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NAME: ( ) CLASS: YISHUN TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH LANGUAGE (1128/02) SEC 4 EXPRESS / SEC 4 NORMAL ACADEMIC (EXPRESS) / SEC 5 NORMAL (ACADEMIC) PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2020 PAPER 2 COMPREHENSION DATE : 11 August 2020 DURATION : 1 hour 50 minutes READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST This Insert contains Text 1, Text 2 and Text 3. This document consists of 5 printed pages. [Turn over

2 Section A Text 1 Study the webpage below and answer Questions 1 –4 in the Question Booklet. TIME’S UP was born when women said, ‘Enough is Enough.’ Enough to favouritism at work. Enough to being paid less than we deserve. Enough to feeling unsafe and disempowered where we work. TIME’S UP insists upon a world where everyone is safe and respected at work. A world where women have an equal shot at success and security. A world where no one lives in fear of harassment or assault. Our work is bold, diverse, and solutions -oriented. Governments, businesses, and individuals all benefit from a world free from violence, discrimination, and barriers that hold women back. By working together, we can stand up for women’s rights at the workplace and end all the injustice. Time is up on the past. It’s time to build our future. We’re fighting for change in three key ways: Changing culture So harassment and inequality are no longer tolerated Changing companies So work is safe and equitable, everywhere Changing laws and policy So our rights are protected and expanded Join TIME’S UP NOW to fuel our fight for a world where everyone is safe and respected at work!

3 Section B Text 2 The text below is about two guards of a town named ‘Commonwealth’ which was under quarantine during a flu outbreak. Read the text carefully and answer Questions 5 –13 in the Question Booklet. 1 The road to Commonwealth was long and forbidding, stretching for miles and leading deep into the evergreen woods. The trees grew towards the cloudy skies , as if trying to reach the sun that teased them with its sparse rays. They loomed over the rock -strewn road like two warring armies perched on opposing cliffs. A few miles into the woods, the trees backed off a little, the brown dirt and occasional stumps evidence that the woods had been cleared out only recently. At the base of the hill, a tree that had recently been chopped down blocked the road. Into it s thick bark a sign was nailed, which served as a warning to travellers who did not exist, a silent cry into the woods. 5 2 No one seemed to know how far Commonwealth was from Seattle, except the town’s founder and those who transported the town’s timber. On days when the clouds were low and thick, the whereabouts of the town seemed to be forgotten by the rest of the earth. Commonwealth was no ordinary town, and that helped explain why it appeared on no map s, as if