SULIT 1119/2

NAMA : ____________________________________
1119/2
TINGKATAN: 5
Bahasa
Inggeris Section Marks

A (35)

B (15)
C (10)
Mac
D (15)
2017
2 jam Total
(75)

SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEBANGSAAN

PUTERI WANGSA

PEPERIKSAAN PERTENGAHAN TAHUN

TAHUN 2016
TINGKATAN EMPAT

BAHASA INGGERIS
Kertas 2
Dua jam lima belas minit

JANGAN BUKA KERTAS SOALAN INI SEHINGGA DIBERITAHU

Maklumat untuk calon

1. Kertas soalan ini mengandungi empat bahagian: Bahagian A, Bahagian B, Bahagian C dan Bahagian D.
2. Jawab semua bahagian.
3. Soalan-soalan dalam Bahagian A mempunyai tiga atau empat pilihan jawapan. Jawab setiap soalan dengan
menghitamkan ruangan yang betul di halaman terakhir.
4. Anda dinasihati supaya mengambil masa 40 minit untuk menjawab soalan Bahagian A, 20 minit untuk
Bahagian B, 40 minit untuk Bahagian C dan 20 minit untuk Bahagian D.

Information for candidates

1. This question paper consists of four sections: Section A, Section B, Section C and Section D.
2. Answer all sections.
3. Questions in Section A have four options. Answer each question by blackening the correct space on page 20.
4. You are advised to spend 40 minutes on Section A, 20 minutes on Section B, 40 minutes on Section C and 20
minutes on Section D.
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Kertas soalan ini mengandungi 16 halaman bercetak
Prepared By : Checked By Verified by

(En. KVeerasingam S.K) (Cik Juminah Bt Basir ) {Puan Faridah Bte
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Section A: Directed Writing

[35 marks]
[Time suggested: 40 minutes]

Social networking plays an important role in our life.

Write an article to the school magazine on the advantages and disadvantages of Social
Networking.

Use the following notes to write your article.

Advantages
Worldwide connectivity:
Able to connect with other people all
around the world
Easy and instant communication
Contact anyone by using laptops or
handphones.
Opportunities for business
Advertise and sell any products by
using websites or social media
Sharing information
Share pictures, songs, personal
information for any purposes
Entertainment
Play games, watch tv programmes,
listening to radio
Updated worldwide information
Able to get update news anytime and
anywhere
Disadvantages
Cyber bullying
Consistently bullied through online
accounts
Less real life interaction
No more face-to-face interaction
Health problem
Excessive time spent on the social
network
No privacy
Hacking by unknown account
Risk for crimes
Crime such as rape and kidnapping
Information overwhelmed
Unable to know the real information
because rumors and gossips spread very
fast

When writing the article, you should remember to:

provide a title to your article
include your name
write in paragraphs
use all the notes given

Note:
For your article, you will receive up to 15 marks for the format and content points, and up to 20
marks for the quality of your writing.
 Section B
[15 marks]
[Suggested Time : 20 minutes]

Questions 1 to 10 are based on the given stimuli. Study the information carefully and choose the best answer.

Read the comic strip below and answer the question that follows.
What permission slip? Tjun Tat! That
was two years
The one for ago!
the field trip The point is, I didnt
Hey, Mum! Remember when
to the lose it!
you got angry at me because
you thought I lost that museum.
permission slip?

1 The cartoon strip shows that Tjun Tat

A stores too many things in his drawer
B does not tell his mother anything
C would like to go to the museum
D lost his permission slip

Read the letter below and answer the question that follows.

Dear Editor,
I have just undergone an operation at the Johor Medical Centre. The care and attention
provided by the doctors, surgeons and nurses were excellent.
However, I noticed visitors and patients smoking in the stairways between
the floors. The smoke seeped into the wards causing a lot of discomfort to patients recovering
after surgery.
Discharged Patient

2. Discharged Patient is complaining about

A Smokers
B Surgery
C Wards
D Nurses
 COME EXERCISE CAMPAIGN

DATE: 1-20 MAY

TIME: 8:30 AM - 10:00AM
VENUE : Football Field, Taman Ceria

3 A suitable slogan for this notice is

A Eat Less

B Have a Healthy Diet

C Keep Fit Dont Quit

D Join the Campaign Now

KAJANG, Monday - 12 primary pupils of SK Rina here died in a hostel fire which broke
around 4 a.m this morning. The victims, five boys and seven girls, were aged 8 to 11. This
was the worst hostel fire in the state.

4 What happened at SK Rina last Monday ?

A Five boys died when a fire broke out in a hostel

B The fire happened in a secondary school

C A fire broke out in a hostel during the night

D A mild hostel fire broke out in a primary school

Question 5 and 6 is based on the extract below

Most of us grew up with our siblings, sharing our toys and doing all the usual kiddy things with
them. But Milly Chans childhood took a different path: she went to live with her aunt when she
 was just five years old. Instead of watching cartoons and playing games with children her own
age, Chan spent most of her time watching her aunt cook.

5 From the extract above, how is Milly Chans childhood different than other childrens?

A She plays games with older children

B She lives with her aunt together with her siblings

C She watches her aunt cook most of the time

D She shares her toys and games with other children

6 How old was Milly Chan when she moved in with her aunt?

A Five years old

B Six years old

C Seven years old

D Eight years old

Question 7

7 From the statistic above, we can conclude that..

A Water monitor lizard is equal in value to the pythons

B Pangolins are the second most valuable species among buyers

 C Traded species of animals are slowly declining over time

D While still being traded, pythons carries the least amount of value

MODERN FAMILY
10:00pm - TV9

The lives of this odd couple in a peaceful village never fail to amuse the local residents.
This entertaining comedy will make you laugh.

8 The word odd can best be replaced with

A Old C cruel

B poor D weird

December 2016, Air Asia Flight X1813 went down in the Pacific Ocean. Experts believe it
was due to bad weather. All hands were lost. Rescuers have yet to locate the flight data
recorder. This is the third passenger liner that has went down this year

9 According to the extract, which of the following statement is true?

A The airliner was shot down

B The airliner has been found

C The crash occurred in December 2016

D The ocean might have caused the airliner to crash

 1 0 The main purpose of the website is to

A Educate the older generation

B Provide feedbacks to the public

C Give better services to the older generations

D Foster cooperation between the young and the old generation

Section C : Reading Comprehension

[10 marks]
[Time suggested: 40 minutes]

Question 9 13 are based on the following passage.

1 Success does not come without hardwork is a common phrase we hear
in our day-to-day life. Sakinah Omar, founder of Jeju Muslim Travel and a
former student at the Jeju National University, South Korea, shared a
piece of opinion through her personal experiences on Facebook. Her post
has since gone viral and has attained over a thousand shares.
9. From paragraph 1, what did Sakinah post on her Facebook 5 which has gone
Sakinah described that It was tough living in Jeju as she had no direct
2 viral?
support from her friends or family. In addition to her struggle, she had little to no
experience in their language. ________________________________________________________
Her scholarship from the University had only
applied to her tuition fees and not
[1 mark] her living expenses. She depended on her
parents money for living
10 expenses,
From paragraph which was 2, very little.
At the beginning of the semester, her supervisor asked her to buy some 10
3 . a) besides financial struggle, what problem did Sakinah have to face?
painting materials like canvas, paints, linseed oil, paint brushes and all the
________________________________________________________
materials required. She did not know how much these things cost in Korea but
[1 mark]
she knew they were expensive.Sakinah told him, she only had 200,000 Won.
He asked her if she spent b)From200,000paragraph
Won on3,materials,
what would howhappen if Sakinah
much would she bought the art materials?
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had left. She said nothing, that was all she had for the semester. He was really 15
shocked. Feeling already down [1 mark]enough from the initial financial struggles, she
continued to persevere
11 through the hardship
From paragraph 4, and by Gods grace, something
amazing happened the next morning!
.
The next morning a) when
who donated
Sakinahallwent
the art
to materials
her studio,to she
Sakinah?
was so
surprised to see her desk________________________________________________________
was full of art materials. She waited until her
4 supervisor came in. When he came, he smiled and told her that he made an 20
[1 mark]
announcement to every studio in the department asking the students if there
b) From paragraph 5, why did the Korean lecturer contact Sakinah?
were used art materials that they no longer needed and wanted to donate to a
needy Malaysian student, ________________________________________________________
they could put their donations on her desk.Her
supervisor himself donated a few of his canvases to her. Grateful for the help,
[1 mark]
she stated that now12 she From
had toparagraph
worry about6,her living expenses such as food 25
consumption. She only ate rice once a day for the next few weeks. Egg and rice
was all she had. . a) which word conveys the meaning of holiday?
The next thing Sakinah ________________________________________________________
had in mind was to find a way to make extra
pocket money.One day she had an idea. She could teach English! She made a
[1 mark]
5 few advertisements on the b )university
state two billboards
ways that offering
Sakinah private
didEnglish
to earntutoring
extra money.
lecturer contacted her and she wanted to learn 30
i. ________________________________________________________
class. 2 weeks later a Korean
English from her. She met her and they agreed to do a 4-hour class every
[1 mark]
week. From her first student, she led on to another.Just a month later, she
ii ________________________________________________________
recommended Sakinah to her friend, an elderly 55-year-old businesswoman.
She became Sakinahs second [1 mark]
student. To her, that was more than enough.
She saved the tuition money for food, study materials and transportation. 35from Sakinahs
13 In your own words, state two lessons that you learned
As she continued on living the thrifty life, it was soon coming to an end
.
of the semester, which experience.
required Sakinah to pay her dormitory fees for the
semester break. Luckily fori. her________________________________________________________
entrepreneur thinking, she decided to open up a
6
henna drawing booth at the[1universitys
mark] annual students festival day. The
Korean loved henna so much. She drew on peoples hands non stop for three
ii. ________________________________________________________
days straight until her right arm shivered every night from exhaustion. With 40
that earning she could pay her [1 dormitory
mark] fee for the summer break.She then
continued to promote and sell Korean cosmetics online. Later, she started to
open a small business of Jeju tour specially for Muslims.
After sharing a small part of her struggles, we could really see where
Sakinah got her toughness and independence spirit. She later concluded, I 45
believe that if you want to do something with a good intention, God will ease
7 your way. Although things seem to be vague in the beginning you dont know
what the outcome will be, you dont know whether you will be able to survive or
not, but trust me along the way you will find ways to go through as long as you
stay positive and keep a good intention in your heart.
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 Section D : Novel
[15 marks]
[Suggested Time : 20 minutes]

15 The following are the novels studied in the literature component in English Language

Dear Mr Kilmer - Anne Schraff

Captain Nobody - Dean Pitchford
Sing to the Dawn - Minfong Ho

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

With close reference to the text choose a character from the novel you have read whom you admire because of
his positive qualities.
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