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Name___________________________________( ) Class4_______ ENGLISHLANGUAGE 1184/02 Paper2ComprehensionINSERT 21August20231hour50minutes READTHESEINSTRUCTIONSFIRST ThisInsertcontainsText1,Text2,Text3andText4. ThisINSERTconsistsof 7printedpages.

2 SectionA Study the online advertisement (Text 1) and the social media post (Text 2) and answerQuestions1–4intheQuestionPaper. Text 1isaposterbytheNational EnvironmentAgency(NEA)aboutdengueinSingapore. AnglicanHighSchool/PreliminaryExamination/2023/Sec4/EL/Paper2

3 Text 2istakenfromasocial mediapostontheNEA’sFacebookpage. AnglicanHighSchool/PreliminaryExamination/2023/Sec4/EL/Paper2

4 Mozziescanbreedanywherewithstagnantwater.Let'sremembertostayalert! Don’tforgettocheck all corners at home regularly for potential mozzie breeding spots too. It's one of theeasiestandmosteffectivestepswecantaketopreventdenguetransmission.Together,wecanstopdenguewithB-L-O-C-K. HaveyoudonetheMozzieWipeouttoday? AnglicanHighSchool/PreliminaryExamination/2023/Sec4/EL/Paper2

5 SectionBText 3 The text below is the account of the writer and his companion, Dominique, who travelled toNepal onatrekkingexpedition. ReadthetextcarefullyandanswerQuestions5–14intheQuestionPaper. 1 People come from all points on the globe to the dreamland that is Nepal. I am afishermanfromtheUnitedStatesandhavethought aboutthistripforalmostadecade;DominiquesellscarpetsinParis. Wecametogether bychance, throughairport delaysat MoscowandinNewDelhi.Thoughwehaddifferentexpectations,wehadacommontheme.WehadtravelledtotheHimalayaswithahungertotouchabygoneage. 5 2 3 4 Ready to renounce pavement and fibre optics, we wanted to be among people whowouldshowushowtolivemoregentlywithourland. EversincetheexploitsofpilgrimauthorsandadventurerslikeReinholdMessner andEdmundHillary,Nepal hasbeenautopiawherelifemaybedecisivelychanged. Thisisaweightyobligationforanyplacetofulfil. Whenour planelanded, DominiqueandI grabbedour bagsandataxi. Soonwewerejoltingthroughthedusty, swarmingstreetstowardtheheart of Kathmandu.Wesawsomany shrines that the city seemed like one large temple. Flowers, worshippers andgarbage were everywhere. Nepalese slogged through the compost and cellophane,speakingthewordsof devotion. Plasticbagsfloatedinthefoul trickleofsewagethatisKathmandu’s sacred river, the Baghmati, where people sprinkled themselves with itnonetheless.TherewasnodoubtthattheNepaleseareextremelyreligiouspeople. Thecity’svoltageexhaustedus. Hornsblared; vehicleshurtledpast at ourelbowsandrickshawscut usoff bystoppingsquarelyinourpathtooffertheirservices.Everywherea voice entreated us to stopandlook, tochangemoney, tobuyasweet mango. Menfell intopacewithus, askingabout ourvisitandourfamilies,chattingforawhilebeforelaunchingintoahardsell for ahotel or trekkingoutfit.Theywerethinmen,hungrywithlargeeyes, andtheysaidgoodbyereluctantly.Astreetwaif¹wantedtoshineourshoes.Hecalledafterusaswemovedawayuneasily. 10 15 20 5 6 Weescapedassoonaspossible, inajarringbusridetomountainsthatlaybeyondthehazeof