1. IPGM KAMPUS TENGKU AMPUAN AFZAN
KM 10, JALAN PADANG TENGKU
26700 KUALA LIPIS,
PAHANG DARUL MAKMUR
GROUP MEMBERS :
RAVINDARAN A/L RAMAKRISHNAN ( 761111-06-5197)
MOK PEY WENG ( 690411-03-5605)
NOOR RAHIMEY BT ABD RAHIM (650405-06-5414)
ZAITON BT JAMALUDDIN ( 631218-04-5078)
UNIT :
PGSR SCIENCE INTAKE NOV. 2008
DEPARTMENT:
ENGLISH LANGGUAGE
BARRETT TAXONOMY
CODE AND NAME OF SUBJECT :
ENGLISH PROFENCY
WAJ 3103
NAME OF SUPERVISOR :
MRS.NORLIZA DARUS
DATE OF SUBMISSION :
05 APRIL 2010

2. Read the extract from the short story The Necklace below and answer the questions
that follow.
She was one of those pretty and charming young girls who sometimes are
born, as if by a slip of fate, into a family of clerks. She had no dowry, no
expectations, no way of being known, understood, loved and wedded by any
rich and distinguished man; so she let herself be married to a little clerk of
the ministry of Public Instruction.
She dressed plainly because she could not dress well, but she was as
unhappy a if she had really fallen from a higher station; since with women
there is neither caste nor rank, for beauty, grace and charm take the place of
birth and breeding. Natural ingenuity, instinct for what is elegant, a supple
mind are their sole hierarchy, and often make of women of the people the
equals of the very greatest ladies.
1) “She had no dowry…” Who is she? ( Literal comprehension)
……………………………………………………………………
(1 mark)
2) Why couldn’t the woman dress well? ( Literal comprehension)
…………………………………………………………………….
(1 mark)
3) Where did the woman’s husband work? ( Reorganization )
……………………………………………………………………..
(1 mark)
4) Do you think being rich is the most important thing in life? Give
a reason for your answer. ( Inferential Comprehension)
…………………………………………………………………………….

3. Read the following stanzas of Monsoon History and answer the questions that follow.
iii
Drinking milo,
Nyonya and baba sit at home.
This was forty years ago.
Sarong-wrapped they counted
Silver paper for the dead.
Portraits of grandfathers
Hung always in the parlour.
iv
Reading Tennyson,at six
p.m in pajamas,
Listening to down-pouring
Rain: the air ticks
With gnats, black spiders fly,
Moths sweep out of our rooms
Where termites built
Their hills of eggs and queens zoom
In heat. We wash our feet
For Bed, watch mother uncoil
Her snake hair, unbuckle
The silver mesh around her waist,
Waiting for father pacing
The sand as fishers pull
From the straits after monsoon.
Shirley Geok-lin Lim
1) How does the persona’s family respect their ancestors? ( inferential
Comprehension)
…………………………………………………………………. (1 mark)
2) Which line in stanza iv indicates good hygiene? ( Literal
comprehension)
…………………………………………………………………. (1 mark)

4. 3) Why is father pacing the sand in stanza iv? ( Literal comprehension)
………………………………………………………………….. (1 mark)
4) Do you think practicing traditional customs is important? Give your
Reason. ( Inferential comprehension)
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....................................................................................................... (2 mark)

5. Section C
(25 marks)
Questions 26-31 are based on th following passage.
Hotels in Kuala Lumpur are selling them at about
RM100 a piece and local Chinese restaurants are Cashing in on them as
well.It is that time of the yearagain when connoisseurs and common folks in
China, Hong kong, Singapore and Malaysia go crazy over a
Shanghaines delicacy in the form of a small, hairy-legged, green
crustacean.We are talking about the seasonal hairy Crabs which are widely
available in shanghai from October to November. You can even get them in
7-Eleven stores there!
So what’s so great about these crabs? In ancient China, it was
regarded n elite activity to enjoy the crab delicacies, watch the blooming
chrysanthemums and compose lyrical poems. The secret lies with the
roe – a sinfully rich and creamy orange substance that has melted the
resistance of even the most cholesterol conscious.
Dragon-O Restaurant which serves Shanghainese cuisine has also
jumped on the bandwagon to bring these tiny delicacies to Malaysia. To
make it more affordable, they import the crabs direct from the source- Tai
Lake in Jiangsu Province, China. The ecology around TaiLake is the reason
why Hairy Crabs are reared there. Tai Lake’s ideal depth of two metres
allows sunlight to reach the bottom of the lake, causing seaweed, the
crabs’food,to flourish.
According to Raymond Cheung, a Hairy Crab farm owner, wild crab
fries are purchased every March from local fishermen who catch them by the
kilos from the mouth of the Yangtze River. There would usually be
about 160,000 fries in a kilo. These two-week-old fries are then put into a
small pond to mature.Come December when the crabs are nine months old,
they are relocated to an enclosed pen by the lake in preparation for the cold
winter months. During this time, the crabs will bury themselves in the mud
at the bottom of the lake to hibernate.
When they are more than a year old, the crabs are relocated again in
May to bigger pens in the middle of the lake. These are crucial months as the
food and

6. Temperatures during this period determine the quality of the harvest in the
fourth quarter of the year. The Crabs are considered mature after they have
moulted 21 times. They usually moult when the temperature drops to 20ºC.
During this time, they are fed small fishes, corn, spirulina and garlic. Their
Shells are yellow during their growing months and Will turn green once they
mature.
Hairy crabs are best harvested in the months Of October and
November. They are caught with nets Placed at the bottom of the lake. The
crabs are then taken to the factory for packaging and exporting. At the
factory, workers bind them so that they will not move and pack them in
Styrofoam boxes before placing them in a huge chiller for a day to hibernate.
CCTVs ar installed all around the factory. The government is concerned
about the quality of China’s exports and they conduct Stringent monitoring
throught live feed CCTVs. The cameras also allow them to keep track on the
Number of crabsbeing exported.
The boxes are then filled with ice before being exported to another
country. Each box is individually tagged so customers can trace the source if
any problems arice. It takes two days for the live crabs to arrive in Malaysia
and another day to the respective restaurants. The crabs can survive for
about a week.
The Dragon-O Restaurant is offering Malaysians a taste of this
shanghainese delicacy at a reasonable price. The owner has this to say, “We
have always kept in mind that valu for money is the way to go if we want
our customers walking out of the restaurant to come back some day soon.”
1) From Paragraph 1,
a) What are being sold at about RM100 a piece? ( Literal Comprehension)
……………………………………………………………………… (1mark)

7. b) Which sentence tells you that Hairy Crabs are widely available in
Shanghai? ( Literal Comprehension)
…………………………………………………… (1mark)
2) From paragraph 2, which is the most delicious part of the crab?
( Evaluation )
……………………………………………………..(1mark)
3) (a) from paragraph 3, what causes seaweed to flourish in Tai lake?
( Appreciation)
……………………………………………………… (1mark)
(b) From paragraph4, which word means ‘sleep the whole winter’?
( Evaluation)
……………………………………………………… (1mark)
4) (a) from paragraph 5, what will influence the quality of the crabs?
( Evaluation)
……………………………………………………… (1mark)
(b) From paragraph 6, how does the China government show its concern
about the export of Hairy Crabs? ( Evaluation)
……………………………………………………… (1mark)
(c) From paragraph 7, why is it important to tag the boxes?
( Reorganization)
……………………………………………………….. (1mark)

8. Finally, an ancient memory stirred in the old man, Mokgobja. When he was
very young and the customs of the ancestors still ruled the land, he had been
witness to a rain- making ceremony. And he came alive a little struggling
to recall the details which had been buried by years and years of prayer in a
Christian church. As soon as the mists cleared a little, he began consulting in
whispers with his yongest son, Ramadi. There was, he said, a certain rain
god who accepted only the sacrifice of the bodies of children.
1) (a) Based on the extract, who does ‘he’ refer to?
( Literal comprehension)
…………………………………………………… (1mark)
(b) Why were the children sacrificed? ( Literal comprehension)
…………………………………………………… (1mark)
(c) What happened to the bodies of the children? ( Reorganization)
…………………………………………………… (1mark)
(d) What do you think are the solutions to the problem faced by
Mokgobja’s family? ( Inferential comprehension)
(i)………………………………………………….
(ii)………………………………………………… (2mark)

9. A Tale of Two Girls
Read this story and then answer the questions.
There were two students who went to Kidbrooke School. One student was
called Rahma who was from Somalia in Africa. She had come to live in
England because of the war in her country. She had four brothers who were all
older than her. Rahma enjoyed all her lessons at school and was very good at
running. Rahma was twelve years old and went to school by bus.
The second student's name was Sofia who was also twelve years old. Sofia was
from Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, and had come to live in London last
year. She lived with her brothers, her sister and her mother, but her father lived
in Portugal. Next year Sofia's father will be coming to visit her and her family.
She liked school very much but didn't like drawing because she found it
difficult.
Both these students were in Year 8 and liked using computers. Both liked
talking very much and sometimes sung in class.
Answer these questions.
1. How old were Rahma and Sofia? ( LITERAL COMPREHENSION)
2. Which country was Rahma from and why had she come to live in England? (
LITERAL COMPREHENSION)
3. Is Somalia in America or Africa? ( LITERAL COMPREHENSION)
4. What did Rahma enjoy doing the most at school?
( REORGANIZATION )
5. Did Rahma come to school on a bicycle? If not, how?
( INFERENTIAL COMPREHENSION)

10. 6. What is the capital city of Portugal? ( LITERAL COMPREHENSION)
7. When had Sofia come to live in England?
( LITERAL COMPREHENSION)
8. Will her father come to visit her in London? If so, when?
( REORGANIZATION)
9. What didn't Sofia like to do? Why? ( EVALUATION)
10. What did both students like to do? ( EVALUATION)
11. Did they ever sing in school? Does their teacher like the girls to sing? (
APPRECIATION)