The document is a reading comprehension exam paper that tests students' understanding of passages about various topics such as endangered wild cats, the disadvantages of smoking, and organization charts. It consists of multiple choice and short answer questions to assess comprehension, analysis, and evaluation skills.

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PROGRAM PENINGKATAN AKADEMIK SPM 2013
ANJURAN
MAJLIS PENGETUA SEKOLAH MALAYSIA (KEDAH)
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MODUL 2
BAHASA INGGERIS SPM
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Section A : Directed Writing
[35 marks]
[Time suggested : 45 minutes]
As the Head Prefect of your school, you have been asked by your discipline teacher to
give a talk to all students to create awareness on the disadvantages of smoking.
Use the notes below to write your talk.
When writing the talk, you must remember to:
 greet your audience
 mention the purpose of the talk
 include all the points given
 end your talk appropriately
Note:
For your talk, you will receive up to 15 marks for the format and content points, and up
to 20 marks for the quality of your writing.
The Disadvantages of Smoking
 Nicotine: main content of cigarette
- raises both the heart rate and blood
pressure
 Causes diseases
- cancer, respiratory problems, heart
ailments
 Waste of money
– expensive
 Affect passive smokers
- risks the health of the non-smokers
 Effect on a person's appearance
- stained teeth, darkened gums, yellowish
fingernails
 Causes fire
- gives a higher risk of starting a fire
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Section B : Continuous Writing
[50 marks]
[Time suggested : One hour]
Write a composition of about 350 words on one of the following topics:
1. Describe a person who has upset you in some ways.
2. "English Language has been made a compulsory subject to pass." Do you agree?
3. School rules.
4. Write a story ending with “...I would never disappoint her again.”
5. Project
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Section A
[15 marks]
1. In the letter above, the writer is suggesting that we
A. read up more about the antioxidant myth.
B. take antioxidants for a general good health.
C. study the risks involved in taking antioxidants.
D. depend on natural sources to supplement our nutrient intake.
L: Comprehension
2. Based on the extract, it refers to the
A. reason.
B. patient.
C. H7N9 flu.
D. common flu.
L: Comprehension
Dear Editor,
I read your article “The Antioxidant Myth” with deep interest. Why
is it that so many people are taking so many types of health
supplements to enhance their health? Since the efficacy of these
supplements is being debated, I think we should switch to fruits,
vegetables and other natural sources of food for our general health.
What is more, there could be risks in taking those supplements.
Concerned Consumer
For reasons that aren’t entirely clear, the current H7N9 flu,
unlike common flu, strikes deep within patients' lungs, making
it harder to spread to someone else and unusually lethal.
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Number of Visitors to the Happy Retirement Home
January to June 2013
3. Based on the number of visitors in February, we can conclude that the number of
visitors in June had increased by
A. two times.
B. three times.
C. seven times.
D. eight times.
L: Analysis
4. The notice above aims to convey a message on the importance of
A. preserving nature.
B. drinking purified water.
C. saving on water utility bills.
D. providing enough clean water.
L: Synthesis
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May June
Number of Visitors 15 30 60 75 85 90
Conserve
Water
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SMK TAMAN KERANJI DRAMA CLUB COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Organisation Chart
5. Based on the chart above, which of the following statements is correct about Nicole
Lee?
A. She chairs all the meetings.
B. She answers to James De Souza.
C. She receives instructions from Jonathan Raj.
D. She gives instructions to the Vice President.
L: Analysis
JONATHAN RAJ
(President)
SURAYA SAZALI
(Vice President)
NICOLE LEE
(Secretary)
MUHAMMAD HAFIZ
(Assistant)
JAMES DE SOUZA
(Treasurer)
SASI MUNUSAMY
(Assistant)
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6. From the poster, we know that consumers
A. will get a plastic bag on every visit.
B. must bring their own bags every day.
C. are encouraged to use more plastic bags.
D. need to minimise the use of plastic bags.
L: Synthesis
7. The expression to throw in the towel means to
A. give up.
B. wash out.
C. wipe out.
D. cool down.
L: Analysis
Yes, I am a bit. I’ve tried hard to
convince my wife to change her
mind about buying a new car. I
guess I’ll just have to throw in
the towel.
What’s wrong Robert?
You look rather upset.
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8. Based on the extract, air pollution would
A. have caused civilization.
B. have started from the primitive era.
C. be caused by chemical substances.
D. be due to dumping of toxic waste.
L: Comprehension
Air pollution has always accompanied civilizations. Pollution
started from the prehistoric times when man created the first
fires. According to a 1983 article in the Journal of Science,
"soot found on ceilings of prehistoric caves provides ample
evidence of the high levels of pollution that was associated with
inadequate ventilation of open fires".
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Questions 9-15 are based on the following passage.
When a person first starts taking drugs, his memory, concentration and logical
thinking are all affected. He finds it difficult to ___9___ even the simplest of tasks. The
main ingredient in the drug is a chemical which ___10___ behaviour. This chemical
___11___ absorbed in the blood stream and carried to the brain. It then produces that
“stoned” feeling – the personality and mood change.
A person laughs and talks more even when he takes small doses of drugs. He gets
___12___ artificial sense of happiness and well-being. For a first timer, he wants to
experience more ___13___ this induced happiness. So he starts to take more and before he
realises, he becomes addicted to the drug.
In large doses, drugs can ___14___ one’s sense of time, sound, touch, distance or
other sensations. A person “high” on drugs cannot balance himself while walking. He
adversely loses his concentration and feels very confused as the drug plays tricks on his
mind. Under ___15___ influences, he may harm himself or others.
Drugs ruin a person’s life and that of his family. It does not solve problems.
9 A. perform
B. performs
C. performed
D. performing
13 A. on
B. in
C. of
D. out
10 A. affect
B. affects
C. affected
D. affecting
14 A. turn
B. tune
C. connect
D. change
11 A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
15 A. this
B. that
C. these
D. those
12 A. a
B. an
C. the
D. -
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Section B
[10 marks]
Questions 16 – 25
Read the following book review and complete the table that follows.
HEREAFTER
By Tara Hudson
Age group: 12 – 14 years old
Can there truly be love after death?
Drifting in the dark waters of a mysterious river, the
only thing Amelia knows for sure is that she’s dead.
With no memory of her past life – or her actual death
- she’s trapped alone in a nightmare. All of these
change when she tries to rescue a boy, Joshua, from
drowning in her river. As a ghost, she can do nothing
but hope he will live. Yet in an unforgettable moment
of connection, she helps him to survive.
Amelia and Joshua grow closer as they begin to
uncover the strange circumstances of her death and
the secrets of the dark river that held her prisoner for so long. But even while they
struggle to keep their bond hidden from the living world, a frightening spirit is doing
everything in his power to destroy their new-found happiness and drag Amelia back
into the ghost world…forever.
Thrilling and full of suspense, with moments of pure pleasure, ‘Hereafter’ is a sensation
you won’t want to miss.
(Adapted from Just English Explorer,Vol.6 Issue 6, November 2011)
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Questions 16-25
Using the information from the book review, write short answers in the spaces provided.
Title : 16______________________________________________
Author: 17_______________________________________________
Targeted Age Group: 18___________________________________________________
Main Characters: 19______________________________________________
20______________________________________________
Storyline:
21 The female character is wandering in _______________________________.
22 The only thing that she knows is ___________________________________.
23 She tries to rescue the male character from ___________________________.
24 Both characters are working together to _______________________
______________________________of her death.
Reviewer’s opinion of the book:
25 The story is ____________________________________________________
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Section C
[25 marks]
Questions 26 – 31 are based on the following passage.
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A huge red sun rises in the morning mists of Cambodia’s Cardamom
Mountains. Jim Sanderson sets out to catch a clouded leopard, a mysterious cat
that roams the ground and lower jungle canopy. Few people have ever seen this
beautiful cat. Sanderson’s mission is twofold: to capture the creature on film and
keep it alive.
Armed with cameras, radios, syringes and a sample case of designer
fragrances (cats seem to love them – the ocelot is obsessed by Obsession for
Men), Sanderson has documented eight rare and endangered species of small
cats since 1997. Six months or more every year, he’s deep in the wilds, braving
raging rivers, poisonous snakes, leeches, malaria and dengue fever. His favourite
destination would be Kenya, Bolivia or any other exotic locale.
Why is he risking his health, spending time away from friends and family,
and even some of his own money, to search out these cats – exotic animals that
are too dangerous to be pets and too undersized to compete with the better
known majestic big cats? Sanderson is a true cat lover, and after each stay in the
field, he returns to Washington with blood samples for genetic testing. He gives
the blood samples to Stephen O’Brien at the National Institutes of Health to
determine DNA characteristics that may help us better understand disease
resistance in pet cats – perhaps in human as well.
Sanderson estimates only $75,000 a year is spent worldwide on small
wild cat research. Lions, tigers and other large cats get the limelight, and the
corporate funding. Sanderson who always believes in teamwork, managed to
film another of the rarest species, the Andean mountain cat – seen only three
times by humans.
The 55-year-old Sanderson found his calling late in life. Originally he
earned a PhD in Mathematics. After a decade of working on numerical analysis,
he took a 1985 vacation to Rwanda to see the mountain gorillas. That trip
inspired him to make a difference in the natural world. So he began a
concentrated study of landscape ecology. Then fascinated by territorial charts
filled with question marks about wild species, he set out his committed team to
photo-trap picturesque pampas cats, shy oncillas, camouflaged margays, wily
African wildcats, skittish sand cats, and a half-dozen other tiny cat species
unknown even to most naturalists around the world.
Now as a staff at Conservation International’s Centre for Applied
Biodiversity Science in Washington, Sanderson also surveys catlike populations
in the field and tracks their movement with radio collars. In 1998 he was first to
radio-track the Chilean guigna, the smallest cat in the Western Hemisphere.
Farmers routinely killed the cats for poaching chickens, and believed them to be
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vampires. Sanderson dispelled the vampire myth and devised a simple solution
to save the cats: chicken wire! He gave it to poor farmers so they could build
fences around their coops.
It takes more than field study to assure that these cats will survive,
however. Sanderson is setting up programmes with local students to continue
photo-trapping in their countries. So far, he has started such projects in
Cambodia, Guyana, Suriname and Brazil. “Good scientific information will
make conservation planning possible,” he explains.
Just what keeps him going, spending long stretches of time away from his
wife, an understanding biologist who studies predatory birds in Connecticut? Jim
Sanderson says his motivation is simple: I will not permit the extinction of any
species of cats on my watch. Small cats need help.”
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(Adapted from Cool Cats, Readers Digest, May 2005)
26. From paragraph 1,
a) what animal is Sanderson interested in?
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L: Comprehension
b) give reasons for his trip to Cardamom Mountains.
i)………………………………………………………………………………….
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[2 marks]
L: Comprehension
27. From paragraph 2, what is his yearly activity?
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L: Comprehension
28. a) From paragraph 3, what are the blood samples for?
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L: Comprehension
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b) From paragraph 4, where does most of the corporate funding go to?
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L:Comprehension
29. a) From paragraph 5, which word means “disguised”?
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L: Application
b) From paragraph 6, give a reason for the killing of the cats.
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L: Comprehension
30. What kind of man is Jim Sanderson?
Give one quality and provide a reason to support your answer.
Quality: .......…………………………………………………………………………
Reason: .......................................................................................................................
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L: Evaluation
31. Based on the passage given, write a summary of:
o Sanderson's efforts and
o his achievements to preserve the endangered wild cats.
Credit will be given for use of own words but care must be taken not to change the
original meaning.
Your summary must:
o be in continuous writing form (not in note form)
o use materials from line 6 to line 46
o not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below
Begin your summary as follows:
Armed with cameras, radios, syringes and designer fragrances, Sanderson has...
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Section D
[20 marks]
32 Read the three stanzas of the poem Are You Still Playing Your Flute? below and
answer the questions that follow.
Are you still playing your flute?
When there is hardly time for our love
I am feeling guilty
To be longing for your song
The melody concealed in the slim hollow of the bamboo
Uncovered by the breath of an artist
Composed by his fingers
Blown by the wind
To the depth of my heart
Are you still playing your flute?
In the village so quiet and deserted
Amidst the sick rice field
While here it has become a luxury
To spend time watching the rain
Gazing at the evening rays
Collecting dew drops
Or enjoying the fragrance of flowers.
Are you still playing your flute?
The more it disturbs my conscience
to be thinking of you
in the hazard of you
my younger brothers unemployed and desperate
my people disunited by politics
my friend slaughtered mercilessly
this world is too old and bleeding
Zurinah Hassan
(a) From stanza 1, which line shows a strong feeling of wanting to listen to the
melody?
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L: Comprehension
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(b) From stanza 2, where does here refer to?
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L: Comprehension
(c) From stanza 3, what do you think will happen if people are not united?
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L: Synthesis
(d) Would you like to live in the city or village? Give a reason for your answer.
Choice: ………………...........................................…………………….…..
Reason: ……………………………………………………….……………
[2 marks]
L: Evaluation
33 The following are the novels studied in the literature component in English Language.
Catch Us If You Can - Catherine MacPhail
The Curse - Lee Su Ann
Step by Wicked Step - Anne Fine
Choose any one of the novels above and answer the question below.
“Determination brings success.”
How is this shown in the novel you have read? Support your answer with close
reference to the text.
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ANSWER SHEET FOR SECTION A
1 A B C D 9 A B C D
2 A B C D 10 A B C D
3 A B C D 11 A B C D
4 A B C D 12 A B C D
5 A B C D 13 A B C D
6 A B C D 14 A B C D
7 A B C D 15 A B C D
8 A B C D Examiner’s
Code
Section Marks
A 15
B 10
C 25
D 20
Total 70
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