NC 2022 MYE EL P2 Anskey

Name: Register Number: Class: NAN CHIAU HIGH SCHOOL MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2022 SECONDARY FOUR EXPRESS ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1128/02 Paper 2 Comprehension ANSWERS 29 April 2022, Friday 1 hour 50 min READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your class, index number and name on the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black ink. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid/ tape. Answer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided in the Question Booklet. The Insert contains the texts for all the sections. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. Setters: Mr Sim Kian Ming and Ms Priscilla Tan This paper consists of 8 printed pages including the cover page.

2 Section A [5 marks] Refer to Text 1 on page 2 of the Insert for Questions 1-4. 1 Look at the postcard labelled Figure 1. What is the tone of the writer when he says ‘there are clues to how they are truly feeling’? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. [1] optimistic, hopeful, reassuring, empowering 2 How does the postcard (Figure 1) illustrate the message of SOS’s suicide prevention awareness campaign in 2014, ‘The Hidden Pain’? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. [1] The words ‘I’m fine’ are scratched onto the surface. The words ‘I’m fine’ reads ‘save me’ when the postcard is rotated 180 degrees. When rotated 180 degrees, ‘I’m fine’ turns into ‘Save Me’ (reflecting how some people put on a façade to hide their pain). 3 Look at Figures 2a and 2b, and the text beside them. Give a phrase from Paragraph 2 that describes Figure 2b, and a word from Paragraph 3 that describes Figure 2a. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. [2] (i) Paragraph 2: subtle signs (of emotional pain) (ii) Paragraph 3: façade 4 What did the campaign hope the receivers of the postcards would do? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. [1] It hoped that receivers of the postcards would be attentive/alert/vigilant/sensitive to the subtle signs of emotional pain/ the hidden pain among their loved ones/those around them/friends/people they know.

3 Section B [20 marks] Refer to Text 2 on pages 3-4 of the Insert for Questions 5-14. 5 At the beginning of the text, the narrator says ‘…men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.’ Which phrase from the above quote suggests there was a continuous flow of people? The phrase is ‘came and went’. [1] 6 “On weekends, his Rolls-Royce became a bus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all arriving trains.” (lines 5-8) (i) Which two verbs in the sentence above suggest that there were many people who atte