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Portal Pendidikan Utusan 2006 Hak Cipta TerpeliharaUtusan Melayu (M) Berhad, Kuala Lumpur

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SPM ENGLISH

PAPER 2

Time: Two hours and fifteen minutes

Section A[15 marks]

Questions 1- 8

For each of the questions in this section, read the question and then study the information given to find the answer. Then write down the answer A ,B, C or D in the answer sheet provided.

Questions 1-2Read the advertisement below and answer the following questions.

UK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

EDUFARE ROADSHOWS

UK colleges and universities are invitingall students and school leavers to cometogether with their parents to look throughthe opportunities for further studies. Therewill be talks, seminars, exhibitions as wellas one to one career and academiccounseling.

For further details contact:

Alpha Institute of Higher Education,

604-605 Jalan Brickfields,

Kuala Lumpur.

OR call 03-56721134 ( Ms Lucy )

Date Venue Time15/12/02 Penang City

Council Hall8.00 am 4.00 pm

16/12/02 Tun PepatihHall, Ipoh

8.00 am 4.00 pm

17/12/02 TuankuMahmudHall,Malacca

8.00 am 5.00 pm

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1. According to the advertisement, The Edufare Road shows offers

A. opportunities for further education at Alpha Institute of Higher Education.B. career guidance.

C. counseling for parents and students.D. chances for further studies at UK colleges and universities.

2. If you live in Perlis, where is the best place for you to go for the road show ?

A. Tun Pepatih Hall, IpohB. Penang City Council HallC. Tuanku Mahmud Hall, MalaccaD. Omega Institute of Higher Education,604-605 Jalan Brickfields, K.Lumpur

Questions 3-4Study the graph below and answer the following questions.

Bar Graph : How Students in SMK Taman Kiambang Indah Come to Schoolevery day

450400

250 250

6540

A : BusB : CarC : Van

D : BicycleE : MotorcycleF : Walking

A B C D E F

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3. From the bar graph above, we know that most students from SMK TamanKiambang Indah come to school by

A. bus.B. bicycle.

C. car.D. motorcycle.

4. All the statements are true about the graph except

A. the least number of students walk to school every day.B. more students come to school by bus compared to other means of

transport.C. there are equal number of students who come to school by car and

motorcycle.

D. The bicycle is the most preferred form of transport.

Question 5Study the advertisement below and answer the questions that follow.

Are you a dedicated person?Are you an energetic person?Do you have self-confidence?

If all the answers are YES why dont you join us as facilitators at:

Langkawi Summercamp

5. What is the post offered in the advertisement?

A. Personnel managerB. TrainerC. FacilitatorD. Teacher

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Questions 6 and 7Look at the brochure and answer the questions that follow.

Question 8Study the chart below and anser the question that follows.

Saturday November 14 2006Morning Bright but coolAfternoon Sunny and hotEvening CloudyNight Rainy

8. What would be the best time for someone to go for a brisk walk?A. MorningB. AfternoonC. EveningD. Night

6 This celebration will take place inA ThailandB MalaysiaC CambodiaD Myanmar

7 The word ` manned meansA made byB painted by

C maintained byD operated by

Royal Barge ProcessionA grand and stately spectacle awaits on Bangkok's ChaoPhraya River on June 12. That's when the Royal Barge

Procession will be gracefully gliding in formation along the riverto the rhythmic beat of drummers, manned by more than 2,000

brilliantly clad oarsmen in ancient costumes .

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Questions 9 15

Read the following passage and choose the best answer. Then circle A, B, C or

D on the question paper.

The coconut is the fruit of the coconut palm. It is the ..9.. seed known in

the botanical kingdom. The variety that yields pandan-flavoured coconut water

..10 .. become a popular thirst quencher.

In Malaysia, coconut is a popular plant in the gardens of many houses. Fresh

coconut water, with its vitamin C, dietary fibres, potassium .. 11 .. sodium is

considered best for its cooling properties.

The water is .. 12 .. to children to ease high fever and to replenish water

loss due to diarrhoea.

The sugars and vitamin B that .. 13 .. energy make coconut water a stress

buster. Young coconut water .. 14 .. also taken as a remedy for flatulence,

vomiting and to improve digestion and absorbtion.

Besides taking it as a refeshing drink, coconut water has been used directly

on .. 15 .. face for skin dydration.

The Star, March 1, 2006

9. A. largeB. largest C. largerD. -

10. A. havingB. have

C. hasD. had

11. A. andB. butC. orD. besides

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12. A. gives

B. giveC. givingD. given

13. A. provideB. providesC. provided

14. A. areB. amC. is

15. A. the

B. aC. an

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Section B[10 marks]

Questions 16-25

Read the advertisements below and answer the questions that follow.

Read the advertisements, then answer the questions that follow.

Chinese Brush PaintingFor adults/childrenMr Wang, world-renowncalligrapher from China will give ademonstration.Classes will be held atBambooScript, 44-1, Jalan PJS10/5B, P. J.For further enquiries, call Anne at03- 7791 6012.

DANCE CLASSESWe specialise in Salsa, Mambo.Also Ballet and ballroom dancing.Beginners Adult: RM500 per monthBeginners Children: RM800 per month

Classes held weekdays 8pm 10 pmand weekends 9am 11am.

Visit us at The Steps in Damansara

Call Edwina at 019-880 2267

Bakers Delight

Learn to bake and ice your cakes like a

professional.

Teacher: Martha Ling, author of 3 best sellers of

Floral FairAmateurs welcome

Japanese and Europeantechniques

Course duration: 9 months.Internationally recognised

certificate.Call Tan at 03-680 27645 for

details.

A Cut Above

Like to dress up? Cant afford all those designer clothes?Dont worry we can help you.Simple steps to sewing your own clothes.

Visit us at The Mall, Level 2 or e-mail us at [email protected]

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Questions 16- 25For each of the descriptions below, select the most suitable place from theadvertisements.

No Description Place16. I have absolutely no knowledge about flowerarrangement but I want to learn. Where should Igo?

..

17. Old Mr Wee wants to continue learning brushpainting. What is the name of the company thatcan help him?

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18. Sally wants to wear beautiful clothes so shewants to learn how to sew. Where would shego?

..

19. Mr Xaviers daughter wants to learn ballet.

Where should he take her?

..

20. Shida wants to start a cake shop. Where shouldshe go to get a certificate in cake baking?

..

Questions 21-25Based on the descriptions, answer the following questions.

21. I want to take a course and then go overseas to start a business. Whichcourse should I take?

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22 . You are unable to go to A Cut Above but you need to contact them. What canyou do?.

23. I am only free on weekends. What course can I take to keep myself fit?..

24 . Who should I call if I want to find out more about cake baking?.

25. I only know how to travel around Petaling Jaya. What course would be mostsuitable for me?

.

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SECTION C(25 marks)

Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.

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It started in the middle of 1943, as the Germans were being pushed backfrom Russia. With raw materials scarce, Tull said, both the German and theSoviet armies were scrounging for metal. Hoarding was punishable by afiring squad.

Already a few churches in Hiiumaa had been relieved of their clocks, hesaid, and the small village of Emmaste was worried that theirs might be next.The pride of the village, it weighed about 180 kilos, solid bronze, and hadbeen in the tower since 1925.

I was puzzled by Tulls words -I couldnt imagine a bronze clock so large

but I didnt want to interrupt his story.Tull explained that, one night in June 1943, six village men secretly

buried the clock in the forest near Emmaste. Their plan was to return it to thetower after the war.

But it didnt turn out that way. After the war one of the young men wassent to Siberia and died. The other five, among them Einar Tark, escaped toSweden ahead of the advancing Soviet army. One of them, Theodore Pruul,was captured and returned to Hiiumaa after the war. When the Soviet re-established control over the island, he kept quiet, fearing repercussions. The

buried bronze clock would have been hard to explain.Meanwhile, other locals searched without success. The villagers had

eventually decided that Tark, who was still alive in Sweden, had sold it. Thisis what had brought Jetter Tull to Hiiumaa. His mission: to find the clock andclear his friends name before he went to his grave.

Unfortunately, time had fogged Tarks memory. He couldnt rememberthe clock s exact location, and neither could Pruul.

When we arrived in Emmaste, Tull directed me to a spot near an oldfarm. Back and forth I went with the metal detector, the old man closebehind. At every beep of the detector, he jumped ahead and started to dig.But, alas, our search was in vain. At dusk I decided to give up.

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Maybe somebody else dug it up and sold it, I said. At any rate, its nothere.

We drove back to my flat, where he shook my hand, but I could see thathis mind was elsewhere. However, I was glad to be through with the whole

affair.One day in December I was sitting in the information center, watching

rain and sleet fall outside. There were no tourists, so I was a little surprisedto hear the outside door open and someone stamping their feet on the mat.

A head poked round the corner, and a hand pulled off a wool cap to revealthe unmistakable bushy eyebrows and white hair.

Ive got new information! Tull said. Hed visited Tark in Sweden, who toldhim we had been looking in the wrong place.

I glanced at the sleet outside, a sinking feeling coming over me.Couldyou come back? I asked.The weathers kind of bad, I dont think the clockis going anywhere.

Tull would have none of it. A mans honour is at stake! he said.

We rode in silence as the windshield wipers beat out a steady rhythm.Though it was only about one in the afternoon, the light was beginning tofade.

We stopped on a gravel road about one kilometre south of where wedsearched the previous spring. There was a grove of trees, an abandoned carwash and what looked to be a grain-drying facility. It seemed a prettyunlikely spot but Tull grabbed a shovel from the boot and let me to the carwash.

This is ridiculous, I thought as the light slowly faded and the wetnessseeped through my clothes.The old man watched me silently. I think he readmy thoughts .He pointed at a small cluster of trees barely four metres fromwhere the car wash had been built. Please, just try that one last place, hesaid.

I crawled out of the ditch and mumbled out loud to myself, If this is reallysome sort of church icon and if God wants us to find it, we will. It is in Hishand, not mine. Im going to go home and forget about the whole thing!.

Not 30 seconds later the metal detector gave a loud chirp. There wassomething really large buried between the small trees.

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Tull swept the leaves away and rammed the shovel into the ground .Theblade hit something solid before it was even 15 centimetres down. Hedropped to his knees, digging with his bare hands and throwing muddy dirtfrom between his legs like a crazed fox terrier. I watched in amazement ashe uncovered a ring nearly a metre across, certainly nothing that resembles

a clock.Ah, that aint it, I said, and started to turn away.

What are you talking about? Tull said. Weve found it ! Get back hereand help me! I did and as we dug down I saw a huge church bell.

Suddenly I recalled that the Estonian word for clock was the same as thatfor bell.The former usage was so common that I had completelymisunderstood the man from the start.

We need help, and we need to tell the old pastor of the church, Tullsaid. He was in Emmaste when the bell was buried 5 years ago.

When we slid to a halt on the muddy road near the car wash, PastorReinvalla was the first one out of the car. He held on to Tulls arm as theymade their way to where the bell lay half-uncovered. He fell to his knees intears.

A couple of old women rode by on their bicycles and stopped to seewhy Pastor Reinvalla was kneeling. They walked up, took one look at thebell and were off like a shot. Soon villagers from Emmaste began to arrive.

Four or five of us tried to pull the bell out. It wouldnt budge. Finally someonebrought a front-end loader.

The bell was lifted up and carried about half a kilometre, where it wasplaced on the floor of the church. The pastor held a short service to blessand welcome it back to his home.

Adapted from The Bell Of Emmaste Readers Digest December 2001.

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Questions 26 - 30Answer all questions. You are advised to answer them in the order set.

26. From paragraph 1, according to the writer,(a) Why was hoarding metal a punishable act?

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(b) Why did Pruul keep quiet about the buried bronze clock?..

(1 mark)

27. Give two reasons why Jetter Tull came to Hiiumma?(i) ..

(ii) ..(2 marks)

28. From the evidence in paragraph 21, what did Tull do when the metaldetector gave a loud chirp?

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29. Why didnt the writer think that they have found what they were looking for?

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30. The pastor held a short service after the bell was lifted and taken to thechurch.Why?....

(2 marks)

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Question 31

The passage talks about how the writer managed to find the bell of Emmaste and return it to the village.

Write a summary of how the writer managed to find the bell/clock and return it tothe village of Emmaste.

Your summary must

be in continuous writing (not in note form) not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below use materials from paragraph 8 to 28

Credit will be given for use of own wrds but care must be taken not to change the

original meaning.

Begin your summary as follows:

When we arrived in Emmaste, Tull directed me to a spot

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SECTION D[25 marks ]

Question 32

Read the lines of the poem si tenggangs homecoming and answer the

questions that follow.

the physical journey that i traverse

is a journey of the soul.

transport of the self from a fatherland

to a country collected by sight and mind.

the knowledge that sweats from it

is a strangers knowledge.from one who has learnt to see, think

and choose between

the changing realities

its true i have growled at my mother and grandmother

but only after having told of my predicament

that they have never brought to reason.the wife that I began to love in my loneliness,

in the country that alienated me

they took to their perdecisions.

i have not entirely returned, I know

having been changed by time and place,

coarsened by problems estranged by absence.

32 (a) What does the persona equate his physical journey with?

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(b) Which line reveals that the persona admits to being rude to his family?

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(c) State two changes that have taken place in the persona.

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Question 33

Read the extract from the short story The Necklace below and answer the questions that follow, based on the knowledge of the whole story.

``Do you remember that diamond necklace you lent me to wear at the

ministerial ball?

``Yes. Well?

``Well, I lost it.

``What do you mean? You brought it back.

``I brought you back another exactly like it. And it has taken us ten years

to pay for it. You can understand that it was not easy for us, for us who had

nothing. At last it is ended and I am very glad.

Madame Forestier had stopped.

``You say that bought a necklace of diamonds to replace mine?

``Yes. You never noticed it, then! They were very similar.

And she smiled with a joy that was at once proud and ingenuous.Modame Forestier, deeply moved, took her hands.

``Oh, my poor Mathilde! Why, my necklace was paste! It was worth at

most only five hundred francs!

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33. (a) Why did Mathilde decide to talk to Madame Forestier?

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(b) How did Mathilde feel upon her confession?

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(c) Do you think Madame Forestier was a true friend? Why?

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Question 34

Answer only one question.

The following are the novels studied in the literature component in EnglishLanguage:

Jungle of Hope - Keris MasThe Pearl - John SteinbeckThe Return - K.S. Maniam

Choose any one of the novels above. Use the information from the novel to support your answer.

34. Which character are you most impressed with? Why? Use information from

to novel to support your answer.

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Answer

1. D 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. C6. A 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. C11. A 12. D 13. A 14. C 15. A

16. Floral Fair17. Bamboo Script18. A Cut Above19. The Steps20. Bakers Delight21. flower arrangement22. I can e-mail them.23. Dancing24. Suzanne25. Chinese brush painting

26. (a) Because metal was scarce.(b) Because it would have been very difficult to explain to the Soviet

why the clock was buried.27. (i) to find the clock

(ii) to clear his friends name before he dies.

28. (i) He swept the leaves away.(ii) He rammed the shovel into the ground.

29. (i) What had uncovered did not resemble a clock.(ii) He had expected to see a clock not a bell.

30. (i) to bless it.(ii) to welcome it back to its home.

Question 31When we arrived in Emmaste, Tull directed me to a spot near an old farm.

We went over the whole area with a metal detector but we found nothing.One day, Tull came to see me see with new information. I did not want to ventureout in the bad weather but Tull insisted. We finally stopped at a gravel road aboutone kilometre south of where wed searched the previous spring. I moved themetal defector around. Soon, the metal detector gave a loud chirp.Tull starteddigging and uncovered a huge church bell. The bell was lifted up and carriedabout half a kilometre, where it was placed on the floor of the church. The pastorheld a short service to bless and welcome it back to his home.

(130 words)

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Question 32

(a) A journey of the soul(b) its true I have growled at my mother and grandmother(c) (i) he has gained knowledge of different cultures

(ii) he cannot completely fit into his fatherland anymore.Question 3333. (a) She wanted to ease her conscience.

(b) (i) She felt relieved.

(ii) She felt a sense of pride

(c) No. A true friend would have told the truth that the necklace was a

fake and not worth much.

Question 34Based on the novel `The Peal by John Steinback, I find one particular characterwho I am impressed by. The character of Juana impresses me a lot. Juana is hetwife of Kino and the mother to Coyotito. She is a strong, Mexican Indian womanwho is a great source of strength to Kino.

Juanaj is a loving mother. She loves and cares for Coyotito well. She oftensings to Coyotito to calm him down or to put him to sleep. Juana is also a veryprotective mother. When Coyotito get strung by a scorpion, she immediately triesto suck out the poison from her babysy to save him.

Juana is a strong and level-headed woman. Juana shows her strength whenshe tries to get rid of the pearl which she decides is the root of all their problems.However, Kino hits her for grying to throw the pearl back into the sea.Eventhough Kino hits her, she feels no anger towards him.

Juana is also supportive of Kino. When Kino decides to leave the village tosell his pearl in the city for a high price, she takes Coyotito and follows him to thecity. Eventhough, she wants Kino to get rid of the peark, she follows him to sellthe pearl.

Juanas strength and resilience is put to the ultimate test when thet trackerskill her baby, Coyotito. She is unable to hold back her grief. She cries the cry ofdeath. Juana is a perfect wife, mother and protector. She is Kinos pillar ofstrength.

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