2023 1G3 English CHIJ

CHIJ KATONG CONVENT END-OF-YEAR EXAMINATION 2023 Secondary One Express ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 2 Comprehension September 2023 INSERT 1 hour 30 minutes READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST This Insert contains Text 1, Text 2, Text 3 and Text 4. This document consists of 5 printed pages and 1 blank page.

Section A Study the online advertisement (Text 1) and the blog post (Text 2) and answer Questions 1 – 4 in the Question Paper. Text 1 is taken from an online advertisement on cybersecurity. Choose to protect against cybercrimes. Don’t be caught off guard and left vulnerable! We provide cybersecurity to prevent against cybercrimes. We offer complete coverage protection from hackers and scammers. TRUSTED BY MORE THAN 1400 LEADING COMPANIES AND STILL COUNTING… Text 2 is taken from a blog which comments on cybersecurity. So, you think you’re safe? Don’t be too sure of that! You can never really get rid of threats posed by malware. You are your best defence against cybercrimes. Secure your online defence with the use of two-factor authentication, VPNs, secure passwords, and data protection. Hackers are simply too clever for you – they can strike when you least expect it. You need to practise good cybersecurity habits on your computers and digital devices. Prevent scammers from smiling all the way to the bank!

Section B Text 3 The text below describes a group of people on a snake hunt. Read it carefully and answer Questions 5 – 13 in the Question Paper. 1 Eventually eight of us made our way through the banana plantation. We were laughing and chattering excitedly at the thought of the treat in store when suddenly it occurred to me that I was the most inadequately dressed for the snake-hunting. I was wearing a thing pair of tropical trousers and a pair of tattered canvas shoes. Even the smallest reptiles would have no difficulty penetrating my skin with just one bite. However, before I could explain this to the group, we arrived at the edge of the pit. In the lamplight, it looked to me like nothing more than an extremely large grave. 5 2 My friend’s description of the snake pit had been accurate enough but what he had failed to tell me was that the sides of the pit consisted of dry, crumbling earth, full of cracks and holes that offered plenty of hiding places for any number of snakes. While I crouched down on the edge of the pit, the lamp was lowered into the bottomless depths of the pit so that I could see the snakes. Up to that moment, I had cheered myself with the thought that, after all, the snakes might turn out to be a harmless kind. Unfortunately, when the light reached the bottom, this hope was shattered. The pit was simply crawling with young Gaboon vipers – one of the deadliest snakes in the world. 10 15 3 I counted eight Gaboon vipers in the pit, but their colours matched the lead-mould so beautifully that I could not be sure that I was not counting some of them twice. Just at that moment, my fr