Section A (20 Marks)

Questions 1-10 are based on the text. The first and last lines are correct. For the remaining
lines, there are some grammatical errors.
Underline the error and write the correct word in the space provided. An example has been
given. The correct word must not change the meaning of the sentence. There are no spelling
errors in this text.
Good morning to the principal, teachers and students of Bugisiah Islamic
Secondary School. I am here today to share my personal encounter for bullying e.g : with
and how I dealt with peer pressure while growing up. People who know me
1.
2. 1. ______
yesterday and even my fans would probably surprised to know I was bullied
3. 2. ______
many times when I am a child and teenager. It wasnt brutal if I was never
4. 3. ______
harmed physically except on a few occasions but it wasnt pleasant either. My
5. 4. ______
first experience being bullied was when I was in year two. I was bullied by a girl
6. 5. ______
in my class. He would keep saying hurtful things to me until I smile and he
7. 6. ______
would threaten me until I was too afraid to tell our teacher. My second
8. 7. ______
9. 8. ______
experience was in form one. I was a timid girl and did not know who to make
10.9. ______
friends. When a girl asks me once to play with her and her friends, I was
11.10. _____
overjoyed. As you might have guessed, I ended up being bullied by her. She
would took my handwritten notes and storybooks that she likes. She would also
get angry if I didnt do whatever she told me to, and pinch me and pull my hair
if I did someone that didnt please her. It was traumatizing experience! The
thing is, I was too scared to speak up and fight back. My mother was angry at
her for bullying me and angry at me for not fighting back. You see, I am more
afraid of losing a friend that I let her do whatever she wanted. Now I tell myself,
So,what? when something said that they wouldnt want to be friends with me
Seashell is the title of the lastest novel by Aiyuni Sun. This science fiction tale,
anymore. They can do whatever they like and I dont need them at all. That was
like Aiyunis previous book titled Current, is set beneath the ocean. The author
my moment of empowerment. Whatever my age, you shouldnt have to feel
describes life underwater in such clear detail that the reader can easily imagine living in
pressured or bullied to act in a certain manner to be accepted. Just be yourself
this magical world.
and real friends would accept you for who you are. Thank you.
The story is about the only son of a marine scientist who secretly follows his
Section
B (20 Marks)
father to his underwater laboratory
at the bottom
of the Pacific Ocean. Kayan is curious
Questions
11-29
are
based
on
the
book
review
below.to tell him anything. One day, Kayan
about his fathers work but Professor Miraj refuses
steals onto the Seabug, a small submarine which takes the Professor to the ocean
laboratory called C-Shell. When the stowaway is discovered, his father is furious. By
then the Seabug has returned to land. There is nothing the Professor can do. He warns
Kayan to stay out of trouble and is soon lost in his research. Left to wander around by
himself, Kayan stumbles upon a locked room. The sixteen-year-old discovers the secret
of the locked room and realizes that he and his father are in grave danger. In fact, the
world is in great danger.
This story keeps the reader in suspense right to the end. The reader will be
greatly entertained and will be tempted to read all two hundred plus pages in one
sitting. The novel is not only enjoyable to read but it also contains a message about
how serious problems can be solved with courage. Seashell is highly recommended for
readers in the 12 to 17 age group.

Complete the blanks with information from the book review.

Book title
Author
Genre
Target readers
Recommendation [Tick]

:
:
:
:
:

Book Review Summary

11. _________________________________________
12. _________________________________________
13. _________________________________________
14. _________________________________________
15.
[ ] Highly recommended
[ ] Recommended
[ ] Not recommended

(5 Marks)

Answer the following questions.

16.
What is Professor Mirajs occupation? (1Marks)
________________________________________________________________________________________
17.
Why does Kayan follow his father to C-Shell? (1Marks)
______________________________________________________________________________________
18.
When does Kayan realise that he and his father are in danger? (1Marks)
______________________________________________________________________________________
19.
What does the Professor doing in C-Shell? (1Marks)
_______________________________________________________________________________________
20.
What is the message in this story? (1Marks)
________________________________________________________________________________________
21.
What is Seabug? (1Marks)
_______________________________________________________________________________________
22.
How old is Kayan? (1Marks)
______________________________________________________________________________________
23.
Why doesnt the Professor send Kayan Home? (1Marks)
______________________________________________________________________________________
24.
Based on the information given in the book review of Seashell, predict what will
happen to Kayan and his
father at the end of the novel. Use the word will or is going to. (2 marks)
______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
Choose the best meaning for each word using contextual clues. (5 marks)
25.
Another word for under is __________________.
26.
A person who hides aboard a vehicle is called a ____________________.
27.
To ___________________ is to move around without any specific purpose.
28.
The word serious can be replaced by the word _____________________________.

29.

To be __________________ is to have a strong feeling that you want to do something.

Section C (15 marks)

Questions 30-46 are based on the biography below.

Flossie Wong-Staal is an expert on the HIV virus which

causes AIDS. Her discovery of the HIV virus is very
important in the search for a cure for the disease. Born
on 27 August 1947 in China, she was given the name
Yee Ching Wong.
In 1952, her family moved to Hong Kong. There,
her teachers encouraged her parents to give her an
English name. Her father named her Flossie. She did
well in her studies and grew to love science.
When she was 18, Flossie Wong went to the University of California
(UCLA) in the United States. She graduated in 1968 with a degree in
Bacteriology. She then went on to do a doctorate in Molecular Biology in the
same university. A year before she finished her doctoral studies in 1972, she
married Steven Staal and changed her name to Wong-Staal.
In 1973, Flossie Wong-Staal moved to Maryland to work at the National
Cancer Institute. She and her colleagues discovered the HIV virus in 1983.
Wong-Staal succeeded in cloning the HIV virus in 1985. This was important
to the development of a test to screen blood for HIV.
In 1994, Wong-Staal became the head of the new Centre for AIDS
Research at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). In the same year,
she co-founded a biotechnology company called Immusol. After retiring from
UCSD in 2002, she became Immusols Chief Scientific Officer.
Flossie Wong-Staal received many awards for her contribution to
science and to mankind. The Institute fo Scientific Information named WongStaal the top woman scientist of the 1980s. In 2007, she was placed at
number 32 in the Top 100 living geniuses.

For each of these statements, underline TRUE or FALSE.

30. AIDS is the name of a disease.
FALSE
31. Flossies teacher gave her the English name.
TRUE / FALSE

TRUE /

32. Flossie spent her early years as a student in Hong Kong.

TRUE / FALSE
33. Flossie Wong was a bright student.
FALSE
34. Flossie studied Bacteriology when she first went to the United States.
TRUE / FALSE
35. Flossie got married after she completed her studies.
TRUE / FALSE
Underline the best meaning for each word.
36. Disease :
situation / problem / sickness
37. Colleagues
:
relatives / students / fellow workers
38. Geniuses:
Very clever people / famous people / inventors
Complete the time table below based on Flossie Wong-Staals biography.

TRUE /

1947
Born on 27 August
in China

39. 1952
____________________
____________________
____________________

1965
Went to the
University of
California in the
United State

41. 1972
__________________
__________________
___________________

1971
Married Steven
Staal

40. 1968
___________________
___________________
____________________

1973
Moved to Maryland;
worked at the
National Cancer
Institute

42. 1983
__________________
__________________
___________________

43. 1985
__________________
__________________
___________________

44. 2002
____________________
____________________
____________________

1994
Became the Head
of the
Centre for AIDS
Research.