SULITSEKOLAH MENENGAH PULAU KETAM

MID YEAR EXAMINATION 2012

FORM 2

ENGLISH LANGUAGE 12/2Paper 2MAY1 hour 30 minutes One hour and thirty minutes

DO NOT OPEN QUESTION PAPER UNTIL GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper contains three (3) sections with a total of five (5) questions

2. You are required to answer all the questions

3. You are advised to allocate your time as follows

SECTION A: 40 minutes

SECTION B: 20 minutes

SECTION C: 30 minutes

Mark Allocation

Section Item Marks

A Guided Writing (25 marks)

BPoem (5 marks)

Short Story (10 marks)

C Summary Writing (10 marks)

This paper containts four (4) printed pages

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SECTION A : GUIDED WRITING

(25 marks)

You are advised to spend about 40 minutes for this question.

Last Saturday, you and your friends went on an outing to the Hot Springs. The route map below shows your journey to the Hot Springs. Describe what you saw and did there.

When writing your description, you should:

use all the notes given

describe what you saw along the way

describe the route you took

elaborate on the given notes to make it more interesting

make sure it is not less than 120 words

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friend-join-walk

durian- rambutans-juicy

rubber tappers-collect-scraps

oil palm trees-lorries-collect lunch-delicious-enjoy-crowd

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SECTION B : LITERATURE(15 marks)

You are advised to spend about 20 minutes on this question.

Questions 1 and 2 are based on the poem “Heir Conditioning” below. (5 marks)

Heir Conditioning

Grand dad did you breathebefore air cons were invented?was it hard stayingalive without modern inventions?Grandma weren't you flusteredas you fluttered with paper fans?could you communicate beforefaxes and long distance callsbecame basic necessities?

Grandchild we livedbefore your age. Becauseof our ignorance,we did not knowpollution, stress, traffic jamsdestruction of forests, streams and hillswe feared God and naturenow nature fears you andmoney is your new God.

1. Who are the characters (persona) in this poem?

2. What does the phrase “basic necessities” in the poem mean?

Question 3: Short Story (10 marks)

Based on the short story One is One and All Alone, write about the theme on the importance of

friendship.

Give reasons from the text to support your answer.

Your response should be:

not less than 50 words

in continuous writing (not note form)

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SULITSECTION C : SUMMARY

(10 marks)

You are advised to spend about 30 minutes on this question.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows.

Write a summary on why the best time to exercise is early in the morning.

Your summary must:

not be more than 60 words, including the 10 words given below.

be in continuous writing (not note form).

be written in one paragraph.

Use your own words as far as possible without changing its original meaning.

Begin your summary as follows:

The best time to exercise is early in the morning………….

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People say that the best time to exercise is in the morning although it is possible to exercise in

the afternoon, evening or even at night. There are many good reasons for exercising in the morning.

Firstly, there are fewer distractions in the morning. If one were to wait till the end of the day, there will

be every excuse to give for not exercising. Besides, early morning exercise can wake up a person and

energize him or her for the day.

Not everyone can get out of bed early in the morning to exercise; doing so is a big effort.

However, it is good to get up, maybe a bit earlier to get it done with so that it does not bother you for

the rest of the day. This is because as time passes, it is harder to find a slot for exercise. Also, the early

morning temperature is cooler and the air is fresher because it is less polluted.

However, one has to be careful because in the early morning, the muscles are stiff and cold so it

is easier to get injured. Therefore, a bit of warming up is required before doing the exercise in order to

prevent this.