Section A

( 20 marks )

Choose the best word to complete the sentence.

Pilih perkataan yang terbaik untuk melengkapkan ayat berikut.

1. The road is slippery _______________ of the heavy rain.

A. because
B. so
C. but
D. and

2. The thief tip-toed _________________ across the kitchen.

A. noisily
B. expertly
C. quietly
D. happily

3. Najmee saw _________ crocodile in ____________ river behind his house.

A. an, the
B. an, an
C. a, the
D. the, an

4. These roses are quite rare, ____________ they?

A. Are
B. weren’t

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 C. were
D. aren’t
5. It is very hard to move around since there are ____________ people in the night
market.

A. a little
B. many
C. much
D. a few

Choose the most suitable proverb.

Plilih peribahasa yang paling sesuai.

6. I know you didn’t mean to break my phone, so there is

______________________ now.

A. no use in crying over spilt milk

B. action speaks louder than words
C. don’t judge a book by its cover
D. look before you leap

Question 7 to 9

Choose the best answer to fill in the blanks in the passage that follows.

Pilih jawapan yang terbaik untuk diisi pada tempat kosong dalam teks yang berikut.

A computer ___7____ a device that can be instructed to carry out arbitrary

sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically. The ability of computers to

follow generalized sets of operations, called programs, enables them to perform

________ extremely wide range of tasks. Such _____8_____ are used as control

systems for a very wide variety of industrial and consumer devices.

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 7. A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were

8. A. computer
B. computers
C. computering
D. computed

9. A. a
B. an
C. is
D. are

Question 10

Choose the word that has the opposite meaning as the underlined word.

Pilih perkataan yang berlawan maksud dengan perkataan yang bergaris.

10. Alisya looks stress because her favourite pencil case is missing.

A. worry
B. relax
C. nervous
D. anxious

Question 11

Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation.

Pilih ayat yang mempunyai tandabaca yang betul.

11. A. Yesterday. I eat pizza hamburger and sandwiches with, Sarah.

B. Yesterday, I eat pizza, hamburger, and sandwiches with Sarah.

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 C. Yesterday? I eat pizza, hamburger, and sandwiches with Sarah.
D. Yesterday, I eat pizza, hamburger and sandwiches with Sarah.

Questions 12 to 15

Based on the picture, choose the best answer to fill in the blanks in the passage that
follows.

Berdasarkan gambar, pilih jawapan yang terbaik untuk diisikan pada tempat kosong dalam
teks yang berikutnya.

Mr. Ramu built a tree house for his children while they spent a few days at their

grandparents’ village. When they got to their grandparents’ house, he took them to the

___12__. The children squealed in delight when they saw it. There were wooden stairs

built against the tree ___13__. There was also a __14__rope ladder. His ____15___

climbed up the stairs while his son climbed the rope ladder.

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12 A park

B pitch

C field

D garden

13 A root

B bark

C trunk

D branch

14 A tiny

B thick

C narrow

D slippery

15 A daughter

B mother

C sister

D niece

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Questions 16 -20

Read the newspaper report below carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Baca berita dibawah dan jawab soalan-soalan berikutnya.

KUANTAN, 29 May 2017 - A National Service trainee at the Pinggiran Pelangi camp in
Muadzam Shah, about 110 km south, has died.
Muhammad Damiri Norhamidi’s body was found motionless on the bathroom floor
at the hostel yesterday by a fellow trainee.
Muhammad Damiri, 18, from Kerdau near Temerloh, died without regaining
consciousness. The cause of his death has yet to be determined.
Meanwhile, Norhamidi Bakar, 56, said he was informed of his son’s death by a camp
official. He said that he last saw his son last month when Muhammad Damiri, the eldest of
three siblings, was preparing for the camp.
“He was his usual self” he said.

16 Where did the incident take place?

A Kerdau

B Kuantan

C Temerloh

D Muadzam Shah

17 The victim was found on ____________ .

A 26 May 2017

B 27 May 2017

C 28 May 2017

D 29 May 2017

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18 The word ‘determined’ means _____________.

A decided

B ventured

C introduced

D enthusiastic

19 Who was Norhamidi Bakar ?

A The victim

B A camp official

C The victim’s father

D One of the trainees

20 Which of the following statements is not true? The victim

____________.

A was from Kerdau

B had three other siblings

C left for the camp in April

D behaved normally before he left for the camp

BAHAGIAN A TAMAT