JOSINA MACHEL SECONDARY SCHOOL _____/_______/2010

SEMESTER II SECOND ENGLISH TEST (ACS) GRADE 12

TIME: 45 60 MINUTES

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Over the last decade, malaria has killed more African than AIDS, and is one of the two top killers of African
children. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), between 1.4m and 2.8m Africans south of Sahara now
die of malaria each year. Yet, unlike AIDS, malaria is largely treatable. So why are more Africans dying from it?

The disease was wiped out, largely by the lavish use of the insecticide known as DDT, in many sub-tropical areas
-Greece, Italy and Americas southern States, for instance in the 1950s. It was thought, mistakenly, to have
been brought under control in the poorer countries by the drug chloroquine. The scale of its return is hard to
measure as it is probable that not all deaths caused by malaria are reported.

There are several reasons why malaria is on increase again. Some of these are linked with the behaviour of the
parasite that is spread by the mosquito and causes the disease. This parasite keeps on developing resistance to the
drugs designed to combat it. It began to build up resistance to chloroquine, used as a preventive, in the 1970s;
now in countries such as Kenya and Malawi, it has developed stubborn resistance. Chloroquine is thought by
WHO to work in only about two-thirds of cases, even when much higher doses are taken as a treatment.

Health workers now focus more on protecting people, less on destroying mosquitoes. One hope is that an effective
vaccine will be found. But malaria specialists say that Africa may have to wait for many years for one. In the
meantime many African health workers are going back to some old-fashioned methods. Some of the most
promising results in Africa come from recent experiments carried out in villages in the Gambia. Gambian families
hang cotton on nylon bed-nets at night, which have been dipped in an insecticide solution at the local clinic. The
solution repels mosquitoes for up to six months before the nets have to be redipped. The result is that the death
rate from malaria in children younger than five has dropped by half.

1. According to the writer, what information in paragraph one needs explanation

A. why is malaria killing more African than AIDS?
B. between 1.4 and 2.8 million Africans die of malaria each year
C. why are more African dying of malaria while it is treatable?
D. why is malaria one of the top two killers of African children?

2. Chloroquine failed to treat Malaria because

A. the insecticide known as DDT was largely used B. malaria is no longer treatable
C. chloroquine only works in two-third of the cases D. it developed resistance to the drug

3. AIDS receives more attention than Malaria because

A. both are treatable B. malaria is treatable but AIDS is not
C. none is treatable D. AIDS is treatable but malaria is not

4. Health workers now focus more on protecting people than on destroying mosquitoes because
A. there is effective insecticide to terminate mosquitoes B. there is no vaccine to eradicate them
C. chloroquine failed to eradicate mosquitoes D. DDT seems effective but it is dangerous

5. In what two ways can chloroquine be used to against malaria?

A. to combat and eradicate malaria B. to wipe it out and prevent it
C. to prevent and combat it D. to eradicate and prevent it

6. The main purpose of the text is to

A. tell us about the number of people who die of malaria B. tell us how malaria is developing resistance
C. tell us what malaria is, what it does and the steps D. tell us that a vaccine will one day be found
that have been taken to eradicate it
II. a) Complete the sentences below so that they can express the appropriate condition

7. If _______ had money, I ______________________________taxi.

8. Had I _____________(know) Jim had to wake up early I ________________him up.
9. Wed send her a message ____________________________________her address.
10. Nobody would ___________ (help) you if my daddy ___________________pass by.
11. The letter will be received tomorrow ______ you _________ them now.
12. The accident ________________ happened ______ the driver in front ___________(stop) suddenly.

II. b) Put the following sentences into the appropriate reported speech

13 "I will tell you when to move." _______________________________________________________________

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14. "Your answers were cunning." _______________________________________________________________
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15. " Antonio is a slave trader." _________________________________________________________________
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Good Luck teacher David