PBS Final Form 2 P2

SECTION A
(25 marks)
[Time suggested: 40 minutes]

Your friend Shanmugan writes the following letter to you asking for advice.

Dear,
I hope you are in the best of health. I am okay.
I need your advices on something. As you know, my family is not
well off. Ever since my father passed away, my mother has not been able
to make ends meet. Its very difficult for us at the moment.
I am thinking of dropping out of school next year. I think my PMR
exam result is good enough to get a job. I feel that if I dont try to help
out, my brothers and sisters will go hungry. My mother doesnt agree.
She wants me to continue schooling at least until SPM level.
What should I do? How do I explain to her that its better for me to
get a job now and help the family?
Please write to me soon.

Yours sincerely,
Shanmugan

Write a reply to Shanmugans letter, advising him to listen to his mother. Include the
following points in your letter.

better to finish schooling first

higher education will help get a better paying job

perhaps he can get a part time job if he wants to help out

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SECTION B
Poem
(5 marks)
[Time suggested: 20 minutes]

I WONDER
By: Jeannie Kirby
I wonder why the grass is green,
And why the wind is never seen?
Who taught the birds to build a nest,
And told the trees to take a rest?
O, when the moon is not quite round,
Where can the missing bit be found?
Who lights the stars, when they blow out,
And makes the lightning flash about?

I WONDER

Who paints the rainbow in the sky,

Kirby
AndBy:
hangsJeannie
the fluffy clouds
so high?

I wonder
Why is itwhy
now,the
do grass
you suppose,
is green,
Thatwhy
Dad the
wontwind
tell me,
if he knows?
And
is never
seen?

1. What is the persona in the poem wondering about?

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2. What is felt but not visible to the persona?
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3. Why does the persona say the rainbow is painted?
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4. Who does Who in this poem refer to? State one quality possesses by the
Who in the poem.
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SECTION C
Short story
(10 marks)
[Time suggested: 30 minutes]

Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow.

VP went on and on describing cloning techniques so I decided to press save and

listen to it all later. For now I have some serious thinking to do. Ill tell you what I was
thinking. The Biolab in this ship is very big. It has to be, because biology is what this
trip is all about- the biology of Trion- what lives there now and what, and who, could
live there in the future. At the moment the ships Biolab is deserted. It wont become
busy until we reach Trion. I need to use it.

I need it all to myself.

1. What is VP?
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2. The word deserted means

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3. The phrase it refers to

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4. Why does Trish need to use the BioLab?

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Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow.

One of the features of this ship is its disposal system. There are five big hatches,
each one marked DISPOSAL. You open the hatch, put the thing you want to get
rid of into the hole, and whoosh its gone. Disposed of for ever in infinite space.
One of the five hatches happen to be outside my cabin, in the corridor. Theres
never anyone in the corridor at night.
There you are then. Tonights the night. Ill be disposing of something
definitely. I am going to write a note to go with the item. The note will read,
Goodbye, Clo. Have a good trip. Yours never, Trish.
Well, it wouldnt be murder, would it? How could it be? You cant be
charged with murdering yourself, can you? You couldnt even be charged with
suicide because there will still be one person left and that person will be alivewalking and talking, eating and sleeping.
So, its foolproof. Goodbye, Clo. Yours never Trish.

1. What is Trish planning?

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2. Which disposal hatch is Trish going to use?

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2. The phrase one person refers to

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4. The words on the note, Yours never implies that Trish

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