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    SULIT

    Bahasa

    Inggeris

    Kertas L

    201 I

    l%jam

    MAJLIS

    PENGETUA SEKOLAH

    MENENGAH

    MALAYSIA

    CAWANGAN NEGERI

    SBMBILAN

    PEPERIKSAAN PERCUBAAN BERSAMA

    SIJIL

    PELAJARAN

    MALAYSIA

    2011

    11191t

    BAHASA

    II{GGERIS

    Kertas

    I

    Satu

    jam

    empat

    puluh

    lima

    minit

    JANGAN

    BUKA KERTAS SOALAN

    INI SEHINGGA

    DIBERITAHU

    Arahan

    l.

    Kertas

    soalan

    ini

    mengandungi

    dua

    bahagian: Ba,hagian

    A dan

    Bahagian

    B.

    2.

    Jmab

    kedua-dua

    bahagian.

    3.

    Anda

    dinasihati

    supaya

    mengambil masa 45

    minit

    untukmenjawab soalan Bahagian

    A

    dan

    satu

    jam

    untuk

    menjawab

    soalan Bahagian B.

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    SULIT

    3

    Section

    B: Continuous

    TVriting

    [

    50 marks

    ]

    [Time

    Suggested: One

    hourJ

    Write

    a composition

    of

    about

    350

    words

    on one of

    the

    following

    topics.

    I

    Describe

    an

    interesting

    day

    in

    school

    2

    Group discussions help

    to

    improve

    examination

    results.

    Do

    you

    agree?

    3

    What can

    we

    do

    to

    encourage reading?

    4

    Write

    a short story beginning with:-

    'oThey

    looked

    at each

    other

    and

    smiled.

    5

    Facebook

    KERTAS SOALANTAMAT

    11191t

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    SULIT

    Bahasa

    Inggeris

    Kertas

    2

    20tl

    2

    jam

    tll9t2

    Name:

    Form:

    MAJLIS

    PENGETUA SEKOLAH

    MENENGAH

    MALAYSIA

    CAWANGAN

    NEGERI

    SEMtsILAN

    PEPERIKSAAN

    PERCUBAAN

    BERSAMA

    SIJIL PELAJARAN

    MALAYSIA

    2011

    BAHASA INGGERIS

    Kertas

    2

    Dr-ra

    jam

    lima

    belas

    minit

    JANGAN BUKA

    KERTAS SOALAN

    INI SEHINGGA

    DIBERITAHU

    Arahan

    l.

    Tuli.v

    nama

    dankelas

    anda

    pada ruang

    yung

    disediakun.

    2,

    Kertas soalan

    ini

    mengandungi

    empat

    bahagian;Bahagian

    A, Bahagian

    B, Bahagian

    C

    dan

    Bahagian

    D.

    3.

    Jawqb semua

    bahagian

    dalqm kerlas soqlqn

    ini.

    4. Soalan-soalan

    dalam

    Bahagian

    A mempunyai

    empat

    pilihan

    jawapan.

    Jawab setiap

    soalan

    dengan membulalkan

    jawapan yang betul

    di

    halaman

    16.

    5. Anda

    dinasihati

    supayo mengambil

    masa

    25

    minit

    untukmenjawab

    soalqn

    Bahagian

    A,

    25

    minit

    untuk

    Bahagian

    B,

    50

    rninit

    untuk

    Bahagian

    C dan 35

    minit

    untuk

    Bahagian

    D.

    lnstructions

    I. Write your name

    and

    class in

    the

    space

    providcd.

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    SULIT

    2

    Section

    A

    [15

    marks]

    ALOR

    STAR:

    Strong winds bl.ew off the

    roofs of

    more

    than 200

    houses in three

    districts

    in

    Kedah

    and

    two

    in

    Penang

    as

    continuous

    rain

    since

    Monday

    evening

    had caused

    havoc.

    Those

    affected

    have

    been

    moved to

    higher

    grounds

    ttt912

    From

    the

    report

    we

    know

    that

    A

    200

    houses were

    damaged

    B the

    rain started on Monday

    C three

    districts were

    affected

    D strong winds

    caused

    the rain

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    SULIT

    Irt9/2

    Most

    cats

    bring home dead

    mice or lizards.

    Dusty,

    a six-year-old

    Siamese cat from

    San

    Mateo,

    California, the

    United

    States scours

    the

    neighbourhood

    for

    bathing

    suits,

    toys,

    gloves

    and

    underwear

    as

    tokens

    of

    affection

    for

    his

    owners

    Jean

    Chu and

    Jim

    Coleman.

    Dusty,

    the

    cat burglar

    has stolen

    some

    600 items over

    the

    last

    three years.

    But

    none

    of

    the

    neighbours

    have filed

    a

    police

    report

    on

    the Klepto

    Kitty.

    When

    something

    goes

    missing,

    they

    just

    search in the lost-

    and-found

    pile

    at

    his

    owner s

    basement.

    Based

    on the extract,

    the

    cat will

    A

    bring

    home

    dead

    animals

    B

    receive gifts

    from neighbours

    C

    search the neighbourhood

    for

    food

    D

    hide the

    stolen

    items in

    its owner s

    basement

    My

    boss

    is driving

    me

    ffazy.

    There s

    no end

    to work.

    I

    badly

    need a

    holiday.

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    From

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    SULIT

    r119/2

    r

    l.

    r4fuwY

    From

    the dialogue

    above

    we

    know

    that the

    man

    A

    listens

    to

    his wife

    B

    pays

    attention

    to his

    wife

    C

    knows

    what

    his

    wife

    will

    say

    D

    pays

    little

    attention to his

    wife s

    answer

    8.

    The above

    caption

    is

    meant

    to

    BESI N

    eUtS

    IOR

    HO PfiALTN

    Top-notch

    facil

    iti

    es.

    Internationally

    acclaimed

    school.

    . ...

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    6

    SULIT

    Questions

    9

    -

    15 are based on the

    following

    passage,

    blank.

    ttt9l2

    Choose

    the best answer to

    fill

    in

    each

    As I

    peered

    through

    the

    open doors

    of

    Ward

    41, a

    voice

    behind me

    asked,

    Are

    you

    looking

    10

    Sister

    Boey

    again?

    She's

    gone

    home

    already.

    I

    couldn't

    hide

    11

    disappointment.

    'lls

    there

    a

    chance

    I might

    be

    12

    to

    catch

    her here

    sometime next

    week?

    I

    13

    the

    nurse.

    Why

    not

    call

    before

    you

    come?

    Sister

    Boey's working

    part-time

    now,

    and

    her hours

    are

    not

    as 14

    as

    they

    used

    to

    be.

    I left

    feeling

    empty

    and

    irrationally

    lonely.

    It's

    no

    surprise that my

    feelings

    for this

    place

    15 so strong.

    Tan

    Tock

    Seng

    Hospital

    in

    Singapore

    was

    where

    I

    had

    endured the agonies

    of

    cancer.

    9A

    B

    C

    D

    l0Aat

    Bto

    Cof

    D for

    l1

    A

    B

    to

    out

    from

    beside

    my

    her

    13A

    B

    C

    D

    14A

    B

    C

    D

    (Adaptedfrom

    Reader's

    Digest, Moy

    2009)

    ask

    asks

    asked

    asking

    normal

    regular

    irregular

    abnormal

    15Ais

    B

    are

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    7

    SULIT

    tng/2

    Section

    B

    I

    l0

    marks

    ]

    [Time

    suggested

    : 15

    minutes

    f

    Questions

    16-25

    Read

    thefollowing

    article

    and

    complete

    the table

    that.follows-

    SAIL{WAI(

    MUSEUM

    Keen

    to know

    the natural

    history

    of

    sarawak as

    well

    as

    Bomeo

    Island

    as

    a

    whole?

    Step

    then

    into

    the Sarawak

    Museum

    in

    Kuching,

    the State s

    capital

    city.

    officially declared

    open

    by

    charles

    Brooke,

    the state

    ruler

    and

    founder,

    in 1891,

    the

    sarawak

    Museum today

    is

    home

    to

    a world- class

    collection

    of

    native

    arts

    and crafts

    as well

    as

    local

    wildlife

    specimens.

    Each

    year

    this

    European townhouse-style

    building

    along

    Jalan Abang

    Haji

    openg, welcomes

    tens

    of

    thousands

    of

    tourists,

    both local

    and

    foreign

    into

    its

    airy hallways

    to

    viewexceptional

    ethnographic

    and natural

    history

    collections.

    The

    first floor

    is

    home to

    a

    variety

    of

    artefacts

    used

    by the

    diverse

    indigenous

    people

    of

    sarawak.

    other

    interesting

    exhibits

    here

    are

    weapons

    and

    musical

    instruments.

    The

    west

    wing

    is

    dedicated to

    the

    petroieum

    industry

    which

    is

    one

    of

    the most

    important

    industries

    in

    the

    state.

    Even

    the

    grounds

    are

    overflowing

    with

    interesting

    exhibits

    that

    are

    too

    large

    to

    be

    housed

    indoors.

    Look

    out for

    the

    Penan

    tomb

    hut,

    Iban war

    boat and

    Kajang

    ritual

    burial

    pole.

    visitors

    can

    also

    walk across

    a

    pedestrian

    overhead

    bridge

    to view

    photographic

    and

    other

    art related

    exhibits

    at the

    Dewan

    Tun

    Abdul

    Razak

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    10

    SULIT

    LIIqI2

    accompanied

    it

    would

    be

    Indonesian.

    I

    took

    a

    deep breath

    and

    shouted,

    "TULUONG "I'm

    not

    sure

    why, at

    that moment,

    I used

    the

    word

    for help

    from

    rny

    native

    tongue,

    Tagalog. What I

    didn't

    know

    was

    that

    Indonesians used a

    similar

    word

    for help.

    Fortunately,

    a

    stevedore

    named

    Manding,

    who

    was

    working

    on

    the

    tugboat, heard

    my

    shouts.

    He

    quickly

    approached

    his

    Captain

    and

    switched

    on the searchlight,

    When

    they saw me

    waving in

    the water, they

    manoeuvred

    the boat towards

    me.

    As

    it

    came

    up

    beside

    me, they

    threw

    me

    a

    life

    ring

    attached

    to

    a

    rope. When

    I

    grabbed

    hold

    of

    it,

    they

    pulled

    me on board.

    By

    that time,

    I had been

    in

    the

    water

    for around

    four hours.

    I

    told my

    rescuers what

    had

    happened and

    how

    stupid

    I

    had

    been to

    have

    jumped

    into the

    water.

    I

    was

    surprised

    to

    learn that

    half

    of their

    barge's cargo

    would

    soon

    be

    loaded

    onto

    my

    own

    ship.

    Less

    than

    an

    hour

    later,

    I

    returned

    to

    the

    IWV

    Danau

    Toba.

    Amazingly,

    no

    one

    on

    the

    ship

    even

    knew

    I

    was

    gone.

    (

    Adapted from Reqder's Digest,

    March

    2010

    )

    26 From

    paragraph

    l,

    (

    a

    )

    where was the

    writer

    ?

    ""'[

    1mark]

    (

    b

    )

    how

    did

    the

    writer try to save

    the

    ball?

    I

    mark

    l

    27

    From

    paragrcph2,

    (

    a

    )

    why

    did

    the

    writer let

    go

    of

    the ball?

    ..... I

    l

    mark]

    (

    b

    )

    which word from

    the

    paragraph

    means

    '

    floated

    '?

    [1

    mark

    ]

    From

    paragraph

    4,

    40

    45

    28

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    SULIT

    t2

    ANSWER

    SHEET FOR

    QUESTION

    31

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    SULIT

    l3

    Section

    D

    [20

    marks]

    TIT9I2

    32

    Read

    the

    following

    poem

    and

    answer

    the

    questions

    thot

    follow.

    IN

    THE MIDST

    OF

    HARDSHIP

    LatiffMohidin

    At

    dawn

    they

    returned

    home

    their

    soaky clothes

    torn

    and approached

    the

    stove

    their

    limbs marked

    by

    scratches

    their

    legs

    full

    of

    wounds

    but

    on

    their

    brows

    there was

    not

    a

    sign

    of

    despair

    The whole

    day

    and

    night

    just

    passed

    they

    had

    to

    brave the horrendous

    flood

    in the

    water

    all

    the time

    between bloated

    carcasses

    and

    tiny

    chips of

    tree

    barks

    desperately

    looking

    for

    their

    son's

    albino

    buffalo

    that was

    never found

    They

    were

    born

    amidst

    hardship

    and

    grew

    up

    without

    a

    sigh

    or complaint

    now

    they

    are

    in

    the

    kitchen, making

    iokes

    while rolline

    their cisarette

    leaves

    a)

    When

    did

    they retum home?

    (lmark)

    b) What

    is unusual about

    the buffalo?

    mark)

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    SULIT

    33.

    The

    following

    are

    the

    novels

    studied

    Step

    by Wicked

    Step

    The

    Curse

    Catch Us

    if

    You

    Can

    L4

    ttt912

    in the

    literature component

    in

    English

    Language.

    Anne

    Fine

    Lee

    Su

    Ann

    Catherine MacPhail

    Choose

    any one

    of

    the novels

    above and

    answer the

    question

    below.

    Based on

    the

    novel

    that

    you

    have

    read

    write

    about one

    character

    whom

    you

    like.

    Give

    reasons

    why

    you like

    the character.

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    SULIT

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