1Section A[15 marks]

Questions 1-8For each of the questions in this section, read the question first and then study the information given to find the answers. Then circle the answer A, B, C or D in the answer sheet provided.

1. In the quotation, Jon Bon Jovi is talking aboutA. failingB. winning

C. perseveringD. concentrating

2. The advertisement is aimed at finding a candidate forA. a movieB. an award

C. a public policeD. an organization

3. Which of the strategies will guarantee success?A. Believing in othersB. Becoming powerful

C. Having strong self beliefsD. Developing negative habits

4. The phrase keeps you on your toes means thatA. you must be alert and quickB. your toes must be in perfect shapeC. you must keep in touch with your mind

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Unlike many frequent travelers, Lazarus is quite happy to be flying all over the world on his job.

“ Travelling to different countries stretches your mind and keeps you on your toes, unlike if you stay at home, where everything is easy,” he said. “It keeps you going and helps you feel young and alive. Plus, it’s fun to see the differences between cultures.”

5. The extract tells us that A. acidic food is good for the teethB. tooth decay is caused by acidic foodC. saliva increases the acidic level of the mouth

6. The product advertised is for those who wants toA. lose weightB. be healthyC. live a long lifeD. maintain their weight

Number of HIV infections and Aids cases n MalaysiaHIV infections AIDS Cases

Year Male Female Total Male Female Total1986 3 0 3 1 0 11990 769 9 778 18 0 181995 4037 161 9198 218 15 2332000 4626 481 5107 1071 97 11682003 6083 673 6756 939 137 1076

Source: AIDS/STI Unit, Ministry of Health, Malaysia & Malaysia AIDS Council

7. The table tells us that the number of infected HIV and AIDS casesA. have declinedB. increased dramaticallyC. have remained constant

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LIPASUThe herbal product that keeps you in good shape.

HOW? THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE!LIPASU is approved as a traditional medicine to maintain a healthy body weight. LIPASU is simple to take, just one or two capsules before heavy meals. The working pathway of LIPASU is simple and effective.

Consult your doctor or pharmacist, who will be able to advise you on how to maintain a healthy body weight with LIPASU. Following professional advice will ensure that you know how to achieve the best result.

Downing too much acidic food including soda, fruit juice, pickles, yoghurt and even fresh fruit, can erode the teeth’s protective enamel and cause tooth decay. Any highly acidic food has the potential to cause damage to the teeth. It is the job of saliva to restore the mouth’s normal acid balance, but a steady diet of tart and tangy foods can overwhelm this natural defence.

8. Which of the candidates below is not eligible for the study loan and scholarship scheme?A A student who has just graduated from university B A student who has obtained a place in the universityC A Malaysian student undergoing a diploma programmeD A student who is into the second year of his degree programme

Questions 9 – 15How do you make sure that the first impressions are good? A smile might help to make

others and yourself 9 better, so go ahead and smile. Make eye contact 10 the person you are meeting. Pay attention to your body language. Lean towards others when they speak. Nod every now and then.

Be careful about ‘oversharing’ information as telling too much personal information may be embarrassing at some point and others are not interested in 11 personal problems. Keep the conversation light and 12 .

People warm to others who pay them compliments. Say something nice without 13 to be hypocritical. Be sincere or you may come across as false and superficial.

Be spontaneous and very much ‘yourself’ Do not pretend to be 14 you are not. You do not want to be shallow and calculating.

Do not be arrogant or look unfriendly and aloof. You do not want people to consider you snobbish and ignore you 15 . First impressions count, so do not lose that opportunity when it comes by to get it right.

9. A feel B feels C feeling

10. A to B for

C over

D with

11. A myB theirC your

12. A hardy B negative C modern D positive

13. A appearB appearedC appearing

14. A thatB whatC which

D whose

15. A partially B funnily

C totally

3The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents(Matta) in

Collaboration with the All Malaysia Malayalee Association (Amma) EducatonFoundation announced the formation of loan and scholarship scheme for needy children to pursue their tertiary education.

A sum of RM50 000 has been allocated for this purpose. Matta andAmma are inviting applications from suitable candidates who have obtained aplace in any college or university within Malaysia.

Applicants should be Malaysians and pursuing diploma or degree programes. Those interested should write in with recent photgraph to: The Matta/AEF Committee, c/o Amma Education Foundation, Unit C-12-4, Level 12, Block C, Megan Avenue II, 14, Jalan Yap Kwan Seng, Kuala Lumpur.

Name: ................................ Class : ................................

ANSWER SHEET FOR SECTION A

1. A B C D

2. A B C D

3. A B C D

4. A B C

5. A B C

6. A B C D

7. A B C

8. A B C D

9. A B C

10. A B C D

11. A B C

12. A B C D

13. A B C

14. A B C D

15. A B C

Section B [10 marks]Read the list of holiday workshops below carefully. Then, answer the questions that follow.

CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING WORKSHOP Date : 3 and 4 Dec 2008 Venue : The Sun Hall Time : 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Age : 10 -12 years Fees : RM150

Activity: Logical thinking and problem-solving activities through fun and games.For enquiries, call 03-98769988 or email creatprob@ts.edu.my

SPEECH AND DEBATEThe mind is a wonderful thing. It starts working the minute you were born and never stops working until you get up to speak.Date : 1 and 2 Dec 2008Venue : Top Score AcademyTime : 9.30 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.Age : 12 -18 yearsFees : RM150Activity: Learn to speak with confidence and overcome fear by learning how to win over your audience.For enquiries, call 03-20569870 or email enquiry@tsa.edu.my

YOUNG REPORTERS WORKSHOP

Date : 29 and 30 Nov 2008 Venue : The Sun HallTime : 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.Age : 13 -17 yearsFees : RM250Activity: Learn to design newsletters, discover techniques of photography and develop oral and writing skills.

For enquiries, call 03-98769988 or email youngreporters@ts.edu.my

MAD SCIENCE FUN CAMP

Date : 1 and 2 Dec 2008Venue : National Science CampTime : 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.Age : 6 -12 yearsFees : RM160Activity: Be transported into the fascinating and mysterious world of the solar system as you discover how astronauts live and work in space. Mystery gifts to first 20 campers.For enquiries, call 03-77121201

HOOKED ON WORDSUnlock your child’s writing and reading talents. Register them for our 2-day workshop.

Date : 20 and 21 Nov 2008Venue : Edge Training Activity PointTime : 10 a.m. – 1.30 p.m.Age : 10 -15 yearsFees : RM130Activity: Learn to read and enjoy the wonderful pleasures of a lifelong hobby.For enquiries, call 03-2001430 or email hookedonwords@et.edu.my

Questions 16-20 Using the information in the different workshops, complete the table below.

Descriptions Workshop16 Mr. Tan wants his son to take up reading as a hobby.

He should send his son to17 Jega is shy and wants to improve his public speaking

abilities. He should attend 18 Your younger sister loves to know about how

astronauts live. She should go for19 You want to work as a reporter one day. You should

attend 20 Li Ming wants to learn how to solve problems and

think logically. He should attend

Questions 21-25 Using the information in the brochure, write short answers for the following.21 Where is the Hooked on Words workshop held?

_____________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

22 Why is the mind a wonderful thing?

_____________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

23 How much should you pay for the Young Reporters Workshop?

_____________________________________________________________________(1 mark) 24 Which two workshops are held in the same place?

_____________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

25 What can you learn at the Mad Science Fun Camp?

_____________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

Section C[25 marks]

Read this passage and then answer the questions that follow.

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When Chelsea went over to her friend, Sharon’s house, she saw her Mend’s four-year-old brother, Ivan. “Hi,” said Chelsea.

Ivan looked at Chelsea and said nothing and turned back to his toy.

“1 don’t think your brother likes me.”

“It’s not your fault,” explained Chelsea. “My brother has autism.”

What is autism? Autism is a development disorder that some people are born with. It is not a disease that you can catch or pass on to somebody. It affects the brain and social skills such as communication and interacting with others.

As a result, autistic people are slow at developing language, instead, preferring to spend time alone and not showing interest in making friends. Another symptom of autism is what experts call “sensory overload.” Sounds seem louder, lights, brighter and smells, stronger. However, not all autistic people are retarded mentally. There are some with average or high intelligence.

Autism is not treated like a conventional disease even though medication may be prescribed to control certain symptoms like aggressive behaviour or attention problems. People with autism are taught skills that will help them do things that are difficult for them. The best time to get treatment is when they are very young, as soon as they are diagnosed. This is usually around the ages of one and a half to four. The most effective form of treatment is however, special educational programs that are tailored to the child’s individual needs. The programs involve breaking down barriers to communication using pictures or sign language. Basic language skills such as how to cross a street safely or asking for directions are taught. Treatment might also be a combination of therapies such as speech, physical, musical, occupational, hearing or visual therapies. Sometimes, changes in diet and medication may be necessary.

By the time they reach their teens, people with autism may be attending regular classes with normal people or attending special classes because of behavioural problems. As’ teenagers, they may interact with others quite differently because their brains process information differently. As a result, they can have trouble talking properly and use gestures instead of words. Some are withdrawn; do not make friends easily and do not react to social cues like a smile or scowl. They often do not make eye contact when you talk to them. Hence, they may find it hard to join a group or an activity. Besides, they might draw back when hugged or they may be startled by a sudden noise.

As teens, they can also show extremes of behaviour. Some are passive and withdrawn while others are overactive, show tantrums or act aggressively when they are frustrated. This is part of the disorder. Many of them have intellectual limitations and learning problems. They do not know how to express emotions like anger or frustration in acceptable ways, so they are often misunderstood. They have difficult coping with changes and get anxious if their daily routine is changed. In some cases, they might show repetitive motions like rocking or flapping their hands. Although they can feel emotions, they do not express them in the same way as others. As a result, they often come across as cold or unemotional.. Autistic people need a lot of patience and understanding and support from the people around them. This is because they cannot be expected to behave in the same way as normal people.

Questions 26 -30Answer all the questions. You are recommended to answer them in the order set.

26. ( i ) What was Ivan’s reaction when Chelsea greeted him??

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(ii) Which aspect of a person’s development is mainly affected by autism?

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SECTION D(25 marks)

Question 32 Read the poem Monsoon History and answer the questions that follow.

The air is wet, soaks

Into mattresses, and curls

In apparitions of smoke.

Like fat white slugs furled

Among the timber,

Or silver fish tunnelling

The damp linen covers

Of schoolbooks, or walking

Quietly like centipedes,

The air walking everywhere

On its hundred feet

Is filled with the glare

Of tropical water.

Again we are taken over

By clouds and rolling darkness.

Small snails appear

Clashing their timid horns

Among the morning glory

Vines.

Drinking milo,

Nyonya and baba sit at home.

This was forty years ago.

Sarong-wrapped they counted

Silver paper for the dead.

Portraits of grandfathers

Hung always in the parlour.

Shirley Geok-Lin Lim

32. (a) Describe the air in the first stanza?

______________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

(b)Why is there an ‘apparitions of smoke’ after a monsoon?

______________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

(c)Why are the portraits of the grandfathers hung in the parlour?

______________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

(d) Are the customs practiced by our families important? Give a reason for your answer.

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Question 33 Read the poem If and answer the questions that follow.

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;

If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

And stoop and build ‘em up with worn-out tools;

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with Kings – nor lose the common touch;

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;

If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, And – which is more – you’ll be a Man, my son!

Rudyard Kipling

33. (a) Why must we not make our dreams our ‘master’?

______________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

(b)How should we treat Triumph and Disaster?

______________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

(c)Why do you think the poet says that the minute is unforgiving?

______________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

(d) What will become of the son if he follows the poet’s advice? Give a reason for your answer.

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Question 34Read the following extract from the short story The Drover’s Wife and answer the questions that follow.

She lifts the mangled reptile on the point of her stick, carries it to the fire and throws it in; then piles on the wood and watches the snake burn. The boy and the dog watch too. She lays her hand on the dog’s head and all the fierce, angry light dies out of his yellow eyes. The younger children are quieted and presently go to sleep. The boy stands for a moment in his shirt, watching the fire. Presently, he looks up to her, sees the tears in her eyes and, throwing his arms round her neck exclaims: “Mother, I’ll never go droving.”

34. (a) What does the mangled reptile refer to? _________________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

(b) Describe the woman’s feelings for the dog as she lays her hand on the dog’s head.

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(c) What does the incident tell you about the boy? _________________________________________________________________________(1 mark) (d) Why does the boy throw his arms round his mother’s neck? _____________________________________________________________________________

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Question 35Read the following extract from the short story The Lotus Eater and answer the questions that follow.

“That night, he tried to kill himself. He shut all the windows and lit a charcoal fire in his bedroom. The next morning, Assunta came to make his breakfast. She found him lying on the bed. He was very ill, but he was still alive.

They took him to the hospital and he slowly got better. But he was not the same. I went to visit him in the hospital. He didn’t know who I was. Perhaps his mind was damaged by the smoke.”

“So, what happened to him then?”

“Assunta helped him. She and her husband let him live in the woodshed behind their house. They gave him food and he looked after their goats and their chicken.”

35. (a) How did Wilson try to kill himself?

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(b) But he was not the same. How was Wilson different?

_________________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

(c) How did Wilson repay Assunta’s kindness? _________________________________________________________________________(1 mark) (d) Do you think Wilson did the right thing by attempting to commit suicide? Give a reason for your

answer. _____________________________________________________________________________

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Question 36Read the following extract from the short story Looking for A Rain God and answer the questions thatfollow.

Soon the police came around. The family told them the same story of death and burial on the lands. They did not know what the children died of. So the police asked to see their graves. At this, the mother of the children broke down and told everything.

Throughout the terrible summer, the story of the children hung like a dark cloud of sorrow over the village and the sorrow was not assuaged when the old man and Ramadi were sentenced to death for ritual murder.

36. (a) Why did the police come to the village? _________________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

(b) What did the members do to protect one another?

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(c) Why did the mother of the two children finally tell the story? _________________________________________________________________________(1 mark) (d) Do you sympathise with the two men who were sentenced to death for ritual murder? Give a reason

for your answer. _____________________________________________________________________________

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MARKING SCHEME (EXAM 3 PAPER 2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE FORM 4 2008)

PAPER 2 (75 marks)Section A (15 marks)

1. C2. B3. C4. A5. B6. D

7. B8. A9. A10. A11. C12. D

13. C14. B15. C

Section B (10 marks)16. HOOKED ON WORDS17. SPEECH AND DEBATE18. MAD SCIENCE FUN CAMP19. YOUNG REPORTERS WORKSHOP20. CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING

WORKSHOP21. Edge Training Activity Point

22. It starts working the minute you were born and never stops working until you get up to speak.

23. RM25024. Creative Problem-Solving Workshop

and Young Reporters Workshop25. Learn about the mysterious world of

the solar system

Section C (25 marks)26. i) Ivan did not respond at all.

ii) A person’s ability to communicate and interact with others is mainly affected.

27. An autistic person is slow at developing language and has problems communicating with

other people.

28. i) Medication is prescribed to control symptoms such as aggressive behaviour or

attention problems but not to treat the disorder

ii) They are taught skills to help them do things that are difficult for them

29. i) They need educational programs that are tailored to each child’s individual needs

ii) Teens who have autism need to attend special classes for they have behavioural

problems.

30. Autistic people have intellectual limitations and learning problems as a result of their

disorder. So, it is unfair to expect them to behave like normal people.

31. Mark Scheme for Question 31 - Summary (Total mark = 15 marks) (Content – 10 marks, Language – 5 marks)Content: Award 1 mark for EACH of the following points to a maximum of 10 marks THE TREATMENT OF AUTISM 1. medication is prescribed to control certain symptoms2. they are taught simple problem-solving skills3. they are given special educational programs tailored to individual needs4. a combination of therapies is used 5. the best time to treat them is usually between one and half to four years old PROBLEMS FACED BY TEENAGERS WITH AUTISM6. they show behavioural problems and react differently with others7. they have problems communicating with people8. they have difficulty joining a group or activity

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9. they show extremes of behaviour, from being passive to aggressive10. they have intellectual limitations and learning problems11. they do not know how to express their emotions properly and often misunderstood

Mark Paraphrase (P) Mark Use of English (UE)5 Sustained attempt to re-phrase the text and

use of own words.5 Language is accurate. No errors or almost

no errors... Punctuation Spelling 4 Noticeable attempt to re-phrase and use of

own words. May fall back on the text.4 Language is almost always accurate Some

errors. 3 Intelligent and selective lifting. Limited

attempts to rephrase the text.3 Language is largely accurate. Serious

errors are not frequent. Structures mostly from the text.

2 Wholesale copying of text but not a complete transcript of the original.

2 Meaning is not in doubt, but serious errors are becoming frequent.

0 – 1 More or less a complete transcript of the text.

0 – 1 Numerous serious errors

STYLE AND PRESENTATION DESCRIPTORS (LANGUAGE)RP (4-5) marks – Rephrasing-Usage of own words - replacing words from the passageRO (3) marks – Reorganizing- intelligent lifting (omission of words)L (1-2) marks – Lifting- everything is taken from the passage with no omission of words IR (Irrelevant) – 0 mark- unnecessary points ? – Incomprehensible points *Narrative – the summary must be in narrative form- one content point after the other

Section D (25 marks)32. (a) It is wet everywhere.

(b) There is so much moisture in the air that it looks like smoke.

(c) It shows respect for them.

(d) Yes, I think it is important to follow some of the customs as they teach us respect and make us value our heritage.

33. (a) We will be so controlled by our dreams that we may fail to turn them into actions.

(b) We must not place too much importance on either success or failure because both are

temporary.

(c) Time is precious and time wasted will not return and it moves on without waiting for anyone.

(d) If his son takes his advice, he will have great success and happiness. He will also be an honourable person, full of virtues and without vices.

34. (a) It refers to the snake that the dog has just killed.

(b) The woman loves the dog/is grateful that the dog has protected them from danger.

(c) He is matured for his age.

(d) He is overwhelmed by emotions because he knows his mother leads a hard life as the wife

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of a drover.

35. a) He tried to set his bedroom on fire.

(b) He seemed to have lost his mind.

(c) He looked after their livestock.

(d) No, because we should not be the one who decide when we should die.

36. a) The police came to the village when the people suspected the family has killed the two

little girls.

(b) They collaborated and told the same story that the two children had died of starvation and

were buried in the land.

(c) She was overwhelmed by grief and guilt and she finally broke down and told everything.

(d) No, I do not sympathise at all with the two men because they deserved to be punished for

their terrible crime. They should be protecting the children not killing them. The children

were innocent and trusted the adults explicitly.

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