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1.Batang Lupar
2.a) unpredictable/cunning/dangerous
b) (i) The Iban trackers/volunteers/hunters. (ii) being unarmed and unprepared
(accept one or both)
3.a) grab its head and poke its eyes
b) mortal luck
4.a) big/huge/ungainly.
b) the croc was behind him/very close to him
5.Man had forced the crocodile to lose its natural prey/habitat/Many other
crocodiles had been killed by man in ignorance (accept any logical answer)
6.As I walked along the banks where the women had spotted the crocodile, I was
unprepared and unarmed for the danger that awaited me. The lurking crocodile
attacked me and held me in its menacing jaws. I had to grab its head and poke its
eyes to escape its grip. as I struggled to get away up the river bank, it caught my
foot and dragged me down again. This time the thought of a painful death gave
me renewed strength to fight back. I managed to kick my shoe loose and cried
out loud as I made a painful dash to survival. This alerted an aide named Kalong
who rushed to my aid. He managed to kill the beast as it pursued me on
land. (126 words)
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1.(a) He suddenly saw the oncoming train and stood between the train and the
herd to save his herd from being run down by the train.
(b) They erected a monument by the side of the now abandoned track as a
remembrance to the elephant and his family.
2.(a) The massive ivory trade caused the significant decline in elephant population
last century.
(b) It is used as a hand to pick up objects / a horn to trumpet warnings / an arm
raised in greeting / a hose for drinking water and bathing. ( Choose any one )
3.One tusk is used more and becomes smaller through wear and tear.
4.(a) Male elephants prefer to live in isolation.
(b) As elephants roam in herds and consume huge amounts of plant matter every
day, they require vast amounts of food, water and space.
5.(a)
Trait : They have a keen sense of smell.
Result : They sneak out into plantations at night to get the delicious roots of
young palm trees and raid the nurseries, uprooting every tree in sight.
OR
Trait : They are easily frightened by changes, such as development.
 Result : When frightened, they bulldoze acres of freshly planted crops, causing
severe losses to plantation owners. ( Choose any one )
(b) These elephants are endangered species.
6.Elephants have drastically declined in numbers due to ivory trafficking,
poaching, development and habitat devastation. They have huge bodies, large
ears and trunks used as hands, horns, raised arms or hoses. African elephants are
bigger with tusks but lesser toes than their Asian counterparts. The females and
calves move in herds but the bulls favor living alone. Calves are born after 22
months and looked after by the other females. Elephants need great quantities of
food, water and land to survive. But threatened by deforestation and
development of land by humans, they cannot roam freely. Led by the smell of
young palm roots, they destroy nurseries. Development also causes many
frightened elephants to raze newly planted crops, so they have to be trailed,
caught and relocated to sanctuaries for safety.

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1.The damage was unbelievable./The wreckage was devastating.
2.a) George Burns
b) (i) It was badly damaged. (ii) He thought that George was killed or seriously
injured.
3.a) It could be severed/cut.
b) unfortunate
4.a) They were running out of time/ They had to save George quickly./ George
could freeze to death because of the cold weather.
b) To raise his body temperature/To prevent hypothermia/To keep him warm
5.Brave/strong-willed/Tough/Resilient/Courageous
6.After escaping the crash, Anthony raced to the wreckage and found the crushed
cab. He found George trapped in the cab of the crane, badly injured and steel
fragments pressing on his neck. Still, Gorge remained strong and indomitable.
Firemen quickly cut away at the cab and punched a hole using oxyacetylene
torches and power saws. However, they couldn't pull him out as his legs were
trapped. A his family gave him moral support, rescuers fed him warm saline
through a drip to stabilise his body temperature due to freezing temperatures.
After two hours, firefighters pulled George Burns out. Doctors treated him for
severe hypothermia and had to amputate his left foot. However, George returned
to work a a crane driver, with a prosthesis, one year later. (127 words)