Tuesday 26 August 2014
Section K:
Comprehension Open-Ended - 2013 P6 English Exam Paper
Read the passage
below and answer questions 71 to 80.
ALL
ANSWERS MUST BE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.
71. Which two-word phrase in Paragraph 1 tell
us that the campaign to raise money was progressing well?
The phrase
is "gathered momentum".
"Gathered momentum"
means speeded up, accelerated.
72. State two things about the
envelope, besides the sender’s name, that suggest he was a rich man.
The words on
the back flap was embossed in gold letters and the sender's address was the
grazing ground of the country's affluent.
Gold letters on envelop and
address in District 10, around River Valley Road, in those days were signs of
wealthy background.
73. What was the sender’s excuse for not
donating a cent?
He had just
invested in a two million dollar house and he needed to pay for his mortgage.
74. Explain clearly how the rich school
graduate failed to live up to expectations.
It was
expected that he, being rich would donate a huge sum. Instead he did not give a
single cent.
75. In what way did the writer and Kevin try
to be sensitive to Joe?
They decided
to return the money to Joe discreetly.
76. What does “it” in line 31 refer to?
It refers to
not donating in the fund.
77. What evidence is there that Joe was not
angry?
His eyes
twinkled and gave a lighted hearted reply.
“Twinkle in his eyes” in line
35 means a sparkle or gleam in a person's eyes, suggesting that Joe was light hearted.
78. What did Kevin almost do which shows he
was touched by Joe’s reply?
Kevin almost
cried when he heard Joe's reply.
“Eyes glistened” in line 38
indicated that his eyes were in tears.
79. Was the donation drive successful?
Support your answer with evidence from the passage.
Yes, the
donation drive was successful. With all the donation the school was built at
last.
80. Why was Joe’s reply a “spring of hope in
the fund-raising campaign”?
It gave them hope that others would be as sacrificial as Joe
so that they would accomplished their goal and collect enough funds for the
campus.
Section J: Transformation
/ Synthesis - 2013 P6 English Exam paper
For each of the questions 66 to 70, rewrite
the given sentence(s) using the word(s) provided. Your answer must be in one
sentence. The meaning of your sentence must be the same as the meaning of the
given sentence(s). (5x2 marks)
66. Both
Juliana and Sarah are not going to the concert.
Neither
_______________________________________________________________
Neither Juliana or Sarah is
going to the concert.
‘Neither’ is used in a sentence in the
negative sense when you want to say that two or more things are not true.
67. Aziz
did not want to go to the party. His friends tried very hard to persuade him.
No matter _____________________________________________________________
No matter how hard his
friends tried to persuade him, Aziz did not want to go to the party.
‘No matter’ means ‘it doesn’t
matter’. It is used with who, whose, which, what, when, where and how.
68. Mr
Roshan was teaching the pupils when the accident happened.
The pupils
_____________________________________________________________
The pupils
were being taught by Mr Roshan when the accident happened.
“When” can mean ‘at the same
time as something else’.
69. We
could not believe that the concert was cancelled.
Much _________________________________________________________________
Much to our
disbelief, the concert was cancelled.
‘Could not belief’ is changed
to ‘disbelief’, a noun.
70. “Did
you find the solution to this problem?” I asked Joshua.
I asked
_______________________________________________________________
I asked
Joshua whether he had found the solution to that problem.
In reported speech, the present
tense or past tense of the speech has to be changed to past tense or past
perfect respectively.
Section H: Editing
for Spelling and Grammar 2013 P6 English Exam Paper
(10x1 mark)
Answers
41) professor 42) go
("watch
him go" or "watch him going somewhere", somewhere is not in
passage)
43) tremendous 44) in ('pulled in' to arrive at a
destination) 45) passed (past tense)
46)
before 47) mascot (a thing
that is supposed to bring good luck, especially one linked to an
event.)
48) died (verb) 49)
especially 50) bronze
Section G: Structural
Cloze - 2013 P6 English Exam Paper
(10x1 mark)
31. M – also (in
addition to the hat)
32. J
- into (movement with the result that something
becomes enclosed by something else.)
33. D
- around (so as to face in the opposite
direction.)
34. C – by (so as to go past.)
35. G – soon (in
or after a short time.)
36. A – how (used
to ask about the condition.)
37. N – then (at
that time)
38. L – just (simply;
only; no more than.)
39. H – that (to
such a degree; so.)
40. K – should (used
to indicate obligation, duty, or correctness.)
Section F:
Comprehension MCQ 2013 P6 English Exam Paper
Read the passage below and answer
questions 26 to 30.
For each question
from 26 to 30, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make
your choice (1,2,3 or 4). (5 marks)
26. According
to paragraph 1, why do the ants crawl in a line?
They are __________.
(1) tiny
insects
(2) attracted to the food ü Refer to
line 1
(3) looking
for their nest
(4) of
the same size and species
27. Why
was the word ‘surprisingly’ used in line 8 to describe the ants?
(1) They
can move as fast as racehorses.
(2) They
cannot swallow or chew their food.
(3) They
can carry 20 times their body weight. ü
Refer to line 8
(4) Their
combined weight outweighs that of humans.
28. Ants
have two stomachs, one for __________ and the other for __________.
(1) food
juices ………. Solid food
(2) their
food now ………. another time
(3) their
own food ………. ants in the colony ü Refer to
line 12, 13
(4) food
they can chew ………. food they cannot
29. What
does ‘this’ in line 23 refer to? It refers to the __________.
(1) lifespan
of an ant
(2) ability
to end their lives
(3) average
life expectancy of an ant
(4) knowledge of when their lives will end ü
Line 23: they tend to take greater risk because
they know their lives will end
30. According to the text, the young ants are
made to do work around the nest because __________.
(1) they
are still very inexperienced
(2) they
are not good at looking for food
(3) it is safer for them to be near the nest ü
Line 25: it does not pay to put young worker ants in high-risk jobs.
(4) there
are many household tasks for them to do
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