Section C SET 1 Questions 26 31 are based on the following passage 1 Main gasing, top spinning, is a national sport.

. No one knows how many centuries ago the sport begin. It is certainly very ancient and has survived a great many years without change. After the harvest season, when there is time for leisure and games, contests are held in kampongs, especially in Kelantan and Terengganu. There we find the heaviest and most beautifully balanced tops and the most skillful spinners. A main gasing team from one kampong, sometimes numbering as many as forty men, will challenge a neighbouring village. The spinning begins late in the morning and goes on until sundown. Main gasing is an endurance contest. Victory goes to the top that spins the longest. If the point is lubricated with a drop of oil, a heavy top will spin for a very long time, perhaps for almost two hours. The tops are heavy and the spinners are strong and skillful men who have spent years patiently practicing this difficult sport. Most of the best spinners make their own tops. The wood is chosen for its hardness. Three favourite trees are the merbau, the johol and the keradah. The wood is dried for three or four weeks and then shaped like a plate. A groove is cut around the outside and into this is fitted an iron or lead rim. This gives the top weight. Without this weight the top will not spin more than half an hour. A baksi, or spine, is driven into the bottom. This is often the needle from a sewing machine. A rod is then added to the upper side of the top to take the rope. A top like this may weigh five kilograms and take six weeks to make. When the owner spins the top, he first paints the surface of the top with gum. Then he ties a length of rope to a tree. He pulls the rope tight and then winds it round the rod very tightly. Next he unties the rope from the tree and winds it around his wrist. Then he take some little steps forward and throws the top on to the ground. Another man quickly pushes a large piece of flat, hard wood, called a cocok, beneath the top and holds it up. The contest has begun

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When the owner tries out a new top for the first time, he does not know if it will be a lenggok or a lena. A lenggok is a top which wobbles from side and does not spin long. A lena, which means asleep , spins so smoothly that it does not seem to be moving. This is because the balance is very good. The owner of a really good lena sell it but sometimes tops are sold for large sums of money.

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26. From paragraph 2, a) why are top spinning contests often held after the harvest season?

_______________________________________________________________ (1 mark) b) when does a spinning contest start and end?

________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) 27. From paragraph 3, a) which team will be declared as the winner of the contest ?

________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) b) why is point sometimes lubricated with a drop of oil ?

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Section C c) who is the most suitable man to take part in the contest ?

________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) 28. From paragraph 4 , a) why do you think the merbau, the johol and the keradah trees are used for making tops?

________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) b) what is the purpose of a metal rim to be fitted in a top ?

________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) 29. From paragraph 5, what is the first step that the owner does when he spins the top?

________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) 30. From paragraph 6, a) how does a lenggok spin?

________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) b) why a new top sometimes is called a lena?

________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) 31. Based on the passage given, write a summary of :

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the making of a top and how a top is played

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 materials from line 16 33 not be longer 130 words including the 10 words given below Begin your summary as follows : Top spinning is a national sport. The spinner will make ..

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Questions 26 31 are based on the following passage 1 Florence Nightingale was born in 1820. She had a longer life than most people have. Her life was more useful than most peoples lives, too. She was one of those people who would rather help others than look after themselves. About a hundred years ago, the English were fighting the Russian in a place called Crimea. Florence Nightingale became famous because of the work she did in this war. She became a nurse and she helped to train hundreds and hundreds of other woman to be as skillful and gentle as she was. When Florence was a young girl, hospitals were not as well run as they are now. Nurses were sometimes very careless and ignorant. The doctors, especially the army doctors, did not know as much about healing wounds and curing diseases as they do now. A great many of the poor soldiers in the Crimean war died of wounds and fever because the doctors were not skillful enough to make them better.

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Miss Nightingale herself worked harder than anybody. She worked all day to see that the wounded soldiers were well looked after and carefully nursed. Every night she walked round the hospital with a small lamp, visiting the patients. The soldiers were very pleased to see her. They knew that she was working as hard as she could for them and they gave her the name of The Lady of the Lamp. She and her nurses saved hundreds of lives and she stayed at the hospital until the war was over. She fell ill herself because she had worked too hard for a very long time. When she came back to England, however, she started to train nurses in all the hospitals. Soon all the big hospitals in England had their own training schools for nurses. Hospitals became cleaner and more cheerful places and nurses were much more skillful. Today, nurses all over the world remember The Lady of the Lamp .

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________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) b) where did Miss Nightingale carry out the work for which she first became well known?

________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) 27. From paragraph 2, give two reasons why the hospitals were not run well when Florence was a young girl? i)_______________________________________________________________ (1 mark)

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28. From paragraph 3 & 4, a) give the reason why Miss Nightingales father did not want her to become a nurse.

________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) b) Miss Nightingales father wanted her to travel. How did she make use of this travel? ________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)

29. From paragraph 5 , why did Miss Nightingales write a letter to her friend? ________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)

30. From paragraph 7, do you think that Miss Nightingales contribution was important? Why?

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Section C the reasons why Miss Nightingale became a nurse how she became a nurse and her contributions

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 materials from line 9 - 45 not be longer 130 words including the 10 words given below Begin your summary as follows : When Florence was young, hospitals were badly ran as nurses. (15 marks)

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Section C SET 3 Questions 26 31 are based on the following passage 1 Kangkung is a widely-grown vegetable closely related to the sweet potato. It is called water spinach, water convolvulus and many others name in English. Chinese have named the vegetable ung choi in Cantonese or kong xin cai in Mandarin. Kangkung can be found flourishing naturally in waterways, canals and other wet areas; its hollow stem are well-suited to floating in aquatic environments. This plants multiplies easily. It can even clog up waterways if not regulated. For this reason, it is considered a nasty weed in North America. There are two forms of cultivated kangkung. The aquatic form is normally planted along canals in rice fields and is called water kangkung . This variety also occurs wild. The other more popular variety is adapted to upland planting, and it has narrower leaves and white flowers. It is known as kangkung putih , tastes better than the aquatic variety and is considered superior in quality. Kangkung is a very affordable vegetable, which is just packed with nutrients. It is low in calories, and contain free amino acids, protein, fat, sugar, crude fibre, beta carotenoids, vitamin B2, vitamin C, calcium, iron and phosphorous. Its vitamin B2 content is equivalent to that of spinach and it is considered beneficial to those suffering from high blood pressure. In Chinese medicine, it is considered as cooling, sweet, able to lower body heat and is also believed to have detoxifying properties. The vegetable is also a diuretic, and a good relief for constipation because of its high fibre content. Due to its high iron content, the vegetable is often given to patients who are suffering from certain types of anaemia Except the roots, all parts of the plant shoots, leaves and young stems are edible. The very popular kangkung belacan dish sees the vegetable stir-fried with a little oil and sambal belacan, resulting in a mouth-watering pungent aroma that lingers in the air. Most Chinese and Malay restaurants 5

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Section C in Malaysia serve this dish. The vegetable can also be fried with dried shrimp, or chilli and garlic with a little oil and some slices of meat. It can be prepared in soup with eggs, in Penangs famous prawn mee or mee yoke and the popular sotong kangkung 7 Kangkung should be grown under full sunlight. It grows in many different types of soil, ideally with a pH level ranging from 5.5 6.5. Prepare a planting bed and always keep it moist if possible. Seeds can be directly sown on the bed. The seeds germinate in three to four days. There is another alternative to plant kangkung. You can use cutting as planting material. Buy a bundle of fresh kangkung, use the young shoots and tender leaves for your cooking. The remaining portion will make excellent cuttings for planting. Roots will grow out from the nodes beneath the soil and side shoots will sprout within a week. Make sure the soil is kept moist. It is preferable to water twice daily in hot weather. The vegetable can be harvested three weeks after planting. (Adapted from Flavours, 2007) 30

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________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) 27. From paragraph 3 & 4, a) why people prefer kangkung putih than aquatic kangkung?

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b) why is water spinach the best vegetable for those who want to keep fit?

________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) c) give two reasons why water spinach is good to treat hypertension patients.

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28. From paragraph 5 , state the reason why the elderly are not encouraged to eat water spinach.

________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) 29. From paragraph 6, name two popular local cuisines which contain water spinach.

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30. From paragraph 7, which method do you prefer if you want to plant water spinach? Why?

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the health benefits of kangkung and how to cultivate it

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 materials from line 16 - 44 not be longer 130 words including the 10 words given below Begin your summary as follows : Malaysians love kangkung as it is a widely-grown and affordable .

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SET 4 Questions 26 31 are based on the following passage

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26. Why did the writer decide to reward himself?

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27. How did the writer react to the disturbance?

28. Give two injuries the bee sustained.

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30. How do you think the writer felt after the bee flew away?

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Question 31

Write a summary describing how the bee was injured and how it managed to fly again.

Your summary must:

Be in continuous writing Not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below. Use materials from lines 7 to 20

Credit will be given for use your own words but must be taken not to change the original meaning.

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The peaceful day was interrupted by the arrival of a

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SET 5 Questions 26 31 are based on the following passage

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26. What causes people to be aggressive and anti-social?

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27. In paragraph 2, what does such a deficiency refer to?

28. How does the South Cumbria Alternative Sentencing Option programme help young offenders?

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29. What did Dr. Damian Downing learn from the questionnaires?

30. In your own words, explain how a good diet helps a person.

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Section C 31. Write a summary describing the problems caused by a poor diet and how a good diet can help young offenders.

Your summary must: Be in continuous writing (not in note form) Use materials from lines 3 to 27 Not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below.

Credit will be given for use your own words but must be taken not to change the original meaning. Begin your summary as follows:

We know that eating fast-food or junk-food is not healthy

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27. Names two airport clinics mentioned in the passage. a).

b). 28. Why are not all airports medical facilities the same?

29. What does the phrase feeling out of sorts means? 30. In your own opinion, should there be a stand-alone clinic in an airport and why?

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Section C 31. Write a summary describing the medical centers at airports around the world.

Your summary must:

Be in continuous writing (not in note form) Use materials from lines 4 to 21 Not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below.

Credit will be given for use your own words but must be taken not to change the original meaning.

Begin your summary as follows:

Health or medical problems often occur in the most unexpected places

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