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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA FINAL EXAMINATION

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PREPARATORY ENGLISH

COURSE CODE

BEL100

DATE

31 MARCH 2002

TIME

2 1/2 HOURS (9.00 A.M- 11.30A.M)

SEMESTER

Accountancy Administration and Law Applied Science Architecture, Planning and Surveying Art and Design Business Management Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering Hotel and Tourism Management Information Studies November 2001 - April 2002

PROGRAMME/CODE

All Diploma Programmes

FACULTY

Information Technology and Quantitative Science Mass Communication and Media Studies Mechanical Engineering Office Management and Technology Performing Arts Sports Science and Recreation

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1.

This question paper consists of three (3) sections : SECTION A (25 marks) SECTIONS (15 marks) SECTION C (20 marks)

2.

Answer ALL questions from ail three (3) sections in the QUESTION BOOKLET.

3.

Fill in the details below :

4.

UiTM STUDENT CARD NO.

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Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the invigilator.

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO This examination paper consists of 13 printed pages CONFIDENTIAL

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SECTION A: GRAMMAR (25 MARKS)

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Read the passage below and underline the correct word in the brackets. The first one has been done for you. Hundreds of animals become extinct every year due to (o) (vary, various, variety) environmental factors. Malaysia has taken firm steps in the right direction to ensure that (a) (it, its, it's) wildlife and environment are protected and safeguarded for future generations.

One of the steps taken is the setting up of the Turtle Islands Park

(b) (of, off, from) Sandakan, Sabah. The park is now the breeding ground to two species of turtles, the green turtle and the hawksbill turtle. They are two of the four

species found in (c) (Malaysia, Malaysian, Malaysian's) waters.

Turtle Islands Park is made up of the islands of Seligaan, Bakkungan Kechil and Gulisaan.

It was established as Malaysia's first turtle hatchery in May 1966.

It

provides a safe place for the (d) (survive, survival, surviving) of the two turtle species. All the islands in and around the park are (e) (important, importance, importantly) turtle breeding grounds. In Turtle Islands Park, the turtles lay eggs every night of the

year especially between July and October.

However, this does not happen in

(f) (another, others, other) breeding areas in Malaysia.

Therefore, this hatchery

produces the (g) (more, most, many) number of baby turtles in Malaysia.

Every year, thousands of female turtles return to the park and go through (h) (the, a, an) same procedure to lay their eggs. They make the difficult climb up the beach, dig holes with (i) (they, theirs, their) back flippers and with great effort and pain, lay dozens of soft-shelled eggs.

Then, they (j) (carefully, careful, careless)

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cover the eggs with sand and slowly make their way back to the sea, only to return a year later.

Hundreds of tourists visit the park for (k)

(these, this, those) unforgettable

experience. There are many interesting activities planned (I) (for, by, to) the visitors in the daytime. However, the main event, which is the arrival of the turtles, starts (m) (when, where, which) it gets dark. After dinner, visitors wait (n) (patient, patiently, patience) for the park rangers to announce the arrival of the first turtle. Each turtle lays about a hundred eggs and (o) (then, than, that) slowly crawls back to the water.

The whole process can take a (p) (little, few, fewest) hours. The eggs are gently removed to a nearby turtle hatchery for the 50 to 60-day incubation period. The highlight of the evening is when (q) (visitor, visitors, visitors') assist the rangers to

release baby turtles from the hatchery (r) (from, on, into) the sea.

Turtle Islands Park is a great place to see these turtles (s) (who, whose, which) are unique to Malaysia. Although the journey to the park may be long, it is well worth the effort (t) (but, so, because) visitors are guaranteed that they will witness this natural

phenomenon of turtles laying eggs.

Adapted from Going Places, August 2001 (10 marks)

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Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in brackets. The first, one has been done for you.

The

Petronas

Twin

Towers,

which

are

452

metres

in

height,

(o)_____hold________(hold) the record as the world's tallest buildings, exceeding

Chicago's

Sears

Tower

by

seven

metres.

They

(a)_____________ (be) truly magnificent structures of stainless steel and glass with a unique pedestrian skybridge which (b) _____________ (connect) them at the 44th floor.

Building the Twin Towers proved to be a monumental task. It had been decided that the major portion of the massive project would be completed in time for the 16th

Commonwealth Games which Kuala Lumpur was going to host in September 1998. Therefore, thousands of workers laboured around the clock in order to finish the work in time. While hundreds of construction workers

(c) ____________ (build)

the external framework, others (d) ______________ (mix) the cement for the Kuala Lumpur City Centre [KLCC] foundation.

The construction workers used

around 13,200 cubic metres of cement for this job. They (e) ____________

(pour) the cement into the site for 54 hours continuously to lay the foundation.

Once the main structures were put up and the foundation was laid, the landscaping process (f) ______________ (begin). It involved hundreds of workers. As groups of gardeners (g) ______________ (plant) ornamental trees and laying

the turf on the grounds, others system. It

(h) _____________ (fix) the sprinkler

(i) _____________ (take) the workers several years of hard

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Many Malaysians (j) _____________ (visit) the

KLCC everv dav

- Visitors

who want to enjoy a bird's-eye view of the city (k) _____________ (go) up to the skybridge on the 44th floor. However, they (I) ______________ (get) a

special pass because only a specific number of people are allowed on the bridge each day. Those who like shopping will have a wonderful time in the KLCC because

it houses one of the country's largest shopping malls. The more curious visitors (m) _____________

(drop) in at Petrosains, a science museum that

simulates life on an oil-rig.

Presently, the KLCC authorities (n) _____________

(plan) to further

promote the Twin Towers and the surrounding park area as a recreational centre for local and foreign tourists alike. They (o) ______________ (want) to increase

the public facilities and upgrade the existing ones. Workers (p)___________

(currently, add) more park benches and repaving the walkways. Besides that, they (q) ______________ making

it

more

(also, improve) the huge children's play area and

child-safe.

(r) _____________

The

authorities

hope

that

visitors

(find) an outing to the KLCC a more pleasurable

experience.

Petronas chairman, Tan Sri Azizan Zainul Abidin, believes that the Petronas Towers symbolise

the

new spirit of

Malaysia.

He is certain that

Malaysians

(s)_____________ (build) taller, more spectacular buildings that will show the world that Malaysians (t) ______________

(be) capable of achieving

greater heights.

Adapted from Going Places, Jan 2000 (10 marks) CONFIDENTIAL

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3. The passage below contains eleven (11) errors which have been underlined. Correct each error in the space provided. The first one has been done for you.

Johor efforts to promote the islands near Mersing as a

fo) Johor's

tourist destination are final showing some positive

(a)____

signs. More than 38,000 tourists visit the islands

(b)_____

between January and December last year.

June

recorded the high number of visitors, totalling 10,800. Seven thousand of this visitors were foreigners mainly

from Singapore, Japan and Europe.

The increase in a number of tourists is the result of the

state government's efforts to promoted tourism. The

(f).

state government has upgraded the Mersing Ferry Terminal by improving it ferry services with greater

(9).

emphasis on the safe of the passengers.

State assemblyman for Endau and a Chairman of the Johor Tourism Board, En Ibrahim Osman, hopes that

more people will came to the islands next year.

(I).

Adapted from The Star, September 6, 2001

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SECTION B : READING (15 MARKS)

Read the following passage carefully and answer ALL the questions that follow. I

Have you ever witnessed a traditional Malay "bersanding" ceremony? The bride and groom sit on a specially decorated dais known as the "pelamin". The bridal couple is usually dressed in beautiful matching wedding costumes made of silk, interwoven with rich gold or silver threads. The groom also wears a special headgear called the "tengkolok" made of the

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same rich material. This material is called songket and it represents all the richness and beauty of traditional Malay culture. II

The songket or the Malay brocade is an intricately patterned cloth interwoven with silver or gold threads. Its shades and elegant designs portray the richness and variety of old Malay culture. It represents the Malay

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people's identity and is considered a very important part of Malaysia's

cultural heritage.

III

Songket weaving is found mainly in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Many beautiful samples of finely designed and woven songket come from this region. Songket weavers originally used local materials. Now, songket

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weavers prefer imported undyed cotton from India, silk from China and

Thailand and metallic threads from Europe and China.

IV

In the olden days, the most skilled weavers were employed by royal families to make the luxurious fabrics for their personal use or as gifts. Today, many of these fine textiles are treasured heirlooms and form parts of the royal

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symbols of modern Malaysian sultanates.

V

The colours of the songket fall into two main categories - light and dark shades. The shades have fanciful names such as kuning langsat (beige);

pinang masak (bright orange) and darah ikan (red). Old songket pieces mainly range between shades of red and purple. Most cotton songket

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are less common as that colour has been traditionally reserved for Malay royalty. VI

In the past, the dyes to colour the threads were extracted from plants. The

indigo dye, for example, was made by boiling the shoots, bark and twigs of

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the indigo plant in water. The dye in its concentrated pure state was then stored in a huge earthenware jar. Red dye was extracted from three main

sources: the trunk and branches of the sepang and sappan trees and the roots of the morinda tree. These were boiled to obtain a resin called 'dragon's blood'. This resin was then used to dye threads to make them a 35 rich vermilion red.

VII The old method of preparing dyes is a long process. It may take months to extract a dye and obtain the desired colour. Although some weavers may

still use the old method of preparing dyes, many songket weavers today are more attracted to the easily available modern synthetic dyes, which come in 40 a greater variety of colours. Each piece of songket takes about two to three months to complete. Therefore, it is hardly surprising that, depending on the

design, a songket piece can easily fetch up to US$1,000 per metre.

Adapted from Going Places, September 2001

1.

What do the following words refer to in the passage ? (a) The bridal couple (line 3) : ________________

(b) this region (line 15)

: ________________

(c) their (line 19)

: ________________

(d) It (line 37)

: ________________ (2 marks)

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Underline the meaning of each word as it is used in the passage. (a) portray (line 10}

(i)

show

(ii)

match

(iii)

look

(b) extracted (line 29)

(i)

pulled

(ii)

obtained

(iii)

lifted (1 mark)

Answer the following questions based on the information from the passage.

3.

Read each of the following statements and write (T) if the statement is TRUE and (F) if it is FALSE in the boxes provided.

(a)

The songket is used to decorate the bridal dais in a traditional Malay wedding.

(b)

Songket weavers are only found in East Malaysia.

(c)

The earlier weavers used locally produced materials to make songket.

(d)

It takes more than a month to complete a piece of songket.

(2 marks)

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Why is the songket seen as an essential part of the Malay people's cultural heritage?

(a) ___________________________________________

(b)

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5.

What are the two differences between songket weavers of the past and today? (a) Weavers of the past

(i)____________________________________

(b) Weavers of today

(i)_________________________________________ (ii)_________________________________________ (2 marks)

6.

Why is yellow songket less often seen compared to songket of other colours?

(1 mark) 7.

Why do songket weavers prefer modern synthetic dyes? Give two reasons.

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Malay royalty have always held songket in high regard. Two of the following statements do not provide evidence of this. Underline them. (a) They only hired the best weavers to work for them.

(b) They only use yellow songket. (c) They gave songket as royal presents. (d) Songket pieces are regarded as valuable heirlooms. (e) Songket is a Malaysian product. (1 mark) What is the topic sentence of paragraph V?

(1 mark) 10.

Complete the diagram below with information from the passage.

Red Dye Sources

The sepang tree : the trunk and branches (a)

: the roots

The sappan tree : (b)

Process Boiled to form a resin called fc) Use

(d)

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SECTION C : WRITING (20 MARKS)

Write an essay in about 180 to 200 words about how students in universities can benefit by using the library. You may use the short notes given below:

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find reference books and materials

•

use computer and Internet facilities

•

study in a quiet environment

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(20 marks)

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