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BAHASA INGGERIS
PAPER 1
APRIL 2024
1 jam 30 minit

SMK TANAH MERAH 1

UJIAN SELARAS 1 (BAHASA INGGERIS)

TINGKATAN 5 2024

JANGAN BUKA KERTAS SOALAN INI SEHINGGA DIBERITAHU

1. Kertas soalan ini mengandungi lima bahagian: Bahagian 1-5

2. Jawab semua soalan di setiap Bahagian .

3 Tulis jawapan anda pada Buku Soalan yang dibekalkan.

3.

4. Kertas ini mempunyai jumlah markah sebanyak 25 % daripada keseluruhan.

GOOD LUCK!
Part 1

Question 1 to 8

Read the text carefully in each question. Choose the best answer A, B or C. For each
question, mark the correct answer A, B or C on your answer sheet.

1. Which of the following statement is true?

A Registration can only be done by visiting the website.
B The sport camp is for children who are good at sport.
C Sport attire, water, bottle and snacks for each day will be provided.

2. The purpose of the news report is

A to urge those with information to contact the police.
B to persuade the missing person to surrender immediately.
C to warn those who have kidnapped Hasan Bakri to surrender.

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3. Which of the following is true?
A Morocco is one of the countries which is situated in North Africa.
B Morocco is situated near Marakeh which is an interesting country.
C Morocco has transformed the writer of the blog.

4. Which of the following is true?

A The writer blames the newspaper for not creating awareness in people.
B The writer is upset that people are not following the SOP as required.
C The writer wants the letter to the editor of an esteemed newspaper to go viral.

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5. Which of the following is true?
A Apam Balik is a new type of pancake created by Adam’s Café.
B Apam Balik is cooked by Adam on a metal stand by the road side.
C Apam Balik is a local street food which is a popular menu item at Adam’s Café.

6. The notice says that

A if you are a victim, you will be detained at the police station.
B if you are a victim, you will be presented to the courts for prosecution.
C if you are a victim, you must report the crime so that it will be investigated.

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7. Which of the following is true about the search engine, Naver?
A It is not as popular as Google, even in South Korea.
B It is the most popular search engine in South Korea.
C It is not popular because its algorithm is built around the Korean language.

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 Mala: Hi Kartina, how is your job search?

Kartina: Hi Mala…Well, I applied for so many jobs

and finally got an interview.

Mala: So, tell me about it. When is the interview?

Kartina: I have already gone for the interview.

Mala: What happened?

Kartina: I don’t think I stand a chance. They

preferred those who speak more than two languages.

8.Which of the following statements is true?

A Kartina did not get the job because she cannot speak more than two languages.
B Kartina may still have a chance to get the job although she does not think so.
C Mala is sad because she only got one interview after applying for many jobs.

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 Part 2

Questions 9 to 18
Read the text below and choose the best word for each space. For each question, mark the correct letter
A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
A Successful Author

I was (0) a very (9) student in school. My headmaster thought I was useless and when I was
14, he said ‘You’re never going to (10) anything in life… you were born to fail’.

After 5 years in dead-end-jobs, I was attracted to a young shy girl. It was the best thing that could
have happened to me. I (11) to do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove to her
what people said (12) me was wrong. Therefore, I went to college and tried hard at pursuing my
passion for (13) as well. My first novel was published (14) I was at college. After college, I
taught during the day in secondary schools and studied during the nights at London University. As
soon as I completed my degree, I became a part-time lecturer at Leeds University. It was really good
for my ego here was a working class boy who was once a school drop-out, now teaching at the
university. I got a degree and became a senior lecturer. Soon I thought of giving up that job to write
full time.

However, my writing career only (15) when I invented a new name and changed my writing style.
I started writing a new book using my new style and I have yet to look back since then. I made a lot
of money in the past decade and I still love to (16). I am rich and famous. But what does it
mean? I just wish all the people who (17) me had said, ‘ I like you. I believe in you. I’m (18) your
side.’

0 A is B are C was D were

9. A weak B sick C bright D strong

10. A reach B appreciate C accomplish D acquire

11. A decide B decided C deciding D decision

12. A in B on C along D about

13. A write B writes C writing D will write

14. A while B since C after D before

15. A made up B gave way C took off D gave in

16. A wrote B write C writing D written

17. A scolded B encouraged C loved D belittled

18. A with B by C in D on

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PART 3

Questions 19 to 26
You are going to read an extract from a novel. For questions 19 to 26, choose the correct
answer (A, B, C or D) and mark the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.

I looked around the dark messy room. There was a pair of deer antlers and a huge mirror on
the wall. But a strange object hanging in the middle of the wall attracted my attention. It
was black and stood out clearly against a square of red silk. Feeling curious, I went up to it.
For a moment. I was taken aback. It was a human hand! It was black, dried and had yellow
fingernails.

I could see the muscles and patches of dried blood, which looked like dirt. I was sure that
the hand had been chopped off at about the middle of the arm and it looked like it was done
with an axe. A big chain was fixed to the hand on one end and the other end was attached to
the wall by a ring big enough to hold a big animal.

I asked in a shocked voice. "Where did you get this?" Sir John replied calmly. "That's my
worst enemy. From America. There it was chopped off with a sword and after the skin had
been removed, it was dried in the sun for a week till it became what it is now."

Intrigued by it. I put out my hand to touch the hand. It looked like it had belonged to a
giant. The fingers were unusually long and were held in place by muscles I was thinking
that it was rather a frightening sight, so I recoiled a little.

"The man who chopped this off must have been very strong." I remarked, wanting to know
more about the hand and its history. "Oh yes. But I am stronger than he was. I fixed the chain
on the hand to prevent it from escaping," he said with a grin. "But why do you need to chain
it? It definitely can't run away. It's a dead hand." Sir John said again, this time in a serious
tone. "Oh no. t will run away if I do not chain it."

I looked at his face to see whether he was joking. However, I had never seen a more serious
face. It made me wonder if he was not feeling sane that day. After all, what he said did not
make any sense. After that incident, I did not see Sir John again. A whole year had passed.
Then one morning towards the end of November, my servant woke me up with the news that
Sir John had been murdered during the night. I jumped out of bed, got dressed quickly and
soon, I was on my way to Sir John's residence. Along the journey there. I was wondering
who would have murdered Sir John.

Half an hour later, I was in his house. The police captain was already there talking to the
servants. I introduced myself and went into the room where the hand was hung. My instincts
told me that the murder was connected with the hand. When I entered t room, the first thing I
saw was the body of Sir John lying on its back in the middle of the floor. I could see that his
waistcoat and jacket had been torn. This suggested that a violent struggle had taken place.
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The captain told me. "He had been choked to death. You can tell from his black and swollen face.
Look here. His neck is covered with five holes and there is blood all over. They look as though they
were made by sharp points of iron. He could have been choked to death by fingers of bone."

On hearing those words, I turned to look at the wall where the terrible hand had hung a year ago.
But it was no longer there. The chain had been broken and was hanging down limply. My first
thought was "Where has it gone to?" and this was replaced by another much frightening thought,
"Who is the new owner, and would the same terrible fate await him?" Deep in thought. I left Sir
John's residence to find the answers to my questions.

(Adapted from The Hand, Oxford Progressive English

Readers)

19 In paragraph 1. why did the writer notice the hand?

A He noticed it because of the pale colours.

B He noticed it because of the dark colours.

C He noticed it because of the contrast in colours.

D He noticed it because of the similarity of colours.

20 In paragraph 2, what was strange about the chopped hand?

A It was dirty.

B It was bloody

C It was lying around.

D It was chained to the wall.

21 What is paragraph 3 mainly about?

A It informs as to how the hand was preserved.

B It tells of how the enemy was killed.

C It tells to whom the hand belonged.

D It is about how the hand was cut.

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22 In paragraph 4. why does the writer use the phrase 'recoiled a little"?

A The sight of the hand was so unpleasant that he curled himself into a ball.

B The sight of the hand was so unpleasant that he jumped back in fear.

C The sight of the hand was so terrible that he bent over in fright.

D The sight of the hand was so terrible that he froze in fright.

23 In paragraph 5, what information is revealed about the hand?

A It is a dead hand.

B It is a strong hand.

C It appears to be alive and well.

D It appears to have a life of its own.

24 In paragraph 7, what was the proof that the hand had killed Sir John?

A He was choked to death.

B His face was black and swollen.

C There was blood all over the neck.

D The five holes on the neck were made by sharp points of iron.

25 Sir John says he is a strong man. Which of the following supports his statement?

A Sir John says he is strong.

B Sir John says he is stronger than his enemy.

C Sir John states he is stronger than the person who used the axe.

D The hand broke the chain. So Sir John must be stronger if he could hold and chain the struggling
hand

26 What message can you draw from this story?

A Value your life. C Keep your enemies close to you.

B Revenge often backfires. D Be adventurous and collect strange things.

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PART 4

Questions 27 to 32

You are going to read a newspaper article about a man who drives a special truck. Six
sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A – H the one
which fits each gap (27 – 32). There are two extra sentences which you do not need to
use.

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

The longest truck in the world

In the outback of Australia, Jeremy Hart hitched a ride on the Centipede.

‘If I take my foot off the accelerator, it’ll take us about four kilometres to stop,’ says Matt
Langley, the Australian captain of the Centipede, which, at approximately 54.5 metres, and
consisting of a driver’s cab and six trailers, is claimed to be the world’s longest truck. Matt
has a delicate touch. His hands, on the 60 cm steering wheel, control a million dollars’ worth
of trailers carrying zinc ore.

One false move on the narrow 128-km road from McArthur River Mine, the world’s largest
zinc mine, to the port at Bing Bong and the Centipede, with its 110 wheels, would crash.
However, in two years of delivering valuable loads of powdered zinc ore from mine to coast,
the truck has had only one accident. 27

I asked him about the job. ‘The hardest thing is the concentration. The road is really
boring and in places it is a bit rough. One problem is the fact that you are pulling six huge
trailers behind you.
28 I’d hate that to happen to me.

Almost 60 metres ahead of the last trailer, high above the road in the air-conditioned comfort
of Matt’s cab, you can lose almost all sense of pulling 130 tonnes of raw material. X29x
29 xx
This movement is repeated down the length of the Centipede. Matt is in control but you can
see it takes a real effort

In this most remote northern corner of Australia, traffic is not a problem for Matt and his co-
driver, Mick Webster. ‘Some days we don’t see another vehicle on the run to Bing Bong, but
when we do, we try to be as courteous as possible,’ says Matt. 30 ‘ x30x xx In any case, some
are too scared to try. Others think this is just a normal-sized vehicle with two or three trailers
attached. When they see it’s six, they either back off or go by us with their mouths wide
open.’

The truck is breaking new ground in technology. The Northern Territory government had
to change the regulations to legalise the Centipede for road use
. ‘31x31x x They’re sealed with
covers to prevent ore dust from polluting the environment, and they have a special loading
and off-loading device.
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It took just under two hours, in a temperature of 40 degrees, to crawl at no more than 64 kph
from McArthur Mine to Bing Bong. X32x 32 x

On arrival at his destination Matt punched a button to unload the zinc onto the floor of the
huge cyclone-proof warehouse where it is kept before being shipped to Europe and Asia. It
didn’t look like much. ‘When you see how small a full load looks when it’s unloaded onto the
floor of the warehouse, it’s very frustrating,’ he says. ‘So you can see why we don’t use
smaller trailers for the job.’ I asked him how he enjoyed the job. ‘I wouldn’t do anything else,
mate,’ was his reply.

A The great thing they’ve done with this truck is to redesign the trailers carrying the ore
at the back.

B Then, as it hits a rough patch of road, the Canadian-built truck bounces up and down
like a Wild West rodeo star.

C I also shared my experience with other drivers.

D ‘That’s not bad, considering this truck does about 320,000 km a year between the mine
and the port, running about five return trips a day,’ says Matt as we pull out of McArthur
Mine.

E I sometimes stop for a rest along the way and then get going again.

F Though we risk turning over if we move over too far to let them pass.

G Once, one of the drivers lost control just for a moment, and two of them turned over.

H ‘You can imagine, at that speed, I’ve come to know every bit of this road,’ says Matt.

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PART 5

Questions 33 to 40

There are five descriptions of popular talent competition on television. Read the descriptions
below and answer the questions that follow.

Do You Have What It Takes?

A-THE VOICE – US
The Voice US is a four-time Emmy Award winning musical competition. There are four stages in this
competition: the Blind Audition, Battle Rounds, Knockouts and finally the Live Performance Show.
At each stage the singer with the lowest number of votes will be sent home each week and in the end.
One will be named “The Voice and will receive the grand prize of a recording contract.

B-AMERICA’S GOT TALENT

America’s Got Talent (AGT) is NBC’s Number I summer show. Creator and executive producer,
Simon Cowell is back at the star-studded judges’ table with Howie Mandel. Acclaimed actress,
Sofia Vergara joins as a new judge alongside global fashion icon and returning judge. Heidi Klum.
Year after year. AGT features an impressive array of new singers, dancers, magicians, comedians
and hopeful stars, all vying to win the 1 million dollar prize.

C-AMERICAN IDOL

American Idol is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller. The
concept of the series involves discovering unknown singing talents and with the winner being
determined by American viewers using phones, Internet, and SMS text voting and a panel of esteemed
judges. The success of American Idol has been described as “unparalleled in broadcasting history and
has been noted to be the most impactful show in the history of television

D-ASIA’S GOT TALENT

Asia’s Got Talent is a televised Asian talent show competition. Join three music industry icons and
celebrity judges; David Foster, Anggun and Jay Park on a mesmerising journey each week as they
discover a new generation of talent, and the heartfelt stories shared by the aspiring performers,
whilst pursuing their dream on Asia’s biggest stage.

E-MALAYSIAN OPEN DANCE CHAMPIONSHIP (MODC)

MODC is a World-class event in Malaysia’s Tourism Calendar. Each year, MODC brings together
dance competitors and judges from over 30 countries with the intention of promoting Malaysia as the
epicenter of dance championships in Asia. One of the event’s unique feature is to showcase dance
performances by World Dance champions in both ballroom and Latin dances in order to set the
event’s standards and to inspire our Malaysian dancers to attain world class standards.

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Questions 33 to 36

Which paragraph (A-E) refers to the talent competitions?

Statements Paragragh

33 Jay wants to watch world champions perform.

34 Pranash is interested to know who the new celebrity judge is.

35 Shemaya enjoys watching award-winning shows.

36 Raddiq likes listening to contestants' life stories.

Questions 37 to 40

Complete the notes below using information from the text. Choose no more than one word from the
passage for each answer.

Are You the Next Champion?

 A (37) contract will be given to the winner of this singing competition.

 A new (38) who joins the show is a praised actress.
 There are (39) celebrity judges on this show which seeks to discover new
talents in Asia.
 This show attracts dance competitors and judges from over 30 countries to
(40).

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PART 1( 8 MARKS )
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No Blacken your answer

33 [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F]

34 [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F]

35 [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F]

36 [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F]

No. Write your answer.

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Examiner’s Code
Parts Marks
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