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Road Safety

Why think of road ................... at all? It is because of the accidents that ......................... everyday on the road, in which all ................... of ......................... and ................................ and even animal are ............................ These accidents mean ..................... of life and loss of .............................. and more often than not ................................ to traffic. In this age of speed and ................................... vehicles and with the .............................. on roads, these ................................ have become almost an everyday .......................... So unless everybody is .............................. on the............................ of road safety, the loss and the sorry ............................. cannot be avoided.

................................. is better than ................... This holds ..................... even in the ....................... of road accidents. Accidents are ................ to many .................. and may ................. under different ................................. The........................... but at the same time ............................... perhaps is people ........................... down on the road caused by an orange or a banana .................. Without ......................... any harm, quite ................................. a person may ................... away the orange peel or the banana .................. on the road or the ........................... When a person, walking ........................, steps on, it he or she will slip down ending in ........................... of bones and ..................................... even more dangerous ..................... that. So people must take care they do not ..................... the ........................ on the road but should .......................... them in a ................... In some countries the .......................... are severely .......................... The second cause of accident is due to careless ........................... in busy roads. While crossing one must look to the right and left for moving ........................ and then cross.

Where there are ..................... crossings on the road for the .................................. to cross, one should cross ........................ them. One should keep to the ....................... of the road ............... walking and the vehicles must keep to their..................... in busy ...........................

In the .................... of accidents .............................. vehicles there are many ................... One is trying to ............................ and very often taking ................ . ............................ is wrong ........................... in crossing. Sometimes it may be not ........................ for the ....................... In .......................... streets accidents may take place in a .................. second because one does not care for the signal. "Stop, look and go" is the best ......................; it will .................. vehicles from accidents. But where one takes a ...................... step, the ....................... is the ............................ accident. .................. riding may be ............................ cause. Riding two or three .................... is always dangerous. Especially one must be ..................... of this. ....................... ...................... become ....................... of road accidents. But if they just ................... the helmet as .................... by law they could easily avoid ........................... and hence .........................

Very ...................... the cause of accidents is the ...................... of the ..................... system which means the ...................... of the vehicle does not ...................... to keep the........................... in good ........................... By ............................ to the

vehicle ............................... a lot of ................................... could be avoided.

Road safety is a matter of ............................ in which the school can play a ........................ role. Through ........................., Red Cross and ...................... education classes, ........................ can be ......................the importance of ................................. the rules of the road. Children must be taught their........................ and ................... are very .......................... and they must not take risk, ........................... when leaving the school. As soon as the ................... goes children ............... out and accidents do happen. Under the .................................. the teachers must feel it their ................. to ........................... the traffic near the school. The police can ............................. with the school in this .............................

To make the people road ..........................., the ...................... media can play a useful ................ The newspaper, the .................. poster and the cinema and now the TV come in .................. Shots in the cinema or TV ................................... the importance of road safety can be ........................... There may be ......................... over the radio by the police ........................ During ................. hours in crowded....................., the police may direct the traffic and ask people to keep to their lanes.

Statistics ...................... by the Royal Malaysian Police .......................... that the highest .............. of deaths and accidents are .................... those aged 16 and 25 followed ........................ by those between 26 and 35. Together, they made up for 58.5% of deaths on the roads. The .............................. covered the period of three years from 2004 to 2006.

The ...................... of road accidents involved young ...................... ........................... Motorcycles are ................................ to be the most dangerous form of ............................... It is often ....................... as an ............................ mode of transport. Young motorcyclists are ................................. the most ................................ on the roads.

Furthermore, it is also ........................ as a relatively ......................... and cheaper way of getting ........................... It takes an ........................... of 30 to 35 minutes to get from one point to another in the Klang .......................... In ......................... of cost, motorcyclists spend less than RM18.00 a week. .........................., there is no need to pay ................., an ..................... bonus and savings.

Besides the factor of the ............................... itself, there is the young ..................... factor to be considered. They ................... They .................. red lights. They .......................... and perform .................................. lane change. They perform ..................... on the roads. They get ................. from being ....................... and .................................

It is a common ............................ for the young ............................... the world to ................................. their road .................. They think their ....................... actions are .................. and their ........................ skills are better than most.

Some younger people think they are ............................ They think nothing will happen to them. It can happen to others but not to them. ......................... to the older people, the

young are ........................., ..........................., fearless and .................................

Another interesting ..................... to note is that although there is a .......................... for young road users between 16 to 35 to show high-risk ........................, they also make up a high number of road users. .......................... there is a higher ............................... of them in the .................. statistics.

Another factor that is often ....................... is the machine itself. The vehicles may not be road ..................., being poorly ............................ or of ...................... quality. A further .......................... is road and ....................... conditions, quite ....................... the control of mere ..........................

The introduction of a new driving .............................. by the Road Transport ........................ to include ............................ driving skills may help ...................... accidents and bring about a ........... of mature young drivers by year end (2007). Wikipedia ..................... defensive driving as a form of training for motor vehicle drivers that goes beyond the ........................ of the rules of the road and the basic ........................ of driving.

It aims to reduce the risk of accidents by ........................... dangerous situations .................... adverse conditions or the mistakes of others. Learners learn a ....................... of ......................... rules as well as the practice of specific driving ......................... Defensive driving skills are ........................ for both .......................... and ......................... It is hoped that defensive driving ........................ can help wipe out the ........................ that you are king of the road, you .................. the road once you are behind the .....................

Overall, Malaysian road users do ................ basic road ...................... Changing the .............. and the .................... may go a long way towards reducing .................... road accidents.

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Write story ending with : ' ... They never expected to be so richly rewarded."

Der Lun followed his mother to the market as usual. It was a .................... he enjoyed because the market was such a ..................... place. There was always something interesting to see.

That day, Der Lun caught ................... of a middle-aged man with ...................... hair and old clothes. He was a ...................... He held out a wooden ................... and ......................... dropped in coins. Der Lun's mother put a small ................... into the bowl as she ................. him by. His eyes ........................... the mother and son as they set off for home. As Der Lun and his mother turned into the narrow ................ that led to their house, he suddenly .................... that the beggar was following them. Der Lun told his mother about it. ........................., she ........................... her steps and as soon as they got inside their house, she .................. it. Der Lun ................. out the window and saw the beggar sitting on the ........................ near the gate. Why did the beggar .............. them? Der Lun ........................ he knew.

After a ...................... of hours, Der Lun's mother became ............................. for the poor beggar. He had not ..................... from his .................. She ..................... up her ................... and went to ask the beggar to .................... But the beggar ....................... looked at her with a .................. smile. ..................... that he would fall ill with no food and water, she ............... Der Lun to give him a bowl of rice and vegetables and some tea. The beggar ............ and ................ Then he ............... down under a tree to sleep. Der Lun’s mother was ................................ as to what else to do. She was just a poor ................ with a young son. Since the beggar ....................... to leave, she and Der Lun ................ a little ..................... for him. He seemed ................. with ....................... they gave him.

A week .................. and one day, Der Lun found the beggar ................. Der Lun and his mother ...................... for him but he was ....................... to be found. Not long after that, a car stopped outside Der Lun's house and two .......................... men got out. Der Lun and his mother .................... who they ............... The men ........................... themselves as ........................ ............................. a Mr Cheong. They .......................... that Mr Cheong wanted to ................. Der Lun and his mother for ........................ care of him. Mr Cheong was a ............................. who had once been ........................ Now that he was rich, he liked to look for ............................ people to help. He would ...................... himself as a beggar and when he met someone who was kind to him, he would give that person a ................ of money.

The sum of money Mr Cheong gave to Der Lun's mother was enough to make their ............. more .......................... and to give Der Lun a ............................... education. Der Lun and his mother could not ............................. their good ....................... They ...................... the beggar well out of ............................. They never ............................ to be so richly ...........................

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Describe a frightening experience in your lifeIt was one of those days, ....................... and ........................ I looked behind me, there

were ................. ................................................ clouds and a .........................

that ......................... a storm. I looked at the ............................. leaves on the roads and in

the ..................... and ............................. my step home. Rain fell in ..................................

When I ran into the house, the wind was ........................ the window ........................

and .................. the roof. As I ......................... to close the windows, I ............................ at the

sound of the ........................ wind. .........................., there was a loud ................. I jumped

with ................... as the front ........................ were ........................... Rain .................... in. I

quickly pushed the .............................. next to the window to the ...................... corner of the

room.

....................... the street, I saw rain ......................... down like a great .................

and ...................... itself ..................... the town. I stood ............................... and looked out at the

street. Water was ................ so fast and .................... out of the ..................... into the street. Cars

.............................. and ......................, and, ....................... and .................... went on

without ........................... A ........................ traffic jam would build up in just ..........................

Before I could close my ears to the .......................... noise, there came a great .................

The ........... tembusu tree in front of my house had ........................ Another ....................

of .......................... showed the ............................ trees by the side of the street

were ......................... I was ..................... with ....................

I ................. upstairs to my room. It was ..................................... Thunder .......................

and lightning ....................... and there was an ..................... 'Oh no!' I ....................... as

I ................... under the blanket in total ........................., ........................... with .................. and

cold, and waited for my parents to get home. I always had a ....................... of ..................... and

this one showed Nature's ........................

As ......................... as it began, the .................. storm ended. I ................. out of bed and looked

out of the window. The sight left me as ......................... as the ....................... Branches and

tree ................... were ............................ to the left and right of the streets. There were

giant ................. where the trees were ............................. whole from the ..........................

The whole scene .................... me of one of those ........................ movies. It would take all

of us forever to clear the streets, the .................. and the trees. It had been a

most ............................. experience.