HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATIONS – FEBRUARY 2012
FORM 2 Track 3
ENGLISH
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
NAME AND SURNAME:
CLASS:
Time: 15 minutes
Mark:
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INDEX NUMBER: __________
A. Mark TRUE (T) or FALSE (F)
1. Levi Strauss travelled to USA when he was young.
2. Levi Strauss sewed pants in his business.
3. The material called denim originated in Germany.
4. Jacob Davis bought a lot of material from Levi Strauss.
5. Jacob Davis’ invention was quite unsuccessful.
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B. Fill in with one word
Jacob Davis came up with the idea of putting _________________ on pants because one of
his ________________ was always tearing the _________________ off his pants.
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C. Choose the right option:
1. Jacob wanted to get a patent because:
a)
b)
c)
d)
he wanted to do business with Levi Strauss.
he was poor and wanted to be rich.
he didn’t want anyone to steal his idea.
he loved the new pants.
2. Jacob wanted Levis Strauss’ help so that:
a)
b)
c)
d)
he would share his profits with him.
he would be able to get a patent.
he would get rich.
he could open a factory.
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HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATIONS – FEBRUARY 2012
Form 2 Track 3
Mark:
Marka:
TIME: 2 hrs
NAME AND SURNAME:
CLASS:
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INDEX NUMBER: __________
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Oral Assessment
Listening
Comprehension
Written Paper
Total
A. Put the verb in the brackets in the correct form. The first one has been done for you.
Hi Sarah,
How are you? It’s been (be) long since I last talked to you. I sometimes 1)…………………………….
(think) about you and feel like calling you.
I was very disappointed when you 2) …………………………….. (not/ show up) at my party last
Friday. I was certain you would come. But don’t worry I’m sure we’ll catch up soon.
At the moment I 3) …………………………………..(practise) for my violin exam. It’s in December,
just before Christmas. I 4) …………………………………… (work) very hard all throughout the year,
in fact I 5)………………………………………. (not/can) wait for the holidays to come. I 6)
………………………….(spend) my holidays at one of my friend’s house since my parents 7)
………………………………….(be) abroad. I feel I really deserve a break, don’t you think?
I 8)…………………………………… (run) into Stacey last week. I 9)………………………………………(do) the
Christmas shopping and she came up to me and said hi. I 10) ………………………………............
(not/see) her since primary school. It’s weird! She’s grown her hair and I barely recognised
her. She sent her regards.
Well, I hope we’ll get together soon. Please let’s make it a point to meet. Write back soon!
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Love, Elaine
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B. Read the text below and fill in each blank with
ONE word only. The first one (0) has been done
for you.
Have you 0) ever tried to find two snowflakes
exactly alike? If you have, you know it’s
1)…………………………… No two snowflakes are ever
identical. The reason for 2) ……………………… is a
mystery that excited Wilson Bentley enough 3) ………………… dedicate his life to “saving”
every snowflake he could.
Wilson Bentley loved snow. He was 4) ……………………………….. by the intricate designs of each
snowflake. If only he could find a 5)………………………………… to save them so that others could
enjoy their beauty, as well. He tried drawing snowflakes but they 6)…………………….. melted
before he finished. When he was 17, his parents 7)…………………………. all their savings to buy
him a special camera with a microscope. 8) …………………………... he could photograph
snowflakes! When he was sixty-four, his book, Snow Crystals, was 9) ……………………….. Now
everyone could see the beauty of 10)………………………… snow flake.
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C. Fill in the gaps using the appropriate preposition. The first one (0) is already done for
you
It all happened 0)on a Sunday afternoon. It was two 1)…………………… the afternoon and I was
having a coffee with my friend. Suddenly a car screeched to a stop 2) ………….. ……………………
…………………. the shop. Two bandits got 3) …………………… …………………… the car. They ran
towards the shop grasping guns. One of them stormed 4)…………………… the shop. He held his
gun 5)……………………… his head and yelled that it was a robbery. I was trembling with fear.
My friend who was sitting 6)……………………… me started crying.
On the other side of the road, 7)………………………. the shop a policeman was doing his usual
stroll, when he saw gunmen in the shop. He hid 8)…………………….. the wall and called 112.
One of the bandits had taken the owner in custody and was now holding a gun
9)………………………. his head. 10) ……………………….. that moment we heard the sirens wailing.
5 marks [ ]
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D. Reading comprehension
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At first she did not see what had caused the noise. She thought that it was the wind
echoing through one of the caves and was about to leave when she noticed silvery
shapes on the floor of the cove. The shapes moved and she realised it was a school of
large white bass, each one as big as she was. Pursued by the killer whales, which prey
upon them when seals are not to be found, the bass had tried to escape by swimming
towards the shore. But in their terror they had mistaken the depth of the water and
had been tossed on the rocky ledge.
Ulape dropped her basket of shellfish and set for the village, arriving there so out of
breath, that she could only point in the direction of the shore. The women were
cooking supper but all of them stopped and gathered around her, waiting for her to
speak.
“A school of white bass,” she finally said.
“Where? Where?” everyone asked.
“On the rocks. A dozen of them. Maybe more than a dozen.”
Before Ulape had finished speaking we were running toward the shore, hoping that we
would get there in time, that the fish had not flopped back into the sea, or that a
chance wave had not washed them away. It wasn’t everyday that such rare and
delicious fish were washed ashore.
We came to a cliff and looked down. The school of white bass was still on the ledge,
glistening in the sun, but since the tide was high and the biggest waves were already
lapping at the fish, there was no time to lose. One by one we hauled them out of the
reach of the tide. Then, two women carrying a single fish, for they were all of about the
same size, and heavy, we lifted them up the cliff and brought them home.
There were enough for everyone in our tribe for supper that night and the next, but in
the morning two Aleuts came to the village and asked to speak to my father.
“You have fish,” one of them said.
“Enough for my people,” answered my father.
“You have fourteen fish,” The Aleut said.
“Seven now because we ate seven.”
“From seven you can spare two.”
“There are forty in your camp,” my father replied, “and more than that of us. Besides,
you have your own fish, the dried ones that you brought.”
“We tire of that kind,” the Aleut said.
He was a short man who only came to my father’s shoulders, and he had small eyes like
black pebbles and a mouth like the edge of a stone knife. The other Aleut looked very
much like him.
“You are hunters,” father said, “Go and hunt your own fish if you are tired of what you
are now eating. I have my people to think of.”
“Captain Orlov will hear that you refuse to share the fish.”
“Yes tell him,” my father said, “But also why we refuse.”
The Aleut grunted to his companion and the two of them stalked off on their short legs
across the sand dunes that lay between the village and their camp.
We ate the rest of the white bass that night and there was much rejoicing. But little did
we know, as we ate and sang and the older men told stories round the fire, that our
fortune would soon bring trouble to Ghalas-at.
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1. Underline the title which best suits the text:
a) Ulape’s discovery
b) The blessing of the white bass
c) Fish of North America
d) What upset Captain Orlov
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2. What caught Ulape’s attention as she was about to leave?
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3. How did Ulape realise that they were fish?
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a) she noticed silvery shapes on the floor of the cove
b) the shapes moved and glistened
c) she saw killer whales
d) they were as big as she was
4. How did the fish end up on the floor of the cove?
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5. How do we know that the fish was very valuable? Give 3 reasons.
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a)______________________________________________________________________
b)______________________________________________________________________
c)______________________________________________________________________
6. Why did the women have to hurry up?
1 mark [ ]
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7. How did the women carry the fish to the village and why?
1 mark [ ]
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8. What role does the author’s father have in their tribe?
1 mark [ ]
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9. Who are the Aleuts?
1 mark [ ]
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10. What does the author’s father say which shows he is firm and brave?
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11. Do you think that the Aleuts were from Ghalas-at? Give a reason for your answer.
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12. What do you think will happen next?
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13. Find a word or phrase in the text which means:
a) a small sheltered bay in the shoreline of a sea ________________________
b) shining ___________________________________
c) pulled up _________________________________
d) to walk stiffly _____________________________
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14. What do the following, bold and underlined words in the text, refer to?
a) she (line 9) ______________________
b) them (line 17) ____________________
c) we (line 21) ______________________
d) him (line 36) _____________________
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E. Literature: Choose ONE of the following questions
UNSEEN TEXT
Read the POEM below and answer the following questions related to the poem
“Winter” by Judith Nicholls
Winter raced
down the frozen stream,
catching at his breath;
on his lips were icicles,
at his back was death.
Winter crept
through the whispering wood,
hushing fir and oak;
crushed each leaf and froze each webbut never a word he spoke.
Winter prowled
by the shivering sea,
lifting sand and stone;
nipped each limpet silentlyand then moved on.
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prowled: to roam around while hiding
limpet: a type of shell
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1. Winter is being compared to a _______________________ and we call this figure of
speech ______________________.
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2. Mention four things that ‘winter’ did.
2 marks [ ]
a)_____________________________
b)_____________________________
c) _____________________________
d)_____________________________
3. Why do you think is the wood ‘whispering’?
1 mark [ ]
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4. Mention two reasons why the sea might be ‘shivering’.
2 marks [ ]
a) _____________________________________________________________________
b) _____________________________________________________________________
5. Find an example of alliteration. What sound is the poet remembering?
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6. Why do you think did ‘winter’ carry death at his back?
2 marks [ ]
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OR
Choose a poem which you have studied this year
1. Give the title of the poem. Give the name of the poet who wrote it.
2 mark [ ]
Poem: __________________________________________________
Poet: __________________________________________________
2. What is the poem about?
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3. Give two reasons why you like this poem.
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a. _________________________________________________________________________
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b. _________________________________________________________________________
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F. Prose/ Drama
Choose one of the novels/ short stories/ plays you have read in class this year.
1. What is the name of the novel/short story/ play? _______________________________
2. Who wrote it? __________________________________.
1 mark [ ]
3. a) Who is your favourite character from the novel/short story/ play?
1 mark [ ]
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b) Why do you like him/her best?
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4. a) Which part of the novel/ short story/ play did you like best? and why?
4 marks [ ]
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G. Composition.
Write a composition of about 200 – 250 words on ONE of the following:
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1. Describe a weird and spooky person that lives next door. What is he/she like? Describe
the house which is just as strange. Relate a short incident where you had a close encounter
with the person.
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2. Write an email to your friend telling him or her about your Christmas holidays. How did
you spend them? Where did you go? What did you get for Christmas? At the end of the
letter tell him/her that you should catch up soon and suggest a good outing and a date.
3. Imagine you were a superhero for one day. Write a story about this special day. Start by
explaining how you realised that you had superpowers and then say what you did once you
became aware of your powers. Did you help anyone?
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