Deyi Sec 4NA EL Prelims P2 2023_QB.pdf

Class: IndexNo:Name: DEYI SECONDARY SCHOOL PRELIMINARYEXAMINATION2023SecondaryFour Normal (Academic) ENGLISHLANGUAGESYLLABUSA 1190/02 Paper 2–Comprehension 04 AUGUST2023 0810–1000h1hour 50min Candidatesanswer ontheQuestionPaper.Additional Materials: Insert READTHESEINSTRUCTIONSFIRST Writeyour name, classandindexnumber inthespaceprovided.Writeindarkblueor blackink.Donot usestaples, paper clips, highlighters, glueor correctionfluid. Answer all questions.Writeyour answersinthespacesprovidedintheQuestionBooklet.TheInsert containsthetextsfor all sections.Thenumber of marksisgiveninbrackets[ ] at theendof eachquestionor part question. For Examiner’sUseSectionA /5SectionB /20SectionC /25Total /50 ThisQuestionPaper consistsof 9printedpagesand1Insert.

2 [TurnoverSECTIONA[5MARKS] Refer totheposter (Text 1) andtheextract fromablog(Text 2) onpage2of theInsert forQuestions1─4. 1 Lookat Text 1. What istheintendedeffect of theposter onthereader? ………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………. [1] 2 Lookat Text 2. Tick( ✔) thestatement whichbest summarisesthemainideaof Text 2. Air pollutionisharmful. Mankindmust act assoonaspossibleif heistosaveMother Earth. Air pollutioncanbereducedif therearefewer carsontheroad. [1] 3 IdentifythelanguagefeatureusedinText 1asacall toaction. ………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………. [1] 4 Lookat Texts1and2andthestatements(a) and(b) below. Decidewhichstatementsrefer toText 1, Text 2, bothtextsor neither texts. Circletheanswer youhavechosenfor eachstatement. (a) Thetext involvesthereader. Text 1 / Text 2 / Both / Neither (b) Thewriter usesaformal tone. Text 1 / Text 2 / Both / Neither [2]

3 SECTIONB[20MARKS] Refer toText 3onpages3to4of theInsert for Questions5─14. 5 (a) Which one word in Paragraph 1 suggests that the writer did not realise what hewasdoing? ………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………. (b) Explainwhat hadcausedthistotakeplace. ………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………. [1] [1] 6 ‘Walkingbackdownthefield, thecruel injusticeof thethingboredownonmeincreasingly. I wanderedasinadreamthroughthegateandacrosstheroad. Beforeenteringthealleybetweenthewalls, I glancedintothegarden. It wasempty. Shufflingbesidetheroughstones, I sankdeeper intomisery.’ (lines6─9). Identify the words or phrases from the extract given above that correspond with theactionsof thewriter. Theactionsof thewriter Matchingdescriptionsfromthegivenextract walkedaroundaimlessly tookaquicklook draggingfeet gofar belowthesurface [4]

4 [Turnover 7 What do the following phrase in italicsfromParagraph6suggest about howthedog’sbehaviour hadaffectedthewriter? Basedonthefollowingphrasesinitalics, thedog… ‘…Ithoughtmyheartwouldstop.’ (line16) ‘…IwasinnostatetowithstandShep.’(lines16─17) [2] 8 In Paragraph 7 the writer says, ‘I have no time for people who lose their temper withanimals but something snapped in my mind then’ (lines 21─22). Wh