PHS 2021 4E5N EL Prelim Paper 2

Name: ( ) Class: PRESBYTERIAN HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1128/02 PAPER 2 16 AUGUST 2021 MONDAY 1 hour 50 minutes PRESBYTERIAN HIGH SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN HIGH SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN HIGH SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN HIGH SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN HIGH SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN HIGH SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN HIGH SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN HIGH SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN HIGH SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN HIGH SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN HIGH SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN HIGH SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN HIGH SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN HIGH SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN HIGH SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN HIGH SCHOOL 2021 SECONDARY FOUR EXPRESS / FIVE NORMAL (ACADEMIC) PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION INSERT READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST This insert contains Text 1, Text 2, and Text 3. Setters: Mrs Goh Kaixin and Mr Marcus Chai Vetter(s): 4E5N EL Team and Mrs Ho Siok Wan This insert consists of 6 printed pages (including this cover page) and 0 blank pages.

2 Section A Text 1 Study the website below and answer Questions 1 – 4 in the Question Booklet. The history and heritage of an Oxford family bookshop Our founder, Benjamin Henry Blackwell, first opened the doors of the 12 -feet square bookshop at 50 Broad Street, Oxford on 1 st January 1879. Since then, we have grown to become more than just one bookshop, wi th a chain of 30 bookshops serving not only individual customers but also a host of libraries, universities, businesses and government departments. The shop has garnered mentions in numerous books and it has been featured in a variety of films. It has been a haven for the bookish from all parts of the globe . The Oxford bookshop itself has grown – sideways, upwards and, most notably, underground. The Norrington Room The Norrington Room, located at the basement of the Oxford bookshop, was opened in 1966. This enormous terraced chamber was built by tunnelling under the south -east corner of the bookshop’s grounds. For many years, it was proudly listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the single largest room in the world selling books. So remember that when you cross the threshold into the Norrington Room, you are entering world record territory. You will be surrounded by nearly three miles of shelves, and over 150,000 books. Book Recommendations Summer Reading You’re going to want to know about the best books to read this summer. Grab yours before they’re gone – they’re selling like hot cakes! Seriously Good The best of new books hot off the press and the gems coming soon. Five Foot Bookshelf A life-changing collection curated by booksellers and writers. Immerse yourself in the cream of the crop of writing through time, place and imagination. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/home View Collection View Collection View Collection

3 Section B Text 2 The text below is about a traveller’s experience during one of his African travels. Read it carefully and answer Questions 5 – 13 in the Question Booklet. 1 The driver hops down from the truck, scrambles through the mud, and stands there with his hands on his hips. He shakes his head and puffs into his fists and gives me a sour look. Night has begun to fall, and all the grunts and chirps and lusty calls of twilight in the African bush surround us. A few of the Samburu men unsheathe their machetes and start hacking at the brush1, tossing branches and leaves under the truck’s wheels. Somewhere a screech is heard – a high, keen sound as urgent as the faces squinting into the dusk's half-light. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 2 This part of Kenya's Great Rift Valley is dangerous country, a place haunted by lions and elephants and testy bandits. Even these brave Samburu warriors get prickly at nightfall. The driver guns the engine, and the wheels whirl and spit mud, but after rocking to the side and surging briefly from the rut, the truck sinks back in. He turns and stares off to the horizon; the men begin to argue. We are stuck 60 kilometres from the middle of nowhere, and the light has vanished below the hills. 3 I have picked a bad time to head north. A week of brutal storms have battered the Laikipia and Samburu Districts, turning much of the dirt road to Maralal into a muddy canal. I am on my way to the Maralal International Camel Derby2, a raucous annual affair held in August that is entering its 18th year. It is a big weekend for everyone, espec ially the men chasing after the grand prize – 60, 000 Kenya shillings, which is more than what most will make in a year. Just a few week before, I had flown from the comforts of my Nairobi hot el to the tree - speckled plains of the Maasai Mara National Reserve. I spent a few days at the reserve watching hapless wildlife getting ganged up on like a chubby kid in a schoolyard before taking a road trip to Maralal. But the road would not cooperate. 4 Tempers are flaring on the side of the road; men gestur e angrily with their machetes. Behind us, more than two dozen trucks are stuck in single file – looking, at this point, like a buffet line for hungry jungle cats or gun -toting gangsters. A couple of SUVs have tried to power through the brush flanking the road. Their drivers stand slouched against their vehicles, weary in their distress, making calls to embassies and NGOs and hoping that someone will arrive to save the day. The men are outside bickering, and I have climbed back into the truck, content to wait this one out. 5 Outside, stooped beneath the glare of the headlights, men pile rocks below the tires. Tall, lean Maasai men hack at the brush, tossing bundles of branches onto the road. Everyone is covered in mud, struggling, pulling and falling, struggling, pulling and falling. Suddenly, the truck surges onto solid ground. We slap backs and shake hands and offer our weary thanks in a diverse chorus of tongues . Then we climb into the back of the truck, anxious for this journey to be over with. 1 brush: small, low bushes 2 derby: a race where there are no restrictions or limits on who can enter

4 40 45 50 6 In the end I make it to Maralal for the derby, placing a respectable tenth in the amateur race and earning plenty of good-hearted laughs along the way. The grand prize in the professional race goes to a tall, lanky Samburu who finishes in the money for t he third year running. And the weekend is not without its drama. In the waning moments of the semi -professional derby, two jockeys come galloping down the homestretch, neck and neck. One pulls ahead as they approach the finish line, but suddenly his camel slows, bats its big eyelashes, and decides to take a breather. The other camel bears down on them. Cheers ripple through the crowd. Looking ner vously behind him, fearing he has snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, the jockey hops down from the saddl e, lowers his shoulder, and pushes his winning steed across the finish line. 7 In Africa, even in the face of the impossible, people struggle, persist, and pull through. Life here rarely goes according to plan and certainly not according to schedule. Bu t, in spite of it all, everyone lowers their shoulders and ploughs ahead, realising that we are in this together.

5 Section C Text 3 The text below is about frankincense trees. Read it carefully and answer Questions 14 – 21 in the Question Booklet. 1 Frankincense, woodsy and sweetly aromatic, is one of the oldest commercial commodities, spanning more than 5,000 years. Today, thousands of ton nes of it are traded every year to be used by Catholic priests as incense during religious ceremonies, and by makers of perfumes, natural medicines, and essential oils that can be inhaled or appli