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Question 1- 8 For each of the questions,read the questions first and then study the information given to find the best answer.Then circle A,B,C or D. Question 1-2 Read the article and answer the following questions.

Three things to practice when shopping: Try to buy fresh local food, which requires very little packing and reduces energy consumption and pollution because no long-distance transportation is required. When organic food is available, choose it to lessen the harm caused by chemical pesticides and fertilizers to both the environment and your health. Bring your own bags or containers. Even bringing containers to the market can save on packaging. The butcher just puts the meat straight into the container, which can be labeled and put in your freezer. 1. Which of the following is the best title for the above extract? A. Recycle Your Shopping Bags B. Go Green When Shopping C. Three Important Things D. Shopping Wisely 2. The above extract tells us that A. organic food does not use chemical pesticides and fertilizers B. you can save money by bringing your own bag when buying meat C. meat must be cut and put straight into the freezer when you come back home from shopping D. fresh local food is not the best type of food sold at the market

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Questions 3-4 Study the graph below and answer the following questions.

Bar Graph

Portal Pendidikan Utusan 2006 Hak Cipta Terpelihara Utusan Melayu (M) Berhad, Kuala Lumpur

3. From the bar graph above, we know that most students from SMK Taman Kiambang Indah come to school by A. bus. B. bicycle. C. car. D. motorcycle. 4. All the statements are true about the graph except A. the least number of students walk to school every day. B. more students come to school by bus compared to other means of transport. C. there are equal number of students who come to school by car and motorcycle. D. The bicycle is the most preferred form of transport.

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Study the advertisement below and answer the questions that follow.

Are you a dedicated person? Are you an energetic person? Do you have self-confidence? If all the answers are YES why dont you join us as facilitators at: Langkawi Summercamp
5. What is the post offered in the advertisement? A. Personnel manager B. Trainer C. Facilitator D. Teacher Questions 6 and 7 Look at the brochure and answer the questions that follow.

Royal Barge Procession A grand and stately spectacle awaits on Bangkok's Chao Phraya River on June 12. That's when the Royal Barge Procession will be gracefully gliding in formation along the river to the rhythmic beat of drummers, manned by more than 2,000 brilliantly clad oarsmen in ancient costumes.
6. This celebration will take place in A. Thailand B. Malaysia C. Cambodia D. Myanmar 7. The word manned means A. made by B. painted by C. maintained by D. operated by

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Morning Afternoon Evening Night

Saturday November 14 2006 Bright but cool Sunny and hot Cloudy Rainy

8. What would be the best time for someone to go for a brisk walk? A. Morning B. Afternoon C. Evening D. Night Questions 9 15 Read the following passage and choose the best answer. Then circle A, B, C or D on the question paper. Ever wondered how the name Melaka was given to this bandar bersejarah? ___(9)___ to a popular legend,Parameswara was resting under a tree near a river during a hunt, when one of his dogs cornered ___(10)___, mousedeer.In self-defence,the mouse deer kicked the dog into the river. Impressed by the courage of the deer, and taking it as propitious omen of the weak overcoming the powerful, Parameswara decided ___(11)___ the spot to found an empire. He named it Melaka after tree ___(12)___ which he had taken shelter. ___(13)___version of the story says that Parameswara chose the name Malacca from the Tamil word mallakka ___(14)___ upside down or on ones back. An old illustration of the scene where the mousedeer kicks the dog shows the dog falling on ___(15)___ back into river. Hence the inspiration. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. A A A A A A Based the with over Another which B B B B B B According it on above Different which meant C C C C C C Following an against under Various which will mean D D D D D D After a by beside _ who means

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Section B (10 Marks)

Questions 16-25 Read the description below and answer the questions that follow. 4

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Readers Anonymous
Interested in reading? Join our society and broaden your mind as well as expand your vocabulary. We have weekly book discussions to enable your views to be heard. First ten to register will receive a book voucher worth RM25 from MPH! Meetings on Saturdays

Snooker Club
Ever watched a game of snooker and said, I can do that with one hand tied behind my back?Then you are exactly the person we are looking for.Join our club and enjoy friendly games with other members.Sharpen your Gaming Society skills and Did your mom hide your video learn the Well, Join our society games? art of trick games! and relive those enjoyable moments, killing monsters Meetingsracing down the streets in and on Mondays Ferrari! Meetings on Tuesdays

The Collectors Club

An age-old hobby that will live forever. Weekly meetings to discuss values of various stamps and coins. We also help you trade or exchange. Meetings on Thursdays

Badminton Club
Inspired by Lee Chong Weis achievements? Come and show us your skills on the court. Enhance your ability to play the so called Malaysian sport. Training offered to those interested. Meetings on Fridays Friendly games held fortnightly

Question 16 21 For each description below, select the most suitable club for the individual. No. Customer 16. Tom is not much of a sportsman. He enjoys watching television and playing Need For 5 Suggested Club

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Speed. He is not free on weekdays , with the exception of Tuesdays and Thursdays 17. Shivani has always enjoyed debating with her dad on articles that she comes across. She wants to enhance herself mentally as well. She is only free on the weekends. Chong has always wanted to play billiards professionally, but all the parlours around town do not allow school children. Sanjay has been an avid fan of ancient coins and old stamps. He recently received and old album from his grandfather, and wants to know how valuable the stamps are. Jeevan has always dreamt of emulating the feats of the famed Thomas Cup winner, Punch Gunalan. After watching the Dead Poets Society, Shikin has started her own collection of novels and poetry. (6 marks) Question 22 25 Answer the questions based on information from the advertisement. 22.What does the term not much of a sportsman mean ? ___________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) 23. Why would the Snooker Club not appeal to Shivani? ___________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) 24. When does the Badminton Club organize friendly games? ___________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) 25. Why is the Collectors Club the last resort for Tom? ___________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) SECTION C (25 marks) Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.

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The recent discovery of the melting polar ice caps has further fuelled the debate on global warming. Is it really due to the carbon dioxide in the air? An alternative school thought has claimed that it actually has more to do with ocean and the amount of salt in the water. 4

Most major rivers worldwide have been used to further develop our lifestyles. This has led to a large amount of the freshwater being used up before it reaches to the ocean. Perhaps it may not be to the extreme in certain regions, but there is a lot less freshwater reaching to the ocean today than decades ago. 8

The ocean is constantly being fed freshwater from the many rivers that flow to it. With all this freshwater going into the ocean how does it stay salty? A lot of this due to evaporation. Also, some of it freezes in the Polar Regions.

But if less freshwater is coming into the ocean and the same amount is evaporating then less of it will freeze. This will cause the seawater to become slightly saltier. This water will eat at and melt the freshwater polar ice caps. This keeps the balance of the salinity of the ocean at the prefect level for life under the sea. 15

Ok, so now what about the water we are keeping on the land? We water our crops, build dams, fill up tanks and so on. We do cause more evaporation every time we block, spray or separate the water. An analogy can be drawn to your mother mopping up a puddle, spreading the water over bigger area so that it evaporates quicker.

We do the same thing as we become more efficient in moving water to needed places; we cause more water in the air. Doesnt this water in the air go into the ocean? Yes, but it has some fun first as it forms clouds and insulates the earth. 22

As clouds compete with other clouds for space it causes more storms, hurricanes and turbulence in the seas as well as winds. Therefore more evaporation takes place, causing more insulating clouds and warmer climate which may also cause the ice caps to melt. this seems to be a very vicious cycle that brings more water into the delicate system adding to the problem of global warming. 27

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Man, in his quest to better himself has also discovered underground lakes and rivers. These are water sources that are not part of the equation of our surface water. Now that we have tapped into this resource an imbalance has occurred, which the atmosphere cannot handle without change. This change, it seems, may be what we call global warming. 32

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26.Based on paragraph 1, what are the causes of global warming ? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ( 2 marks) 27. From paragraph 3,which processes affect freshwater? 1. ________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) 2. ________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) 28. Why is there less freshwater mixing with saltwater? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ( 2 marks) 29.From paragraph 7, when does more evaporation take place? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ( 2 marks) 30. In your opinion,how can the effects of global warming be controlled? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ( 2 marks)

31. Based on the passage , write a summary : of the link between freshwater and global warming and how this process takes place.

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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 line 4 to 32 not be longer than 130 words ,including the 10 words given below.

Begin your summary as follows: Our use of freshwater may also have been contributing.. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ ( 15 marks) SECTION D (25 arks)

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Read the poem Nature and answer the questions that follows

Nature We have neither Summer nor Winter Neither Autumn nor Spring. We have instead the days When the gold sun shines on the lush green canefields Magnificently. The days when the rain beats like bullets on the roofs And there is no sound but the swish of water in the gullies And trees struggling in the high Jamaica winds. Also there are the days when leaves fade from off guango trees And the reaped canefields lie bare and fallow to the sun. But best of all there are the days when the mango and the logwood blossom When the bushes are full of the sound of bees and the scent of honey, When the tall grass sways and shivers to the slightest breath of air, When the buttercups have paved the earth with yellow stars And beauty comes suddenly and the rains have gone. (a) How is the climate different in Jamaica compared to other countries with four seasons? ______________________________________________________________________ (2 marks) (b) Several elements of nature are mentioned I the poem.List three. (i) _________________________________________________________(1 mark) (ii) _________________________________________________________(1 mark) (iii) _________________________________________________________(1 mark) (c) Write down the line that represents sound in this poem. ______________________________________________________________________ 10

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Read the poem Are You Still Playing the Flute and the question follows

ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR FLUTE? Zurinah Hassan Are you still playing your flute? When there is hardly time for our love I am feeling guilty To be longing for your song The melody concealed in the slim hollow of the bamboo Uncovered by the breath of an artist Composed by his fingers Blown by the wind To the depth of my heart. Are you still playing your flute? In the village so quiet and deserted Amidst the sick rice field While here it has become a luxury To spend time watching the rain Gazing at the evening rays Collecting dew drops Or enjoying the fragrance of flowers. Are you still playing your flute? The more it disturbs my conscience to be thinking of you in the hazard of you my younger brothers unemployed and desperate my people disunited by politics my friend slaughtered mercilessly this world is too old and bleeding a) In stanza 1, how is the persona affected by the melody of the flute ? ______________________________________________________________________ ( 2 mark) b) Why do you think the village is now quiet and empty? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ (2 marks) c) Write down three phrases from the poem which relates to the persona feelings. (i) ____________________________________________________________(1 mark) 11

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(ii) ____________________________________________________________(1 mark) (iii) ____________________________________________________________(1 mark) 34. List down six characters in the novel The Curse: (6 marks) (i) ____________________________ (ii) ____________________________ (iii) ____________________________ (iv) ____________________________ (v) ____________________________ (vi) ____________________________ 35. Read the paraphrased extract and answer the question follow.

Azreen thought of her sister, Madhuri.No one would pay much attention to Azreen whenever her prettier, soft spoken and more obedient sister was round. Azreen was always known as the bespectacled and fiery-tempered girl compared to the charming and polite Madhuri. Azreen held her napkin tightly in agony. She hated it whenever anyone compared her to her sister. She knew she could never measure up to Madhuri. Now, Madhuri was dead. a) Why did Azreen hate anyone comparing her to Madhuri? _____________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) b) How was Madhuri better than Azreen? i. _____________________________________________________________ ___ ii. _____________________________________________________________ ___ (2 mark) c) How would you feel if you had learnt of the death of your sister whom you hated ? Explain your answer. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ (2 marks)

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