Trial Kedah SPM 2013 ENGLISH K1 K2 SET B

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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 togive a talkto all students to create awareness on the disadvantages of smoking.

Use the notes below to write yourtalk.

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 upto 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, heartailments

Waste of moneyexpensive

Affect passive smokers- risks the health of the non-smokers

Effect on a person's appearance- stained teeth, darkened gums, yellowishfingernails

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, i t 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 arent entirely clear, the current H7N9 flu,

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

itharder 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 ofvisitors 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 NicoleLee?

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

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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 towelmeans to

A. give up.B. wash out.C. wipe out.

D. cool down.L: Analysis

Yes, I am a bit. Ive tried hard to

convince my wife to change her

mind about buying a new car. I

guess Ill just have to throw in

the towel.

Whats 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_pollutionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soothttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soothttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_pollution


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Questions 9-15are 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. Themain 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 feelingthe 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___ones 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 persons life and that of his family. It does not solve problems.

9 A. performB. performsC. performedD. performing

13 A. onB. inC. ofD. out

10 A. affectB. affectsC. affectedD. affecting

14 A. turnB. tuneC. connectD. change

11 A. isB. areC. wasD. were

15 A. thisB. thatC. theseD. those

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Section B

[10 marks]

Questions 16

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

HEREAFTER

By Tara HudsonAge group: 1214 years old

Can there truly be love after death?

Drifting in the dark waters of a mysterious river, theonly thing Amelia knows for sure is that shes dead.With no memory of her past lifeor her actual death- shes trapped alone in a nightmare. All of thesechange when she tries to rescue a boy, Joshua, fromdrowning in her river. As a ghost, she can do nothing

but hope he will live. Yet in an unforgettable momentof connection, she helps him to survive.

Amelia and Joshua grow closer as they begin touncover the strange circumstances of her death andthe secrets of the dark river that held her prisoner for so long. But even while theystruggle to keep their bond hidden from the living world, a frightening spirit is doingeverything in his power to destroy their new-found happiness and drag Amelia backinto the ghost worldforever.

Thrilling and full of suspense, with moments of pure pleasure, Hereafter is a sensationyou wont want to miss.

(Adapted fromJust 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______________________________________________

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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.

Reviewers opinion of the book:

25 The story is ____________________________________________________




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Section C

[25 marks]

Questions 2631 are based on the following passage.

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A huge red sun rises in the morning mists of Cambodias Cardamom

Mountains. Jim Sanderson sets out to catch a clouded leopard, a mysterious catthat roams the ground and lower jungle canopy. Few people have ever seen this

beautiful cat. Sandersons mission is twofold: to capture the creature on film and

keep it alive.

Armed with cameras, radios, syringes and a sample case of designerfragrances (cats seem to love them the ocelot is obsessed by Obsession for

Men), Sanderson has documented eight rare and endangered species of smallcats since 1997. Six months or more every year, hes deep in the wilds, bravingraging rivers, poisonous snakes, leeches, malaria and dengue fever. His favouritedestination 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 catsexotic animals thatare too dangerous to be pets and too undersized to compete with the betterknown majestic big cats? Sanderson is a true cat lover, and after each stay in thefield, he returns to Washington with blood samples for genetic testing. He givesthe blood samples to Stephen OBrien at the National Institutes of Health to

determine DNA characteristics that may help us better understand diseaseresistance in pet catsperhaps in human as well.

Sanderson estimates only $75,000 a year is spent worldwide on smallwild cat research. Lions, tigers and other large cats get the limelight, and thecorporate funding. Sanderson who always believes in teamwork, managed tofilm another of the rarest species, the Andean mountain cat seen only threetimes by humans.

The 55-year-old Sanderson found his calling late in life. Originally heearned 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 tripinspired him to make a difference in the natural world. So he began aconcentrated study of landscape ecology. Then fascinated by territorial chartsfilled with question marks about wild species, he set out his committed team to

photo-trap picturesque pampas cats, shy oncillas, camouflaged margays, wilyAfrican wildcats, skittish sand cats, and a half-dozen other tiny cat speciesunknown even to most naturalists around the world.

Now as a staff at Conservation Internationals Centre for AppliedBiodiversity Science in Washington, Sanderson also surveys catlike populationsin the field and tracks their movement with radio collars. In 1998 he was first toradio-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 solutionto save the cats: chicken wire! He gave it to poor farmers so they could buildfences 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 inCambodia, Guyana, Suriname and Brazil. Good scientific information willmake conservation planning possible, he explains.

Just what keeps him going, spending long stretches of time away from hiswife, an understanding biologist who studies predatory birds in Connecticut? JimSanderson says his motivation is simple: I will not permit the extinction of anyspecies 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.

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[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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L: Comprehension




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

[1 mark]

L:Comprehension29. 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 ando 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 theoriginal meaning.

Your summary must:o be in continuous writing form (not in note form)o use materials from line 6 to line 46o 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? belowandanswer the questions that follow.

Are you still playing your flute?When there is hardly time for our loveI am feeling guiltyTo be longing for your song

The melody concealed in the slim hollow of the bambooUncovered by the breath of an artistComposed by his fingers

Blown by the windTo the depth of my heart

Are you still playing your flute?In the village so quiet and desertedAmidst the sick rice field

While here it has become a luxuryTo spend time watching the rain

Gazing at the evening rays

Collecting dew dropsOr enjoying the fragrance of flowers.

Are you still playing your flute?The more it disturbs my conscience

to be thinking of youin the hazard of you

my younger brothers unemployed and desperatemy people disunited by politicsmy 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 themelody?

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

.....[1 mark]L: Comprehension

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

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(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 oneof 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 closereference to the text.

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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 Examiners

Code

Section Marks

A 15

B 10

C 25

D 20

Total 70

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