2022 English MYE Punggol Sec

NAME CLASS INDEX NUMBER ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1128/01 Paper 1 Writing 28 April 2022 INSERT 1 hour 50 minutes READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST This Insert contains the text for Section B. This paper consists of 2 printed pages and 2 blank pages Setter. Ms Natasha Siow Vetter: Mrs Katherine Teoh

Section B Read the printout of a webpage below and use the information to Answer the question on page 3 of the Question and Answer Booklet. POLY TECHNIC IMMERSION EXPERIENCE Overwhelmed by the number of post –secondary education options available? You can now partic ipate in a two – week Polytechnic Immersion Experience programme in your interested course to help you decide. You will meet current student representatives from each polytechnic course available to learn more about what the course entails and understand t he skills that are needed to excel. At the end of the programme. There will be an open dialogue session with the course lectures as well as a walking tour of the campus. These are the available courses you may choose from: Food Science & Nutrition (Nanyang Polytechnic, School of Applied Science) Enjoy experimenting with food and creating healthier recipes? We will teach you how to conceptualise and develop new and exciting food products to satisfy the taste buds of consumers today! What you will experience: • Develop a new ice cream flavor that suits local taste buds with a senior student in a fully-equipped kitchen • Design attractive packaging to promote your new ice cream flavor Aerospace Engineering (Temasek Polytechnic, school of Engineering) Are you innovative and have excellent problem - solving skills? Gain a strong foundation in aerodynamic, aircraft engines, as well as aircraft structures and systems in this course. The sky is the limit for you ! What you will experience: • Learn the basics of how an aeroplane is constructed and various aircraft systems • Fly a plane in a flight simulator where you will be guided by a senior student Mass Communication (Ngee Ann Polytechnic, school of Flim & Media Studies) If you are social media savvy and love creating your own content, this course is for you! Be equipped with skills in journalistic writing, digital content creation and media production. What you will experience: • Develop an impactful online media content st rategy for a local company with a team of seniors and other students like yourself • Present your strategy to a panel of course lecturers

NAME CLASS INDEX NUMBER ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1128/02 Paper 2 Comprehension 28 April 2022 1 hour 50 minutes READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST This Insert contains Text 1, Text 2 and Text 3. This paper consists of 6 printed pages and 0 blank pages Setter. Ms Natasha Siow Vetter: Mrs Katherine Teoh

Section A Text 1 Study the webpage below and answer Questions 1-4 JOIN THE FIGHT FOR YOUR WORLD Today’s young people will be the stewards of our planet in the years to come. That is why we are putting young people at the centre of our work. We are working with young people who care about our natural world, to help them explore the issues facing our planet and equip them to take positive actions to protect it. OUR YOUTH AMBASSADORS Our youth Ambassadors are dedicated young people, aged between 11 -18, who are keen on helping us lead the fight for our world. Confident and outspoken, our youth Ambassadors will meet regularly with the youth Engagement team and colleagues across the organization to discuss ideas, help shape projects, attend events and meet key stakeholders an decision – makers. Our youth Amb assadors are also innate wildlife and nature lovers who will pave the way to towards conservation and preservation. Ultimately, these brilliant young people will take action, protect our planet and create a brighter world for future generations. SIGN UP NOW If you are keen on being a WWF youth Ambassador, click on this link to register. Alternatively, you may visit our local offices located in over 90 countries. You can also connect with our current Youth Ambassadors on Facebook and Instagram to find out mo re about the projects they are currently working on. ‘The WWF supports, empowers and helps me to find ways to save our Earth. I feel inspired to motivate others to join in the fight for our world. Seize this opportunity to get involved and take action to s ave our home, planet Earth!’ Tan Li Lin, WWF Youth Ambassador Singapore

Section B Text 2 The text below describes the writer’s diary entry on his experience in a futuristic setting where the world has changed. Read it carefully and answer Questions 5-13 1 He watched from his window as a tank drove by. The rumbling tracks shook dead leaves from the trees, and its exhaust left a trail of smoke dispersing in the wind. Thick grey clouds hid the empty street from the sun. Curtains were drawn in all of the houses. Whether this was through desertion or choice, through habit he conformed. 5 2 Retreating to a modest table, he ran his fingertips across the coarse, veined wood and thought of a world that once lived. Shrouding tears with his diary, he sat quietly, pen in hand, waiting for a muse. 3 December 12th 2033 There is a stain upon this world, it has blackened the minds of all that opened their ears to its dictum. It breeds soldiers from pacifists, dictators from teachers, and executioners from healers. The path we walk is no longer our own, it is chosen for us at the point of a gun. Life is but a spoken word, written by another. Many agree with its message; They don’t require a choice. Others sit quietly, as I now, contemplating a better world in a better time. 10 15 4 Those lemmings, those automatons, they dance in the blood of all they trample under foot, calmly declaring a justice sanctioned by pure omniscience. They have no dreams or regrets, no laughter or pain. Their thoughts all converge on those which reinforce their pride and power. They are addicts of a drug that has no chemical architecture. 20 5 I see them each day: they sound human, but they are not. If my countenance were to betray a tear of misplaced pit or a scowl of misplaced disgust they would shout and scream for judgement. I have seen it happen too many times to expel the image from my mind. A mob gathers to trial the victim. They converse in a quiet, Cordial manner as they condemn men, women and children to death. 25 6 Then t he beating starts. There is no anger: their faces hold expression of perfect serenity, suited more to a stroll through the hanging gardens of Babylon than to the thrusting of clenched fists into the broken body of a sworn enemy. Then they casually remove the corpse, leaving no trace of a human being who, moments before, failed to suppress their humanity. 30 7 Tanks roll by my window for there are whole countries of careless people who require judgement. The tanks will bring them freedom, they say. It matters not if they resist, they will thank us when we convert them, they say. That is worth killing those that resist too much, they say. At least death comes with good intentions. 8 And so, I write about the pain I cannot show, the hopes I cannot reali ze and the love I cannot give. There is no life for me outside these words. Like a barrier of glass around my body I cannot touch that which plays out before my eyes. I talk of inhumanity, but where is my own? I am deprived of all that makes me human, like a 35

cornered animal. Whether I chose to convert or not, I have been converted. (Adapted from Stain Upon this World by Mason T. Shaw)

Section C Text 3 The article below is about electric vehicles. Read it carefully and answer Question 14-19 1 Electric vehicles (EVs) have the potential to reshape the transportations sector in the United States, drastically cutting car bon emissions and cle