English

OCTOBER 2016
1 HOUR

MAKTAB RENDAH SAINS MARA MUAR

STANDARDIZED 2, SEMESTER 2
FORM 2
1 HOUR
DO NOT OPEN THE BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO
Instructions:
1. This booklet consists of 2 Sections.
2. Answer all questions in the question booklet.

SECTION

MARK

/10

/40

TOTAL

/50

Prepared by:

Checked by:

Approved by:

Ms. Hajar Binti Md Said

Ms. YM Raja Maizatul Wizana

Binti YM Raja Mansor

En Mohd Ferdawos Bin Razali

SECTION A

(10 marks)
(Time suggested: 15 minutes)
Answer all questions in this paper.
Question 1
The text below is about flood control.
Read the text below. There are grammatical errors in the text. The errors have been underlined
for you. Write one word to correct the error in the space provided. An example has been
given. The correct word must not change the meaning of the sentence.
Many of us know that floods are destructive to homes and properties.
Flood also cause the land to become infertile as the top soil is carry

e.g. carried

away by the water. Therefore, it is important to controlling floods.

1. __________________

Flood control has been practice since ancient times with methods

2. __________________

such as the building of dams, dykes and canals. Dams was built across

3. __________________

the source by a river to hold back the rain water. In this way, the dams

4. __________________

control the amount of water flowing under the river. Dykes are walls of

5. __________________

soil built along an side of a river to prevent flooding. The ancient

6. __________________

Chinese building dykes on the banks of the Yellow River in China to

7. __________________

prevent the river from overflowing their banks.

8. __________________

Rulers of Babylon and Egypt use canals to control floods in their

countries. The canals helping to drain the excess water into lakes.

9. __________________
10.__________________

(10 marks)

SECTION B
(40 marks)
(Time suggested: 45 minutes)
Question 2
You should spend 30 minutes on this question.
As the president of your schools Green Fingers Club, you are required to submit an article to the
school newsletter.

Ways To Keep the Environment Safe

Use public transport /

carpool

Recycling

Ban the use of

pesticides

Fewer vehicles on the

road

Reduces waste

Poisons farm or wild

animals

Less vehicle fumes

Saves money and energy costs less

to produce things using recyclable
items

When writing out your article:

You must provide a suitable title for your article

You must use all the notes given
Add any other relevant information to make the article interesting.
Write between 120 and 150 words.

Pollutes nearby rivers or

streams

(30 marks)
Question 3
You should spend 15 minutes on this question.
Based on the short story Cheat! By Allan Baillie, write about qualities you admire in a character
from the story. Support your answer with evidence from the short story.

Your response should be:

in not less than 50 words

in continuous writing (not in note form)

(10 marks)
3. Characters
Lynne Webbings

Textual evidence

Ambitious

Lynne had a big dream to win

the Holmes-Watkins medal in
the short story competition.

When the result announced,

she felt really disappointed.
Lynne was jealous and
vengeful when Geoff won the
competition. After she
discovered that William
Bradburies story was similar to
Geoffs story, she wanted to
take revenge by reporting to
Mr Velos so that she could win
back the medal.
Jealous and vengeful

Persevering

Lynne used weeks to complete

the miserable story. She spent
time to draft and rewrite the
story. Although in the end, she
won the second place in the
competition, I personally
consider that it is a good result
from her hard work.

Geoff Bolder

Textual evidence
Geoff tried to cheer Lynne by
telling her a joke. Geoff joked
about how Mr Velos picked the
winner by climbing up to his
lovely special mahagony desk and
dropped both papers, and the
papers that hit the floor first wins.

Humorous
Although Geoff has potential in
writing, he wants to be a barrister
because he says that there is
more money in law.
Realistic

Honest

Geoff confessed to Mr Velos that

he had read a book by the
American Humourist, William
Bradburie three years ago.

Many of us know that floods are destructive to homes and properties.

Flood also cause the land to become infertile as the top soil is carried
away by the water. Therefore, it is important to control floods.
Flood control has been practiced since ancient times with methods
such as the building of dams, dykes and canals. Dams are built across
the source of a river to hold back the rain water. In this way, the dams
control the amount of water flowing into the river. Dykes are walls of
soil built along the side of a river to prevent flooding. The ancient
Chinese built dykes on the banks of the Yellow River in China to
prevent the river from overflowing its banks.
Rulers of Babylon and Egypt used canals to control floods in their
countries. The canals help to drain the excess water into lakes.