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English quiz
Monday, Nov.25, 2013
Grade 12(TSM-TSV-TL-TES)
120 minutes
Part I: Reading comprehension (……../20 marks)
 Present the question sheet along with the answer sheet please. Don’t
forget!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Doc. 1:
Churchill’s Speech: We Shall Fight on the Beaches
Great Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered a speech to the House of
Commons on June 4, 1940. Churchill explained that the British effort in World War II
was not going well and that a German invasion of Britain was possible. A gifted speaker,
Churchill knew he must convince the British people that victory would come someday. When
Churchill gave his speech, the U.S. had not yet entered World War II. He references his hope
that “the New World,” meaning the U.S., would join the war. Below is the end of his speech.
I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the
best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able
to defend our Island home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny,
if necessary for years, if necessary alone.
At any rate, that is what we are going to try to do. That is the resolve of His Majesty’s
Government - every man of them. That is the will of Parliament and the nation.
The British Empire and the French Republic, linked together in their cause and in their
need, will defend to the death their native soil, aiding each other like good comrades to the
utmost of their strength.
Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may
fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or
fail.
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and
oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend
our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the
landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall
never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of
it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the
British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its
power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.
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Doc 2:
The Other Side of the Bridge
You’d never know it living here, but Jackson, Mississippi, be filled with two hundred
thousand peoples. I see them numbers in the paper and I got to wonder, where do them
peoples live? Underground? Cause I know just about everybody on my side a the bridge and
plenty a white families too, and that sure don’t add up to be no two hundred thousand.
Six days a week, I take the bus across the Woodrow Wilson Bridge to where Miss
Leefolt and all her white friends live, in a neighborhood call Belhaven. Right next to Belhaven be
the downtown and the state capital. Capitol building is real big, pretty on the outside but I
never been in it. I wonder what they pay to clean that place.
Down the road from Belhaven is white Woodland Hills, then Sherwood Forest, which is
miles a big live oaks with the moss1 hanging down. Nobody living in it yet, but it’s there for
when the white folks2 is ready to move somewhere else new. Then it’s the country, out where
Miss Skeeter live on the Longleaf cotton plantation. She don’t know it, but I picked cotton out
there in 1931, during the Depression, when we didn’t have nothing to eat but some cheese.
So Jackson’s just one white neighborhood after the next and more springing up3 down
the road. But the colored part a town, we one big anthill4, surrounded by state land that ain’t
for sale. As our numbers get bigger, we can’t spread out. Our part a town gets thicker.
I get on the number six bus that afternoon, which goes from Belhaven to Farish Street.
The bus today is nothing but maids heading5 home in our white uniforms. We all chatting and
smiling at each other like we own it – not cause we mind if they’s white people on here, we sit
anywhere we want to now thanks to Miss Parks – just cause it’s a friendly feeling.
I spot Minny in the back corner seat. Minny short and big, got shiny black curls. She
setting with her legs splayed6, her thick arms crossed. She seventeen years younger that I am.
Minny could probably lift this bus up over her head if she wanted to. Old lady like me’s lucky to
have her as a friend.
I take the seat in front of her, turn around and listen. Everybody like to listen to Minny.
[…]
The bus cross the bridge and make the first stop in the colored neighborhood. A dozen
or so maids get off. I go set in the open seat next to Minny. She smile, bump7 me hello with her
elbow. Then she relax back in her seat cause she don’t have to put on no show for me.
“How you doing? You have to iron pleats8 this morning?”
I laugh, nod my head. “Took me and hour and a half.” […]
I look out out the window at the colored hospital go by, the fruit stand.
Kathryn Stockett, The Help, 2009
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5
2
6
moss (n.) flowerless plants
folk (n.pl.) common people
3
spring up (v.) come into existence
4
anthill (n.) a nest for ants
head (v.) to go to
splayed (adj.) turned outward
7
bump (v.) knock against with force
8
pleat (n.) bed cover
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Doc 1: Questions
1. Why does Churchill repeat the phrase “we shall fight” over and over? How does it
support the main purpose of this speech? (2 marks)
2. Say what type of heroes is Winston Churchill? (1 marks)
3. Explain the following two expressions: (2 marks)
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•
“outlive the menace of tyranny”
“aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength”
Doc 2: Questions
1. What strikes you most about the passage as far as the language is concerned? What
does this tell you about the narrator? (2 marks)
2. Turn the following lines into standard American English: from “Six days a week” (l.5) to
some cheese” (l.13). (2marks)
3. The extract mentions two parts of town. Say in what way they are different and how
they are separated. (2 marks)
4. Who is the bus filled with? (Find details in the passage to support your argument.) Why?
(3 marks)
5. Find a reference to a famous event in US civil rights history. (1 mark)
6. Find the following information about the narrator: gender- approximate age- colour of
skin- former(previous job)- current job- where he/she lives and works. (3 marks)
7. In what way is the reference to a “colored hospital” a clue as to when the novel is set?
When do you think it is set? (1 mark)
8. How does the passage relate to the theme Spaces and Exchanges? (1 mark)
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Part II: Writing (……. /20 pts)
5
Animal farm – George Orwell
4
Fundamentally
clear & coherent
3
Fairly clear &
coherent
2
Insufficiently clear
1
Extremely unclear
POSITION ON
THE
TOPIC
Clear,
convincing,
&insightful
SENTENCE
STRUCTURE
Varied,
appealing
sentences
Reasonably
varied
sentences
Some variety in
sentences
Little variety in
sentences
Severe errors in
sentence
structure
LEVEL OF
VOCABULARY
Mature & apt
word choice
Competent word
choice
Adequate word
choice
Inappropriate or
weak vocabulary
Rudimentary
GRAMMAR AND
USAGE
Almost
entirely
free of errors
Relatively free of
errors
Some technical
Minor errors &
some major ones
Extensive severe
errors
LV1 students will tackle the following TWO topics:
1. Imagine a sequel (continuation) of the novel beginning at the point where the novel
ends. (200 words) (10 marks)
• Napoleon remains the undisputed leader to the end of his life
• A new revolutionary leader appears
• The men decide to take control again
• Some animals decide to take a more active role
• A totally unexpected event happens …
2. Explain in your own words the “principles of Animalism” (100 words)(Maximum 10 lines)
(10 marks)
LV2 students will tackle ONE of the following topics:
1. In a 200-word paragraph, talk about the change in the name of the farm, the seven
commandments and specially the last one – “All animals are equal”. What is your
reaction?
2. In a 200-word paragraph, compare Snowball’s and Napoleon’s characters. Talk about
the main characters in the story and who do they refer to in Russia.
GOOD LUCK
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