SMK DATO’ PANGLIMA PERANG KIRIEnglish - Paper 2

SET 5 - MUDAH Name___________________________ Date_______________________ Time :___________________

Class :__________________________ Marks :_________________

This question paper consists of four sections: Section A, Section B, Section C and Section D. Answer all sections in this question paper.

Section A[15 marks]

Question 1 - 8For 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.

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According to the notice, which of the following statements is true?A The forum is free.B The forum is held in a school.C The public forum will be held in the morning.

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Which of the following statements is true?A The price is non-negotiable.B The area is accessible to highways.C The amenities are located at a distance.

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The information in the advertisement tells us that

A the students can learn ways to score ‘A’ in their examinationsB the adventure camp is for secondary school students onlyC students can go for the camp to have an adventure

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The recipient of the response slip is

A a parent or guardianB the Treasurer of the PTAC the principal of the schoolD the school fence contractor

5. The water supply will be disrupted because of

A maintenance and repair worksB the dry taps facing the residentsC the attachment of new water pipesD the location of the Damansara-Puchong

Highway

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From the notice, we can conclude that Einstein was

7. IPOH: Thieves broke into a fish farm at Tebuk Pancor in Bukit Merah, Semanggol and escaped with arowana fries worth RM1.5 million. The theft was discovered by a worker who arrived for work at 8.30 am on Saturday. He believed that the theft was committed by more than two persons who arrived in a vehicle on Friday night. Police suspect an inside job.question

In the report above, the thievesA have been arrestedB were caught by a fish farm workerC stole arowana fries worth RM1.5 millionD arrived in a vehicle on Saturday morning

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A an artist C an astrologerB a scientist D a photographer

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The tips above will most probably help youA reduce your travel costB plan a holiday to an exotic locationC manage your time while on holidayD have an enjoyable holiday with a partner

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

The Roaster’s Chicken Run is on 13 July. It is 9 by Kenny Rogers Roasters and will be held at Bukit Jalil Golf and Country Resort.The race is in 10 of Hospital University Kebangsaan Malaysia’s patients’ welfare fund. This unique race 11 up a series of firsts - the first charity run with a chicken theme and the first–ever run in a golf course. There 12 never been such a race like this before. Participants will have to race through the 3.8 km route while balancing a boiled egg in a dish.To win, the egg must be intact at the end ofthe race. As this is a family event, juniors are 13 to participate by running a shorter 2.8 km route.“This fun event is to encourage Malaysians to 14 a more active lifestyle,” says Luis Daniel, Berjaya Roasters Operations and Business Development Senior Manager.“It is also a good opportunity to 15 funds for charity.” As far as safety is concerned, participants have nothing to worry about.

9. A organiseB organisedC organising

10. A aid C donateB help D promote

11. A Chalk B chalksC chalked

12. A has C hadB have D having

13. A encourage C encouragedB encourages D encouraging

14. A adapt C adaptsB adopt D adopts

15. A raise C giveB bring

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Section B[10 marks]

Question 16 – 25 Read the advertisement below and then, answer the questions that follow..

Questions 16 – 20For each of the places below, name the room rates and attraction.

Questions 21 – 25 Based on the information given, where should the following people stay?

21 Alfred loves to exercise in natural surroundings. His main hobby is fishing.

________________________________________________________________________ [1 mark]22 Putri Haswani has just been promoted. She wants to change her wardrobe while on vacation.

__________________________________________________________________________ [1 mark]23 Encik Mansur needs to escape from the hustle and bustle of city life, but at the same time he needs to

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24 Jennifer can spend hours basking in the sun and walking by the seaside.

___________________________________________________________________________ [1 mark]25 Mr. Lim wants to spend his leisure time playing golf while his family goes on vacation.

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Section C[25 marks]

Question 26 - 31 are based on the following passage.Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.

1 Except for their overgrown beard and moustache, two Australian miners who created history

with their miraculous escape from entombment a kilometre underground, showed no signs of

physical or emotional harm from the worst ordeal of their life. Trapped in a 12-metre metal

cage, which saved them after an earthquake struck a gold mine in Tasmania, Todd Russell and

Brant Webb strode in the cold pre-dawn darkness towards their ecstatic families to the

surprise of the doctors whose advice they ignored.

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2 Although about 10 000 miners die every year in mining accidents throughout the world,

no survivor has escaped so courageously and triumphantly after a 14-day nightmare in

conditions that had never been experienced anywhere before.

3 Every word on the progress of the delicate rescue operations was digested with anxiety

and hope because it was hard to believe that anyone could emerge alive from such an

extraordinary accident. But emerge the trapped men did, as though they had just finished

their regular shift underground, and walked without any help from the dozens of willing

hands near the entrance of the mine. The very sight of the two happy and relieved men

brought tears of joy to their families and the townsfolk.

4 The two miners had been initially feared dead after missing for the first five days. Not

surprisingly, they too had doubted that they would ever see their families again while their

families had admitted that they had given up hope of finding the miners alive. The very fact

that Russell, who has three young children, and Webb, a father of teenage twins, have

survived against all odds is amazing. Furthermore, their resilience and determination to walk

unaided to their families and friends were remarkable.

5 The biggest obstacle they had faced was the possibility of a further cave-in if the rescuers

blasted the rocks in the final stage of the rescue. The blast might cause some loose rocks to

dislodge onto the cage. Rescue experts who had flown in from various parts of Australia were

aware of the danger after studying the site. So far, they had used low impact blasting to cut a

horizontal tunnel to get as close to the trapped miners as they could. Now, they had to

carefully test every step of their thrust into the newly-cut rocky cave not only for the safety of

the two miners but also for themselves.

6 This slowed down the rescue operations and perhaps prolonged the agony of the trapped

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men, whose expected date of freedom was repeatedly pushed back. The first sign of a

breakthrough came on Monday night when a small probe, used as a directional guide, poked

through the rock below the trapped miners’ cage. At this stage, only a metre of rock separated

the rescuers from the miners.

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7 Tirelessly, the rescuers began to drill and dig the final vertical tunnel and reached the

miners, who greeted them with shouts of “yee-hah”. They were then bound to a stretcher and

carried through the 90 cm deep and 1 m wide escape tunnel, which had been manually drilled

with small explosives used to crack the solid rocks. To the elation of the rescuers, Webb came

out first, followed by Russell a few minutes later. They walked confidently as though nothing

had happened to a board where they removed their name cards to end what seemed to be

their longest ever shift underground.

8 Amid the cheers, joy, ringing of the church bells, waving and yelling of greetings, the

townsfolk, the miners, their families and the rescuers remembered the third miner, Larry

Knight, who was killed in the rock fall a week earlier. His body had been recovered and buried

the day the two trapped miners were rescued.

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(a)From paragraph 1, why were the Australian miners said to have created history?

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[1 mark]From paragraph 2, how long were the men trapped underground?

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From paragraph 3, why were the people anxious to know the details of the rescue efforts?

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[2 mark]28.

From paragraph 4, give two words that describe the men.

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[2 mark]29.

From paragraph 5 and 6(a)why was the rescue operations considered delicate?

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what was considered a breakthrough during the operations?

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From paragraph 8, what was the general feeling of the community after the rescue operations? Answer in your own words._____________________________________________________________________________________

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31.Based on the passage given, write a summary about

• how the miners were trapped• how the rescue operations was executed

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 material from lines 4 – 45• not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below

Begin your summary as follows:Two Australian miners recently received worldwide attention when they were...

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32. Read the following stanza of Are You Still Playing Your Flute? and answer the questions that follow.

Are you still playing your flute?In the village so quiet and desertedAmidst the sick rice fi eldWhile here it has become a luxuryTo spend time watching the rainGazing at the evening raysCollecting dew dropsOr enjoying the fragrance of flowers.

Zurinah Hassan

1 What sound can be heard in the quiet village?

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2 Write down two things the writer says is a luxury.(i) __________________________________________________________________________

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[1 mark]3 What do you enjoy and consider a luxury? Using your own words, give a reason to support your

answer.

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Section D[25 marks]

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

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33. Catch Us If You Can - Catherine McPhailThe Curse - Lee Su AnnStep by Wicked Step - Anne Fine

Choose any one of the novels above and answer the question below.

Based on the novel that you have read, write about the most interesting character.

Give reasons why you think the character is interesting.[15 marks]

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