english p12 trial spm 2013 kedah set b cy

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PROGRAM PENINGKATAN AKADEMIK SPM 2013

ANJURAN

MAJLIS PENGETUA SEKOLAH MALAYSIA (KEDAH)

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MODUL 2

BAHASA INGGERIS SPM

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KERTAS 1 dan 2

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Section A : Directed Writing

[35 marks]

[Time suggested : 45 minutes]

As the Head Prefect of your school, you have been asked by your discipline teacher to

give a talk to all students to create awareness on the disadvantages of smoking.

Use the notes below to write your talk.

When writing the talk, you must remember to:

greet your audience

mention the purpose of the talk

include all the points given

end your talk appropriately

Note:

For your talk, you will receive up to 15 marks for the format and content points, and up

to 20 marks for the quality of your writing.

The Disadvantages of Smoking

Nicotine: main content of cigarette

- raises both the heart rate and blood

pressure

Causes diseases

- cancer, respiratory problems, heart

ailments

Waste of money

– expensive

Affect passive smokers

- risks the health of the non-smokers

Effect on a person's appearance

- stained teeth, darkened gums, yellowish

fingernails

Causes fire

- gives a higher risk of starting a fire


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Section B : Continuous Writing

[50 marks]

[Time suggested : One hour]

Write a composition of about 350 words on one of the following topics:

1. Describe a person who has upset you in some ways.

2. "English Language has been made a compulsory subject to pass." Do you agree?

3. School rules.

4. Write a story ending with “...I would never disappoint her again.”

5. Project

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Section A

[15 marks]

1. In the letter above, the writer is suggesting that we

A. read up more about the antioxidant myth.

B. take antioxidants for a general good health.

C. study the risks involved in taking antioxidants.

D. depend on natural sources to supplement our nutrient intake.

L: Comprehension

2. Based on the extract, it refers to the

A. reason.

B. patient.

C. H7N9 flu.

D. common flu.

L: Comprehension

Dear Editor,

I read your article “The Antioxidant Myth” with deep interest. Why

is it that so many people are taking so many types of health

supplements to enhance their health? Since the efficacy of these

supplements is being debated, I think we should switch to fruits,

vegetables and other natural sources of food for our general health.

What is more, there could be risks in taking those supplements.

Concerned Consumer

For reasons that aren’t entirely clear, the current H7N9 flu,

unlike common flu, strikes deep within patients' lungs, making

it harder to spread to someone else and unusually lethal.

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Number of Visitors to the Happy Retirement Home

January to June 2013

3. Based on the number of visitors in February, we can conclude that the number of

visitors in June had increased by

A. two times.

B. three times.

C. seven times.

D. eight times.

L: Analysis

4. The notice above aims to convey a message on the importance of

A. preserving nature.

B. drinking purified water.

C. saving on water utility bills.

D. providing enough clean water.

L: Synthesis

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May June

Number of Visitors 15 30 60 75 85 90

Conserve

Water


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SMK TAMAN KERANJI DRAMA CLUB COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Organisation Chart

5. Based on the chart above, which of the following statements is correct about Nicole

Lee?

A. She chairs all the meetings.

B. She answers to James De Souza.

C. She receives instructions from Jonathan Raj.

D. She gives instructions to the Vice President.

L: Analysis

JONATHAN RAJ

(President)

SURAYA SAZALI

(Vice President)

NICOLE LEE

(Secretary)

MUHAMMAD HAFIZ

(Assistant)

JAMES DE SOUZA

(Treasurer)

SASI MUNUSAMY

(Assistant)


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6. From the poster, we know that consumers

A. will get a plastic bag on every visit.

B. must bring their own bags every day.

C. are encouraged to use more plastic bags.

D. need to minimise the use of plastic bags.

L: Synthesis

7. The expression to throw in the towel means to

A. give up.

B. wash out.

C. wipe out.

D. cool down.

L: Analysis

Yes, I am a bit. I’ve tried hard to convince my wife to change her mind about buying a new car. I guess I’ll just have to throw in the towel.

What’s wrong Robert? You look rather upset.


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8. Based on the extract, air pollution would

A. have caused civilization.

B. have started from the primitive era.

C. be caused by chemical substances.

D. be due to dumping of toxic waste.

L: Comprehension

Air pollution has always accompanied civilizations. Pollution

started from the prehistoric times when man created the first

fires. According to a 1983 article in the Journal of Science,

"soot found on ceilings of prehistoric caves provides ample

evidence of the high levels of pollution that was associated with

inadequate ventilation of open fires".


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_pollution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soot

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Questions 9-15 are based on the following passage.

When a person first starts taking drugs, his memory, concentration and logical

thinking are all affected. He finds it difficult to ___9___ even the simplest of tasks. The

main ingredient in the drug is a chemical which ___10___ behaviour. This chemical

___11___ absorbed in the blood stream and carried to the brain. It then produces that

“stoned” feeling – the personality and mood change.

A person laughs and talks more even when he takes small doses of drugs. He gets

___12___ artificial sense of happiness and well-being. For a first timer, he wants to

experience more ___13___ this induced happiness. So he starts to take more and before he

realises, he becomes addicted to the drug.

In large doses, drugs can ___14___ one’s sense of time, sound, touch, distance or

other sensations. A person “high” on drugs cannot balance himself while walking. He

adversely loses his concentration and feels very confused as the drug plays tricks on his

mind. Under ___15___ influences, he may harm himself or others.

Drugs ruin a person’s life and that of his family. It does not solve problems.

9 A. perform

B. performs

C. performed

D. performing

13 A. on

B. in

C. of

D. out

10 A. affect

B. affects

C. affected

D. affecting

14 A. turn

B. tune

C. connect

D. change

11 A. is

B. are

C. was

D. were

15 A. this

B. that

C. these

D. those

12 A. a

B. an

C. the

D. -


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Section B

[10 marks]

Questions 16 – 25

Read the following book review and complete the table that follows.

HEREAFTER By Tara Hudson

Age group: 12 – 14 years old

Can there truly be love after death?

Drifting in the dark waters of a mysterious river, the

only thing Amelia knows for sure is that she’s dead.

With no memory of her past life – or her actual death

- she’s trapped alone in a nightmare. All of these

change when she tries to rescue a boy, Joshua, from

drowning in her river. As a ghost, she can do nothing

but hope he will live. Yet in an unforgettable moment

of connection, she helps him to survive.

Amelia and Joshua grow closer as they begin to

uncover the strange circumstances of her death and

the secrets of the dark river that held her prisoner for so long. But even while they

struggle to keep their bond hidden from the living world, a frightening spirit is doing

everything in his power to destroy their new-found happiness and drag Amelia back

into the ghost world…forever.

Thrilling and full of suspense, with moments of pure pleasure, ‘Hereafter’ is a sensation

you won’t want to miss.

(Adapted from Just English Explorer,Vol.6 Issue 6, November 2011)


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Questions 16-25

Using the information from the book review, write short answers in the spaces provided.

Title :

16______________________________________________

Author:

17_______________________________________________

Targeted Age Group:

18___________________________________________________

Main Characters:

19______________________________________________

20______________________________________________

Storyline:

21 The female character is wandering in _______________________________.

22 The only thing that she knows is ___________________________________.

23 She tries to rescue the male character from ___________________________.

24 Both characters are working together to _______________________

______________________________of her death.

Reviewer’s opinion of the book:

25 The story is ____________________________________________________


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Section C

[25 marks]

Questions 26 – 31 are based on the following passage.

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A huge red sun rises in the morning mists of Cambodia’s Cardamom

Mountains. Jim Sanderson sets out to catch a clouded leopard, a mysterious cat

that roams the ground and lower jungle canopy. Few people have ever seen this

beautiful cat. Sanderson’s mission is twofold: to capture the creature on film and

keep it alive.

Armed with cameras, radios, syringes and a sample case of designer

fragrances (cats seem to love them – the ocelot is obsessed by Obsession for

Men), Sanderson has documented eight rare and endangered species of small

cats since 1997. Six months or more every year, he’s deep in the wilds, braving

raging rivers, poisonous snakes, leeches, malaria and dengue fever. His favourite

destination would be Kenya, Bolivia or any other exotic locale.

Why is he risking his health, spending time away from friends and family,

and even some of his own money, to search out these cats – exotic animals that

are too dangerous to be pets and too undersized to compete with the better

known majestic big cats? Sanderson is a true cat lover, and after each stay in the

field, he returns to Washington with blood samples for genetic testing. He gives

the blood samples to Stephen O’Brien at the National Institutes of Health to

determine DNA characteristics that may help us better understand disease

resistance in pet cats – perhaps in human as well.

Sanderson estimates only $75,000 a year is spent worldwide on small

wild cat research. Lions, tigers and other large cats get the limelight, and the

corporate funding. Sanderson who always believes in teamwork, managed to

film another of the rarest species, the Andean mountain cat – seen only three

times by humans.

The 55-year-old Sanderson found his calling late in life. Originally he

earned a PhD in Mathematics. After a decade of working on numerical analysis,

he took a 1985 vacation to Rwanda to see the mountain gorillas. That trip

inspired him to make a difference in the natural world. So he began a

concentrated study of landscape ecology. Then fascinated by territorial charts

filled with question marks about wild species, he set out his committed team to

photo-trap picturesque pampas cats, shy oncillas, camouflaged margays, wily

African wildcats, skittish sand cats, and a half-dozen other tiny cat species

unknown even to most naturalists around the world.

Now as a staff at Conservation International’s Centre for Applied

Biodiversity Science in Washington, Sanderson also surveys catlike populations

in the field and tracks their movement with radio collars. In 1998 he was first to

radio-track the Chilean guigna, the smallest cat in the Western Hemisphere.

Farmers routinely killed the cats for poaching chickens, and believed them to be

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vampires. Sanderson dispelled the vampire myth and devised a simple solution

to save the cats: chicken wire! He gave it to poor farmers so they could build

fences around their coops.

It takes more than field study to assure that these cats will survive,

however. Sanderson is setting up programmes with local students to continue

photo-trapping in their countries. So far, he has started such projects in

Cambodia, Guyana, Suriname and Brazil. “Good scientific information will

make conservation planning possible,” he explains.

Just what keeps him going, spending long stretches of time away from his

wife, an understanding biologist who studies predatory birds in Connecticut? Jim

Sanderson says his motivation is simple: I will not permit the extinction of any

species of cats on my watch. Small cats need help.”

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(Adapted from Cool Cats, Readers Digest, May 2005)

26. From paragraph 1,

a) what animal is Sanderson interested in?

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L: Comprehension

b) give reasons for his trip to Cardamom Mountains.

i)………………………………………………………………………………….

ii)............................................................................................................................

[2 marks]

L: Comprehension

27. From paragraph 2, what is his yearly activity?

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L: Comprehension

28. a) From paragraph 3, what are the blood samples for?

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b) From paragraph 4, where does most of the corporate funding go to?

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L:Comprehension

29. a) From paragraph 5, which word means “disguised”?

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L: Application

b) From paragraph 6, give a reason for the killing of the cats.

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L: Comprehension

30. What kind of man is Jim Sanderson?

Give one quality and provide a reason to support your answer.

Quality: .......…………………………………………………………………………

Reason: .......................................................................................................................

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L: Evaluation

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

o Sanderson's efforts and

o his achievements to preserve the endangered wild cats.

Credit will be given for use of own words but care must be taken not to change the

original meaning.

Your summary must:

o be in continuous writing form (not in note form)

o use materials from line 6 to line 46

o not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below

Begin your summary as follows:

Armed with cameras, radios, syringes and designer fragrances, Sanderson has...


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Section D

[20 marks]

32 Read the three stanzas of the poem Are You Still Playing Your Flute? below and

answer the questions that follow.

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


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.


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

Zurinah Hassan

(a) From stanza 1, which line shows a strong feeling of wanting to listen to the

melody?

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(b) From stanza 2, where does here refer to?

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L: Comprehension

(c) From stanza 3, what do you think will happen if people are not united?

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L: Synthesis

(d) Would you like to live in the city or village? Give a reason for your answer.

Choice: ………………...........................................…………………….…..

Reason: ……………………………………………………….……………

[2 marks]

L: Evaluation

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

Catch Us If You Can - Catherine MacPhail

The Curse - Lee Su Ann

Step by Wicked Step - Anne Fine

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

“Determination brings success.”

How is this shown in the novel you have read? Support your answer with close

reference to the text.

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KERTAS SOALAN TAMAT

ANSWER SHEET FOR SECTION A

1 A B C D 9 A B C D

2 A B C D 10 A B C D






8 A B C D

Examiner’s

Code

Section

Marks

A

15

B

10

C

25

D

20

Total

70


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