Temasek Sec Paper 2 Prelim 2023

• • 2 Section A Study the poster (Text 1) and the social media post (Text 2) and answer Questions 1-4 in the Question Paper. Text 1 is taken from a poster to encourage good neighbourly relations . We can enjoy our favourite shows and music late into the night - but let's be considerate and keep our volume down. Let's keep our homes peaceful and conducive for all both in the day and at night. Be Greater. More than just doing small and random acts, kindness should be purposeful, and become second nature and sustainable. Choose kindness. #BeGreaterSG #SGUnited Text 2 is taken from a comment on what can be done to be a good neighbour. I treat my neighbours like my relatives. As long as I greet my neighbours with a smile and communicate with everyone openly, I will be able to find someone who requires my help. If it is within my means, I will help as much as I can. We don't have to be so calculating about everything. That's my secret to being a good neighbour! No part of the paper is to be reproduced without the approval of the Principal of Temasek Secondary School.

3 Section B Text3 The text below describes Kate and Nadia's encounter with the lions. Read the text carefully and answer Questions ~ 16 in Question Booklet 1. 1 The last mists of sleep dissipated completely and Kate jolted upright on her cot, her throat constricting with a parched terror and her heart pounding with a wild rhythm of fearful anticipation. No doubt about it; something was out there, just on the other side of the cloth tent. Very carefully, trying not to make any noise, she felt in the darkness for her 5 flashlight, which she always kept nearby. When she held it in her hand, she realised she was sweating in fear; her fingers were too moist to switch it on. She kept trying, but was diverted when she heard the voice of Nadia, with whom she shared the tent. 2 "Shh, Kate! Don't tum on the light," the girl whispered. 10 I} "What is it?" "Lions. Don't be afraid," Nadia, who believed she could communicate with animals, answered. 3 The flashlight, which Kate had finally managed to pick up, dropped again from her hand. She felt her bones tum to mash, and a scream from her 15 gut lodged in her throat. A single slash of a lion's claws would rip the thin nylon tent and the cat would be on them. It would not be the first time that a tourist had died that way on safari. During their treks they had seen lions so close that they could count their teeth; she had decided that she did not care to meet them in the flesh. An image flashed 20 through her mind: prisoners in the Roman coliseum, condemned to be eaten alive by the beasts. Sweat ran down her face as she groped on the ground for the flashlight, by now entangled in the mosquito netting that hung around her cot. 4 Soon she heard the purring of a great cat and new scratchings. Then the 25 tent shook, as if a tree had dropped on it. Terrified, Kate dimly realised that Nadia was purring back.