2023 Compassvale 4NA Prelim P2 QP_vetted.docx

康　柏　中　学COMPASSVALESECONDARYSCHOOL2023PRELIMINARYEXAMINATIONENGLISHLANGUAGEPAPER2[1190/02]SECONDARYFOURNORMAL(ACADEMIC) Name: _______________________ Duration: 1hour 50minutes IndexNo: ____________________ Date: 24July2023 Class: _______________________ Marks: ______/ 50 READTHESEINSTRUCTIONSFIRST Writeyour name, indexnumber andclassonall theworkyouhandin.Writeindarkblueor blackpenonbothsidesof thepaper.Donot usestaples, paper clips, highlighters, andglueor correctionfluid. Answer all questions.Writeyour answersinthespacesprovidedonthequestionpaper.TheInsert containsthetextsfor all thesections. At theendof theexamination, handintheinsert separately.Thenumber of marksisgiveninbrackets[ ] at theendof eachquestionor part question. For examiners’ use MarksSectionA /5SectionB /20SectionCQuestions16–20 /10SectionCSummary /15Total /50 Thispaper consistsof 8printedpages. Setters: Mr TanHH&Mr RichmondWang 1

SectionA[5marks] Refer totheposter (Text 1) andtheextract fromablog(Text 2) onpage2of theInsert forQuestions1–4. 1 Look at the image and heading in Text 1. How does the image support theheading? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………..……………..[1] 2 Lookat Text 2. Tick(√) thestatement whichbest summarisesthemainideaof Text 2. Weneedtomodifyour eatinghabits. Eatingmeat isharmful toour health. Manypeoplehaveunhealthydiets. [1] 3 Text 1conveysasenseof urgencywiththephrase‘It beginsnow.’ IdentifyaphraseinText 2that conveysthesameidea. ……………………………………………………………………………………..……………..[1] 4 Lookat Texts1and2andthestatements(a) and(b) below. Decidewhether thestatementsrefer toText 1, Text 2, bothtexts, or neither text. Circletheanswer youhavechosenfor eachstatement. (a) Thetext encouragespeopletochangetheir eatinghabits. Text 1 / Text 2 / Both / Neither (b) Theintendedreader of thetext isafoodlover. Text 1 / Text 2 / Both / Neither [2] 2

SectionB[20marks] Refer toText 3onpages3–4of theInsert for Questions5–15. 5 WithreferencetoParagraph1, whywasthewriter’sfamilynot supportiveof hisloveforreading? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………..……………………………………………………………[1] 6 What doesthephrase‘surroundedandinundatedbytheVietnameselanguage’ (line8)tell usabout thelanguagethat thewriter wasexposedto? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………..……………………………………………………………[1] 7 Howwasenteringkindergartensimilar to‘immigratingall over again’ (line9) tothewriter? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………..……………………………………………………………[1] 8 Whywouldthewriter bespendinglanguageartsclass‘mindlesslycopyingout passagesfrombooks’ (line16)? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………..……………………………………………………………[1] 9 (i) What wasthe‘dangerouslyambitious’ decisionthewriter madeinline19? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………..……………………………………………………………[1] (ii) Inwhat waywasit dangerousfor thewriter? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………..……………………………………………………………[1] 3

10 Whichof thefollowinge