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Name : _____________________________ ( _____ ) Class: Sec 4___ Date: ________ Comprehension: Question Types Section B Practice 1 2021 Question Booklet A Language Use [25 m] The text below tells of a man’s dining experience in an institution. Jacques is carrying a tray with a single dish covered by one of those old fashioned silver domes. He balances the tray with one hand and grasps the lid of the dome with the other. He gives a faint smile then quickly takes away the lid theatrically.(AES Prelim 2018) 1) In Paragraph 2, the writer suggests that Jacques is an experienced waiter. Pick out and write down two expressions from the paragraph and explain how they show his experience.[2] ……………………………………………………………………….……………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………….……………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………….……………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………….……………………………………… I pick up the silver spoon and turn it over. Just as I once did, as a young boy, I lean forward with my ear towards the dish and tap the back of the spoon against the hard surface three times. My heart soars as the sound resonates with the sound of my childhood. Tears well in my eyes with memories of my dear mama in Provence. I shatter the surface and dip into the undulating waves of sun coloured cream then slip the spoon into my mouth. Velvet smoothness glides past slivers of crisp caramel. The whispers of vanilla echoes in my mouth. The chef is a god: a crème brûlée of perfect proportions. I wish it could last forever but nothing can. In the end, I place the spoon down. That, I say, is the finest dessert I have ever had. Excellent, Jacques says and takes away the empty plate and spoon. (AES Prelim 2018) 2) The writer describes his experience of eating the crème brûlée dessert. Explain how the language in Paragraph 4 makes the dessert appealing. Support your ideas with three details from Paragraph 4.[3] ……………………………………………………………………….……………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………….……………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………….……………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………….……………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………….……………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………….………………………………………

In the text below, the writer describes his experience in Antarctica. When this imperfect shelter was nearly finished, they made a day trip to collect their emperor penguin eggs. Reaching the sea ice from this direction, which no one had ever done before, turned out to require descending a 200-foot cliff. The climb was the most harrowing technical mountaineering any of them had ever attempted, and they undertook it in the dark. They managed it, though getting back up the cliff almost defeated them. Cherry-Garrard, climbin