2022 MYE Northbrooks 4E5N full

1 CANDIDATE NAME CLASS INDEX NUMBER ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1128/01 Paper 1 Writing 5 May 2022 INSERT 1 hour 50 minutes READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, class and index number in the spaces provided above. This Insert contains the text for Section B. DO NOT TURN THE PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. This document consists of 2 printed pages including the cover page. Setter: Ms Lim Wan Yee O NORTHBROOKS SECONDARY SCHOOL Mid-Year Examination 2022 Secondary 4 Express / 5 Normal Academic NORTHBROOKS

2 Section B Read the printout of a webpage below and use the information to answer the question on page 3 of the Question Paper. InternSG: Internship Programmes for Students! Want to gain experience and enhance your skills? InternSG welcomes students to participate in our internship programmes. Spend a month working alongside professionals and future-proof yourselves! Carousell Group Position: Marketing Intern This work involves: • carrying out research on Internet trends to share with the team weekly • planning and producing weekly branded content for Carousell’s SG TikTok • pitching creative ideas for marketing campaigns to clients. If you are looking to learn about brand building and project management, this is the adventure for you! Singapore Press Holdings Position: Digital Journalist This work involves: • designing visual stories such as infographics • carrying out investigative journalism or research including verifying data sources • crafting online content. If you are passionate about journalism and devising original and imaginative ways to tell visual stories, this could be the right fit for you! OCBC Bank Position: Software Development and Application Intern This work involves: • building the digital bank’s OCBC application • attending to application technical issues • compiling reports to analyse customer experience. If making the banking world better gets you excited and fires you up, this internship is made for you! If you are interested in one of these opportunities, please write in to the Human Resource Manager, InternSG at 100 Stamford Road, Singapore 312100.

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2 O NORTHBROOKS SECONDARY SCHOOL Mid-Year Examination 2022 Secondary 4 Express /5 Normal Academic CANDIDATE NAME CLASS REGISTER NUMBER ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1128/01 Paper 1 Writing 5 May 2022 1 hour 50 minutes Candidates answer in the Question Paper. Additional Materials: INSERT READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, class and register number on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid/tape. Answer Section A, Section B, and one question from Section C. Write your answer in the spaces provided in the Question Paper. Indicate your chosen question number for Section C on this page. The Insert contains the text for Section B. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the head of each section. FOR EXAMINER’S USE 1．Section A 10 2．Section B 30 3．Section C | Q. No.: _______ 30 TOTAL MARK 70 DO NOT TURN THE PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. This document consists of 12 printed pages. Setter: Ms Lim Wan Yee

2 Section A [10 marks] Carefully read the text below, consisting of 12 lines, about tourism in Antarctica. The first and last lines are correct. For eight of the lines, there is one grammatical error in each line. There are two more lines with no errors. If there is NO error in a line, put a tick ( √ ) in the space provided. If the line is incorrect, circle the incorrect word and write the correct word in the space provided. The correct word you provide must not change the original meaning of the sentence. Examples: I travel to school on bus. …………… My father always wears sensible shoes. ..………… Antarctica: A great trip or a guilt trip? Every year, around seventy vessels and forty thousand tourists made the journey to Antarctica to see the glaciers and 1. ………… witness the natives penguin species. Tourist numbers look set to rise, and 2. ………… along with it, fossil fuel -spewing tourist ships. Are this fuel -guzzling trips 3. ………… ultimately harmful to the region or can they also be a force of good? Experts 4. ………… argue that the benefits of taking the public to this pristine environment should 5. ………… not be underestimated. Ecotourism raises climate change awareness but 6. ………… creates advocates, while tourist dollars fund scientific expeditions. Tourists 7. ………… travelling to Antarctica is required to wear biosecure suits and carefully disinfect 8. ………… all clothing and boots to ensure that they do not introduce any invade species to 9. ………… the environment. Tourists are also instruct to take nothing away 10. ………… except photographs and leave nothing behind. Adapted from: Antarctica: A great trip or a guilt trip? | CNN https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/antarctica-responsible-tourism/index.html by √

3 Section B [30 marks] You are advised to write between 250 and 350 words for this section. You should look at the printout of a webpage in the Insert . Study the information carefully and plan your answer before beginning to write. You recently came across a website called InternSG, which provides a range of internship options for secondary school students during the December holidays. Since you are graduating this year, you have decided to sign up for one of the internship programmes to gain some experience and skills in preparation for your future. Write a letter to InternSG to apply for the internship programme. In it you should explain: • the internship programme that you want to apply for and why • reasons why you should be selected for this internship programme • how you can benefit from this internship opportunity • how you will share your learning with others. You may add any other details you think will be helpful. Write your letter in clear, accurate English and in a n enthusiastic and persuasive tone to convince InternSG that you are a suitable candidate for the internship programme. You should use your own words as much as possible. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………... …………………………………………………………………………………………………………... …………………………………………………………………………………………………………... …………………………………………………………………………………………………………... …………………………………………………………………………………………………………... …………………………………………………………………………………………………………... …………………………………………………………………………………………………………... …………………………………………………………………………………………………………... …………………………………………………………………………………………………………... …………………………………………………………………………………………………………... …………………………………………………………………………………………………………... …………………………………………………………………………………………………………... …………………………………………………………………………………………………………... …………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

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