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SEKOLAH MENENGAH PEREMPUAN METHODIST, IPOH

PEPERIKSAAN AWAL TAHUN 2017
FORM 5
ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER II
Name :__________________________ Class : _______________

SECTION A
(15 MARKS)
For each of the questions, read the questions 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.

Question 1
Read the extract below and answer the following questions.

Food prices in the market are soaring, but that’s no reason to eat badly. It is possible to eat the
right food for your goals and save money at the same time. The following are some of the best –
value ingredients for a well – rounded nutrition plan.

They are packed with beta – carotene, a powerful antioxidant that, according to a
Harvard study, can help to slow cognitive decline in men.

The versatile, low – cost additions to your food arsenal are stuffed with B vitamins, which
provide energy by breaking down fats and carbohydrates.

They are natural immune system boosters, with vitamins C and E, and lycopene, which
reduces inflammation and helps decrease the risk of stroke.
1. From the extract, we can conclude that

A. eating on a budget is as easy as a pie.

B. mushrooms are a good source of B vitamins
C. tomatoes are full of vitamins and a cancer – fighting chemical called lycopene
D. people are tempted to opt for cheaper low – quality food when times are hard.
Question 2
Read the information below and answer the following question.

Did you know………

Koreans are much more likely to ‘Naver’ (www.naver.com) something than Google it. Naver
is far and away Korea’s leading search engine and has a separate gaming portal that caters
to Korea’s avid online gaming community. Naver leads the pack because it provides a large
amount of Korean language content. Another Korean language search engine,
Daum(www.daum.net) is second to Naver. Google and Yahoo are not widely used in Korea.

2. We can conclude that Naver

A. is safe for all online users.
B. is far and away the best searching engine.
C. supplies a large amount of foreign language content.
D. is the most preferred searching engine among Koreans.

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Question 3 and 4
PAINFUL MISTAKES TRAVELLERS MAKE

Avoid these back pain triggers while travelling

 Packing your suitcase on the floor puts stress on your back, instead, pack your bag on a table or
bed.
 Pulling you luggage through the airport will strain your back more than pushing it.
 Do not heave your bag into the overhead locker. Instead face the locker, contract your abdominal
muscles, lift the bag to chest height, and place it on the headrest of the aisle seat. Rise up to you
toes before sliding it in.

3. The notice is aimed at 4. The word heave can best be replaced with

A. air travellers A. pull

B. visitors to Malaysia B. hoist
C. housewives and maids C. dump
D. people carrying bags at airports D. stagger

Question 5

Read the extract below and answer the following question.

21st March 2016 International Day Of Forest

PRESERVE TREES AND FOREST FOR SUSTAINABLE DIETS
Forests are home to more than half of the terrestrial species of animals, plants and insects. They provide
shelter, jobs and security for forest-dependent populations, and help to balance oxygen, carbon dioxide
and humidity in the air. They protect watersheds, which supply freshwater to rivers. Yet, despite all the
benefits, we are destroying the forests we need to survive. Global deforestation accounts for 12 to 20%
of the global greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to climate change.

5. From the extract, we understand that International Day of Forests is observed to

A. protect all the species of plants, animals and insects.

B. protect watersheds supplying freshwater to rivers.
C. stop greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change.
D. raise our awareness of the importance of forests and trees.

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Question 6 and 7

Read the report below and answer the following questions.

The devastating earthquake that originated in Nepal on Saturday may have been the strongest to hit the
central Himalayan region in the last 80 years, but scientists say this was not the big one that they had
been expecting. At 7.9 on the Richter scale, releasing energy ‘equivalent to about 100mn tonnes of TNT’,
Saturday’s earthquake was second only to the 8.3 – magnitude earthquake that had struck the Bihar –
Nepal region on January 15, 1934.
A huge amount of accumulated strain is present in this area, which is due for a major earthquake,
perhaps a series of earthquakes, bigger than 8 on Richter scale. The Saturday earthquake is only medium
in terms of energy released. The 2500-km stretch from Hindukush region to the end of Arunachal Pradesh
is capable of generating much bigger earthquakes, even 9 on the Richter scale.
“An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 is routine in Japan but no one dies there, no property is
damaged. We just need to incorporate earthquake – resistant methods in urban planning. Buildings have
to be constructed in a certain fashion, habitations settled in a particular manner,” said Ajay Paul of the
Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology.

6. All the following statements are true except

A. the recent earthquake was the big one scientists had been expecting.
B. earthquakes this size in Japan does not harm people and buildings.
C. the recent earthquake in Nepal was only a moderate one.
D. Nepal had experienced a stronger earthquake in 1934.

7. What can Nepal do to lessen the impact of earthquakes on people and property?
A. Settle down further from the mountains.
B. Repair all the damaged roads and buildings.
C. Go to Japan which is quake – prone but safer.
D. Make earthquake – resistant buildings and housing.

Question 8

Read the advertisement below and answer the following question.

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TOP 100 IN THE WORLD
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Please register your attendance at
mbapreview@mbap.edu.my
Tel : 03 - 76764233

8. From the advertisement above, all the following are correct except

A. We must register our names online to attend the previews.

B. MBAP Sdn. Bhd. Offers top – class MBA degrees.
C. We can make enquiries by calling 03 – 76764233.
D. Free previews will be given on 24 March 2017.

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Questions 9 – 15

Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with the best answers.

The Highland Towers collapse occurred on 11 December 1993 in Taman Hillview,

Ulu Klang. Block One of the three apartments collapsed after 10 continuous days of rainfall
which led ______________(9) a landslide, killing 48 people. The remaining two blocks had
to be completely evacuated due to safety reasons.

There were three 12 – storey blocks built in phases between 1974 and 1982, at the western
base of a ______________(10) sloped hill, which was terraced extensively in the early
1980s. Behind the Towers, a small stream known as East Creek, had flowed into the site of
the Towers before their construction, so a pipe system was built to ___________(11) the
stream to bypass the Towers. Then, in 1991, a new housing development project, the Bukit
Antarabangsa Development Project’, began construction on the hilltop behind the Towers.
Trees and other land – covering plants ______________(12) from the hills, exposing the soil
to land erosion, the leading cause of landslides. The water from the new construction site
was diverted into the existing pipe system used to divert the flow of East Creek. This
overloaded the pipe system; water, sand and silt from both East Creek and the construction
site infiltrated into the pipes. __________________(13) burst at several locations on the hill.
The surrounding soil had to absorb the excessive water from the underground pipes. The
monsoon rainfall further worsened the situation.

The water content in the soil became ________________(14) saturated that the soil turned
muddy. By October, water was seen flowing down the hill slopes and the retaining walls.
Shortly thereafter, a landslip took place, destroying the constructed retaining walls. The
landslide contained an estimated 100 000 square metres of mud – a mass equivalent to 200
Boeing 747 jets. The soil rammed onto the foundation of Block One, pushing it forward. After
a month of this ______________(15) pressure, the foundations snapped and in November,
residents began to see cracks forming and widening on the road around the Highland
Towers. It was a forewarning of collapse, but unfortunately, there was no further investigation
before Block One collapsed on December 11, 1993.

9. A. in B. to C. on D. for

10. A. gently B. steeply C. strictly D. hesitantly

11. A. diverting B. diverted C. diverts D. divert

12. A. cleared B. had cleared C. were cleared D. were clearing

13. A. These B. This C. Its D. It

14. A. so B. too C. very D. much

15. A. constant B. menacing C. therapeutic D. compulsory

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SECTION B
(10 MARKS)
Questions 16 – 25
Read the information given below and then answer the questions that follow.

Experience the Beauty of Terengganu

and Save Mother Earth

Join the Sea Turtle Patrol Programme

Only RM210 for a seven – day programme on Redang Island

Activities :

 Watch over the turtle as they lay eggs

 Patrol the beaches to look out for turtles
 Record information about the turtles and mark the nests
 Hiking and snorkelling

Accommodation :

 Wooden huts
 Mats (on days for turtle watching)

Fee includes food, accommodation and transportation. Go to

www.seaturtlevolunteer.org to learn more about the programme, view
pictures of the turtles, learn about volunteers at work and register your
details.

Allow a week for a response from the programme coordinator. Closing

date for registration is 22 January. Programme runs throughout the year.

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Questions 16 – 20
Fill in the blanks below with suitable answers.

Name of programme
16) ________________________________________________

Location
17)_________________________________________________

Fee
18)_________________________________________________

Number of days
19)_________________________________________________

Closing date for registration

20)_________________________________________________

Questions 21 – 25

Fill in the blanks with suitable answers from the poster.

As an environment crusader, I think the Sea Turtle Patrol Programme is a good opportunity

for you to volunteer to protect these marine creatures. It lasts for seven days and you have

to go to Redang Island. You only have to pay RM210 for

(21)____________________________________. While there, you will help the

researchers by watching over the turtles as they lay their eggs and

(22)__________________________________. When the sea turtles are digging their

nests, you will (23) _______________________________. After they have left the shore,

you will (24) __________________________. These activities happen during the night, so

you may have to spend the nights (25) ____________________________.

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SECTION C
[25 MARKS]
Questions 26 – 31 are based on the following passage.
1 The village of Qunu was situated in a narrow, grassy valley criss-crossed with clear streams and
overlooked by green hills. It had only a few hundred people, who lived in beehive-shaped mud
huts, with a wooden pole in the centre holding up a peaked, grass roof. The land around Qunu
was mostly treeless, with a cluster of poplars on a hill overlooking the village. The land itself was
owned by the state. Africans then did not have private title to land in South Africa but had to pay 5
rent annually to the government. In the area, there were two small primary schools, a general
store and a dipping tank to rid the cattle of ticks and diseases.
2 Qunu was a village of women and children, most of the men spent most of the year working on
remote farms or in the mines along the Reef, the great ridge of gold-bearing rock and shale
forming the southern boundary of Johannesburg. Twice a year, they returned to plough their 10
fields, leaving the hoeing, weeding and harvesting to the women and children. Few people in the
village were literate.
My mother presided over three huts, which I remember were always filled with the babies and
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children of my relations. In African culture, the sons and daughters of one's aunts or uncles are
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considered brothers and sisters, not cousins. We do not make distinctions among relations like
the whites. We have no half-brothers or half-sisters. My mother's sister is my mother; my uncle's
son is my brother; my brother's child is my son or daughter.
4 One of my mother's three huts was used for cooking, one for sleeping and one for storage. We
slept on mats and sat on the ground. There was no furniture in the Western sense and I discovered
pillows only when I went to Mqhekezweni. My mother cooked food in a three-legged iron pot 20
over an open fire in the centre of the hut or outside. Everything we ate was grown and made by
us.From an early age, I spent most of my free time in the veld or grassland, playing and fighting
with the other boys of the village. A boy who remained at home tied to his mother's apron strings
was regarded as a sissy. At night, I shared my food and blanket with these same boys. I was no
more than five when 1 became a herd boy, looking after sheep and calves in the fields. I discovered
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the almost mystical attachment that the Xhosa have for cattle, not only as a source of food and
wealth, but as a blessing from God and a source of happiness. In the fields, I learned to knock birds
out of the sky with a slingshot, to gather wild honey, fruits and edible roots, to drink warm, sweet
milk straight from the udder of a cow, to swim in the clear, cold streams and to catch fish with
twine and sharpened bits of wire. I learned to stick-fight - an essential knowledge to any rural 30
African boy and became adept at its various techniques. I loved the veld, the open spaces, the
simple beauties of nature, the clean line of the horizon.
5 As boys, we were mostly left to our own devices. We played with toys we made ourselves. We
moulded animals and birds out of clay and made ox-drawn sleighs out of tree branches. Nature
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was our playground. We transformed the large smooth rocks in the hills above Qunu into our own
roller coaster, sitting on flat stones and sliding down the face of the large rocks. I learned to ride
by sitting atop weaned calves, being thrown down several times before getting the hang of it.Like
all Xhosa children, I acquired knowledge mainly through observation. We learned through
imitation and emulation, not through questions. Questions were deemed a nuisance; adults 40
imparted information as they considered necessary. Furthermore, the lives of most Xhosas at the
time were shaped by custom, rituals and taboos. Men followed the path their fathers laid out for
them; women lived as their mothers had before them. Without being told, I assimilated the
elaborate rules that governed the relations between men and women. I learned that a man may
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not enter a house where a woman has recently given birth and that a newly married woman can
only enter the kraal of her new home after elaborate ceremony. I also discovered that to neglect
one's ancestors would bring ill fortune and failure in life. If you dishonoured your ancestors in
some way, you atone by consulting a traditional healer, who communicated with the ancestors
and conveyed profound apologies. All of these beliefs seemed perfectly natural to me.
Adapted from ‘A Country Childhood’, Chapter 2 of Mandela’s autobiography Long Walk to Freedom

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26. From Paragraph 1, why were the Africans paying rent annually to the government?

________________________________________________________________[1 mark]

27. (a) From Paragraph 2, how did the men of the village spend their year?

________________________________________________________________[1 mark]

(b) From paragraph 3, which phrase means ‘took charge of’?

________________________________________________________________[1 mark]

28. (a) From paragraph 4, what was the difference between Mandela’s hut and a Western house?

________________________________________________________________[1 mark]

(b) From paragraph 5, what two things that Mandela and the other boys learned to do in the
fields?

(i) _____________________________________________________________[1 mark]

(ii) _____________________________________________________________[1 mark]

29. From paragraph 7,

(a) why were the Xhosa children not allowed to ask questions?

_________________________________________________________________[1 mark]

(b) name one rule that Mandela learned as a child.

_________________________________________________________________[1 mark]

30. “As boys, we were mostly left to our own devices. We played with toys we made ourselves.”
Based on this statement, how would you describe the character of the Xhosa boys?
Give a reason for your answer.

a) Characteristic : ____________________________________________________[1 mark]

b) Reason :_________________________________________________________[1 mark]

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

 Mandela’s life in the village
 What he learned in his childhood

Your summary must :

 be in continuous writing form (not in note form)
 use materials from lines 10 to 47
 not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below

Begin your summary as follows :

While most men worked outstation, Mandela’s mother supervised three huts……………

[15 marks]

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SECTION D
[20 MARKS]
THE POISON TREE

32. Read the poem below and answer the following questions.
I II
I was angry with my friend; And it grew both day and night,
I told my wrath, my wrath did end Till it bore an apple bright,
I was angry with my foe; And my foe beheld it shine,
I told it not, my wrath did grow
And he knew that it was mine,
And I watered it in fears,
Night and morning with my tears; And into my garden stole,
And I sunned it with smiles When the night had veiled the pole,
And with soft deceitful wiles. In the morning, glad, I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.

(a) In stanza 1, which phrase has the same meaning as ‘he kept his anger to himself’?
___________________________________________________________________[1 mark]

(b) What has the feeling of anger done to the persona?

__________________________________________________________________ [1 mark]

(c)
“In the morning, glad I see,
My foe outstretched beneath the tree”

i) Based on the lines above, describe the persona’s feeling in your own words ?
_________________________________________________________ [1 mark]

ii) Do you think what the persona felt is right? Give a reason for your answer.
__________________________________________________________ [1mark]

d) Who do you think is the victim in the poem? Why do you say so?
___________________________________________________________________[1 mark]

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

Sing to the Dawn - Ming Fong Ho

Captain Nobody - Dean Pitchford
Dear Mr. Kilmer - Anne Schraff

With close reference to the text, write about the relationship between two characters and
give reason(s) why the relationship is important. (write your answer for the ‘novel’ part in the school test pad)

KERTAS SOALAN TAMAT

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