DSS_2021_SEC4E5N_EL_PRELIM_P2_INSERT

This Insert consists of 6 printed pages including the cover page. DUNMAN SECONDARY SCHOOL . CANDIDATE NAME CLASS INDEX NUMBER PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2021 SECONDARY 4 EXPRESS/ 5 NORMAL (ACADEMIC) ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1128/02 Paper 2 Comprehension 23 August 2021 INSERT 1 hour 50 minutes Candidates answer in the Question Booklet. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST This insert contains Text 1, Text 2 and Text 3.

2 1128/02/PRELIMS/4EXP5NA/2021 Section A Text 1 Study the webpage below and answer Questions 1 – 4 in the Question paper booklet. L Tired of the wasting away the holidays at home? Feeling unproductive and bored? Join us at Food Playground for some Hands-on Cooking Fun! Would you like to learn some practical life skills and unearth your hidden culinary skills during the upcoming school holidays? This 2-day Culinary Skills Boot Camp by Food Playground is the perfect launch pad to help learners achieve the following: Learning Objectives 1. Understand food hygiene and food preparation basics 2. Learn to prepare and cook authentic recipes from scratch 3. Learn how to manage time and work under pressure 4. Learn how to incorporate healthier ingredients in recipes 5. Learn to work in teams and develop empathy This course will be conducted at our own fully equipped cooking studio at Haji Lane. Each class will have a practical and experiential approach to learning. Upon completion, each student will walk away with unforgettable memories and lifelong skills! Discover your Culinary Talent #1 Cooking School in Singapore on TripAdvisor Boot Camps

3 1128/02/PRELIMS/4EXP5NA/2021 Section B Text 2 The text below describes how Aoife who is dyslexic and has difficulty reading, tries to hide her condition. Read the text carefully and answer Questions 5 -15 in the Question Paper Booklet. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Aoife’s daily toil up the stairs of her apartment block was a constant reminder of the secret she was hiding from others. She never took the elevator. ‘I guess this is how my life will always be. Here’s to a healthy lifestyle!’ chuckled Aoife to herself in a bid to make light of what fate had dealt her. Gripping on to the handrail to haul herself up that last flight of stairs, she saw the sign. It would to anyone else, have said ‘Sixth Floor’, but to Aoife, the letters possessed a life of their own, dancing before her. In fact, they were taunting her for her inability to decipher them. Like a deer caught in the headlights she stood and she had to will herself out of that state. One minute the sign might say ‘Sixth Floor’ but the next minute, the letters would have shifted and turned into ’Gut Flour’. She could not read. That was her own private truth. Because of i