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Full NameIndex No.ClassAnglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2024SECONDARY 4 EXPRESS / 5 NORMAL (ACADEMIC)ENGLISH LANGUAGE1184/011 HOUR 50 MINUTES13 August 2024Additional materials provided: A 4-page Insert READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRSTWrite your name, index number and class in the spaces at the top of this page. Write in dark blue or black ballpoint pen.Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid and tape. For Examiner’s use:Section A/10Section B/30Section C/30TOTAL/70Answer all questions.Write your answers in the spaces provided in this booklet. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. This Question Booklet consists of 12 printed pages and 1 blank page.

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3 1184/01/PRELIM/2024 Section A [10 marks] Question 1Carefully read the text below, consisting of 12 lines, about waste management. The first and last lines are correct. For eight of the lines, there is one grammatical error in each line. There are two more lines with no errors. If there is NO error in a line, put a tick () in the space provided. If the line is incorrect, circle the incorrect word and write the correct word in the space provided.The correct word you provide must not change the original meaning of the sentence.Example: This delicious meals can be made quickly. These Europe is a popular travel destination. City dwellers will be all too familiar with the sight of bins overflowing and the grating oftrucks struggling to keep up with the ceaseless flow. And Zug-based company Villiger1......……………might have found a simple solution: to take it all underground. Founded in 1991, the2......……………400-strong family business had annual revenues of €40m, exporting its innovative3......……………systems worldwide. The company seeks to eliminate the need for unsight refuse 4......……………collection with its neat containers, stored below street level, which can hold almost 5......……………anything between household rubbish to recyclables. “The initial idea was to limit noise6......……………and smells,” says Michèle Villiger, the company’s HR and marketing manager. The7......…………...added advantage is that residents using the subterranean system can dispose of your8......…………...waste at any time of the week without worrying about specifically bin-collection days or 9......…………...amassing piles of rubbish outside their home. Towns and property developers tired of10......…………...having to allocate large spaces to rubbish collection should take note.

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5 1184/01/PRELIM/2024 Section B [30 marks]You are advised to write between 250 and 350 words for this section.Question 2You should look at the web page on page 3 of the Insert, study the information carefully and plan your answer before beginning to write.Your brother has been studying at an overseas university for a year. He is undergoing a lot of stress from schoolwork and plans to spend his school h