 8 For each of the questions, read the question first and then study the information given to find the best answer. Then circle the answer A, B, C or D on the answer sheet provided. Questions 1 and 2 Read the advertisement below and answer the questions that follow. 1

The following are the courses offered by the university except A

Affordable Education.

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OPEN Information Technology.

C D

UNIVERSITY

Business Administration. UNIVERSITI TERBUKA MALAYSIA Multimedia Communication

OPEN 365 DAYS A YEAR UNIVERSITY FOR ALL

rs, 7 days a week to all our learners especially to those who are working. Learners can upgrade and enh ed diplomas and degrees in Management, Information Technology, Business Administration and Multime able education to all levels of society.

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The word firmly can be best replaced with A

strongly.

B fairly. C

surely.

Question 3 Read the extract below and answer the question that follows. Frogs and toads have some differences. Frogs have smooth, moist skin whereas toads are dry and have relatively short legs. Both are amphibians. 3

Compared to toads, frogs have A

drier skin

B longer legs C

shorter legs

Dmoister skin Question 4 Study the dialogue below and answer the question that follows. 4

"I am too busy to attend the meeting," said Ali. According to Ali, he ............................. A

needs a meeting.

B will attend the meeting. C cannot attend the meeting.

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S UL IT 1119/2 Question 5 Read the extract below and answer the question that follows.

Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to the exhibition. We are proud to introduce to you a famous artist from Malaysia with such remarkable achievement in this decade. I present to you.....

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How many years has this artist been known? A

5 years.

B 10 years. C 15 years.

D20 years. Question 6

Study the picture below and answer the question that follows.

1011111119 C o m p l e t e b e d rest. No visitors.

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Which of the following sentences best explains the given sign? A

This patient should receive his visitors in bed.

B This patient is upset because he has no visitors. C

This patient must rest and is not allowed to have visitors.

DThis patient should be encouraged to rest after his visitors have left.

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Question 7 Read the advertisement below and answer the question that follows.

Who are we kidding?

Size does matter! A good bookstore houses at most 200,000 titles. At Acmamall, we have over book titles 9 available. We give you big on variety, all with the click of your mouse.

1 000,000

www.acmall.com.my lA g eystes orAlne shoppti)g, m g ! 7

How do you order your favourite books from the mall? A

Fax to Acmamall.

B

Call the bookstore.

C

Write to Acmamall.

D

Through the Internet.

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Study the cartoon strip below and answer the question that follows. From The Star, 21 May 2007. 8

From the cartoon strip, we know that 'Dad'YE4, IF t CAK -TALK 1414.1 KNOW WHAT A STICK IN11-1E ML)9 A does not like changes. — 11E-CAIVOt— B loves to change plans. C

hates anniversaries.

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Questions 9 —15 Read the following passage and choose the best answer. Then, circle A, B, C or D on the answer sheet provided.

Filling the earth has long been a respected profession for Melakans and agribusiness plays an important role in the state's economy. The agricultural sector for tourism

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excellent potential for rapid expansion. Agro-tourism in Melaka encompasses _(10)_ to rubber estates and oil palm plantations. Tourists are given a feel of rubber seeds and witness _(I1)_ rubber trees are planted and tapped and learn about the process of making rubber sheets from latex. Tourists are also given a little insight _(12)_ the history of rubber in Malaysia when the British first planted rubber seedlings in Malaysia. "Hevea Brasiliensis" or natural rubber seedlings _(13)_ brought from Brazil and planted on Malaysian soil. Rubber plantations then _(l4)_, propelling Malaysia to a position of being the _(15)_ producer of natural rubber in the world at the same time. Visit Historic Melaka, 2006

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[10 marks ] Questions 16 - 25 Read the following advertisement on the common cold and answer the questions that follow. Adapted from The Star, June 2007.

Saying No

to the

Common Cold

oducing colds is a weakened immune system aggravated by stress and allergies, leading to p

ears to effectively overcome colds. Esberitox ? N has been shown to be effective when ta E SBERIT OX N Traditionally used for relief of cold

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DISTRIBUTED BY: IDS Services (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd KKLIU 0715/2007/AIK

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Using the information on the common cold, complete the blanks with suitable answers.

Symptoms 16

Name of the herbal

Main factor causing colds 20

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Common Cold

Distributor

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Suitable for Doctor's recommendations

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Section C [25 marks] Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow. In recent years, there has been a general awareness of the importance of trees. A series of discoveries pointed to the fact that it was trees that cleaned up atmospheric pollution and also helped to bring rain. At first, people took these discoveries lightly. But, a decade later people 1 realised that either we planted more trees or we would have a tough time in future. Then the whole world started numerous campaigns until the message finally got through: If you want it5to rain, then you plant trees or else ... 2 Trees are indeed useful to us. Humans and animals breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. On the other hand, trees breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen. This process helps to balance the amount of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the air. Factories throughout the world caused more problems for the trees. When they pollute the air 10 with too much carbon dioxide, the trees clean it up and return the oxygen to us. Then people started to be cruel to the trees. Throughout the world, they cut down more and more trees to make way for agriculture and development. Hence, industries kept on increasing. This meant that we were producing more carbon dioxide now because the trees which can neutralise the air, were getting 15 fewer and fewer. 3

Scientists warned us about the danger of cutting down the trees unnecessarily but few listened. In time, governments realised that they had to act responsibly and started to understand the importance of trees. Everyone feared the time when there would not be enough trees to maintain the delicate balance in the air. 20

4 Trees also play an important role in the water cycle. They are an important link in the process of evaporation. The sun absorbs the moisture from the ground, lakes, rivers and seas. Then the water vapour condenses and falls down as rain again. Here, the trees actually help to balance the water vapour in the air. This important ability could have created greater awareness of how important trees are to us. There was less rain 25 in many parts of the world. And people began to realise that if they wanted rain, they had to leave the trees alone. A simple solution to the problem was: If you destroy one tree, you have to plant twenty saplings in order to balance the water vapour in the air. 5

Almost two decades ago, Malaysia took tree-planting seriously. A nationwide campaign made people more aware of trees and their importance. Thousands of trees 30 were planted all over the country and green lungs were established. Acts were passed to protect trees. One such act was, if a person cut down a tree, he could be prosecuted and fined. This act applied even if the tree belonged to you.

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One other way the government helped to save the trees was to make the first Sunday in November every year as the Tree Planting Day. On this day, thousands of trees 35 were planted throughout the country. Even politicians and community leaders took the lead in this tree-planting effort. At this time too, there was greater awareness of the usefulness of trees.

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The public was also educated. In schools, students learnt about the importance of trees to the eco-system. Advertisements and information through the mass media too 40 helped spread the important message that trees helped man. For example, when trees are cleared, there are no roots to hold the soil firmly. This causes flooding. Besides that, insects, birds and animals lose their habitat. This could lead to an imbalance in the food chain.

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We have to save the trees which are part of our natural heritage for future 4 5 generations. Every small effort to save them counts. It is not how much we do for the environment that is important but our attitude towards the environment that really matters. Questions 26 - 30

Answer all the questions. You are advised to answer them in the order set. 26 From paragraph 1, a) name one thing that scientists discovered about trees ? __________________________________________________________[1

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(i) __________________________________________________________[I mark] (ii)__________________________________________________________________________ [I mark] 28 From paragraph 4, what two ways help to save trees? 1119/2 [Lihat sebelah (i)__________________________________________________________[I mark]

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ANSWER SHEET FOR QUESTION 31

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[25 marks] [1 mark] (b) ()What does the phrase "uncoil her snake hair" mean? (b) () 32 following extract from is Monsoon History andof answer the questions that follow. (c)Read the ()What do you think the occupation the poet's father? (b) () Reading Tennyson, at six p.m. in pajamas, Listening to down-pouring rain; the air ticks with gnats, black spiders fly, Moths sweep out of our rooms Where termites built Their hills of eggs and queens zoom I n h e a t . We w a s h o u r f e e t For bed, watch mother uncoil H e r s n a k e h a i r , u n b u c k l e The silver mesh around her waist, Wa i t i n g f o r f a t h e r p a c i n g The sand as fishers pull From the Straits after monsoon. Shirley Geok-lin Lim 32 (a) What creatures are mentioned in the extract?

(d) Do you think the persona followed the western culture? Give a reason for your answer.

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33 Read the extract from the short story The Sound Machine below and answer the questions that follow. Again it came – a throatless, inhuman shriek, sharp and short, very clear and cold. The note itself possessed a minor, metallic-quality that he had never heard before. Klausner looked around him, searching instinctively for the source of the noise. The woman next door was the only living thing in sight. He saw her reach down, take a rose stem in the fingers of one hand and snip the stem with a pair of scissors. Again he heard the scream. It came at the exact moment when the rose stem was cut. At this point, the woman straightened up, put the scissors in the basket with the roses and turned to walk away. "Mrs Saunders!" Klausner shouted, his voice shrill with excitement. "Oh! Mrs Saunders!" And looking round, the woman saw her neighbour standing on his lawn – a fantastic, arm-waving little person with a pair of earphones on his head – calling to her in a voice so high and loud that she became alarmed. a )

( i ) W h a t s o u n d d i d K l a u s n e r h e a r ?

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34 The following are the novels studied in the literature component in English Language:

The Pearl

John Steinbeck

Jungle of Hope

Keris Mas

The Return

K. S. Maniam

Choose any one of the novels and answer the following question. ' We need to struggle hard to improve our lives'. How is this shown in the novel you have studied? Support your answer with close reference to the text.

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