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Portal Pendidikan Utusan 2008 Hak Cipta TerpeliharaUtusan Melayu (M) Berhad, Kuala Lumpur 1

KERTAS PERCUBAAN PMRPortal Pendidikan Utusan

ENGLISH (SET 1)PAPER 2

TIME : 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES

Section A

Monday - class - field trip - fruit orchard Taiping - bus

Greeted - Encik Razak caretaker in charge orchard - tour explained -job

Started - showing - tree sapling - mango tree -kept - green house - a month -grow -affected insects - saplings safe - enclosed.

Another part - orchard 1 month old -planted - ground. rows - small tractor- ground - tree

Leaving Encik Razak -two large baskets -fruits ourselves -thanked him

patience - spend time


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When writing your composition:

* use all the notes given.* elaborate on the given notes to make it more interesting* make sure it is not less than 120 words.

Section BYou are advised to spend about 30 minutes on this question.Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

Exercising carries with it many benefits that will help us lead better

lives. Physical activity burns calories, so the more you just get up and move,the more calories you will burn. You even burn calories doing things likerunning the vacuum cleaner or going up and down steps.

Exercise increases your metabolic rate. Perhaps this is why activepeople can Eat anything and not gain weight. It also lowers the risk of manydiseases, including heart attacks.

Exercise is good for body and soul. Exercising improves mood anddue to the chemicals it releases in the brain called endorphins, it gives you anoverall feeling of well-being. This is the same chemical that being in love or

eating chocolate induces.

Exercise, particularly in the morning, may help you sleep better. Justbe sure not to exercise too close to your bedtime because it may keep youawake. If you need to exercise within a few hours of going to bed, make sureit's only a brisk walk. Experts say you should allow yourself about three hoursbetween exercise and going to bed.

Write a summary on the benefits of exercising.

Your summary must* not be more than 60 words, including the 10 words given below.* be in continuous writing (not in note form)* be written in ONE paragraph.

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

Begin your summary as follows:

Regular exercising will help us stay healthy in more ways


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Section C

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

Novels1 Potato People - Angela Wright2 Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe3 The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux4 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson5 The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope Hawkins

Based on one of the novels above, write a comparison between two charactersof your choice. Write about the characters that you have chosen, comparing their

attributes.

Give evidence from the novel to support your answer.

Your response should be:

in not less than 50 words

in continuous writing (not note form)


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ANSWERS

Section A

On Monday, our class went on a field trip to a fruit orchard. As this orchard issituated in Taiping, therefore we had to go there by bus.

We were greeted by Encik Razak, the caretaker of the orchard. He is incharge of the entire orchard. He took us on a tour of the orchard and explained hisjob there.

He started the tour by showing us a tree sapling. The sapling of the mangotree is kept in a green house for a month, so that it can grow without being affectedby insects or wind. The saplings were safe there because it was enclosed.

He then took us to another part of the orchard where the month old trees arefinally planted into the ground. According to Encik Razak, a small tractor is used to

dig up the ground for each tree.Before leaving, Encik Razak brought us two large baskets of fruits to shareamong ourselves. We thanked him for his patience and willingness to spend timewith us.

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Section B

Regular exercising will help us stay healthy in more ways than we know.Physical activity burns calories and increases your metabolic rate. Besides that, it

helps our body and soul by releasing chemicals in the brain called endorphins, whichimproves mood. Regular exercising may also help us sleep better, and it definitelyreduces the risk of diseases.

57 words

Section C

The novel that I have chosen to write about is Dr. Jekyll ad Mr. Hyde.The two characters that I choose to compare are Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The

former isthe elderly gentleman at the center of the story who battles with his split personality.Known to his friends as a very good hearted and pleasant man, Dr. Jekyll actuallyhas a dark side which manifests in the person of Mr. Hyde.

Mr Hyde, as mentioned above, is the alter ego of Dr. Jekyll. Unlike the kind,well mannered doctor, this is a man who is full of brutality to the point of nbeingmurderous throughout the story. Created when Dr. Jekyll drinks a special chemicalsolution, Mr. Hyde is hated by everyone he meets, even at first glance. Although theycant name it, those around him sense something profoundly evil about him. Thenovel revolves around Dr. Jekylls valiant efforts to keep Mr. Hyde bottled up inside.

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